Teams: San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Angels. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. In 1923, he would also win a strikeout title but needed just 130 Ks to lead the league. Martinez struck out five of the six batters he faced, including four MVP winners plus Mark McGwire. That led to a 31.1 percent chase rate and a 32.9 percent strikeout . And tonight it was that call. Overall Strike % actually only had a .56 R-squared value, so it seems there is no answer as obvious as "swing and miss" for BB%, which makes sense intuitively. Compared to 2021, both pitchers had slightly lower strikeout rates per batters faced and swinging strike percentages in 2022. For a pitcher, the strikeout is a stat that shows the ability to fool opposing hitters. I thought the object of the game was to get 21 outs and score more runs than the other team. If we look at the weighted averages of all hitters from 2002-2012 with at least 500 PA, we find that hitters with the highest strikeout rates have wOBAs just as high as hitters with lower strikeout rates. That would be the strikeout, aka the whiff, aka the "K." There have been more than 2.3 million strikeouts (and counting) in baseball history, and we're going to relive every single one. But occasionally you hit the ball on the screws and the pay off then becomes a ball in the seats, or a gapper off the wall in right-center for extra bases. The Process is your one-stop resource for better drafting, in-season management, and developing strategies to become a better manager. A pitcher that does not walk a lot of batters clearly throws a lot of strikes, so if you can find one of those pitchers that also strikes out batters at a high rate, it is fair to assume that the pitcher throws hard to hit, effective pitches. Not good at losing. But I've never been able to locate a good explanation of why . Hes also just the fifth pitcher to throw two immaculate innings. 9.