Ubaldo Jimenez thanked all the attention he has received for his great season.
"I really appreciate it and when this attention is justified", the Colorado Rockies´ace merely shrug his shoulders and shy smiles.
"I really appreciate it and when this attention is justified", the Colorado Rockies´ace merely shrug his shoulders and shy smiles.
It turns out that just as it is a great pitcher, is both a very modest person.
Equipped with a searing fastball that reaches up to 160 kph (100 mph) Jimenez also has a series of pitches almost impossible to bat and as a result is going through a dream season.
The Dominican Jimenez, who boasts a 12-1 record is just the sixth pitcher since 1920 to have a start to the season so dominant, according to company statistics STATS LLC.
His average ERA is a paltry 1.16 and could reach a memorable season as that was Bob Gibson in 1968, when the legend of the St. Louis Cardinals finished with 22-9 record and 1.12 of effectiveness.
His performance was so dominant that it was a factor, in part, to the majors decided to reduce the size of the pitching mound the next year.
His performance was so dominant that it was a factor, in part, to the majors decided to reduce the size of the pitching mound the next year.
Dutch Leonard, Boston Red Sox, owns the record lowest ERA for a starter at the beginning of the season from the beginning of the twentieth century, when it came to have an average ERA of 0.96 in 1914.
Jimenez was meditating on the figure compiled by Leonard to his previous start, when he allowed three runs in six innings in what was a game shortened to six innings Friday to beat the Toronto Blue Jays.
Pitching in the midst of large drops of rain, Jimenez could not keep the huge control of their own releases.
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