I started this thinking it was going to be a big deal. I’m now convinced it’s important to do even though it’s a small deal. In my last post, I was discussing Justin Verlander‘s quest for 300 wins and it got me thinking about the 5 inning rule for starters. Let me start by saying that the Win was already a pretty stupid stat — probably the single worst headline stat that baseball has. It’s even worse than Game Winning RBI and they junked that one years ago.
Wins are just about the most team-dependent individual stat we have.