This is a quick call for help. As I mentioned in the comments section of a previous entry, I’m going to start keeping track/estimating pitch counts for our starting pitchers across all levels. I’ve developed a spreadsheet to easily calculate these formulas using tangotiger’s equation he developed. Its not 100%, no estimate can be 100%, but its very accurate, and my margin of error is probably 1-3 pitches on either side. What I need from you, my devoted and loyal readers, is help with finding actual pitch counts. As I’ve detailed, minorleaguebaseball.com does not give pitch counts in box scores, so we’ll have to rely on people listening to games, seeing it in newspaper articles, or any other place you can find it. I’m creating a page at the top of the site simply called “Pitch Count Log”. If you are listening to a game, or watching a game, or attending a game and you can get the official pitch count, please post it there as a comment. Just use this format

Date — Pitcher — # of pitches

So for last night, you’d do

6/19/08 — Brummett — 122 pitches

I’m focusing on starters at this point, but I may dig into reliever usage later as well.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I plan on using this data in a number of ways, and I’ll begin to incorporate it into the profile pages this winter.