As noted in Impressive Curves, Adam Wainwright has nasty stuff. Since his curveball has come up again, I decided to look at him again, this time with a full-blown pitch ID. 
| cfx | # | B% | CS% | SS% | F% | X% | HR% | Sw% | Whiff% | B:CS | ISZ% | corner% | SwOOZ% | TaISZ% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH | 170 | 33.5 | 15.9 | 11.8 | 15.3 | 22.4 | 1.2 | 50.59 | 23.26 | 2.1 | 38.24 | 14.12 | 42.86 | 27.91 |
| CU | 393 | 42.0 | 19.3 | 14.0 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 38.68 | 36.18 | 2.2 | 42.24 | 10.18 | 27.31 | 38.00 |
| FA | 1135 | 37.2 | 23.3 | 3.1 | 14.1 | 21.6 | 0.6 | 39.38 | 7.83 | 1.6 | 43.79 | 15.51 | 25.71 | 32.08 |
| SL | 458 | 38.9 | 10.0 | 17.2 | 12.7 | 20.7 | 0.4 | 51.09 | 33.76 | 3.9 | 34.06 | 17.90 | 39.07 | 17.32 |
Adding enough pitches to have 150 more curves in the sample, his numbers moderate a little bit, but not substantially.
2 comments:
Hey Harry, nice to see some good Wainwright analysis. One question though: How are you calculating spin degree? I use Mike Fasts method that he calls Theta and that usually produces the curve angle under 150. We could be using something different though.
Thanks for the post earlier tonight.
Mike mentioned something at the PFX summit, I believe it is the same thing, +/- 90. A lefty's curve is usually around 150 with this calculation.
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