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June 16, 2009

Pitches Per Out - Continued

Which batters made the pitcher work the most last year?

Here are the 2008 leaders among players with 400 or more plate appearances:

Rank	Name	Pitches	PA	Outs	P/PA	P/Out	P/27Outs
1.	Jayson Werth	2174	482	308	4.51	7.06	191
2.	Jack Cust	2617	598	380	4.38	6.89	186
3.	Adam Dunn	2815	651	409	4.32	6.88	186
4.	Milton Bradley	2037	510	297	3.99	6.86	185
5.	J.D. Drew	1899	456	282	4.16	6.73	182
6.	Jason Giambi	2429	565	362	4.30	6.71	181
7.	Chris Iannetta	1689	407	252	4.15	6.70	181
8.	Hanley Ramirez	2865	693	428	4.13	6.69	181
9.	Chipper Jones	1990	534	298	3.73	6.68	180
10.	Albert Pujols	2458	641	370	3.83	6.64	179

And the trailers:

Rank	Name	Pitches	PA	Outs	P/PA	P/Out	P/27Outs
204.	Ross Gload	1436	418	300	3.44	4.79	129
205.	Emil Brown	1541	438	322	3.52	4.79	129
206.	Miguel Tejada	2362	666	495	3.55	4.77	129
207.	Pedro Feliz	1571	463	334	3.39	4.70	127
208.	A.J. Pierzynski	1904	570	407	3.34	4.68	126
209.	Carlos Gomez	2111	614	457	3.44	4.62	125
210.	Robinson Cano	2124	634	463	3.35	4.59	124
211.	Alexei Ramirez	1666	509	366	3.27	4.55	123
212.	Bengie Molina	1812	569	402	3.18	4.51	122
213.	Yuniesky Betancourt	1860	590	439	3.15	4.24	114

Download the data for 2008 here: Pitches Per Out 2008.