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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 |
| Sam Gaviglio | Eduardo Rodriguez | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 9.5 | -185 | 1:05 PM |
| Reynaldo Lopez | Corey Kluber | Indians | 114 | 114 | 110 | 102 | 98 | 94 | 8.5 | -315 | 1:10 PM |
| Alex Reyes | Junior Guerra | Brewers | 105 | 103 | 131 | 96 | 108 | 103 | 8.5 | 105 | 1:10 PM |
| Sal Romano | Patrick Corbin | Diamondbacks | 116 | 109 | 106 | 105 | 111 | 100 | 8.5 | -225 | 3:40 PM |
| Dallas Keuchel | Luis Severino | Yankees | 103 | 95 | 142 | 99 | 123 | 92 | 8.0 | -185 | 6:35 PM |
| Max Scherzer | David Hess | Orioles | 106 | 103 | 114 | 101 | 121 | 94 | 8.5 | 185 | 7:05 PM |
| Kyle Hendricks | Joe Musgrove | Pirates | 96 | 97 | 101 | 103 | 83 | 94 | 8.0 | 110 | 7:05 PM |
| Shohei Ohtani | Mike Fiers | Tigers | 103 | 98 | 104 | 103 | 101 | 104 | 9.0 | 175 | 7:10 PM |
| Jason Vargas | Julio Teheran | Braves | 102 | 106 | 116 | 98 | 81 | 98 | 7:35 PM | ||
| Fernando Romero | Brad Keller | Royals | 103 | 102 | 85 | 102 | 76 | 94 | 9.0 | 125 | 8:15 PM |
| Derek Holland | Jon Gray | Rockies | 138 | 121 | 117 | 116 | 118 | 87 | 11.5 | -180 | 8:40 PM |
| Nathan Eovaldi | Sean Manaea | Athletics | 96 | 97 | 84 | 97 | 87 | 96 | 8.0 | -170 | 10:05 PM |
| Matt Moore | James Paxton | Mariners | 91 | 96 | 105 | 94 | 97 | 104 | 8.0 | -270 | 10:10 PM |
| Jose Urena | Clayton Richard | Padres | 92 | 97 | 85 | 97 | 97 | 103 | 7.5 | -130 | 10:10 PM |
| Zach Eflin | Ross Stripling | Dodgers | 90 | 95 | 113 | 96 | 90 | 103 | 7.5 | -185 | 10:10 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Corbin (L) | v CIN | 259.0 | 24.3 | 7.3 | 17.0 | 1.18 | 3.61 | 1.28 | $10,900 | $9,400 | 94 | 21.8 |
| Zach Eflin (R) | at LAD | 86.3 | 15.9 | 5.1 | 10.8 | 1.88 | 5.42 | 1.36 | $8,200 | $7,900 | 100 | 22.1 |
| Nathan Eovaldi (R) | at OAK | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | $5,900 | $5,700 | 104 | 23.3 | |
| Mike Fiers (R) | v LAA | 202.3 | 20.2 | 8.2 | 12.0 | 1.91 | 5.12 | 1.40 | $5,500 | $6,100 | 112 | 19.7 |
| Sam Gaviglio (R) | at BOS | 90.0 | 17.8 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 1.80 | 4.00 | 1.30 | $4,200 | $5,800 | 127 | 18.4 |
| Jon Gray (R) | v SF | 172.0 | 25.0 | 6.3 | 18.7 | 0.89 | 4.29 | 1.34 | $7,500 | $6,700 | 101 | 24.7 |
| Junior Guerra (R) | v STL | 118.7 | 21.6 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 1.74 | 4.25 | 1.36 | $6,700 | $7,300 | 96 | 23.2 |
| Kyle Hendricks (R) | at PIT | 202.3 | 21.2 | 6.5 | 14.7 | 1.20 | 3.07 | 1.14 | $8,400 | $8,400 | 99 | 19.0 |
| David Hess (R) | v WAS | 17.3 | 13.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 2.08 | 4.15 | 1.33 | $5,200 | $5,900 | 107 | 19.8 |
| Derek Holland (L) | at COL | 188.3 | 17.9 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 1.86 | 5.78 | 1.58 | $5,400 | $6,300 | 100 | 23.1 |
| Brad Keller (R) | v MIN | 22.3 | 14.6 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 0.40 | 2.01 | 1.07 | $4,600 | $5,500 | 87 | 22.0 |
| Dallas Keuchel (L) | at NYY | 214.7 | 20.5 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 1.01 | 3.06 | 1.14 | $8,200 | $8,700 | 120 | 22.1 |
| Corey Kluber (R) | v CWS | 282.3 | 31.9 | 4.3 | 27.6 | 1.02 | 2.23 | 0.87 | $12,200 | $11,200 | 104 | 23.7 |
| Reynaldo Lopez (R) | at CLE | 109.0 | 15.7 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 1.16 | 3.72 | 1.23 | $6,400 | $6,400 | 100 | 23.5 |
| Sean Manaea (L) | v TB | 228.7 | 19.9 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 1.06 | 4.05 | 1.26 | $8,300 | $8,200 | 101 | 24.8 |
| Matt Moore (L) | at SEA | 216.0 | 18.1 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 1.38 | 6.00 | 1.63 | $4,400 | $5,600 | 117 | 19.4 |
| Joe Musgrove (R) | v CHC | 116.3 | 21.6 | 5.7 | 15.8 | 1.39 | 4.49 | 1.29 | $6,900 | $5,500 | 115 | 19.9 |
| Shohei Ohtani (R) | at DET | 40.3 | 32.3 | 8.7 | 23.6 | 1.12 | 3.35 | 1.07 | $11,200 | $9,000 | 93 | 20.4 |
| James Paxton (L) | v TEX | 205.7 | 29.7 | 6.9 | 22.9 | 0.74 | 3.02 | 1.06 | $11,700 | $9,800 | 95 | 25.1 |
| Alex Reyes (R) | at MIL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | $7,000 | $6,200 | 107 | 23.6 | |
| Clayton Richard (L) | v MIA | 264.3 | 18.1 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 1.09 | 4.83 | 1.48 | $7,900 | $7,100 | 91 | 20.6 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez (L) | v TOR | 191.0 | 26.4 | 8.5 | 17.9 | 1.23 | 4.15 | 1.28 | $7,900 | $7,700 | 98 | 21.6 |
| Sal Romano (R) | at ARI | 142.0 | 17.6 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 1.14 | 5.01 | 1.53 | $4,000 | $6,000 | 61 | 25.7 |
| Fernando Romero (R) | at KC | 28.7 | 25.0 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 0.31 | 1.88 | 1.12 | $7,800 | $6,600 | 86 | 17.6 |
| Max Scherzer (R) | at BAL | 272.3 | 35.4 | 6.9 | 28.5 | 0.93 | 2.41 | 0.90 | $13,900 | $11,800 | 87 | 24.9 |
| Luis Severino (R) | v HOU | 264.3 | 29.3 | 6.7 | 22.6 | 0.82 | 2.79 | 1.03 | $10,400 | $10,400 | 105 | 22.0 |
| Ross Stripling (R) | v PHI | 115.7 | 26.2 | 5.9 | 20.3 | 0.93 | 3.03 | 1.18 | $7,300 | $7,500 | 96 | 26.4 |
| Julio Teheran (R) | v NYM | 248.3 | 19.1 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 1.52 | 4.42 | 1.34 | $7,600 | $6,500 | 111 | 20.3 |
| Jose Urena (R) | at SD | 233.0 | 16.7 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 1.27 | 4.06 | 1.25 | $6,300 | $6,800 | 83 | 26.4 |
| Jason Vargas (L) | at ATL | 200.0 | 18.0 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 1.48 | 4.81 | 1.41 | $4,300 | $5,700 | 137 | 17.9 |
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 |
| Patrick Corbin (L) | v CIN | 30.5 | 9.1 | 21.4 | 1.22 | 0.297 | 19.7 | 7.9 | 11.9 | 1.27 | 0.337 |
| Zach Eflin (R) | at LAD | 12.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 2.68 | 0.384 | 16.0 | 4.7 | 11.3 | 0.95 | 0.315 |
| Nathan Eovaldi (R) | at OAK | 19.6 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 2.03 | 0.367 | 17.6 | 5.2 | 12.4 | 1.39 | 0.301 |
| Mike Fiers (R) | v LAA | 19.0 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 1.60 | 0.339 | 19.8 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 1.74 | 0.357 |
| Sam Gaviglio (R) | at BOS | 14.7 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 1.76 | 0.341 | 20.5 | 6.5 | 14.0 | 1.84 | 0.340 |
| Jon Gray (R) | v SF | 24.5 | 7.4 | 17.1 | 0.99 | 0.312 | 26.6 | 7.1 | 19.5 | 0.85 | 0.315 |
| Junior Guerra (R) | v STL | 21.2 | 12.2 | 9.0 | 1.19 | 0.301 | 20.8 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 1.27 | 0.304 |
| Kyle Hendricks (R) | at PIT | 22.9 | 7.5 | 15.4 | 1.10 | 0.290 | 21.2 | 5.2 | 16.1 | 0.86 | 0.258 |
| David Hess (R) | v WAS | 15.2 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 1.35 | 0.422 | 12.8 | 2.6 | 10.3 | 2.53 | 0.291 |
| Derek Holland (L) | at COL | 15.5 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 0.89 | 0.281 | 17.0 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 1.84 | 0.375 |
| Brad Keller (R) | v MIN | 11.1 | 13.9 | -2.8 | 0.00 | 0.241 | 17.0 | 3.8 | 13.2 | 0.66 | 0.253 |
| Dallas Keuchel (L) | at NYY | 25.2 | 4.3 | 20.8 | 0.75 | 0.247 | 19.3 | 7.9 | 11.4 | 1.11 | 0.310 |
| Corey Kluber (R) | v CWS | 27.4 | 6.3 | 21.2 | 0.98 | 0.266 | 31.3 | 4.5 | 26.8 | 0.97 | 0.249 |
| Reynaldo Lopez (R) | at CLE | 15.0 | 10.4 | 4.6 | 1.79 | 0.318 | 19.5 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 0.35 | 0.306 |
| Sean Manaea (L) | v TB | 21.4 | 4.0 | 17.3 | 0.79 | 0.259 | 20.0 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 1.23 | 0.324 |
| Matt Moore (L) | at SEA | 19.1 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 1.54 | 0.376 | 19.7 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 1.18 | 0.327 |
| Joe Musgrove (R) | v CHC | 24.1 | 6.6 | 17.5 | 1.23 | 0.332 | 19.5 | 5.4 | 14.1 | 1.47 | 0.326 |
| Shohei Ohtani (R) | at DET | 27.8 | 9.7 | 18.1 | 0.48 | 0.231 | 36.0 | 7.9 | 28.1 | 1.66 | 0.298 |
| James Paxton (L) | v TEX | 20.7 | 7.2 | 13.5 | 0.71 | 0.311 | 28.4 | 5.8 | 22.6 | 0.72 | 0.271 |
| Alex Reyes (R) | at MIL | 17.7 | 11.4 | 6.3 | 0.00 | 0.299 | 34.5 | 12.7 | 21.8 | 0.33 | 0.234 |
| Clayton Richard (L) | v MIA | 25.5 | 5.6 | 19.9 | 0.11 | 0.292 | 14.4 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 1.27 | 0.366 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez (L) | v TOR | 29.5 | 8.3 | 21.3 | 0.94 | 0.323 | 23.6 | 8.6 | 14.9 | 1.35 | 0.309 |
| Sal Romano (R) | at ARI | 17.5 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 1.13 | 0.373 | 17.7 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 1.15 | 0.325 |
| Fernando Romero (R) | at KC | 28.2 | 7.7 | 20.5 | 0.00 | 0.162 | 23.4 | 13.0 | 10.4 | 0.50 | 0.320 |
| Max Scherzer (R) | at BAL | 27.1 | 8.7 | 18.4 | 1.40 | 0.307 | 41.1 | 4.2 | 36.9 | 0.72 | 0.200 |
| Luis Severino (R) | v HOU | 28.3 | 8.0 | 20.3 | 1.04 | 0.293 | 26.8 | 6.2 | 20.6 | 0.86 | 0.269 |
| Ross Stripling (R) | v PHI | 23.1 | 7.0 | 16.2 | 0.54 | 0.256 | 21.4 | 6.1 | 15.3 | 1.25 | 0.325 |
| Julio Teheran (R) | v NYM | 16.8 | 11.5 | 5.4 | 1.45 | 0.331 | 23.8 | 3.9 | 19.9 | 1.20 | 0.286 |
| Jose Urena (R) | at SD | 11.7 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 1.41 | 0.334 | 21.3 | 7.9 | 13.5 | 1.09 | 0.308 |
| Jason Vargas (L) | at ATL | 13.1 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 1.85 | 0.384 | 19.6 | 7.7 | 11.9 | 1.35 | 0.326 |
