Is 3-2 a pitchers count or a hitters count?

You could ask this question 10 times and half the people would say "batter's" and half would say "pitcher's".

Generally speaking, the counts are divided like this:

Hitter's Count: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2

Pitcher's Counts: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2

0-0, and 1-1 are neutral.

On a high-school or college level the 3-2 pitch is pretty much always going to be a fastball. But inside the major league, it depends on the specific pitcher/batter combo.

Still, statistically, the full count is the time when the next pitch is most likely to be in the strike zone. About 80% of the time the pitch in the strike zone.

This 3-2 count is also the time when the batter is most likely to put the ball into play--about 35% of the time. (Remember, the best hitters in baseball only get a hit at 30% of their bats.)

If a pitcher only has one money pitch, he will most likely throw that pitch on the 3-2 count. Since the batter has presumably studied the pitcher, he can predict the pitch.

It gets complicated though, because at an MLB level, pitchers are trained to do the opposite of what is expected, so they may deliberately not throw the expected pitch. On top of that, the really great pitchers have multiple money pitches. The 3-2 pitch might be any of three possible pitches.

In addition, the pitcher has presumably studied the batter he is facing, and knows which pitches the batter will chase, knows if the batter has a poor sense of the strike zone, and knows that batters in general swing more on 3-2 pitches than they do on 2-2 pitches.

To complicate things further, it matters how many outs the team already has. My niece's favorite statistic is that at 2-2 count with 2 outs the pitch will only be a hit 20% of the time. She sees it on the scoreboard and yells, "2-2 and 2, people! Nothing's gonna happen!" It also matters how many men are on base, and whether it is the top or the bottom of the lineup. Sometimes a walk matters more than other times.

So if I was forced to pick one answer I'd say "hitter's count", but when you're actually watching a game, it depends on the specific match up.

Hitters Count

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