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Park Factors & Lines
Park factors in this piece are a three-year average from 2015-2017, indexed (100 = average). For example, left-handed home runs at Guaranteed Rate Field (home of the White Sox) have a three-year index of 122, which means there have been 22% more homers hit by lefties from all teams during that span in that park compared to a completely neutral environment. Left-handed hitters have a significant advantage when hitting at Guaranteed Rate Field.
AT&T Park (home of the Giants), has a three-year run index of 90, which means that games played at AT&T park have had 10% fewer runs scored overall than a completely neutral environment. Overall offensive production is reduced by a significant amount for games played in San Francisco, making it a safer environment than most for pitchers.
| Lefties | Righties | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road Starter | Home Starter | Home Tm | R | AVG | HR | AVG | HR | K | O/U | HmL | 1st Pitch |
| Jhoulys Chacin | Trevor Williams | Pirates | 96 | 97 | 101 | 103 | 83 | 94 | 9.0 | 110 | 7:05 PM |
| Miles Mikolas | Nick Pivetta | Phillies | 98 | 95 | 120 | 97 | 124 | 109 | 8.5 | -110 | 7:05 PM |
| Sonny Gray | Erick Fedde | Nationals | 100 | 98 | 89 | 105 | 114 | 98 | 9.0 | 105 | 7:05 PM |
| Dylan Covey | Trevor Bauer | Indians | 114 | 114 | 110 | 102 | 98 | 94 | 8.5 | -275 | 7:10 PM |
| Kenta Maeda | Tyler Chatwood | Cubs | 98 | 99 | 88 | 98 | 114 | 100 | 8:05 PM | ||
| Ryne Stanek | Gerrit Cole | Astros | 83 | 93 | 109 | 94 | 109 | 101 | 8:10 PM | ||
| Bartolo Colon | Ian Kennedy | Royals | 103 | 102 | 85 | 102 | 76 | 94 | 9.5 | -110 | 8:15 PM |
| Jacob deGrom | Tyler Anderson | Rockies | 138 | 121 | 117 | 116 | 118 | 87 | 9.5 | 105 | 8:40 PM |
| Zack Greinke | Jaime Barria | Angels | 91 | 96 | 91 | 96 | 102 | 109 | 8.0 | -110 | 10:07 PM |
| Caleb Smith | Andrew Suarez | Giants | 90 | 97 | 53 | 100 | 74 | 99 | 7.0 | -160 | 10:15 PM |
Pitcher Skills
These stats look at each starting pitcher's stats since the start of last season.
The final two columns are team stats for each pitcher's opponent.
OwRC+ is the team wRC+ for the current season, against the handedness of that pitcher.
TeamK% is the strikeout rate of the opposing team for the current season, against the handedness of that pitcher.
Note: Opponent team matchup data from 2018 season.
| Player | Opp | IP | K% | BB% | K-BB | HR/9 | ERA | WHIP | DK | FD | OwRC+ | OsK% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Anderson (L) | v NYM | 160.3 | 21.5 | 7.7 | 13.8 | 1.57 | 4.66 | 1.32 | $6,200 | $6,200 | 71 | 25.5 |
| Jaime Barria (R) | v ARI | 41.3 | 18.9 | 5.3 | 13.6 | 1.31 | 2.61 | 1.11 | $8,100 | $6,800 | 80 | 23.7 |
| Trevor Bauer (R) | v CWS | 270.0 | 27.9 | 8.0 | 19.9 | 1.00 | 3.67 | 1.28 | $12,400 | $11,200 | 95 | 24.9 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | at PIT | 261.7 | 19.6 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 0.86 | 3.71 | 1.26 | $7,500 | $7,400 | 102 | 19.0 |
| Tyler Chatwood (R) | v LAD | 211.0 | 19.3 | 14.6 | 4.7 | 0.98 | 4.52 | 1.54 | $5,300 | $5,700 | 108 | 21.9 |
| Gerrit Cole (R) | v TB | 296.7 | 27.1 | 6.7 | 20.4 | 1.27 | 3.67 | 1.13 | $13,000 | $11,000 | 98 | 22.3 |
| Bartolo Colon (R) | at KC | 217.7 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 1.94 | 5.95 | 1.44 | $5,800 | $5,600 | 80 | 19.4 |
| Dylan Covey (R) | at CLE | 105.3 | 16.2 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 1.71 | 5.90 | 1.55 | $7,000 | $7,200 | 107 | 21.3 |
| Jacob deGrom (R) | at COL | 288.7 | 30.0 | 7.0 | 23.0 | 1.00 | 2.93 | 1.13 | $11,200 | $9,000 | 83 | 23.6 |
| Erick Fedde (R) | v NYY | 26.0 | 20.0 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 2.42 | 7.96 | 1.81 | $5,500 | 116 | 22.7 | |
| Sonny Gray (R) | at WAS | 231.0 | 21.6 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 1.05 | 3.97 | 1.29 | $7,700 | 97 | 20.7 | |
| Zack Greinke (R) | at LAA | 286.0 | 26.6 | 5.4 | 21.2 | 1.23 | 3.40 | 1.09 | $8,700 | $9,100 | 111 | 19.9 |
| Ian Kennedy (R) | v TEX | 227.7 | 20.1 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 1.82 | 5.30 | 1.40 | $5,600 | $6,400 | 95 | 24.1 |
| Kenta Maeda (R) | at CHC | 191.7 | 26.0 | 6.8 | 19.2 | 1.27 | 4.04 | 1.20 | $9,300 | $8,300 | 106 | 21.0 |
| Miles Mikolas (R) | at PHI | 85.3 | 18.7 | 2.7 | 16.0 | 0.74 | 2.43 | 0.96 | $8,300 | $9,500 | 95 | 26.7 |
| Nick Pivetta (R) | v STL | 205.0 | 25.0 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 1.40 | 5.40 | 1.41 | $7,300 | $7,500 | 97 | 22.2 |
| Caleb Smith (L) | at SF | 90.7 | 26.2 | 10.4 | 15.8 | 1.19 | 4.57 | 1.29 | $7,800 | $7,700 | 103 | 22.2 |
| Ryne Stanek (R) | at HOU | 37.7 | 30.7 | 12.7 | 18.1 | 1.91 | 4.30 | 1.49 | $4,000 | $5,500 | 116 | 19.7 |
| Andrew Suarez (L) | v MIA | 53.0 | 22.8 | 5.0 | 17.8 | 1.36 | 4.92 | 1.26 | $6,800 | $6,600 | 85 | 20.7 |
| Trevor Williams (R) | v MIL | 224.3 | 17.6 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 0.88 | 4.17 | 1.31 | $5,000 | $5,800 | 103 | 24.0 |
Pitcher Splits
These splits cover each pitcher's performance against left-handed and right-handed hitters since the start of the 2016 season.
Stats highlighted yellow indicate matchups favoring the pitcher. Stats highlighted blue indicate matchups favoring opposing hitters.
| v. Lefties | v. Righties | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Opp | K% | BB% | K-BB | HR/9 | wOBA | K% | BB% | K-BB | HR/9 | wOBA |
| Tyler Anderson (L) | v NYM | 22.5 | 8.2 | 14.2 | 1.11 | 0.316 | 20.8 | 6.5 | 14.2 | 1.37 | 0.336 |
| Jaime Barria (R) | v ARI | 22.2 | 4.9 | 17.3 | 0.46 | 0.269 | 15.9 | 5.7 | 10.2 | 2.08 | 0.331 |
| Trevor Bauer (R) | v CWS | 25.5 | 8.0 | 17.5 | 1.08 | 0.315 | 24.3 | 8.5 | 15.8 | 0.89 | 0.306 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | at PIT | 14.8 | 10.8 | 4.0 | 1.10 | 0.332 | 24.0 | 7.6 | 16.4 | 0.64 | 0.282 |
| Tyler Chatwood (R) | v LAD | 18.3 | 13.6 | 4.7 | 1.01 | 0.349 | 18.8 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 0.84 | 0.305 |
| Gerrit Cole (R) | v TB | 27.1 | 7.0 | 20.1 | 1.23 | 0.326 | 22.8 | 6.6 | 16.1 | 0.93 | 0.285 |
| Bartolo Colon (R) | at KC | 14.4 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 1.73 | 0.352 | 15.8 | 3.2 | 12.7 | 1.41 | 0.333 |
| Dylan Covey (R) | at CLE | 18.6 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 1.46 | 0.346 | 13.7 | 9.7 | 4.0 | 1.98 | 0.380 |
| Jacob deGrom (R) | at COL | 25.3 | 7.2 | 18.1 | 0.79 | 0.285 | 30.5 | 6.1 | 24.4 | 1.14 | 0.282 |
| Erick Fedde (R) | v NYY | 24.6 | 7.7 | 16.9 | 1.65 | 0.344 | 14.5 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 3.72 | 0.507 |
| Sonny Gray (R) | at WAS | 20.8 | 8.8 | 11.9 | 0.82 | 0.304 | 20.1 | 8.6 | 11.4 | 1.48 | 0.334 |
| Zack Greinke (R) | at LAA | 23.9 | 5.5 | 18.3 | 1.16 | 0.301 | 24.6 | 5.8 | 18.8 | 1.35 | 0.302 |
| Ian Kennedy (R) | v TEX | 20.2 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 1.69 | 0.329 | 22.1 | 7.9 | 14.2 | 1.67 | 0.332 |
| Kenta Maeda (R) | at CHC | 19.7 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 1.31 | 0.328 | 31.2 | 5.2 | 26.0 | 1.01 | 0.262 |
| Miles Mikolas (R) | at PHI | 15.7 | 1.7 | 14.0 | 1.06 | 0.306 | 22.0 | 3.8 | 18.2 | 0.42 | 0.201 |
| Nick Pivetta (R) | v STL | 24.9 | 10.0 | 14.9 | 0.80 | 0.310 | 25.1 | 7.7 | 17.4 | 1.98 | 0.369 |
| Caleb Smith (L) | at SF | 25.7 | 7.1 | 18.6 | 0.73 | 0.339 | 26.5 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 1.36 | 0.294 |
| Ryne Stanek (R) | at HOU | 35.4 | 7.7 | 27.7 | 0.00 | 0.221 | 27.7 | 15.8 | 11.9 | 3.38 | 0.413 |
| Andrew Suarez (L) | v MIA | 25.9 | 1.7 | 24.1 | 0.56 | 0.234 | 21.7 | 6.2 | 15.5 | 1.70 | 0.370 |
| Trevor Williams (R) | v MIL | 14.3 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 1.01 | 0.337 | 20.6 | 8.3 | 12.2 | 0.97 | 0.304 |
