P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 225 lbs | Age: 43
Draft: 2002 | Rd. 10, No. 284, Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Treasure Valley CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 15 10 3.83 30 30 0 166.2 144 1.21
2017 8 13 5.29 32 32 0 180.1 145 1.43
2018 4 14 6.02 39 18 0 127 92 1.63
13 Seasons 96 114 4.62 377 298 4 1,810.1 1,428 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 30 15-10 3.83 166.2 144 1.21
2017 32 8-13 5.29 180.1 145 1.43
2018 39 4-14 6.02 127 92 1.63
13 Seasons 377 96-114 4.62 1,810.1 1,428 1.37
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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 32 2751 492 35 7.1 4.9 88.8 114.8 13.3 37.2 .254 .421 .305 .314 .394 36.4 24.2 5.6 3.74 4.10
2016 33 2623 486 35 7.2 5.1 90.0 113.7 12.4 33.5 .249 .434 .315 .324 .374 37.2 20.8 7.7 3.83 4.46
2017 34 3029 602 43 7.1 5.3 88.2 114.5 16.2 35.5 .278 .475 .329 .345 .396 33.9 18.0 6.0 5.29 5.23
2018 35 2073 448 37 8.3 6.4 89.5 112.9 15.6 36.8 .299 .508 .368 .365 .413 39.5 15.8 6.7 6.02 5.88
Player 10476 2028 150 7.4 5.4 89.0 114.8 14.4 35.7 .269 .458 .328 .336 .394 36.5 19.8 6.5
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hammel relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(38.8%) ,
Slider
(37.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(12.8%) ,
Curveball
(6.6%) ,
Changeup
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 41.1 58.9 23.2 29.9 5.9 31.5 40.2 28.0 16.9 16.7 7.3 14.6 23.6 20.7
2016 44.2 55.8 23.7 25.7 6.4 35.2 36.8 27.8 20.8 17.1 6.2 14.4 19.8 21.6
2017 38.2 61.8 28.6 25.4 7.8 38.7 36.5 24.8 19.8 14.8 3.7 18.9 21.8 21.1
2018 38.2 61.8 28.3 25.9 7.6 39.3 36.4 24.3 19.9 13.4 4.9 19.4 23.0 19.4
Player 40.3 59.7 26.0 26.7 7.0 36.2 37.5 26.2 19.3 15.5 5.4 16.9 22.0 20.8
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.2 30.3 25.2 26.8 5.9 7.1 4.9
2016 3.3 32.1 25.7 24.1 5.3 7.2 5.1
2017 4.3 26.2 28.2 25.6 7.0 7.1 5.3
2018 3.1 26.6 26.1 27.9 6.7 8.3 6.4
Player 3.3 28.7 26.4 26.0 6.3 7.4 5.4
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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 4-Seam Fastball KC R 265 91.9 16.7 -0.7 7.9ARM 1.4 15.4 -0.3 7.9ARM 0.7
2018 Slider KC R 780 85.1 37.1 1.2 5.2GLV 0.8 1.0 0.8 5.2GLV 0.1
2018 Sinker KC R 803 91.7 20.9 -0.8 14.3ARM 0.3 11.4 -2.1 14.3ARM -0.4
2018 Changeup KC R 85 84.7 28.7 -1.9 13.9ARM 0.5 8.9 -2.2 13.9ARM 0.6
2018 Curveball KC R 136 77.0 58.7 0.8 12.2GLV 3.4 -11.6 2.0 12.2GLV 3.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball KC R 622 92.2 14.6 -0.3 8.8ARM 2.0 17.3 0.2 8.8ARM 0.7
2017 Sinker KC R 884 92.1 19.5 0.2 15.7ARM 1.6 12.1 -1.3 15.7ARM 0.3
2017 Slider KC R 1109 84.9 38.1 3.7 2.3GLV -1.5 0.0 3.7 2.3GLV -1.9
2017 Curveball KC R 286 77.5 57.0 2.1 8.4GLV 0.1 -11.0 3.0 8.4GLV -0.2
2017 Changeup KC R 107 85.1 28.5 1.0 16.4ARM 3.4 8.7 -0.2 16.4ARM 2.8
! 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 -1.6 -13 803 38.8 241 .355 .558 .422 11.1 7.5 11.3 .331 .557 .405 39.4
2018 Slider -0.6 -4 780 37.7 213 .288 .465 .350 30.8 23.0 17.4 .266 .437 .321 36.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 3 265 12.8 82 .241 .380 .282 21.5 24.4 20.2 .262 .476 .326 49.2
2018 Curveball -1.9 -3 136 6.6 19 .353 .706 .468 17.6 21.1 14.8 .353 .789 .500 46.2
2018 Changeup -3.7 -3 85 4.1 23 .409 .636 .459 18.9 4.3 10.0 .369 .574 .416 33.3
2017 Slider 0.4 5 1,109 36.9 323 .246 .405 .302 31.9 28.5 21.4 .250 .412 .303 30.1
2017 Sinker 0.4 4 884 29.4 233 .299 .436 .360 12.2 9.4 11.2 .306 .552 .390 38.2
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 622 20.7 168 .305 .468 .371 18.7 13.1 13.1 .296 .501 .367 40.2
2017 Curveball -0.7 -2 286 9.5 44 .341 .537 .405 21.4 15.9 12.7 .292 .451 .337 20.0
2017 Changeup -1.4 -2 107 3.6 28 .333 .444 .352 7.4 7.1 9.5 .231 .411 .287 16.0
! 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 307 1,169 -3 7 -6 -4 -6
2009 756 2,731 2 17 -9 -12 -2
2010 767 2,826 9 7 -15 -10 -9
2011 735 2,696 3 6 -14 -11 -17
2012 490 1,917 9 18 -7 -7 13
2013 610 2,296 -2 10 -15 -11 -19
2014 712 2,786 3 26 -14 -10 5
2015 705 2,731 -1 21 -11 -9 0
2016 692 2,623 15 19 -14 -12 7
2017 796 3,008 12 25 -20 -12 5
2018 578 2,070 -5 6 -13 -8 -20
Player 7,148 26,853 41 162 -138 41 -41
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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 2,751 48.2 66.2 82.9 31.3 59.9 42.1 61.0 48.2 25.0 7.1 69.9
2016 2,623 49.5 63.5 85.1 30.0 57.7 42.7 59.8 46.6 23.8 6.6 68.0
2017 3,029 50.8 66.8 86.7 28.9 59.1 41.5 62.6 48.0 21.5 8.6 75.7
2018 2,073 50.9 66.6 86.8 30.9 62.7 42.8 66.9 49.1 20.6 7.5 76.9
Player 10,476 49.8 65.8 85.3 30.2 59.7 42.2 62.4 47.9 22.8 7.5 72.8
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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 37 32 24 21 58 4 12 27 19 74 78 66 68 51 39 30 78
2016 33 47 29 19 47 10 21 9 24 50 53 55 64 46 44 23 88
2017 18 12 14 17 34 2 27 23 44 23 86 28 64 37 42 23 91
2018 3 1 1 5 9 8 19 17 16 9 77 18 83 31 13 32 87
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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 22.50 25 23.4 2 16 16 11 44.0
2017 22.29 26 28.2 -2 18 23 10 38.5
2018 22.84 18 20.9 -3 16 15 10 55.6
Player 22.54 69 72.5 -4 50 54 31 44.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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 25 24 17 30 22 21 23 25 19 19 22 29 22 20 22 26 19 21 23 27 23 20 32 30 25 20 22 34 24 24 17
2017 26 28 22 29 28 25 32 29 18 24 25 36 31 28 28 32 26 27 31 27 31 26 37 35 26 26 25 36 32 29 16
2018 18 30 16 21 21 18 21 22 17 14 17 29 22 18 20 22 20 19 24 24 25 23 28 26 16 16 17 23 25 18 15
Player 69 82 55 80 71 64 76 76 54 57 64 94 75 66 70 80 65 67 78 78 79 69 97 91 67 62 64 93 81 71 48
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .315 +.031 ↑ .284 +.045 ↑ .239 -.003 ↓ .242
xBA .299 +.021 ↑ .278 +.029 ↑ .249 -.005 ↓ .254
OBP .362 +.031 ↑ .331 +.024 ↑ .307 +.018 ↑ .289
xOBP .348 +.018 ↑ .330 +.014 ↑ .316 +.014 ↑ .302
SLG .505 +.063 ↑ .442 +.019 ↑ .423 -.002 ↓ .425
xSLG .508 +.033 ↑ .475 +.041 ↑ .434 +.013 ↑ .421
ISO .189 +.030 ↑ .159 -.025 ↓ .184 +.001 ↑ .183
xISO .209 +.012 ↑ .197 +.012 ↑ .185 +.017 ↑ .168
BABIP .350 +.032 ↑ .318 +.047 ↑ .271 -.019 ↓ .290
wOBA .368 +.039 ↑ .329 +.014 ↑ .315 +.010 ↑ .305
xwOBA .365 +.020 ↑ .345 +.021 ↑ .324 +.010 ↑ .314
wOBACON .416 +.041 ↑ .375 +.015 ↑ .360 -.020 ↓ .380
xwOBACON .413 +.017 ↑ .396 +.022 ↑ .374 -.020 ↓ .394
BACON .377 +.030 ↑ .347 +.038 ↑ .309 -.015 ↓ .324
xBACON .358 +.011 ↑ .347 +.024 ↑ .323 -.020 ↓ .343
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 39.5 +5.6 ↑ 33.9 -3.3 ↓ 37.2 +0.8 ↑ 36.4
Avg Exit Velocity 89.5 +1.3 ↑ 88.2 -1.8 ↓ 90.0 +1.2 ↑ 88.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 36.8 +1.3 ↑ 35.5 +2.0 ↑ 33.5 -3.7 ↓ 37.2
Barrel % 8.3 +1.2 ↑ 7.1 -0.1 ↓ 7.2 +0.1 ↑ 7.1
Avg Launch Angle 15.6 -0.6 ↓ 16.2 +3.8 ↑ 12.4 -0.9 ↓ 13.3
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 0° -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction 0° -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 0° -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.7 -0.4 ↓ 92.1 -0.6 ↓ 92.7 -0.1 ↓ 92.8
Breaking Velocity 83.9 +0.5 ↑ 83.4 -0.5 ↓ 83.9 +0.1 ↑ 83.8
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 -0.4 ↓ 85.1 -0.3 ↓ 85.4 -0.2 ↓ 85.6
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 37 -6 ↓ 43 +8 ↑ 35 0 35
Popup % 7.6 -0.2 ↓ 7.8 +1.4 ↑ 6.4 +0.5 ↑ 5.9
Flyball % 28.3 -0.3 ↓ 28.6 +4.9 ↑ 23.7 +0.5 ↑ 23.2
Line Drive % 25.9 +0.5 ↑ 25.4 -0.3 ↓ 25.7 -4.2 ↓ 29.9
Groundball % 38.2 0.0 38.2 -6.0 ↓ 44.2 +3.1 ↑ 41.1
Pull % 39.3 +0.6 ↑ 38.7 +3.5 ↑ 35.2 +3.7 ↑ 31.5
Straight Away % 36.4 -0.1 ↓ 36.5 -0.3 ↓ 36.8 -3.4 ↓ 40.2
Opposite Field % 24.3 -0.5 ↓ 24.8 -3.0 ↓ 27.8 -0.2 ↓ 28.0
Weak Contact % 3.1 -1.2 ↓ 4.3 +1.0 ↑ 3.3 +1.1 ↑ 2.2
Pull Airball % 19.4 +0.5 ↑ 18.9 +4.5 ↑ 14.4 -0.2 ↓ 14.6
Topped Contact % 26.6 +0.4 ↑ 26.2 -5.9 ↓ 32.1 +1.8 ↑ 30.3
Under Contact % 26.1 -2.1 ↓ 28.2 +2.5 ↑ 25.7 +0.5 ↑ 25.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 27.9 +2.3 ↑ 25.6 +1.5 ↑ 24.1 -2.7 ↓ 26.8
Solid Contact % 6.7 -0.3 ↓ 7.0 +1.7 ↑ 5.3 -0.6 ↓ 5.9
HR/FB % 14.2 -0.9 ↓ 15.1 -6.6 ↓ 21.7 +1.5 ↑ 20.2
Popups 34 -13 ↓ 47 +16 ↑ 31 +2 ↑ 29
Flyballs 127 -45 ↓ 172 +57 ↑ 115 +1 ↑ 114
Line Drives 116 -37 ↓ 153 +28 ↑ 125 -22 ↓ 147
Groundballs 171 -59 ↓ 230 +15 ↑ 215 +13 ↑ 202
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 50.9 +0.1 ↑ 50.8 +1.3 ↑ 49.5 +1.3 ↑ 48.2
Out of Zone % 49.1 -0.1 ↓ 49.2 -1.3 ↓ 50.5 -1.3 ↓ 51.8
Edge % 42.8 +1.3 ↑ 41.5 -1.2 ↓ 42.7 +0.6 ↑ 42.1
Zone Swing % 66.6 -0.2 ↓ 66.8 +3.3 ↑ 63.5 -2.7 ↓ 66.2
Out of Zone Swing % 30.9 +2.0 ↑ 28.9 -1.1 ↓ 30.0 -1.3 ↓ 31.3
In Zone Contact % 86.8 +0.1 ↑ 86.7 +1.6 ↑ 85.1 +2.2 ↑ 82.9
Out of Zone Contact % 62.7 +3.6 ↑ 59.1 +1.4 ↑ 57.7 -2.2 ↓ 59.9
Whiff % 20.6 -0.9 ↓ 21.5 -2.3 ↓ 23.8 -1.2 ↓ 25.0
First Strike % 66.9 +4.3 ↑ 62.6 +2.8 ↑ 59.8 -1.2 ↓ 61.0
First Pitch Swing % 34.7 +3.7 ↑ 31.0 +4.0 ↑ 27.0 -2.9 ↓ 29.9
Swing % 49.1 +1.1 ↑ 48.0 +1.4 ↑ 46.6 -1.6 ↓ 48.2
Meatball Swing % 76.9 +1.2 ↑ 75.7 +7.7 ↑ 68.0 -1.9 ↓ 69.9
Meatball % 7.5 -1.1 ↓ 8.6 +2.0 ↑ 6.6 -0.5 ↓ 7.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 13.2 -0.1 ↓ 13.3 -1.6 ↓ 14.9 -2.2 ↓ 17.1
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 37.3 -3.6 ↓ 40.9 -1.4 ↓ 42.3 +1.7 ↑ 40.6
In Zone 1,054 -474 ↓ 1,528 +229 ↑ 1,299 -25 ↓ 1,324
Out of Zone 1,016 -464 ↓ 1,480 +156 ↑ 1,324 -99 ↓ 1,423
Edge 885 -363 ↓ 1,248 +129 ↑ 1,119 -37 ↓ 1,156
In Zone Swings 702 -318 ↓ 1,020 +195 ↑ 825 -52 ↓ 877
Out of Zone Swings 314 -114 ↓ 428 +31 ↑ 397 -49 ↓ 446
In Zone Swing & Misses 93 -43 ↓ 136 +13 ↑ 123 -27 ↓ 150
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 117 -58 ↓ 175 +7 ↑ 168 -13 ↓ 181
Basic
Pitches 2,073 -956 ↓ 3,029 +406 ↑ 2,623 -128 ↓ 2,751
PA 582 -222 ↓ 804 +112 ↑ 692 -18 ↓ 710
AB 533 -204 ↓ 737 +117 ↑ 620 -34 ↓ 654
Hits 168 -41 ↓ 209 +61 ↑ 148 -10 ↓ 158
Singles 108 -38 ↓ 146 +58 ↑ 88 -3 ↓ 91
Doubles 37 +2 ↑ 35 +4 ↑ 31 -6 ↓ 37
Triples 5 +3 ↑ 2 -2 ↓ 4 -3 ↓ 7
Home Runs 18 -8 ↓ 26 +1 ↑ 25 +2 ↑ 23
Walks 39 -9 ↓ 48 -5 ↓ 53 +13 ↑ 40
Strikeouts 92 -53 ↓ 145 +1 ↑ 144 -28 ↓ 172
K% 15.8 -2.2 ↓ 18.0 -2.8 ↓ 20.8 -3.4 ↓ 24.2
BB% 6.7 +0.7 ↑ 6.0 -1.7 ↓ 7.7 +2.1 ↑ 5.6
HBP 3 -6 ↓ 9 0 9 +3 ↑ 6
Batted Balls 448 -154 ↓ 602 +116 ↑ 486 -6 ↓ 492
Number of Fastballs 1,068 -438 ↓ 1,506 +179 ↑ 1,327 -138 ↓ 1,465
Number of Offspeed 85 -22 ↓ 107 +36 ↑ 71 -52 ↓ 123
Number of Breaking 916 -479 ↓ 1,395 +170 ↑ 1,225 +82 ↑ 1,143
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 683 .313 386 6 1.6 297 26 8.8
2017 Shifts 794 .327 378 17 4.5 416 54 13.0
2018 Shifts 578 .368 307 78 25.4 271 111 41.0
! 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 858 15.9 41.4% 1.9% 440 23.0 0.0% 8.6%
2011 775 14.6 56.0% 0.6% 425 24.5 0.9% 13.9%
2012 657 14.6 53.9% 0.8% 271 22.4 1.1% 5.9%
2013 646 15.4 43.0% 1.2% 391 23.2 0.3% 6.6%
2014 1006 16.5 31.9% 1.3% 314 23.8 0.0% 12.7%
2015 899 16.8 34.9% 3.0% 337 24.7 4.2% 23.7%
2016 854 16.8 31.9% 3.9% 327 26.0 2.1% 24.2%
2017 865 20.1 4.9% 2.5% 471 25.4 0.0% 13.6%
2018 564 19.4 2.7% 1.1% 340 23.5 0.0% 9.7%

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Pitch Distribution

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