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Dustin McGowan

Blue Jays Career team 2005–2014
Number #22
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 44
Height 6' 3"
Weight 240 lbs
Birth Place Savannah, GA
Born Mar 24, 1982

Key Insights

2017
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Jay Gibbons has hit .556/.500/1.111 against McGowan over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 9 with 1 home run and 0 strikeouts, against a .667 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

McGowan has struck Nick Swisher out 8 times in 13 plate appearances, 61.5% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 13 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The DET lineup has hit .424 and slugged .695 against McGowan across 65 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

25 hits, 4 home runs and 7 strikeouts, against a .385 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Tommy Joseph squares McGowan up like nobody else: 98.9 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 87.7 across the hitters he has faced.

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

No hitter swings through more of what McGowan throws than Carlos Pena: 55.6% of the swings between them come up empty.

17 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 27 matchups on his own record.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Melvin Upton has hit .000/.077/.000 against McGowan over 13 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

0 for 11 with 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .667 OPS median across his matchups.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 24, 1982
Birth Place Savannah, GA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 240 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right