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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
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

51.1% of the contact against McCarthy is on the ground and 26% of it is in the air.

219 tracked batted balls allowed.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him

McCarthy lives in the strike zone: 53.1% of his pitches are in it, 98th percentile.

1215 pitches in 2018. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 15th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off McCarthy's cutter leaves the bat at 90.4 mph, against 87.4 off his curveball.

382 and 286 of them thrown.
The home runs are what is undoing his season

McCarthy has given up 13 tracked home runs, 7 of them to centre field, the longest 445 feet.

13 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 89.3 mph off the bat against McCarthy, 38th percentile.

1215 pitches in 2018. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 452nd in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

44% of the balls put in play against McCarthy have gone to centre field.

102 of 232 located batted balls allowed.

Contextual Splits

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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