Matt Shoemaker
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 38
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 3 0 1.57 5 5 0 28.2 24 0.87
2020 0 1 4.71 6 6 0 28.2 26 1.08
2021 3 8 8.06 16 11 0 60.1 40 1.66
9 Seasons 46 41 4.24 128 115 0 662.2 580 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 5 3-0 1.57 28.2 24 0.87
2020 6 0-1 4.71 28.2 26 1.08
2021 16 3-8 8.06 60.1 40 1.66
9 Seasons 128 46-41 4.24 662.2 580 1.23
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 28 2089 414 25 6.0 4.4 87.7 111.2 14.6 33.8 .235 .409 .326 .304 .355 34.5 20.4 6.2 4.46 3.82
2016 29 2476 488 34 7.0 5.1 87.8 111.4 14.3 35.0 .262 .442 .310 .323 .394 35.0 21.4 4.5 3.88 4.43
2017 30 1264 224 21 9.4 6.4 89.2 113.9 15.4 36.2 .243 .469 .336 .339 .393 34.4 21.2 8.6 4.52 5.03
2018 31 499 86 8 9.3 6.2 91.8 110.6 11.8 33.7 .280 .477 .304 .355 .449 48.8 25.4 7.7 4.93 5.51
2019 32 418 74 8 10.8 7.4 89.2 110.4 12.9 27.0 .249 .488 .238 .341 .405 39.2 22.2 8.3 1.57 5.23
2020 33 446 80 8 10.0 7.0 87.7 108.0 7.2 35.0 .247 .491 .312 .341 .413 38.8 22.6 7.8 4.71 5.03
2021 34 1064 213 21 9.9 7.4 89.1 111.5 12.2 31.5 .286 .531 .380 .379 .408 40.4 14.1 9.5 8.05 6.43
Player 8256 1579 125 7.9 5.7 88.4 113.9 13.7 33.9 .255 .455 .323 .332 .390 36.7 20.5 6.7
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

Shoemaker relies on 5 pitches.
Split Finger
(33.3%) ,
Slider
(24.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.4%) ,
Sinker
(16.5%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(1.2%) ,


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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 41.5 24.2 26.3 8.0 38.2 36.0 25.8 4.8 29.5 30.4 22.0 5.8 6.0 4.4
2016 42.4 23.8 25.8 8.0 40.0 35.0 25.0 3.5 28.7 23.8 26.6 5.1 7.0 5.1
2017 39.7 29.0 25.0 6.3 42.0 32.6 25.0 4.0 29.5 29.5 19.6 8.0 9.4 6.4
2018 44.2 20.9 30.2 4.7 45.3 39.5 15.1 2.3 25.6 19.8 34.9 7.0 9.3 6.2
2019 51.4 17.6 20.3 10.8 56.8 20.3 23.0 0.0 36.5 20.3 27.0 5.4 10.8 7.4
2020 51.2 22.5 18.8 7.5 46.3 31.3 22.5 3.8 41.3 17.5 20.0 7.5 10.0 7.0
2021 45.5 27.7 20.7 6.1 45.1 38.0 16.9 4.7 34.3 22.1 21.6 7.0 9.9 7.4
Player 43.2 24.6 24.8 7.4 41.9 34.7 23.4 3.9 30.6 25.4 23.9 6.2 7.9 5.7
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
2021 Sinker MIN R 176 91.7 21.8 0.0 15.6ARM 1.3 10.7 -1.9 15.6ARM 0.8
2021 Curveball MIN R 13 77.3 47.6 -9.1 8.8GLV 0.7 -1.9 -8.2 8.8GLV -0.4
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 260 91.6 16.0 -0.6 8.9ARM 2.4 16.6 0.4 8.9ARM 1.7
2021 Slider MIN R 261 82.2 38.9 -0.9 4.0GLV -1.9 1.8 0.0 4.0GLV -1.7
2021 Split-Finger MIN R 354 85.2 33.1 -0.5 11.3ARM 0.4 4.5 -0.5 11.3ARM 0.6
2020 Curveball TOR R 22 75.4 50.5 -9.3 10.8GLV 0.6 -2.3 -7.4 10.8GLV 1.6
2020 Sinker TOR R 114 91.9 21.6 -0.2 15.9ARM 1.5 10.8 -1.7 15.9ARM 1.1
2020 Slider TOR R 82 81.4 39.5 -1.5 5.3GLV -1.1 2.0 -0.6 5.3GLV 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 83 92.1 15.5 0.1 8.3ARM 1.8 16.9 0.9 8.3ARM 1.0
2020 Split-Finger TOR R 145 85.4 32.9 0.1 10.3ARM -0.5 4.7 -0.1 10.3ARM -0.6
! 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 %
2021 Split-Finger -0.6 -2 354 33.3 110 .245 .392 .306 29.2 22.7 17.5 .245 .371 .291 31.6
2021 Slider -2.1 -5 261 24.5 76 .238 .492 .337 23.6 11.8 12.7 .238 .513 .357 39.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -2 260 24.4 42 .361 .694 .516 18.6 7.1 6.5 .361 .808 .516 51.5
2021 Sinker -4.2 -7 176 16.5 53 .419 .651 .507 8.4 5.7 8.1 .374 .620 .476 47.5
2021 Curveball -24.6 -3 13 1.2 2 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .713 2.508 1.302 100.0
2020 Split-Finger 0.2 0 145 32.5 53 .143 .388 .289 34.4 28.3 21.7 .223 .441 .312 41.2
2020 Sinker -3.8 -4 114 25.6 31 .370 .815 .545 12.5 12.9 13.8 .335 .748 .475 41.7
2020 4-Seam Fastball 2.7 2 83 18.6 15 .133 .133 .120 29.3 26.7 23.5 .194 .342 .224 45.5
2020 Slider -2.4 -2 82 18.4 15 .231 .462 .347 31.3 20.0 16.7 .235 .352 .315 20.0
2020 Curveball 2.2 0 22 4.9 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .013 .023 .017 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
2021 Curveball 13 77.3 44 11.8 7:45 8:15 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 257 91.6 93 18.4 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Split-Finger 333 85.2 84 12.6 1:45 2:30 -45
2021 Sinker 170 91.7 92 19.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 257 82.2 18 5.0 9:00 9:15 -15
2020 Curveball 19 75.3 63 12.8 7:45 8:15 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 82 92.1 90 18.4 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Split-Finger 140 85.4 78 11.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2020 Sinker 107 92.0 88 19.4 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 77 81.4 23 6.0 8:45 9:15 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 564 2,176 14 18 -9 -6 17
2015 567 2,078 7 2 -9 -5 -5
2016 667 2,468 -1 27 -10 -9 7
2017 325 1,260 -2 10 -8 -5 -5
2018 130 499 -1 5 -3 -2 -1
2019 108 418 8 3 -2 -1 8
2020 126 481 -1 3 -2 -2 -2
2021 283 1,064 -6 -5 -5 -4 -20
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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 2,089 47.3 65.9 85.1 29.2 62.3 41.9 60.6 46.5 21.3 7.0 70.7
2016 2,476 49.9 70.9 79.3 32.7 57.1 43.1 68.6 51.8 27.1 7.7 70.2
2017 1,264 46.3 70.7 82.6 30.6 58.0 42.6 64.7 49.3 25.2 7.4 80.6
2018 499 50.3 66.9 82.1 26.6 42.4 42.5 68.5 46.9 28.6 7.8 71.8
2019 418 45.0 68.6 82.2 33.9 53.8 44.5 68.5 49.5 28.5 4.5 63.2
2020 446 50.9 70.9 77.0 25.6 51.8 42.8 67.8 48.7 28.1 5.8 76.9
2021 1,064 47.3 70.2 85.6 30.8 60.7 44.5 64.3 49.4 22.2 7.0 81.3
Player 8,256 48.2 69.2 82.2 30.6 57.8 42.9 65.3 49.2 25.0 7.1 73.6
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 53 59 32 16 75 19 26 62 36 50 71 37 47 22 32 7 61
2016 34 30 25 23 64 12 26 69 47 55 94 79 85 34 25 48
2017 22 53 15 5 48 31 4 8 39 45 44 54 78 29 44 61
2018 26 24 38
2019 13 19 45
2020 27 43 13 8 60 33 16 61 39 46 60 60 28 29 36 56
2021 2 6 2 2 9 40 15 41 34 3 33 20 78 21 39 28
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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 22.8 18 19.5 -2 14 15 8 44.4
2017 22.4 15 15.4 0 5 10 8 53.3
2018 23.2 3 3.4 0 4 1 2 66.7
2019 22.3 3 3.5 -1 4 1 3 100.0
2020 22.8 8 7.3 1 4 7 2 25.0
2021 24.6 15 18.2 -3 3 13 8 53.3
Player 23.2 62 67.3 -5 34 47 31 50.0
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 18 24 16 18 19 16 20 20 15 16 18 25 21 17 18 21 13 17 20 20 20 16 26 26 20 18 18 27 24 19 16
2017 15 13 14 18 17 17 17 16 14 11 14 17 14 12 16 18 14 15 14 15 15 16 21 17 15 14 16 19 18 15 11
2018 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 4
2019 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 5 3 3
2020 8 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 6 5 6 9 5 8 8 7 9 6 6 10 9 9 10 8 4 6 8 8 7 8 5
2021 15 20 17 20 19 18 22 17 11 14 13 20 20 18 18 20 19 17 18 19 19 21 22 20 19 17 19 19 19 17 15
Player 62 72 59 71 69 65 75 66 52 51 57 81 68 61 66 73 61 61 64 72 70 71 89 79 64 61 66 80 77 65 54
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.8 91.9 1.1 ↑ 91.6 -0.3 ↓ 91.2 -0.4 ↓ 90.4 -0.8 ↓ 92.0 1.6 ↑ 91.6 -0.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.3 84.9 0.6 ↑ 85.1 0.2 ↑ 85.1 0.0 84.3 -0.8 ↓ 85.4 1.1 ↑ 85.2 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.3 81.8 2.5 ↑ 82.1 0.3 ↑ 81.9 -0.2 ↓ 81.1 -0.8 ↓ 80.2 -0.9 ↓ 82.0 1.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.7 87.8 0.1 ↑ 89.2 1.4 ↑ 91.8 2.6 ↑ 89.2 -2.6 ↓ 87.7 -1.5 ↓ 89.1 1.4 ↑
Launch Angle 14.6 14.3 -0.3 ↓ 15.4 1.1 ↑ 11.8 -3.6 ↓ 12.9 1.1 ↑ 7.2 -5.7 ↓ 12.2 5.0 ↑
Barrel % 6.0 7.0 1.0 ↑ 9.4 2.4 ↑ 9.3 -0.1 ↓ 10.8 1.5 ↑ 10.0 -0.8 ↓ 9.9 -0.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.5 35.0 0.5 ↑ 34.4 -0.6 ↓ 48.8 14.4 ↑ 39.2 -9.6 ↓ 38.8 -0.4 ↓ 40.4 1.6 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.8 35.0 1.2 ↑ 36.2 1.2 ↑ 33.7 -2.5 ↓ 27.0 -6.7 ↓ 35.0 8.0 ↑ 31.5 -3.5 ↓
xBA .235 .262 0.027 ↑ .243 -0.019 ↓ .280 0.037 ↑ .249 -0.031 ↓ .247 -0.002 ↓ .286 0.039 ↑
BA .259 .266 0.007 ↑ .251 -0.015 ↓ .244 -0.007 ↓ .163 -0.081 ↓ .210 0.047 ↑ .297 0.087 ↑
xwOBA .304 .323 0.019 ↑ .339 0.016 ↑ .355 0.016 ↑ .341 -0.014 ↓ .341 0.000 .379 0.038 ↑
wOBA .326 .310 -0.016 ↓ .336 0.026 ↑ .304 -0.032 ↓ .238 -0.066 ↓ .312 0.074 ↑ .380 0.068 ↑
xSLG .409 .442 0.033 ↑ .469 0.027 ↑ .477 0.008 ↑ .488 0.011 ↑ .491 0.003 ↑ .531 0.040 ↑
SLG .450 .418 -0.032 ↓ .464 0.046 ↑ .387 -0.077 ↓ .306 -0.081 ↓ .467 0.161 ↑ .537 0.070 ↑
K% 20.4 21.4 1.0 ↑ 21.2 -0.2 ↓ 25.4 4.2 ↑ 22.2 -3.2 ↓ 22.6 0.4 ↑ 14.1 -8.5 ↓
BB% 6.2 4.5 -1.7 ↓ 8.6 4.1 ↑ 7.7 -0.9 ↓ 8.3 0.6 ↑ 7.8 -0.5 ↓ 9.5 1.7 ↑
Swing % 46.5 51.8 5.3 ↑ 49.3 -2.5 ↓ 46.9 -2.4 ↓ 49.5 2.6 ↑ 48.7 -0.8 ↓ 49.4 0.7 ↑
Whiff% 21.3 27.1 5.8 ↑ 25.2 -1.9 ↓ 28.6 3.4 ↑ 28.5 -0.1 ↓ 28.1 -0.4 ↓ 22.2 -5.9 ↓
In Zone % 47.3 49.9 2.6 ↑ 46.3 -3.6 ↓ 50.3 4.0 ↑ 45.0 -5.3 ↓ 50.9 5.9 ↑ 47.3 -3.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.7 50.1 -2.6 ↓ 53.7 3.6 ↑ 49.7 -4.0 ↓ 55.0 5.3 ↑ 49.1 -5.9 ↓ 52.7 3.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 32.7 3.5 ↑ 30.6 -2.1 ↓ 26.6 -4.0 ↓ 33.9 7.3 ↑ 25.6 -8.3 ↓ 30.8 5.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.2 37.3 7.1 ↑ 31.6 -5.7 ↓ 32.3 0.7 ↑ 33.3 1.0 ↑ 35.7 2.4 ↑ 31.1 -4.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.6 68.6 8.0 ↑ 64.7 -3.9 ↓ 68.5 3.8 ↑ 68.5 0.0 67.8 -0.7 ↓ 64.3 -3.5 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 627 .310 285 25 8.8 342 112 32.7
2017 Shifts 322 .340 179 2 1.1 143 24 16.8
2018 Shifts 130 .304 70 0 0.0 60 4 6.7
2019 Shifts 108 .238 65 5 7.7 43 25 58.1
2020 Shifts 115 .312 47 9 19.1 68 41 60.3
2021 Shifts 283 .380 144 21 14.6 139 93 66.9
! 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 %
2013 25 16.1 40.0% 4.0% 15 24.3 0.0% 0.0%
2014 722 14.7 53.5% 0.6% 261 24.6 0.0% 9.6%
2015 701 17.0 29.2% 2.3% 268 28.8 1.5% 42.9%
2016 745 17.9 23.4% 3.8% 269 28.7 1.9% 40.9%
2017 400 18.9 7.2% 3.3% 142 29.5 0.0% 45.1%
2018 161 18.9 5.0% 3.7% 59 28.5 0.0% 30.5%
2019 146 16.6 21.9% 1.4% 36 25.9 2.8% 19.4%
2020 156 17.8 19.2% 1.9% 45 27.6 0.0% 24.4%
2021 292 17.4 21.2% 2.4% 167 28.7 0.0% 32.9%

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Pitch Distribution

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