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Jason Hammel

Cubs Career team 2014–2016
Number #39
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 44
Height 6' 6"
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Place Greenville, SC
Born Sep 2, 1982

Key Insights

2018
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Max Kepler has hit .643/.667/1.143 against Hammel over 15 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

9 for 14 with 0 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .778 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Hammel has struck Yasmani Grandal out 6 times in 10 plate appearances, 60% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Robinson Cano squares Hammel up like nobody else: 107.9 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 90.3 across the hitters he has faced.

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

No hitter swings through more of what Hammel throws than Miguel Cabrera: 65.1% of the swings between them come up empty.

21 plate appearances between them. 98th percentile of the 45 matchups on his own record.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Yan Gomes has hit .091/.083/.091 against Hammel over 12 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

1 for 11 with 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .778 OPS median across his matchups.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Alex Rodriguez has taken Hammel deep 4 times, once every 4.2 plate appearances between them.

17 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 2, 1982
Birth Place Greenville, SC
Height 6' 6"
Weight 225 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Treasure Valley CC OR