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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Do Players Stick Around With The Same Team?

By Tangotiger, 03:01 PM

I looked at all pitchers who pitched in 1943 and 1944 for the same team. I added up those IP in 1943 and 1944 and compared that to the total league IP. These pitchers accounted for 64% of all IP in 1943 and 71% in 1944. That is, 64% of all IP in 1943 were pitched by pitchers who played on the same team in 1943 and 1944. 71% were pitched in 1944 by pitchers who pitched in both those seasons. Got it?

I did this for all years from 1871 to 2005:

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