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Leyland leads the league in IBB's
I guess our pitchers don't walk enough hitters:
From Mlive.com
Tigers manager Jim Leyland called 21 fewer intentional walks in 2009 after leading all managers with 63 in 2008, according to John Dewan, owner of Baseball Info Solutions, which publishes "The Bill James Handbook" on statistics. The 2010 version is now available.
Dewan said that of Leyland's 63 intentional walks in 2008, 26 "resulted in a bad outcome."
"Both numbers (2008-09) were league-leading numbers," Dewan said. "This season, Leyland had 42 intentional walks, 26 were good, 16 were no good, and six were bombs. A bomb is where an inning just blew up and multiple runs were scored."
Dewan said Leyland's 42 intentional walks ranked well above the American League average of 28 per manager.
"He had 26 good ones, and the average manager had 15, so he actually had a pretty good season," Dewan said. "In my book, I think he still calls for it too often.
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