We checked in on the free agent offensive leaderboards yesterday; now let's see how starting pitchers stack up a quarter of the way through the season.
ERA
- Hiroki Kuroda – 3.21
- C.J. Wilson – 3.38
- C.C. Sabathia – 3.47
- Jason Marquis – 3.54
- Bruce Chen – 3.59
SIERA (minimum 40 innings)
- Bartolo Colon – 3.30
- Ryan Dempster – 3.62
- Hiroki Kuroda – 3.82
- C.C. Sabathia – 3.92
- Chris Carpenter – 4.02
Innings pitched
1. C.J. Wilson – 61 1/3
2. Mark Buehrle, C.C. Sabathia – 59 2/3
4. Livan Hernandez – 57 1/3
5. Brad Penny – 57
Strikeouts per nine innings
- Ryan Dempster – 8.6
- Bartolo Colon – 8.5
- C.C. Sabathia – 7.5
- C.J. Wilson – 7.34
- Edwin Jackson - 7.28
Walks per nine innings
- Jeff Francis – 1.67
- Jason Marquis – 1.69
- Bartolo Colon – 2.1
- Hiroki Kuroda – 2.2
- Mark Buehrle – 2.6
Groundball rate
- Brad Penny – 54.0%
- Paul Maholm – 52.4%
- Jason Marquis – 51.7%
- Jeff Francis – 49.5%
- Hiroki Kuroda – 48.5%
Average fastball velocity
1. Edwin Jackson – 93.8 mph
2. C.C. Sabathia – 92.8
3. Brad Penny – 92.0
4. Chris Carpenter, Bartolo Colon – 91.8