{"id":18116,"date":"2022-06-30T06:21:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T12:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=18116"},"modified":"2022-06-29T15:49:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T21:49:40","slug":"throwback-thursday-pitching-leaders-of-the-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/throwback-thursday-pitching-leaders-of-the-2000s\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday &#8211; Pitching Leaders Of The 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/baseballs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3693\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/baseballs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/baseballs.jpg 365w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/baseballs-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a>Our Throwback Thursday feature concludes, as we take one final trip in the wayback machine, going back to the 2000s, finally putting our focus on the defensive leaders of that decade.\u00a0 As a reminder, I\u2019ve identified 518 games that I attended during this time period, when I would have been ages 25 through 34.<\/p>\n<p>Wins<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Total<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Mark Buehrle<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">26<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Carlos Zambrano<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">20<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Matt Clement<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">13<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Mark Prior<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Javier Vazquez<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Gavin Floyd<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<p>Losses<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Total<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Mark Buehrle<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">15<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Carlos Zambrano<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">14<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Jon Garland<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">13<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Matt Clement<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Kerry Wood<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Greg Maddux<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<p>ERA (&gt; 10 IP)<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Total<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Luther Hackman<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">0.00<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Jered Weaver<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">0.46<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Jason Schmidt<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">0.56<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Jorge De La Rosa<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">0.79<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Elmer Dessens<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">0.82<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<p>ERA (&gt; 25 IP)<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Total<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">D.J. Carrasco<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">2.25<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Matt Thornton<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">2.30<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Dontrelle Willis<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">2.38<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Carlos Marmol<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">2.49<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Randy Wells<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">2.65<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<p>Strikeouts<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Total<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Carlos Zambrano<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">281<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Mark Buehrle<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">251<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Kerry Wood<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">217<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><!--more--><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Matt Clement<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">186<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Mark Prior<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">179<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<p>Appearances<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Total<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Bobby Jenks<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">72<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Matt Thornton<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">70<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Ryan Dempster<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">64<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Kyle Farnsworth<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">63<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Michael Wuertz<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">62<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<p>Saves<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#c0c0c0\" width=\"50%\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;\">Total<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Bobby Jenks<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">30<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Joe Borowski<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">15<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Ryan Dempster<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">14<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Kerry Wood<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">LaTroy Hawkins<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Throwback Thursday feature concludes, as we take one final trip in the wayback machine, going back to the 2000s, finally putting our focus on the defensive leaders of that decade.\u00a0 As a reminder, I\u2019ve identified 518 games that I attended during this time period, when I would have been ages 25 through 34. 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