Eric O'Flaherty
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 210LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2003 | Rd: 6, #176, Seattle Mariners | Walla Walla HS (WA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 1 2 8.10 41 0 0 30 21 2.17
2016 1 4 6.91 39 0 0 28.2 22 1.74
2017 0 0 7.85 22 0 0 18.1 15 1.58
12 Seasons 23 15 3.70 496 0 1 416.1 318 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 41 1-2 8.10 30 21 2.17
2016 39 1-4 6.91 28.2 22 1.74
2017 22 0-0 7.85 18.1 15 1.58
12 Seasons 496 23-15 3.70 416.1 318 1.35
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 30 557 118 4 3.4 2.5 88.1 109.6 -0.2 28.8 .262 .367 .394 .326 .329 33.1 13.2 11.3 8.10 4.43
2016 31 473 101 5 5.0 3.7 89.3 110.9 7.0 29.7 .250 .393 .373 .310 .336 33.7 16.2 8.1 6.91 4.05
2017 32 301 59 4 6.8 4.8 87.6 107.6 6.7 37.3 .272 .478 .378 .354 .395 39.3 18.1 10.8 7.86 5.55
Player 1331 278 13 4.7 3.4 88.4 110.9 4.0 30.9 .260 .401 .383 .326 .345 34.5 15.3 10.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

O'Flaherty relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(49.3%) ,
Slider
(35.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(15.2%) ,


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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 61.0 9.3 25.4 4.2 39.8 39.0 20.3 3.4 48.3 11.9 22.9 3.4 3.4 2.5
2016 54.5 16.8 24.8 4.0 39.6 35.6 24.8 3.0 41.6 23.8 23.8 1.0 5.0 3.7
2017 50.8 16.9 27.1 5.1 33.9 45.8 20.3 8.5 32.2 16.9 18.6 10.2 6.8 4.8
Player 56.5 13.7 25.5 4.3 38.5 39.2 21.9 4.3 42.4 17.3 22.3 4.0 4.7 3.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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
2017 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 45 90.5 21.5 -5.0 -30 5.8 -2.5 -30
2017 Slider ATL L 105 84.5 37.3 0.1 0 5.3 1.0 24
2017 Sinker ATL L 146 90.4 26.0 3.6 16 14.6 -0.5 -3
2016 Sinker ATL L 269 91.0 26.7 5.0 23 14.0 0.2 1
2016 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 67 91.7 21.6 -4.9 -29 6.1 -1.5 -20
2016 Changeup ATL L 3 86.4 32.3 2.4 8 13.8 1.7 14
2016 Slider ATL L 124 84.2 39.7 1.7 5 3.7 -1.9 -34
2015 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 57 90.8 20.3 -3.5 -21 7.8 0.5 7
2015 Sinker NYM L 310 90.6 24.9 2.1 9 17.1 3.4 25
2015 Slider NYM L 143 84.2 38.8 0.8 2 1.8 -3.7 -67
2015 Changeup NYM L 8 86.4 27.3 -2.3 -8 12.3 0.0 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2017 Sinker -4.0 -6 146 48.5 43 .333 .694 .469 15.9 7.0 12.5 .322 .575 .422 44.1
2017 Slider -1.3 -1 105 34.9 26 .160 .400 .248 54.0 46.2 36.4 .167 .280 .207 23.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -1 45 15.0 11 .250 .375 .323 10.0 0.0 0.0 .379 .665 .446 44.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 32 126 -5 -1 -1 -1 -8
2009 223 847 6 12 -4 -6 9
2010 178 662 10 6 -5 -3 9
2011 292 1,111 20 8 0 -4 24
2012 231 845 7 8 1 -4 12
2013 69 240 3 1 1 -1 5
2014 80 321 0 6 0 -1 5
2015 157 549 -4 1 -4 -2 -9
2016 134 465 -5 -1 -2 -2 -10
2017 80 296 1 -5 -3 -2 -8
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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 557 47.2 71.5 87.8 27.2 48.8 38.8 64.8 48.1 21.3 7.0 79.5
2016 473 52.6 67.5 83.9 26.8 55.0 40.8 61.8 48.2 20.6 8.0 65.8
2017 301 43.2 63.3 77.8 31.0 53.8 40.5 60.2 45.2 28.7 7.8 60.9
Player 1,331 48.3 68.3 84.4 28.0 52.1 39.9 62.7 47.5 22.6 7.5 70.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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 21 13 6
2016 24 5 5
2017 16 11 5
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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 -- 3 3.5 -1 2 3 1 33.3
2017 22.4 4 3.9 0 1 2 2 50.0
Player 22.4 7 7.5 -1 3 5 3 42.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 4 1 3 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 1 5 5 4 4 2 6 4 4 3
2017 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3
Player 7 8 4 7 8 6 8 8 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 5 9 9 8 8 6 11 8 8 6
! 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 +/-   2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.6 91.2 0.6 90.4 -0.8
Offspeed Velocity 86.4 86.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.1 84.2 0.1 84.5 0.3
Exit Velocity 88.1 89.3 1.2 87.6 -1.7
Launch Angle -0.2 7.0 7.2 6.7 -0.3
Barrel % 3.4 5.0 1.6 6.8 1.8
Hard Hit % 33.1 33.7 0.6 39.3 5.6
Sweet Spot % 28.8 29.7 0.9 37.3 7.6
xBA .262 .250 -0.012 .272 0.022
BA .343 .320 -0.023 .278 -0.042
xwOBA .326 .310 -0.016 .354 0.044
wOBA .394 .373 -0.021 .378 0.005
xSLG .367 .393 0.026 .478 0.085
SLG .482 .492 0.010 .556 0.064
K% 13.2 16.2 3.0 18.1 1.9
BB% 11.3 8.1 -3.2 10.8 2.7
Swing % 48.1 48.2 0.1 45.2 -3.0
Whiff% 21.3 20.6 -0.7 28.7 8.1
In Zone % 47.2 52.6 5.4 43.2 -9.4
Out of Zone % 52.8 47.4 -5.4 56.8 9.4
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 26.8 -0.4 31.0 4.2
First Pitch Swing % 34.0 31.6 -2.4 25.3 -6.3
First Pitch Strike % 64.8 61.8 -3.0 60.2 -1.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 134 .373 63 10 15.9 71 16 22.5
2017 Shifts 81 .377 43 2 4.7 38 14 36.8
! 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 159 17.0 20.8% 3.1% 151 20.0 2.6% 4.6%
2011 287 17.2 21.6% 1.0% 181 20.3 1.7% 5.0%
2012 190 17.1 21.6% 3.2% 160 19.3 5.6% 5.0%
2013 71 16.9 28.2% 1.4% 34 18.7 5.9% 0.0%
2014 89 16.4 28.1% 1.1% 41 18.5 12.2% 4.9%
2015 101 19.6 15.8% 5.0% 122 21.5 3.3% 18.0%
2016 88 19.1 26.1% 11.4% 108 21.6 12.0% 14.8%
2017 83 16.3 28.9% 1.2% 54 19.8 0.0% 3.7%
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Pitch Distribution