Zack Greinke and John Lackey matched-up in a pitcher's duel that did not disappoint. Although the game took 11 innings to decide, leaving both starters out of the decision, they racked up a combined 17 innings of 2 run ball. Not bad.
They got to, in effect, the same result in two different ways. Lackey got through an extra inning, while throwing 20 less pitches than Greinke did in his eight frame outing. That's a reflection of Greinke's high strikeout total and Lackey's high ground ball rate.
Conveniently, the two aces throw the same set of five pitches, and both with plenty of power. Makes for a nice single-game PITCHf/x comparison. Numbers after the jump.
- Greinke threw harder
- Lackey threw more strikes
- Greinke gave up a few hard hit balls
- Lackey gave up a ton of grounders
- There are more similarities than differences in their stuff (spin-wise)
|
Type |
# |
vs LHH |
vs RHH |
MPH |
PFX_X |
PFX_Z |
DEG |
RPM |
| Greinke |
Change-up |
15 |
14 |
1 |
88.3 |
-10.7 |
5.2 |
244.9 |
2,361.1 |
| Lackey |
Change-up |
1 |
1 |
0 |
88.0 |
-10.3 |
9.7 |
226.7 |
2,700.5 |
| Greinke |
Curveball |
20 |
11 |
9 |
76.9 |
3.7 |
-3.2 |
49.3 |
853.3 |
| Lackey |
Curveball |
17 |
16 |
1 |
80.3 |
2.4 |
-3.8 |
31.1 |
815.7 |
| Greinke |
Fastball |
66 |
41 |
25 |
96.1 |
-6.7 |
11.5 |
210.1 |
2,828.1 |
| Lackey |
Fastball |
59 |
34 |
25 |
93.7 |
-6.3 |
10.4 |
211.2 |
2,520.8 |
| Greinke |
Sinker |
8 |
5 |
3 |
94.4 |
-10.6 |
8.9 |
230.0 |
2,895.0 |
| Lackey |
Sinker |
10 |
7 |
3 |
93.1 |
-10.2 |
7.6 |
232.9 |
2,609.9 |
| Greinke |
Slider |
16 |
11 |
5 |
89.5 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
135.6 |
638.8 |
| Lackey |
Slider |
18 |
1 |
17 |
84.7 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
137.3 |
420.3 |
|
|
# |
LHH |
RHH |
| Greinke |
125 |
82 |
43 |
| Lackey |
105 |
59 |
46 |
|
|
Swing |
Whiff |
Chase |
Watch |
| Greinke |
0.536 |
0.254 |
0.379 |
0.271 |
| Lackey |
0.467 |
0.143 |
0.277 |
0.379 |
|
|
rv100 |
rv100E |
| Greinke |
-0.88 |
1.02 |
| Lackey |
-3.56 |
-0.61 |
|
|
B:CS |
IWZ |
| Greinke |
3.1 |
0.472 |
| Lackey |
1.3 |
0.552 |
|
|
SLGCON |
GB% |
FB% |
PU% |
LD% |
HR/FL% |
| Greinke |
0.455 |
18% |
41% |
5% |
36% |
0% |
| Lackey |
0.269 |
46% |
35% |
4% |
15% |
0% |
|
If you have questions about any of these stats, just drop me a line in the comments.
