AL pitching splits since the All-Star break

As the Red Sox march down the stretch of the last 25% or so of the 2016 season, let's take a look how the American League teams pitching staffs have done since the All-Star break.

You might be surprised that Tampa Bay is 1st in overall ERA, 1sr in starting pitching ERA and 3rd in bullpen ERA since the All-Star break.

Also, notice how only 7.5 games separates the team with the best record, Seattle (21-13), from the worst Chicago (14-21).

First let's look at the entire pitching staffs in the AL since the All-Star break. Red Sox are 4th in ERA, 7th in WHIP, 6th in BA against and 2nd in OPS against.

League averages for this time period are 4.06 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, .252 BA against and .731 OPS against.

TM	G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	WHIP	BA	OPS
TBR	34	18	16	0.529	3.01	302	266	101	84	292	42	1.16	0.234	0.666
DET	35	19	16	0.543	3.44	313.2	285	120	86	265	42	1.18	0.241	0.689
TOR	33	19	14	0.576	3.63	300.1	268	121	82	295	38	1.17	0.236	0.690
BOS	36	20	16	0.556	3.69	314.1	291	129	101	270	33	1.25	0.245	0.684
KCR	36	19	17	0.528	3.73	323.2	297	134	102	278	46	1.23	0.243	0.707
NYY	35	19	16	0.543	3.75	312	277	130	105	305	42	1.22	0.234	0.696
SEA	34	21	13	0.618	4.06	312.1	295	141	85	278	46	1.22	0.250	0.732
TEX	35	19	16	0.543	4.19	307	299	143	99	274	43	1.30	0.256	0.742
CHW	35	14	21	0.400	4.25	311.1	306	147	115	256	44	1.35	0.257	0.767
HOU	35	16	19	0.457	4.27	314.1	316	149	84	335	51	1.27	0.261	0.759
CLE	34	19	15	0.559	4.37	301	290	146	103	284	46	1.31	0.252	0.764
OAK	35	15	20	0.429	4.44	312	310	154	96	238	43	1.30	0.258	0.725
BAL	36	16	20	0.444	4.46	313	287	155	132	277	43	1.34	0.245	0.746
LAA	35	15	20	0.429	4.75	303	331	160	95	234	50	1.41	0.277	0.795
MIN	36	17	19	0.472	4.88	323	363	175	89	243	49	1.40	0.282	0.791

Now let's look at the starting pitching staffs in the AL since the All-Star break. Red Sox are 3rd in ERA, 3rd in WHIP, 4th in BA against and 2nd in OPS against. Looks good.

League averages for this time period are 4.27 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, .259 BA against and .751 OPS against.

TM	G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	WHIP	BA	OPS
TBR	34	17	10	0.630	3.03	204.2	174	69	55	197	27	1.12	0.228	0.648
DET	35	13	9	0.591	3.31	209.1	187	77	54	175	28	1.15	0.238	0.688
BOS	36	14	8	0.636	3.55	223	203	88	60	184	25	1.18	0.242	0.676
KCR	36	13	10	0.565	3.60	222.2	207	89	66	182	34	1.23	0.246	0.722
TOR	33	13	9	0.591	3.73	197.2	180	82	56	191	25	1.19	0.240	0.698
SEA	34	14	8	0.636	3.91	207	195	90	55	168	31	1.21	0.250	0.742
CHW	35	6	14	0.300	4.12	203.1	200	93	62	159	27	1.29	0.255	0.741
NYY	35	14	14	0.500	4.23	200	192	94	57	186	32	1.25	0.248	0.731
TEX	35	10	13	0.435	4.35	206.2	204	100	68	182	35	1.32	0.259	0.770
HOU	35	14	15	0.483	4.42	203.2	212	100	55	201	30	1.31	0.268	0.763
BAL	36	11	17	0.393	4.61	197.1	193	101	83	172	29	1.40	0.257	0.780
CLE	34	13	11	0.542	4.82	194	195	104	68	184	35	1.36	0.259	0.798
OAK	35	9	16	0.360	5.48	192	226	117	44	125	33	1.41	0.293	0.805
LAA	35	11	17	0.393	5.64	186.2	235	117	62	129	35	1.59	0.311	0.882
MIN	36	11	17	0.393	5.66	197.1	234	124	50	141	35	1.44	0.295	0.835

Lastly let's look at the relief pitching staffs in the AL since the All-Star break. Red Sox are 12th in ERA, 14th in WHIP, T12th in BA against and 10th in OPS against. Just ghastly.

League averages for this time period are 3.67 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, .237 BA against and .691 OPS against.

TM	G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	WHIP	BA	OPS
OAK	100	6	4	0.600	2.78	120	84	37	52	113	10	1.13	0.194	0.585
NYY	104	5	2	0.714	2.89	112	85	36	48	119	10	1.19	0.208	0.630
TBR	96	1	6	0.143	2.96	97.1	92	32	29	95	15	1.24	0.245	0.703
LAA	104	4	3	0.571	3.33	116.1	96	43	33	105	15	1.11	0.219	0.646
TOR	101	6	5	0.545	3.42	102.2	88	39	26	104	13	1.11	0.229	0.674
CLE	103	6	4	0.600	3.53	107	95	42	35	100	11	1.22	0.238	0.701
MIN	102	6	2	0.750	3.65	125.2	129	51	39	102	14	1.34	0.261	0.719
DET	100	6	7	0.462	3.71	104.1	98	43	32	90	14	1.25	0.246	0.692
TEX	95	9	3	0.750	3.86	100.1	95	43	31	92	8	1.26	0.251	0.684
HOU	92	2	4	0.333	3.98	110.2	104	49	29	134	21	1.20	0.246	0.751
KCR	91	6	7	0.462	4.01	101	90	45	36	96	12	1.25	0.237	0.673
BOS	95	6	8	0.429	4.04	91.1	88	41	41	86	8	1.41	0.251	0.701
BAL	93	5	3	0.625	4.20	115.2	94	54	49	105	14	1.24	0.224	0.686
SEA	101	7	5	0.583	4.36	105.1	100	51	30	110	15	1.23	0.249	0.712
CHW	107	8	7	0.533	4.50	108	106	54	53	97	17	1.47	0.262	0.815