Clayton Richard
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 8, #245, Chicago White Sox | Michigan
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 8 15 4.79 32 32 0 197.1 151 1.52
2018 7 11 5.33 27 27 0 158.2 108 1.38
2019 1 5 5.96 10 10 0 45.1 22 1.57
11 Seasons 69 84 4.51 275 210 1 1,284.2 824 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 32 8-15 4.79 197.1 151 1.52
2018 27 7-11 5.33 158.2 108 1.38
2019 10 1-5 5.96 45.1 22 1.57
11 Seasons 275 69-84 4.51 1,284.2 824 1.43
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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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 31 615 151 5 3.3 2.8 88.5 113.2 0.2 30.5 .261 .376 .307 .295 .320 30.5 12.2 3.9 3.83 3.59
2016 32 1086 232 7 3.0 2.3 88.4 114.2 -0.8 25.9 .260 .355 .333 .308 .312 31.9 13.4 10.1 3.33 3.99
2017 33 3045 640 28 4.4 3.3 87.4 116.0 1.8 29.1 .278 .412 .357 .325 .366 33.3 17.6 6.9 4.79 4.57
2018 34 2387 504 31 6.2 4.5 90.6 112.9 2.2 28.8 .277 .446 .334 .349 .377 40.5 15.8 8.8 5.33 5.30
2019 35 728 157 15 9.6 7.5 92.1 116.4 5.1 29.9 .294 .500 .376 .379 .388 50.3 10.9 9.0 5.96 6.70
Player 7861 1684 86 5.1 3.9 89.0 116.4 1.7 28.7 .275 .420 .344 .332 .360 36.6 15.4 7.9
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

Richard relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(56.9%) ,
Slider
(26.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(15.4%) ,
Changeup
(1.8%) ,


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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 60.3 9.3 29.1 1.3 35.1 35.1 29.8 1.3 54.3 9.9 26.5 4.0 3.3 2.8
2016 66.4 9.9 22.0 1.7 31.0 40.9 27.6 1.3 55.6 10.8 24.1 3.4 3.0 2.3
2017 60.5 13.3 23.8 2.5 30.2 43.8 25.9 5.9 42.2 11.9 30.5 3.4 4.4 3.3
2018 57.7 15.7 23.6 3.0 36.9 40.1 23.0 1.2 45.8 13.5 25.0 6.5 6.2 4.5
2019 55.4 16.6 22.3 5.7 40.1 40.8 19.1 2.5 44.6 15.9 21.7 5.1 9.6 7.5
Player 60.0 13.5 23.8 2.7 33.7 41.2 25.0 3.1 46.4 12.4 26.8 4.6 5.1 3.9
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

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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
2019 Slider TOR L 189 79.6 46.8 2.7 0.7GLV -8.5 -2.5 4.1 0.7GLV -4.6
2019 Sinker TOR L 414 90.2 33.1 6.1 18.4ARM 2.7 1.7 7.8 18.4ARM 4.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 112 91.1 22.6 -4.7 12.9ARM 5.1 11.5 -4.2 12.9ARM 5.2
2019 Changeup TOR L 13 82.1 39.2 4.0 13.3ARM -0.8 3.0 4.9 13.3ARM -1.0
2018 Sinker SD L 1331 90.0 32.0 5.2 17.9ARM 2.2 3.5 6.0 17.9ARM 3.6
2018 Changeup SD L 133 84.3 35.5 2.6 14.5ARM 0.9 5.0 2.6 14.5ARM 0.4
2018 Slider SD L 675 80.8 46.7 2.9 0.8GLV -6.8 -2.7 4.4 0.8GLV -4.6
2018 4-Seam Fastball SD L 241 90.3 22.6 -4.4 12.2ARM 4.4 12.7 -2.9 12.2ARM 4.3
! 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 %
2019 Sinker -0.1 -1 414 56.9 135 .306 .463 .378 8.5 4.4 7.2 .291 .436 .356 55.2
2019 Slider -2.5 -5 189 26.0 36 .267 .700 .474 30.9 33.3 17.1 .249 .589 .402 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -4.5 -5 112 15.4 26 .333 .667 .460 13.3 15.4 12.5 .376 .757 .482 30.0
2019 Changeup 5.2 1 13 1.8 4 .000 .000 .175 25.0 0.0 0.0 .213 .230 .325 0.0
2018 Sinker -0.6 -8 1,331 55.8 439 .290 .470 .372 11.8 11.2 20.8 .297 .462 .364 41.5
2018 Slider -0.9 -6 675 28.3 184 .217 .342 .293 34.1 28.3 24.2 .227 .371 .308 39.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -3 241 10.1 28 .154 .500 .296 16.7 17.9 7.7 .252 .612 .385 38.1
2018 Changeup -0.3 0 133 5.6 29 .259 .370 .303 22.2 3.4 6.3 .308 .528 .378 34.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 233 856 -8 8 -4 -2 -7
2009 654 2,612 15 7 -18 -11 -7
2010 846 3,164 20 16 -17 -14 5
2011 421 1,622 -3 6 -13 -4 -13
2012 906 3,151 9 9 -14 -10 -6
2013 238 849 -5 -5 -4 -2 -16
2015 197 671 1 3 0 -2 1
2016 303 1,074 6 0 -5 -4 -2
2017 848 3,014 -8 14 -11 -16 -20
2018 680 2,382 -3 18 -18 -13 -17
2019 201 728 -2 5 -6 -6 -10
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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 615 52.7 69.1 88.4 29.9 75.9 45.5 61.3 50.6 14.1 6.8 73.8
2016 1,086 46.2 65.1 85.3 28.4 64.5 43.9 62.7 45.4 20.9 6.2 80.6
2017 3,045 46.4 68.2 85.7 31.6 64.0 44.1 62.5 48.5 20.6 6.2 74.2
2018 2,387 48.6 68.8 86.3 25.1 59.3 42.9 61.6 46.3 19.5 7.6 75.8
2019 728 47.7 67.1 93.1 28.3 66.7 40.9 59.2 46.8 14.7 7.4 75.9
Player 7,861 47.7 68.0 86.8 28.8 64.0 43.5 61.9 47.4 19.2 6.8 75.7
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 32 40 6
2016 53 32 75 95 18 87 93 55 71 6 19 29 43 26 23 19 9
2017 36 12 42 74 28 17 79 43 49 21 75 21 86 18 22 3
2018 10 9 16 29 8 16 55 3 9 9 40 11 18 13 33 1
2019 13 39 7
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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 20.7 4 4.5 -1 2 3 2 50.0
2017 22.1 24 23.0 1 9 19 10 41.7
2018 22.7 19 17.7 1 13 14 7 36.8
2019 21.6 9 5.7 3 6 2 4 44.4
Player 22.1 56 50.9 5 30 38 23 41.1
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.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 4 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 3 5 6 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 5 3
2017 24 22 19 23 25 25 28 23 18 18 22 29 22 23 24 24 22 22 24 22 23 20 32 24 22 21 23 29 25 24 12
2018 19 22 14 23 17 13 18 15 11 12 15 22 26 15 16 21 19 16 16 20 20 18 26 19 16 14 13 20 24 18 11
2019 9 7 6 8 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 7 5 4
Player 56 56 42 59 51 48 57 48 37 39 46 62 60 46 51 56 50 48 51 50 53 48 69 54 49 45 46 62 61 52 30
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.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.6 91.4 -0.2 ↓ 90.5 -0.9 ↓ 90.0 -0.5 ↓ 90.4 0.4 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 84.5 -0.2 ↓ 83.7 -0.8 ↓ 84.3 0.6 ↑ 82.1 -2.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 83.4 82.1 -1.3 ↓ 81.5 -0.6 ↓ 80.8 -0.7 ↓ 79.6 -1.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.5 88.4 -0.1 ↓ 87.4 -1.0 ↓ 90.6 3.2 ↑ 92.1 1.5 ↑
Launch Angle 0.2 -0.8 -1.0 ↓ 1.8 2.6 ↑ 2.2 0.4 ↑ 5.1 2.9 ↑
Barrel % 3.3 3.0 -0.3 ↓ 4.4 1.4 ↑ 6.2 1.8 ↑ 9.6 3.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 30.5 31.9 1.4 ↑ 33.3 1.4 ↑ 40.5 7.2 ↑ 50.3 9.8 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.5 25.9 -4.6 ↓ 29.1 3.2 ↑ 28.8 -0.3 ↓ 29.9 1.1 ↑
xBA .261 .260 -0.001 ↓ .278 0.018 ↑ .277 -0.001 ↓ .294 0.017 ↑
BA .272 .300 0.028 ↑ .308 0.008 ↑ .263 -0.045 ↓ .298 0.035 ↑
xwOBA .295 .308 0.013 ↑ .325 0.017 ↑ .349 0.024 ↑ .379 0.030 ↑
wOBA .307 .333 0.026 ↑ .357 0.024 ↑ .334 -0.023 ↓ .376 0.042 ↑
xSLG .376 .355 -0.021 ↓ .412 0.057 ↑ .446 0.034 ↑ .500 0.054 ↑
SLG .410 .389 -0.021 ↓ .482 0.093 ↑ .432 -0.050 ↓ .522 0.090 ↑
K% 12.2 13.4 1.2 ↑ 17.6 4.2 ↑ 15.8 -1.8 ↓ 10.9 -4.9 ↓
BB% 3.9 10.1 6.2 ↑ 6.9 -3.2 ↓ 8.8 1.9 ↑ 9.0 0.2 ↑
Swing % 50.6 45.4 -5.2 ↓ 48.5 3.1 ↑ 46.3 -2.2 ↓ 46.8 0.5 ↑
Whiff% 14.1 20.9 6.8 ↑ 20.6 -0.3 ↓ 19.5 -1.1 ↓ 14.7 -4.8 ↓
In Zone % 52.7 46.2 -6.5 ↓ 46.4 0.2 ↑ 48.6 2.2 ↑ 47.7 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.3 53.8 6.5 ↑ 53.6 -0.2 ↓ 51.4 -2.2 ↓ 52.3 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 28.4 -1.5 ↓ 31.6 3.2 ↑ 25.1 -6.5 ↓ 28.3 3.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 26.8 -1.4 ↓ 28.9 2.1 ↑ 27.3 -1.6 ↓ 28.4 1.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 62.7 1.4 ↑ 62.5 -0.2 ↓ 61.6 -0.9 ↓ 59.2 -2.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 299 .331 221 7 3.2 78 13 16.7
2017 Shifts 841 .355 626 13 2.1 215 56 26.0
2018 Shifts 680 .335 535 6 1.1 145 26 17.9
2019 Shifts 201 .376 163 32 19.6 38 10 26.3
! 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 966 12.8 78.3% 1.1% 524 19.0 11.1% 7.1%
2011 456 12.5 80.5% 0.7% 258 19.1 6.2% 7.4%
2012 986 13.4 70.5% 0.5% 413 19.9 2.4% 3.1%
2013 272 13.9 68.4% 0.7% 118 21.2 0.8% 5.1%
2015 179 15.4 45.3% 3.9% 95 20.0 14.7% 16.8%
2016 305 17.1 33.1% 3.0% 188 21.9 10.6% 8.0%
2017 868 15.3 45.5% 1.0% 465 20.8 1.3% 6.9%
2018 699 13.6 71.0% 0.4% 393 19.3 3.8% 5.1%
2019 214 14.4 58.4% 0.5% 131 19.5 3.1% 6.1%

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Pitch Distribution

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