Best Whiff Rates of 2010
(whiff rates = misses per swing)
250+ SWINGS
Rank Pitcher Pitch Type Whiff Rate
1 Cole Hamels Changeup .480
2 Carlos Marmol Slider .465
3 Clay Buchholz Changeup .462
4 Francisco Liriano Slider .448
5 Brandon Morrow Slider .444
6 Kris Medlen Changeup .441
7 Shaun Marcum Changeup .438
8 Clayton Kershaw Slider .437
9 Edwin Jackson Slider .434
10 Tim Lincecum Changeup .428
11 Roy Halladay Curveball .427
12 Jorge De La Rosa Splitter .414
13 Ervin Santana Slider .413
14 Mat Latos Slider .410
15 Luke Gregerson Slider .407
16 CC Sabathia Slider .405
17 Edwin Jackson Slider .401
18 Felix Hernandez Changeup .396
19 Hisanori Takahashi Changeup .393
20 Manny Parra Splitter .386
21 Ian Kennedy Changeup .385
22 Ryan Dempster Slider .378
23 Adam Wainwright Curveball .377
24 Zack Greinke Slider .376
25 Jaime Garcia Slider .375
100-249 SWINGS
Rank Pitcher Pitch Type Whiff Rate
1 Jonny Venters Slider .656
2 Ryan Madson Changeup .645
3 Stephen Strasburg Changeup .538
4 Sergio Romo Slider .516
5 Joel Hanrahan Slider .510
6 Billy Wagner Slider .507
7 Edinson Volquez Changeup .483
8 Chan Ho Park Slider .478
9 Manny Parra Curveball .475
10 Peter Moylan Slider .473
11 Huston Street Slider .464
12 Clay Hensley Curveball .463
13 Bill Bray Slider .462
14 Jhoulys Chacin Slider .462
15 John Ely Changeup .462
16 Jonathan Papelbon Splitter .457
17 Todd Coffey Slider .455
18 Joel Peralta Changeup .449
19 Esmerling Vazquez Changeup .449
20 Ricky Romero Curveball .445
21 Tony Sipp Slider .442
22 Will Ohman Slider .441
23 Carlos Villanueva Slider .441
24 Joaquin Benoit Changeup .439
25 Jaime Garica Changeup .437
Using the 250 swing cutoff, the chart below shows the ten best fastball
whiff rates from last year:
Rank Pitcher Pitch Type Whiff Rate
1 Takashi Saito Four-seam .374
2 Matt Thornton Four-seam .320
3 Tyler Clippard Four-seam .318
4 Octavio Dotel Four-seam .300
5 Hong-Chih Kuo Four-seam .299
6 Jonny Venters Sinker .293
7 Jason Motte Four-seam .277
8 John Axford Four-seam .276
9 Rafael Betancourt Four-seam .272
10 Billy Wagner Four-seam .261
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