Bringing Wang’s ERA Down

After getting shelled the first three games of the season, Chien-Ming Wang has an ERA of 34.5 in just 6 innings.  23 earned runs will get you there.

Before the season started, Wang’s career ERA was 3.79.  Now it’s 4.08.  That’s over a 7% increase in 6 innings of work.

If Wang pitched at 3.79 the rest of the season, he’d wind up with an ERA of over 4.5.

Wang would need two complete game shutouts to average less than one run per inning, bringing his ERA below 9.

To bring his 2009 ERA down to his ERA going into the season Wang would need to pitch 48 2/3 innings of shutout ball.  That’s 5 consecutive complete game shutouts and change.

Posted by David M Singer on Apr 21, 2009 at 09:22 PM

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