Glen Perkins
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 1, #22, Minnesota Twins | Minnesota
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 3 5 3.32 60 0 32 57 54 1.19
2016 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2 3 3.00
2017 0 0 9.53 8 0 0 5.2 2 2.29
12 Seasons 35 25 3.88 409 44 120 624.1 504 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 60 3-5 3.32 57 54 1.19
2016 2 0-0 9.00 2 3 3.00
2017 8 0-0 9.53 5.2 2 2.29
12 Seasons 409 35-25 3.88 624.1 504 1.29
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Pitch Distribution
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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 32 834 174 9 5.2 3.8 88.9 111.4 17.6 37.9 .230 .400 .301 .285 .359 32.8 22.7 4.2 3.32 3.31
2016 33 48 8 2 25.0 16.7 94.5 105.3 13.2 50.0 .287 .544 .481 .466 .613 37.5 25.0 8.3 9.00 10.96
2017 34 123 24 2 8.3 5.9 88.5 107.3 13.3 41.7 .282 .524 .422 .432 .377 41.7 5.9 14.7 9.53 9.08
Player 1005 206 13 6.3 4.6 89.1 111.4 16.9 38.8 .237 .418 .323 .311 .371 34.0 20.8 5.6
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

Perkins relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(35.0%) ,
Slider
(32.5%) ,
Sinker
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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 34.5 26.4 28.2 10.9 35.1 35.6 29.3 3.4 28.7 32.2 19.5 7.5 5.2 3.8
2016 37.5 50.0 12.5 0.0 12.5 37.5 50.0 0.0 12.5 25.0 37.5 0.0 25.0 16.7
2017 37.5 29.2 29.2 4.2 41.7 29.2 29.2 4.2 29.2 33.3 16.7 8.3 8.3 5.9
Player 35.0 27.7 27.7 9.7 35.0 35.0 30.1 3.4 28.2 32.0 19.9 7.3 6.3 4.6
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

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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 MIN L 43 90.6 13.2 3.1 19 9.2 1.4 17
2017 Slider MIN L 40 80.8 40.9 0.3 1 2.2 -4.6 -68
2017 Sinker MIN L 40 90.0 21.1 -2.1 -9 14.8 0.0 0
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIN L 24 92.0 16.1 1.3 7 10.2 2.7 35
2016 Sinker MIN L 4 91.6 23.1 -0.1 -1 17.2 3.1 22
2016 Slider MIN L 20 81.0 44.3 2.5 6 4.4 -2.6 -37
2015 Sinker MIN L 37 93.8 20.8 -1.3 -6 18.0 3.6 25
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIN L 529 94.4 13.8 2.1 13 12.5 5.0 67
2015 Slider MIN L 241 82.8 42.5 2.7 7 0.5 -5.1 -91
! 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 4-Seam Fastball -3.1 -1 43 35.0 11 .167 .167 .400 30.0 9.1 10.0 .130 .144 .384 0.0
2017 Sinker 0.0 0 40 32.5 11 .444 .778 .550 16.7 0.0 0.0 .378 .865 .542 66.7
2017 Slider -4.9 -2 40 32.5 12 .300 .500 .417 4.5 8.3 6.7 .286 .445 .372 40.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 646 2,324 8 1 -8 -6 -6
2009 415 1,438 3 -1 -8 -4 -10
2010 97 342 -5 2 0 -2 -5
2011 248 889 0 10 -2 -2 6
2012 277 1,046 6 7 0 -2 11
2013 240 944 6 10 -5 -2 8
2014 258 938 -4 9 -4 -2 -1
2015 236 826 4 4 -2 -1 5
2017 34 123 2 -1 -1 -3 -3
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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 834 56.0 69.8 85.3 36.2 60.9 44.8 63.9 55.0 21.4 8.2 72.1
2016 48 47.9 56.5 76.9 36.0 44.4 41.7 50.0 45.8 36.4 8.3 50.0
2017 123 50.4 71.0 88.6 26.2 68.8 39.0 67.6 48.8 16.7 10.6 100.0
Player 1,005 54.9 69.4 85.4 34.9 60.8 44.0 63.7 53.8 21.4 8.5 75.3
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 75 65 38 18 92 70 44 24 50 66 96 40 96 73 38 68
2017 15 14 76
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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 -- 0 0.4 0 0 1 0 --
2017 -- 0 0.4 0 0 1 0 --
Player -- 0 0.8 -1 0 2 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2017 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
Player 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0
! 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 94.4 91.9 -2.5 ↓ 90.3 -1.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 82.8 81.0 -1.8 ↓ 80.8 -0.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.9 94.5 5.6 ↑ 88.5 -6.0 ↓
Launch Angle 17.6 13.2 -4.4 ↓ 13.3 0.1 ↑
Barrel % 5.2 25.0 19.8 ↑ 8.3 -16.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 32.8 37.5 4.7 ↑ 41.7 4.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 37.9 50.0 12.1 ↑ 41.7 -8.3 ↓
xBA .230 .287 0.057 ↑ .282 -0.005 ↓
BA .256 .500 0.244 ↑ .320 -0.180 ↓
xwOBA .285 .466 0.181 ↑ .432 -0.034 ↓
wOBA .301 .481 0.180 ↑ .422 -0.059 ↓
xSLG .400 .544 0.144 ↑ .524 -0.020 ↓
SLG .414 .700 0.286 ↑ .520 -0.180 ↓
K% 22.7 25.0 2.3 ↑ 5.9 -19.1 ↓
BB% 4.2 8.3 4.1 ↑ 14.7 6.4 ↑
Swing % 55.0 45.8 -9.2 ↓ 48.8 3.0 ↑
Whiff% 21.4 36.4 15.0 ↑ 16.7 -19.7 ↓
In Zone % 56.0 47.9 -8.1 ↓ 50.4 2.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 44.0 52.1 8.1 ↑ 49.6 -2.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 36.2 36.0 -0.2 ↓ 26.2 -9.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 37.0 33.3 -3.7 ↓ 35.3 2.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 50.0 -13.9 ↓ 67.6 17.6 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 12 .481 7 0 0.0 5 0 0.0
2017 Shifts 33 .413 22 5 22.7 11 0 0.0
! 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 81 13.1 72.8% 1.2% 84 19.0 9.5% 4.8%
2011 171 13.4 71.9% 0.0% 161 20.3 2.5% 6.8%
2012 282 16.4 28.4% 1.1% 131 20.4 5.3% 6.1%
2013 293 17.6 10.9% 0.7% 113 22.5 0.9% 7.1%
2014 234 16.5 20.5% 0.9% 140 19.7 4.3% 2.9%
2015 223 17.0 31.4% 3.1% 94 20.2 16.0% 8.5%
2016 7 18.9 0.0% 0.0% 15 19.4 0.0% 0.0%
2017 20 16.1 20.0% 0.0% 33 19.1 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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