Just saw this over at Beyond The Box Score
Here are the whiff rates on specific pitches thrown this year by MLB pitchers:
Worst Whiff Rates By Pitch Type, Min 75 Swings
Best & Worst Fastball Whiff Rates, Min 150 SwingsCode:Changeups Whiff Sliders Whiff Curve Balls Whiff Joel Pineiro 10.3% Brian Bannister 9.1% C. Jakubauskas 9.5% Brad Thompson 12.2% Lance Cormier 12.6% Brad Penny 10.9% Bartolo Colon 12.5% Sean Marshall 12.8% Bronson Arroyo 14.8% Brad Bergesen 14.0% Tomo Ohka 12.9% Randy Wolf 15.2% Bronson Arroyo 14.0% Gil Meche 13.0% Barry Zito 15.6%
Three of Arroyo's pitches are among the most hittable pitches in baseball this year. No wonder he has struggled so much this year.Code:Best Fastball Type Whiff Worst Fastball Type Whiff Andrew Bailey F4 40.3% Joe Blanton F2 2.7% Brian Tallet F2 36.7% Shane Loux F4 3.2% Jon Lester FC 31.8% Bronson Arroyo FA 3.6% James Parr FA 30.9% Craig Stammen F4 3.6% Rafael Soriano F4 30.7% Carlos Silva F2 4.1% Andrew Bailey FC 28.7% Joshua Geer FA 4.2% Matt Thornton F4 27.7% Nick Blackburn F4 4.6% Javier Vazquez F4 26.7% Jeff Karstens F4 5.1% Octavio Dotel F4 26.7% Mark Buehrle FC 5.2% Rob. Tejeda F4 25.9% Joshua Geer F4 5.3% David Aardsma F4 25.8% Miguel Batista F4 5.5%