AL yearly strikeout rate since 1954 with a runner on 3rd base and less than 2 outs compared to other cases

Yesterday I posted the same thing for the NL. 

I used Stathead to get this data. In the graph below the blue line shows the strikeout rate with a runner on 3rd base and less than 2 outs while the red line shows the strikeout rate in all other cases. Strikeout rate is SO/PA with IBBs and SHs taken out of PAs.

The two rates stayed pretty close to each other until the early 1980s (for the NL it was around 1990). For some reason, the rate with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs has been lower than for other cases since then.

This next graph shows the ratio of the runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs rate to the rate in other cases. As you can see, the ratio has been lower since around the early 1980s (for the NL it was around 1990). 

NL yearly strikeout rate since 1954 with a runner on 3rd base and less than 2 outs compared to other cases

I used Stathead to get this data. In the table below the blue line shows the strikeout rate with a runner on 3rd base and less than 2 outs while the red line shows the strikeout rate in all other cases. Strikeout rate is SO/PA with IBBs and SHs taken out of PAs.

The two rates stayed pretty close to each other until around 1990. For some reason, the rate with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs has been lower than for other cases since then.

This next table shows the ratio of the runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs to the ration in other cases. As you can see, the ratio has been lower since around 1990.

Leaders in IP and in pitching WPA in All-Star games for each league from 1950-82

These stats were all compiled using Stathead.

Here is the top 20 in IP in the AL

Rk	Player	IP
1	Jim Bunning	14
2	Catfish Hunter	12.2
3	Jim Palmer	12.2
4	Early Wynn	12.1
5	Whitey Ford	12
6	Billy Pierce	10.2
7	Sam McDowell	8
8	Camilo Pascual	8
9	Bob Lemon	6.2
10	Dean Chance	6
11	Denny McLain	6
12	Mel Stottlemyre	6
13	Luis Tiant	6
14	Vida Blue	5
15	Dennis Eckersley	5
16	Gaylord Perry	5
17	Vic Raschi	5
18	Allie Reynolds	5
19	Dick Radatz	4.2
20	Jim Kern	4.1

 

Here is the top 20 in IP in the NL

Rk	Player	IP
1	Don Drysdale	19.1
2	Juan Marichal	18
3	Robin Roberts	14
4	Tom Seaver	13
5	Bob Gibson	11
6	Warren Spahn	10.2
7	Bob Friend	8.1
8	Steve Carlton	8
9	Don Sutton	8
10	Lew Burdette	7
11	Steve Rogers	7
12	Bruce Sutter	6.2
13	Johnny Antonelli	6.1
14	Turk Farrell	6
15	Sandy Koufax	6
16	Don Newcombe	6
17	Bob Purkey	6
18	Curt Simmons	6
19	Roy Face	5.2
20	Larry Jackson	5.2

 

Here is the top 20 in WPA in the AL 

Rk	Player	WPA
1	Billy O'Dell	0.318
2	Allie Reynolds	0.301
3	Billy Pierce	0.290
4	Sonny Siebert	0.230
5	Al Downing	0.227
6	Jim Bunning	0.226
7	Denny McLain	0.215
8	Gary Peters	0.213
9	Mickey Lolich	0.211
10	Camilo Pascual	0.204
11	Ryne Duren	0.199
12	Cal McLish	0.191
13	Ray Herbert	0.187
14	Lary Sorensen	0.184
15	Billy Loes	0.181
16	Don Mossi	0.181
17	Sam McDowell	0.169
18	Dean Chance	0.155
19	Ray Narleski	0.155
20	Steve Stone	0.147

  

Here is the top 20 in WPA in the NL

Rk	Player	WPA
1	Juan Marichal	0.854
2	Bruce Sutter	0.740
3	Don Drysdale	0.696
4	Claude Osteen	0.547
5	Larry Jansen	0.527
6	Ewell Blackwell	0.522
7	Joe Nuxhall	0.424
8	Bob Gibson	0.408
9	Don Sutton	0.344
10	Vern Law	0.293
11	Lew Burdette	0.275
12	Steve Rogers	0.252
13	Jon Matlack	0.250
14	Mike Cuellar	0.227
15	Jim Bunning	0.223
16	Jerry Reuss	0.196
17	Johnny Podres	0.195
18	Hal Woodeshick	0.187
19	Randy Jones	0.181
20	Bob Shaw	0.177