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Brandon McCarthy

Athletics Career team 2011–2012
Number #32
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 43
Height 6' 7"
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Place Glendale, CA
Born Jul 7, 1983

Key Insights

2018
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Victor Martinez has hit .429/.500/.929 against McCarthy over 16 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

6 for 14 with 1 home run and 2 strikeouts, against a .778 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

McCarthy has struck Franklin Gutierrez out 6 times in 11 plate appearances, 54.5% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The SEA lineup has hit .283 and slugged .685 against McCarthy across 96 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

26 hits, 11 home runs and 24 strikeouts, against a .418 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Paul Goldschmidt squares McCarthy up like nobody else: 98.6 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 90.6 across the hitters he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what McCarthy throws than Nick Markakis: 50% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 29 matchups on his own record.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Jhonny Peralta is 1 for 18 against McCarthy, a .056 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

21 career plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 7, 1983
Birth Place Glendale, CA
Height 6' 7"
Weight 225 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Lamar CC CO