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MLBcontact quality pitcher hr prone

1.63 HR/9

Jacob Lopez has allowed 13 home runs in 71.7 innings this season — 1.63 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.77. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

Published Sunday, September 13, 2026

Jacob Lopez has allowed 13 home runs in 71.7 innings this season — 1.63 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.77. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

THE NUMBERS

angle
pitcher_hr_prone
direction
prone
pitcher id
682052
pitcher name
Jacob Lopez
team
Athletics
matchup
Seattle Mariners vs Athletics
headline
1.63 HR/9
hr9
1.63
innings pitched
71.7
home runs allowed
13
era
4.77
detail
Jacob Lopez has allowed 13 home runs in 71.7 innings this season — 1.63 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 4.77. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

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