Time for another fun little exercise. This time I take a look at similarity scores of NL West starting pitchers. Let's take a look at the scheduled starters from the 5-man rotations of the NL West. The statistics of choice will be K/9, BB/9, GB/FB and age. I will be using the square of the sums to come up with a similarity score for each of the 25 pitchers. Naturally, you don't want your best match to be someone like D.Moseley, T.Stauffer or A.Cook. Let's take a look at the closest overall matches and the closest match for each individual pitcher.
| Top 10 Closest Similarity Scores | ||||||
| Rank | Pitchers | K/9 | BB/9 | GB/FB | Age | Score |
| 1 | D.Moseley / T.Stauffer | 5.69 / 6.05 | 3.06 / 3.03 | 1.39 / 1.31 | 29 / 28 | 0.405 |
| 2 | J.Saunders / D.Moseley | 5.4 / 5.69 | 2.85 / 3.06 | 1.27 / 1.39 | 29 / 29 | 0.501 |
| 3 | J.Saunders / T.Stauffer | 5.4 / 6.05 | 2.85 / 3.25 | 1.27 / 1.43 | 29 / 27 | 0.571 |
| 4 | C.Richard / T.Stauffer | 6.5 / 6.05 | 3.25 / 3.03 | 1.43 / 1.31 | 27 / 28 | 0.614 |
| 5 | M.Cain / D.Hudson | 7.51 / 8.01 | 2.66 / 2.69 | 0.8 / 0.72 | 26 / 24 | 0.649 |
| 6 | J.Garland / J.Saunders | 4.84 / 5.40 | 2.83 / 2.85 | 1.33 / 1.27 | 31 / 29 | 0.651 |
| 7 | C.Richard / D.Moseley | 6.50 / 5.69 | 3.25 /3.06 | 1.43 / 1.39 | 27 / 29 | 0.797 |
| 8 | J.Garland / D.Moseley | 4.84 / 5.69 | 2.83 / 3.06 | 1.33 / 1.39 | 31 / 29 | 0.848 |
| 9 | C.Billingsley / U.Jimenez | 8.39 / 8.59 | 3.34 / 3.59 | 1.36 / 1.64 | 26 / 27 | 0.889 |
| 10 | M.Cain / I.Kennedy | 7.51 / 7.97 | 2.66 / 3.28 | 0.80 / 0.84 | 26 / 26 | 1.075 |
Now let's take a look at each pitchers closest match.
| Similarities | ||||||
| Pitcher | Closest match | K/9 | BB/9 | GB/FB | Age | Score |
| C.Kershaw | J.Chacin | 9.65 / 9.06 | 3.62 / 3.83 | 1.06 / 1.45 | 23 / 23 | 1.132 |
| C.Billingsley | U.Jimenez | 8.39 / 8.59 | 3.34 / 3.59 | 1.36 / 1.64 | 26 / 27 | 0.889 |
| H.Kuroda | J.Garland | 6.83 / 4.84 | 2.17 / 2.83 | 1.59 / 1.33 | 36 / 31 | 2.211 |
| T.Lilly | A.Harang | 7.63 / 7.38 | 2.23 / 2.69 | 0.74 / 0.93 | 35 / 32 | 1.221 |
| J.Garland | J.Saunders | 4.84 / 5.40 | 2.83 / 2.85 | 1.33 / 1.27 | 31 / 29 | 0.651 |
| T.Lincecum | C.Billingsley | 9.95 / 8.39 | 3.01 / 3.34 | 1.37 / 1.36 | 26 / 26 | 1.094 |
| M.Cain | D.Hudson | 7.51 / 8.01 | 2.66 / 2.69 | 0.80 / 0.72 | 26 / 24 | 0.649 |
| J.Sanchez | J.de la Rosa | 9.49 / 8.64 | 4.33 / 4.03 | 0.98 / 1.31 | 28 / 29 | 1.151 |
| B.Zito | C.Richard | 6.46 / 6.50 | 3.72 / 3.25 | 0.89 / 1.43 | 32 / 27 | 2.088 |
| M.Bumgarner | M.Latos | 7.23 / 9.18 | 2.43 / 2.53 | 1.23 / 1.03 | 21 / 23 | 1.406 |
| U.Jimenez | C.Billingsley | 8.59 / 8.39 | 3.59 / 3.34 | 1.64 / 1.36 | 27 / 26 | 0.889 |
| J.de la Rosa | J.Sanchez | 8.64 / 9.49 | 4.03 / 4.33 | 1.31 / 0.98 | 29 / 28 | 1.151 |
| J.Hammel | T.Stauffer | 7.25 / 6.05 | 2.27 / 3.03 | 1.33 / 1.31 | 28 / 28 | 1.461 |
| A.Cook | Z.Duke | 3.97 / 4.66 | 2.78 / 2.46 | 2.44 / 1.60 | 32 / 27 | 2.648 |
| J.Chacin | C.Kershaw | 9.06 / 9.65 | 3.83 / 3.62 | 1.45 / 1.06 | 23 / 23 | 1.132 |
| I.Kennedy | M.Cain | 7.97 / 7.51 | 3.28 / 2.66 | 0.84 / 0.80 | 26 / 26 | 1.075 |
| D.Hudson | M.Cain | 8.01 / 7.51 | 2.69 / 2.66 | 0.72 / 0.80 | 24 / 26 | 0.649 |
| J.Saunders | D.Moseley | 5.40 / 5.69 | 2.85 / 3.06 | 1.27 / 1.39 | 29 / 29 | 0.501 |
| B.Enright | M.Cain | 5.81 / 7.51 | 2.25 / 2.66 | 0.70 / 0.80 | 25 / 26 | 1.291 |
| Z.Duke | J.Saunders | 4.66 / 5.40 | 2.46 / 2.85 | 1.60 / 1.27 | 27 / 29 | 1.282 |
| M.Latos | D.Hudson | 9.18 / 8.01 | 2.53 / 2.69 | 1.03 / 0.72 | 23 / 24 | 1.138 |
| C.Richard | T.Stauffer | 6.50 / 6.05 | 3.25 / 3.03 | 1.43 / 1.31 | 27 / 28 | 0.614 |
| T.Stauffer | D.Moseley | 6.05 / 5.69 | 3.03 / 3.06 | 1.31 / 1.39 | 28 / 29 | 0.405 |
| A.Harang | T.Lilly | 7.38 / 7.63 | 2.69 / 2.23 | 0.93 / 0.74 | 32 / 35 | 1.221 |
| D.Moseley | T.Stauffer | 5.69 / 6.05 | 3.06 / 3.03 | 1.39 / 1.31 | 29 / 28 | 0.405 |
Source: Fangraphs
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