Jonathan Broxton
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 285LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 2, #60, Los Angeles Dodgers | Burke County HS (Waynesboro, Ga)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 4 5 4.62 66 0 0 60.1 63 1.38
2016 4 2 4.30 66 0 0 60.2 57 1.25
2017 0 1 6.89 20 0 0 15.2 16 2.17
13 Seasons 43 38 3.41 694 0 118 676 758 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 66 4-5 4.62 60.1 63 1.38
2016 66 4-2 4.30 60.2 57 1.25
2017 20 0-1 6.89 15.2 16 2.17
13 Seasons 694 43-38 3.41 676 758 1.25
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 31 997 172 7 4.1 2.7 88.9 117.1 6.5 31.4 .228 .368 .331 .296 .363 32.0 24.5 8.6 4.62 3.61
2016 32 1002 175 9 5.1 3.5 85.4 110.3 8.6 37.1 .237 .347 .288 .291 .336 26.3 22.0 9.3 4.30 3.53
2017 33 296 51 3 5.9 3.8 87.8 111.6 10.2 37.3 .293 .449 .406 .355 .411 31.4 20.5 14.1 6.89 5.59
Player 2295 398 19 4.8 3.2 87.1 117.1 7.9 34.7 .240 .369 .322 .301 .357 29.4 22.9 9.6
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

Broxton relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(52.9%) ,
Slider
(35.1%) ,
Sinker
(12.0%) ,


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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 55.8 11.6 29.7 2.9 20.9 44.8 34.3 4.1 42.4 14.5 17.4 8.7 4.1 2.7
2016 50.3 18.3 27.4 4.0 25.7 41.7 32.0 2.9 41.7 18.3 25.7 3.4 5.1 3.5
2017 47.1 21.6 29.4 2.0 31.4 29.4 37.3 5.9 27.5 19.6 33.3 2.0 5.9 3.8
Player 52.3 15.8 28.6 3.3 24.4 41.5 33.7 3.8 40.2 16.8 23.1 5.5 4.8 3.2
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


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
2017 4-Seam Fastball STL R 154 94.5 13.9 -0.6 5.7ARM -1.9 16.6 -0.5 5.7ARM -2.4
2017 Sinker STL R 35 93.4 19.6 0.0 14.1ARM -0.5 11.8 -1.0 14.1ARM -1.3
2017 Slider STL R 102 87.7 31.0 0.8 3.1GLV 0.2 4.5 -0.9 3.1GLV -1.1
2016 4-Seam Fastball STL R 362 95.4 16.9 -2.1 5.8ARM -1.1 13.6 -2.2 5.8ARM -0.6
2016 Curveball STL R 14 78.3 55.2 -1.1 8.5GLV -2.2 -10.0 0.0 8.5GLV -2.5
2016 Slider STL R 317 88.3 33.3 2.1 4.1GLV -0.1 2.2 0.3 4.1GLV -1.9
2016 Sinker STL R 282 93.2 23.9 2.5 12.9ARM -0.8 8.2 1.4 12.9ARM -0.4
! 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 154 52.0 38 .313 .375 .338 23.0 21.1 17.0 .270 .391 .319 19.2
2017 Slider -1.5 -2 102 34.5 31 .320 .600 .418 36.2 25.8 17.8 .294 .507 .380 47.4
2017 Sinker -6.6 -2 35 11.8 7 1.000 1.000 .860 5.6 0.0 0.0 .461 .545 .486 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 297 1,244 8 14 -7 -5 10
2009 319 1,277 16 14 -3 -5 22
2010 266 1,071 -4 7 -3 -5 -4
2011 60 239 -2 3 -2 -1 -2
2012 253 994 10 10 -7 -4 9
2013 131 501 2 4 -1 -4 1
2014 231 900 2 17 -4 -3 13
2015 266 1,039 -1 2 -5 -4 -8
2016 254 983 -2 15 -6 -4 3
2017 76 291 -1 1 -1 -2 -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 997 48.5 70.2 82.1 32.7 57.7 42.2 59.9 51.0 25.6 7.4 82.4
2016 1,002 47.4 70.5 83.6 29.6 61.5 42.1 59.5 49.0 22.2 6.3 82.5
2017 296 48.6 81.0 80.9 24.7 54.1 39.4 58.4 51.7 25.5 9.6 96.4
Player 2,295 48.1 71.8 82.5 30.3 59.0 41.8 59.5 50.2 24.1 7.2 84.8
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 63 70 63 51 62 79 75 24 58 76 26 72 82 73 38 92
2016 73 64 80 87 43 76 68 98 96 59 29 41 60 74 21 85
2017 70 37 75
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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 22.1 7 6.2 1 5 5 2 28.6
2017 24.0 2 1.9 0 1 1 1 50.0
Player 22.4 9 8.1 1 6 6 3 33.3
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 7 8 5 9 6 5 6 6 5 3 5 10 6 5 7 7 3 6 7 9 6 3 10 6 6 5 6 9 5 8 5
2017 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 9 10 7 10 8 7 8 8 6 4 7 12 8 7 9 10 5 8 9 11 8 5 12 8 7 7 8 11 7 10 7
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.4 94.4 0.0 94.3 -0.1
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 87.1 87.9 0.8 87.7 -0.2
Exit Velocity 88.9 85.4 -3.5 87.8 2.4
Launch Angle 6.5 8.6 2.1 10.2 1.6
Barrel % 4.1 5.1 1.0 5.9 0.8
Hard Hit % 32.0 26.3 -5.7 31.4 5.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.4 37.1 5.7 37.3 0.2
xBA .228 .237 0.009 .293 0.056
BA .266 .229 -0.037 .371 0.142
xwOBA .296 .291 -0.005 .355 0.064
wOBA .331 .288 -0.043 .406 0.118
xSLG .368 .347 -0.021 .449 0.102
SLG .437 .366 -0.071 .516 0.150
K% 24.5 22.0 -2.5 20.5 -1.5
BB% 8.6 9.3 0.7 14.1 4.8
Swing % 51.0 49.0 -2.0 51.7 2.7
Whiff% 25.6 22.2 -3.4 25.5 3.3
In Zone % 48.5 47.4 -1.1 48.6 1.2
Out of Zone % 51.5 52.6 1.1 51.4 -1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 32.7 29.6 -3.1 24.7 -4.9
First Pitch Swing % 32.7 32.0 -0.7 37.7 5.7
First Pitch Strike % 59.9 59.5 -0.4 58.4 -1.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 252 .287 151 3 2.0 101 19 18.8
2017 Shifts 76 .406 51 0 0.0 25 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 257 22.0 1.2% 7.4% 218 28.0 0.0% 32.6%
2011 67 24.4 1.5% 7.5% 34 27.1 0.0% 17.6%
2012 244 24.6 0.4% 12.3% 187 30.4 0.0% 54.0%
2013 119 24.1 1.7% 16.8% 92 28.7 0.0% 40.2%
2014 280 23.3 0.4% 12.9% 122 28.2 0.0% 38.5%
2015 254 22.4 5.9% 11.0% 164 26.8 3.7% 31.1%
2016 290 21.4 9.0% 9.0% 149 27.9 2.7% 36.9%
2017 52 22.2 0.0% 3.8% 59 25.0 0.0% 13.6%

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Pitch Distribution