Certain pitchers own certain teams. There s not real logic to it, it just happens. Steve Sparks has a hard time winning against anybody but the Tigers. 4-0, 2.56 ERA over the past three years. Tom Candiotti has held the Indians to a .177 average, the Rangers to .227 and the Yankees to just .197 at Yankee Stadium.
Stadiums are a huge factor.
Probably the biggest. Never pitch in Coors, the Kingdome, or Wrigley- period. Think twice before picking the visiting pitcher in Arlington, Yankee Stadium, or Oakland. Dodger Stadium is a pitcher s stadium. Fenway usually isn t.