Starting pitching is one of the biggest factors when lines are set in baseball but one thing not often taken into consideration is what side of the mound the pitcher is throwing from. Some teams have greater success against left-handed pitching than right-handed pitching and vice versa and it is important to take that into consideration when capping games. We have gone through over 25 percent of the season and have some very solid numbers and statistics to look at.
The top five teams in hitting against left-handed pitching:
Boston Red sox .320 Detroit Tigers .301 Houston Astros .299 Los Angeles Dodgers .298 Chicago Cubs .295
Does this translate into wins? The records of those five teams against left-handed starters:
Boston Red sox 6-1 Detroit Tigers 6-3 Houston Astros 7-6 Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 Chicago Cubs 11-7
As you can see, all five teams do in fact have winning records so a great average against southpaws can lead to some nice wins. Overall, the combined record is 40-21 so that is a great deal of profit. On the flip side, here are the five worst teams against left-handed pitching:
San Diego Padres .207 Toronto Blue Jays .226 Florida Marlins .228 Chicago White Sox .231 Cleveland Indians .239
Those are some pretty ugly averages and pertaining to records against lefty starters, they are as follows:
San Diego Padres 2-11 Toronto Blue Jays 5-8 Florida Marlins 6-6 Chicago White Sox 10-5 Cleveland Indians 6-7
white sox play the indians tonight both have lefties going
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FYI something to check out
By Matt Fargo
Starting pitching is one of the biggest factors when lines are set in baseball but one thing not often taken into consideration is what side of the mound the pitcher is throwing from. Some teams have greater success against left-handed pitching than right-handed pitching and vice versa and it is important to take that into consideration when capping games. We have gone through over 25 percent of the season and have some very solid numbers and statistics to look at.
The top five teams in hitting against left-handed pitching:
Boston Red sox .320 Detroit Tigers .301 Houston Astros .299 Los Angeles Dodgers .298 Chicago Cubs .295
Does this translate into wins? The records of those five teams against left-handed starters:
Boston Red sox 6-1 Detroit Tigers 6-3 Houston Astros 7-6 Los Angeles Dodgers 10-4 Chicago Cubs 11-7
As you can see, all five teams do in fact have winning records so a great average against southpaws can lead to some nice wins. Overall, the combined record is 40-21 so that is a great deal of profit. On the flip side, here are the five worst teams against left-handed pitching:
San Diego Padres .207 Toronto Blue Jays .226 Florida Marlins .228 Chicago White Sox .231 Cleveland Indians .239
Those are some pretty ugly averages and pertaining to records against lefty starters, they are as follows:
San Diego Padres 2-11 Toronto Blue Jays 5-8 Florida Marlins 6-6 Chicago White Sox 10-5 Cleveland Indians 6-7
white sox play the indians tonight both have lefties going
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