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Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers
7.3 K/9 vs 8.5 league · -1.3 · 18 games
THE FINDING
Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers Home plate: Chad Whitson. 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings behind the plate this season, across 18 games. League average is 8.5. That's 1.3 fewer strikeouts per nine than average — the 1st tightest zone of 81 umpires with a full sample.
STATS
zone
Tight zone
direction
tight
k9
7.3
leagueK9
8.5
delta
-1.3
games
18
rank
1
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