Tracking Yu Darvish: Start #2 vs Softbank Hawks (4/10/2009)
by Gen on Apr.11, 2009 @ 11:27 pm, under NPB
Here are the results from Yu Darvish's last start against the Softbank Hawks on April 10, 2009 @ Yahoo Dome.
1st Inning
2nd Inning
3rd Inning
4th Inning
5th Inning
6th Inning
7th Inning
8th Inning
Entire Game
His final line for the night:
8.0 IP, 29 BF, 90 NP, 3 H, 0 HR, 5 K, 2 BB, 1 R, 0 ER
Darvish topped out at 151km/h (~93.8mph).
April 12th, 2009 on 12:33 am
It’s really cool to be able to see Darvish’s starts laid out like this. Just for fun, here are his whiff and swing rates by pitch:
Whiff rates:
Change – 0 %
Curve – 100 %
Cutter – 25 %
Fastball – 6 %
Forkball – 100 %
Shuto – 30 %
Slider – 14 %
Swing Rates:
Change -0 %
Curve – 27 %
Cutter – 67 %
Fastball – 52 %
Forkball – 25 %
Shuto – 77 %
Slider – 39 %
April 12th, 2009 on 2:53 am
Thanks for figuring out the whiff and swing rates — I completely forgot about those.