Freestyle. The freestyle stroke involves the use of muscles in your hands -- the thenars -- and arms -- the biceps and triceps -- to help you glide through the water smoothly. In one motion, your entire body is engaged in the forward action of the freestyle move.
The likelihood of a pitcher completing nine innings if he throws an average of 14 pitches or less per inning is reinforced by the totals of the 89 games in which pitchers did actually complete nine innings of work.
Of the four who ended nine innings having gone over the 14 pitch average, only Don Sutton showed an unusual increase, from 81 to 143 pitches. Of the four who fell below the mark, Jerry Koosman had the greatest decrease, going from 86 pitches to 117 after nine.