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Hochman: Cardinals’ Gallegos was NL’s leader in pitching stat (or was he?)

Of all the pitchers who threw at least 30 innings, the Cardinals’ reliever Giovanny Gallegos (0.81) tied for first with Brewers’ reliever Josh Hader … on MLB.com. And ESPN.com. And FanGraphs.com.

That stat site takes WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) to the extra decimal spot – to the thousandths.

Alas, Hader’s WHIP on baseball-reference.com was 0.806, while Gallegos’ was 0.811. So, Hader’s WHIP was actually 0.005 better than Gallegos. Congrats to the long-haired Hader (WHIPi Longstocking) for the honor.

Per Cardinals' PR, Pat Neshek in 2014 is the franchise single-season reliever WHIP leader at 0.