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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 |
| Corey Kluber | Justin Verlander | Astros | 83 | 93 | 109 | 94 | 109 | 101 | 6.5 | -150 | 2:05 PM |
| Tyler Anderson | Jhoulys Chacin | Brewers | 105 | 103 | 131 | 96 | 108 | 103 | 8.0 | -165 | 4:15 PM |
| J.A. Happ | Chris Sale | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 7.5 | -190 | 7:32 PM |
| Anibal Sanchez | Clayton Kershaw | Dodgers | 90 | 95 | |||||||
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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 |
| Corey Kluber | Justin Verlander | Astros | 83 | 93 | 109 | 94 | 109 | 101 | 6.5 | -150 | 2:05 PM |
| Tyler Anderson | Jhoulys Chacin | Brewers | 105 | 103 | 131 | 96 | 108 | 103 | 8.0 | -165 | 4:15 PM |
| J.A. Happ | Chris Sale | Red Sox | 114 | 112 | 78 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 7.5 | -190 | 7:32 PM |
| Anibal Sanchez | Clayton Kershaw | Dodgers | 90 | 95 | 113 | 96 | 90 | 103 | 7.0 | -235 | 9:37 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Anderson (L) | at MIL | 262.0 | 22.3 | 7.7 | 14.6 | 1.58 | 4.64 | 1.29 | $4,800 | $6,000 | 95 | 20.5 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | v COL | 373.0 | 19.8 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 0.89 | 3.69 | 1.21 | $5,200 | $6,800 | 83 | 23.2 |
| J.A. Happ (L) | at BOS | 323.0 | 24.7 | 7.1 | 17.5 | 1.25 | 3.59 | 1.21 | $7,700 | $9,400 | 89 | 21.8 |
| Clayton Kershaw (L) | v ATL | 336.3 | 26.9 | 4.4 | 22.4 | 1.07 | 2.52 | 0.99 | $8,000 | $10,300 | 106 | 20.9 |
| Corey Kluber (R) | at HOU | 418.7 | 30.1 | 4.3 | 25.8 | 0.99 | 2.58 | 0.93 | $8,600 | $11,300 | 103 | 18.9 |
| Chris Sale (L) | v NYY | 372.3 | 37.1 | 5.2 | 31.9 | 0.85 | 2.56 | 0.92 | $9,600 | $10,800 | 120 | 22.2 |
| Anibal Sanchez (R) | at LAD | 242.0 | 23.1 | 6.9 | 16.2 | 1.52 | 4.39 | 1.31 | $6,000 | $7,600 | 120 | 22.2 |
| Justin Verlander (R) | v CLE | 420.0 | 30.3 | 6.5 | 23.8 | 1.18 | 2.94 | 1.04 | $10,000 | $11,800 | 110 | 18.7 |
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 |
| Tyler Anderson (L) | at MIL | 22.4 | 6.6 | 15.7 | 1.22 | 0.319 | 21.6 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 1.44 | 0.332 |
| Jhoulys Chacin (R) | v COL | 15.1 | 10.7 | 4.4 | 1.17 | 0.336 | 23.9 | 7.3 | 16.6 | 0.63 | 0.270 |
| J.A. Happ (L) | at BOS | 21.0 | 6.1 | 14.9 | 0.68 | 0.251 | 23.6 | 7.6 | 16.1 | 1.29 | 0.307 |
| Clayton Kershaw (L) | v ATL | 28.8 | 2.8 | 25.9 | 1.05 | 0.246 | 28.1 | 4.0 | 24.1 | 0.84 | 0.249 |
| Corey Kluber (R) | at HOU | 27.4 | 6.1 | 21.4 | 1.06 | 0.277 | 30.1 | 4.3 | 25.8 | 0.88 | 0.250 |
| Chris Sale (L) | v NYY | 33.2 | 3.2 | 29.9 | 0.73 | 0.231 | 32.7 | 5.5 | 27.2 | 0.97 | 0.269 |
| Anibal Sanchez (R) | at LAD | 23.3 | 8.9 | 14.3 | 1.22 | 0.315 | 20.7 | 5.6 | 15.0 | 2.02 | 0.359 |
| Justin Verlander (R) | v CLE | 33.0 | 7.9 | 25.1 | 1.31 | 0.274 | 26.4 | 5.1 | 21.3 | 1.07 | 0.273 |
