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<blockquote data-quote="4shotB" data-source="post: 1164123" data-attributes="member: 844">Great first post. It made me start researching what % of pitches thrown were strikes were considered good for pitchers in HS, college and MLB. I then did the same for &quot;average&quot; pitchers. This data (around 50%) falls below what is considered even average for a HS pitcher. Somewhere in the 55% range might be the cutoff here.Interestingly enough (y&#039;all regulars here probably knew this) there is an unwritten maximum or limit of around 70 to 75% strikes to pitches thrown. If the batter is comfortable knowing that a pitch will be in the strike zone he or she can &quot;dial in&quot; at the plate and become more aggressive knowing that the pitch is hittable.Which made me think of this question. Assuming a pitcher on the GT staff is throwing his best stuff to a catcher with no batter at the plate, would they be able to throw a strike 90% of the time? 95% of the time? What about a guy like Greg Maddux. A variation of the &quot;tree falling in the woods making noise&quot; question. Or a slight variation to that...&quot;if a man speaks and there is not a woman present to hear him, is he still wrong&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="4shotB, post: 1164123, member: 844"] Great first post. It made me start researching what % of pitches thrown were strikes were considered good for pitchers in HS, college and MLB. I then did the same for "average" pitchers. This data (around 50%) falls below what is considered even average for a HS pitcher. Somewhere in the 55% range might be the cutoff here. Interestingly enough (y'all regulars here probably knew this) there is an unwritten maximum or limit of around 70 to 75% strikes to pitches thrown. If the batter is comfortable knowing that a pitch will be in the strike zone he or she can "dial in" at the plate and become more aggressive knowing that the pitch is hittable. Which made me think of this question. Assuming a pitcher on the GT staff is throwing his best stuff to a catcher with no batter at the plate, would they be able to throw a strike 90% of the time? 95% of the time? What about a guy like Greg Maddux. A variation of the "tree falling in the woods making noise" question. Or a slight variation to that..."if a man speaks and there is not a woman present to hear him, is he still wrong"? [/QUOTE]

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