Defense behind Andy Pettitte abysmal--Baseball Musings, 11/23/08

From Baseball Musings on Defense Behind Pitchers, 11/23/08: "For Yankees fans who are concerned about New York signing Andy Pettitte again,

• better defense would improve Andy's runs allowed a great deal.

CC Sabathia certainly benefited from good defense in both Cleveland and Milwaukee, so teams looking to sign him should be prepared to send their best fielders out behind the lefty." From David Pinto's chart:

Andy Pettitte

NYY

641

420

439.26

0.655

0.685

95.62

• The last number 95.62 is the ratio. The starting pitcher with
• best defense ratio had a 107.01 per David's calculation. Pettitte's 'defense behind' ratio was 4th from last in all starting pitchers David ranked.

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