Biggest Pitching Matchup Update
Here are the first 7 top heaviest pitching matchups
1) Sabathia vs. Carlos Silva on 5/31/05 - 542 lbs.
2) Sabathia vs. David Wells on 6/20/05 - 538 lbs.
3) Sabathia vs. Joe Kennedy on 6/15/05 - 535 lbs. Sensing a pattern yet?
4) Sabathia vs. Brett Tomko on 6/10/05 - 518 lbs.
5) Sabathia vs. Roy Halladay on 5/15/05 - 515 lbs.
6) Sabathia vs. Mark Buehrle on 6/5/05 - 510 lbs.
7) Brad Penny vs. Carlos Zambrano on 5/31/05 - 505 lbs.
This means Sabathia's last starts have been #'s 1, 6, 4, 3, and 2. Also, look at May 31st. Between 4 guys there was over 1/2 ton starting pitching. I'm working on finding every matchup greater than 500 lbs, but this isn't easy, I have to sort through 5,041 matchups. I do have my friend Excel to help though, so it's not as bad as it sounds.
UPDATE
I've finished my research, and I've found 11 more occurences of pitchers weight a combined 500+.
Here is the entire list
| C.C. Sabathia | Carlos Silva | 542 |
| C.C. Sabathia | David Wells | 538 |
| C.C. Sabathia | Joe Kennedy | 535 |
| C.C. Sabathia | Brett Tomko | 517 |
| C.C. Sabathia | Roy Halladay | 515 |
| C.C. Sabathia | Mark Buehrle | 510 |
| Carlos Zambrano | Brad Penny | 505 |
| Aaron Harang | Jamey Wright | 505 |
| Aaron Harang | Roger Clemens | 505 |
| Daniel Cabrera | Freddy Garcia | 501 |
| Aaron Harang | AJ Burnett | 500 |
| Aaron Harang | Chris Carpenter | 500 |
| Runelyvs Hernandez | Freddy Garcia | 500 |
| Carlos Zambrano | Jason Jennings | 500 |
| Carlos Zambrano | Jose Contreras | 500 |
| Aaron Harang | Kevin Millwood | 500 |
| Carlos Zambrano | Livan Hernandez | 500 |
| Bartolo Colon | Runelyves Hernandez | 500 |
Also, C.C. Sabathia is expected to start against Aaron Harang on Sunday. If this happens, a new record of 560 pounds would be established.
4 comments:
That is hilarious. The fattest pitcher I've ever seen in person, besides David Wells, was Rich Garces back in 2002 when he pitched for the Red Sox. I just checked Baseball Almanac, and they listed him at 250 lbs even, but he had to be more than that. I jokingly said, "What does he go, about 5-10, 260?" A Red Sox fan piped in and said, "No, he's 6 feet tall."
Not to create more work for you, but I wonder what team has the heaviest pitching staff? You could theoretically have a "ton" of pitchers combine to pitch a game.
Let me start out by saying you have way to much free time. I can't believe that I don't see sidney ponson on this list. He is a pretty big guy and I'm pretty sure he's pitched against Fatolo Colon at least once(although this could have been on MLB 2005) and that would definitly have to be one of the heavier pitching matchups
that last post was by ASD for anyone who might be interested
You know I've got to do something at work.
Post a Comment