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 95.8 MPH and topping out at 99.1 MPH. He will typically have 12.9 revolutions (1960 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 63% of the time.
This is the location of all his Sweepers. On average he throws it 82.4 MPH and topping out at 85.8 MPH. He will typically have 17.8 revolutions (2339 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 35% of the time.
This is the location of all his Split Fingers. On average he throws it 85.2 MPH and topping out at 89.8 MPH. He will typically have 7.1 revolutions (965 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 28% of the time.
This is the location of all his 4-Seam Fastballs. On average he throws it 96.9 MPH and topping out at 99.5 MPH. He will typically have 14.1 revolutions (2173 RPM) from hand to the plate. He throws it in the strike zone 31% 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 17 inches towards a right handed batter and drops 23 inches . League average horizontal movement is 15 inches and 24 inches drop.
This is the movement of his Sweeper. On average the ball moves 12 inches away from a right handed batter and drops 37 inches . League average horizontal movement is 14 inches and 39 inches drop.
This is the movement of his Split Finger. On average the ball moves 7 inches towards a right handed batter and drops 38 inches . League average horizontal movement is 11 inches and 35 inches drop.
This is the movement of his 4-Seam Fastball. On average the ball moves 10 inches towards a right handed batter and drops 14 inches . League average horizontal movement is 7 inches and 15 inches drop.
This is all his release points. On average he releases the ball 5.7ft from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Sinkers. On average he releases the ball 5.8ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Sweepers. On average he releases the ball 5.5ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his Split Fingers. On average he releases the ball 5.6ft. from the ground.
This is the release point of all his 4-Seam Fastballs. On average he releases the ball 6.0ft. 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
Hicks's pitches this season. Connecting bars and pie charts
are sized by density of pitches for each count.
Sinker
Sweeper
Split Finger
4-Seam Fastball