Stats Geek on Kip

The Stats Geek confirms what everyone knew already today, Kip Wells was once one of the most consistent pitchers in the National League, but has been wildly inconsistent this year. He uses a Bill James stat known as game score to illustrate this fact. I won't go to far into, but pitchers start every game with a score of 50, which is average. Below 30 is really bad and above 70 is really good. Kip has been above 70 six times, as many as Pettitte and Smoltz. He's been below 30 seven times. According to O'Neill BP ranks Kip as the league's most inconsistent pitcher this year (not bad, just inconsistent, some guys are consistently bad), only two years after being the NL's most consistent. The culprit? Walks, of course.