r/CollegeSoftball • u/CountrySlaughter • 5d ago

Stats questions about pitcher shutouts

When looking at college teams' pitching statistics, it will show individual pitcher shutout totals with two numbers. It might show 4-2 or 0-3.

Here's 2024 Texas. What does does 4-2 mean in the case of Mac Morgan? Or 0-3 with Estelle Czech?

https://texaslonghorns.com/sports/softball/stats/2024#individual-overall-pitching

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u/giantvoice 5d ago

It means Estelle Czech pitched in 3 games, didn't allow any runs in those innings she pitched, but the team lost those games. You can figure out the same scenario with Mac. I believe this is a fairly recent tracked stat due to many pitchers not throwing 7 innings.

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u/CountrySlaughter 5d ago

OK, so it's appearances in which the pitcher didn't allow a run?

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u/giantvoice 5d ago

Yes. Let's say she came in after the starter gave up 4 runs in 2 innings. She pitched for 3 innings and gave up zero runs. Technically she pitched a shut out in those innings even though the team still lost the game.

I think it's a stat coaches use for analytics.

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u/CountrySlaughter 5d ago

I think I just figured it out. The left side is complete game shutouts, and the right side is appearances in a non-CG shutout. It adds up that way. Texas had 16 CG shutouts and 5 'team' shutouts.