Zach Putnam
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 5, #171, Cleveland Indians | Michigan
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 3 3 4.07 49 0 0 48.2 64 1.36
2016 1 0 2.30 25 0 0 27.1 30 1.32
2017 0 0 1.04 7 0 0 8.2 9 0.35
7 Seasons 10 7 3.20 145 0 6 152 162 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 49 3-3 4.07 48.2 64 1.36
2016 25 1-0 2.30 27.1 30 1.32
2017 7 0-0 1.04 8.2 9 0.35
7 Seasons 145 10-7 3.20 152 162 1.23
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 27 844 120 8 6.7 3.8 87.3 109.6 12.5 31.7 .206 .354 .314 .295 .383 30.8 30.2 11.3 4.07 3.56
2016 28 449 73 5 6.8 4.4 89.7 109.5 10.8 38.4 .270 .417 .282 .325 .408 38.4 26.3 9.6 2.31 4.49
2017 29 103 18 0 0.0 0.0 82.6 102.7 7.1 33.3 .174 .287 .100 .212 .291 27.8 32.1 3.6 1.04 1.91
Player 1396 211 13 6.2 3.7 87.7 109.6 11.4 34.1 .224 .369 .286 .298 .384 33.2 29.1 10.2
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

Putnam relies on 3 pitches.
Split Finger
(51.5%) ,
Sinker
(24.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.3%) ,


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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 46.7 19.2 26.7 7.5 40.8 37.5 21.7 3.3 33.3 20.8 22.5 5.8 6.7 3.8
2016 41.1 17.8 34.2 6.8 45.2 28.8 26.0 1.4 31.5 17.8 35.6 6.8 6.8 4.4
2017 55.6 22.2 16.7 5.6 55.6 27.8 16.7 5.6 44.4 16.7 16.7 16.7 0.0 0.0
Player 45.5 19.0 28.4 7.1 43.6 33.6 22.7 2.8 33.6 19.4 26.5 7.1 6.2 3.7
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
2017 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 25 90.6 15.4 0.8 5 9.6 1.5 18
2017 Sinker CWS R 25 90.9 19.2 -2.8 -13 16.1 1.4 9
2017 Split-Finger CWS R 53 84.4 33.2 0.8 2 17.0 3.9 30
2016 Split-Finger CWS R 302 85.0 34.6 0.7 2 14.5 2.8 24
2016 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 76 90.9 19.3 -1.7 -10 6.8 -0.7 -9
2016 Sinker CWS R 52 91.5 20.8 -1.3 -6 12.6 -1.4 -10
2016 Cutter CWS R 13 90.5 15.6 9.1 37 0.6 -2.6 -130
2015 Sinker CWS R 83 91.2 20.5 -2.9 -12 13.5 -0.7 -5
2015 Split-Finger CWS R 510 85.3 34.5 -0.5 -1 12.7 1.2 11
2015 Slider CWS R 1 90.4 16.9 -13.2 -44 0.2 -4.5 -105
2015 Cutter CWS R 138 88.7 22.7 4.0 15 1.7 -0.2 -11
2015 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 82 90.8 19.1 -1.6 -9 5.8 -1.6 -21
! 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 %
2017 Split-Finger 9.2 5 53 51.5 20 .050 .100 .063 50.0 45.0 37.5 .173 .299 .199 36.4
2017 Sinker 7.2 2 25 24.3 6 .000 .000 .117 10.0 0.0 0.0 .085 .129 .192 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 25 24.3 2 .500 .500 .450 10.0 0.0 0.0 .403 .565 .402 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.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 34 114 0 0 0 -1 -1
2014 210 851 10 8 -2 -1 14
2015 207 831 3 6 -5 -4 -1
2016 113 445 5 3 -1 -2 5
2017 28 103 4 4 -1 0 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 844 36.8 66.9 78.8 36.8 44.4 39.8 57.5 47.9 36.4 4.6 64.1
2016 449 41.9 69.1 71.5 34.5 50.0 41.4 57.0 49.0 36.8 4.9 90.9
2017 103 50.5 73.1 78.9 35.3 33.3 44.7 67.9 54.4 35.7 3.9 25.0
Player 1,396 39.5 68.2 76.3 36.0 45.4 40.7 58.2 48.7 36.5 4.7 70.8
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
2015 65 89 72 41 40 74 15 73 69 94 7 99 97 25 46 41
2016 24 60 15
2017 20 39 24
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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 25.8 2 2.5 -1 4 3 0 0.0
2017 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
Player 25.8 2 2.6 -1 5 3 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 2 3 5 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 4 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 2 2 3 5 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 4 1 2 4 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
! 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 90.0 91.1 1.1 90.8 -0.3
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 85.0 -0.3 84.4 -0.6
Breaking Velocity 90.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exit Velocity 87.3 89.7 2.4 82.6 -7.1
Launch Angle 12.5 10.8 -1.7 7.1 -3.7
Barrel % 6.7 6.8 0.1 0.0 -6.8
Hard Hit % 30.8 38.4 7.6 27.8 -10.6
Sweet Spot % 31.7 38.4 6.7 33.3 -5.1
xBA .206 .270 0.064 .174 -0.096
BA .239 .248 0.009 .074 -0.174
xwOBA .295 .325 0.030 .212 -0.113
wOBA .314 .282 -0.032 .100 -0.182
xSLG .354 .417 0.063 .287 -0.130
SLG .398 .327 -0.071 .111 -0.216
K% 30.2 26.3 -3.9 32.1 5.8
BB% 11.3 9.6 -1.7 3.6 -6.0
Swing % 47.9 49.0 1.1 54.4 5.4
Whiff% 36.4 36.8 0.4 35.7 -1.1
In Zone % 36.8 41.9 5.1 50.5 8.6
Out of Zone % 63.2 58.1 -5.1 49.5 -8.6
Out of Zone Swing % 36.8 34.5 -2.3 35.3 0.8
First Pitch Swing % 27.8 32.5 4.7 35.7 3.2
First Pitch Strike % 57.5 57.0 -0.5 67.9 10.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 111 .263 72 1 1.4 39 13 33.3
2017 Shifts 28 .100 15 5 33.3 13 5 38.5
! 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 %
2011 23 14.2 60.9% 0.0% 24 18.9 8.3% 4.2%
2012 1 16.9 0.0% 0.0% 9 19.4 11.1% 11.1%
2013 14 18.2 7.1% 0.0% 16 21.2 0.0% 6.3%
2014 230 19.1 6.5% 2.6% 150 24.3 0.0% 9.3%
2015 233 20.2 14.6% 8.2% 98 23.7 5.1% 14.3%
2016 116 20.5 7.8% 6.0% 64 25.0 3.1% 21.9%
2017 26 19.5 0.0% 3.8% 15 23.8 0.0% 6.7%
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Pitch Distribution