2011 First-Year Pitchers with at least 0.5 WAR

by Marc Fournier on Jan 5, 2012 6:34 PM EST

Thanks to High Heat Stats we got a nice look on rookie pitchers this past year. The Diamondbacks were one of three teams to have at least three rookie pitchers with a at least a 0.5 WAR. Some highlights:

- Josh Collmenter posted the 3rd best ERA+ among rookie starters with a minimum of five starts (117)

- Bryan Shaw had the 5th best ERA+ overall among all rookie pitchers with at least 25 IP (157)

- Joe Paterson was the 2nd most prominent rookie pitcher seen in 2011, appearing in a total of 62 games.

- Even more impressive is the fact that all of them pitched in the NLDS.

All three players had FIPs of 3.80 or lower in 2011 and Bill James does not project any massive regression for any of them in 2012. With more rookie arms like Bauer, Skaggs, Holmberg, Corbin, Chafin, Bradley, and Meo on the way, this lists seems likely to be populated with Diamondbacks for a another few years.

Rk	Player	WAR	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	GF	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	ERA+
1	Michael Pineda	2.8	22	SEA	AL	28	28	0	9	10	0	171.0	133	55	173	3.74	103
2	Josh Collmenter	2.4	25	ARI	NL	31	24	3	10	10	0	154.1	137	28	100	3.38	117
3	Aaron Crow	2.1	24	KCR	AL	57	0	19	4	4	0	62.0	55	31	65	2.76	149
4	Louis Coleman	1.6	25	KCR	AL	48	0	11	1	4	1	59.2	44	26	64	2.87	143
5	Al Alburquerque	1.6	25	DET	AL	41	0	11	6	1	0	43.1	21	29	67	1.87	220
6	Juan Nicasio	1.5	24	COL	NL	13	13	0	4	4	0	71.2	73	18	58	4.14	108
7	Anthony Bass	1.4	23	SDP	NL	27	3	6	2	0	0	48.1	41	21	24	1.68	214
8	Javy Guerra	1.4	25	LAD	NL	47	0	38	2	2	21	46.2	37	18	38	2.31	162
9	Henderson Alvarez	1.3	21	TOR	AL	10	10	0	1	3	0	63.2	64	8	40	3.53	121
10	Zach Britton	1.3	23	BAL	AL	28	28	0	11	11	0	154.1	162	62	97	4.61	90
11	Blake Beavan	1.3	22	SEA	AL	15	15	0	5	6	0	97.0	106	15	42	4.27	90
12	Eduardo Sanchez	1.2	22	STL	NL	26	0	11	3	1	5	30.0	14	16	35	1.80	204
13	Tim Collins	1.1	21	KCR	AL	68	0	18	4	4	0	67.0	52	48	60	3.63	113
14	Rex Brothers	1.1	23	COL	NL	48	0	6	1	2	1	40.2	33	20	59	2.88	157
15	Randall Delgado	0.9	21	ATL	NL	7	7	0	1	1	0	35.0	29	14	18	2.83	135
16	Rubby De La Rosa	0.9	22	LAD	NL	13	10	2	4	5	0	60.2	54	31	60	3.71	101
17	Everett Teaford	0.8	27	KCR	AL	26	3	7	2	1	1	44.0	36	14	28	3.27	126
18	Alex Cobb	0.8	23	TBR	AL	9	9	0	3	2	0	52.2	49	21	37	3.42	110
19	Nathan Eovaldi	0.7	21	LAD	NL	10	6	1	1	2	0	34.2	28	20	23	3.63	103
20	Brad Peacock	0.7	23	WSN	NL	3	2	0	2	0	0	12.0	7	6	4	0.75	531
21	Lance Lynn	0.7	24	STL	NL	18	2	2	1	1	1	34.2	25	11	40	3.12	118
22	Joe Paterson	0.7	25	ARI	NL	62	0	17	0	3	1	34.0	28	15	28	2.91	137
23	Michael Stutes	0.6	24	PHI	NL	57	0	11	6	2	0	62.0	49	28	58	3.63	107
24	Josh Spence	0.6	23	SDP	NL	40	0	8	0	2	0	29.2	14	19	31	2.73	132
25	Dylan Axelrod	0.6	25	CHW	AL	4	3	1	1	0	0	18.2	18	9	19	2.89	148
26	David Carpenter	0.6	25	HOU	NL	34	0	12	1	3	1	27.2	28	13	29	2.93	131
27	Josh Lindblom	0.6	24	LAD	NL	27	0	8	1	0	0	29.2	21	10	28	2.73	138
28	Bryan Shaw	0.5	23	ARI	NL	33	0	8	1	0	0	28.1	30	8	24	2.54	157
29	Danny Duffy	0.5	22	KCR	AL	20	20	0	4	8	0	105.1	119	51	87	5.64	73
30	Joel Carreno	0.5	24	TOR	AL	11	0	3	1	0	0	15.2	11	4	14	1.15	378
31	Ryan Mattheus	0.5	27	WSN	NL	35	0	12	2	2	0	32.0	26	15	12	2.81	139

You always get a little worried when your team is this stocked with potential and you have a GM who wants to "win now" but so far we still have a lot to smile about. So let's just keep smiling.

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