With two weeks left to play, the Reds’ pitchers have allowed the
most home runs of any team in major league history. It’s a staggering total: Cincy hurlers allow
an average of 1.6 homers every 9 innings, or one every 21.2 at-bats (meaning they effectively turned average NL hitters into
Larry Doby or Joe Carter).
The cumulative effect of all that badness has been, in FanGraphs’ estimation, the
least-valuable staff by
wins above replacement in modern MLB history
[SUP]1[/SUP]Going back to 1901, when the American League started. That is widely considered the beginning of modern MLB history.:
[TABLE="class: viz full"]
[TH="class: upper, colspan: 2"][/TH]
[TH="class: upper upper-text, colspan: 3"]GAMES[/TH]
[TH="class: upper"][/TH] |
[TH="class: no-parent text"]YEAR[/TH]
[TH="class: no-parent text"]TEAM[/TH]
[TH="class: number"]TOTAL[/TH]
[TH="class: number"]WINS[/TH]
[TH="class: number"]LOSSES[/TH]
[TH="class: no-parent number"]PITCHER WAR[/TH] |
[TD="class: text bold"]2016[/TD]
[TD="class: text bold"]Cincinnati Reds[/TD]
[TD="class: number bold"]150[/TD]
[TD="class: number bold"]63[/TD]
[TD="class: number bold"]87[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight bold"]-1.0[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]1915[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]Philadelphia Athletics[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]154[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]43[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]109[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+0.3[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]2006[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]Kansas City Royals[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]162[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]62[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]100[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+0.5[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]1982[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]Minnesota Twins[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]162[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]60[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]102[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+0.9[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]1964[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]Kansas City Athletics[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]163[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]57[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]105[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+1.4[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]1998[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]Florida Marlins[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]162[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]54[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]108[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+1.5[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]1977[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]San Diego Padres[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]162[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]69[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]93[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+1.7[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]1966[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]New York Mets[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]161[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]66[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]95[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+1.7[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]1955[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]Kansas City Athletics[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]155[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]63[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]91[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+1.8[/TD] |
[TD="class: text"]2013[/TD]
[TD="class: text"]Houston Astros[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]162[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]51[/TD]
[TD="class: number"]111[/TD]
[TD="class: number highlight"]+2.0[/TD] |
[/TABLE]
Source: FanGraphs
