FACTS / FLUKES: Iwakuma, Archer, Zobrist, Swisher, Shoemaker

Correction doesn't stop Iwakuma  ... In 2013, Hisashi Iwakuma (RHP, SEA) made an unlikely leap into the conversation of elite starters in his age 33 season, posting a 117 BPV with an impressive K/BB ratio. However, two years of S% in the 80s had us wondering how he'd fare when his luck evened out. 

Year    IP   ERA  xERA  H%  S%  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  Swk    G/L/F     hr/f  BPV
====   ===  ====  ====  ==  ==  ===  ===  ===  ====  =========  ====  ===
2010*  201  3.50  3.59  30  73  2.0  6.5  3.2  ---   --------   ----   86
2011*  119  3.03  3.35  29  77  1.8  6.4  3.5  ---   --------   ----   95
2012   125  3.16  3.74  28  81  3.1  7.3  2.3  10%   52/20/27    17%   77
2013   220  2.66  3.29  26  80  1.7  7.6  4.4  11%   49/18/34    12% ...

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