Beautiful Slash Lines

The recent article on Ken Singleton by Fangraph's own David Laurila got me thinking this morning about the esthetic quality of the "slash line." Singleton's own unique skill set for example, his elite walk rate with only marginal power, lends to some really beautiful, if not odd-looking slash lines. If you take the time to give a cursory glance of his player page, you'll see exactly what I mean. In particular, it was his 1975 season that really jumped out at me:

.300/ .415/ .454

It has an exotic feel to it, doesn't it?

Beachy and K/BB

Brandon Beachy is currently posting a 4.11 K/BB ratio after 23 GS and 131 IP. This is pretty impressive for a 24 year old, especially if he keeps it up for the rest of the season. To put this in a historical perspective I used data from the Baseball Databank to call up all SP seasons since 1920 with a K/BB greater than 4, a K/9 greater than 9, and minimum 100 IP [age 24 and younger].