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Sixty Feet, Six Inches: Indicator stats

By Sean Allen
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Strikeouts, wins, saves, ERA and WHIP. In a large majority of fantasy leagues, those are the only statistics a pitcher can contribute in. So why the heck do we keep track of so much other stuff? With the All-Star break, I thought now was as good a time as anyway to take a quick look at some of the indicator stats. A pitcher's ERA or WHIP doesn't always reflect how well he is pitching. We can often look at some of the indicator stats and see if someone is due for an improvement. So let's have a ...

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