10 Numbers for the ALDS: Tigers vs. Yankees By Alex Remington 31.0 The average age of the Yankees' pitching staff, oldest in baseball. That helps show just how much they've relied on the remarkable rejuvenations of 38-year-old Bartolo Colon(notes) and 34-year-old Freddy Garcia(notes), not to mention 31-year-old C.C. Sabathia(notes), 34-year-old A.J. Burnett(notes) and 41-year-old Mariano "Methuselah" Rivera himself in the back of the pen. That's a lot of graybeards in the regular rotation, but one thing is for certain: They won't be facing a case of the rookie jitters as they have plenty of playoff experience to go around. 洋基投手平均年龄31岁，全联盟最老。但这些显示的是他们是多麽依靠现年38岁还有 亮眼回春表现的Bartolo Colon、以及34岁的Freddy Garcia，不用提还有31岁的C.C. 、34岁的A.J.、以及牛棚後面41岁的 Mariano "Methuselah" Rivera。这一堆老人占 住先发位置，但可以确定的是，他们不会有菜鸟的紧张心理，因为他们有超多的季後 赛经验足够应付。 (注：Methuselah:(圣经)麦修撒拉(旧约创世纪5:27)，一位长寿的人。) * * * 3,941 The number of pitches thrown by Justin Verlander(notes), most in baseball by 167 pitches. Verlander essentially made one more start than every pitcher in baseball. He threw an average of 116 pitches per start, most in baseball. Verlander also had 10 starts with more than 120 pitches thrown, most in baseball. He's been worked hard, but the big boy has shown he can handle it. Justin Verlander今年投球量是3941颗，全联盟167位投手中最多的一位。跟其他投手 比较，Verlander 有效的达成一次又一次的先发，每次先发平均投球量是116颗球，也 是全联盟最多。其中有十次先发的投球量还破120，也是全联盟最多。他被操很凶，但 这位大男孩证明的是他可以处理好这些事情。 * * * 627 Walks drawn by Yankee hitters, by far the most in baseball; the second-place Red Sox are 39 behind them, at 578. The Yankee attack is so balanced that nearly all of those walks are unintentional; the Bombers drew just 34 IBBs this year, tied with the awful Astros for 20th in baseball. Pitchers have to be terrified to walk a Yankee because of whoever is next in the lineup. But the Yankee hitters are so patient that they walk anyway. 洋基打者今年有 627次保送，全联盟最多，第二名的红袜是578次，落後39次。洋基的 攻击是如此平均，让这些保送看起来几乎像是偶然的。那堆炮手今年也不过 34次敬远 ，和今年很惨的太空人并列全联盟第 20名。投手必定害怕保送洋基打者，因为打线里 的下一位还是洋基打者。但洋基打者非常有耐性，因此即便这样他们还是能保送。 * * * .783 The Tigers' OPS against lefties, fifth-best in baseball. (The Yankees, predictably, are first.) Considering that the Yankees' rotation consists of C.C. Sabathia and a lot of retreads, the Tigers' ability to neutralize C.C.'s handedness could play to their advantage early on. Unless, of course, C.C. treats them just like he treats most everybody else. 老虎打者对左投的OPS是 0.783，全联盟排名第五(可以预料洋基大概是第一)。考虑洋 基阵容包含C.C. Sabathia和一大堆翻版，老虎的能力可以减低C.C.的左手威力，可能 可以提早占点优势，除非CC应付老虎打线能够应付的像其他球队一样好。 * * * 24 percent The percentage of inherited runners that Yankee relievers have allowed to score, tied with the Braves for the lowest in baseball. When there's a fire, their relievers pour water on it. Boone Logan(notes) was third in baseball with 61 inherited runners faced, of whom he allowed just 13 — 21 percent — to score. His 40 appearances with runners on base led baseball. When there was trouble, Logan was often the first man Joe G. turned to. 接替有跑者局面时，洋基中继投手只有24%的丢分机率，和勇士并列全联盟最低。哪里 有火哪里危急，他们的後援总是能拿水灭掉。Boone Logan面临垒上有人的状况是61打 席，全联盟第三多，他只有13次让跑者回来得分(21%的丢分机率)。垒包有人时，40次 出赛是全联盟最多。有麻烦时，Logan总是Joe G所想到的第一人。 * * * 100 percent The proportion of save opportunities that Jose Valverde(notes) converted, 49 of 49. Valverde led the world in saves, and was also tied for second in save opportunities; he led his league in appearances and led the majors in games finished. Only Atlanta's Craig Kimbrel(notes) came into more save situations, but Kimbrel had eight blown saves, including three in the final three weeks of the season. J.J. Putz(notes) and Mariano Rivera(notes) came into 49 save situations as well, but they had four and five blown saves, respectively. Remarkable season for Papa Grande. Jose Valverde 有百分之百的救援机率，49次关门机会49次成功，全世界救援数最多 的，救援机会则并列第二多，在美联他的出赛数最多，关门次数则是全联盟最多。只 有勇士的 Craig Kimbrel比他的救援机会还多，但Kimbrel有8次救援失败，包含本季 最後三个礼拜的3次失败。J.J. Putz和Mariano Rivera一样有49次救援机会，但分别 失败了4次和5次。对Papa Grande而言，真是亮眼的一季。 * * * 64 percent The percentage of strikes thrown by Yankee pitchers, tied with five other teams for third in baseball. While their pitching staff beyond C.C. and Mo is not the most vaunted part of their lineup, it has done a good job of being efficient: The pitches per plate appearance by the Yankee staff is tied for eighth-lowest in baseball, for example, while the Tiger staff is tied for fourth-most pitches per plate appearance. The walk-happy Bronx Bombers will have a field day with that. 洋基投手有64%的好球率，和其他五支队伍并列全联盟第三。尽管在 C.C.和Mo之後的 投手在队中并不算是最值得炫燿的，但他们有效率且能做好自己工作，举例而言，洋 基投手群每打席投球数是全联盟并列第八少的，老虎投手群每打席投球数则是全联盟 并列第四多的。快乐保送的Bronx(纽约市最北区)炮手们将会因这而能大显身手。 * * * 0 The number of games started by a Tiger pitcher on short rest, fewer than four days' rest. They had the biggest division lead in all of baseball, 15 games, and were virtually assured of a playoff spot during the entire last month of the season. So while Verlander has been worked extraordinarily hard, their pitchers are well-rested. The Yankees had exactly one short-rest start, when Hector Noesi(notes) started the first game of the Sept. 21 doubleheader after having come out of the pen just four days earlier. 老虎先发投手们今年没有在少於四天休息的状况下先发过，在分区与第二名是15场胜 差，领先全联盟，在本季的上个月就几乎确定拿到季後赛资格，即便 Verlander工作 的异常辛苦，他们的投手依然有良好的休息时间。而洋基则有一位休息较少时间的先 发投手 Hector Noesi，他(9/17出赛)在不到四天的休息後，接着又在9月21号双重赛 第一场担任先发。 * * * 31 percent A.J. Burnett's quality start percentage, second-lowest in baseball. (John Lackey's(notes) QS% was 32, actually better than Burnett.) What that means is that any time A.J. went out, he had less than a one-third chance of pitching at least six innings and allowing three or fewer runs. It's hard to think of any simpler way to sum up just how appallingly bad Burnett was for the Yankees. In a just world, he would be left off the playoff roster, but in this world, he makes $16.5 million. He'll be in the pen. A.J. Burnett 的优质先发只有31%，全联盟第二差(John Lackey的QS%还有32比他好) 。这件事表示只要A.J.上场，他只有少於1/3的机会投超过六局，并且失分在3以下。 这很难用简单的方式计算，Burnett 对洋基来说有多麽不像话的烂。在前面述说的世 界里，他可能被排除在季後赛之外。但现在这世界里，他赚了 $1650万，而且还会在 牛棚待命。 * * * .318 The Tigers' team Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP), highest in the majors. Miguel Cabrera(notes), Alex Avila(notes), Austin Jackson(notes) and Victor Martinez(notes) are all traditionally high-BABIP players, but usually not this high. A big portion of the Tigers' offensive attack relied on their offensive players collectively outperforming their career BABIP. That's harder to do in the playoffs, when defenses and pitching staffs improve. 老虎团队的BABIP是0.318，全联盟最高。Miguel Cabrera、Alex Avila、以及 Austin Jackson和Victor Martinez传统上都是有很高BABIP的球员，但都没有 本季高，老虎有一大部分的攻击相当依赖自家球员集体超过他们生涯的BABIP， 当防守和投手能力都提升时，季後赛很难这麽做。 http://tinyurl.com/6gfrwgn --

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