AY missing from pitching worst of worst
In THT’s bottom 1o pitching season performances, it pulled up the article and thinking A.Y. had to be there. In A.Y. , I am talking about Anthony Young, the hyped up N.Y. Mets prospect who was rumored to be the next coming of Dwight Gooden. Young, who has a career winning percentage of .238 during his brief 6 year major league career in which he lost 27 consecutive games in which he had a decision. This losing streak is the longest in Major League Baseball history.
The A.Y. Streak 05/06/1992-07/24/1993 using David Pinto’s Day by Day Database
If there ever was a baseball statistic that could be name after a former player, Anthony Young sure deserves one. He was the pitcher of bad luck. His numbers go to show the uninformed that pitching performance is more about wins and losses. A.Y. was a pitcher with decent stats, but bad luck. In his 1992 2-14, and the 1993 1-16 seasons, he had 126 Ks, and 73BBs, a WHIP between 1.364 and 1.445 and an ERA that averaged around 4.00. These numbers are not horrible peripeherals.
Anthony Young sure got some flack in his day for the string of bad luck. In today’s world of informed baseball fans, readily access to statistical analysis, he would be honored. That’s absolutely why he does not show up on the worst of the worst list.
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