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In baseball, a ground ball pitcher (also ground-ball pitcher or groundball pitcher) is a type of pitcher who has a tendency to induce ground balls from opposing batters.[1] The average ground ball pitcher has a ground ball rate of at least 50%, with extreme ground ball pitchers maintaining a ground ball rate of around 55%. Pitchers with a ground ball rate lower than 50% may be classified as flyball pitchers or as pitchers who exhibit the tendencies of both ground ball and fly ball pitchers.[2] Ground ball pitchers rely on pitches that are low in the strike zone with substantial downward movement,[1] such as splitters and sinker balls.[3]
Most baseball analysts and sabermetrician Tom Tango agree that ground ball pitchers are generally better pitchers than those with fly ball tendencies.[4] Meanwhile, baseball writer and analyst Bill James argues the opposite because of injury patterns among ground ball pitchers.[5]
baseball, a groundballpitcher (also ground-ballpitcher or groundball pitcher) is a type of pitcher who has a tendency to induce ground balls from opposing...
pitcher faces only three batters and none safely reaches a base. "Three up, three down." A double play in which the pitcher (1) fields a batted ball and...
the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered...
the groundball fly ball ratio, which measures how frequently a pitcher gets batters out on fly balls versus ground balls. The downside of a fly ball pitcher...
strikeout recorded for the batter and pitcher. A strike is, however, recorded for the pitcher for every foul ball the batter hits, regardless of the count...
A breaking ball is not a specific pitch by that name, but is any pitch that "breaks", such as a curveball, slider, or screwball. A pitcher who primarily...
notable for his size, at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m). Hendrickson was a groundballpitcher, with a fastball in the high 80s and a decent 12–6 curveball. Hendrickson...
generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit...
the pitcher's plate ranges from 35 to 43 feet away from home plate, and the home run fence can be 220 to 300 feet away from home plate. The ball itself...
relatives are the slider and the slurve. The "curve" of the ball varies from pitcher to pitcher. The expression "to throw a curveball" essentially translates...
softball. Pitchers in fast-pitch softball usually throw the ball using a "windmill" type of movement. In this style of pitching, the pitcher begins with...
later and either swings over the ball or produces a weakly hit groundball. The split-finger is used currently by pitchers such as Jonathan Papelbon, and...
groundball/fly ball ratio, complete games, and innings pitched were all among the American League leaders. Halladay was the American League pitcher of...
(including the pitcher) A fair ball touches a runner or an umpire before it has passed an infielder other than the pitcher A live ball lodges in the umpire's...
advantage, the pitcher gains more leverage and can put more downward velocity on the ball, making it more difficult for the batter to strike the ball squarely...
low-70s curve ball. Though he didn't have overpowering stuff, he kept hitters off-balance and rarely got rattled. He was a ground-ballpitcher, allowing only...
plate. The pitcher must have one foot on the rubber at the start of every pitch to a batter, but the pitcher may leave the mound area once the ball is released...
Bill Madden of the New York Daily News speculated that John, a ground-ballpitcher, suffered from late-season injuries to Yankee infielders Willie Randolph...
however, the pitcher and catcher are highly specialized positions and rarely will play at other positions. Fielders must be able to catch the ball well, as...
place hit and direct the ball to desired locations, the pitcher's influence is much more dramatic. Pitchers induce more ground outs, fly outs, or strikeouts...
feet on the pitcher's plate without the ball. The pitcher's acts of spitting on the ball, defacing or altering the ball, rubbing the ball on the clothing...
he was walking fewer batters than ever before and was becoming a ground-ballpitcher for the first time in his career. Throughout his career, Mussina...
declined in his later career, the pitch still made him an effective ground-ballpitcher. His main off-speed pitch was a slider in the 83–85 range. Kuroda...
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