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Garlon · 02-18-2023, 01:59 PM

Typically, when it comes to preventing SB attempts, the relievers are worse than SP because later in the game teams are more likely to attempt a SB because they are losing and want to try to tie the game.

Regarding Hough, if you go through the data on BBR, there were 568 SB attempts made against him in 5490 opportunities. If you multiply the opportunities each season by the league average of SB attempts per opportunity, he comes out to allowing 136 more attempts than the average pitcher based on opportunities. This is not surprising since it should be easier to steal against a knuckleball pitcher.

He could have still had a good move to 1B and was good at pickoffs, but in terms of actually preventing SB attempts he was not good at that. For his career he allowed 31% more attempts than the average pitcher given the opportunities.

02-18-2023, 01:59 PM	#8
Garlon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,252	Typically, when it comes to preventing SB attempts, the relievers are worse than SP because later in the game teams are more likely to attempt a SB because they are losing and want to try to tie the game. Regarding Hough, if you go through the data on BBR, there were 568 SB attempts made against him in 5490 opportunities. If you multiply the opportunities each season by the league average of SB attempts per opportunity, he comes out to allowing 136 more attempts than the average pitcher based on opportunities. This is not surprising since it should be easier to steal against a knuckleball pitcher. He could have still had a good move to 1B and was good at pickoffs, but in terms of actually preventing SB attempts he was not good at that. For his career he allowed 31% more attempts than the average pitcher given the opportunities.