I started this analysis of Roger Clemens pretty sure what it would tell me. Roger is over forty, he keeps coming out of retirement, his team isn't grabbing those world series rings any more - how good could he be?
If you look at the numbers in my charts and where Roger's teams have finished, you may think he is not pitching as effectively. You see that last year Roger had a won/lose record of seven and six, in nineteen starts - not ace stats it would appear. And superficially, that is the case.
When you look at the numbers more closely, you see that Roger's ERA remains very good. His WHIP stats have gone down over the past 6 years and are well below the league average of 1.37, and below is very good. His strike out to ball ratio is staying impressive. In 2006 Roger pitched for 113.1 innings and he racked up 102 strike outs while only allowing 29 bases on balls. Again, these aren't the numbers from a washed out or used up pitcher.
The 2006 won/lose record is explained by the run support (lack of run support describes it better) he received from the Houston Astros. And this (lack of) run support may be the missing key to explain his move from the Astros to the evil empire of the Yankees. With the Yankees, Roger is with his good buddy Andy Pettitte, and run support should not be the problem this year. Will his stint with the Yankees, put another World Series ring on Roger's fingers? Only the gods of the diamond know, and they aren't telling.
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