Having a batter swing at a pitch, no matter if it is a ball or a strike, is win for the pitcher. The following are the 2010 swing and miss rates for the pitchers' various pitches of players on the current roster (and some guy on the Brewers). I included only pitches that were thrown over 20 times. A list of notes and pitch types are at the end of the article.
| Davies | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 273 | 82.8 | 35% |
| CU | 149 | 78.7 | 26% |
| FC | 247 | 88.6 | 21% |
| FF | 686 | 92.4 | 11% |
| SL | 53 | 87.0 | 13% |
| Chavez | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 101 | 85.3 | 31% |
| FF | 294 | 94.1 | 13% |
| SL | 94 | 86.2 | 28% |
| Soria | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 72 | 84.9 | 28% |
| CU | 32 | 69.6 | 13% |
| FC | 376 | 91.7 | 19% |
| SL | 45 | 81.5 | 27% |
| Hochevar | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 50 | 83.7 | 28% |
| CU | 52 | 76.6 | 19% |
| FC | 141 | 90.3 | 32% |
| FF | 254 | 93.7 | 12% |
| FS | 31 | 84.9 | 29% |
| SI | 141 | 93.3 | 11% |
| SL | 106 | 84.8 | 33% |
| Mazzaro | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 131 | 86.1 | 12% |
| FF | 77 | 91.6 | 17% |
| FT | 408 | 91.5 | 12% |
| KC | 95 | 82.2 | 21% |
| SL | 188 | 84.7 | 29% |
| Meche | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 67 | 85.0 | 27% |
| CU | 85 | 77.6 | 18% |
| FC | 68 | 87.0 | 16% |
| FF | 261 | 93.0 | 10% |
| O'Sullivan | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 168 | 77.7 | 23% |
| SI | 306 | 91.2 | 8% |
| SL | 124 | 78.5 | 20% |
| Tejeda | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 147 | 82.8 | 29% |
| FF | 377 | 94.0 | 25% |
| Texeira | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 39 | 84.7 | 33% |
| CU | 25 | 79.6 | 20% |
| FF | 319 | 91.5 | 10% |
| FT | 23 | 91.1 | 17% |
| SL | 30 | 84.4 | 17% |
| Wood | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 25 | 86.4 | 40% |
| FF | 285 | 95.1 | 12% |
| SL | 54 | 87.2 | 48% |
| Holland | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| FF | 98 | 95.7 | 7% |
| SL | 36 | 87.2 | 67% |
| Hughes | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 47 | 81.9 | 30% |
| FF | 216 | 90.5 | 10% |
| FT | 33 | 81.7 | 12% |
| SL | 137 | 83.0 | 23% |
| Greinke | |||
| Pitch Type | Number | Average Speed | % Swing and Miss |
| CH | 210 | 85.1 | 19% |
| CU | 133 | 73.6 | 17% |
| FF | 506 | 93.4 | 14% |
| FT | 457 | 93.5 | 9% |
| SL | 280 | 86.8 | 36% |
Pitch Types:
| Code | Type |
| FA | Fastball |
| FF | 4-seam Fastball |
| FT | 2-seam Fastball |
| FC | Cut Fastball |
| FS | Split-finger Fastball |
| FO | Forkball |
| SI | Sinker |
| SL | Slider |
| CU | Curveball |
| KC | Knuckle Curve |
| EP | Ephuus |
| CH | Change-up |
| SC | Screwball |
| KN | Knuckleball |
| UN | Unknown |
Notes:
- Tejeda will probably not be moved to the rotation until he has more than 2 pitches he throws regularly.
- Davies' change is the hardest pitch to hit for pitchers on the 2011 roster at 35%. Greinke's slider was just barely harder to hit at 36%
- Of the pitches that were thrown over 100 times, O'Sullivan's sinker was the easiest to hit and missed bats only 8% of the time.
- Just looking through the list, sliders and changes were harder to hit.
- The best fastball belonged to Tejeda which had a 25% miss rate. Hochevar had good miss rates on his cutter (32%).
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