Volstad f/x

The Cubs actually won. It contained ugly play, but Wednesday night in Florida ended up being a nice change of pace from the Ohio debacle.

Casey Coleman will match-up against fellow Floridian Chris Volstad in the second and final game of the series. Volstad, a former first round pick, will tower over Coleman in terms of height and stuff.

Volstad's most memorable moment in the Major Leagues came when he dodged a punch form Nyjer Morgan. It wasn't the dodge so much as the running clothesline delivered by Gaby Sanchez that was memorable. Especially for Morgan.

Volstad is a ground ball pitcher, and he's been throwing more sinkers (two-seam fastballs) and fewer heaters (four-seam fastballs) over time. A slider was added to the mix in 2010, bringing him to the standard five-pitch arsenal.







Peruse the numbers, a league relative version is below. And a some more charts.

YearTypePTMPHSwingWhiffFoulB:CSIWZChaseWatchnkSLGGB%LD%FB%PU%HR/FL% 2008CH11483.8.544.290.3394.7.439.391.205.26165%22%4%8.7%.0% 2008CU31579.7.378.286.3611.7.527.282.524.26269%14%14%2.4%.0% 2008FA41091.1.420.116.3492.4.551.174.305.47845%17%28%9.8%4.8% 2008SI45191.1.435.138.3161.9.494.281.422.36455%19%20%6.5%2.4% 2009CH41384.3.538.351.2434.7.380.402.238.48949%17%24%10.0%13.5% 2009CU48979.9.370.249.2982.3.487.223.480.46362%13%24%.0%6.5% 2009FA74492.4.410.121.4161.6.577.238.419.60340%17%35%7.1%14.9% 2009SI91492.3.428.115.4322.3.484.263.356.66754%20%23%2.8%14.3% 2010CH35384.4.482.247.3004.8.368.345.230.40353%17%25%5.2%3.1% 2010CU31978.5.436.129.3312.7.524.230.326.41356%20%21%2.7%3.2% 2010FA54691.5.408.112.4571.7.592.211.402.54226%19%48%7.3%7.8% 2010SI109391.6.390.092.3761.5.566.251.448.49852%20%26%2.6%6.8% 2010SL40784.9.469.257.3252.8.464.307.317.51355%11%28%6.3%9.7% 2011CH8984.5.371.273.2736.0.315.246.381.13347%7%33%13.3%.0% 2011CU4178.8.439.333.2222.3.415.292.429.25050%25%25%.0%.0% 2011FA11790.9.410.146.4582.0.564.235.3971.05332%26%42%.0%23.1% 2011SI27191.2.387.105.3051.7.539.208.438.56555%24%21%.0%3.6% 2011SL13284.4.447.322.2712.1.470.343.404.54242%17%33%8.3%8.3% ALLCH96984.3.503.302.2774.9.377.364.242.40552%17%23%8.3%7.4% ALLCU116479.4.393.225.3222.2.505.243.449.39661%16%21%1.4%3.8% ALLFA181791.7.412.119.4161.8.575.215.388.57837%18%37%7.5%10.9% ALLSI272991.7.410.109.3781.8.524.256.415.53253%20%23%3.1%8.0% ALLSL53984.8.464.272.3122.6.466.316.338.51952%13%29%6.7%9.3% ALLALL721888.2.424.173.3582.1.510.268.392.50550%18%27%4.9%8.4% 2008ALL129087.7.426.180.3392.1.516.261.393.37955%18%20%7.2%3.0% 2009ALL256088.7.429.187.3682.2.495.277.391.58250%18%27%4.9%13.2% 2010ALL271888.1.423.151.3662.0.525.267.388.48349%18%29%4.3%6.5% 2011ALL65088.1.405.198.3162.1.491.254.418.56348%21%28%3.1%7.9%
YearTypePTMPHSwingWhiffFoulB:CSIWZChaseWatchnkSLGGB%LD%FB%PU%HR/FL% 2008CH114101108981161311001167956133122151320 2008CU3151049710211481114102113531387456410 2008FA4109998718114198778490125818210467 2008SI4511001011168310091117114741061008314836 2009CH4131021071188313187119921041009492152185 2009CU48910495899411010581103941246896090 2009FA744100967496941031051161131118110376207 2009SI9141011009711412189109961351041059664213 2010CH353102968310313384102898610894967942 2010CU31910211246104129113837084112105844744 2010FA54699956810610010693111101729014178108 2010SI10931019177997910410412110110010510859101 2010SL40710110081103117959691104122659774124 2011CH8910274929316772731482896391272020 2011CU411021131197011090106925110013210000 2011FA117999689106118101104110197891241240321 2011SI27110090888089998611811410612688054 2011SL132101951018688971071151109310011498106 ALLCH969102100102951368610894871069488126101 ALLCU11641031018010110510988978112284842453 ALLFA181799967396106103951071081038610980151 ALLSI272910196929995971061121071021059670119 ALLSL5391019985991089698971051167610079119 ALLALL721810096839610098100110100111959366118 2008ALL129010096869110099981107512295699742 2009ALL256010197899910595104110115111959366186 2010ALL27181009572989510110010996109951005892 2011ALL65010091958510094951171121071119742111