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Twice as many games as innings pitched

Posted by Andy
Many of us saw this developing as the year went along, but 2011 saw two additions to a very small club: appearing in at least twice as many games as innings pitched on the season (minimum 20 IP):

Rk Player Year G IP Age Tm SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ BF
1 Randy Choate 2011 54 24.2 35 FLA 0 13 7 5 13 31 1.82 217 103
2 Trever Miller 2011 48 21.1 38 TOT 1 25 9 9 12 12 3.80 106 101
3 Mike Myers 2006 62 30.2 37 NYY 0 29 14 11 10 22 3.23 142 132
4 Jesse Orosco 2002 56 27.0 45 LAD 1 24 10 9 12 22 3.00 128 119
5 Jesse Orosco 1999 65 32.0 42 BAL 1 28 21 19 20 35 5.34 88 144
6 Tony Fossas 1992 60 29.2 34 BOS 2 31 9 8 14 19 2.43 176 129
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Generated 11/3/2011.

These are the only guys to do it as far back as 1901, even though there are no entrants prior to 1992.

Mike Myers is the only pitcher in history (minimum 100 career IP) to appear in 50% more games than innings pitched (i.e. G is at least 1.5 times career IP).

If we lower the bar to 40% more games than innings, we get these 7 guys:

Rk Player Year G IP From To Age SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA+ BF
1 Randy Choate 2011 396 270.2 2000 2011 24-35 5 239 139 125 128 228 4.16 107 1176
2 Doug Slaten 2011 206 137.2 2006 2011 26-31 0 147 68 55 59 104 3.60 124 619
3 Taylor Tankersley 2010 168 118.0 2006 2010 23-27 4 109 63 60 70 115 4.58 96 524
4 Ray King 2008 593 411.0 1999 2008 25-34 2 376 178 158 181 278 3.46 126 1747
5 Mike Myers 2007 883 541.2 1995 2007 26-38 14 525 278 258 256 429 4.29 112 2385
6 Mike Holtz 2006 353 240.0 1996 2006 23-33 3 245 146 127 131 223 4.76 99 1091
7 Kelly Wunsch 2005 257 177.0 2000 2005 27-32 1 136 78 74 97 145 3.76 126 775
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Generated 11/3/2011.

Choate, for one, seems destined to stay in the group unless he starts getting used differently.