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Rich Harden

Athletics Career team 2003–2011
Number #47
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 44
Height 6' 1"
Weight 188 lbs
Birth Place Victoria, Canada
Born Nov 30, 1981

Key Insights

2011
This opponent has his number every time they meet

David Ortiz has hit .500/.667/1.200 against Harden over 15 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 10 with 2 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .624 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Harden has struck Joey Votto out 7 times in 13 plate appearances, 53.8% of everything between them.

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

The MIA lineup has hit .337 and slugged .589 against Harden across 104 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

32 hits, 5 home runs and 20 strikeouts, against a .327 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Harden throws than Ryan Howard: 53.8% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 96th percentile of the 71 matchups on his own record.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Paul Konerko is 1 for 15 against Harden, a .067 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

17 career plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Harden has faced Michael Young more than any other hitter: 35 plate appearances, and Michael Young has hit .258/.343/.355 in them.

8 hits, 1 home run and 8 strikeouts across 35 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 30, 1981
Birth Place Victoria, Canada
Height 6' 1"
Weight 188 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right