Sunday Fun: Starting Pitchers By OPS Against

With the holiday weekend and the start of college football, there hasn't been much going on around here. Just for fun, let's take a look at pitchers in the Rays organization ranked by OPS against (I know it has it's flaws, but this is just for fun).

For some perspective I included major leaguers you've probably seen a lot more of and added some other peripheral stats, and 'starters' is defined as players who have pitched half or more of their games as a starting pitcher. And levels pitched at are combined for the 2009 season, FYI.

The righthanders (minimum 50 innings pitched, but I left in Fuller and Bencomo):

                   Age  ERA  G GS    IP  WHIP   BA   OPS BAbip  H/9 BB/9  SO/9
Colome Alexander    20 1.80 14 14  70.0 1.086 .182  .524  .276  5.8  4.0 10.93
Hellickson Jeremy   22 2.46 20 20 113.1 0.891 .178  .530  .240  5.7  2.3 10.48
Barnese Nick        20 2.54 15 15  74.1 1.090 .202  .590  .247  6.8  3.0  7.51
Rodriguez Wilking   19 3.21 13 13  56.0 1.000 .213  .605  .260  7.1  1.9  8.36
Mateo Victor        19 1.98 10  9  50.0 1.020 .226  .605  .275  7.6  1.6  6.84
Andujar Chris       21 2.70 31 17 120.0 1.175 .220  .634  .252  7.4  3.2  5.93
McEachern Jason     18 2.36 14 14  72.1 1.092 .245  .649  .304  8.3  1.5  7.71
Cobb Alex           21 3.04 24 23 124.1 1.182 .249  .652  .306  8.4  2.2  7.75
Davis Wade          23 3.41 28 28 158.1 1.257 .231  .657  .277  7.9  3.4  7.96
Cabrera Orlando     19 3.94 15 10  59.1 1.213 .235  .657  .255  8.3  2.6  5.01
Wilsino Juan        20 3.60 11 11  55.0 1.109 .257  .663  .310  8.8  1.1  6.55
Fuller Devin        20 2.94 13  8  49.0 1.429 .239  .664  .284  8.1  4.8  5.69
Hall Jeremy         25 3.63 25 25 139.0 1.180 .244  .681  .295  8.4  2.3  7.45
Furdal Bradley      18 3.88 12  8  51.0 1.431 .271  .687  .355  9.7  3.2  8.65
Garza Matt          25 4.02 27 27 170.1 1.262 .233  .700  .268  7.8  3.5  8.03
Niemann Jeff        26 3.68 26 25 154.0 1.286 .255  .708  .282  8.7  2.9  5.73
Rodriguez Aneury    21 4.50 27 27 142.0 1.275 .231  .711  .261  7.7  3.7  7.04
Bencomo Omar        20 3.50  9  9  36.0 1.167 .253  .735  .286  9.3  1.3  7.25
Baker Brian         26 4.53 30 17 115.1 1.361 .267  .738  .316  9.3  3.0  7.57
Talbot Mitch        25 3.71 15 15  68.0 1.338 .275  .738  .355  9.7  2.4  8.87
Cruz Joseph         20 4.04 21 21  98.0 1.388 .284  .738  .363 10.1  2.4  9.09
Shull Trevor        18 4.65 13 12  60.0 1.400 .275  .739  .321 10.2  2.4  7.50
Rollins Heath       24 3.88 30 22 137.0 1.365 .281  .741  .316 10.0  2.3  5.58
Almonte Wilmer      19 3.34 12  7  62.0 1.129 .262  .747  .290  9.0  1.2  5.37
Chavez Kevin        20 4.71 16  8  57.1 1.430 .277  .755  .302  9.6  3.3  4.87
Dyer Shane          21 5.08 25 16 101.0 1.515 .297  .763  .355 10.8  2.9  6.77
Shields James       27 4.02 29 29 192.1 1.336 .276  .774  .306  9.9  2.2  6.50
Darcy Jesse         24 5.24 22 16 103.0 1.447 .311  .837  .319 11.2  1.8  3.93
Sonnanstine Andy    26 5.75 25 25 142.1 1.504 .306  .848  .328 11.3  2.2  5.56

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/6/2009.

And the lefthanders (minimum 50 innings pitched, but I left in Partridge, Rosscup, Dott, and McGee):

                   Age  ERA  G GS    IP  WHIP   BA   OPS BAbip  H/9 BB/9  SO/9
Dettrich Julius     20 2.93 12 12  61.1 1.043 .213  .559  .236  7.2  2.2  5.28
Lobstein Kyle       19 2.59 14 14  73.0 1.068 .204  .594  .263  6.8  2.8  9.12
Partridge Jacob     18 1.75 11  7  36.0 1.083 .202  .596  .283  6.5  3.3  9.75
Newmann David       24 3.44 24 24 131.0 1.176 .223  .613  .287  7.4  3.2  8.79
Moore Matthew       20 3.15 26 26 123.0 1.268 .195  .614  .308  6.3  5.1 12.88
Torres Alexander    21 2.86 27 25 151.0 1.338 .222  .628  .298  7.1  4.9  9.06
Rosscup Zachary     21 2.70 10  9  40.0 1.175 .263  .648  .311  9.2  1.4  6.08
Hernandez Carlos    29 3.29 21 21 112.0 1.268 .242  .687  .281  8.0  3.4  6.51
Downs Darin         24 2.24 22 21 132.1 1.186 .257  .693  .315  8.8  1.8  8.16
Cromer Jason        28 3.08 27 26 149.0 1.342 .270  .695  .304  9.4  2.7  5.19
Lara Braulio        20 3.60 13  8  55.0 1.327 .242  .696  .323  8.5  3.4  9.49
De Los Santos Frank 21 3.80 26 26 130.1 1.343 .260  .714  .295  9.2  2.9  5.46
Dott Aaron          21 4.15 13  9  43.1 1.569 .291  .719  .342 10.8  3.3  6.02
Mann Brandon        25 4.45 27 21 125.1 1.452 .279  .743  .309  9.6  3.4  5.17
McGee Jake          22 6.49 15 15  26.1 1.557 .274  .744  .397  9.9  4.1 12.30
Price David         23 4.56 26 26 130.1 1.442 .250  .759  .287  8.7  4.3  8.01
Morse Ryan          26 4.88 23 16  83.0 1.542 .273  .767  .299  9.7  4.2  5.42
Guerrero Joan       18 5.90 15 10  50.1 1.927 .319  .851  .368 12.0  5.4  6.26

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 9/6/2009.