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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 |
| Wade Miley | German Marquez | Rockies | 138 | 121 | 117 | 116 | 118 | 87 | 9.5 | -160 | 4:37 PM |
| Walker Buehler | Sean Newcomb | Braves | 102 | 106 | 116 | 98 | 81 | 98 | 8.0 | 155 | 8:07 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 |
| Wade Miley | German Marquez | Rockies | 138 | 121 | 117 | 116 | 118 | 87 | 9.5 | -160 | 4:37 PM |
| Walker Buehler | Sean Newcomb | Braves | 102 | 106 | 116 | 98 | 81 | 98 | 8.0 | 155 | 8:07 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) | at ATL | 146.7 | 27.9 | 7.7 | 20.2 | 0.86 | 2.95 | 1.03 | $9,500 | $9,300 | 97 | 21.5 |
| German Marquez (R) | v MIL | 358.0 | 24.8 | 7.0 | 17.9 | 1.23 | 4.05 | 1.28 | $9,000 | $10,000 | 103 | 23.4 |
| Wade Miley (L) | at COL | 238.0 | 18.0 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 1.06 | 4.58 | 1.55 | $4,300 | $5,800 | 99 | 21.3 |
| Sean Newcomb (L) | v LAD | 264.0 | 23.3 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 0.95 | 4.06 | 1.42 | $8,100 | $7,700 | 105 | 21.5 |
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) | at ATL | 30.0 | 8.2 | 21.8 | 0.75 | 0.253 | 25.9 | 7.2 | 18.7 | 0.96 | 0.267 |
| German Marquez (R) | v MIL | 19.8 | 7.8 | 12.0 | 1.02 | 0.340 | 28.8 | 6.0 | 22.8 | 1.39 | 0.309 |
| Wade Miley (L) | at COL | 17.8 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 0.44 | 0.295 | 18.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 1.37 | 0.353 |
| Sean Newcomb (L) | v LAD | 27.2 | 11.1 | 16.1 | 1.11 | 0.320 | 22.0 | 12.3 | 9.7 | 0.90 | 0.314 |
