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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Strange Lowe

Posted by Harry Pavlidis
Derek Lowe tossed a shutout on May 15, 2012. Mark it down.

Three points of significance:

  1. It was Lowe's first shutout since 2005 and the fourth of his career

  2. He didn't strike out a single batter

  3. He shelved his slider and cutter for the night

There's a connection between Lowe's pitch mix and whiff rate.

Check out the mix and whiff rates for Lowe's starts from 2008 through 2012, excluding the shutout in question (13,440 pitches).








pitch% of pitchesmiss/swing
Sinker59.12
Change11.26
Fastball1.13
Cutter4.16
Slider25.34


Note the swing-and-missy slider, thrown one of four pitches.

And May 15, 2012 (127 pitches).








pitch% of pitchesmiss/swing
Sinker90.02
Change8.00
Fastball2.00
Cutter0na
Slider0na


Strange, eh? Talk about pitching to contact.

Harry Pavlidis admits he has a baseball problem. He is the founder of Pitch Info LLC, His pitch classifications power the player cards at Brooksbaseball.net. Feedback, questions and comments are appreciated - Email harrypav@gmail.com and Twitter @harrypav

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