Austin Bibens-Dirkx
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 16, #471, Seattle Mariners | Portland
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 5 2 4.67 24 6 0 69.1 38 1.36
2018 2 3 6.20 13 6 0 45 33 1.56
2 Seasons 7 5 5.27 37 12 0 114.1 71 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 24 5-2 4.67 69.1 38 1.36
2018 13 2-3 6.20 45 33 1.56
2 Seasons 37 7-5 5.27 114.1 71 1.43
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
2017 32 1171 238 21 8.8 7.0 87.1 114.0 14.3 35.7 .285 .520 .340 .363 .389 34.5 12.7 6.7 4.67 5.89
2018 33 778 151 9 6.0 4.4 90.3 108.9 14.0 41.7 .279 .444 .388 .347 .379 41.1 16.3 6.9 6.20 5.23
Player 1949 389 30 7.7 6.0 88.3 114.0 14.2 38.0 .283 .489 .359 .356 .385 37.0 14.1 6.8
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

Bibens-Dirkx relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(33.9%) ,
Slider
(21.3%) ,
Changeup
(17.9%) ,
Sinker
(13.5%) ,
Curveball
(13.4%) ,


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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
2017 40.8 25.6 26.5 7.1 44.5 34.5 21.0 5.5 28.6 26.1 23.9 7.1 8.8 7.0
2018 35.8 23.8 34.4 6.0 41.1 34.4 24.5 2.0 27.2 29.1 27.8 7.3 6.0 4.4
Player 38.8 24.9 29.6 6.7 43.2 34.4 22.4 4.1 28.0 27.2 25.4 7.2 7.7 6.0
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
2018 Changeup TEX R 139 82.9 34.6 0.6 12.8ARM -1.1 6.3 0.4 12.8ARM -0.5
2018 Curveball TEX R 104 80.2 48.5 -2.5 6.1GLV -3.7 -3.7 -5.9 6.1GLV -3.1
2018 Slider TEX R 166 85.2 33.1 -4.0 1.0GLV -4.0 5.8 -4.0 1.0GLV -4.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 264 89.4 20.5 -1.5 13.5ARM 5.6 14.8 -0.9 13.5ARM 6.3
2018 Sinker TEX R 105 89.1 27.1 -5.2 16.9ARM 0.4 8.4 0.9 16.9ARM 2.2
2017 Curveball TEX R 156 79.7 47.2 -2.9 6.4GLV -3.3 -2.1 -5.9 6.4GLV -2.2
2017 Sinker TEX R 145 90.0 25.1 -1.6 18.4ARM 2.2 9.4 1.4 18.4ARM 3.0
2017 Changeup TEX R 187 84.6 32.0 0.7 15.3ARM 1.4 7.1 1.4 15.3ARM 1.7
2017 Slider TEX R 344 86.6 29.5 -3.5 0.6ARM -3.8 7.8 -4.2 0.6ARM -4.8
2017 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 339 90.5 17.8 -1.0 13.7ARM 5.2 16.3 -0.8 13.7ARM 5.6
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -4 264 33.9 74 .373 .610 .475 10.2 6.8 8.3 .318 .466 .407 41.8
2018 Slider 0.5 1 166 21.3 35 .229 .371 .257 37.2 22.9 15.7 .233 .395 .270 29.6
2018 Changeup -1.9 -3 139 17.9 45 .238 .500 .327 27.6 22.2 27.8 .207 .391 .274 48.5
2018 Sinker -2.9 -3 105 13.5 25 .417 .750 .504 15.7 16.0 14.3 .381 .601 .436 35.0
2018 Curveball -2.9 -3 104 13.4 24 .273 .409 .327 23.4 25.0 12.5 .270 .388 .316 50.0
2017 Slider 0.4 1 344 29.4 80 .278 .514 .374 27.1 12.5 13.0 .272 .480 .345 36.5
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -2 339 28.9 85 .351 .716 .492 11.7 3.5 5.9 .363 .779 .503 49.3
2017 Changeup 0.0 0 187 16.0 57 .218 .400 .293 26.1 21.1 17.9 .233 .445 .298 27.9
2017 Curveball 3.3 5 156 13.3 45 .159 .205 .156 22.2 24.4 13.4 .219 .295 .217 17.6
2017 Sinker -0.8 -1 145 12.4 32 .310 .345 .330 13.3 6.3 6.5 .318 .440 .359 22.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 299 1,171 3 11 -5 -6 3
2018 203 778 0 -5 -2 -5 -12
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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 %
2017 1,171 47.9 68.1 84.6 24.4 65.1 40.5 60.9 45.3 20.7 6.2 71.2
2018 778 46.0 71.5 86.3 29.0 59.0 43.6 63.1 48.6 22.2 5.3 73.2
Player 1,949 47.2 69.4 85.3 26.3 62.4 41.7 61.8 46.6 21.3 5.8 71.9
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
2017 7 8 3 3 24 31 5 52 37 3 77 22 18 15 22 74 29
2018 12 8 18 35 10 77 59 5 6 12 72 33 61 8 19 67 17
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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 %
2017 23.3 14 12.6 1 8 8 6 42.9
2018 23.2 9 8.4 1 8 7 2 22.2
Player 23.3 23 21.0 2 16 15 8 34.8
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
2017 14 12 11 13 13 11 15 12 11 10 11 13 13 13 11 13 9 10 16 13 15 16 16 15 12 9 13 16 16 12 7
2018 9 11 5 11 8 6 9 9 7 5 8 10 12 8 8 9 9 7 9 10 10 7 13 10 6 6 6 8 11 9 5
Player 23 23 16 24 21 17 24 21 18 15 19 23 25 21 19 22 18 17 25 23 25 23 29 25 18 15 19 24 27 21 12
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 2017 2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.3 89.3 -1.0
Offspeed Velocity 84.6 82.9 -1.7
Breaking Velocity 84.4 83.3 -1.1
Exit Velocity 87.1 90.3 3.2
Launch Angle 14.3 14.0 -0.3
Barrel % 8.8 6.0 -2.8
Hard Hit % 34.5 41.1 6.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.7 41.7 6.0
xBA .285 .279 -0.006
BA .270 .308 0.038
xwOBA .363 .347 -0.016
wOBA .340 .388 0.048
xSLG .520 .444 -0.076
SLG .478 .533 0.055
K% 12.7 16.3 3.6
BB% 6.7 6.9 0.2
Swing % 45.3 48.6 3.3
Whiff% 20.7 22.2 1.5
In Zone % 47.9 46.0 -1.9
Out of Zone % 52.1 54.0 1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 24.4 29.0 4.6
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 34.0 3.2
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 63.1 2.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 299 .340 165 6 3.6 134 37 27.6
2018 Shifts 203 .388 113 4 3.5 90 5 5.6
! 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 %
2017 344 22.1 0.3% 7.3% 223 25.9 0.0% 24.2%
2018 239 20.8 1.7% 0.8% 100 24.8 0.0% 11.0%

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Pitch Distribution