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November 24, 2009

Pitches Per Out - 2009

Which batters were the toughest outs this season?

Here are the 2009 pitches-per-out leaders among players with 400 or more plate appearances. Kevin Youkilis is this year's champ, seeing 7.31 pitches for each out he made. Jayson Werth and Adam Dunn finish in the top ten again.

Rank	Name	Pitches	PA	Outs	P/PA	P/Out	P/27Outs
1.	Kevin Youkilis	2601	588	356	4.42	7.31	197
2.	Joe Mauer	2540	606	351	4.19	7.24	195
3.	Nick Johnson	2513	574	349	4.38	7.20	194
4.	Todd Helton	2768	645	393	4.29	7.04	190
5.	Adam Dunn	2893	668	411	4.33	7.04	190
6.	Jayson Werth	3046	676	438	4.51	6.95	188
7.	Chase Utley	2845	687	419	4.14	6.79	183
8.	Joey Votto	2224	544	328	4.09	6.78	183
9.	Manny Ramirez	1733	431	259	4.02	6.69	181
10.	Chone Figgins	3084	729	469	4.23	6.58	178

And the trailers. For the second year in a row, Yuniesky Betancourt is last in all of baseball in pitches per out. Bengie Molina finishes second-to-last for the second year in a row.

Rank	Name	Pitches	PA	Outs	P/PA	P/Out	P/27Outs
213.	Ivan Rodriguez	1621	448	345	3.62	4.70	127
214.	Jeff Francoeur	2114	632	454	3.34	4.66	126
215.	A.J. Pierzynski	1760	535	378	3.29	4.66	126
216.	Jose Lopez	2242	653	484	3.43	4.63	125
217.	Pedro Feliz	2055	625	446	3.29	4.61	124
218.	Vladimir Guerrero	1319	407	288	3.24	4.58	124
219.	Cesar Izturis	1385	412	307	3.36	4.51	122
220.	Cristian Guzman	1807	555	401	3.26	4.51	122
221.	Bengie Molina	1680	520	386	3.23	4.35	118
222.	Yuniesky Betancourt	1684	508	392	3.31	4.30	116

Download the data for 2009 here: Pitches Per Out 2009.