Pitch Type Linear Weights now available at FanGraphs
For those that don't know what PTLW are: they essentially tell you the quality of a particular pitcher's pitch in terms of runs, i.e. Zack Greinke's slider has been +5.9 runs better than the average slider and his fastball has been +14.5(!). For comparison, Livan Hernandez's fastball has been 8.3 runs worse than the average fastball.
For more on PTLW, check out this THT article.
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Correction:
Greinke’s fastball/slider have been 14.5 and 5.9 runs above average total, but 2.97 and 3.23 per 100 pitches. One is a counting stat and the other a rate stat.
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by James Kannengieser on May 20, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
That's amazing!
So if he throws 50 fastballs in a game, he saves about 1.5 runs more than the average starter given the same pitch distribution?
St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008
by vivaelpujols on May 21, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions
So if I'm reading it right
Santana’s at 7.2 runs above average with his changeup and 3.21 per 100 pitches, which seems awesome.
On anoth note, Oliver Perez’ numbers are just depressing.
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