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Doug Brocail

Astros Career team 1995–2009
Number #26
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 59
Height 6' 5"
Weight 250 lbs
Birth Place Clearfield, PA
Born May 16, 1967

Key Insights

2009
He has to work for every strike he gets

Only 20.4% of Brocail's pitches end in a called strike or a swing and miss, 4th percentile.

338 pitches in 2009. 4th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2009, 613th in MLB.
Runners on do not change how often he misses bats

With a runner in scoring position Brocail misses bats on 19.7% of the swings against him, against 11.5% with the bases empty.

137 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 201 with the bases empty.
Hitters put the bat on almost everything he throws

Hitters only miss 14.9% of what Brocail offers, 21st percentile.

338 pitches in 2009. 21st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2009, 503rd in MLB.
He misses bats about equally against both hands

Brocail gets a whiff on 16.7% of the swings right-handers take and 19.5% of the swings left-handers take.

177 pitches to right-handed hitters, 112 to left-handed hitters.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB May 16, 1967
Birth Place Clearfield, PA
Height 6' 5"
Weight 250 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft Lamar CC CO