Last 12 Years in Cape League History

I spent some time compiling all the season stats for the league over the past 12 years. Below are some of the rankings for pitchers and hitters over a period from 2000 through 2011: (In all the tables below * represents a left handed batter/pitcher, # is for switch hitters)

A lot of current major leaguers populate this list. Some interesting notes are that Luke Scott hit only .192 to go with his 11 HRs. Matt Wieters had about 30 fewer at bats than everyone else on this list due to his late arrival to the Cape.

This list of speedsters also has a good number of major leaguers.

My personal favorite way of evaluating hitters in the Cape League is their ratio of walks to strikeouts. I limited this group to people that got at least 90 Cape League at bats, and a very familiar name tops the list.

I similarly compiled all the data for the pitchers as well.
Here are the rankings for the top strikeout totals:

Again, we have a list full of major league talent. Tim Lincecum really sticks out here as he amassed his 68 strikeouts in a mere 39.33 innings.

The next thing I looked at was Fielding Independent Pitching(FIP). The idea here is to get a measure on ERA scale of how well a pitcher does. Your FIP is only calculated on home runs allowed, non-intentional walks, hit batters, strikeouts, and innings pitched. So ideally it measures your talent by subtracting the elements of your defense and the official scorer. For this category I only had HR allowed data from the 2004 season on, and that's what these numbers are based on. I limited the analysis to pitchers who pitched at least 22 innings (1 inning every other game). I also divided the pitchers into groups of relievers and starters. I classified a reliever as anyone who started in less than 50% of his appearances. Just as an aside, although FIP is on an ERA scale, it doesn't have a lower bound like ERA so a negative FIP is very possible and also very good. I suspect some of these are artificially low due to the minimal number of innings that pitchers throw in the Cape, as compared to college or the pros, so the better pitchers are much less likely to have given up a home run.

Relievers:

Starters:

I included 12 starters here to mention an interesting fact about Tommy Milone. He is a left handed pitcher out of USC and won the pitcher of the year award in the CCBL despite not making the All-Star team during the season. He also made his major league debut (as a starting pitcher) last year for the Nationals and hit a home run on the first pitch he ever saw.