The Brewster

Through the first two weeks of the season, here is the results of a script that tabulates every pitch thrown by pitchers from each team:

Team	Pitches	GB	FB	LD	PU	Contact	GB%	FB%	LD%	PU%	Bunts	Strikes	StrC	StrSw	Foul	Balls	SwStr	Str%	Ball%
Athens Fighting Centaurs	1787	186	99	53	16	354	52.5%	28.0%	15.0%	4.5%	3	1110	269	175	312	674	15.8%	62.1%	37.7%
Baghdad Kings	1808	161	96	72	26	355	45.4%	27.0%	20.3%	7.3%	2	1094	286	157	296	712	14.4%	60.5%	39.4%
Beirut Cedars	1594	151	99	51	16	317	47.6%	31.2%	16.1%	5.0%		1009	234	165	293	585	16.4%	63.3%	36.7%
Bucharest Impalers	1625	164	95	73	19	351	46.7%	27.1%	20.8%	5.4%		1049	277	147	274	576	14.0%	64.6%	35.4%
Jerusalem Hebrew Hammers	1710	157	107	55	17	336	46.7%	31.8%	16.4%	5.1%	1	1060	267	155	302	649	14.6%	62.0%	38.0%
Manama Pearls	1611	127	92	45	19	283	44.9%	32.5%	15.9%	6.7%		1049	280	202	284	562	19.3%	65.1%	34.9%
Mumbai Metro Stars	1801	171	91	57	12	331	51.7%	27.5%	17.2%	3.6%	2	1115	292	171	321	684	15.3%	61.9%	38.0%
Tipoli Piranhas	1697	146	86	51	20	303	48.2%	28.4%	16.8%	6.6%	2	1067	273	180	311	628	16.9%	62.9%	37.0%

I'm never sure exactly what to make if these things, but they are fun regardless.

Yeah they are fun too look at. What I figured for me GB wise. Thanks for posting them.

This is interesting. I think there are two things that might be useful here. The first is gb% --- infield defense will be more important for teams with high gb%. The other is strike % --- this would imply quality of pitching staff overall (at least for STU and CON). It might not be a coincidence that MAN and BUC have the highest strike % since they seem to have the best pitching staff among the eight teams.

I agree Jim, first thing my eyes landed on was the GB%. Although I do find it mildly ironic that BUC has the highest strike% but the lowest swinging Strike %. Unless I'm not reading this correctly.

These are probably more interesting later in the year.