Clayton Richard
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 40
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
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 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 3.56
2016 32 1086 232 7 3.0 2.3 88.4 114.2 -0.8 25.9 .260 .355 .333 .308 .313 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 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

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 44.6 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
2019 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 112 91.1 22.6 -4.7 -27 12.9 5.1 66
2019 Slider TOR L 189 79.6 46.8 2.7 6 0.7 -8.5 -92
2019 Changeup TOR L 13 82.1 39.2 4.0 11 13.3 -0.8 -6
2019 Sinker TOR L 414 90.2 33.1 6.1 23 18.4 2.8 18
2018 4-Seam Fastball SD L 241 90.3 22.6 -4.4 -24 12.2 4.4 57
2018 Sinker SD L 1,331 90.0 32.0 5.2 19 17.9 2.2 14
2018 Changeup SD L 133 84.3 35.5 2.6 8 14.5 0.9 7
2018 Slider SD L 675 80.8 46.7 2.9 7 0.8 -6.8 -90
2017 4-Seam Fastball SD L 993 90.8 25.2 -7.3 -41 15.2 6.0 65
2017 Sinker SD L 1,077 90.1 34.1 8.3 32 14.6 -1.1 -7
2017 Slider SD L 612 81.5 44.2 2.8 7 1.8 -5.2 -75
2017 Changeup SD L 330 83.7 37.4 2.2 6 14.6 0.7 5
2016 Slider SD L 25 85.0 36.7 0.5 1 2.1 -7.0 -143
2016 Changeup SD L 147 84.5 37.7 5.0 15 15.6 2.8 22
2016 Sinker SD L 675 91.2 29.3 6.1 27 19.6 5.4 38
2016 4-Seam Fastball SD L 113 92.1 21.6 -4.3 -25 14.8 6.9 88
2016 Curveball SD L 110 81.4 44.8 -5.9 -12 2.4 -11.4 -126
2015 Changeup CHC L 43 84.8 36.8 4.3 13 13.9 0.7 6
2015 Sinker CHC L 415 91.5 29.8 5.9 25 17.0 2.3 16
2015 Curveball CHC L 37 81.4 43.9 -6.3 -13 0.2 -10.0 -102
2015 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 77 92.5 21.6 -4.8 -29 13.7 5.9 76
2015 Slider CHC L 37 85.3 33.0 -3.5 -10 3.0 -8.0 -160
! 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 %
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 10.8 11.2 20.8 .298 .462 .365 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
2017 Sinker 1.0 11 1,077 35.4 318 .284 .412 .344 15.2 11.6 22.8 .279 .396 .324 29.4
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -13 993 32.6 282 .315 .508 .388 12.9 15.2 15.7 .278 .421 .332 36.9
2017 Slider -0.8 -5 612 20.1 147 .288 .504 .359 37.8 38.8 22.4 .223 .363 .272 31.7
2017 Changeup -4.0 -13 330 10.8 101 .389 .600 .445 19.2 12.9 12.4 .357 .514 .386 37.3
! 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 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 13.5 6.8 73.8
2016 1,086 46.2 65.1 85.3 28.4 64.5 43.9 62.7 45.4 19.7 6.2 80.6
2017 3,045 46.4 68.2 85.7 31.6 64.0 44.1 62.5 48.5 19.6 6.2 74.2
2018 2,387 48.6 68.8 86.3 25.1 59.3 42.9 61.6 46.3 19.0 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 18.5 6.8 75.7
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 32 40 6
2016 53 32 75 95 18 87 93 55 71 6 19 22 43 26 22 19 9
2017 36 12 42 74 28 17 79 43 49 21 75 17 86 18 22 3
2018 10 9 16 29 8 16 55 3 9 9 40 8 18 13 33 1
2019 13 39 7
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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 20.7 4 4.5 -1 2 3 2 50.0
2017 22.1 24 23.2 1 9 19 10 41.7
2018 22.7 19 17.8 1 13 14 7 36.8
2019 21.6 9 8.0 1 3 4 5 55.6
Player 22.1 56 53.5 3 27 40 24 42.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 5 3
2017 24 22 19 24 25 25 29 23 18 19 22 29 22 23 24 24 22 22 24 23 23 20 32 24 23 21 23 29 25 24 12
2018 19 22 14 23 17 14 18 16 11 12 15 22 26 15 16 21 19 17 16 20 20 18 26 19 16 14 14 20 25 18 11
2019 9 10 9 9 8 8 9 9 7 8 6 9 10 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 9 7 8 7 8 8 10 7 6
Player 56 59 45 61 54 51 61 52 39 43 47 65 63 50 53 59 52 51 53 53 54 49 72 55 52 47 50 64 65 54 32
! 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 +/-   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 ↑
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% 13.5 19.7 6.2 ↑ 19.6 -0.1 ↓ 19.0 -0.6 ↓ 14.7 -4.3 ↓
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 10 4.5 78 18 23.1
2017 Shifts 841 .355 626 32 5.1 215 56 26.0
2018 Shifts 680 .335 535 19 3.6 145 33 22.8
2019 Shifts 201 .376 163 36 22.1 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 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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