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Originally Posted by DonMattingly
Has anyone kept track of how often pitchers throw their "bad" pitches?
Let's say you have Pitcher A who has only two pitches but that are both very strong. And Pitcher B has two strong pitches but also has one weak one.
How often will B throw his weak pitch? And is that possibly why A ends up with better stats than B?
And does the use of bad pitches vary between relievers and starters?
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I haven't done any real research into this, merely eye-balling stats. My theory is that guys with one lousy pitch tend to have bad MOVEMENT and when they throw the lousy pitch, it tends to leave the park. Again, merely my observations over many seasons, and not a real attempt to comb through data to see which pitches are hammered.