Randy Wolf has been a pleasant surprise this season, a rock solid anchor of the rotation. He has pitched six innings or more in his last 13 starts, and in 25 of 29 starts this season. He is also having one of the best age 32 seasons in Dodger history. There have been 24 different Dodger pitchers to qualify for the ERA title in their age 32 season. Here are the 10 best, ranked by ERA+:
Pitcher | Year | IP | W-L | ERA+ |
Jerry Reuss | 1981 | 152.2 | 10-4 | 146 |
Jesse Petty | 1927 | 271.2 | 13-18 | 133 |
Randy Wolf | 2009 | 183.0 | 9-6 | 129 |
Claude Osteen | 1972 | 252.0 | 20-11 | 127 |
Don Sutton | 1977 | 240.1 | 14-8 | 121 |
Whit Wyatt | 1940 | 239.1 | 15-14 | 116 |
Derek Lowe | 2005 | 222.0 | 12-15 | 114 |
Fred Frankhouse | 1936 | 234.1 | 13-10 | 113 |
Luke Hamlin | 1937 | 185.2 | 11-13 | 112 |
Dazzy Vance | 1923 | 280.1 | 18-15 | 111 |
The 21-year old Mat Latos joined the Padres' rotation in mid-July, and has pitched well since. Out of nine big league starts, he has really only made three bad ones. Luckily for the Dodgers, those three have come in Latos' last four starts. Latos has an 8.00 ERA over his last four starts, which is amazing considering he had one great start in that bunch, allowing only two hits in seven scoreless innings in Atlanta. Splitting time between low Class A and Double A earlier this season, Latos was 8-1 with a 1.37 ERA in 72.1 minor league innings.
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