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unusual facts about power pitcher



Strikeout-to-walk ratio

A pitcher that possesses a great K/BB ratio is usually a dominant power pitcher, such as Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, Curt Schilling, or Ben Sheets.


see also

Lorenzo Ponza

His first pitching machine, the Power Pitcher, was invented in 1952.

Nagisa Arakaki

However, control has always been Arakaki's Achilles' heel, as he set the NPB record for wild pitches in 2007, a record that had been previously held by Kazuhisa Ishii, who was also a power pitcher with great breaking balls, but was also well known for his control problems.