60 Feet, 6 Inches

09/02/2010 4:23 AM - 

Some pitchers were just born to pitch facing pennant-chase pressure.

Just ask CC Sabathia a little about that. Since 2005, no pitcher with 100-plus innings pitched in the regular season after Sept. 1 has a lower ERA than his 2.27 in the season’s final month, his 16-win tally is tied for first, his 1.03 WHIP ranks second and his 195 strikeouts places third. Sabathia also holds one other remarkable distinction: He’s the only pitcher to have made five or more regular-season starts after that date in each of the past five seasons while maintaining a sub-4.00 ERA in the season’s final month.

SOURCE: ESPN