3 Years Experience/Payroll All 30 teams - LH/RH starting pitcher win tracker

[Riverbrian]

23 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

Last Game Left Handed Starter

June 23 - Justin Wrobleski - Loss - 3 Runs Scored

Lineup Composition: 6 RH 3 Switch 0 LH

Season Record vs LH Starters: 10-16

Season Average Runs Scored vs LH Starters: 4.58

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Accumulated Stats vs Right Handed Starters

Season Record vs RH Starters: 28-27

Season Average Runs Scored vs RH Starters: 4.95

 

Last Game Right Handed Starter

June 24 - Shohei Ohtani - Loss - 3 Runs Scored

Lineup Composition: 3 RH 3 Switch 3 LH

Season Record vs RH Starters: 28-28

Season Average Runs Scored vs RH Starters: 4.91

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Accumulated Stats vs Left Handed Starters

Season Record vs LH Starters: 10-16

Season Average Runs Scored vs LH Starters: 4.58

[Riverbrian]

We are one game over the half way point.

The Twins are 6 games below .500. That deficit comes entirely from their efforts against Left Handed Starters because our Twins are exactly 6 games below .500 against Left Handed Starters while our Twins are exactly a .500 team against Right Handed Starters.  

As a team... The Twins rank 25th against Left Handed Pitching with a .673 OPS. 

As a team... The Twins rank tied for 4th against right handed pitching 

Against Left Handed Starters. Derek Shelton starting lineups average:

5.23 Right Handed Hitters

2.57 Switch Hitters

1.19 Left Handed Hitters

That's 7.80 Batters per game standing in the opposite batters box. 

 

Against Right Handers Starters. Derek Shelton Starting Lineups Average:

3.46 Right Handed Hitters

2.41 Switch Hitters

3.12 Left Handed Hitters

That's 5.53 Batters per game standing in the opposite batters box. 

Interestingly enough... the top hitting team against left handed pitching are the very young Nationals. The Nationals have a current roster composition of 6 LH Hitters and 3 Switch. 

I'm not making a statement on the Nats success against left handed pitching nor am I suggesting that we follow that model. 

I am simply trying to track if Platoons help in regards to wins and losses. This research while rather simple, while ignoring a plethora of more complicated stats is primarily tracking wins and losses. Starting lineups are clearly primarily set in regards to the hand of the starting pitcher. The starting lineup handles the overwhelming bulk of the work done in any given baseball game. The bulk of Offense, defense and baserunning is set with the hand of the starting pitcher being perhaps the primary determining factor. 

I understand that many people are not following along but for those who check in from time to time.

At the halfway point of the season. Despite very consistently placing 8 hitters in the right handed batters box against left handed pitching we are near the bottom at 25th in the league in Team OPS. Comparatively... despite less hitters standing in the left handers batters box with an average of 6. We are 4th. 

This is good because if you were to choose between the two... You'd want your team performing best against Right Handers because 3 out of every pitchers that they will face is right handed.  

We currently have a 26 man roster composition of 7 Right Handed Hitters, 3 Switch Hitters and 3 Left Handed Hitters.

I'm going to let the sample size grow but half way through the season... loading up on hitters in the right handed batters box isn't helping.