Aníbal Sánchez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 207LBS | Age: 40
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 11 8 3.85 30 30 0 166 134 1.27
2020 4 5 6.62 11 11 0 53 43 1.66
2022 4 6 4.28 14 14 0 69.1 48 1.27
16 Seasons 116 119 4.06 364 341 0 2,017.2 1,774 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 30 11-8 3.85 166 134 1.27
2020 11 4-5 6.62 53 43 1.66
2022 14 4-6 4.28 69.1 48 1.27
16 Seasons 364 116-119 4.06 2,017.2 1,774 1.31
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
?
  • ▾

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 2532 472 29 6.1 4.4 87.6 113.9 14.7 32.4 .241 .387 .330 .304 .355 31.1 20.9 7.4 4.99 3.82
2016 32 2577 475 29 6.1 4.3 88.6 110.4 16.3 31.2 .255 .428 .353 .324 .373 35.2 20.2 7.9 5.87 4.46
2017 33 1855 345 26 7.5 5.4 88.2 111.5 17.1 37.7 .268 .478 .380 .338 .407 36.8 21.6 6.0 6.41 4.99
2018 34 2130 372 19 5.1 3.4 85.0 113.0 12.2 27.2 .210 .342 .277 .275 .325 26.3 24.4 7.6 2.83 3.15
2019 35 2690 516 34 6.6 4.8 87.0 113.7 14.7 37.8 .251 .421 .296 .312 .356 28.3 18.8 8.1 3.85 4.29
2020 36 971 181 17 9.4 6.9 88.9 114.2 13.5 37.6 .284 .479 .383 .354 .401 37.6 17.6 7.3 6.62 5.48
2022 38 1232 207 16 7.7 5.5 88.5 111.0 18.8 31.9 .249 .411 .320 .332 .348 37.2 16.4 11.3 4.28 4.65
Player 13987 2568 170 6.6 4.7 87.5 114.2 15.2 33.5 .248 .415 .329 .315 .364 32.3 20.4 7.8
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

Sánchez relies on 6 pitches.
Cutter
(27.3%) ,
Changeup
(25.6%) ,
Sinker
(19.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(16.8%) ,
Slider
(5.7%) ,
Curveball
(5.6%) ,


  • ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾

+ If Available Pitches Click to Video.


  • ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾

Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 41.1 22.9 26.9 9.1 41.1 33.9 25.0 3.4 30.7 27.8 25.0 4.9 6.1 4.4
2016 40.6 25.9 22.9 10.5 39.6 33.9 25.5 3.4 28.4 27.8 25.3 6.7 6.1 4.3
2017 36.5 25.8 28.7 9.0 35.7 37.7 26.7 5.5 25.2 27.8 26.4 6.4 7.5 5.4
2018 47.0 23.4 21.2 8.3 35.2 36.3 28.5 6.5 33.9 25.3 19.9 6.2 5.1 3.4
2019 39.1 26.6 27.1 7.2 37.0 37.6 25.4 2.5 29.8 29.7 24.4 5.8 6.6 4.8
2020 40.9 26.5 27.1 5.5 33.7 44.8 21.5 4.4 29.8 27.1 23.8 5.5 9.4 6.9
2022 39.1 30.9 21.3 8.7 41.1 31.9 27.1 4.8 23.7 31.9 25.1 6.8 7.7 5.5
Player 40.7 25.5 25.2 8.6 37.9 36.1 25.8 4.1 29.2 28.1 24.3 6.0 6.6 4.7
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

  • ▾

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
2022 Changeup WSH R 315 79.9 35.3 -0.5 13.4ARM 0.3 8.4 -2.5 13.4ARM -0.8
2022 Sinker WSH R 235 89.1 21.1 -3.4 12.3ARM -1.9 13.4 -5.1 12.3ARM -2.5
2022 Slider WSH R 70 83.0 35.1 -3.7 5.1GLV -1.5 4.4 -2.6 5.1GLV -0.6
2022 Cutter WSH R 336 87.2 23.6 4.4 0.4GLV -2.6 12.3 4.0 0.4GLV -2.3
2022 Curveball WSH R 69 75.4 51.1 -9.3 3.0GLV -7.4 -2.9 -7.0 3.0GLV -6.1
2022 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 207 89.8 17.2 -0.2 3.8ARM -2.8 16.7 0.5 3.8ARM -3.5
2020 Curveball WSH R 60 76.3 48.6 -9.1 4.0GLV -6.4 -1.9 -7.8 4.0GLV -5.2
2020 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 260 89.3 17.1 0.5 5.7ARM -1.0 17.1 1.1 5.7ARM -1.6
2020 Split-Finger WSH R 283 81.8 34.1 -1.6 13.9ARM 2.6 6.7 -2.1 13.9ARM 3.0
2020 Slider WSH R 4 83.5 34.4 -4.1 6.9GLV 1.4 4.4 -3.0 6.9GLV 1.6
2020 Changeup WSH R 63 69.6 50.2 0.7 9.5ARM 0.2 6.6 -0.2 9.5ARM -3.9
2020 Cutter WSH R 224 87.5 22.9 4.9 0.2GLV -2.3 12.7 4.5 0.2GLV -2.6
2020 Sinker WSH R 77 89.6 19.3 -4.8 12.7ARM -1.8 14.7 -5.6 12.7ARM -2.1
! 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 %
2022 Cutter 1.9 6 336 27.3 74 .200 .215 .248 19.9 20.3 13.2 .201 .271 .265 30.0
2022 Changeup -0.6 -2 315 25.6 105 .200 .422 .328 26.9 21.9 15.6 .241 .366 .321 30.9
2022 Sinker 0.9 2 235 19.1 55 .265 .531 .362 7.5 9.1 9.1 .284 .463 .349 40.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 207 16.8 36 .219 .438 .349 13.7 5.6 3.3 .304 .640 .433 56.7
2022 Slider -2.0 -1 70 5.7 12 .200 .800 .450 40.0 25.0 20.0 .240 .603 .409 57.1
2022 Curveball -0.8 -1 69 5.6 8 .286 .714 .450 5.6 0.0 0.0 .323 .596 .434 28.6
2020 Split-Finger 2.6 7 283 29.1 85 .211 .250 .256 36.1 28.2 22.6 .193 .256 .249 26.9
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -9 260 26.8 55 .426 .889 .554 13.4 5.5 5.3 .391 .801 .500 54.9
2020 Cutter -1.4 -3 224 23.1 55 .306 .469 .391 15.2 16.4 10.1 .276 .417 .342 37.5
2020 Sinker -3.7 -3 77 7.9 15 .500 1.000 .643 25.0 6.7 10.0 .508 .952 .632 54.5
2020 Changeup -1.7 -1 63 6.5 18 .333 .389 .369 25.7 22.2 11.8 .265 .335 .262 21.4
2020 Curveball -1.0 -1 60 6.2 13 .308 .846 .473 27.3 15.4 16.7 .236 .482 .298 18.2
2020 Slider 8.2 0 4 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .171 .186 .158 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 Changeup 307 80.1 94 16.0 1:30 2:00 -30
2022 Curveball 66 75.5 39 6.6 8:30 7:00 90
2022 Cutter 334 87.2 74 11.5 12:15 12:00 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 207 89.8 90 16.4 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Sinker 220 89.1 87 17.9 12:30 1:30 -60
2022 Slider 70 83.0 42 7.0 11:00 10:00 60
2020 Changeup 56 69.3 89 11.2 1:30 2:15 -45
2020 Curveball 56 76.3 38 6.0 8:45 7:30 75
2020 Cutter 206 87.5 75 11.7 12:15 12:00 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 240 89.3 93 17.4 12:45 12:45 0
2020 Split-Finger 258 81.8 95 15.6 1:45 2:15 -30
2020 Sinker 72 89.5 93 19.2 12:45 1:30 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
▾
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
+ View Complete Spin Direction Leaderboard

Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
+ View Complete Arm Angle Leaderboard

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 231 853 1 1 -5 -3 -6
2009 374 1,446 18 6 -9 -5 10
2010 833 3,210 19 10 -18 -12 -2
2011 821 3,195 11 13 -12 -7 5
2012 895 3,365 12 23 -9 -10 16
2013 820 3,296 14 37 -16 -9 26
2014 518 2,122 10 15 -8 -5 11
2015 659 2,527 11 0 -19 -7 -15
2016 667 2,573 -8 7 -20 -9 -30
2017 481 1,853 -19 11 -11 -5 -24
2018 570 2,206 11 28 -11 -8 20
2019 777 2,972 28 19 -17 -10 20
2020 243 971 1 1 -7 -3 -9
2022 290 1,232 10 13 -12 -6 5
+ View Complete Swing/Take Leaderboard

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,532 49.1 62.5 82.6 29.1 63.7 46.4 65.5 45.5 23.0 7.2 69.4
2016 2,577 50.1 66.0 83.5 27.4 65.3 43.4 66.6 46.7 21.6 7.5 78.2
2017 1,855 51.3 65.9 82.3 24.4 57.7 42.9 61.4 45.6 23.8 8.4 76.9
2018 2,130 47.0 65.7 79.8 29.3 61.5 44.4 66.5 46.5 24.7 6.5 73.2
2019 2,690 45.7 67.8 83.2 32.2 66.4 42.4 64.1 48.4 22.4 6.3 74.7
2020 971 45.4 70.3 81.6 28.7 61.8 43.5 64.5 47.6 23.6 5.5 73.6
2022 1,232 44.7 68.6 84.4 26.0 68.9 42.0 57.4 45.0 19.5 6.7 82.9
Player 13,987 48.0 66.1 82.5 28.5 63.9 43.7 64.3 46.6 22.7 7.0 75.2
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 53 52 49 45 61 12 24 65 66 53 49 51 46 47 87 19 57
2016 33 38 33 30 41 21 46 48 44 44 49 35 31 31 72 18 56
2017 23 23 12 11 52 21 21 23 17 49 86 47 18 20 42 12 62
2018 84 82 81 70 87 41 74 99 98 62 60 48 65 19 49 11 51
2019 50 40 43 49 49 13 58 86 97 20 50 25 80 12 41 9 43
2020 19 11 16 26 25 2 20 38 47 14 66 29 61 8 22 4 46
2022 18 34 29 27 10 51 41 50 57 10 10 8 13 5 7 2 46
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.6 30 27.8 2 12 17 15 50.0
2017 22.9 26 21.7 4 10 16 9 34.6
2018 23.7 17 17.0 0 8 9 10 58.8
2019 22.4 24 24.8 -1 15 16 11 45.8
2020 22.5 11 10.9 0 3 7 6 54.5
2022 24.1 13 13.3 0 0 8 7 53.8
Player 22.9 121 115.6 5 48 73 58 47.9
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.
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs

Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 30 29 20 27 27 26 30 30 27 21 28 36 28 25 29 29 19 26 28 32 27 25 34 34 23 26 29 37 29 28 26
2017 26 25 18 16 23 22 25 20 18 19 24 27 22 21 23 24 19 20 23 23 21 20 25 23 17 20 21 28 23 22 18
2018 17 20 16 15 19 18 18 14 18 12 18 20 16 15 17 18 13 16 19 20 17 19 19 18 12 13 19 19 18 18 17
2019 24 30 19 30 28 26 27 26 21 18 21 26 26 22 26 26 24 24 23 28 23 30 30 30 21 23 21 28 28 23 17
2020 11 13 11 11 11 12 12 10 10 10 10 11 10 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 12 11 9 10 12 11 12 12 8
2022 13 11 11 13 14 14 15 14 12 12 12 13 13 13 15 15 13 14 13 14 14 12 15 15 12 12 14 15 14 13 13
Player 121 128 95 112 122 118 127 114 106 92 113 133 115 105 120 122 98 112 118 129 114 119 135 131 94 104 116 138 124 116 99
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.
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs By Park
+ View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.3 91.7 -0.6 ↓ 90.5 -1.2 ↓ 89.8 -0.7 ↓ 89.3 -0.5 ↓ 88.6 -0.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.2 84.0 -1.2 ↓ 81.7 -2.3 ↓ 80.9 -0.8 ↓ 82.1 1.2 ↑ 79.6 -2.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 84.3 82.5 -1.8 ↓ 81.1 -1.4 ↓ 79.8 -1.3 ↓ 78.9 -0.9 ↓ 76.8 -2.1 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.6 88.6 1.0 ↑ 88.2 -0.4 ↓ 85.0 -3.2 ↓ 87.0 2.0 ↑ 88.9 1.9 ↑
Launch Angle 14.7 16.3 1.6 ↑ 17.1 0.8 ↑ 12.2 -4.9 ↓ 14.7 2.5 ↑ 13.5 -1.2 ↓
Barrel % 6.1 6.1 0.0 7.5 1.4 ↑ 5.1 -2.4 ↓ 6.6 1.5 ↑ 9.4 2.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.1 35.2 4.1 ↑ 36.8 1.6 ↑ 26.3 -10.5 ↓ 28.3 2.0 ↑ 37.6 9.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.4 31.2 -1.2 ↓ 37.7 6.5 ↑ 27.2 -10.5 ↓ 37.8 10.6 ↑ 37.6 -0.2 ↓
xBA .241 .255 0.014 ↑ .268 0.013 ↑ .210 -0.058 ↓ .251 0.041 ↑ .284 0.033 ↑
BA .252 .285 0.033 ↑ .313 0.028 ↑ .213 -0.100 ↓ .236 0.023 ↑ .313 0.077 ↑
xwOBA .304 .324 0.020 ↑ .338 0.014 ↑ .275 -0.063 ↓ .312 0.037 ↑ .354 0.042 ↑
wOBA .330 .353 0.023 ↑ .380 0.027 ↑ .277 -0.103 ↓ .296 0.019 ↑ .383 0.087 ↑
xSLG .387 .428 0.041 ↑ .478 0.050 ↑ .342 -0.136 ↓ .421 0.079 ↑ .479 0.058 ↑
SLG .459 .483 0.024 ↑ .547 0.064 ↑ .354 -0.193 ↓ .406 0.052 ↑ .536 0.130 ↑
K% 20.9 20.2 -0.7 ↓ 21.6 1.4 ↑ 24.4 2.8 ↑ 18.8 -5.6 ↓ 17.6 -1.2 ↓
BB% 7.4 7.9 0.5 ↑ 6.0 -1.9 ↓ 7.6 1.6 ↑ 8.1 0.5 ↑ 7.3 -0.8 ↓
Swing % 45.5 46.7 1.2 ↑ 45.6 -1.1 ↓ 46.5 0.9 ↑ 48.4 1.9 ↑ 47.6 -0.8 ↓
Whiff% 23.0 21.6 -1.4 ↓ 23.8 2.2 ↑ 24.7 0.9 ↑ 22.4 -2.3 ↓ 23.6 1.2 ↑
In Zone % 49.1 50.1 1.0 ↑ 51.3 1.2 ↑ 47.0 -4.3 ↓ 45.7 -1.3 ↓ 45.4 -0.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.9 49.9 -1.0 ↓ 48.7 -1.2 ↓ 53.0 4.3 ↑ 54.3 1.3 ↑ 54.6 0.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.1 27.4 -1.7 ↓ 24.4 -3.0 ↓ 29.3 4.9 ↑ 32.2 2.9 ↑ 28.7 -3.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.9 31.9 3.0 ↑ 25.3 -6.6 ↓ 32.7 7.4 ↑ 33.3 0.6 ↑ 34.3 1.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 66.6 1.1 ↑ 61.4 -5.2 ↓ 66.5 5.1 ↑ 64.1 -2.4 ↓ 64.5 0.4 ↑
+ View Complete Year to Year Changes Leaderboard

Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 650 .349 313 1 0.3 337 62 18.4
2017 Shifts 479 .382 242 1 0.4 237 49 20.7
2018 Shifts 553 .277 286 16 5.6 267 66 24.7
2019 Shifts 702 .296 380 14 3.7 322 112 34.8
2020 Shifts 243 .383 115 21 18.3 128 100 78.1
2022 Shifts 289 .321 167 17 10.2 122 72 59.0
! 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.
Learn more about how positioning is defined here

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 1006 14.0 63.2% 2.7% 489 20.3 5.3% 10.8%
2011 897 13.6 66.2% 0.3% 434 23.0 0.2% 9.4%
2012 938 13.6 65.8% 0.6% 387 21.2 1.8% 7.0%
2013 896 15.8 38.7% 1.1% 454 22.1 1.3% 9.5%
2014 634 16.4 33.6% 1.1% 282 23.2 1.4% 8.9%
2015 825 17.9 22.3% 4.8% 382 24.1 5.2% 21.2%
2016 768 17.0 29.9% 2.2% 361 23.4 6.1% 18.6%
2017 565 15.8 35.8% 1.1% 278 22.9 0.4% 10.1%
2018 693 15.9 37.5% 1.2% 250 21.2 0.8% 5.6%
2019 844 17.0 21.1% 1.3% 336 22.5 0.6% 5.7%
2020 289 17.9 15.6% 2.4% 146 22.3 0.0% 2.7%
2022 392 17.2 20.9% 2.0% 170 22.3 0.6% 7.6%

+ View Complete Pitch Tempo Leaderboard

Pitch Distribution

  • ▾