Ryan Vogelsong
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 46
Draft: 1998 | Rd: 5, #158, San Francisco Giants | Kutztown
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2014 8 13 4.00 32 32 0 184.2 151 1.28
2015 9 11 4.67 33 22 0 135 108 1.47
2016 3 7 4.81 24 14 0 82.1 61 1.46
12 Seasons 61 75 4.48 289 179 0 1,190 900 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2014 32 8-13 4.00 184.2 151 1.28
2015 33 9-11 4.67 135 108 1.47
2016 24 3-7 4.81 82.1 61 1.46
12 Seasons 289 61-75 4.48 1,190 900 1.41
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 37 2310 429 35 8.2 5.9 88.7 115.3 12.3 33.8 .270 .453 .337 .350 .393 36.1 18.1 9.7 4.67 5.20
2016 38 1390 260 18 6.9 4.9 88.0 111.0 14.6 32.3 .247 .418 .344 .331 .352 30.4 16.7 11.0 4.81 4.68
Player 3700 689 53 7.7 5.5 88.4 115.3 13.1 33.2 .262 .440 .340 .343 .378 34.0 17.5 10.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Vogelsong relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(37.2%) ,
Slider
(22.2%) ,
Curveball
(15.6%) ,
Changeup
(12.9%) ,
Sinker
(12.1%) ,


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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 47.1 18.2 28.2 6.5 30.3 39.6 30.1 4.4 32.2 23.3 23.3 5.4 8.2 5.9
2016 42.7 21.5 28.5 7.3 36.2 34.6 23.8 4.2 30.0 25.8 21.9 3.8 6.9 4.9
Player 45.4 19.4 28.3 6.8 32.5 37.7 27.7 4.4 31.3 24.2 22.8 4.8 7.7 5.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2016 Changeup PIT R 169 84.2 29.2 -2.7 -8 12.5 -0.2 -2
2016 Curveball PIT R 194 76.3 55.7 -2.9 -5 5.2 -5.9 -53
2016 Sinker PIT R 162 90.2 23.6 -0.4 -2 14.0 0.1 1
2016 Slider PIT R 277 87.6 22.3 -9.6 -30 0.4 -4.4 -109
2016 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 476 90.8 19.1 -1.2 -7 8.4 1.2 17
2015 Changeup SF R 196 84.0 30.1 -1.8 -6 13.7 0.8 6
2015 4-Seam Fastball SF R 928 91.6 18.2 -0.9 -5 8.0 0.9 12
2015 Sinker SF R 309 91.6 22.6 -1.0 -4 14.0 -0.1 -1
2015 Slider SF R 349 88.5 22.5 -8.6 -28 0.4 -3.6 -90
2015 Curveball SF R 465 77.0 54.3 -2.7 -5 4.3 -6.1 -59
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 746 2,916 11 28 -8 -10 21
2012 879 3,437 15 30 -17 -12 16
2013 465 1,740 -8 8 -17 -6 -23
2014 833 3,264 11 14 -27 -10 -13
2015 596 2,304 -5 22 -18 -7 -9
2016 363 1,381 -8 19 -14 -6 -10
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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 2,310 46.4 63.7 87.4 25.2 71.2 43.9 60.0 43.0 16.9 5.8 76.7
2016 1,390 41.4 64.1 86.7 23.2 72.0 43.5 58.1 40.1 17.2 5.0 78.6
Player 3,700 44.5 63.8 87.2 24.4 71.5 43.8 59.3 41.9 17.0 5.5 77.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 8 16 9 9 8 4 4 30 22 35 14 9 9 32 19 10 82
2016 26 49 39 33 16 41 28 65 80 19 10 7 4 18 10 4 87
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.3 11 9.1 2 2 9 3 27.3
Player 23.3 11 9.1 2 2 9 3 27.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 11 9 7 10 9 7 8 9 8 5 8 11 11 6 7 11 6 8 10 10 8 6 13 12 10 10 10 13 13 11 7
Player 11 9 7 10 9 7 8 9 8 5 8 11 11 6 7 11 6 8 10 10 8 6 13 12 10 10 10 13 13 11 7
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.6 90.7 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 84.0 84.2 0.2
Breaking Velocity 81.9 82.9 1.0
Exit Velocity 88.7 88.0 -0.7
Launch Angle 12.3 14.6 2.3
Barrel % 8.2 6.9 -1.3
Hard Hit % 36.1 30.4 -5.7
Sweet Spot % 33.8 32.3 -1.5
xBA .270 .247 -0.023
BA .265 .254 -0.011
xwOBA .350 .331 -0.019
wOBA .337 .344 0.007
xSLG .453 .418 -0.035
SLG .443 .457 0.014
K% 18.1 16.7 -1.4
BB% 9.7 11.0 1.3
Swing % 43.0 40.1 -2.9
Whiff% 16.9 17.2 0.3
In Zone % 46.4 41.4 -5.0
Out of Zone % 53.6 58.6 5.0
Out of Zone Swing % 25.2 23.2 -2.0
First Pitch Swing % 26.1 26.6 0.5
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 58.1 -1.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 336 .341 191 31 16.2 145 27 18.6
! 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 916 18.4 7.3% 1.7% 510 24.3 0.0% 10.2%
2012 967 19.2 5.9% 3.7% 511 24.6 0.2% 13.7%
2013 548 19.3 5.7% 2.4% 331 25.3 0.0% 14.5%
2014 934 18.9 7.6% 3.5% 561 25.2 0.2% 17.8%
2015 723 20.3 8.9% 7.2% 425 26.3 4.2% 29.2%
2016 455 19.7 13.2% 5.7% 252 24.7 5.6% 25.8%
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Pitch Distribution


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