Entries tagged as ‘Loogy’
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- Retrospective: former-DOE-daughter relieved former-MLB-no hitter-father in 1956 American Legion game: rambling article follows 51 years later. (Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune)
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Categories: post by Gnopple
Tagged: bullpenternet, Carlos Guevara, Edgar Osuna, Francisco Cordero, Gary Majewski, holidays, japan, Johnny Cueto, Keith Law, Kirk Saarloos, Loogy, mexico, Mike Stanton, the wisdom of kevin towers
The Mets received a mediocre catcher (man, they really hate Paul Lo Duca) from the Brewers today in exchange for a mediocre relief pitcher. The Brewers continue to add shitty pitchers to their hot stove, producing a rancid odor throughout Milwaukee. On November 20, they added Randol Doyle Choate, known by Yankees fans for being a fairly ineffective Loogy (1.35 Career WHIP against lefties). Now they’ve traded for Guillermo Mota, known best for two things: fighting and steroids. Sure, Mota had a good stretch with the Mets in 2006, but couldn’t the Brew Crew have done better trying out a young pitcher rather than paying Mota $3.2 million to pitch next season? Mota was bad last year: 1.365 WHIP, 5.76 ERA, 74 ERA+. Unless he reconnects with his performance-enhancing dealer, don’t expect much of an improvement in 2008.
Categories: post by johnstevens
Tagged: Guillermo Mota, Loogy, Randy Choate, steroids, trades
November 16, 2007 · 1 Comment
For those interested in the “history” of the Loogy, I’d encourage you to check out the two part series from Steve Treder of the Hardball Times. The Harball Times is my go-to site on a regular basis for all things statistical and fantastical. Here’s a brief blurb from “The History of the LOOGY: Part One”:
There are differing intensities of LOOGYness, of course. But how about we come up with some broad criteria to capture the general idea. Let’s define a LOOGY season as any by a left-handed pitcher that meets the following conditions:
- At least 20 appearances
- Fewer than 1.20 innings per appearance
- Fewer than 20% Saves per appearance
It turns out that through 2004, there have been exactly 799 pitcher-seasons in major league history meeting these criteria.
The Primordial LOOGY Ooze
I’ll give you three guesses to name the first among these 799, and in what season. If you guess Tony Fossas, you’re way wrong. Jesse Orosco? Bzzzt. Steve Hamilton? I’m afraid you’re toast.
The first LOOGY season in major league history that meets our definition occurred in 1960. It was recorded by none other than Leo Kiely of the Kansas City A’s, managed by Bob Elliott, in his only year as a big league skipper. Granted, Kiely just squeaks in at the limit of the definition here, with exactly 20 appearances and 20 2/3 innings in the early months of that season. Kiely was rather effective in the role, in his soft-tossing control artist kind of way, but not enough to prevent the Athletics from letting him go in June, never to appear in the majors again. At least he went out in historic fashion.
And, yes, Leo Kiely was formerly a member of the Red Sox Caliphate (I don’t like the term Red Sox Nation, especially as the term was partially coined by the Worst Sportswriter in Baseball).
The History of the LOOGY: Part One (THT)
The History of the LOOGY: Part Two (THT)
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Categories: History of Baseball · post by Gnopple
Tagged: Leo Kiely, Loogy, Red Sox Caliphate, THT
