[Mick]

That was a really tough question!

Yes, it was a little bit offbeat. 

Pre-live ball, I understand. Not only did most games result in low scores, but pitchers pitched a lot of innings. Walsh (who has the career record for low ERA and FIP) threw 369 innings that season, Cy Young threw 320, and Nap Rucker (134-134 career W/L with a career 2.42 ERA) threw 329. Teams didn't score much. So it's more of an anomaly.

The other three are unfortunately easy to understand, except the 1967 Giants. Basically, the other two teams couldn't score any runs. But the 1967 Giants were 91-71 and finished fourth in the league in runs scored. McCovey, Mays and Hart hit 82 HRs amongst them. Haller and Ollie Brown hit another 27. The Giants' other three starters all had winning records (Mike McCormick, 22-10 / Juan Marichal, 14-10 / Ray Sadecki, 12-6) and team ERA was 2.92. They were a very good team...just not when HoF'er Perry was pitching.

As for Timmy (13-14), he barely hit the metrics, but the Giants (86-76) were between two WS championships. Cain, Bumgarner and Vogelsong were all .500 or better, but just barely. They had a staff ERA of 3.20, 2nd best in the NL, but only scored 570 runs, last in the NL.

Sheets was actually an All-Star that year. His team was last in the league in runs scored, and all the starters (Doug Davis, 12-12, Victor Santos, 11-12 / Wes Obermueller, 6-8 / Chris Capuano, 6-8) were around .500.

[Mick]

That was a really tough question!

Yes, it was a little bit offbeat. 

Pre-live ball, I understand. Not only did most games result in low scores, but pitchers pitched a lot of innings. Walsh (who has the career record for low ERA and FIP) threw 369 innings that season, Cy Young threw 320, and Nap Rucker (134-134 career W/L with a career 2.42 ERA) threw 329. Teams didn't score much. So it's more of an anomaly.

The other three are unfortunately easy to understand, except the 1967 Giants. Basically, the other two teams couldn't score any runs. But the 1967 Giants were 91-71 and finished fourth in the league in runs scored. McCovey, Mays and Hart hit 82 HRs amongst them. Haller and Ollie Brown hit another 27. The Giants' other three starters all had winning records (Mike McCormick, 22-10 / Juan Marichal, 14-10 / Ray Sadecki, 12-6) and team ERA was 2.92. They were a very good team...just not when HoF'er Perry was pitching.

As for Timmy (13-14), he barely hit the metrics, but the Giants (86-76) were between two WS championships. Cain, Bumgarner and Vogelsong were all .500 or better, but just barely. They had a staff ERA of 3.20, 2nd best in the NL, but only scored 570 runs, last in the NL.

Sheets was actually an All-Star that year. His team was last in the league in runs scored, and all the starters (Doug Davis, 12-12, Victor Santos, 11-12 / Wes Obermueller, 6-8 / Chris Capuano, 6-8) were around .500.