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Many factors affect your question, such as:
1. Salaries. Higher salary caps result in more platooning.
2. Player set. In some sets, righty pitchers will face more left-handed hitters. However, in my recently completed 60s league, my right-handed pitchers faced quite a few more right-handed hitters (e.g., Drysdale faced over 63 percent right-handed hitters).
3. Is the the starter a regular starter or a spot starter? In the same league, lefty Gary Peters who started every four days faced 22 percent left-handed batters. Marcelino Lopez, who I only used against left-leaning teams, faced 28 percent.
4. Obviously, rosters will vary even when using the same set, and this will have an influence.
5. A pitcher with an extreme bias (e.g., 6R can expect to face more lefties).
6. A ballpark with an extreme homerun bias may encourage opposing managers to tweak their lineups to take advantage.