Pace of Play in Hernandez-MLB Lawsuit Slows to Crawl

[Lindsay]

As Spring Training kicks into high gear and we prepare for a third MLB season touched by the pending lawsuit of an umpire alleging racially-motivated discrimination, we catch up with the offseason docket activity for Angel's Hernandez v. The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball et...

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[yawetag]

I'm reading through the original 22-page lawsuit (which I probably did back in 2017, but didn't remember).

When they mention ball/strike accuracy, that only includes callable pitches correct (i.e., nothing fouled off, put in play, swung at, HBP, etc.)? I also assume it includes ALL callable pitches, not just the close ones.

Does anyone have a rough estimate of the number of callable pitches made in an MLB game?

[Lindsay]

41 minutes ago, yawetag said:

Does anyone have a rough estimate of the number of callable pitches made in an MLB game?

Here's the sampling from the 2018 AL & NL Division Series (including AH's ALDS Game 4 at 145/148 or 98%): https://www.closecallsports.com/2018/10/discussion-of-2018-al-and-nl-division.html

Running the numbers for a few years, I put the average number of callables at about 150.

[yawetag]

So 96% is missing 6 pitches a game, and 92% is 12 pitches a game. Puts it in a slightly different perspective.