Over the past few days, we’ve been going over some of Whiff% rates pitchers and hitters had during the second half of 2019. We’ll continue that today, as we go over which pitchers had the highest Whiff% rates on curveballs during the second half of the 2019 season.
Whiff% Rates on Curveballs Post AS Break
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Highest Whiff% Rates on Curveballs
# | Team | Player | Whiff% |
1 | Marlins/Rays | Nick Anderson | 53.5% |
2 | Giants | Tyler Beede | 52.9% |
3 | Padres | Dinelson Lamet | 49.1% |
4 | Astros | Framber Valdez | 46.8% |
5 | Twins | Randy Dobnak | 46.3% |
6 | Red Sox | Nathan Eovaldi | 45.0% |
7 | Yankees | Domingo German | 44.7% |
8 | Pirates | Joe Musgrove | 43.8% |
9 | Rangers/Phillies | Drew Smyly | 43.6% |
10 | Astros | Will Harris | 42.9% |
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Lowest Whiff% Rates on Curveballs
# | Team | Player | Whiff% |
1 | Rockies | Peter Lambert | 8.0% |
2 | Tigers | Tyler Alexander | 16.0% |
3 | Angels | Dillon Peters | 17.1% |
4 | Blue Jays | Jacob Waguespack | 17.1% |
5 | Mariners | Marco Gonzales | 17.9% |
6 | Red Sox | Brian Johnson | 21.9% |
7 | Tigers | Jordan Zimmermann | 22.3% |
8 | Reds/Athletics | Tanner Roark | 22.4% |
9 | Indians | Adam Plutko | 22.4% |
10 | Reds | Tyler Mahle | 22.7% |
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