Andrew Albers
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 10, #315, San Diego Padres | Kentucky
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 0 0 5.82 6 2 0 17 16 1.94
2017 5 1 3.51 9 6 1 41 37 1.29
2021 1 2 7.58 5 3 0 19 12 1.74
5 Seasons 8 8 4.58 31 21 1 139.2 91 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 6 0-0 5.82 17 16 1.94
2017 9 5-1 3.51 41 37 1.29
2021 5 1-2 7.58 19 12 1.74
5 Seasons 31 8-8 4.58 139.2 91 1.38
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 29 35 8 1 12.5 9.1 91.4 106.1 8.7 50.0 .346 .762 .313 .514 .538 37.5 9.1 18.2 3.38 14.31
2016 30 326 63 8 12.7 9.4 88.8 112.3 5.8 36.5 .301 .563 .433 .390 .474 38.1 18.8 7.1 5.82 6.87
2017 31 723 128 7 5.5 4.0 87.9 109.4 15.7 42.2 .266 .405 .312 .315 .371 29.7 20.9 5.6 3.51 4.27
2021 35 365 67 10 14.9 11.2 89.3 115.2 18.2 38.8 .352 .668 .446 .457 .506 47.8 13.5 10.1 7.58 10.42
Player 1449 266 26 9.8 7.2 88.5 115.2 14.1 40.2 .297 .513 .373 .373 .432 36.5 18.2 7.5
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

Albers relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(32.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.8%) ,
Slider
(14.8%) ,
Changeup
(14.5%) ,
Curveball
(6.8%) ,


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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 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 62.5 12.5 25.0 0.0 37.5 12.5 25.0 0.0 12.5 9.1
2016 49.2 20.6 30.2 0.0 31.7 38.1 30.2 7.9 27.0 11.1 19.0 6.3 12.7 9.4
2017 34.4 28.9 28.1 8.6 36.7 32.8 29.7 0.8 27.3 31.3 31.3 3.9 5.5 4.0
2021 34.3 20.9 32.8 11.9 32.8 32.8 34.3 4.5 22.4 22.4 26.9 9.0 14.9 11.2
Player 38.3 24.8 29.7 7.1 35.3 33.5 30.8 3.4 26.3 23.7 27.1 5.6 9.8 7.2
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
2021 Curveball MIN L 25 68.8 67.8 -1.5 -2 8.3 -4.8 -37
2021 Changeup MIN L 53 80.0 35.1 0.7 2 12.7 -0.9 -7
2021 Sinker MIN L 117 88.3 20.1 -5.5 -22 13.3 -1.1 -8
2021 Slider MIN L 54 78.1 46.0 1.3 3 2.6 -6.9 -73
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIN L 116 88.4 16.4 1.4 8 7.5 0.5 7
2017 Curveball SEA L 59 69.3 67.3 0.7 1 10.0 -1.7 -15
2017 Slider SEA L 140 78.4 44.4 -0.5 -1 2.5 -5.7 -69
2017 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 180 88.4 15.5 2.3 13 8.3 0.3 4
2017 Sinker SEA L 288 87.6 20.7 -3.6 -15 14.5 0.6 4
2017 Changeup SEA L 56 79.1 36.7 4.2 13 11.9 -1.0 -8
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIN L 23 88.1 16.7 2.6 13 9.4 2.5 36
2016 Changeup MIN L 8 77.8 42.6 8.2 24 17.3 6.1 54
2016 Curveball MIN L 21 68.9 65.6 -1.3 -2 7.1 -4.4 -38
2016 Slider MIN L 63 78.0 45.4 -1.6 -3 0.1 -7.6 -98
2016 Sinker MIN L 165 87.8 22.0 -3.5 -14 15.6 2.1 16
2015 Curveball TOR L 7 66.5 76.0 6.6 9 9.0 -0.8 -8
2015 Sinker TOR L 9 85.8 21.7 -6.5 -23 15.9 1.7 12
2015 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 4 86.8 18.4 1.9 9 10.0 3.3 49
2015 Slider TOR L 13 77.5 46.2 -0.9 -2 2.5 -6.0 -71
2015 Changeup TOR L 1 75.1 43.9 4.7 12 14.4 0.7 5
! 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 %
2021 Sinker -0.2 0 117 32.1 25 .318 .727 .468 14.0 8.0 8.0 .384 .617 .460 65.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.6 -4 116 31.8 35 .258 .677 .421 8.6 22.9 14.8 .295 .666 .434 34.8
2021 Slider -3.8 -2 54 14.8 15 .429 .786 .527 11.1 0.0 0.0 .459 .897 .578 57.1
2021 Changeup 1.6 1 53 14.5 8 .143 .429 .288 10.0 0.0 0.0 .352 .463 .398 28.6
2021 Curveball -7.3 -2 25 6.8 5 .400 1.000 .580 44.4 40.0 13.3 .264 .548 .341 33.3
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 288 39.8 59 .333 .529 .431 19.8 16.9 15.4 .308 .491 .387 43.9
2017 4-Seam Fastball 3.5 6 180 24.9 52 .160 .200 .196 19.1 36.5 20.7 .176 .227 .194 9.7
2017 Slider -4.1 -6 140 19.4 31 .276 .586 .418 11.1 3.2 2.2 .348 .593 .420 41.4
2017 Curveball -1.7 -1 59 8.2 21 .250 .250 .248 25.7 33.3 15.9 .216 .266 .229 7.7
2017 Changeup -0.4 0 56 7.7 14 .357 .643 .425 3.8 0.0 0.0 .332 .540 .366 28.6
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 53 80.0 99 14.9 10:00 9:45 15
2021 Curveball 25 68.8 79 15.9 5:00 5:00 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 116 88.4 97 19.7 11:00 11:15 -15
2021 Sinker 117 88.3 98 19.9 11:00 10:30 30
2021 Slider 54 78.1 26 5.2 3:45 4:45 -60
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 249 916 7 -1 -3 -3 -1
2016 85 326 -2 -4 -4 -1 -10
2017 177 723 -1 4 -2 -2 -1
2021 88 365 -2 -2 -2 -1 -7
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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 35 54.3 36.8 85.7 31.3 100.0 40.0 63.6 34.3 8.3 8.6 0.0
2016 326 54.0 63.1 83.8 26.0 82.1 46.0 62.4 46.0 16.0 9.2 63.3
2017 723 53.1 67.2 86.0 35.4 75.8 45.1 71.2 52.3 17.2 9.0 73.8
2021 365 50.4 64.7 90.8 21.0 76.3 45.2 62.9 43.0 12.7 8.5 77.4
Player 1,449 52.7 64.9 86.7 29.4 77.7 45.2 66.9 48.1 15.8 8.9 70.5
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
2016 3 7 25
2017 4 9 22 30
2021 3 25 36
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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 23.3 5 4.4 1 2 3 2 40.0
2017 25.0 6 5.1 1 6 4 2 33.3
2021 23.6 9 7.1 2 0 5 4 44.4
Player 24.0 20 16.6 3 8 12 8 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 5 2 5 4 5 5 4 4 2 3 6 4 3 5 5 2 5 4 5 3 5 6 6 5 5 4 7 5 5 2
2017 6 5 5 7 6 5 7 4 3 4 5 9 6 6 4 6 5 2 5 5 6 3 7 3 6 4 5 8 6 5 2
2021 9 8 5 7 8 7 9 8 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 9 6 6 9 8 6 7 9 8 6 5 7 8 7 7 6
Player 20 18 12 19 18 17 21 16 13 12 14 23 17 15 16 20 13 13 18 18 15 15 22 17 17 14 16 23 18 17 10
! 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 86.1 87.9 1.8 87.9 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 75.1 77.7 2.6 79.1 1.4
Breaking Velocity 73.3 75.6 2.3 75.7 0.1
Exit Velocity 91.4 88.8 -2.6 87.9 -0.9
Launch Angle 8.7 5.8 -2.9 15.7 9.9
Barrel % 12.5 12.7 0.2 5.5 -7.2
Hard Hit % 37.5 38.1 0.6 29.7 -8.4
Sweet Spot % 50.0 36.5 -13.5 42.2 5.7
xBA .346 .301 -0.045 .266 -0.035
BA .111 .342 0.231 .262 -0.080
xwOBA .514 .390 -0.124 .315 -0.075
wOBA .313 .433 0.120 .312 -0.121
xSLG .762 .563 -0.199 .405 -0.158
SLG .444 .646 0.202 .415 -0.231
K% 9.1 18.8 9.7 20.9 2.1
BB% 18.2 7.1 -11.1 5.6 -1.5
Swing % 34.3 46.0 11.7 52.3 6.3
Whiff% 8.3 16.0 7.7 17.2 1.2
In Zone % 54.3 54.0 -0.3 53.1 -0.9
Out of Zone % 45.7 46.0 0.3 46.9 0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 31.3 26.0 -5.3 35.4 9.4
First Pitch Swing % 0.0 31.8 31.8 30.5 -1.3
First Pitch Strike % 63.6 62.4 -1.2 71.2 8.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 67 .463 56 12 21.4 11 1 9.1
2017 Shifts 177 .312 135 1 0.7 42 25 59.5
2021 Shifts 88 .446 63 5 7.9 25 22 88.0
! 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 %
2013 267 16.4 33.7% 1.1% 155 21.7 1.9% 6.5%
2015 12 15.2 41.7% 0.0% 8 20.2 0.0% 0.0%
2016 88 15.5 44.3% 10.2% 61 18.8 32.8% 14.8%
2017 198 15.7 36.4% 1.5% 99 20.2 4.0% 7.1%
2021 127 17.0 23.6% 0.8% 55 19.9 1.8% 10.9%
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Pitch Distribution