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Digging out the obscure numbers

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Friday, January 28, 2005

The Useless Information keeps on coming, with our Top 10 Useless Info Nuggets of the Month ... 10. Our definition of an "unhittable" pitcher would be a guy who submerged the batting average of both left-handed and right-handed hitters below the Mendoza Line. Just five relief pitchers (with 50 appearances or more) and one starter did that last year: Armando Benitez (LHs .168, RHs .140) Billy Wagner (.103, .197) Tom Gordon (.185, .174) Brad Lidge (.191, .155) Ugueth Urbina (.191, .196) Johan S ...

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