Steve Cishek
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 220LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 5, #166, Florida Marlins | Carson-Newman
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 5.40 22 0 0 20 21 1.50
2021 0 2 3.42 74 0 0 68.1 64 1.49
2022 1 4 4.21 69 0 1 66.1 74 1.22
13 Seasons 33 43 2.98 737 0 133 710.2 743 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 22 0-0 5.40 20 21 1.50
2021 74 0-2 3.42 68.1 64 1.49
2022 69 1-4 4.21 66.1 74 1.22
13 Seasons 737 33-43 2.98 710.2 743 1.20
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
2015 29 950 167 11 6.6 4.5 86.8 111.1 8.8 34.7 .249 .394 .315 .320 .360 32.3 19.8 11.1 3.58 4.28
2016 30 1076 157 8 5.1 3.1 87.4 114.4 14.3 35.0 .198 .340 .263 .271 .341 28.0 29.5 8.1 2.81 3.05
2017 31 729 116 4 3.4 2.3 84.0 113.6 3.7 28.4 .210 .324 .222 .273 .312 20.7 23.6 8.0 2.02 3.15
2018 32 1157 173 9 5.2 3.1 87.5 109.1 11.4 31.8 .186 .300 .263 .265 .303 32.9 27.1 9.7 2.17 2.92
2019 33 1109 174 10 5.7 3.7 84.8 113.0 11.4 29.3 .229 .367 .284 .315 .341 25.9 21.3 10.9 2.95 4.38
2020 34 374 59 7 11.9 7.5 89.2 110.9 18.6 37.3 .257 .451 .365 .365 .421 40.7 22.6 9.7 5.40 5.89
2021 35 1255 197 12 6.1 3.9 84.9 116.4 9.7 28.4 .212 .319 .299 .295 .305 32.7 20.8 13.3 3.42 3.65
2022 36 1175 173 15 8.7 5.2 87.3 114.1 15.0 42.2 .233 .393 .316 .329 .386 37.0 25.8 9.4 4.21 4.56
Player 7825 1216 76 6.3 4.0 86.3 116.4 11.3 33.1 .218 .353 .287 .300 .340 30.9 23.9 10.2
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

Cishek relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(37.1%) ,
Sinker
(33.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(28.7%) ,
Changeup
(0.4%) ,


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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
2015 46.7 18.6 30.5 4.2 28.1 40.7 31.1 4.8 35.9 18.6 22.2 5.4 6.6 4.5
2016 45.2 24.8 22.9 7.0 36.9 36.3 26.8 2.5 34.4 27.4 21.0 7.6 5.1 3.1
2017 56.9 12.1 25.9 5.2 28.4 41.4 29.3 8.6 42.2 19.8 20.7 4.3 3.4 2.3
2018 49.1 22.0 22.0 6.9 32.9 36.4 30.1 4.0 38.2 26.0 19.1 5.8 5.2 3.1
2019 50.0 21.3 18.4 10.3 35.1 42.0 23.0 6.3 32.8 25.9 24.1 4.6 5.7 3.7
2020 32.2 33.9 28.8 5.1 39.0 39.0 22.0 3.4 18.6 28.8 27.1 8.5 11.9 7.5
2021 50.8 21.8 18.3 9.1 36.5 35.0 28.4 7.6 35.5 21.8 21.8 5.6 6.1 3.9
2022 42.8 26.0 24.9 6.4 32.4 44.5 23.1 6.9 26.6 26.6 24.9 6.4 8.7 5.2
Player 47.7 22.0 23.3 7.1 33.5 39.3 27.1 5.7 34.0 24.1 22.3 5.8 6.3 4.0
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

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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
2022 4-Seam Fastball WSH R 336 89.3 23.1 -0.2 12.0ARM 0.9 11.3 -4.9 12.0ARM 4.7
2022 Changeup WSH R 5 83.1 38.3 0.2 19.1ARM 2.7 1.6 4.3 19.1ARM 4.9
2022 Slider WSH R 436 76.5 52.2 0.6 16.2GLV 0.1 -5.0 6.8 16.2GLV 10.5
2022 Sinker WSH R 396 89.8 29.3 -0.1 17.7ARM 0.1 4.8 3.5 17.7ARM 2.9
2021 Sinker LAA R 505 90.2 29.1 -0.6 17.7ARM 0.0 4.7 4.1 17.7ARM 2.9
2021 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 234 89.7 23.2 -0.1 10.9ARM -0.2 10.8 -5.4 10.9ARM 3.8
2021 Slider LAA R 480 77.5 50.0 1.1 16.5GLV 0.2 -4.0 5.8 16.5GLV 10.8
2021 Changeup LAA R 3 82.3 41.1 0.7 17.2ARM 3.6 -0.5 6.8 17.2ARM 3.3
! 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 %
2022 Slider -1.1 -5 436 37.1 108 .253 .440 .343 33.9 28.7 23.1 .216 .377 .313 34.9
2022 Sinker -0.5 -2 397 33.8 92 .272 .494 .372 14.4 12.0 16.2 .326 .564 .411 39.4
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 2 337 28.7 86 .129 .171 .240 29.1 37.2 20.5 .146 .216 .260 35.9
2022 Changeup 0.3 0 5 0.4 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sinker 0.0 0 521 41.5 140 .300 .367 .371 11.0 9.3 12.0 .261 .363 .331 31.5
2021 Slider -0.9 -5 484 38.6 94 .244 .346 .336 21.5 23.4 14.6 .175 .292 .278 32.8
2021 4-Seam Fastball 3.0 7 245 19.5 67 .089 .143 .180 37.2 43.3 21.5 .152 .258 .243 37.9
2021 Changeup -28.0 -1 3 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .591 .609 .532 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 4-Seam Fastball 335 89.3 81 16.3 2:00 1:45 15
2022 Sinker 394 89.8 86 18.8 2:00 2:45 -45
2022 Slider 435 76.5 83 18.6 8:15 8:15 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 239 89.7 77 15.2 1:45 1:45 0
2021 Sinker 509 90.2 82 19.0 2:00 2:45 -45
2021 Slider 481 77.5 79 18.5 8:30 8:15 15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 222 870 8 10 -3 -5 10
2012 268 1,072 10 5 -2 -5 9
2013 275 1,083 1 22 -1 -5 17
2014 273 1,134 2 6 -4 -3 1
2015 240 939 4 3 -5 -7 -5
2016 256 1,071 7 15 -2 -6 14
2017 173 729 9 17 -4 -5 17
2018 285 1,159 14 13 -5 -9 12
2019 266 1,109 9 20 -9 -9 10
2020 93 374 -5 6 -2 -4 -5
2021 302 1,253 9 13 -8 -13 2
2022 286 1,175 0 9 -4 -10 -5
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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 950 43.7 63.4 82.1 25.4 57.4 39.4 65.0 42.0 24.1 5.6 77.4
2016 1,076 45.4 55.7 80.9 28.2 54.2 40.9 61.6 40.7 29.0 6.2 61.2
2017 729 47.5 59.8 81.6 26.4 57.4 40.5 64.2 42.2 26.0 8.2 65.0
2018 1,157 46.1 57.8 78.6 27.4 53.2 38.7 55.1 41.4 29.4 6.1 61.4
2019 1,109 44.6 61.8 81.7 29.0 69.1 38.5 60.5 43.6 22.7 6.6 65.8
2020 374 46.5 61.5 82.2 22.5 48.9 40.4 59.1 40.6 27.0 6.7 60.0
2021 1,255 43.9 62.0 85.0 25.6 67.8 37.2 56.8 41.6 20.3 5.7 63.4
2022 1,175 47.1 60.8 83.0 26.7 53.0 40.9 60.1 42.7 26.1 6.6 65.4
Player 7,825 45.4 60.2 82.0 26.8 58.8 39.4 60.0 42.0 25.3 6.4 65.0
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
2015 30 40 42 45 15 59 17 86 55 46 7 62 10 28 63 99
2016 87 93 83 61 89 82 68 78 90 91 44 86 41 35 75 100
2017 16 69 100
2018 91 95 93 86 74 77 72 73 71 77 26 77 42 16 81 100
2019 48 67 75 80 28 74 75 100 99 37 16 27 48 14 78 100
2020 13 32 26 27 13 38 8 33 27 46 38 52 11 14 63 100
2021 70 81 90 90 26 72 76 98 90 30 6 10 24 9 74 100
2022 21 55 39 28 13 55 26 77 59 69 28 56 20 5 75 100
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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 23.8 8 7.5 1 2 4 4 50.0
2017 21.6 3 2.9 0 2 3 0 0.0
2018 21.5 5 4.7 0 5 5 1 20.0
2019 22.3 7 8.4 -1 3 9 2 28.6
2020 24.6 4 4.5 -1 1 1 4 100.0
2021 24.2 2 4.0 -2 1 4 2 100.0
2022 24.0 11 8.1 3 3 6 3 27.3
Player 23.2 40 40.1 0 17 32 16 40.0
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
2016 8 9 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 6 8 8 5 6 7 7 5 6 8 8 7 7 10 9 7 8 8 9 8 8 7
2017 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0
2018 5 6 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 6 7 3 4 6 4 4 3 7 5 5 9 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 5
2019 7 11 7 8 9 9 11 7 6 5 9 10 10 8 11 8 8 6 8 10 7 8 10 9 7 9 7 10 10 9 5
2020 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4
2021 2 5 3 3 5 4 6 4 4 2 3 6 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 5 2 3 6 4 4 3 5
2022 11 10 6 7 8 7 9 7 6 7 7 7 10 9 9 9 8 7 9 9 9 10 9 9 6 8 9 8 9 7 7
Player 40 48 35 39 43 40 46 36 34 29 38 48 42 37 42 42 33 33 40 47 40 44 52 43 32 39 42 44 44 39 33
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.3 92.0 0.7 ↑ 90.4 -1.6 ↓ 90.3 -0.1 ↓ 90.5 0.2 ↑ 90.3 -0.2 ↓ 90.0 -0.3 ↓ 89.6 -0.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.4 83.7 0.3 ↑ 84.6 0.9 ↑ 84.4 -0.2 ↓ 83.9 -0.5 ↓ 82.4 -1.5 ↓ 82.3 -0.1 ↓ 83.1 0.8 ↑
Breaking Velocity 81.0 79.1 -1.9 ↓ 77.2 -1.9 ↓ 77.5 0.3 ↑ 78.9 1.4 ↑ 78.2 -0.7 ↓ 77.5 -0.7 ↓ 76.5 -1.0 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.8 87.4 0.6 ↑ 84.0 -3.4 ↓ 87.5 3.5 ↑ 84.8 -2.7 ↓ 89.2 4.4 ↑ 84.9 -4.3 ↓ 87.3 2.4 ↑
Launch Angle 8.8 14.3 5.5 ↑ 3.7 -10.6 ↓ 11.4 7.7 ↑ 11.4 0.0 18.6 7.2 ↑ 9.7 -8.9 ↓ 15.0 5.3 ↑
Barrel % 6.6 5.1 -1.5 ↓ 3.4 -1.7 ↓ 5.2 1.8 ↑ 5.7 0.5 ↑ 11.9 6.2 ↑ 6.1 -5.8 ↓ 8.7 2.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.3 28.0 -4.3 ↓ 20.7 -7.3 ↓ 32.9 12.2 ↑ 25.9 -7.0 ↓ 40.7 14.8 ↑ 32.7 -8.0 ↓ 37.0 4.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.7 35.0 0.3 ↑ 28.4 -6.6 ↓ 31.8 3.4 ↑ 29.3 -2.5 ↓ 37.3 8.0 ↑ 28.4 -8.9 ↓ 42.2 13.8 ↑
xBA .249 .198 -0.051 ↓ .210 0.012 ↑ .186 -0.024 ↓ .229 0.043 ↑ .257 0.028 ↑ .212 -0.045 ↓ .233 0.021 ↑
BA .259 .190 -0.069 ↓ .167 -0.023 ↓ .181 0.014 ↑ .210 0.029 ↑ .269 0.059 ↑ .238 -0.031 ↓ .223 -0.015 ↓
xwOBA .320 .271 -0.049 ↓ .273 0.002 ↑ .265 -0.008 ↓ .315 0.050 ↑ .365 0.050 ↑ .295 -0.070 ↓ .329 0.034 ↑
wOBA .315 .263 -0.052 ↓ .222 -0.041 ↓ .263 0.041 ↑ .284 0.021 ↑ .365 0.081 ↑ .299 -0.066 ↓ .316 0.017 ↑
xSLG .394 .340 -0.054 ↓ .324 -0.016 ↓ .300 -0.024 ↓ .367 0.067 ↑ .451 0.084 ↑ .319 -0.132 ↓ .393 0.074 ↑
SLG .377 .332 -0.045 ↓ .244 -0.088 ↓ .306 0.062 ↑ .328 0.022 ↑ .487 0.159 ↑ .316 -0.171 ↓ .380 0.064 ↑
K% 19.8 29.5 9.7 ↑ 23.6 -5.9 ↓ 27.1 3.5 ↑ 21.3 -5.8 ↓ 22.6 1.3 ↑ 20.8 -1.8 ↓ 25.8 5.0 ↑
BB% 11.1 8.1 -3.0 ↓ 8.0 -0.1 ↓ 9.7 1.7 ↑ 10.9 1.2 ↑ 9.7 -1.2 ↓ 13.3 3.6 ↑ 9.4 -3.9 ↓
Swing % 42.0 40.7 -1.3 ↓ 42.2 1.5 ↑ 41.4 -0.8 ↓ 43.6 2.2 ↑ 40.6 -3.0 ↓ 41.6 1.0 ↑ 42.7 1.1 ↑
Whiff% 24.1 29.0 4.9 ↑ 26.0 -3.0 ↓ 29.4 3.4 ↑ 22.7 -6.7 ↓ 27.0 4.3 ↑ 20.3 -6.7 ↓ 26.1 5.8 ↑
In Zone % 43.7 45.4 1.7 ↑ 47.5 2.1 ↑ 46.1 -1.4 ↓ 44.6 -1.5 ↓ 46.5 1.9 ↑ 43.9 -2.6 ↓ 47.1 3.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 56.3 54.6 -1.7 ↓ 52.5 -2.1 ↓ 53.9 1.4 ↑ 55.4 1.5 ↑ 53.5 -1.9 ↓ 56.1 2.6 ↑ 52.9 -3.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 28.2 2.8 ↑ 26.4 -1.8 ↓ 27.4 1.0 ↑ 29.0 1.6 ↑ 22.5 -6.5 ↓ 25.6 3.1 ↑ 26.7 1.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 25.5 18.2 -7.3 ↓ 27.2 9.0 ↑ 21.4 -5.8 ↓ 27.1 5.7 ↑ 17.2 -9.9 ↓ 23.1 5.9 ↑ 25.2 2.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 61.6 -3.4 ↓ 64.2 2.6 ↑ 55.1 -9.1 ↓ 60.5 5.4 ↑ 59.1 -1.4 ↓ 56.8 -2.3 ↓ 60.1 3.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 248 .266 136 8 5.9 112 65 58.0
2017 Shifts 173 .222 119 7 5.9 54 30 55.6
2018 Shifts 284 .263 188 2 1.1 96 15 15.6
2019 Shifts 266 .284 158 12 7.6 108 29 26.9
2020 Shifts 93 .365 53 6 11.3 40 21 52.5
2021 Shifts 294 .305 187 31 16.6 107 72 67.3
2022 Shifts 285 .317 183 17 9.3 102 60 58.8
! 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 17 16.0 29.4% 0.0% 11 21.0 0.0% 0.0%
2011 247 16.3 30.0% 0.8% 176 21.9 0.6% 9.7%
2012 281 17.5 14.9% 1.4% 226 22.6 0.9% 8.4%
2013 347 17.6 18.7% 0.9% 197 22.0 2.0% 6.6%
2014 345 17.0 19.4% 0.6% 221 21.8 0.5% 7.2%
2015 257 16.4 34.2% 2.3% 228 21.7 10.1% 16.2%
2016 378 17.1 27.0% 2.9% 194 21.9 8.8% 12.9%
2017 227 16.5 25.1% 0.9% 155 20.9 2.6% 4.5%
2018 332 15.7 40.1% 0.6% 282 20.2 2.5% 6.0%
2019 311 16.4 30.2% 1.0% 241 21.2 1.2% 10.0%
2020 112 16.9 22.3% 0.0% 90 19.6 4.4% 5.6%
2021 287 18.4 13.2% 2.1% 360 22.1 0.0% 6.7%
2022 345 17.0 17.1% 0.6% 252 20.9 2.0% 6.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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