David Price's crazy splits when he K's more than 6 batters

David Price has had a trying first year with the Boston Red Sox. His troubles have been attributed to cold weather, his leg when he delivers the ball, lack of velocity and I could go on but I choose not to.

Bottom line is that it comes down to one thing. How many batters Price strikes out.

If Price strikes out 6 or more, he is very successful and one of the elite pitchers in MLB.

If Price strikes out 5 or less, he is beyond horrible.

Here is the summary.

ERA + 4.25, WHIP almost doubled, K's to BB incredible.

SITUATION	GS	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
≥ 6 K's	12	86	70	28	9	13	114	2.93	0.97
≤ 5 K's	9	49 2/3	73	40	7	17	31	7.25	1.81

Here is the detail.

First the games where Price has ≥ 6 K's.

GAME DATE	OPP	GS	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
4/5/2016	At CLE	1	6	5	2	0	2	10	3.00	1.17
4/11/2016	Vs. BAL	1	5	5	5	1	2	8	9.00	1.40
4/16/2016	Vs. TOR	1	7	6	2	0	0	9	2.57	0.86
4/26/2016	At ATL	1	8	6	2	0	2	14	2.25	1.00
5/12/2016	Vs. HOU	1	6 2/3	6	1	0	1	12	1.35	1.05
5/24/2016	Vs. COL	1	7	5	3	1	1	6	3.86	0.86
6/8/2016	At SFN	1	8	3	2	2	2	7	2.25	0.63
6/14/2016	Vs. BAL	1	8	5	3	2	0	11	3.38	0.63
6/19/2016	Vs. SEA	1	8	8	1	1	0	7	1.13	1.00
6/29/2016	At TBA	1	6 1/3	9	4	1	1	10	5.68	1.58
7/5/2016	Vs. TEX	1	8	8	3	1	1	10	3.38	1.13
7/10/2016	Vs. TBA	1	8	4	0	0	1	10	0.00	0.63
TOTALS		12	86	70	28	9	13	114	2.93	0.97

Now the games where Price has ≤ 5 K's.

GAME DATE	OPP	GS	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
4/21/2016	Vs. TBA	1	3 2/3	8	8	2	2	5	19.64	2.73
5/1/2016	Vs. NYA	1	7	8	6	1	1	3	7.71	1.29
5/7/2016	At NYA	1	4 2/3	7	6	0	3	4	11.57	2.14
5/18/2016	At KCA	1	7 1/3	5	2	1	1	5	2.45	0.82
5/29/2016	At TOR	1	6 1/3	5	2	1	3	3	2.84	1.26
6/3/2016	Vs. TOR	1	7	6	2	1	4	5	2.57	1.43
6/24/2016	At TEX	1	2 1/3	12	6	1	0	1	23.14	5.14
7/17/2016	At NYA	1	5 2/3	11	3	0	1	1	4.76	2.12
7/23/2016	Vs. MIN	1	5 2/3	11	5	0	2	4	7.94	2.29
TOTALS		9	49 2/3	73	40	7	17	31	7.25	1.81