Fly ball pitcher
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A fly ball pitcher is a type of
ground ball fly ball ratio
, which measures how frequently a pitcher gets batters out on fly balls versus ground balls.
The downside of a fly ball pitcher is that, in a ballpark where the design tends to favor hitters over pitchers (an example being Yankee Stadium), a fly ball pitcher will tend to give up more home runs, resulting in a higher earned run average.
Examples include pitchers Sid Fernandez,[1] Ted Lilly,[2] Chris Young[3] and Marco Estrada.[4]
Notes
- Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
- ^ Cockcroft, Tristan H. (2010-07-31). "Ted Lilly, Ryan Theriot to Dodgers". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
- ^ White, R. J. (2014-07-07). "Chris Young: Breakout or fakeout?". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
- ^ Lott, J. (2015-09-18). "Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marco Estrada is getting 'kind of tired' of the doubters". National Post. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
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