Sentences with phrase «other pitcher»

What is not so well known is that he also lost the most games of any other pitcher in the history of the game.

That is evidently what the guardians of the game thought 25 years ago too: Fans don't come to watch Bob Gibson — or any other pitcher — strike people out.

Using the historical archive that powers Bet Labs, I wanted to look at games where one pitcher's walk rate was above average (less than 7.7 %) and the other pitcher's was below average (more than 7.7 %).

If Glasnow is «hitting a random corner», then that should be a strike for him just like it is for every other pitcher from Clayton Kershaw on down.

The other pitcher picking a good time to throw the perfect pitch is something of a recurring theme, if you haven't noticed.

They aren't doomed from the start or anything like that — the season is too long and full of too many unknowns to say that — but Stroman represented a hope that no other pitcher in their rotation had.

Once when I was playing third base and another pitcher wasn't doing so well, my father stopped the game, walked onto the field, took the ball from the other pitcher and gave it to me.»

Last year hitters had a smaller chance of reaching base against Smoltz (26 %) than against any other pitcher in the big leagues.

• Over his last two full seasons, Sutcliffe walked 200 batters, more than any other pitcher in the American League.

But why doesn't somebody say the other pitcher did a better job?

Where people make a mistake, they don't give credit to the other pitcher.

How do you know what the other pitcher's going to do?

Unlike so many pitchers before him, though, Ohtani can still slap on some batting gloves and hit in between starts: other pitchers just might have to shut things down until their blisters are under control, but Ohtani can still provide value to the Angels regularly even if he's not on the mound.

His cutter (take this with a grain of salt because he's only thrown 17 of them in 2017) comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers» cutters, has heavy sink and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers» cutters.

His change results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers» changeups, is slightly firmer than usual, has slight armside fade and has some natural sink to it.

His slider comes in below hitting speed, has primarily 12 - 6 movement and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers» sliders.

Did other pitchers allow hits?

Another one of the best sights in baseball is a pitcher who can throw a slider as fast as some other pitchers throw a fastball.

Bartolo Colon is old and he doesn't have the same physique as other pitchers.

While other pitchers and teams have lost a no - hitter, none of them lost the game after setting themselves on fire quite like the Yankees did.

They did so four times in 120 pitches from Anaheim's four other pitchers (Kevin Appier, John Lackey, Ben Weber and Troy Percival).

He's the big leagues» active leader in losses (180); only six other pitchers have finished more games under.500 than the 46 Morgan was through Sunday.

The ones I used for other pitchers are the first one, although the AB information is also interesting.

Shohei Ohtani: «Generally I handle changeups pretty decently, but today they threw a lot, and it was kind of different from how the other pitchers were pitching against me.»

Other pitchers have gained fame over the years because of what are called their breaking fastballs, which seem to suddenly rise on their way to the catcher.

They were soon able to analyse the financial aspects of the proposal very easily and went on to win the pitch, even though they were a smaller company than many of the other pitchers.

Not exact matches

To put that in perspective, every other starting pitcher in the majors has combined for just nine such pitches so far this season, according to ESPN.

While his evening wasn't perfect — Ohtani allowed four earned runs through 5.1 innings of work — he showed flashes of brilliance throughout the game that no other starting pitcher in the majors can reach.

Others might be hesitant to look closely at their wins and jinx that success — like trying to talk to a pitcher about the no - hitter he's throwing.

Other than Tommy Pham, the lineup hasn't put much fear into the hearts of opposing pitchers.

At the same time, I recognize the validity of the problem of «relativism» with which he and a host of others — among them his brother Reinhold and my teachers at Chicago, Joseph Haroutunian, Langdon Gilkey and Alvin Pitcher — were and are preoccupied.

You probably don't want to pour it into a big open pitcher or some other container that is not airtight because the Kombucha will lose its fizz.

Add the syrup to the pitcher with the other ingredients.

In a large pitcher or other container, combine the wine and sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves.

To demonstrate the solids content characteristic, Chef Doughty drops two potatoes in a pitcher of brine water solution and the Idaho Potato sinks to the bottom - with its high solids content - while the other russet floats to the top.

I must say, this broth has rejuvenated me and many others countless number of times — if you or someone under your care are too sick or weak to enjoy chewing food, then a few pitchers of this broth and they will soon find the strength to get back to solids.

Pour strained sauce into pitcher with other ingredients and stir well to combine.

There are some pitchers who are better at finishing ballgames than others, but the team with the lead heading into the last half of what could be the final inning is overwhelmingly likely to win.

And while there might be defensive limitations and other concerns with a couple of these players, you can see how opposing pitchers wouldn't look forward to facing this troika after the first two hitters of the game get on.

If baseball puts in a pitch clock, raises the strike zone, eliminates extensive mound visits, limits pitching changes, institutes a mercy rule, starts extra innings with a runner on second base, limits the number of pickoff throws, requires pitchers to face a minimum number of batters, limits defensive shifts, and institutes all sorts of other changes to speed the game up and improve quality of play, there might be improvements.

What «smore, the Blue Jays condemned the pitcher's other conspicuous characteristics: his love of Metallica CDs played at ear - melting volume, a devotion to multiplebrews, a sharp tongue and a Fire - starter temper.

The other guys are playing baseball: the catcher, pitcher, shortstop, second baseman and centerfielder.

They need a starter who can match up with the other team's top two pitchers just in case their lineup is getting bested, a complement to Keuchel at his best.

Strikeouts byBlue Jays starting pitchers last season, 61 more than any other rotation in theAmerican League.

Have pitchers pitch better than the other team.

In other words, the A's invested $ 5 million in a pitcher made out of magic beans, and then they climbed the beanstalk to a cloud that was filled with prospects.

On the other hand, I'm also wary of any pitcher who starts to struggle in this new, uncharted era of the low seams.

Milwaukee, on the other hand, doesn't seem to be in any kind of rush to spend what it doesn't think it has to on a pitcher: The Brewers didn't push for Darvish knowing there were other options, maybe in the hopes that Arrieta would have to settle for them rather than the other way around.

The celebration of Chris Carpenter, Big - Game Pitcher is based on the rigthanded workhorse that was: a pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World Pitcher is based on the rigthanded workhorse that was: a pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World Series.

Not a whole lot of progress was made toward changing that outcome this offseason, other than hoping that the slew of pitchers in their 20s can improve on what the likes of Bronson Arroyo and Scott Feldman managed.