Bartolo Colon
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 285LBS | Age: 51
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 15 8 3.43 34 33 0 191.2 128 1.21
2017 7 14 6.48 28 28 0 143 89 1.59
2018 7 12 5.78 28 24 0 146.1 81 1.35
21 Seasons 247 188 4.12 565 552 0 3,461.2 2,535 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 34 15-8 3.43 191.2 128 1.21
2017 28 7-14 6.48 143 89 1.59
2018 28 7-12 5.78 146.1 81 1.35
21 Seasons 565 247-188 4.12 3,461.2 2,535 1.31
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 42 2706 651 35 5.4 4.3 88.9 113.4 11.8 34.1 .268 .427 .316 .314 .368 34.7 16.7 2.9 4.16 4.10
2016 43 2853 628 33 5.3 4.2 90.0 117.1 12.2 29.9 .273 .434 .311 .318 .365 37.6 16.2 4.0 3.43 4.28
2017 44 2286 523 38 7.3 5.9 88.8 114.7 13.1 34.0 .284 .500 .381 .351 .387 37.4 13.7 5.4 6.48 5.44
2018 45 2228 519 39 7.5 6.2 89.6 114.4 11.8 37.2 .300 .524 .362 .363 .402 40.8 12.9 4.0 5.78 5.81
Player 10073 2321 145 6.2 5.0 89.3 117.1 12.2 33.6 .280 .467 .340 .334 .379 37.5 15.1 4.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Colon relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(62.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(16.4%) ,
Changeup
(11.1%) ,
Slider
(7.4%) ,
Cutter
(2.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 44.1 23.2 27.0 5.7 29.2 40.9 30.0 2.3 34.3 24.3 26.0 5.1 5.4 4.3
2016 45.1 22.1 26.4 6.4 31.1 39.5 29.5 2.4 32.2 23.6 26.9 6.2 5.3 4.2
2017 44.2 24.7 24.7 6.5 30.2 41.1 28.7 4.4 29.3 25.8 24.1 7.6 7.3 5.9
2018 43.2 24.9 26.4 5.6 42.2 36.2 21.0 3.7 32.4 22.7 24.9 8.7 7.5 6.2
Player 44.2 23.6 26.2 6.0 32.8 39.5 27.5 3.1 32.1 24.1 25.5 6.8 6.2 5.0
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2018 Sinker TEX R 1389 86.9 30.1 -0.2 16.9ARM 0.9 8.0 1.3 16.9ARM 2.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 365 89.3 19.6 0.1 8.2ARM 0.1 16.4 0.7 8.2ARM 1.0
2018 Slider TEX R 164 80.5 42.8 -1.9 4.3GLV -3.4 1.8 0.0 4.3GLV -1.0
2018 Cutter TEX R 62 85.5 25.7 4.8 0.6ARM -2.7 13.3 5.0 0.6ARM -3.2
2018 Changeup TEX R 248 80.8 36.1 0.1 13.8ARM -0.1 7.7 -1.0 13.8ARM 0.5
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 450 90.3 17.0 1.4 8.5ARM -0.9 18.2 1.1 8.5ARM 0.4
2017 Cutter MIN R 7 86.6 20.3 8.1 0.3ARM -2.3 17.9 8.6 0.3ARM -2.6
2017 Sinker MIN R 1435 87.1 27.2 -0.1 16.7ARM 0.9 10.6 0.2 16.7ARM 1.3
2017 Changeup MIN R 222 81.3 33.6 -1.0 14.3ARM 0.4 9.6 -1.1 14.3ARM 0.7
2017 Slider MIN R 166 81.5 37.4 -5.2 2.8GLV -4.1 5.9 -2.3 2.8GLV -1.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2018 Sinker -0.8 -11 1,389 62.3 405 .291 .542 .373 8.4 10.4 13.9 .312 .530 .374 43.9
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 365 16.4 87 .241 .398 .285 15.1 19.5 13.7 .266 .493 .333 43.3
2018 Changeup -2.9 -7 248 11.1 69 .348 .773 .480 25.3 10.1 10.0 .288 .551 .364 33.3
2018 Slider -1.8 -3 164 7.4 46 .267 .511 .322 18.3 19.6 11.8 .245 .445 .291 21.6
2018 Cutter -3.2 -2 62 2.8 20 .368 .579 .423 12.0 30.0 16.2 .375 .641 .447 38.5
2017 Sinker -1.8 -25 1,435 62.8 419 .346 .571 .422 8.0 11.9 16.1 .295 .507 .358 36.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.7 -12 450 19.7 112 .330 .632 .415 15.2 17.0 11.9 .294 .575 .385 50.0
2017 Changeup 1.1 2 222 9.7 72 .224 .403 .303 31.5 20.8 21.1 .215 .362 .269 26.4
2017 Slider 0.1 0 166 7.3 43 .195 .463 .293 13.8 9.3 6.3 .272 .486 .335 32.4
2017 Cutter 2.1 0 7 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 162 546 3 2 -5 -3 -3
2009 241 870 5 -4 -8 -3 -10
2011 687 2,516 16 0 -16 -8 -8
2012 605 2,048 11 6 -6 -5 7
2013 795 2,876 20 24 -12 -7 25
2014 843 2,997 3 11 -13 -9 -9
2015 843 2,822 -2 21 -13 -5 1
2016 789 2,844 13 14 -14 -6 7
2017 647 2,280 -8 -3 -14 -10 -35
2018 627 2,228 -19 17 -12 -9 -22
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,706 54.3 62.7 87.0 31.8 78.4 42.1 66.6 48.6 14.7 9.5 72.0
2016 2,853 52.8 62.4 89.7 30.2 75.9 44.6 63.2 47.2 13.6 8.3 72.0
2017 2,286 49.9 64.9 90.1 28.6 78.6 46.1 65.1 46.8 12.7 7.4 75.0
2018 2,228 49.9 62.6 90.7 29.9 79.0 44.3 63.9 46.2 12.6 6.6 76.2
Player 10,073 51.9 63.1 89.2 30.2 77.9 44.2 64.7 47.3 13.5 8.0 73.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
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Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 37 17 20 27 67 4 38 24 34 24 99 3 73 7 42 2
2016 40 14 30 44 62 16 64 9 22 15 97 1 66 6 31 1
2017 15 9 7 7 41 4 24 12 14 5 93 1 62 4 29 1
2018 3 1 1 2 30 6 28 16 7 1 98 1 72 2 36 1
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.9 24 23.1 1 9 17 10 41.7
2017 23.0 28 26.6 1 13 15 15 53.6
2018 22.0 32 26.7 5 16 18 12 37.5
Player 22.6 84 76.4 8 38 50 37 44.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 24 26 16 24 25 20 27 22 22 18 24 28 20 20 22 24 16 21 25 26 22 21 30 27 21 23 24 31 23 26 19
2017 28 27 25 28 28 25 30 29 20 24 24 33 26 27 27 25 27 25 29 26 28 25 32 29 26 26 25 31 29 25 17
2018 32 31 22 29 26 25 28 27 21 19 23 31 32 25 24 33 25 26 28 29 29 31 34 33 22 21 25 26 31 27 19
Player 84 84 63 81 79 70 85 78 63 61 71 92 78 72 73 82 68 72 82 81 79 77 96 89 69 70 74 88 83 78 55
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 88.9 88.4 -0.5 ↓ 87.8 -0.6 ↓ 87.3 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 82.6 81.4 -1.2 ↓ 81.3 -0.1 ↓ 80.8 -0.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 82.8 82.5 -0.3 ↓ 81.5 -1.0 ↓ 80.5 -1.0 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.9 90.0 1.1 ↑ 88.8 -1.2 ↓ 89.6 0.8 ↑
Launch Angle 11.8 12.2 0.4 ↑ 13.1 0.9 ↑ 11.8 -1.3 ↓
Barrel % 5.4 5.3 -0.1 ↓ 7.3 2.0 ↑ 7.5 0.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.7 37.6 2.9 ↑ 37.4 -0.2 ↓ 40.8 3.4 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.1 29.9 -4.2 ↓ 34.0 4.1 ↑ 37.2 3.2 ↑
xBA .268 .273 0.005 ↑ .284 0.011 ↑ .300 0.016 ↑
BA .281 .268 -0.013 ↓ .318 0.050 ↑ .291 -0.027 ↓
xwOBA .314 .318 0.004 ↑ .351 0.033 ↑ .363 0.012 ↑
wOBA .316 .311 -0.005 ↓ .381 0.070 ↑ .362 -0.019 ↓
xSLG .427 .434 0.007 ↑ .500 0.066 ↑ .524 0.024 ↑
SLG .437 .430 -0.007 ↓ .554 0.124 ↑ .547 -0.007 ↓
K% 16.7 16.2 -0.5 ↓ 13.7 -2.5 ↓ 12.9 -0.8 ↓
BB% 2.9 4.0 1.1 ↑ 5.4 1.4 ↑ 4.0 -1.4 ↓
Swing % 48.6 47.2 -1.4 ↓ 46.8 -0.4 ↓ 46.2 -0.6 ↓
Whiff% 14.7 13.6 -1.1 ↓ 12.7 -0.9 ↓ 12.6 -0.1 ↓
In Zone % 54.3 52.8 -1.5 ↓ 49.9 -2.9 ↓ 49.9 0.0
Out of Zone % 45.7 47.2 1.5 ↑ 50.1 2.9 ↑ 50.1 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 31.8 30.2 -1.6 ↓ 28.6 -1.6 ↓ 29.9 1.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.9 28.1 -1.8 ↓ 29.5 1.4 ↑ 27.7 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 66.6 63.2 -3.4 ↓ 65.1 1.9 ↑ 63.9 -1.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 766 .311 378 21 5.6 388 50 12.9
2017 Shifts 645 .382 330 42 12.7 315 81 25.7
2018 Shifts 627 .362 335 15 4.5 292 40 13.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2011 801 15.4 45.7% 0.5% 378 22.9 1.1% 9.0%
2012 657 15.5 42.0% 0.8% 276 22.0 0.4% 5.8%
2013 848 16.0 36.8% 0.4% 425 23.4 0.0% 8.2%
2014 925 16.1 35.2% 1.1% 479 23.6 0.0% 11.5%
2015 826 17.0 32.6% 3.8% 417 26.2 2.2% 26.9%
2016 897 17.1 32.9% 3.3% 449 26.3 1.6% 31.6%
2017 668 15.9 36.4% 0.7% 422 24.0 0.0% 11.8%
2018 723 15.4 44.0% 0.6% 335 23.7 0.0% 13.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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