I was just reading an article in the New York Daily News about the Yankees trying to make sure Joba Chamberlain doesn't hurt his arm prematurely and they had some stats about the DL that i thought were interesting:
"In general, pitchers get hurt more often than position players, according to Rick Wilton, who runs a Web site called the Baseball Injury Report. Last year, 404 different players landed on the disabled list and 237 (58.7%) were pitchers. Those pitchers spent more than 65% of the total days spent on the DL, Wilton said." -- NY Daily News
The link for this article is :
Plans for Joba stir pitched battle