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Learn To Bet Wisely Friday, March 28, 2003
April's best and worst pitchers
By Marc Lawrence
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Hey batter, batter... swing batter, batter.
Just like that, the 2003 major League Baseball season is upon us and with it comes our annual trek inside the world of 'good month' and 'bad month' pitchers.
Like the weather, pitchers also have good months and bad months. That's evidenced by their performance in team starts (games won or lost by their team in games started by a pitcher) over the years.
With special thanks and assistance from baseball handicapping colleague extraordinare Tom Freese [link edited by admin]each and every month this season we'll present the pitchers who have performed above or below the norm in their good months and bad months in games from 2000-2002.
Now, let's take a look at April.
April's best
James Baldwin (Kansas City Royals) - 8-2
Freddy Garcia (Seattle Mariners) - 11-5
Tom Glavine (New York Mets) - 13-5
John Halama (Oakland Athletics) - 9-1
Joey Hamilton (released by the St. Louis Cardinals) - 8-3
Orlando Hernandez (Montreal Expos) - 10-5
Randy Johnson - (Arizona Diamondbacks) -15-3
Gregg Maddux (Atlanta Braves) - 11-5
Pedro Martinez (Boston Red Sox) - 11-4
Eric Milton (Minnesota Twins) - 13-4
Jamie Moyer (Seattle Mariners) - 11-3
Tomokazu Ohka (Montreal Expos) - 7-3
Rick Reed (Minnesota Twins) -12-3
Chris Reitsma (Cincinnati Reds) - 7-3
April's worst
Ryan Dempster (Cincinnati Reds) - 5-11
Jose Lima (released by the Detroit Tigers) - 4-10
Robert Person (Boston Red Sox) - 5-11
Dan Reichert (Tampa Bay Devil Rays) - 3-7
Steve Sparks (Detroit Tigers) - 3-7
Steve Trachsel (New York Mets) - 5-11
Jeff Weaver (New York Yankees) - 3-12
Paul Wilson (Cincinnati Reds) - 3-7
Randy Wolf (Philadelphia Phillies) - 4-10
