Ryan Howard vs. Rich Harden

by Bill Baer on July 21st, 2009
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | Print | 2 Comments »

If you happened to catch Ryan Howard’s at-bat against Rich Harden in the first inning, you probably thought RyHo looked awful. Pitch F/X makes him look even worse.

Howard struck out on three consecutive sliders from Harden. Have a look. Click the image for a larger version.

Thanks to Brooks Baseball for the chart.

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  1. 2 Responses to “Ryan Howard vs. Rich Harden”

  2. By EH on Jul 23, 2009

    Harden doesn’t throw sliders anymore. He’s fastball/change.

  3. By Bill Baer on Jul 23, 2009

    Are you sure? FanGraphs has him at 18.5%. And PFX had him throwing 36 that night against the Phillies.

    I’m not too familiar with Harden so maybe his change-up moves similar to a slider and it just gets mislabeled.

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