January 22, 201313 yr Author Some of you have suggested that the sample size of the Sox hitters versus the Tiger pitchers is too small. Here are their entire season's split stats for their starters last year: Scherzer VS RHP AVG .201 OBP .244 SLG .343 VS. LHB .292 .366 .465 D. Fister VS RHP AVG .220 OBP.297 SLG .310 VS LHB .270 .300 .434 Porcello VS RHP AVG .294 OBP .322 SLG .403 VS LHB .325 .381 .503 Sanchez VS RHP AVG .291OBP .324 SLG .473 VS LHB .243 .299 .347 Verlander VS RHP AVG .222OBP .278SLG .315 VS LHB .213 .264 .344 Except for Verlander, against whom the Sox have actually faired pretty well in recent years, the other RHP have been much better vs. right handed hitters. Sanchez only pitched part of the season with Detroit, and is new to the A. L. However, his numbers were better vs. LH batters. The data seems to support the idea that a predominantly right handed line up is not likely to fair well against Tiger starters.
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