http://www.sbnation.comhttp://www.sbnation.com/users/el%20generico Posts made by el generico on SB Nation http://www.athleticsnation.com/2005/10/28/154131/11 el generico Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:41:31 -0000 <p>After all the discussion of Mark Mulder and Dan Haren having eerily similar seasons, I thought I'd throw together some stats to make it easy to comapre in one place. It also got me thinking about how well Tim Hudson was replaced in the rotation (this is not about the issue of whether the Hudson trade netted us good players, but simply about how well he was replaced in the rotation by whoever took his place), so I took the time to compare Hudson to Joe Blanton. Somehow, Billy Beane replaced Hudson and Mulder with two clones of Hudson and Mulder, statistically speaking. Click Read More to see all the stats. . .</p> <p>All statistics from baseballprospectus.com except salary from USAToday.com.</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;AGE YEAR TEAM &nbsp;W &nbsp;L &nbsp;ERA &nbsp;G &nbsp;GS &nbsp;IP &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;H &nbsp; &nbsp; R &nbsp; &nbsp;ER &nbsp;HR &nbsp;BB &nbsp;SO HBP WP &nbsp;BK &nbsp;CG SHO &nbsp;H/9 &nbsp;HR/9 &nbsp;BB/9 &nbsp;SO/9<br /> Mark Mulder 27 &nbsp;2005 STL-N &nbsp;16 8 &nbsp;3.64 &nbsp;32 32 205.0 212 &nbsp; 90 &nbsp; 83 &nbsp; 19 &nbsp;70 &nbsp;111 &nbsp; 9 &nbsp; &nbsp;9 &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp;3 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2 &nbsp; &nbsp;10.0 &nbsp; 0.9 &nbsp; 2.8 &nbsp; &nbsp;4.4<br /> Dan Haren &nbsp; 24 &nbsp;2005 OAK-A 14 12 3.73 34 34 217.0 &nbsp;212 &nbsp;101 &nbsp;90 &nbsp; 26 &nbsp;53 &nbsp;163 &nbsp; 6 &nbsp; &nbsp;6 &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; 3 &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; 8.7 &nbsp; 1.0 &nbsp; 2.1 &nbsp; &nbsp;6.4</p> <p>And of course, the big issue for the A's:<br /> 2005 Salary<br /> Mulder: $6,050,000<br /> Haren: $323,500</p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;AGE YEAR TEAM &nbsp; &nbsp;W &nbsp; L &nbsp; &nbsp;ERA &nbsp; G &nbsp; &nbsp;GS &nbsp; &nbsp;IP &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; H &nbsp; &nbsp; R &nbsp; ER &nbsp; HR &nbsp; BB &nbsp;SO &nbsp;HBP &nbsp;WP &nbsp;BK &nbsp;CG SHO &nbsp; H/9 &nbsp;HR/9 &nbsp;BB/9 &nbsp;SO/9<br /> Tim Hudson &nbsp; 29 &nbsp; 2005 &nbsp; ATL-N &nbsp;14 &nbsp; 9 &nbsp; 3.52 &nbsp; 29 &nbsp; 29 &nbsp;192.0 &nbsp;194 &nbsp; 79 &nbsp; 75 &nbsp; 20 &nbsp; 65 &nbsp;115 &nbsp; &nbsp;9 &nbsp; &nbsp; 4 &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2 &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp;9.3 &nbsp; &nbsp;1.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2.8 &nbsp; &nbsp; 4.9<br /> Joe Blanton &nbsp; 24 &nbsp; 2005 &nbsp; OAK-A 12 &nbsp;12 &nbsp;3.53 &nbsp; 33 &nbsp; 33 &nbsp; 201.3 &nbsp;178 &nbsp; 86 &nbsp;79 &nbsp; 23 &nbsp; &nbsp;67 &nbsp;116 &nbsp; &nbsp;5 &nbsp; &nbsp; 4 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2 &nbsp; &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp;7.9 &nbsp; &nbsp;1.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; 3.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; 5.1</p> <p>2005 Salary<br /> Hudson: $6,500,000<br /> Blanton: $316,500</p> <p>So Billy Beane got essentially the same production, and saved $11.91 million. No wonder Lew wolf has kept this guy around.<br /> UPDATE: Thanks to everyone for your comments about the stats, I had to look around a bit, but it seems that the rate stats at the end (H/9, HR/9, BB/9, SO/9) were pulled from the "Translated statistics" section of the BP player card, which is slightly different than his "actual statistics". The translated stats are all adjusted so that you can compare pitchers across eras, but I didn't realize this when I put my stats together. Sorry for the confusion, I guess this is what happens when I get cut-and-paste happy.</p>