BAA Leading off an inning (in)effectiveness – 2015 MLB Pitching Stats

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Twins righthander Ricky Nolasco was happy with his three scoreless innings yesterday against the Cardinals but he was annoyed that leadoff hitters kept reaching base against him.

Sounds legitimate to me.
Last season, in nine games (eight starts), batters hit .321 against Nolasco made worse that those leading off an inning went 13-38 (.342).

This got me thinking…

Pitchers with under .200 BAA leading off an inning (100 AB minimum) in 2015

Rk Player BA IP BB SO HBP PA AB H 2B 3B HR
1 Chris Archer .153 56.1 15 58 1 219 203 31 3 0 2
2 Jake Arrieta .167 61.1 9 72 1 232 222 37 3 0 1
3 Hisashi Iwakuma .168 36.1 5 28 0 136 131 22 9 0 5
4 Zack Greinke .174 59.2 6 46 1 226 219 38 4 1 0
5 Jacob deGrom .176 50.1 7 57 1 196 188 33 10 0 4
6 Max Scherzer .179 61.0 8 65 1 233 224 40 10 0 7
7 Hector Santiago .183 47.1 13 46 5 193 175 32 8 0 6
8 Matt Harvey .190 49.0 9 43 0 193 184 35 5 0 5
9 Chris Young .192 32.0 8 23 0 128 120 23 5 0 5
10 Taijuan Walker .194 42.0 15 39 3 178 160 31 4 0 3
11 Justin Verlander .194 34.1 6 29 1 136 129 25 4 0 2
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Generated 3/9/2016.

Pitchers with over .300 BAA leading off an inning (100 AB minimum) in 2015

Rk Player BA IP BB SO HBP PA AB H 2B 3B HR
1 Matt Wisler .375 22.0 11 13 0 115 104 39 13 0 4
2 Michael Lorenzen .373 23.0 9 13 0 119 110 41 14 0 6
3 Matt Garza .348 31.0 12 20 0 153 141 49 14 0 4
4 Mike Pelfrey .333 35.2 9 25 2 173 162 54 7 1 5
5 Kyle Lohse .327 33.0 8 27 2 157 147 48 13 0 6
6 Jon Niese .324 38.1 12 25 0 182 170 55 12 2 6
7 Scott Kazmir .319 40.1 7 26 1 190 182 58 14 0 10
8 Johnny Cueto .316 47.0 5 39 1 215 209 66 13 2 8
9 Tim Hudson .315 29.0 7 14 0 134 127 40 9 2 4
10 Colby Lewis .315 45.1 10 22 0 213 203 64 12 0 10
11 Jeremy Hellickson .313 33.2 5 22 1 153 147 46 14 0 6
12 Wily Peralta .311 23.0 9 8 1 113 103 32 7 0 4
13 Joe Kelly .311 30.0 11 24 1 144 132 41 9 1 3
14 Josh Collmenter .311 27.1 3 11 0 122 119 37 7 1 10
15 Carlos Martinez .310 39.0 14 40 1 186 171 53 10 3 4
16 James Shields .307 43.1 16 42 1 209 192 59 16 1 10
17 Alex Wood .305 43.0 8 32 0 198 190 58 13 0 2
18 Chris Rusin .305 30.0 8 17 0 136 128 39 11 1 5
19 Alfredo Simon .305 42.2 9 29 1 197 187 57 13 5 7
20 Matt Shoemaker .304 31.2 10 27 0 145 135 41 8 0 9
21 Chris Tillman .302 37.2 21 25 1 184 162 49 17 1 6
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Generated 3/9/2016.

Relievers with over .300 BAA leading off an inning (50 AB minimum) in 2015

Player G BA IP BB SO HBP PA AB H 2B 3B HR
Jim Johnson 63 .339 13.0 7 12 0 66 59 20 4 0 1
Fernando Rodney 62 .314 11.2 9 11 2 62 51 16 4 0 2
Jonathan Papelbon 58 .310 13.0 5 13 0 63 58 18 5 0 2
Blaine Boyer 50 .300 10.2 5 6 0 55 50 15 4 1 1
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Generated 3/9/2016.

Nine to Know: Relievers with under .152 BAA leading off an inning (50 AB minimum) in 2015

Rk Player G BA IP BB SO HBP PA AB H 2B 3B HR
1 David Robertson 58 .082 18.1 1 26 0 62 61 5 1 1 0
2 Joaquin Benoit 67 .103 17.0 7 13 2 67 58 6 0 0 3
3 Wade Davis 63 .121 17.0 5 19 0 63 58 7 0 1 2
4 Pedro Strop 58 .123 16.0 2 18 0 59 57 7 2 0 1
5 Aroldis Chapman 62 .125 16.0 7 29 0 63 56 7 2 0 1
6 Craig Kimbrel 60 .130 15.1 6 21 0 60 54 7 0 1 1
7 Fernando Rodriguez 46 .132 14.2 4 18 0 57 53 7 0 1 0
8 Andrew Miller 52 .151 14.2 3 20 0 56 53 8 1 0 0
9 Darren O’Day 56 .151 14.2 4 20 1 58 53 8 0 0 1
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Generated 3/9/2016.

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