I was there in person for his complete game shut out last year. He is crazy to watch. He has had a few innings where he really struggled this year, but I suppose asking him to be god-tier every game is a little unreasonable.
@@jonathancracolici536 I feel like the only reasons he had bad inning is just negative regression, he cant keep being this good forever. I also think hes getting a bit of a sophmore slump right now but after all star break he might be one of the top pitchers to watch for sure.
I had a breakdown from that graphic at the end. I’ll offer some constructive criticism: The main one - panning from right to left when introducing the graphic makes it hard to read in English. no title/poorly located title Arguably excessively ‘busy’ or cluttered (could have made the white points a bit smaller, just my opinion). Y axis label maybe too. great video, really like the channel and especially the videos about pitchers.
Maybe it's just the way it was worded in the video by saying "first walk" but the career K/BB stat is simply the ratio of strikeouts to walks over the career. So Kirby throws 7.87 strikeouts per every walk. By saying "first walk" the implication is that he throws on average between 7-8 strikeouts in a game before he throws a walk. When in reality, it doesn't matter when the K or BB is thrown within a single game, or even over the course of the career for that matter. For example, If he gives up a walk at the start of a game but then goes on to throw eight strikeouts without any additional walks, his stat will still improve rather than decline.
his presence in a rotation also has a domino kind of buffing effect : the other pitchers around kirby start to really hate walking players as well, and it becomes a competition in the clubhouse.
I feel bad for the Ms rotation. It's likely the best in all of baseball and they don't get ANY support from the offense. The Ms should be knocking on 100 wins this year if they had even a mediocre offense.
Kirby walked 23 in 191 innings, but he also allowed 181 hits (most in the MLB this year) Brett Saberhagen walked 13 in 177 IP’s thirty years ago en route to a 14-4 season a year after the Mets flopped to 59-103. I don’t recall Bret facing teams like the M’s in his day, who just a month ago were hitting .216 as a team. Kirby doesn’t have to worry about painting corners as often as hurlers needed to back then, weren’t many 30 HR’s/200 K’s players in the 90’s. 🙄
I hate walks too, which is why I love Kirby. There's no defense for walks. Don't let the batters beat you with walks. Make them earn it by hitting the ball. I've always believed in this bit of wisdom.
Huge M’s fan here. My dad and I bought club level seats before Kirby’s debut was even announced. I’m much more of a prospect nerd than my dad. When they announced his debut, I was elated and had to tell my dad about this dude that hammers the strike zone. He was brilliant and M’s fans have been blessed to watch him ever since. The only pitchers with a better BB/9 all time all pitched in the dead ball era.
He's my favorite pitcher in the rotation. I wonder why they have paired him with Garver these last couple starts. Maybe they think he won't need the benefit of Cal's excellent framing? You dont have to make Kirby's pitches look like strikes, they already look like it and I think his reputation might help him sometimes, kind of like Maddux.
Was at that Mariners vs Orioles game. Unbelievable start from Kirby. Great way to honor Felix's Mariner HOF induction ceremony. Kinda fitting he got a no decision on 9 scoreless innings pitches. Felix knew all too well
Great video! George Kirby is insanely talented, our best pitcher since Felix imo, even with Castillo on the roster. Looking forward to watching him for the next decade plus in Seattle!
@@funkerman7 Ownership paid Felix, Cano, Castillo, even Julio. I believe John Stanton is cheap, but not stupid. We'll resign Kirby and likely look to trade Luis Castillo in a few years just like we did with Robbie Ray last offseason.
Im a huge Kirby fan (hes the onlt baseball player jersey i own) and i literally know his k/bb ratio but i still got chills at that end graphic... phenomenal work
Sometime just knowing it doesn't tell u how impressive it rly is. If your an Ms fan u watch him alot so u become numb to it. I'm a pirates fan iv became numb to loseing and now we have Paul skenes and even after a few starts he throws 100 plus like 20 times a game. It doesn't impress me anymore bc I'm just used to it by this point
I threw a forkball that knuckled a great deal. Knuckleballs/forkballs are definitely not the route to go if you don't want to walk batters. The movement is out of this world, but control/command is not happening. Kirby's power and command are exceptional. I greatly enjoy watching him pitch.
I was at that August 12th, 2023 game. It was Felix Hernandez Hall of Fame Induction Night. We lost 1-0 in 10 innings. Mariners fans will know why that’s funny (or sad, maybe both).
he’s walked a lot more batters this year, and especially in his two starts with Garver catching he’s been throwing a lot more pitches outside of the zone
my favorite george kirby stat: he is (as of june 11 2024) 23rd on the MLB career BB/9 leaderboard. the last time anyone else in the top 30 pitched was 1892
Great write-up on one of my favorite pitchers in the game right now. One small critique of the script: when the subject of a comparison is plural, you use 'fewer' rather than 'less'. For example: Kirby allowed fewer than 20 walks (plural subject) with an ERA (singular subject) of less than 4. Sorry if this comes off as pedantic; I am an unapologetic pedant.
My only spring training game I have been to was March 2023. If I remember correctly, Kirby threw a no hitter against the dodgers until he was pulled after 6. It was amazing to see in person!
Tommy Bond played before walks were 4 balls - at first they were 9, then 8, then 6 in the NL, but also at first batters could request "high" or "low" and if the pitcher didn't conform, it would be a ball. Nonetheless, to give up a walk in the 1870s NL was basically walking the same batter twice. Otoh, strikeouts were already at 3 strikes with the advent of modern base ball, and called strikes existed by 1858.
I was at that game against the Orioles. It was King Felix Mariners HOF night. Kirby pitched a helluva game only for the Ms to lose in extras from Cedric Mullins I believe.
the ending reminds me STRONGLY of Chart Party, specifically a video they did about NBA 3 pointers. the end of that video is nearly identical. two highly similar pieces of cinematic masterpiece tbh
I went to high school with George and even played Little League against him. Pretty trippy to see UA-cam vids about him lmao. Keep at it George, you’re a beast.
I don’t get to watch him much but growing up I took pride in not walking hitters. Love pitchers like him that don’t walk guys and challenge hitters. Awesome video that and chart is nuts
Kirby is awesome, every Seattle starter is really good this year. It's been fun to watch...... Four of five of the starters were drafted by the Mariners, that's a really good run of success in drafts.
I remember watching Phil Hughes all season long in 2014 when he set the single season SO/W record (11.63). 16 BB with over 200 IP.. it was unbelievable
Looking at his extended stats this year, his HR/9 is up by a tad (1.2 vs 1.0) while his BABIP and his Hard Hit % are lower but he's not getting anywhere near as many ground balls so it seems like he's just getting unlucky giving up a few more homers than he did last year and maybe some bloop liners that scored runs. Likely after one of his three wild pitches (he had one all last year)
FYI for those wondering, a lot of his ERA was that game against Cleveland where our RF could just not get to the fly balls. It makes sense to me that his FIP is the same but ERA is worse. Our outfield defense has gotten noticably worse.
K/BB ratio is just strikeouts divided by walks like it says in the definition you provided, not an average of strikeouts a pitcher records before allowing a walk. "they all average about five strikeouts before walking the first batter" is not what K/BB means.
@@curryboyftw Found out he was an Elon guy because he has been blowing up the league in my OOTP franchise (not for my squad, alas) and it was on his player card. Immediately started paying more heed to his game, and have been thoroughly pleased.
He is also the Jamal Murray of Baseball. Kirby needs the light as bright as possible to perform, bro is a big game pitcher. I love the Mariners staff in general but Kirby is by my favorite.
The way i see it if you throw the ball over the plate, the average hitter has between a 25-30% chance to get a hit. If you walk the guy, he has a 100% chance to get on base. Barring a select few hitters and situations i feel it's in the pitcher's favor to challenge the hitter.
Not mentioning his game 3 ALDS performance is criminal. 7 shoutout innings, 6 Ks, 0 walks, and some of the most hype moments ive seen from a pitcher in awhile. How many pitchers do you know that are diving into the dugout wall to make an out?
Him not walking batters is like a poker player that folds 90pct of hands only to play 10pct...u don't wanna go against him when he's playing a hand...kinda like not wanting to take pitches for a walk against kirby.
When you say his ERA+ means his ERA was 20% above league average, that isn't what ERA+ says. ERA- would say that (if 80). The numerator and denominator are flipped in ERA+. Beyond the box score covers it, but most people use ERA+ wrong.
@@KevinPassino It also isn't referring to the player but the league. Meaning the league's ERA is 20% worse than Kirby's ERA. It is why I dislike that baseball-reference uses ERA+ since most people talk about the player's stats to the league's stats not the league's stats to the player. A small but important distinction.
when I watched Clay Holmes blow the game vs Mariners by just start walking batter, some of them even down 0-2 and then got a walk, it's just painful. And then I start thinking just throw a damn strike. Maybe they gonna hit it, but we got fielders. Rather take that chance than just keep putting people on base for free
He needn’t worry in today’s game. I saw where Tovar (Rockies SS) had 200 K’s just to produce 26 HR’s. I give him credit for actually hitting better away from Coors (in HR’s and batting average) but he walked just 23 times. That’s ridiculous. In my day players walked as often as they struck out (look up Gene Tenace’s stats, especially when he was a Padre) now it won’t be long before someone K’s 100+ times and draws zero walks. 🙄
I had no idea Kirby was that damn good. To do a cross sport comparison, which is the ONLY way to find this level of dominance is a stat, you have to look at Wayne Gretzky and his 894 goals 1,963 assists and 2,857 points. The next best player is Jaromír Jágr and his 766 Goals 1155 Assists for 1921 Points. That means that Jagr has fewer points then Gretzky has just assists alone Plot that on a similar sort of graph, and you'd see a similar result. IMO one of the highest honours any athlete can get is to be compared to Wayne Gretzky. he's called "The Great One" for a reason.
Sick. I was literally going to look this up a few days ago but didn't know how. lol I can't believe he leads in first pitch strike rate and it is still only 68.6%. If being ahead in the count is like definitionally the largest advantage possible in baseball (source: foolish), I am surprised there aren't any pitchers throwing like 90% first pitch strike rates. (or at least in the zone, I guess you need to factor in hits on it)
Wow this guy will be a rich man if he isn’t already because he will be getting offers he can’t refuse . The ending on the statistics with all the best in comparison ,left me with chill bumps . Congratulations Seattle y’all got a winner in this fellow
*That stat breakdown in the end, I exclaimed "holy crap" so loudly i think my neighbors are worried. Kirby is thee pitcher to watch.*
I was there in person for his complete game shut out last year. He is crazy to watch. He has had a few innings where he really struggled this year, but I suppose asking him to be god-tier every game is a little unreasonable.
@@jonathancracolici536 I feel like the only reasons he had bad inning is just negative regression, he cant keep being this good forever. I also think hes getting a bit of a sophmore slump right now but after all star break he might be one of the top pitchers to watch for sure.
Why did I read the title the mlb pitcher who hates hats
I had a breakdown from that graphic at the end.
I’ll offer some constructive criticism:
The main one - panning from right to left when introducing the graphic makes it hard to read in English.
no title/poorly located title
Arguably excessively ‘busy’ or cluttered (could have made the white points a bit smaller, just my opinion). Y axis label maybe too.
great video, really like the channel and especially the videos about pitchers.
I remember him setting a MLB record by throwing the first 25 pitches for strikes.
I was there 👀
I think Bartolo had more but he was throwing 85 not 98
@@jimboyepnothingelse3548 His was during the game. Kirbys' record was starting the game.
@@jimboyepnothingelse3548 he did not I’m pretty sure
@@nolankahler6705i was there too
the ending gave me goosebumps, these video essays are spectacular as always
Maybe it's just the way it was worded in the video by saying "first walk" but the career K/BB stat is simply the ratio of strikeouts to walks over the career. So Kirby throws 7.87 strikeouts per every walk. By saying "first walk" the implication is that he throws on average between 7-8 strikeouts in a game before he throws a walk. When in reality, it doesn't matter when the K or BB is thrown within a single game, or even over the course of the career for that matter. For example, If he gives up a walk at the start of a game but then goes on to throw eight strikeouts without any additional walks, his stat will still improve rather than decline.
@@the_indie_armystill a good stat
I hope you’re proud
his presence in a rotation also has a domino kind of buffing effect : the other pitchers around kirby start to really hate walking players as well, and it becomes a competition in the clubhouse.
He also gets deep into games because he keeps his pitch count low, which allows the bullpen to rest.
11:30 A classic Jon Bois manoeuvre.
If he would've started the music a half second before he started panning up it would've been perfect
Learning from legends
Bois-terous indeed
...who apparently got his stats-nerdiness from Henry Ross Perot, the grandaddy of stats-as-news.
me when jon bois shows one dot really far away from all the other dots
Didn't mention the most Mariner fact of all time: the M's lost Kirby's 9 inning, 3 hit, 0 ER game
Glad I stopped paying for cable in 2010. Moneyball sucks.
I feel bad for the Ms rotation. It's likely the best in all of baseball and they don't get ANY support from the offense. The Ms should be knocking on 100 wins this year if they had even a mediocre offense.
Kirby walked 23 in 191 innings, but he also allowed 181 hits (most in the MLB this year)
Brett Saberhagen walked 13 in 177 IP’s thirty years ago en route to a 14-4 season a year after the Mets flopped to 59-103.
I don’t recall Bret facing teams like the M’s in his day, who just a month ago were hitting .216 as a team.
Kirby doesn’t have to worry about painting corners as often as hurlers needed to back then, weren’t many 30 HR’s/200 K’s players in the 90’s. 🙄
Good to see baseball fans outside of the Northwest starting to appreciate George Kirby. He's the real deal.
Bro that last stat had me in shock.
it feels so fucking good to see videos made about mariners players again. the Ms are fucking back baby.
The pitching is. The lineup is dreadful. Glad the next round of prospects coming are all bats.
I genuinely somehow predicted that a stark raving sports video was going to come out today
happy to oblige you :)
Battalion pt
Huh
I get why other countries do it, not so much mine
Want a cookie ?
I hate walks too, which is why I love Kirby. There's no defense for walks. Don't let the batters beat you with walks. Make them earn it by hitting the ball. I've always believed in this bit of wisdom.
Lost art especially in today's baseball.
You must hate Nolan Ryan then lol
Huge M’s fan here. My dad and I bought club level seats before Kirby’s debut was even announced. I’m much more of a prospect nerd than my dad. When they announced his debut, I was elated and had to tell my dad about this dude that hammers the strike zone. He was brilliant and M’s fans have been blessed to watch him ever since. The only pitchers with a better BB/9 all time all pitched in the dead ball era.
He's my favorite pitcher in the rotation. I wonder why they have paired him with Garver these last couple starts. Maybe they think he won't need the benefit of Cal's excellent framing? You dont have to make Kirby's pitches look like strikes, they already look like it and I think his reputation might help him sometimes, kind of like Maddux.
Really love the M's pitching right now. Hope our bats get hot soon. Feeling great about this season.
Was at that Mariners vs Orioles game. Unbelievable start from Kirby. Great way to honor Felix's Mariner HOF induction ceremony. Kinda fitting he got a no decision on 9 scoreless innings pitches. Felix knew all too well
One of the more Mariners-y things to ever happen for sure
M's baseball babyyyy
Randy Johnson agrees
Great video! George Kirby is insanely talented, our best pitcher since Felix imo, even with Castillo on the roster. Looking forward to watching him for the next decade plus in Seattle!
Lol if theres one guy I am certain is leaving Ms first chance he gets its Kirby. No chance hes staying past arb
Knowing the Ms they will trade him or not resign him
@@funkerman7 Ownership paid Felix, Cano, Castillo, even Julio. I believe John Stanton is cheap, but not stupid. We'll resign Kirby and likely look to trade Luis Castillo in a few years just like we did with Robbie Ray last offseason.
@@InsidiousSwede Kirby is one of our five aces and he doesnt seem to like Seattle too much
@@funkerman7 What gives you that impression lol?
Jaw actually fell at that last stat lmao
Im a huge Kirby fan (hes the onlt baseball player jersey i own) and i literally know his k/bb ratio but i still got chills at that end graphic... phenomenal work
Sometime just knowing it doesn't tell u how impressive it rly is. If your an Ms fan u watch him alot so u become numb to it. I'm a pirates fan iv became numb to loseing and now we have Paul skenes and even after a few starts he throws 100 plus like 20 times a game. It doesn't impress me anymore bc I'm just used to it by this point
I'm so lucky to be a Mariners fan right now I got a little choked up at the end
Same, but he'll walk come free agency, they ain't paying him, Gilbert, Cal the money they'll command
i just practice pitching earlier and decided to watch this, he might be one of my new favorites, not to mention my friend is named kirby lol
I threw a forkball that knuckled a great deal. Knuckleballs/forkballs are definitely not the route to go if you don't want to walk batters. The movement is out of this world, but control/command is not happening.
Kirby's power and command are exceptional. I greatly enjoy watching him pitch.
I was at that August 12th, 2023 game. It was Felix Hernandez Hall of Fame Induction Night. We lost 1-0 in 10 innings. Mariners fans will know why that’s funny (or sad, maybe both).
The most fitting Mariners L 😂 Nostalgia is pain sometimes hahaha
Definitely both.
Love that he's on our team.
hit us with the Jimmy Highroller graph at the end. beautiful
Great video. Good stuff bro. Kirby is a beast for my Seattle Mariners. Offense has been horrific but pitching is lights out
Agree with these observations. Kirby is Greg Maddux.... with a fast ball!
his reference page is incredible what the hell you mean less than 50 walks over 1600+ batters faced
Really cool tribute to Tim Wakefield by him, not only is he a great pitcher but seems like a class act as well
I felt the Jon bois/chart party influence at the end there. Loved the video brother keep it up
Lmao that last stat sheet is absolutely insane
This is seriously an amazing video! Absolutely great work man!
he’s walked a lot more batters this year, and especially in his two starts with Garver catching he’s been throwing a lot more pitches outside of the zone
What? His K/BB is 10.6 right now. He's walked 7 batters in 13 starts.
@@jessecassino3185 a lot more is relative, i suppose
He needs more attention. I feel that he’s still startlingly underrated!
That ending though! Wow 🤩 great job on this video 😎
my favorite george kirby stat: he is (as of june 11 2024) 23rd on the MLB career BB/9 leaderboard. the last time anyone else in the top 30 pitched was 1892
Great write-up on one of my favorite pitchers in the game right now. One small critique of the script: when the subject of a comparison is plural, you use 'fewer' rather than 'less'.
For example: Kirby allowed fewer than 20 walks (plural subject) with an ERA (singular subject) of less than 4. Sorry if this comes off as pedantic; I am an unapologetic pedant.
Was *just* looking up George Kirby's Baseball Reference page as I was going through some baseball cards, how timely!
My only spring training game I have been to was March 2023. If I remember correctly, Kirby threw a no hitter against the dodgers until he was pulled after 6. It was amazing to see in person!
Tommy Bond played before walks were 4 balls - at first they were 9, then 8, then 6 in the NL, but also at first batters could request "high" or "low" and if the pitcher didn't conform, it would be a ball. Nonetheless, to give up a walk in the 1870s NL was basically walking the same batter twice. Otoh, strikeouts were already at 3 strikes with the advent of modern base ball, and called strikes existed by 1858.
As a Red Sox fan, I can appreciate a guy throwing a knuckleball as a tribute to Wake.
I was at that game against the Orioles. It was King Felix Mariners HOF night. Kirby pitched a helluva game only for the Ms to lose in extras from Cedric Mullins I believe.
the ending reminds me STRONGLY of Chart Party, specifically a video they did about NBA 3 pointers. the end of that video is nearly identical. two highly similar pieces of cinematic masterpiece tbh
Logan Gilbert is pretty friggin' awesome too! Love the final chart. It really puts things into perspective!
I went to high school with George and even played Little League against him. Pretty trippy to see UA-cam vids about him lmao.
Keep at it George, you’re a beast.
I don’t get to watch him much but growing up I took pride in not walking hitters. Love pitchers like him that don’t walk guys and challenge hitters. Awesome video that and chart is nuts
Kirby is awesome, every Seattle starter is really good this year. It's been fun to watch......
Four of five of the starters were drafted by the Mariners, that's a really good run of success in drafts.
As a Mariners fan, Kirby is an absolute joy to watch and root for.
I remember watching Phil Hughes all season long in 2014 when he set the single season SO/W record (11.63). 16 BB with over 200 IP.. it was unbelievable
That mic drop was made me scream "WHAT" and I loved it
I've been running out of patience with him in my rotisserie fantasy league, but I think I'm gonna hold on to him now lol
I’m super lucky that I get to watch Kirby every 5th day he’s straight up unhitable and he won’t walk anybody Seattle is lucky to have him it’s insane
Looking at his extended stats this year, his HR/9 is up by a tad (1.2 vs 1.0) while his BABIP and his Hard Hit % are lower but he's not getting anywhere near as many ground balls so it seems like he's just getting unlucky giving up a few more homers than he did last year and maybe some bloop liners that scored runs. Likely after one of his three wild pitches (he had one all last year)
It’s nice to see the baseball community catch up to what us Ms fans been knowing. I’m Kirby’s #1 fan
FYI for those wondering, a lot of his ERA was that game against Cleveland where our RF could just not get to the fly balls. It makes sense to me that his FIP is the same but ERA is worse. Our outfield defense has gotten noticably worse.
He sounds like how I pitched in video games, tried to never throw a ball, strikes only lol
Webb has been a stud for us
K/BB ratio is just strikeouts divided by walks like it says in the definition you provided, not an average of strikeouts a pitcher records before allowing a walk. "they all average about five strikeouts before walking the first batter" is not what K/BB means.
Exactly. Can't believe no one else has mentioned this
Graduated from Elon three years before Kirby debuted in college. Fantastic to see him succeeding!
It was a pleasure to watch him pitch during my time on campus!
@@curryboyftw Found out he was an Elon guy because he has been blowing up the league in my OOTP franchise (not for my squad, alas) and it was on his player card. Immediately started paying more heed to his game, and have been thoroughly pleased.
Dude that knuckle was dirty.
Getting your Jimmy Highroller vibes on with that chart at the end lol
He is also the Jamal Murray of Baseball. Kirby needs the light as bright as possible to perform, bro is a big game pitcher. I love the Mariners staff in general but Kirby is by my favorite.
That was me and some friends with a KKKKKirby sign.
Fire 🔥 video my guy keeps em coming 😎
Jon Bois-style ending, I like it!
Command Strips should give him a sponsorship! Dude is soooo good and I'm proud to watch him play for my M's!
Just in time to KIRBSMASH the As tonight
Padres
@@dividojo no, it was the A’s babes
George is my favorite player as a Mariners Fan, hope he can figure it out this year, he’s been hit very hard.
When you’re watching a pitching baseball video waiting for the jomboy pitch overlay analysis 😂
The way i see it if you throw the ball over the plate, the average hitter has between a 25-30% chance to get a hit. If you walk the guy, he has a 100% chance to get on base. Barring a select few hitters and situations i feel it's in the pitcher's favor to challenge the hitter.
Not mentioning his game 3 ALDS performance is criminal. 7 shoutout innings, 6 Ks, 0 walks, and some of the most hype moments ive seen from a pitcher in awhile.
How many pitchers do you know that are diving into the dugout wall to make an out?
🔱Seattle stand up!! Hey, George Stanton (owner) Stanton whatever your name is... SELL THE TEAM
6:15 nice to know someone has taken over for Angel as the go-to bad umpire to name check. There's plenty to choose from.
Him not walking batters is like a poker player that folds 90pct of hands only to play 10pct...u don't wanna go against him when he's playing a hand...kinda like not wanting to take pitches for a walk against kirby.
He hit us with Jxmy Highroller at the end... Nice
The end blew my mind 🤯
I predict that Kirby will eventually become a knuckle ball pitcher near the end of his career once his natural athleticism starts to wane
George Kirby Mentioned RAHHHH
KIRBYYY
That music leading up to Kirbys k:bb rate 👌
When you say his ERA+ means his ERA was 20% above league average, that isn't what ERA+ says. ERA- would say that (if 80). The numerator and denominator are flipped in ERA+. Beyond the box score covers it, but most people use ERA+ wrong.
In this context, "above" is the wrong word. It's BETTER than league average so lower, not above.
@@KevinPassino It also isn't referring to the player but the league. Meaning the league's ERA is 20% worse than Kirby's ERA. It is why I dislike that baseball-reference uses ERA+ since most people talk about the player's stats to the league's stats not the league's stats to the player. A small but important distinction.
when I watched Clay Holmes blow the game vs Mariners by just start walking batter, some of them even down 0-2 and then got a walk, it's just painful. And then I start thinking just throw a damn strike. Maybe they gonna hit it, but we got fielders. Rather take that chance than just keep putting people on base for free
He needn’t worry in today’s game.
I saw where Tovar (Rockies SS) had 200 K’s just to produce 26 HR’s.
I give him credit for actually hitting better away from Coors (in HR’s and batting average) but he walked just 23 times.
That’s ridiculous. In my day players walked as often as they struck out (look up Gene Tenace’s stats, especially when he was a Padre) now it won’t be long before someone K’s 100+ times and draws zero walks. 🙄
What's represented on the X-axis of that chart at the end?
Incredible strikeout to walk ratio!
George Kirby - Union President
“He loves strikes”
That outro music. What genre/artist is that?
shit looked like a summoning salts video when he was showing strikeouts before walk
Great video. This didn't workout so well though for the guy from Arizona who was able to steal bases at an incredible clip.
I had no idea Kirby was that damn good. To do a cross sport comparison, which is the ONLY way to find this level of dominance is a stat, you have to look at Wayne Gretzky and his 894 goals 1,963 assists and 2,857 points. The next best player is Jaromír Jágr and his 766 Goals 1155 Assists for 1921 Points. That means that Jagr has fewer points then Gretzky has just assists alone Plot that on a similar sort of graph, and you'd see a similar result. IMO one of the highest honours any athlete can get is to be compared to Wayne Gretzky. he's called "The Great One" for a reason.
i love this stuff. keep it up.
Am I going crazy or are there faint white dots on the white charts with black backgrounds??
the way you speak is strikingly like matpat
plz make a video on the regression of corbin carrol
Stark just pulled a Jxmyhighroller 🤣
I got to move to this velo city you keep talking about
If that chart at the end doesn’t show you, I don’t know what will!! Talk about being in a league all your own!!
I had an uncle named George Kirby. He could also throw a knuckleball
Sick. I was literally going to look this up a few days ago but didn't know how. lol I can't believe he leads in first pitch strike rate and it is still only 68.6%. If being ahead in the count is like definitionally the largest advantage possible in baseball (source: foolish), I am surprised there aren't any pitchers throwing like 90% first pitch strike rates. (or at least in the zone, I guess you need to factor in hits on it)
I really want him to have everything just fall into place and have a 2019 Gerrit Cole season I would love to see that
Sportstorm u rock brotherman
I've been calling Kirby "Power Maddux" since the Mariners drafted him. He's going to get to Maddux numbers eventually...just a matter of time.
Wow this guy will be a rich man if he isn’t already because he will be getting offers he can’t refuse .
The ending on the statistics with all the best in comparison ,left me with chill bumps .
Congratulations Seattle y’all got a winner in this fellow
you wanna know the craziest thing?
of our current rotation, Kirby’s performed the worst this year
that’s just how good this Mariners rotation is…
Dipoto was a pitcher himself for those who don’t know.
great vid. thanks