The Clownshoes were the strongest pitching team in our earliest tournaments dating to the last decade. Legend tells they had a rotation of two interchangeable arms that threw twice as hard as anybody else's ace, and would routinely offer a 4 out inning to opposing lineups just to rack up more Ks. Most opponents would turn down this offer. When it came time to give our pitching award a name in 2011 it was impossible to distinguish one Clownshoe pitcher from the other; they were a two-headed beast. While naming a wiffle pitching award "Cy Young" is stupid (the man never played wiffleball), its two syllable first-name-last-name combo carries a certain gravitas. Thus, Clown Shu was born; the honor to be bestowed upon the best pitcher in WSEM every season.
The 2018 Clown Shu is Scott Kujawa of the Wicked Aces. It's Scott's second time winning the Shu; making him only the second player to win it multiple times. In a fashion similar to our Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player the Clown Shu also dominated the top of the leaderboard. Kujawa posted the number-one ERA, WHIP, K/6, K/BB, and K% - many of those by a large margin. The only argument against Scott's claim to the Clown Shu was his innings pitched. While some pitchers did have 10-20 more innings than the White Asian, at 46 IP he still had more than 150% of the minimum requirement (30 IP). Contrast this with Farkas, who did see his stock hurt at only 35 IP. Nick Braden was the main beneficiary of that and, after a career season the mound, found himself positioned as the first runner up. Nick's overall average ranking came out to 4.7; Kujawa's was 1.6. Had the gap been much closer inning differential could have become a factor, but not in the face of a full three-point spread. Kujo pitched more than his fair share of innings and dominated in almost all of them. Through-and-through that's the Clown Shu.
| PITCHING | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/6 | K/BB | K% | BAA | BB% | OA Rk |
| Scott Kujawa | 46.0 | 1.04 | 0.78 | 16.17 | 5.64 | .713 | .092 | .126 | 1.6 |
| Stephen Farkas | 35.0 | 2.06 | 1.20 | 15.09 | 4.19 | .599 | .167 | .143 | 3.1 |
| Nick Braden | 66.0 | 1.82 | 1.38 | 10.82 | 3.40 | .412 | .220 | .121 | 4.7 |
| Travis Strojny | 59.0 | 2.95 | 1.54 | 14.75 | 2.96 | .543 | .193 | .184 | 4.9 |
| Craig Skinner | 54.2 | 2.96 | 1.70 | 14.49 | 2.20 | .516 | .168 | .235 | 5.7 |
| Chandler Phillips | 46.0 | 3.26 | 1.98 | 15.52 | 1.45 | .520 | .061 | .358 | 6.4 |
| Ray Brown | 60.0 | 2.00 | 1.75 | 11.30 | 1.69 | .396 | .174 | .235 | 6.4 |
| Michael Villarreal | 47.2 | 5.03 | 1.83 | 8.77 | 2.56 | .302 | .298 | .118 | 7.6 |
| Mark Phillips | 39.1 | 5.80 | 1.73 | 6.29 | 3.73 | .222 | .329 | .060 | 7.7 |
| Chris Paquin | 67.0 | 4.21 | 1.85 | 8.42 | 2.04 | .290 | .281 | .142 | 8.4 |
| David Castle | 65.0 | 5.08 | 2.34 | 9.78 | 1.06 | .307 | .212 | .290 | 9.3 |
