Nick Pivetta moved from 9th in actual Boston Red Sox wins to 2nd in less than three hours

Nick Pivetta (Photo from MLB.com Video: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/astros-vs-red-sox/2022/05/18/663270#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=663270)

Nick Pivetta pitched nine innings, a complete game, and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Houston Astros 5-1 on Wednesday night at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

He allowed a solo home run to Houston's Jose Altuve on a ten-pitch at-bat to start the game.

After that he only allowed one other baserunner to reach the entire remainder of the game.

That baserunner was Michael Brantley who hit a ground-rule double to right field on a line drive in the top of the seventh inning.

So Pivetta retired 18 straight batters between Jose Altuve's home run in the top of the first and Michael Brantley's ground-rule double.

Pivetta ending up givng up just one run, one earned run, two hits, zero walks, and eight strikeouts in 112 pitches.

Before Wednesday night's game, Nick Pivetta was ranked as the 5th-worst (very true run average) or 6th-worst (true run average) pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.

He was ranked as the 6th-worst pitcher (earned run average) and the seventh-worst pitcher (runs) before Wednesday's game.

All of the following facts are before Wednesday night's game:

Pivetta's 5.08 ERA, 5.08 run average, 4.95 true run average and 4.95 very true run average were ranked 12th on the team.

In wins this regular season, his 1.29 ERA was ranked 8th, his 1.29 run average was ranked 7th, and his 1.29 true run average and his 1.29 very true run average were ranked 5th.

In losses, this regular season, Pivetta's 6.08 ERA is ranked 11th on the team, his 6.08 run average and 5.91 very true run average and 5.91 true run average are ranked 10th on the Red Sox.

Pivetta was ranked 9th in actual wins (.778) on the team and ranked second in actual losses with 2.975 losses (very true run average) and first in actual losses with 2.944 losses (true run average).

His actual losses this regular season on the team were ranked first with 3.000 losses (runs) and were ranked second with 3.067 (earned runs).

Nathan Eovaldi is currently ranked in first with 2.976 very true runs losses and 3.100 earned run losses and ranked second with 2.876 true runs losses and runs losses.

This regular season, Pivetta has just 7 innings pitched in a Boston win and only pitchers Rich Hill, Tanner Houck, Michael Wacha and Garrett Whitlock have pitched 10 or more innings in games the Red Sox have actually won.

Pivetta was ranked 9th for the most innings pitched in Red Sox wins this regular season.

He was ranked second in innings pitched (26 2/3) in Boston losses this regular season. Only Nathan Eovaldi has more with 32 innings pitched.

Pivetta was also ranked second in innings pitched (33 2/3) behind Nathan Eovaldi (41 2/3) this regular season.

Ryan Brasier, Tyler Danish, Jake Diekman, Hirokazu Sawamura, and John Schreiber have still given up zero runs and earned runs this regular season when they actually have pitched in at least one Red Sox victory.

Tyler Danish, Hirokazu Sawamura, and John Schreiber have still given up zero true runs and very true runs when they have actually pitched in at least one Boston victory this regular season.

PIvetta has given up one run, true run and very true run in Red Sox wins this season tied with Matt Barnes as the second-best among Boston pitchers who have actually been a part of a Boston win this regular season.

Matt Barnes and Matt Strahm along with PIvetta have given up just one earned run this regular season in Boston wins when each of them have actually been a part of at least one Red Sox victory.

In Boston victories this regular season, Jake Diekman and Matt Strahm have given up 1.250 true runs and very true runs while Tanner Houck has given up 1.750 true runs and very true runs.

Pivetta has given up 18 runs in Boston losses.

In Boston losses, Pivetta gave up the second-most runs (18) and the most earned runs (18).

He has given up the second-most runs and earned runs (19) among Red Sox pitchers overall this regular season.

In Boston losses, Nathan Eovaldi has given up the most runs (20) and the second-most earned runs (17).

Eovaldi has given up the most runs (23) and the most earned runs (20) among Red Sox pitchers overall during the regular season.

Pivetta gave up 17.5 true runs and very true runs in Boston losses.

He has given up the second-most very true runs and true runs in Boston losses on the team and also the second-most very true runs and true runs overall.

Nathan Eovaldi has given up 20 true runs and very true runs in Red Sox losses and 23 true runs and very true runs overall, the most on the team.

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After Wednesday’s game, Pivetta was ranked as the sixth-worst pitcher on the Boston Red Sox right now according to very true run average and true run average and earned run average.

He was ranked the seventh-worst pitcher on Boston according to run average.

All of the following are after Wednesday night's game:

Pivetta’s 4.22 ERA is ranked 11th on the team and he is ranked 10th with a 4.22 run average and he is ranked ninth with a 4.11 true run average and very true run average.

In wins this regular season, his 1.13 ERA and run average are ranked sixth while his 1.13 true run average and very true run average are ranked fourth.

Pivetta is now ranked second for Boston in actual wins (1.778) trailing only Michael Wacha (2.407 wins).

So Pivetta jumped seven spots for actual wins by a Red Sox pitcher in less than three hours. Of course it wasn’t just one game that made him the second-ranked Boston pitcher in actual wins. It was many games.

Pivetta is now second in innings pitched (16) in Boston victories and he has thrown the most innings pitched by a Red Sox pitcher this regular season (42 2/3 innings pitched).

Before Wednesday's game he was ranked 9th in innings pitched in Boston wins.

Only Michael Wacha has thrown more innings pitched in Boston victories at 21 2/3 innings pitched.

This regular season in Boston wins, Pivetta along with Austin Davis, Hansel Robles, and Matt Strahm have each given up just two runs while Pivetta, Austin Davis and Hansel Robles have each given up just two “earned” runs.

Nick Pivetta along with Ryan Brasier, Austin Davis, and Hansel Robles have now each just given up two true runs and two very true runs this regular season.

Pivetta is now just the second Red Sox pitcher to have given up at least 20 runs this regular season (Nathan Eovaldi has 23) and Pivetta is tied with Eovaldi in giving up 20 earned runs.

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NOTE: Very true run average and run average include all runs scored. So they are not like earned runs. Very true run average is more accurate than true run average because it doesn't blame a pitcher for allowing a baserunner to start on second base in extra innings. True run average blames the pitcher for allowing a baserunner to start on second base to start extra innings. Other than that, very true run average and true run average are more accurate and truthful than earned run average (earned runs) and run average (runs).

MORE NOTES: All statistics in the story above are from after the Tuesday, May 17th, 2022 game and before the Thursday, May 19th, 2022 game. This story was posted on Thursday, May 19th, 2022.

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Actual won-lost records in the 2022 regular season for Boston Red Sox pitchers depending on the Boston Red Sox win/loss result for any one specific game

NEW: The "wins" are all games that the Boston Red Sox actually won. The "wins" are percentages of innings pitched for each pitcher. All of the percentages of innings pitched (of games the Red Sox actually won) are then added together to get "wins", which is what you see below. The "losses" can be thought of as the percentage of runs any one pitcher allowed the opposing team to score. These percentages of how many runs a pitcher allows in any one game to score are then added together for every game (and only of the games that the Red Sox actually lost) to get "losses". Pitchers who start any extra inning are blamed for allowing a baserunner to start the inning at second base (and any other additional bases they allow that baserunner to advance) if that baserunner eventually scores. The winning percentage is wins divided by wins plus losses.

Matt Barnes .296 wins and 2.133 losses (.122 win pct.)

Ryan Brasier .370 wins and 2.480 losses (.130 win pct.)

Kutter Crawford .481 wins and .993 losses (.327 win pct.)

Tyler Danish .333 wins and 1.135 losses (.227 win pct.)

Austin Davis .296 wins and .239 losses (.554 win pct.)

Jake Diekman .926 wins and .925 losses (.500 win pct.)

Nathan Eovaldi 1.074 wins and 2.876 losses (.272 win pct.)

Rich Hill 1.593 wins and .500 losses (.761 win pct.)

Tanner Houck 1.333 wins and 2.591 losses (.340 win pct.)

Nick Pivetta 1.778 wins and 2.944 losses (.376 win pct.)

Kevin Plawecki .000 wins and .000 losses (Plawecki hasn't given up any runs or partial runs yet, so that means he's perfect. He also has not appeared in a game yet as a pitcher that the Boston Red Sox actually won. 1.000 win pct.)

Hansel Robles .889 wins and 1.383 losses (.391 win pct.)

Hirokazu Sawamura .333 wins and 1.106 losses (.232 win pct.)

John Schreiber .370 wins and 0.000 losses (1.000 win pct.)

Matt Strahm .815 wins and 0.167 losses (.830 win pct.)

Phillips Valdez 0.000 wins and .828 losses (.000 win pct.)

Michael Wacha 2.407 wins and .333 losses (.878 win pct.)

Garrett Whitlock 1.704 wins and 1.367 losses (.555 win pct.)

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Actual won-lost records in the 2022 regular season for Boston Red Sox pitchers not depending on whether the Boston Red Sox actually win any one specific game or not.

In other words, this tells the complete picture of their entire regular season (the good and the bad) of how many people the pitcher got out (innings pitched) and how many runs the pitcher truthfully gave up (which is more accurate than runs or even earned runs given up). So to make this more easy for people to understand, starting pitchers (or the previous pitcher) don't 100% get blamed for the inherited runner(s) that the reliever(s) (or the next pitcher to pitch) allows to score. The starter (or previous pitcher) will get 25%, 50% or 75% blame for giving up one run instead, for an inherited runner that eventually scores.

Also, a pitcher can get a partial win and a partial loss in the same game. So pitchers that throw more innings pitched are going to get a higher percentage of partial wins and pitchers who give up more runs are going to get a higher percentage of partial losses. So if one pitcher pitches a complete game he will get one win (regardless of the team's win/loss result) and if the pitcher's team actually loses that same game in which he was the only pitcher who pitched for his team, he will also get credit for one loss.

The only time any pitcher cannot take a loss or a partial loss is if the winning team doesn't give up any runs to the team they are playing.

Basically, this is truly giving credit where credit is due among pitchers only.

NEW: The "wins" are percentages of innings pitched for each game for each pitcher. All of the percentages of each game are then added together and the sum total of all percentages for each game are "wins" (whether the Red Sox actually won that specific game or not) and are what you see below. The "losses" can be thought of as the percentage of runs that any one pitcher allowed the opposing team to score for each game. All of the percentages of runs given up for each game are then added together and the sum total of all of those numbers are the "losses" and what you see below. The "losses" presented here are represented as the total number of potential losses that a pitcher could have if the Red Sox actually lost every single game in which a pitcher gave up a run(s). The winning percentage is wins divided by wins plus losses.

VERY FINAL NOTE: To not confuse people, pitchers do get blamed for allowing an opposing baserunner to start any extra inning at second base. When I have presented this detailed information (as you see below) this entire regular season (so far), I have always blamed the pitcher for allowing an opposing baserunner to start any extra inning at second base.

Matt Barnes 1.421 wins and 2.467 losses (.365 win pct.) 12 2/3 innings pitched

Ryan Brasier 1.505 wins and 3.646 losses (.292 win pct.) 13 1/3 innings pitched

Kutter Crawford 1.162 wins and 1.314 losses (.469 win pct.) 10 2/3 innings pitched

Tyler Danish 1.363 wins and 1.135 losses (.546 win pct.) 12 innings pitched

Austin Davis 1.832 wins and .525 losses (.777 win pct.) 16 1/3 innings pitched

Jake Diekman 1.367 wins and 1.199 losses (.533 win pct.) 12 1/3 innings pitched

Nathan Eovaldi 4.728 wins and 4.161 losses (.532 win pct.) 41 2/3 innings pitched

Rich Hill 3.167 wins and 2.500 losses (.559 win pct.) 28 innings pitched

Tanner Houck 3.028 wins and 3.174 losses (.488 win pct.) 26 2/3 innings pitched

Nick Pivetta 4.777 wins and 4.944 losses (.491 win pct.) 42 2/3 innings pitched

Kevin Plawecki .125 wins and .000 losses (Plawecki hasn't given up any runs or partial runs yet, so that means he's perfect. He also has not appeared in a game yet as a pitcher that the Boston Red Sox actually won. 1.000 win pct.) 1 inning pitched

Hansel Robles 1.564 wins and 2.633 losses (.373 win pct.) 14 1/3 innings pitched

Hirokazu Sawamura 1.346 wins and 1.106 losses (.549 win pct.) 12 innings pitched

John Schreiber .832 wins and 0 .000 losses (1.000 win pct.) 7 1/3 innings pitched

Matt Strahm 1.405 wins and 0.750 losses (.652 win pct.) 12 2/3 innings pitched

Phillips Valdez 1.204 wins and 0.828 losses (.593 win pct.) 10 1/3 innings pitched

Michael Wacha 2.949 wins and 2.000 losses (.596 win pct.) 26 innings pitched

Garrett Whitlock 3.226 wins and 2.617 losses (.552 win pct.) 29 2/3 innings pitched

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Wins, Losses, Holds, Blown Saves and Saves that everybody understands

Matt Barnes 0-3 Blown Saves 1 Saves 1

Ryan Brasier 0-2, Holds 4, Blown Saves 2

Kutter Crawford 1-1