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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 |
| Marcus Stroman | Brian Johnson | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 9.5 | -160 | 1:05 PM |
| Mike Minor | Mike Wright | Orioles | 106 | 103 | 114 | 101 | 121 | 94 | 1:05 PM | ||
| Masahiro Tanaka | Trevor Bauer | Indians | 114 | 114 | 110 | 102 | 98 | 94 | 9.0 | -140 | 1:10 PM |
| Jeremy Hellickson | Corey Oswalt | Mets | 90 | 93 | 101 | 90 | 92 | 106 | |||
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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 |
| Marcus Stroman | Brian Johnson | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 9.5 | -160 | 1:05 PM |
| Mike Minor | Mike Wright | Orioles | 106 | 103 | 114 | 101 | 121 | 94 | 1:05 PM | ||
| Masahiro Tanaka | Trevor Bauer | Indians | 114 | 114 | 110 | 102 | 98 | 94 | 9.0 | -140 | 1:10 PM |
| Jeremy Hellickson | Corey Oswalt | Mets | 90 | 93 | 101 | 90 | 92 | 106 | 9.0 | 125 | 1:10 PM |
| Enyel De Los Santos | Jose Urena | Marlins | 84 | 93 | 86 | 91 | 83 | 103 | 7.5 | 115 | 1:10 PM |
| Jhoulys Chacin | Joe Musgrove | Pirates | 96 | 97 | 101 | 103 | 83 | 94 | 8.5 | -105 | 1:35 PM |
| Patrick Corbin | Julio Teheran | Braves | 102 | 106 | 116 | 98 | 81 | 98 | 8.0 | 105 | 1:35 PM |
| Burch Smith | Lucas Giolito | White Sox | 95 | 90 | 122 | 99 | 110 | 106 | 9.5 | -130 | 2:10 PM |
| Francisco Liriano | Justin Verlander | Astros | 83 | 93 | 109 | 94 | 109 | 101 | 7.5 | -410 | 2:10 PM |
| Ryne Stanek | Fernando Romero | Twins | 105 | 103 | 95 | 105 | 113 | 93 | 2:10 PM | ||
| Anthony DeSclafani | Miles Mikolas | Cardinals | 91 | 102 | 97 | 100 | 82 | 95 | 9.0 | -160 | 2:15 PM |
| Mike Leake | Tyler Anderson | Rockies | 138 | 121 | 117 | 116 | 118 | 87 | 11.5 | -140 | 3:10 PM |
| Sean Manaea | Andrew Suarez | Giants | 90 | 97 | 53 | 100 | 74 | 99 | 8.0 | -125 | 4:05 PM |
| Jon Lester | Eric Lauer | Padres | 92 | 97 | 85 | 97 | 97 | 103 | 8.0 | 145 | 4:10 PM |
| Deck McGuire | Clayton Kershaw | Dodgers | 90 | 95 | 113 | 96 | 90 | 103 | 4:10 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 SEA | 193.7 | 22.7 | 7.8 | 14.9 | 1.49 | 4.23 | 1.27 | $7,400 | $0 | 110 | 20.7 |
| Trevor Bauer (R) | v NYY | 305.7 | 28.5 | 7.9 | 20.6 | 0.88 | 3.36 | 1.24 | $12,000 | $12,200 | 114 | 22.9 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | at PIT | 290.0 | 19.4 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 0.81 | 3.85 | 1.29 | $7,800 | $7,600 | 95 | 20.0 |
| Patrick Corbin (L) | at ATL | 306.0 | 25.1 | 7.4 | 17.7 | 1.09 | 3.68 | 1.28 | $10,900 | $8,700 | 122 | 19.9 |
| Enyel De Los Santos (R) | at MIA | 6.3 | 23.1 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 4.26 | 1.26 | $4,000 | $5,700 | 95 | 22.1 |
| Anthony DeSclafani (R) | at STL | 40.7 | 19.0 | 7.1 | 11.9 | 2.21 | 4.43 | 1.23 | $6,900 | $6,500 | 98 | 22.3 |
| Lucas Giolito (R) | v KC | 142.3 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 1.58 | 5.25 | 1.36 | $4,600 | $5,800 | 79 | 20.5 |
| Jeremy Hellickson (R) | at NYM | 221.0 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 1.71 | 4.93 | 1.22 | $6,700 | $6,100 | 99 | 22.1 |
| Brian Johnson (L) | v TOR | 71.7 | 18.4 | 6.6 | 11.7 | 1.26 | 4.27 | 1.48 | $6,200 | $5,700 | 89 | 21.0 |
| Clayton Kershaw (L) | v LAA | 244.0 | 28.5 | 4.5 | 24.0 | 1.11 | 2.40 | 0.98 | $12,900 | $10,800 | 86 | 19.0 |
| Eric Lauer (L) | v CHC | 75.7 | 18.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 1.31 | 4.40 | 1.64 | $4,600 | $7,400 | 102 | 21.8 |
| Mike Leake (R) | at COL | 301.7 | 15.8 | 5.0 | 10.8 | 1.07 | 4.09 | 1.30 | $5,100 | $0 | 87 | 22.9 |
| Jon Lester (L) | at SD | 287.0 | 21.8 | 8.2 | 13.6 | 1.19 | 3.64 | 1.26 | $9,100 | $8,400 | 94 | 23.5 |
| Francisco Liriano (L) | at HOU | 173.0 | 19.1 | 12.5 | 6.6 | 1.20 | 5.25 | 1.53 | $6,400 | $6,200 | 127 | 18.2 |
| Sean Manaea (L) | at SF | 276.3 | 19.0 | 6.7 | 12.3 | 1.14 | 3.97 | 1.23 | $9,600 | $7,900 | 91 | 19.6 |
| Deck McGuire (R) | at LAD | 34.3 | 20.0 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 2.10 | 4.72 | 1.25 | $4,400 | $5,500 | 113 | 21.7 |
| Miles Mikolas (R) | v CIN | 115.3 | 17.6 | 3.9 | 13.7 | 0.62 | 2.65 | 1.01 | $10,200 | $8,700 | 106 | 20.2 |
| Mike Minor (L) | at BAL | 174.3 | 23.4 | 6.2 | 17.2 | 1.03 | 3.67 | 1.12 | $5,900 | $6,800 | 81 | 19.6 |
| Joe Musgrove (R) | v MIL | 154.7 | 21.6 | 6.1 | 15.6 | 1.28 | 4.48 | 1.34 | $6,600 | $7,600 | 106 | 24.6 |
| Corey Oswalt (R) | v WAS | 17.3 | 19.2 | 8.2 | 11.0 | 2.08 | 6.75 | 1.15 | $5,500 | $5,500 | 103 | 20.9 |
| Fernando Romero (R) | v TB | 51.3 | 19.6 | 8.5 | 11.2 | 1.05 | 4.38 | 1.34 | $5,200 | $6,600 | 104 | 22.2 |
| Burch Smith (R) | at CWS | 41.7 | 23.2 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 1.73 | 5.83 | 1.61 | $4,000 | $5,500 | 96 | 25.3 |
| Ryne Stanek (R) | at MIN | 52.7 | 31.4 | 12.1 | 19.3 | 1.37 | 3.42 | 1.31 | $4,000 | $5,500 | 101 | 19.5 |
| Marcus Stroman (R) | at BOS | 262.0 | 19.2 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 0.96 | 3.74 | 1.36 | $6,100 | $6,500 | 122 | 18.5 |
| Andrew Suarez (L) | v OAK | 84.0 | 22.5 | 5.6 | 17.0 | 1.07 | 3.75 | 1.23 | $8,800 | $7,700 | 98 | 23.2 |
| Masahiro Tanaka (R) | at CLE | 255.3 | 25.5 | 5.8 | 19.7 | 1.83 | 4.72 | 1.21 | $8,700 | $8,800 | 110 | 20.2 |
| Julio Teheran (R) | v ARI | 287.7 | 19.8 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 1.53 | 4.41 | 1.32 | $6,800 | $7,600 | 80 | 23.5 |
| Jose Urena (R) | v PHI | 274.3 | 17.2 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 1.18 | 3.94 | 1.24 | $6,300 | $7,000 | 97 | 25.2 |
| Justin Verlander (R) | v DET | 337.7 | 28.0 | 7.1 | 20.9 | 1.04 | 2.85 | 1.04 | $13,500 | $11,700 | 84 | 22.0 |
| Mike Wright (R) | v TEX | 74.0 | 20.2 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 1.22 | 5.23 | 1.57 | $4,000 | $5,500 | 92 | 24.8 |
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 SEA | 22.9 | 7.3 | 15.6 | 1.22 | 0.313 | 21.7 | 7.0 | 14.6 | 1.31 | 0.327 |
| Trevor Bauer (R) | v NYY | 26.3 | 8.0 | 18.3 | 1.00 | 0.306 | 24.8 | 8.3 | 16.4 | 0.83 | 0.304 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | at PIT | 14.6 | 10.9 | 3.7 | 1.04 | 0.337 | 23.8 | 7.8 | 16.1 | 0.64 | 0.281 |
| Patrick Corbin (L) | at ATL | 30.2 | 9.3 | 21.0 | 1.29 | 0.313 | 20.7 | 7.7 | 13.0 | 1.16 | 0.328 |
| Enyel De Los Santos (R) | at MIA | 33.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.00 | 0.115 | 14.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 0.00 | 0.495 |
| Anthony DeSclafani (R) | at STL | 20.9 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 1.81 | 0.347 | 19.6 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 1.02 | 0.282 |
| Lucas Giolito (R) | v KC | 11.7 | 12.5 | -0.8 | 1.73 | 0.360 | 16.7 | 9.9 | 6.8 | 1.79 | 0.340 |
| Jeremy Hellickson (R) | at NYM | 16.4 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 1.55 | 0.331 | 18.1 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 1.36 | 0.305 |
| Brian Johnson (L) | v TOR | 20.3 | 7.2 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 0.250 | 17.8 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 1.66 | 0.363 |
| Clayton Kershaw (L) | v LAA | 30.1 | 2.3 | 27.8 | 0.98 | 0.239 | 29.5 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 0.84 | 0.242 |
| Eric Lauer (L) | v CHC | 11.0 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 1.15 | 0.373 | 20.8 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 1.35 | 0.364 |
| Mike Leake (R) | at COL | 13.7 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 1.11 | 0.328 | 18.3 | 3.8 | 14.5 | 1.01 | 0.320 |
| Jon Lester (L) | at SD | 27.7 | 5.1 | 22.6 | 0.76 | 0.253 | 21.6 | 8.2 | 13.4 | 1.19 | 0.303 |
| Francisco Liriano (L) | at HOU | 23.0 | 8.6 | 14.4 | 0.91 | 0.288 | 20.4 | 13.0 | 7.4 | 1.44 | 0.356 |
| Sean Manaea (L) | at SF | 20.6 | 4.3 | 16.3 | 0.72 | 0.256 | 19.4 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 1.29 | 0.321 |
| Deck McGuire (R) | at LAD | 14.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 0.53 | 0.229 | 24.7 | 9.9 | 14.8 | 3.63 | 0.418 |
| Miles Mikolas (R) | v CIN | 15.2 | 3.5 | 11.7 | 0.90 | 0.304 | 20.6 | 4.4 | 16.2 | 0.33 | 0.197 |
| Mike Minor (L) | at BAL | 28.4 | 5.1 | 23.3 | 0.40 | 0.239 | 21.7 | 6.6 | 15.2 | 1.26 | 0.319 |
| Joe Musgrove (R) | v MIL | 22.7 | 7.2 | 15.5 | 1.11 | 0.340 | 20.7 | 5.2 | 15.5 | 1.43 | 0.322 |
| Corey Oswalt (R) | v WAS | 15.4 | 11.5 | 3.8 | 2.84 | 0.323 | 21.3 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 1.64 | 0.298 |
| Fernando Romero (R) | v TB | 18.3 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 2.08 | 0.346 | 20.6 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 0.30 | 0.313 |
| Burch Smith (R) | at CWS | 19.5 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 1.50 | 0.369 | 25.9 | 15.7 | 10.2 | 1.90 | 0.383 |
| Ryne Stanek (R) | at MIN | 37.8 | 8.5 | 29.3 | 0.00 | 0.213 | 27.7 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 2.25 | 0.348 |
| Marcus Stroman (R) | at BOS | 18.3 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 0.71 | 0.311 | 20.3 | 6.1 | 14.2 | 1.18 | 0.317 |
| Andrew Suarez (L) | v OAK | 25.0 | 2.4 | 22.6 | 0.39 | 0.200 | 21.7 | 6.6 | 15.1 | 1.34 | 0.353 |
| Masahiro Tanaka (R) | at CLE | 23.0 | 4.8 | 18.2 | 1.41 | 0.298 | 23.6 | 5.6 | 18.0 | 1.51 | 0.310 |
| Julio Teheran (R) | v ARI | 16.8 | 12.1 | 4.6 | 1.50 | 0.338 | 24.6 | 4.1 | 20.6 | 1.20 | 0.278 |
| Jose Urena (R) | v PHI | 12.3 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 1.32 | 0.331 | 21.4 | 7.7 | 13.7 | 1.04 | 0.305 |
| Justin Verlander (R) | v DET | 31.1 | 8.5 | 22.6 | 1.24 | 0.275 | 25.3 | 5.2 | 20.1 | 0.97 | 0.265 |
| Mike Wright (R) | v TEX | 18.4 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 1.65 | 0.383 | 17.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 1.12 | 0.340 |
