P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 240 lbs | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd. 1, No. 9, New York Mets | Wichita State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 6 11 4.26 30 30 0 164.2 86 1.48
2016 4 10 5.07 24 22 0 119 56 1.73
2017 3 12 5.93 34 21 0 120 79 1.58
12 Seasons 68 103 4.68 275 256 1 1,476.1 838 1.51
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 30 6-11 4.26 164.2 86 1.48
2016 24 4-10 5.07 119 56 1.73
2017 34 3-12 5.93 120 79 1.58
12 Seasons 275 68-103 4.68 1,476.1 838 1.51
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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 2663 571 26 4.6 3.6 88.3 113.9 7.0 33.1 .293 .433 .339 .347 .366 37.1 12.0 6.3 4.26 5.13
2016 32 2054 433 24 5.5 4.4 89.0 115.5 7.5 31.4 .310 .477 .378 .369 .378 39.3 10.4 8.5 5.07 6.01
2017 33 2291 395 30 7.6 5.5 87.8 114.7 8.6 29.9 .267 .462 .362 .356 .368 37.2 14.5 11.4 5.92 5.63
Player 7008 1399 80 5.7 4.4 88.4 115.5 7.6 31.7 .291 .455 .358 .357 .371 37.8 12.3 8.5
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Pelfrey relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(58.8%) ,
Curveball
(15.0%) ,
Split Finger
(13.6%) ,
Slider
(12.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 52.7 47.3 18.2 24.5 4.6 30.5 40.5 29.1 19.8 23.5 9.5 10.7 17.0 19.6
2016 52.2 47.8 14.1 27.7 6.0 32.8 41.1 24.2 21.2 21.2 7.9 11.5 19.9 16.4
2017 50.4 49.6 20.0 23.0 6.6 37.5 40.5 21.8 20.5 23.8 5.8 17.0 16.7 15.9
Player 51.9 48.1 17.4 25.1 5.6 33.2 40.7 25.5 20.4 22.9 7.9 12.7 17.8 17.6
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 3.7 40.6 17.2 27.8 3.9 4.6 3.6
2016 5.1 39.7 15.9 27.7 4.6 5.5 4.4
2017 4.8 41.0 21.0 20.8 4.3 7.6 5.5
Player 4.4 40.5 17.9 25.8 4.2 5.7 4.4
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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
2017 Sinker CWS R 1344 91.9 23.4 2.6 18.5ARM 3.9 8.5 2.3 18.5ARM 3.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 12 92.7 14.6 -0.2 12.7ARM 5.5 16.8 -0.3 12.7ARM 4.6
2017 Slider CWS R 278 82.9 35.0 -1.8 0.4ARM -5.7 4.5 -0.8 0.4ARM -4.6
2017 Split-Finger CWS R 310 81.3 43.1 6.3 10.1ARM -0.2 -1.4 7.8 10.1ARM -1.1
2017 Curveball CWS R 342 70.2 63.8 -2.3 9.1GLV -2.8 -8.0 0.0 9.1GLV 0.5
2016 Curveball DET R 97 73.6 59.6 -3.5 9.3GLV -4.3 -8.4 -1.6 9.3GLV -1.7
2016 Sinker DET R 1350 93.4 22.8 1.5 15.4ARM 1.6 9.0 0.6 15.4ARM 2.1
2016 Split-Finger DET R 319 81.7 42.5 3.9 8.7ARM -1.4 -0.8 5.7 8.7ARM -1.2
2016 4-Seam Fastball DET R 54 92.9 18.0 -1.7 11.0ARM 4.1 14.2 -1.6 11.0ARM 4.6
2016 Slider DET R 195 84.3 34.5 -1.6 3.7GLV -1.2 4.4 -1.9 3.7GLV -2.3
! 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 %
2017 Sinker -1.7 -23 1,344 58.8 348 .307 .564 .434 10.5 12.6 10.6 .288 .522 .392 41.9
2017 Curveball 0.0 0 342 15.0 46 .205 .410 .311 39.4 21.7 13.3 .227 .360 .305 26.7
2017 Split-Finger 0.5 1 310 13.6 92 .224 .376 .286 25.8 16.3 12.6 .235 .368 .288 29.6
2017 Slider -0.5 -1 278 12.2 50 .178 .289 .286 22.9 16.0 8.7 .238 .367 .300 27.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 6.9 1 12 0.5 5 .200 .400 .250 0.0 20.0 50.0 .224 .277 .219 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 841 3,284 24 21 -22 -18 5
2009 811 3,118 12 21 -18 -16 -1
2010 864 3,385 21 9 -20 -11 -2
2011 849 3,190 8 9 -19 -10 -11
2012 85 305 2 2 0 -1 3
2013 680 2,727 3 12 -17 -11 -13
2014 118 456 -1 -1 -5 -1 -8
2015 713 2,659 5 15 -20 -11 -11
2016 541 2,054 -1 6 -18 -9 -22
2017 541 2,286 -11 23 -20 -15 -22
Player 6,043 23,464 62 118 -160 62 -82
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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 2,663 48.8 66.8 90.8 25.1 73.4 43.5 57.8 45.4 14.1 6.6 81.1
2016 2,054 47.5 64.8 87.0 24.7 74.9 43.6 58.4 43.8 16.6 7.2 73.0
2017 2,291 45.1 63.0 88.0 22.2 69.9 41.7 59.3 40.5 17.4 6.6 74.0
Player 7,008 47.2 65.0 88.8 24.0 72.7 43.0 58.5 43.4 15.9 6.8 76.3
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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 9 2 18 53 5 17 62 43 15 3 69 2 8 66 4 9 95
2016 3 1 10 40 1 30 61 34 12 1 41 5 8 57 5 4 96
2017 11 24 18 19 7 13 18 34 15 8 12 6 3 33 3 5 95
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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 21.85 15 15.4 0 4 14 6 40.0
2017 22.41 25 21.3 4 9 13 11 44.0
Player 22.23 40 36.7 3 13 27 17 42.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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 15 19 11 16 17 11 19 15 17 10 13 19 14 12 16 15 10 12 17 19 15 12 21 20 14 14 18 20 18 16 11
2017 25 23 19 19 22 22 23 20 19 17 21 24 22 21 23 21 19 19 24 21 22 24 26 20 19 18 21 27 24 23 17
Player 40 42 30 35 39 33 42 35 36 27 34 43 36 33 39 36 29 31 41 40 37 36 47 40 33 32 39 47 42 39 28
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .270 -.062 ↓ .332 +.028 ↑ .304
xBA .267 -.043 ↓ .310 +.017 ↑ .293
OBP .364 -.029 ↓ .393 +.034 ↑ .359
xOBP .363 -.014 ↓ .377 +.026 ↑ .351
SLG .488 +.005 ↑ .483 +.070 ↑ .413
xSLG .462 -.015 ↓ .477 +.044 ↑ .433
ISO .219 +.068 ↑ .151 +.042 ↑ .109
xISO .195 +.029 ↑ .166 +.027 ↑ .139
BABIP .276 -.073 ↓ .349 +.013 ↑ .336
wOBA .362 -.016 ↓ .378 +.039 ↑ .339
xwOBA .356 -.013 ↓ .369 +.022 ↑ .347
wOBACON .377 -.012 ↓ .389 +.034 ↑ .355
xwOBACON .368 -.010 ↓ .378 +.012 ↑ .366
BACON .322 -.049 ↓ .371 +.022 ↑ .349
xBACON .320 -.030 ↓ .350 +.011 ↑ .339
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 37.2 -2.1 ↓ 39.3 +2.2 ↑ 37.1
Avg Exit Velocity 87.8 -1.2 ↓ 89.0 +0.7 ↑ 88.3
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 29.9 -1.5 ↓ 31.4 -1.7 ↓ 33.1
Barrel % 7.6 +2.1 ↑ 5.5 +0.9 ↑ 4.6
Avg Launch Angle 8.6 +1.1 ↑ 7.5 +0.5 ↑ 7.0
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 0° -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction 0° -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 0° -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.9 -1.5 ↓ 93.4 -0.5 ↓ 93.9
Breaking Velocity 75.9 -4.9 ↓ 80.8 -0.6 ↓ 81.4
Offspeed Velocity 81.3 -0.4 ↓ 81.7 +0.4 ↑ 81.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 30 +6 ↑ 24 -2 ↓ 26
Popup % 6.6 +0.6 ↑ 6.0 +1.4 ↑ 4.6
Flyball % 20.0 +5.9 ↑ 14.1 -4.1 ↓ 18.2
Line Drive % 23.0 -4.7 ↓ 27.7 +3.2 ↑ 24.5
Groundball % 50.4 -1.8 ↓ 52.2 -0.5 ↓ 52.7
Pull % 37.5 +4.7 ↑ 32.8 +2.3 ↑ 30.5
Straight Away % 40.5 -0.6 ↓ 41.1 +0.6 ↑ 40.5
Opposite Field % 21.8 -2.4 ↓ 24.2 -4.9 ↓ 29.1
Weak Contact % 4.8 -0.3 ↓ 5.1 +1.4 ↑ 3.7
Pull Airball % 17.0 +5.5 ↑ 11.5 +0.8 ↑ 10.7
Topped Contact % 41.0 +1.3 ↑ 39.7 -0.9 ↓ 40.6
Under Contact % 21.0 +5.1 ↑ 15.9 -1.3 ↓ 17.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.8 -6.9 ↓ 27.7 -0.1 ↓ 27.8
Solid Contact % 4.3 -0.3 ↓ 4.6 +0.7 ↑ 3.9
HR/FB % 31.6 +7.0 ↑ 24.6 +14.0 ↑ 10.6
Popups 26 0 26 0 26
Flyballs 79 +18 ↑ 61 -43 ↓ 104
Line Drives 91 -29 ↓ 120 -20 ↓ 140
Groundballs 199 -27 ↓ 226 -75 ↓ 301
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 45.1 -2.4 ↓ 47.5 -1.3 ↓ 48.8
Out of Zone % 54.9 +2.4 ↑ 52.5 +1.3 ↑ 51.2
Edge % 41.7 -1.9 ↓ 43.6 +0.1 ↑ 43.5
Zone Swing % 63.0 -1.8 ↓ 64.8 -2.0 ↓ 66.8
Out of Zone Swing % 22.2 -2.5 ↓ 24.7 -0.4 ↓ 25.1
In Zone Contact % 88.0 +1.0 ↑ 87.0 -3.8 ↓ 90.8
Out of Zone Contact % 69.9 -5.0 ↓ 74.9 +1.5 ↑ 73.4
Whiff % 17.4 +0.8 ↑ 16.6 +2.5 ↑ 14.1
First Strike % 59.3 +0.9 ↑ 58.4 +0.6 ↑ 57.8
First Pitch Swing % 22.5 -2.5 ↓ 25.0 -0.5 ↓ 25.5
Swing % 40.5 -3.3 ↓ 43.8 -1.6 ↓ 45.4
Meatball Swing % 74.0 +1.0 ↑ 73.0 -8.1 ↓ 81.1
Meatball % 6.6 -0.6 ↓ 7.2 +0.6 ↑ 6.6
Zone Swing & Miss % 12.0 -1.0 ↓ 13.0 +3.8 ↑ 9.2
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 30.1 +5.0 ↑ 25.1 -1.5 ↓ 26.6
In Zone 1,032 +57 ↑ 975 -324 ↓ 1,299
Out of Zone 1,254 +175 ↑ 1,079 -285 ↓ 1,364
Edge 954 +58 ↑ 896 -263 ↓ 1,159
In Zone Swings 650 +18 ↑ 632 -236 ↓ 868
Out of Zone Swings 279 +12 ↑ 267 -75 ↓ 342
In Zone Swing & Misses 78 -4 ↓ 82 +2 ↑ 80
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 84 +17 ↑ 67 -24 ↓ 91
Basic
Pitches 2,291 +237 ↑ 2,054 -609 ↓ 2,663
PA 546 +5 ↑ 541 -173 ↓ 714
AB 471 -11 ↓ 482 -169 ↓ 651
Hits 127 -33 ↓ 160 -38 ↓ 198
Singles 77 -43 ↓ 120 -30 ↓ 150
Doubles 22 0 22 -14 ↓ 36
Triples 3 0 3 +2 ↑ 1
Home Runs 25 +10 ↑ 15 +4 ↑ 11
Walks 62 +16 ↑ 46 +1 ↑ 45
Strikeouts 79 +23 ↑ 56 -30 ↓ 86
K% 14.5 +4.1 ↑ 10.4 -1.6 ↓ 12.0
BB% 11.4 +2.9 ↑ 8.5 +2.2 ↑ 6.3
HBP 10 +4 ↑ 6 -6 ↓ 12
Batted Balls 395 -38 ↓ 433 -138 ↓ 571
Number of Fastballs 1,356 -48 ↓ 1,404 -543 ↓ 1,947
Number of Offspeed 310 -9 ↓ 319 -57 ↓ 376
Number of Breaking 620 +328 ↑ 292 -42 ↓ 334
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 538 .371 264 1 0.4 274 64 23.4
2017 Shifts 541 .359 287 33 11.5 254 119 46.9
! 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 949 15.0 49.2% 0.7% 673 23.0 0.3% 10.5%
2011 907 14.7 53.6% 0.2% 563 22.7 1.8% 10.7%
2012 91 16.9 27.5% 1.1% 59 21.9 0.0% 6.8%
2013 800 17.4 22.5% 0.4% 551 25.9 1.1% 19.1%
2014 131 17.1 24.4% 0.8% 102 23.8 1.0% 12.7%
2015 783 18.1 23.6% 4.0% 495 26.3 3.4% 33.3%
2016 605 19.0 17.7% 4.3% 389 28.4 3.9% 38.6%
2017 719 18.2 15.0% 3.1% 454 26.7 0.0% 26.2%

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Pitch Distribution

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