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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
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.
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.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit

28.8% of the contact against Lewis with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.6% with the bases empty.

352 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1398 with the bases empty.
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.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits

The quality of contact against Lewis projects a .342 average, 76th percentile.

1750 pitches in 2016. 76th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2016, 164th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

44.8% of the balls put in play against Lewis have gone to centre field.

165 of 368 located batted balls allowed.

Contextual Splits

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