Some interesting pitching stats in 2008
by Dbacks fan in Taiwan on Jan 6, 2009 3:44 AM EST
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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.
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.
Ceci n'est pas une signature.
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.
Not that hitting Webb is easy
but this seems quite valuable for hitters trying to solve him. As a Dbacks fan, I cant bring myself to actually publish a crisp synopsis.
Thank you for letting me talk
by Diamondhacks on Jan 7, 2009 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
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