Via the good folks at FanGraphs.com (last week):
I put up something new today which I think is very cool. Under each pitcher page, in the very bottom table, you can now see the percentage of each type of pitch a player threw and its average velocity. These stats are available from 2005-2007 and will be updated daily when the season starts.
(A hat tip to Lookout Landing on this one.)
Very cool, indeed! For fun, I looked at Phil Hughes and Worm Killer Wang this morning.
Last season, Hughes threw a fastball for 66.2% of his pitches at the average speed of 91 MPH. And, also last season, Wang threw a fastball for 76.4% of his pitches at the average speed of 92.7 MPH.
It will be interesting to see who wins the speed race between these two pitchers this season.
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March 18th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
It that was Phil Hughes pitching on one leg, causing a problem with his mechanics.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
That should read:
That was Phil Hughes