When we take ballparks and fielding support into consideration, the Philadelphia staff looks even better. They were a whopping 93 PRS better than the Giants (158 versus 65). Unfortunately, their awesome staff did them no good against the World Champion Cardinals in the playoffs. The Cardinals staff actually actually cost their team 33 runs during the regular season. So, they were 191 runs worse than the Phillies! Who says pitching wins championships?
Table 1: NL Team Pitching Runs Saved, 2011
RSAA | BPR | FRS | PRS | |
Philadelphia | 144 | -9 | -5 | 158 |
San Francisco | 95 | 14 | 16 | 65 |
Atlanta | 68 | 10 | 15 | 43 |
Los Angeles | 61 | 22 | 1 | 38 |
Arizona | 11 | -35 | 30 | 16 |
Milwaukee | 35 | 7 | 23 | 5 |
Florida | -29 | -11 | -9 | -9 |
San Diego | 62 | 59 | 14 | -11 |
Washington | 30 | 3 | 39 | -12 |
Colorado | -101 | -68 | -10 | -23 |
Pittsburgh | -39 | 10 | -19 | -30 |
St. Louis | -19 | 21 | -7 | -33 |
New York | -69 | 22 | -58 | -33 |
Chicago | -83 | -27 | -21 | -35 |
Cincinnati | -47 | -13 | 39 | -73 |
Houston | -123 | 11 | 7 | -141 |
Table 2 illustrates why the Phillies team pitching was so good. They had three of the top four PRS leaders in the league - Roy Halladay (48.7), Cliff Lee (47.2), and Cole Hamels (37.3). The Cardinals had nobody in the top 10. Their best pitcher was Chris Carpenter who finished 13th at 12.8.
Table 2: NL Pitching Runs Saved Leaders, 2011
Team | IP | RSAA | BPR | FRS | PRS | |
Roy Halladay | PHI | 233.2 | 46.4 | -1.5 | -0.8 | 48.7 |
Cliff Lee* | PHI | 232.2 | 44.9 | -1.5 | -0.8 | 47.2 |
Clayton Kershaw* | LAD | 233.1 | 45.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 41.6 |
Cole Hamels* | PHI | 216.0 | 35.2 | -1.4 | -0.7 | 37.3 |
Ian Kennedy | ARI | 222.0 | 33.1 | -5.5 | 4.6 | 34.0 |
Tim Lincecum | SFG | 217.0 | 29.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 25.2 |
Ryan Vogelsong | SFG | 179.2 | 23.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 19.9 |
R.A. Dickey | NYM | 208.2 | 14.5 | 3.2 | -8.3 | 19.6 |
Matt Cain | SFG | 221.2 | 23.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 19.2 |
Jhoulys Chacin | COL | 194.0 | 5.7 | -9.3 | -1.3 | 16.4 |
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