Tonight's Pitching Matchup: Game 1 ALCS

Let's take a look at the two pitchers toeing the rubber tonight (all stats from Baseball-Reference)


CC Sabathia
2009:



Angels hitters vs. Sabathia:

                   PA  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   **OPS**
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-------
Howie Kendrick     13  12   8  1  0  0   2   1   1  .667  .692  .750   1.442 
Mike Napoli        12   9   3  1  0  1   2   2   0  .333  .500  .778   1.278 
Maicer Izturis     13  10   5  0  0  0   2   2   1  .500  .583  .500   1.083 
Chone Figgins      20  16   5  0  1  1   1   3   2  .313  .421  .625   1.046 
Torii Hunter       74  68  20  8  0  3  17   6  16  .294  .351  .544    .895 
Bobby Abreu        10   9   3  1  0  0   1   1   1  .333  .400  .444    .844 
Kendry Morales      9   9   3  1  0  0   2   0   0  .333  .333  .444    .777 
Vladimir Guerrero  16  15   3  1  0  1   2   1   3  .200  .250  .467    .717 
Jeff Mathis         6   5   1  0  0  0   0   1   2  .200  .333  .200    .533 
Gary Matthews      30  26   5  1  0  0   1   4  10  .192  .300  .231    .531 
Robb Quinlan       16  14   3  0  0  0   1   2   2  .214  .313  .214    .527 
Juan Rivera        12  11   3  0  0  0   2   0   1  .273  .250  .273    .523 
Reggie Willits      5   5   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000    .000 
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-------
Total             236 209  62 14  1  6  33  23  40  .297  .368  .459    .827 

Career vs. Angels:



2009 vs. Angels:



John Lackey
2009:



Yankees hitters vs. Lackey:

                   PA  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   **OPS**
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-------
Jerry Hairston      9   9   3  1  0  1   1   0   1  .333  .333  .778   1.111 
Jorge Posada       32  29  12  2  0  1   3   3   7  .414  .469  .586   1.055 
Mark Teixeira      56  49  19  2  0  2  11   6   5  .388  .464  .551   1.015 
Derek Jeter        54  44  15  6  0  1   5   4  11  .341  .442  .545    .987 
Melky Cabrera      26  25   9  2  0  0   1   1   5  .360  .385  .440    .825 
Hideki Matsui      32  28   8  2  0  1   7   3   3  .286  .344  .464    .808 
Alex Rodriguez     61  51   9  1  1  4   6   9  23  .176  .295  .471    .766 
Johnny Damon       51  48  16  2  0  0   4   3   4  .333  .373  .375    .748 
Robinson Cano      27  26   6  3  0  0   1   1   3  .231  .259  .346    .605 
Brett Gardner       4   4   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250    .500 
Jose Molina         2   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .500  .000    .500 
Nick Swisher       51  43   5  1  0  1   4   6  17  .116  .255  .209    .464 
Eric Hinske        21  19   1  1  0  0   1   1   7  .053  .095  .105    .200 
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-------
Total             426 376 104 23  1 11  44  37  88  .277  .351  .431    .782 

Career vs. Yankees:



2009 vs. Yankees: