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Colby Lewis

Rangers Career team 2002–2016
Number #48
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 47
Height 6' 4"
Weight 238 lbs
Birth Place Bakersfield, CA
Born Aug 2, 1979

Key Insights

2016
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Lewis's 4-seam fastball averages 87.3 mph, and has touched 90.7.

886 thrown, 50.6% of his pitches.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Lewis goes to the slider: 44.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 27.3% the rest of the time.

466 two-strike pitches in 2016.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .429 expected average against them, against .331 on his breaking balls.

128 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Lewis averages 84.4 mph across his arsenal, 9th percentile in the league.

1750 pitches in 2016. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 627th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Lewis's changeup leaves the bat at 93.7 mph, against 85.8 off his slider.

128 and 558 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Lewis throws the slider 46.3% of the time against right-handers and 17.3% against left-handers.

882 pitches to right-handers, 868 to left-handers.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 2, 1979
Birth Place Bakersfield, CA
Height 6' 4"
Weight 238 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right