Volstad f/x

The Cubs actually won. It contained ugly play, but Wednesday night in Florida ended up being a nice change of pace from the Ohio debacle.

Casey Coleman will match-up against fellow Floridian Chris Volstad in the second and final game of the series. Volstad, a former first round pick, will tower over Coleman in terms of height and stuff.

Volstad's most memorable moment in the Major Leagues came when he dodged a punch form Nyjer Morgan. It wasn't the dodge so much as the running clothesline delivered by Gaby Sanchez that was memorable. Especially for Morgan.

Volstad is a ground ball pitcher, and he's been throwing more sinkers (two-seam fastballs) and fewer heaters (four-seam fastballs) over time. A slider was added to the mix in 2010, bringing him to the standard five-pitch arsenal.

Peruse the numbers, a league relative version is below. And a some more charts.

Year	Type	PT	MPH	Swing	Whiff	Foul	B:CS	IWZ	Chase	Watch	nkSLG	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	HR/FL%
2008	CH	114	83.8	.544	.290	.339	4.7	.439	.391	.205	.261	65%	22%	4%	8.7%	.0%
2008	CU	315	79.7	.378	.286	.361	1.7	.527	.282	.524	.262	69%	14%	14%	2.4%	.0%
2008	FA	410	91.1	.420	.116	.349	2.4	.551	.174	.305	.478	45%	17%	28%	9.8%	4.8%
2008	SI	451	91.1	.435	.138	.316	1.9	.494	.281	.422	.364	55%	19%	20%	6.5%	2.4%
2009	CH	413	84.3	.538	.351	.243	4.7	.380	.402	.238	.489	49%	17%	24%	10.0%	13.5%
2009	CU	489	79.9	.370	.249	.298	2.3	.487	.223	.480	.463	62%	13%	24%	.0%	6.5%
2009	FA	744	92.4	.410	.121	.416	1.6	.577	.238	.419	.603	40%	17%	35%	7.1%	14.9%
2009	SI	914	92.3	.428	.115	.432	2.3	.484	.263	.356	.667	54%	20%	23%	2.8%	14.3%
2010	CH	353	84.4	.482	.247	.300	4.8	.368	.345	.230	.403	53%	17%	25%	5.2%	3.1%
2010	CU	319	78.5	.436	.129	.331	2.7	.524	.230	.326	.413	56%	20%	21%	2.7%	3.2%
2010	FA	546	91.5	.408	.112	.457	1.7	.592	.211	.402	.542	26%	19%	48%	7.3%	7.8%
2010	SI	1093	91.6	.390	.092	.376	1.5	.566	.251	.448	.498	52%	20%	26%	2.6%	6.8%
2010	SL	407	84.9	.469	.257	.325	2.8	.464	.307	.317	.513	55%	11%	28%	6.3%	9.7%
2011	CH	89	84.5	.371	.273	.273	6.0	.315	.246	.381	.133	47%	7%	33%	13.3%	.0%
2011	CU	41	78.8	.439	.333	.222	2.3	.415	.292	.429	.250	50%	25%	25%	.0%	.0%
2011	FA	117	90.9	.410	.146	.458	2.0	.564	.235	.397	1.053	32%	26%	42%	.0%	23.1%
2011	SI	271	91.2	.387	.105	.305	1.7	.539	.208	.438	.565	55%	24%	21%	.0%	3.6%
2011	SL	132	84.4	.447	.322	.271	2.1	.470	.343	.404	.542	42%	17%	33%	8.3%	8.3%
ALL	CH	969	84.3	.503	.302	.277	4.9	.377	.364	.242	.405	52%	17%	23%	8.3%	7.4%
ALL	CU	1164	79.4	.393	.225	.322	2.2	.505	.243	.449	.396	61%	16%	21%	1.4%	3.8%
ALL	FA	1817	91.7	.412	.119	.416	1.8	.575	.215	.388	.578	37%	18%	37%	7.5%	10.9%
ALL	SI	2729	91.7	.410	.109	.378	1.8	.524	.256	.415	.532	53%	20%	23%	3.1%	8.0%
ALL	SL	539	84.8	.464	.272	.312	2.6	.466	.316	.338	.519	52%	13%	29%	6.7%	9.3%
ALL	ALL	7218	88.2	.424	.173	.358	2.1	.510	.268	.392	.505	50%	18%	27%	4.9%	8.4%
2008	ALL	1290	87.7	.426	.180	.339	2.1	.516	.261	.393	.379	55%	18%	20%	7.2%	3.0%
2009	ALL	2560	88.7	.429	.187	.368	2.2	.495	.277	.391	.582	50%	18%	27%	4.9%	13.2%
2010	ALL	2718	88.1	.423	.151	.366	2.0	.525	.267	.388	.483	49%	18%	29%	4.3%	6.5%
2011	ALL	650	88.1	.405	.198	.316	2.1	.491	.254	.418	.563	48%	21%	28%	3.1%	7.9%

Year	Type	PT	MPH	Swing	Whiff	Foul	B:CS	IWZ	Chase	Watch	nkSLG	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	HR/FL%
2008	CH	114	101	108	98	116	131	100	116	79	56	133	122	15	132	0
2008	CU	315	104	97	102	114	81	114	102	113	53	138	74	56	41	0
2008	FA	410	99	98	71	81	141	98	77	84	90	125	81	82	104	67
2008	SI	451	100	101	116	83	100	91	117	114	74	106	100	83	148	36
2009	CH	413	102	107	118	83	131	87	119	92	104	100	94	92	152	185
2009	CU	489	104	95	89	94	110	105	81	103	94	124	68	96	0	90
2009	FA	744	100	96	74	96	94	103	105	116	113	111	81	103	76	207
2009	SI	914	101	100	97	114	121	89	109	96	135	104	105	96	64	213
2010	CH	353	102	96	83	103	133	84	102	89	86	108	94	96	79	42
2010	CU	319	102	112	46	104	129	113	83	70	84	112	105	84	47	44
2010	FA	546	99	95	68	106	100	106	93	111	101	72	90	141	78	108
2010	SI	1093	101	91	77	99	79	104	104	121	101	100	105	108	59	101
2010	SL	407	101	100	81	103	117	95	96	91	104	122	65	97	74	124
2011	CH	89	102	74	92	93	167	72	73	148	28	96	39	127	202	0
2011	CU	41	102	113	119	70	110	90	106	92	51	100	132	100	0	0
2011	FA	117	99	96	89	106	118	101	104	110	197	89	124	124	0	321
2011	SI	271	100	90	88	80	89	99	86	118	114	106	126	88	0	54
2011	SL	132	101	95	101	86	88	97	107	115	110	93	100	114	98	106
ALL	CH	969	102	100	102	95	136	86	108	94	87	106	94	88	126	101
ALL	CU	1164	103	101	80	101	105	109	88	97	81	122	84	84	24	53
ALL	FA	1817	99	96	73	96	106	103	95	107	108	103	86	109	80	151
ALL	SI	2729	101	96	92	99	95	97	106	112	107	102	105	96	70	119
ALL	SL	539	101	99	85	99	108	96	98	97	105	116	76	100	79	119
ALL	ALL	7218	100	96	83	96	100	98	100	110	100	111	95	93	66	118
2008	ALL	1290	100	96	86	91	100	99	98	110	75	122	95	69	97	42
2009	ALL	2560	101	97	89	99	105	95	104	110	115	111	95	93	66	186
2010	ALL	2718	100	95	72	98	95	101	100	109	96	109	95	100	58	92
2011	ALL	650	100	91	95	85	100	94	95	117	112	107	111	97	42	111