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John Lackey

Angels Career team 2002–2009
Number #41
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 47
Height 6' 6"
Weight 235 lbs
Birth Place Abilene, TX
Born Oct 23, 1978

Key Insights

2017
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Manny Ramirez has hit .433/.561/1.033 against Lackey over 41 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

13 for 30 with 5 home runs and 6 strikeouts, against a .692 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Lackey has struck Ben Davis out 6 times in 11 plate appearances, 54.5% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Alex Gordon squares Lackey up like nobody else: 107.2 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 89.8 across the hitters he has faced.

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

No hitter swings through more of what Lackey throws than Jayson Werth: 80% of the swings between them come up empty.

16 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 201 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Lackey has faced Ichiro Suzuki more than any other hitter: 96 plate appearances, and Ichiro Suzuki has hit .315/.333/.380 in them.

29 hits, 1 home run and 14 strikeouts across 96 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Jim Thome is 0 for 18 against Lackey, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

22 career plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 23, 1978
Birth Place Abilene, TX
Height 6' 6"
Weight 235 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Grayson County