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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Juan Marichal and the 3 day rest

By Tangotiger, 10:52 PM

I’m watching Behind the Seams on MLB Network (easily becoming the most indispensable channel along with HBO and Nickelodeon).  Anyway, Juan Marichal says he needed to pitch on 3 days rest, that when he pitched on 4 days rest, he’d have less control on his pitches, yada yada yada.  Now, instead of verifying his claim, the show cut to the next yapfest.  Well, here is Marichal’s OBP and SLG allowed on 3 days rest and 4 days rest:
.274 .349 (6706 PA)
.274 .350 (4649 PA)

You couldn’t have selected a worse spokesperson to talk about pitching much better on 3 days rest.

Jim Palmer was also on the show, including his batting average:
.232,.295,.340 on 3 days
.232,.292,.340 on 4 days

(15) Comments • 2010/09/27 • SabermetricsPitchers
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