Staff Efficiency

Of our pitchers, who was the most efficient? Lets look at the number of pitches per batter faced.

Brian Moehler: 2313 pitches for 650 batters faced. 3.56 pitches per batter. 450 outs (Got 69.2% of batters faced out)
Roy Oswalt: 3091 pitches for 862 batters faced. 3.59 ppb. 626 outs (72.6%)
Wandy Rodriguez: 2276 pitches for 587 batters faced. 3.87 ppb. 412 outs (70.2%)
Brandon Backe: 2790 pitches for 756 batters faced. 3.69 ppb. 500 outs (66.1%)

Doug Brocail: 1097 p for 286 bf. 3.84 ppb. 206 outs (72.0%)
Tim Byrdak: 932 p for 237 bf. 3.93 ppb. 166 outs (70.0%)
Geoff Geary: 1008 p for 262 bf. 3.85 ppb. 192 outs (73.3%)
LaTroy Hawkins: 960 p for 252 bf. 3.81 ppb. 186 outs (73.8%)
Chris Sampson: 1635 p for 478 bf. 3.42 ppb. 352 outs (73.6%).
Jose Valverde: 1243 p for 303 bf. 4.10 ppb. 216 outs (71.3%)
Wesley Wright: 1024 p for 250 bf. 4.10 ppb. 167 outs (66.8%)