Split | PAs | Avg. | Walk% | BABIP |
1st Pitch | 41 | .486 | n/a | .438 |
After 1-0 | 148 | .208 | 14.9% | .270 |
After 2-0 | 65 | .196 | 27.7% | .209 |
After 3-0 | 21 | .000 | 66.7% | .000 |
After 0-1 | 155 | .241 | 3.2% | .270 |
After 1-1 | 143 | .276 | 6.3% | .308 |
After 2-1 | 86 | .243 | 12.8% | .269 |
After 3-1 | 36 | .111 | 47.2% | .118 |
After 0-2 | 46 | .159 | 0% | .200 |
After 1-2 | 83 | .222 | 2.4% | .053 |
After 2-2 | 69 | .288 | 4.3% | .321 |
Full Count | 38 | .179 | 23.7% | .185 |
Alright, so a little analysis:
-Keppinger had 27 walks in 344 plate appearances, for a 7.8% walk rate.
-Keppinger either hit a home run, or got out in 41 of those appearances (11.9%). It's worth noting that, of Keppinger's seven homers in 2009, three of them came on the first pitch.
-Keppinger's highest OPS in a non-three-ball count was at 1-1, in which he hit .333/.333/.513 (though he hit .486/.500/.857 when connecting on the first pitch.)
-After 3-0, Keppinger walked in 14 of his 21 plate appearances.
-Keppinger got to a three-ball count in just 18.3% of his plate appearances, and worked the count full in 11.0% of his PAs.
-The count he saw the most often was 2-2 (49 PAs), just ahead of 1-2 (47 PAs). With a 2-2 count, Keppinger hit .306/.306/.408.
-He drew a first-pitch ball in 48.8% of plate appearances lasting more than one pitch.
-Keppinger drew just five walks after getting a first-pitch strike. So once he was behind, he was going to stay behind, with OPS' of .592, .424, and .587 (0-1, 0-2, 1-2, respectively).