Tuesday, June 16, 2009
What did they throw last night?
Posted by Mike FastA brief look at the pitches thrown by starting pitchers in the majors on Monday, June 15, 2009:
Cleveland Indians
Carl Pavano Number Strikes Speed (mph) Four-seam fastball 29 18 90-92 Two-seam fastball 36 24 89-93 Split-finger fastball 2 0 85-86 Change-up 10 9 81-83 Slider 20 12 81-86Ryan Braun took a Carl Pavano change-up deep and tripled on a four-seam fastball.
Los Angeles of Anaheim Angels
John Lackey Number Strikes Speed (mph) Four-seam fastball 40 24 88-91 Two-seam fastball 19 14 89-91 Change-up 4 3 82-84 Slider 18 13 79-83 Curveball 25 20 76-80John Lackey got 5 strikeouts swinging with the curveball, 2 strikeouts swinging with the slider, and 2 swinging and 1 called with the four-seam fastball.
Milwaukee Brewers
David Bush Number Strikes Speed (mph) Four-seam fastball 3 1 87-89 Two-seam fastball 37 18 87-90 Change-up 5 2 82-85 Slider 22 15 81-86 Curveball 7 5 66-69David Bush allowed home runs on a slider to Shin-Soo Choo and a curveball to Victor Martinez.
San Francisco Giants
Barry Zito Number Strikes Speed (mph) Four-seam fastball 26 21 85-88 Two-seam fastball 9 5 84-86 Change-up 11 8 72-75 Slider 10 10 78-81 Curveball 14 10 70-74Zito allowed home runs on a four-seam fastball to Juan Rivera and a change-up to Erick Aybar.
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Mike Fast is a Royals fan who enjoys investigating baseball questions using data of many sorts. He is a member of Complete Game Consulting. He welcomes comments via e-mail.