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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 | Jose Quintana | Cubs | 98 | 99 | 88 | 98 | 114 | 100 | 8.0 | -130 | 1:05 PM |
| German Marquez | Walker Buehler | Dodgers | 90 | 95 | 113 | 96 | 90 | 103 | 7.0 | -180 | 4:09 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
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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 | Jose Quintana | Cubs | 98 | 99 | 88 | 98 | 114 | 100 | 8.0 | -130 | 1:05 PM |
| German Marquez | Walker Buehler | Dodgers | 90 | 95 | 113 | 96 | 90 | 103 | 7.0 | -180 | 4:09 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Buehler (R) | v COL | 140.0 | 28.5 | 7.5 | 21.0 | 0.90 | 3.09 | 1.05 | $10,200 | $9,800 | 80 | 23.5 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | at CHC | 367.3 | 19.8 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 0.88 | 3.72 | 1.23 | $5,300 | $7,200 | 101 | 21.2 |
| German Marquez (R) | at LAD | 353.3 | 24.6 | 7.0 | 17.6 | 1.20 | 4.05 | 1.28 | $9,400 | $10,000 | 119 | 22.2 |
| Jose Quintana (L) | v MIL | 358.0 | 23.9 | 8.5 | 15.4 | 1.21 | 4.12 | 1.27 | $7,100 | $8,400 | 92 | 20.3 |
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 |
| Walker Buehler (R) | v COL | 32.0 | 7.4 | 24.6 | 0.82 | 0.249 | 25.8 | 7.4 | 18.4 | 1.05 | 0.278 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | at CHC | 15.2 | 10.7 | 4.5 | 1.15 | 0.338 | 24.0 | 7.3 | 16.7 | 0.65 | 0.273 |
| German Marquez (R) | at LAD | 19.1 | 7.9 | 11.2 | 0.96 | 0.341 | 28.4 | 5.9 | 22.5 | 1.43 | 0.312 |
| Jose Quintana (L) | v MIL | 23.9 | 5.0 | 18.9 | 0.58 | 0.275 | 22.9 | 8.4 | 14.5 | 1.24 | 0.314 |
