This is the location of all his individual pitches and a zone chart at the top showing density of locations.
This is the location of all his Sinkers. On average he throws it 95.3 MPH and topping out at 97.8 MPH. He will typically have 13.5 revolutions (2057 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 55% of the time.
This is the location of all his Sliders. On average he throws it 84.7 MPH and topping out at 87.2 MPH. He will typically have 19.5 revolutions (2645 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 54% of the time.
This is the location of all his Curveballs. On average he throws it 81.3 MPH and topping out at 83.8 MPH. He will typically have 22.5 revolutions (2915 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 52% of the time.
This is the location of all his Cutters. On average he throws it 90.8 MPH and topping out at 93.4 MPH. He will typically have 16.7 revolutions (2424 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 42% of the time.
This is all his pitches showing horizontal & vertical movement with gravity in inches.
This is the movement of his Sinker. On average the ball moves 12 inches towards a right handed batter and drops 26 inches . League average horizontal movement is 15 inches and 24 inches drop.
This is the movement of his Slider. On average the ball moves 12 inches away from a right handed batter and drops 35 inches . League average horizontal movement is 5 inches and 35 inches drop.
This is the movement of his Curveball. On average the ball moves 16 inches away from a right handed batter and drops 49 inches . League average horizontal movement is 10 inches and 54 inches drop.
This is the movement of his Cutter. On average the ball moves 2 inches away from a right handed batter and drops 24 inches . League average horizontal movement is 3 inches and 25 inches drop.
This is all his release points. On average he releases the ball 5.4ft from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Sinkers. On average he releases the ball 5.4ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Sliders. On average he releases the ball 5.3ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Curveballs. On average he releases the ball 5.7ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Cutters. On average he releases the ball 5.6ft. from the ground.
This all his pitches out of the zone.
This is all his pitches on the edge of the zone.
This is all his swing & misses.
Radial Chart
Barrels
Spray Chart
Here's the flow of all
Bird's pitches this season. Connecting bars and pie charts
are sized by density of pitches for each count.
Sinker
Slider
Curveball
Cutter