Some interesting pitching stats in 2008

by Dbacks fan in Taiwan on Jan 6, 2009 3:44 AM EST Comment 5 comments

Which I found them at inside-edge.com

Opponents' BA against Webb's changeups: 0.103

Opponents' BA against Webb's curveballs: 0.212

Opponents' BA against Haren's sliders: 0.175

Opponents' BA against Haren's splitters: 0.199

Opponents' BA against Johnson's sliders: 0.286

Opponents' BA against Davis's curveballs: 0.275

Opponents' BA against Scherzer's sliders: 0.152

Opponents' BA against Santana's changeups: 0.164

Opponents' BA against Volquez's changeups: 0.199

Opponents' BA against Oswalt's curveballs: 0.221

It seems like Webby has one of the best and the most underrated changeup in baseball !!!

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Interesting.

Johnson’s slider certainly isn’t the hard, biting one we were accustomed to in the Cy Young days, and it shows. Davis’ slow, looping curve ball only seems to work if it fools the hitter and they whiff or are out in front, because otherwise…

And that BA for Webb’s changeup borders on obscene.

by Azreous on Jan 6, 2009 12:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Additionally,

since Davis often has control issues, his curve is heavily dependent on how his other pitches are working — that’s the kind of pitcher he is.

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by DbacksSkins on Jan 6, 2009 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice info

Welcome to the ’Pit, too.

Some light on the reasons for this can be found here, which gives the breakdown by pitch-type for our ace, in various ball and strike counts. The data is up until about August last year, but the principle is clear: his change-up is his strikeout pitch, something he’s much more likely to throw with two strikes than one or none.

Now, looking at the NL splits shows how much harder it is for batters to hit with two strikes. The overall league average drops to .185: put another way, with two strikes, everyone hits like Chris Burke. :-) So, since Webb goes to his change-up in these situations, it’s not surprising the OBA drops.

That said… .106? Wow. That’s filthy.

by Jim McLennan on Jan 6, 2009 2:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs