Chris Tillman
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 200LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 2, #49, Seattle Mariners | Fountain Valley HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 16 6 3.77 30 30 0 172 140 1.28
2017 1 7 7.84 24 19 0 93 63 1.89
2018 1 5 10.46 7 7 0 26.2 13 2.21
10 Seasons 74 60 4.57 210 205 0 1,145 847 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 30 16-6 3.77 172 140 1.28
2017 24 1-7 7.84 93 63 1.89
2018 7 1-5 10.46 26.2 13 2.21
10 Seasons 210 74-60 4.57 1,145 847 1.38
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 27 2943 551 28 5.1 3.8 89.6 114.4 12.9 30.1 .257 .411 .331 .326 .353 32.3 16.2 8.6 4.99 4.43
2016 28 2936 502 39 7.8 5.5 89.0 111.1 12.4 34.7 .255 .422 .317 .330 .370 35.3 19.6 9.2 3.77 4.65
2017 29 1795 326 28 8.6 6.3 90.2 121.1 13.0 37.7 .312 .550 .414 .403 .432 42.6 14.2 11.5 7.84 7.59
2018 30 520 105 11 10.5 8.0 91.5 113.4 12.1 41.0 .337 .587 .459 .434 .441 49.5 9.5 12.4 10.46 9.06
Player 8194 1484 106 7.1 5.2 89.7 121.1 12.7 34.1 .273 .456 .353 .352 .382 36.8 16.5 9.7
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

Tillman relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(30.0%) ,
Slider
(23.3%) ,
Changeup
(18.3%) ,
Sinker
(16.9%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(11.5%) ,


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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 45.7 21.1 25.0 8.2 32.7 37.6 29.0 0.9 37.0 26.1 22.9 5.6 5.1 3.8
2016 42.2 21.1 28.5 8.2 35.1 38.2 26.7 1.4 34.3 25.5 25.7 4.6 7.8 5.5
2017 39.3 21.8 31.6 7.4 36.8 38.3 24.8 2.1 28.8 23.6 28.5 7.7 8.6 6.3
2018 43.8 23.8 29.5 2.9 42.9 37.1 20.0 3.8 28.6 17.1 28.6 10.5 10.5 8.0
Player 43.0 21.4 28.0 7.6 35.1 37.9 26.7 1.5 33.7 24.7 25.5 6.1 7.1 5.2
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
2018 Changeup BAL R 95 83.1 26.1 -5.6 -18 7.6 -5.3 -41
2018 Curveball BAL R 60 75.1 67.4 5.6 9 4.1 -5.0 -55
2018 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 156 89.0 18.2 -0.5 -3 2.5 -2.8 -53
2018 Sinker BAL R 88 88.9 20.2 -3.9 -16 10.7 -2.6 -20
2018 Slider BAL R 121 82.4 39.9 -0.2 0 4.1 -1.0 -19
2017 Curveball BAL R 144 75.7 63.6 6.0 10 6.2 -3.1 -33
2017 Slider BAL R 433 85.1 34.2 -0.2 0 3.0 -0.9 -23
2017 Cutter BAL R 14 89.9 10.9 12.9 54 6.6 4.9 288
2017 Sinker BAL R 330 90.4 20.3 -1.4 -6 13.5 -0.6 -4
2017 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 536 90.8 16.5 -1.0 -6 5.9 -1.5 -20
2017 Changeup BAL R 264 83.7 26.4 -2.6 -9 11.7 -1.4 -11
2016 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 1,546 92.3 15.1 0.7 4 5.2 -1.0 -16
2016 Curveball BAL R 365 75.8 67.2 6.6 11 8.4 -1.7 -17
2016 Slider BAL R 455 86.2 34.4 0.6 2 7.5 2.4 49
2016 Changeup BAL R 451 84.3 25.7 -3.9 -13 8.3 -3.5 -30
2016 Cutter BAL R 108 91.8 13.7 8.5 38 3.2 0.4 14
2015 Changeup BAL R 396 83.3 26.7 -3.6 -12 8.4 -3.7 -31
2015 Curveball BAL R 413 75.7 66.0 5.0 8 10.5 0.6 7
2015 Slider BAL R 207 86.3 32.0 -1.8 -5 7.2 2.3 46
2015 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 1,797 92.1 13.9 1.7 11 5.7 -0.6 -10
2015 Cutter BAL R 93 91.0 12.7 9.2 42 2.4 0.9 58
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -5.0 -8 156 30.0 40 .419 .871 .572 15.0 10.0 14.3 .391 .701 .511 57.1
2018 Slider -2.6 -3 121 23.3 36 .355 .419 .378 20.0 16.7 13.6 .277 .353 .315 37.0
2018 Changeup -1.9 -2 95 18.3 24 .318 .409 .350 9.1 4.2 8.3 .314 .562 .399 52.4
2018 Sinker -5.3 -5 88 16.9 29 .391 1.000 .600 0.0 3.4 7.1 .385 .856 .558 59.1
2018 Curveball -2.5 -2 60 11.5 8 .250 .375 .269 14.3 12.5 7.1 .289 .348 .276 28.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -9 536 29.9 121 .307 .604 .436 17.5 19.0 16.5 .283 .523 .397 50.0
2017 Slider -2.1 -9 433 24.1 112 .298 .567 .395 24.2 20.5 19.0 .309 .569 .389 39.0
2017 Sinker -3.4 -11 330 18.4 101 .416 .685 .494 7.5 6.9 10.8 .378 .626 .450 51.2
2017 Changeup -0.7 -2 264 14.7 64 .231 .423 .348 21.1 4.7 5.1 .264 .499 .390 32.7
2017 Curveball -2.6 -4 144 8.0 25 .478 .522 .466 20.0 16.0 8.5 .370 .425 .374 21.1
2017 Cutter 3.4 0 14 0.8 3 .000 .000 .233 20.0 33.3 33.3 .000 .000 .233 0.0
! 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
2009 282 1,156 4 2 -7 -7 -8
2010 233 942 -5 10 -9 -6 -9
2011 286 1,163 -1 3 -9 -8 -15
2012 346 1,431 9 10 -8 -4 8
2013 842 3,470 10 25 -21 -12 2
2014 911 3,595 32 10 -22 -14 6
2015 739 2,939 15 9 -16 -13 -5
2016 732 3,005 25 11 -21 -14 1
2017 444 1,794 -6 0 -13 -17 -36
2018 137 520 -1 -6 -7 -5 -19
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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 2,943 49.8 66.1 84.4 25.7 71.2 43.5 58.0 45.8 18.3 7.4 74.9
2016 2,936 48.2 67.1 81.7 25.8 67.1 41.7 56.8 45.7 21.8 7.4 73.6
2017 1,795 43.0 74.7 87.7 22.8 67.0 37.5 47.5 45.1 17.7 5.7 82.5
2018 520 44.2 69.6 93.8 21.0 68.9 40.2 47.4 42.5 12.7 6.7 85.7
Player 8,194 47.4 68.4 84.7 24.7 68.6 41.3 54.6 45.4 19.1 7.0 76.4
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 24 29 31 35 25 14 47 10 55 21 26 15 12 40 65 29 82
2016 28 38 36 38 28 6 14 34 42 39 29 38 16 38 67 11 78
2017 1 1 1 3 1 17 7 1 1 7 11 8 5 18 52 6 62
2018 5 41 5 49
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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 23.1 20 23.5 -4 14 15 12 60.0
2017 23.1 24 26.8 -3 7 13 16 66.7
2018 24.9 6 6.3 0 0 5 3 50.0
Player 23.3 50 56.6 -7 21 33 31 62.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 20 25 16 30 23 20 23 25 22 20 21 26 25 20 22 22 19 22 25 24 26 19 32 31 23 22 20 31 27 23 20
2017 24 24 24 27 29 29 30 26 22 22 28 33 24 26 27 28 24 26 27 28 26 27 30 29 26 22 26 34 29 29 23
2018 6 8 4 6 8 7 8 6 8 3 8 7 4 4 7 6 5 6 6 8 6 6 8 7 4 4 8 8 5 7 7
Player 50 57 44 63 60 56 61 57 52 45 57 66 53 50 56 56 48 54 58 60 58 52 70 67 53 48 54 73 61 59 50
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.0 92.3 0.3 ↑ 90.6 -1.7 ↓ 88.9 -1.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.3 84.3 1.0 ↑ 83.7 -0.6 ↓ 83.1 -0.6 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.3 81.6 2.3 ↑ 82.8 1.2 ↑ 80.0 -2.8 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.6 89.0 -0.6 ↓ 90.2 1.2 ↑ 91.5 1.3 ↑
Launch Angle 12.9 12.4 -0.5 ↓ 13.0 0.6 ↑ 12.1 -0.9 ↓
Barrel % 5.1 7.8 2.7 ↑ 8.6 0.8 ↑ 10.5 1.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.3 35.3 3.0 ↑ 42.6 7.3 ↑ 49.5 6.9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 30.1 34.7 4.6 ↑ 37.7 3.0 ↑ 41.0 3.3 ↑
xBA .257 .255 -0.002 ↓ .312 0.057 ↑ .337 0.025 ↑
BA .267 .244 -0.023 ↓ .324 0.080 ↑ .365 0.041 ↑
xwOBA .326 .330 0.004 ↑ .403 0.073 ↑ .434 0.031 ↑
wOBA .331 .317 -0.014 ↓ .414 0.097 ↑ .459 0.045 ↑
xSLG .411 .422 0.011 ↑ .550 0.128 ↑ .587 0.037 ↑
SLG .430 .412 -0.018 ↓ .575 0.163 ↑ .652 0.077 ↑
K% 16.2 19.6 3.4 ↑ 14.2 -5.4 ↓ 9.5 -4.7 ↓
BB% 8.6 9.2 0.6 ↑ 11.5 2.3 ↑ 12.4 0.9 ↑
Swing % 45.8 45.7 -0.1 ↓ 45.1 -0.6 ↓ 42.5 -2.6 ↓
Whiff% 18.3 21.8 3.5 ↑ 17.7 -4.1 ↓ 12.7 -5.0 ↓
In Zone % 49.8 48.2 -1.6 ↓ 43.0 -5.2 ↓ 44.2 1.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.2 51.8 1.6 ↑ 57.0 5.2 ↑ 55.8 -1.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.7 25.8 0.1 ↑ 22.8 -3.0 ↓ 21.0 -1.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.1 25.2 -0.9 ↓ 23.6 -1.6 ↓ 21.2 -2.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.0 56.8 -1.2 ↓ 47.5 -9.3 ↓ 47.4 -0.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 708 .319 385 57 14.8 323 113 35.0
2017 Shifts 444 .414 241 28 11.6 203 88 43.3
2018 Shifts 137 .459 74 17 23.0 63 28 44.4
! 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 270 16.0 37.8% 2.6% 181 21.0 1.1% 8.8%
2011 274 14.0 66.1% 0.0% 210 22.0 0.0% 7.6%
2012 465 14.7 55.7% 0.0% 204 23.2 0.5% 6.4%
2013 1113 15.3 45.1% 0.4% 493 24.4 0.0% 11.0%
2014 1060 16.5 23.8% 0.7% 597 24.6 0.2% 10.9%
2015 890 16.9 29.1% 1.6% 530 23.9 2.8% 19.2%
2016 905 19.0 10.6% 4.2% 499 25.3 1.8% 20.0%
2017 464 19.2 4.7% 3.2% 341 25.2 0.0% 15.0%
2018 136 17.1 19.9% 0.7% 108 22.7 0.0% 9.3%
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Pitch Distribution

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