Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-29
CHC @ STL
Home plate: Paul Clemons
“You could set a watch by that zone.”
Umpire Grade
97.2% accurate
Run Favor
runs, CHC
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Paul Clemons called the 143 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 139 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.
The zone, as he called it
strike called ballball called strike
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.28▲3 · 1-2 strike called ball
Ian Happ vs Andre Pallante - 2-0.09▲2 · 0-0 ball called strike
Carson Kelly vs Andre Pallante - 3+0.09▼3 · 0-0 strike called ball
JJ Wetherholt vs Shota Imanaga
Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.
ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System
No pitches were challenged tonight.