One question for everyone. Why does Leake have such a reputation for being a "ground ball pitcher?" April of 2010 is the only month where he has thrown a significantly higher number of GB than FB. That is the month when he was a complete unknown to everyone.
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Month BF K BB/HB GB FB
April, 2010 118 18 15 53 32
May , 2010 153 27 10 58 58
June, 2010 137 17 14 47 59
July, 2010 106 14 6 40 46
Aug, 2010 90 15 7 38 30
2010 604 91 52 236 225
Apr, 2011 74 14 9 25 26
Augiust of 2010 is the only other month with more groundballs than fly balls and the difference isn't terribly large.