Derek Holland
P | Bats/Throws: S/L | 6' 2" 223LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 25, #748, Texas Rangers | Wallace State CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 2 5 6.08 51 8 0 84.1 82 1.51
2020 1 3 6.86 12 5 0 40.2 45 1.40
2021 3 2 5.07 39 1 0 49.2 51 1.57
13 Seasons 82 83 4.62 346 228 0 1,466 1,241 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 51 2-5 6.08 84.1 82 1.51
2020 12 1-3 6.86 40.2 45 1.40
2021 39 3-2 5.07 49.2 51 1.57
13 Seasons 346 82-83 4.62 1,466 1,241 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 28 909 182 15 8.2 6.1 90.5 114.4 12.7 35.7 .286 .488 .353 .363 .409 43.4 16.7 6.9 4.91 5.66
2016 29 1828 357 24 6.7 5.2 88.4 116.3 15.2 36.1 .272 .455 .331 .338 .367 33.9 14.5 7.6 4.95 4.90
2017 30 2460 438 36 8.2 5.8 88.5 114.1 14.2 37.9 .287 .510 .388 .383 .417 39.5 16.6 12.0 6.20 6.70
2018 31 2908 487 32 6.6 4.4 88.4 117.0 14.7 34.1 .239 .401 .309 .312 .371 35.4 23.2 9.2 3.57 4.12
2019 32 1487 245 30 12.2 8.0 91.1 113.9 14.0 31.4 .243 .501 .356 .357 .415 42.1 21.8 12.0 6.08 5.81
2020 33 719 116 17 14.7 9.5 92.5 112.3 16.0 35.3 .275 .556 .369 .383 .482 48.3 25.1 8.4 6.86 6.61
2021 34 835 153 10 6.5 4.4 89.1 110.7 11.2 32.0 .249 .400 .345 .312 .367 42.5 22.7 8.9 5.07 4.12
Player 11146 1978 164 8.3 5.8 89.2 117.0 14.2 35.0 .263 .464 .347 .347 .396 38.9 19.7 9.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Holland relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(46.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(33.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(9.8%) ,
Changeup
(9.6%) ,


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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 43.4 19.2 31.3 6.0 36.8 42.3 20.9 2.7 32.4 23.1 24.7 7.1 8.2 6.1
2016 38.4 22.7 30.0 9.0 36.4 38.1 25.2 2.5 28.6 30.5 25.5 5.6 6.7 5.2
2017 38.6 27.6 27.4 6.4 41.6 36.5 21.7 5.7 27.9 25.8 25.1 6.8 8.2 5.8
2018 42.1 23.0 26.7 8.2 38.6 35.7 24.8 3.7 28.7 26.3 25.5 7.2 6.6 4.4
2019 43.7 29.4 20.8 6.1 39.6 37.6 22.9 2.0 32.7 26.1 18.4 4.5 12.2 8.0
2020 37.9 25.9 28.4 7.8 46.6 33.6 19.8 3.4 24.1 25.0 23.3 8.6 14.7 9.5
2021 45.8 24.2 24.2 5.9 37.9 35.9 26.1 3.9 32.7 24.2 25.5 7.2 6.5 4.4
Player 41.0 24.7 27.0 7.3 39.2 37.1 23.4 3.6 29.4 26.4 24.3 6.6 8.3 5.8
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
2021 Curveball DET L 282 81.4 37.7 -13.7 -27 0.2 -8.1 -102
2021 Changeup DET L 80 85.0 23.5 -6.5 -22 12.3 -1.4 -10
2021 4-Seam Fastball DET L 82 92.8 16.7 -1.5 -10 11.9 5.0 71
2021 Sinker DET L 391 93.1 17.5 -3.7 -17 15.7 1.0 7
2020 Changeup PIT L 115 84.3 23.4 -7.1 -23 12.1 -1.0 -8
2020 4-Seam Fastball PIT L 23 92.1 16.7 -0.8 -5 11.9 5.0 73
2020 Sinker PIT L 313 92.3 18.8 -3.2 -15 15.8 1.1 8
2020 Curveball PIT L 268 80.7 39.9 -11.4 -22 0.4 -8.2 -95
2019 Sinker CHC L 914 92.3 18.8 -3.8 -17 15.0 0.3 2
2019 Slider CHC L 436 81.1 38.5 -3.6 -9 0.6 -7.5 -109
2019 Curveball CHC L 63 77.7 44.5 -12.0 -21 0.8 -8.1 -91
2019 Changeup CHC L 60 83.9 28.4 -3.2 -10 11.4 -2.1 -16
2018 Sinker SF L 1,651 91.5 19.6 -3.1 -14 14.9 0.4 3
2018 Slider SF L 632 80.9 38.7 -3.9 -9 0.8 -7.4 -113
2018 Changeup SF L 256 82.9 26.4 -6.1 -19 12.0 -1.3 -9
2018 Curveball SF L 363 78.4 44.9 -11.1 -20 1.1 -7.2 -86
2017 Changeup CWS L 255 83.1 26.0 -4.7 -15 9.9 -3.7 -27
2017 Curveball CWS L 553 78.0 44.4 -10.3 -19 4.3 -3.6 -46
2017 Sinker CWS L 887 91.0 21.2 -0.6 -3 13.5 -1.2 -8
2017 4-Seam Fastball CWS L 467 91.3 17.3 -1.6 -10 8.1 0.1 1
2017 Slider CWS L 296 81.1 36.9 -4.0 -10 1.7 -4.6 -73
2016 Slider TEX L 362 80.5 38.3 -4.4 -10 2.8 -9.8 -140
2016 Sinker TEX L 1,072 92.3 18.3 -3.2 -15 15.1 1.2 9
2016 Changeup TEX L 209 83.7 25.2 -6.4 -20 12.5 0.0 0
2016 Curveball TEX L 135 77.0 46.7 -10.6 -18 0.7 -10.5 -108
2016 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 27 91.5 17.8 -0.9 -5 7.2 0.0 0
2015 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 5 92.0 18.0 -1.4 -9 6.1 -1.1 -15
2015 Slider TEX L 167 82.9 36.2 -3.1 -8 2.2 -7.6 -141
2015 Changeup TEX L 90 85.5 22.5 -7.9 -26 13.6 1.0 8
2015 Curveball TEX L 114 77.2 49.0 -7.6 -13 2.1 -7.6 -79
2015 Sinker TEX L 526 93.6 18.9 -2.6 -12 15.3 1.2 9
! 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 %
2021 Sinker 0.8 3 391 46.8 120 .238 .343 .302 18.1 26.7 26.0 .224 .340 .295 40.5
2021 Curveball -0.4 -1 282 33.8 68 .333 .591 .391 37.2 27.9 23.5 .230 .400 .270 41.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -2 82 9.8 15 .417 .833 .560 14.7 0.0 0.0 .409 .855 .563 75.0
2021 Changeup -3.8 -3 80 9.6 21 .316 .368 .426 12.1 0.0 0.0 .350 .449 .378 31.6
2020 Sinker -1.9 -6 313 43.5 93 .253 .578 .398 21.4 31.2 26.4 .268 .569 .387 46.3
2020 Curveball -2.4 -6 268 37.3 51 .267 .556 .422 35.8 21.6 14.5 .263 .517 .369 47.1
2020 Changeup 2.3 3 115 16.0 34 .281 .438 .332 18.2 14.7 22.7 .319 .595 .400 55.6
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 0 23 3.2 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .007 .007 .006 0.0
2019 Sinker -1.1 -10 914 61.5 251 .260 .481 .375 18.4 22.3 19.2 .240 .473 .354 44.0
2019 Slider -0.8 -3 436 29.3 92 .237 .438 .348 41.6 27.2 15.6 .232 .482 .344 36.8
2019 Curveball -1.4 -1 63 4.2 16 .313 .875 .488 33.3 0.0 0.0 .321 .909 .495 43.8
2019 Changeup -4.2 -3 60 4.0 11 .400 .900 .555 22.7 0.0 0.0 .307 .614 .407 40.0
2018 Sinker 0.1 2 1,651 56.8 447 .243 .396 .331 17.5 22.6 18.7 .236 .384 .321 36.3
2018 Slider -0.4 -3 632 21.7 145 .236 .386 .293 37.3 35.9 17.4 .210 .332 .249 37.5
2018 Curveball 1.5 6 363 12.5 75 .243 .432 .319 28.6 9.3 14.3 .305 .578 .368 38.2
2018 Changeup 0.4 1 256 8.8 52 .222 .489 .344 18.7 15.4 23.5 .246 .481 .353 18.4
2017 Sinker -1.9 -17 887 36.1 274 .317 .520 .422 8.8 17.2 15.5 .279 .423 .368 38.7
2017 Curveball -1.0 -5 553 22.5 126 .281 .636 .407 28.9 11.1 15.2 .308 .652 .406 36.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -8 467 19.0 107 .294 .541 .444 13.9 14.0 13.8 .313 .570 .438 45.1
2017 Slider -1.0 -3 296 12.0 55 .167 .313 .299 35.6 43.6 15.8 .172 .371 .285 37.5
2017 Changeup -1.6 -4 255 10.4 62 .298 .561 .409 16.0 6.5 15.4 .336 .585 .408 42.6
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 80 85.0 96 18.8 10:30 10:30 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 82 92.8 98 19.0 10:30 10:45 -15
2021 Knuckle Curve 280 81.4 18 4.2 11:45 12:00 -15
2021 Sinker 388 93.1 99 21.2 10:30 10:15 15
2020 Changeup 113 84.3 98 19.1 10:30 10:30 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 21 92.1 99 19.3 10:15 10:45 -30
2020 Knuckle Curve 238 80.7 12 2.7 11:15 2:00 -165
2020 Sinker 263 92.3 99 20.7 10:15 10:15 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 608 2,222 -17 10 -14 -11 -31
2010 300 1,244 11 8 -9 -6 4
2011 940 3,591 7 5 -12 -9 -9
2012 731 2,760 1 6 -13 -8 -13
2013 894 3,279 4 23 -17 -8 1
2014 144 570 2 5 0 0 6
2015 255 941 -10 9 -3 -5 -8
2016 459 1,823 4 0 -10 -7 -13
2017 624 2,458 -5 0 -23 -10 -38
2018 719 2,902 11 23 -17 -10 6
2019 370 1,473 -4 13 -18 -8 -17
2020 179 719 -5 4 -5 -4 -10
2021 224 835 1 6 -7 -3 -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 909 44.6 64.2 90.4 28.8 67.6 39.1 63.7 44.6 17.5 7.5 75.0
2016 1,828 48.4 68.1 86.2 29.1 74.5 43.9 62.3 48.0 17.2 8.2 73.8
2017 2,460 45.7 62.4 87.6 23.3 65.3 42.5 63.7 41.2 18.8 6.8 74.9
2018 2,908 49.9 66.5 80.7 27.5 63.0 45.2 63.0 47.0 23.8 6.8 79.6
2019 1,487 46.5 66.3 80.8 27.3 56.7 41.4 64.4 45.5 26.9 6.4 77.7
2020 719 48.7 61.7 82.9 25.2 51.6 44.9 65.9 43.0 26.5 6.8 87.8
2021 835 52.5 66.2 79.7 27.0 62.6 48.4 70.5 47.5 24.4 8.3 78.3
Player 11,146 48.0 65.4 83.8 26.7 64.4 43.6 64.1 45.3 21.8 7.1 77.3
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 3 5 3 4 5 47 4 1 1 24 61 12 43 63 52 1 33
2016 22 16 19 21 30 30 32 55 55 9 54 7 51 38 45 2 22
2017 2 7 5 6 2 7 9 17 6 16 8 14 8 23 45 3 30
2018 43 51 44 38 44 13 45 46 48 56 34 43 44 29 81 7 38
2019 9 50 8 2 16 22 2 3 8 43 9 62 27 34 80 7 38
2020 7 16 3 1 22 2 1 1 4 59 52 49 25 35 87 16 48
2021 49 36 47 56 44 81 68 41 22 44 41 37 39 40 78 8 57
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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 22.8 15 15.7 -1 7 7 11 73.3
2017 22.4 31 27.1 4 13 13 16 51.6
2018 23.3 19 20.3 -1 8 19 6 31.6
2019 22.6 20 20.7 -1 6 12 12 60.0
2020 24.6 12 12.1 0 2 6 8 66.7
2021 23.1 6 8.1 -2 1 6 4 66.7
Player 22.9 103 104.1 -1 37 63 57 55.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 15 17 13 17 14 13 15 16 14 12 14 18 16 14 15 16 12 13 17 18 16 14 22 20 15 16 14 22 18 17 14
2017 31 29 26 27 29 26 31 26 26 23 27 31 26 24 26 28 21 24 28 28 29 31 31 31 23 25 26 31 31 26 23
2018 19 28 17 15 19 17 24 17 12 14 19 23 23 19 18 23 21 19 23 23 23 27 26 25 14 14 19 21 27 21 17
2019 20 25 21 19 20 18 23 22 17 17 18 22 23 21 18 20 20 18 22 20 23 22 26 25 19 20 17 24 24 20 18
2020 12 13 13 12 12 13 13 12 9 10 11 12 14 12 12 11 14 12 13 12 14 11 15 11 12 10 12 13 15 12 9
2021 6 9 6 9 9 8 10 9 5 5 6 7 9 7 8 10 9 8 9 8 9 6 10 9 10 6 9 10 10 7 6
Player 103 121 96 99 103 95 116 102 83 81 95 113 111 97 97 108 97 94 112 109 114 111 130 121 93 91 97 121 125 103 87
! 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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.6 92.3 -1.3 ↓ 91.1 -1.2 ↓ 91.5 0.4 ↑ 92.3 0.8 ↑ 92.3 0.0 93.0 0.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.5 83.7 -1.8 ↓ 83.1 -0.6 ↓ 82.9 -0.2 ↓ 83.9 1.0 ↑ 84.3 0.4 ↑ 85.0 0.7 ↑
Breaking Velocity 80.6 79.5 -1.1 ↓ 79.1 -0.4 ↓ 80.0 0.9 ↑ 80.7 0.7 ↑ 80.7 0.0 81.4 0.7 ↑
Exit Velocity 90.5 88.4 -2.1 ↓ 88.5 0.1 ↑ 88.4 -0.1 ↓ 91.1 2.7 ↑ 92.5 1.4 ↑ 89.1 -3.4 ↓
Launch Angle 12.7 15.2 2.5 ↑ 14.2 -1.0 ↓ 14.7 0.5 ↑ 14.0 -0.7 ↓ 16.0 2.0 ↑ 11.2 -4.8 ↓
Barrel % 8.2 6.7 -1.5 ↓ 8.2 1.5 ↑ 6.6 -1.6 ↓ 12.2 5.6 ↑ 14.7 2.5 ↑ 6.5 -8.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 43.4 33.9 -9.5 ↓ 39.5 5.6 ↑ 35.4 -4.1 ↓ 42.1 6.7 ↑ 48.3 6.2 ↑ 42.5 -5.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 35.7 36.1 0.4 ↑ 37.9 1.8 ↑ 34.1 -3.8 ↓ 31.4 -2.7 ↓ 35.3 3.9 ↑ 32.0 -3.3 ↓
xBA .286 .272 -0.014 ↓ .287 0.015 ↑ .239 -0.048 ↓ .243 0.004 ↑ .275 0.032 ↑ .249 -0.026 ↓
BA .269 .276 0.007 ↑ .290 0.014 ↑ .241 -0.049 ↓ .258 0.017 ↑ .261 0.003 ↑ .287 0.026 ↑
xwOBA .363 .338 -0.025 ↓ .383 0.045 ↑ .312 -0.071 ↓ .357 0.045 ↑ .383 0.026 ↑ .312 -0.071 ↓
wOBA .353 .331 -0.022 ↓ .388 0.057 ↑ .309 -0.079 ↓ .356 0.047 ↑ .369 0.013 ↑ .345 -0.024 ↓
xSLG .488 .455 -0.033 ↓ .510 0.055 ↑ .401 -0.109 ↓ .501 0.100 ↑ .556 0.055 ↑ .400 -0.156 ↓
SLG .493 .437 -0.056 ↓ .535 0.098 ↑ .405 -0.130 ↓ .497 0.092 ↑ .540 0.043 ↑ .455 -0.085 ↓
K% 16.7 14.5 -2.2 ↓ 16.6 2.1 ↑ 23.2 6.6 ↑ 21.8 -1.4 ↓ 25.1 3.3 ↑ 22.7 -2.4 ↓
BB% 6.9 7.6 0.7 ↑ 12.0 4.4 ↑ 9.2 -2.8 ↓ 12.0 2.8 ↑ 8.4 -3.6 ↓ 8.9 0.5 ↑
Swing % 44.6 48.0 3.4 ↑ 41.2 -6.8 ↓ 47.0 5.8 ↑ 45.5 -1.5 ↓ 43.0 -2.5 ↓ 47.5 4.5 ↑
Whiff% 17.5 17.2 -0.3 ↓ 18.8 1.6 ↑ 23.8 5.0 ↑ 26.9 3.1 ↑ 26.5 -0.4 ↓ 24.4 -2.1 ↓
In Zone % 44.6 48.4 3.8 ↑ 45.7 -2.7 ↓ 49.9 4.2 ↑ 46.5 -3.4 ↓ 48.7 2.2 ↑ 52.5 3.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.4 51.6 -3.8 ↓ 54.3 2.7 ↑ 50.1 -4.2 ↓ 53.5 3.4 ↑ 51.3 -2.2 ↓ 47.5 -3.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.8 29.1 0.3 ↑ 23.3 -5.8 ↓ 27.5 4.2 ↑ 27.3 -0.2 ↓ 25.2 -2.1 ↓ 27.0 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 26.5 27.3 0.8 ↑ 26.7 -0.6 ↓ 28.1 1.4 ↑ 33.2 5.1 ↑ 36.9 3.7 ↑ 38.4 1.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.7 62.3 -1.4 ↓ 63.7 1.4 ↑ 63.0 -0.7 ↓ 64.4 1.4 ↑ 65.9 1.5 ↑ 70.5 4.6 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 450 .331 369 25 6.8 81 29 35.8
2017 Shifts 623 .387 489 74 15.1 134 58 43.3
2018 Shifts 721 .309 559 91 16.3 162 43 26.5
2019 Shifts 371 .359 258 52 20.2 113 35 31.0
2020 Shifts 179 .369 147 42 28.6 32 22 68.8
2021 Shifts 224 .345 144 29 20.1 80 52 65.0
! 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 286 16.0 41.3% 0.3% 218 23.0 1.8% 7.8%
2011 983 14.5 55.4% 1.1% 517 21.4 1.7% 9.3%
2012 906 15.2 46.8% 1.7% 399 21.4 1.3% 7.5%
2013 911 15.6 41.6% 1.8% 448 22.5 1.3% 8.0%
2014 167 15.7 40.7% 2.4% 78 22.1 2.6% 6.4%
2015 307 17.4 34.5% 5.9% 126 22.0 7.1% 16.7%
2016 557 16.9 34.8% 3.2% 261 23.5 4.2% 18.0%
2017 704 16.3 33.1% 3.1% 536 22.7 0.0% 9.1%
2018 904 16.8 29.9% 2.9% 430 23.3 0.0% 9.1%
2019 407 17.5 18.2% 1.0% 261 21.8 4.2% 5.7%
2020 205 17.7 16.6% 2.0% 141 23.8 0.0% 9.9%
2021 214 17.2 14.5% 0.9% 154 20.1 0.6% 1.3%
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Pitch Distribution

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