Jeff Niemann leads the league in Run Support by nearly a whole run.

by Doug09 on Jul 22, 2009 12:08 AM EDT

I'm sure most of you know this already, and I wouldn't doubt it if this was already posted but...

http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsrankings/1221/run-support-for-your-pitcher/

Jeff Niemann	TAM	11.19
Rich Hill	Bal	10.21
Joba Chamberlain	NYY	9.71
Braden Looper	MIL	9.26
Matt Palmer	LAA	9.24
Brad Penny	BOS	8.84
Kevin Slowey	MIN	8.83
Tim Wakefield	BOS	8.78
Jamie Moyer	PHI	8.75
A.J. Burnett	NYY	8.64
Joe Saunders	LAA	8.57
Armando Galarraga	DET	8.45
Cole Hamels	PHI	8.45
Rick Porcello	DET	8.17
Jered Weaver	LAA	8.15
Max Scherzer	ARI	8.13
Carl Pavano	CLE	8.07
Aaron Cook	COL	8.03
Andy Pettitte	NYY	8.02
Vicente Padilla	TEX	7.96
Jorge De La Rosa	COL	7.91
Clayton Kershaw	LAD	7.86
Scott Baker	MIN	7.82
Joe Blanton	PHI	7.75
Adam Wainwright	STL	7.73
Trevor Cahill	OAK	7.69
Jason Hammel	COL	7.66
Brad Bergesen	BAL	7.59
Brett Anderson	OAK	7.52
Ricky Nolasco	FLA	7.44
Luke Hochevar	KC	7.38
Josh Beckett	BOS	7.36
Livan Hernandez	NYM	7.33
Mark Buehrle	CHW	7.32
CC Sabathia	NYY	7.29
Roy Halladay	TOR	7.24
Jeremy Guthrie	BAL	7.22
Brian Tallet	TOR	7.21
Mike Pelfrey	NYM	7.11
Chad Billingsley	LAD	7.11
Gavin Floyd	CHW	7.08
Paul Maholm	PIT	6.98
Ross Ohlendorf	PIT	6.92
Gil Meche	KAN	6.92
Scott Feldman	TEX	6.91
Randy Wolf	LAD	6.91
Jeff Suppan	MIL	6.86
Micah Owings	CIN	6.85
Tim Lincecum	SFO	6.84
Justin Verlander	DET	6.77
Jon Garland	ARI	6.75
Nick Blackburn	MIN	6.71
Ryan Dempster	CHC	6.64
Roy Oswalt	HOU	6.64
Derek Lowe	ATL	6.63
Kenshin Kawakami	ATL	6.6
Randy Johnson	SFO	6.58
Kevin Correia	SDG	6.58
Jason Marquis	COL	6.57
John Danks	CHW	6.48
Chris Volstad	FLA	6.46
Matt Cain	SFO	6.38
Kevin Millwood	TEX	6.37
Francisco Liriano	MIN	6.35
Jon Lester	BOS	6.32
Todd Wellemeyer	STL	6.19
Jair Jurrjens	ATL	6.14
Felix Hernandez	SEA	6.14
Josh Johnson	FLA	6.12
Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	5.91
Wandy Rodriguez	HOU	5.91
Ted Lilly	CHC	5.9
Zach Duke	PIT	5.86
Dan Haren	ARI	5.82
Josh Geer	SDG	5.79
Aaron Harang	CIN	5.76
Bronson Arroyo	CIN	5.71
J.A. Happ	PHI	5.69
Carlos Zambrano	CHC	5.65
Johnny Cueto	CIN	5.6
Yovani Gallardo	MIL	5.57
Javier Vazquez	ATL	5.52
Matt Garza	TAM	5.45
Brian Bannister	KAN	5.31
Dallas Braden	OAK	5.29
James Shields	TAM	5.23
Edwin Jackson	DET	5.18
John Lannan	WAS	5.14
Jarrod Washburn	SEA	5.13
Joel Pineiro	STL	4.99
Barry Zito	SFO	4.92
Cliff Lee	CLE	4.75
Doug Davis	ARI	4.66
Zack Greinke	KAN	4.66
Johan Santana	NYM	4.18

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It seems to me that part of this can account for the other team's pitcher.

For most of the pitchers on the bottom, there’s a good amount of 1 and 2 pitchers, so a lot of times teams are gonna try and counter with one of their top shelf pitchers, and thus relative run support is smaller.

by bejaman on Jul 22, 2009 12:20 AM EDT reply actions

Won't

this come down a bit, when he improves and gets deeper into starts?

Come ON Pat the Bust, Navi can not have more homers than you

by 4QB on Jul 22, 2009 10:09 AM EDT reply actions

what?

his pitching doesn’t affect this at all.

Selgy

by mittens on Jul 22, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

That's a misleading stat

I prefer to use RS/IP that you can find at baseball-reference.com. That stat shows how many runs were scored while that pitcher was in the game. Go to and scroll down to sort by player.

Niemann in 7th in the league….Kazmir is 5th and Sonnanstine is 3rd.

Dockoftherays.com

by Jason Collette on Jul 22, 2009 10:40 AM EDT reply actions