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Jon Lieber

Cubs Career team 1999–2008
Number #32
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 56
Height 6' 2"
Weight 240 lbs
Birth Place Council Bluffs, IA
Born Apr 2, 1970

Key Insights

2008
One opponent brings the best out of him

Tim Bogar has hit .000/.000/.000 against Lieber over 13 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

0 for 13 with 0 home runs and 5 strikeouts, against a .739 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Lieber has struck Kevin Millwood out 6 times in 11 plate appearances, 54.5% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Jose Reyes has hit .769/.769/1.385 against Lieber over 13 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

10 for 13 with 0 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .739 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Lieber throws than Mark McGwire: 58.5% of the swings between them come up empty.

22 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 254 matchups on his own record.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Brian McRae is 0 for 14 against Lieber, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

16 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Jim Edmonds has taken Lieber deep 5 times, once every 7.8 plate appearances between them.

39 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 2, 1970
Birth Place Council Bluffs, IA
Height 6' 2"
Weight 240 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft South Alabama