Francisco Liriano
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 41
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 6 7 5.66 38 18 0 97 85 1.63
2018 5 12 4.58 27 26 0 133.2 110 1.50
2019 5 3 3.47 69 0 0 70 63 1.36
14 Seasons 112 114 4.15 419 300 1 1,813.2 1,815 1.36
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 38 6-7 5.66 97 85 1.63
2018 27 5-12 4.58 133.2 110 1.50
2019 69 5-3 3.47 70 63 1.36
14 Seasons 419 112-114 4.15 1,813.2 1,815 1.36
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 31 2983 493 21 4.3 2.7 85.8 111.7 6.5 33.7 .228 .342 .282 .291 .354 28.2 26.5 9.1 3.38 3.48
2016 32 2793 469 30 6.4 4.1 88.4 117.1 6.4 28.6 .235 .386 .336 .320 .362 33.3 23.0 11.6 4.69 4.34
2017 33 1742 297 18 6.1 4.1 87.8 112.4 11.4 33.3 .258 .409 .354 .339 .370 34.5 19.4 12.1 5.66 5.03
2018 34 2265 398 30 7.5 5.1 88.0 110.9 9.3 34.4 .263 .442 .337 .355 .388 32.2 18.8 12.5 4.58 5.51
2019 35 1133 200 10 5.0 3.3 85.8 110.1 9.5 28.5 .221 .367 .309 .305 .328 29.0 20.9 11.9 3.47 4.08
Player 10916 1857 109 5.9 3.9 87.2 117.1 8.2 31.9 .241 .387 .321 .321 .363 31.4 22.3 11.2
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

Liriano relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(35.1%) ,
Slider
(30.4%) ,
Changeup
(26.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(8.5%) ,


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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 53.8 15.2 26.4 4.7 34.3 41.6 24.1 4.1 41.6 15.6 27.8 4.1 4.3 2.7
2016 53.1 19.6 23.5 3.8 38.8 39.9 21.1 3.2 39.7 17.3 25.4 6.0 6.4 4.1
2017 45.5 20.9 26.3 7.4 36.0 40.4 23.2 3.4 33.7 23.2 27.3 5.4 6.1 4.1
2018 49.2 22.6 24.4 3.8 33.7 35.9 30.4 3.3 38.2 19.3 25.4 5.3 7.5 5.1
2019 52.0 22.5 19.0 6.5 38.0 38.5 23.5 5.0 40.5 23.5 20.5 4.5 5.0 3.3
Player 51.1 19.6 24.4 4.9 36.0 39.4 24.5 3.7 39.0 18.9 25.8 5.1 5.9 3.9
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
2019 Sinker PIT L 398 93.0 21.0 -1.3 13.6ARM -1.2 10.8 -1.3 13.6ARM -0.5
2019 Slider PIT L 344 87.0 30.4 -3.3 2.1GLV -1.7 6.0 -4.4 2.1GLV -3.2
2019 Changeup PIT L 295 87.0 29.0 -0.1 14.1ARM 0.3 7.1 0.8 14.1ARM -0.2
2019 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 96 92.8 18.1 -1.8 10.0ARM 2.5 13.9 -1.8 10.0ARM 2.3
2018 Changeup DET L 455 85.4 31.8 0.9 15.1ARM 1.4 5.7 1.9 15.1ARM 1.0
2018 Sinker DET L 979 92.0 21.7 -1.1 13.7ARM -0.9 10.8 -1.3 13.7ARM -0.6
2018 4-Seam Fastball DET L 76 91.9 18.2 -1.4 8.7ARM 1.2 14.4 -1.2 8.7ARM 0.8
2018 Curveball DET L 5 77.0 51.1 -7.5 8.4GLV -1.2 -3.6 -5.5 8.4GLV 0.1
2018 Slider DET L 745 84.5 34.6 -2.5 2.9GLV -2.0 4.3 -2.6 2.9GLV -2.5
! 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 %
2019 Sinker -0.8 -3 398 35.1 117 .302 .479 .414 10.1 11.1 14.4 .269 .457 .374 36.9
2019 Slider 1.1 4 344 30.4 82 .143 .286 .245 42.8 31.7 22.8 .156 .268 .210 17.6
2019 Changeup 0.7 2 295 26.0 82 .233 .370 .301 42.6 26.8 30.1 .222 .341 .280 24.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 1 96 8.5 20 .231 .308 .382 13.2 10.0 9.1 .252 .443 .419 41.7
2018 Sinker -1.5 -15 979 43.2 261 .327 .524 .443 10.2 9.2 12.2 .312 .507 .419 41.2
2018 Slider 0.5 4 745 32.9 195 .186 .350 .267 35.7 32.8 26.3 .214 .403 .304 28.9
2018 Changeup 1.1 5 455 20.1 113 .183 .260 .242 35.1 19.5 23.2 .218 .291 .257 14.5
2018 4-Seam Fastball -8.7 -7 76 3.4 15 .500 1.000 .754 11.1 0.0 0.0 .531 1.227 .725 50.0
2018 Curveball -11.4 -1 5 0.2 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .216 .472 .284 0.0
! 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 313 1,220 9 4 -6 -5 2
2009 588 2,256 -7 6 -13 -10 -24
2010 830 3,122 24 9 -4 -13 17
2011 589 2,273 11 8 -15 -15 -10
2012 688 2,699 17 0 -15 -13 -12
2013 715 2,684 9 33 -9 -7 27
2014 681 2,677 9 23 -8 -16 8
2015 771 2,978 2 32 -8 -13 13
2016 739 2,826 -8 20 -15 -12 -14
2017 446 1,783 2 13 -22 -12 -18
2018 586 2,261 -1 16 -15 -13 -13
2019 301 1,133 4 19 -11 -7 4
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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 2,983 40.8 64.2 79.4 31.6 44.6 43.6 57.6 44.9 33.5 4.5 70.1
2016 2,793 42.8 62.1 83.6 29.3 49.1 42.9 55.5 43.3 28.2 5.4 77.0
2017 1,742 44.3 62.6 81.8 24.1 59.4 43.3 54.6 41.2 24.7 7.0 78.7
2018 2,265 42.8 63.7 81.7 25.9 59.1 43.1 53.6 42.1 25.4 5.8 70.5
2019 1,133 45.7 69.5 76.9 29.6 52.2 41.7 60.5 47.8 30.4 7.2 79.3
Player 10,916 42.8 63.9 81.0 28.5 51.3 43.1 56.1 43.6 28.8 5.7 74.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 69 70 77 77 55 29 70 94 86 82 19 96 70 53 15 63
2016 37 68 58 54 25 20 39 55 60 66 7 83 56 55 12 61
2017 22 32 44 57 9 39 47 34 37 33 7 52 16 50 12 58
2018 6 17 19 22 3 18 28 59 74 24 7 53 26 36 9 56
2019 59 75 75 72 41 74 86 98 96 35 9 80 55 45 11 54
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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 22.2 26 22.1 4 11 18 7 26.9
2017 21.8 12 13.0 -1 9 9 6 50.0
2018 22.6 19 16.2 3 7 10 9 47.4
2019 24.6 8 8.2 0 5 7 2 25.0
Player 22.6 65 59.4 6 32 44 24 36.9
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 26 25 13 24 21 19 24 23 15 19 23 22 23 22 22 24 17 21 25 22 24 18 27 26 24 22 21 29 26 24 17
2017 12 11 15 11 14 14 14 10 10 10 13 19 13 12 12 14 11 11 13 11 12 15 16 14 14 12 11 19 14 15 9
2018 19 21 11 14 17 15 19 14 14 11 15 19 15 13 16 19 14 16 16 19 17 18 20 18 14 14 14 19 20 19 14
2019 8 12 7 8 9 9 9 8 6 5 9 9 8 7 9 7 6 7 8 10 7 10 11 9 9 6 7 9 9 9 7
Player 65 69 46 57 61 57 66 55 45 45 60 69 59 54 59 64 48 55 62 62 60 61 74 67 61 54 53 76 69 67 47
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 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 93.3 0.3 ↑ 92.9 -0.4 ↓ 92.0 -0.9 ↓ 93.0 1.0 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.0 85.9 0.9 ↑ 85.4 -0.5 ↓ 85.4 0.0 87.0 1.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 85.5 85.9 0.4 ↑ 85.4 -0.5 ↓ 84.5 -0.9 ↓ 87.0 2.5 ↑
Exit Velocity 85.8 88.4 2.6 ↑ 87.8 -0.6 ↓ 88.0 0.2 ↑ 85.8 -2.2 ↓
Launch Angle 6.5 6.4 -0.1 ↓ 11.4 5.0 ↑ 9.3 -2.1 ↓ 9.5 0.2 ↑
Barrel % 4.3 6.4 2.1 ↑ 6.1 -0.3 ↓ 7.5 1.4 ↑ 5.0 -2.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 28.2 33.3 5.1 ↑ 34.5 1.2 ↑ 32.2 -2.3 ↓ 29.0 -3.2 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.7 28.6 -5.1 ↓ 33.3 4.7 ↑ 34.4 1.1 ↑ 28.5 -5.9 ↓
xBA .228 .235 0.007 ↑ .258 0.023 ↑ .263 0.005 ↑ .221 -0.042 ↓
BA .223 .252 0.029 ↑ .279 0.027 ↑ .252 -0.027 ↓ .232 -0.020 ↓
xwOBA .291 .320 0.029 ↑ .339 0.019 ↑ .355 0.016 ↑ .305 -0.050 ↓
wOBA .282 .336 0.054 ↑ .354 0.018 ↑ .337 -0.017 ↓ .309 -0.028 ↓
xSLG .342 .386 0.044 ↑ .409 0.023 ↑ .442 0.033 ↑ .367 -0.075 ↓
SLG .332 .426 0.094 ↑ .454 0.028 ↑ .421 -0.033 ↓ .382 -0.039 ↓
K% 26.5 23.0 -3.5 ↓ 19.4 -3.6 ↓ 18.8 -0.6 ↓ 20.9 2.1 ↑
BB% 9.1 11.6 2.5 ↑ 12.1 0.5 ↑ 12.5 0.4 ↑ 11.9 -0.6 ↓
Swing % 44.9 43.3 -1.6 ↓ 41.2 -2.1 ↓ 42.1 0.9 ↑ 47.8 5.7 ↑
Whiff% 33.5 28.2 -5.3 ↓ 24.7 -3.5 ↓ 25.4 0.7 ↑ 30.4 5.0 ↑
In Zone % 40.8 42.8 2.0 ↑ 44.3 1.5 ↑ 42.8 -1.5 ↓ 45.7 2.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 59.2 57.2 -2.0 ↓ 55.7 -1.5 ↓ 57.2 1.5 ↑ 54.3 -2.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.6 29.3 -2.3 ↓ 24.1 -5.2 ↓ 25.9 1.8 ↑ 29.6 3.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.4 26.8 -3.6 ↓ 26.0 -0.8 ↓ 24.7 -1.3 ↓ 33.9 9.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 57.6 55.5 -2.1 ↓ 54.6 -0.9 ↓ 53.6 -1.0 ↓ 60.5 6.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 723 .337 561 56 10.0 162 49 30.2
2017 Shifts 434 .350 336 5 1.5 98 36 36.7
2018 Shifts 586 .337 488 20 4.1 98 41 41.8
2019 Shifts 301 .309 213 26 12.2 88 36 40.9
! 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 %
2010 887 15.0 45.1% 2.7% 497 22.0 0.6% 8.9%
2011 676 14.2 59.3% 1.2% 365 21.3 1.6% 9.3%
2012 830 14.6 54.9% 1.3% 390 22.0 1.3% 6.9%
2013 756 16.0 35.3% 0.7% 356 23.1 0.6% 9.6%
2014 748 15.7 40.9% 0.8% 468 22.0 0.6% 6.4%
2015 933 16.2 38.4% 4.3% 474 23.5 5.5% 23.8%
2016 804 15.9 40.7% 2.7% 538 22.4 6.3% 15.1%
2017 508 16.1 33.9% 1.0% 365 21.6 0.0% 4.9%
2018 683 15.3 45.5% 1.3% 418 21.6 0.0% 4.5%
2019 290 18.1 9.7% 0.7% 207 22.1 1.0% 8.2%

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Pitch Distribution

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