Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-09-02
STL @ LAD
Home plate: Alan Porter
“Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.”
Umpire Grade
93.0% accurate
Run Favor
runs, STL
ABS Overturns
of 0 reviewed
What this shows — how Alan Porter called the 156 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 145 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+0.21▲3 · 3-0 strike called ball
José Fermín vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto - 2+0.19▼1 · 2-0 strike called ball
Teoscar Hernández vs Brycen Mautz - 3+0.19▲3 · 2-0 strike called ball
José Fermín vs Yoshinobu Yamamoto
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 in this game.