Shawn Armstrong
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 18, #548, Cleveland Indians | East Carolina
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 3 4.38 50 3 2 61.2 66 1.35
2023 1 0 1.38 39 6 0 52 54 0.90
2024 3 3 4.86 57 7 1 66.2 66 1.53
10 Seasons 11 8 4.15 299 16 8 347.1 360 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 50 2-3 4.38 61.2 66 1.35
2023 39 1-0 1.38 52 54 0.90
2024 57 3-3 4.86 66.2 66 1.53
10 Seasons 299 11-8 4.15 347.1 360 1.32
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 24 131 17 2 11.8 6.7 90.7 110.0 14.6 41.2 .182 .337 .257 .253 .365 52.9 36.7 6.7 2.25 2.61
2016 25 201 32 1 3.1 2.3 81.5 109.5 11.6 25.0 .252 .359 .280 .293 .321 15.6 15.9 11.4 2.53 3.59
2017 26 430 77 5 6.5 4.6 86.8 111.0 16.9 31.2 .253 .454 .319 .337 .374 32.5 18.5 9.3 4.38 4.96
2018 27 204 36 2 5.6 3.5 88.1 111.3 13.7 27.8 .209 .343 .245 .278 .335 41.7 26.3 5.3 1.23 3.23
2019 28 1132 175 16 9.1 5.9 88.1 111.5 21.1 38.9 .255 .451 .347 .344 .405 34.9 23.2 10.7 5.74 5.34
2020 29 237 39 3 7.7 5.3 88.1 106.9 10.6 35.9 .225 .370 .233 .286 .347 33.3 24.6 5.3 1.80 3.42
2021 30 685 104 15 14.4 9.1 90.6 115.1 19.4 38.5 .244 .481 .367 .344 .432 44.2 26.7 9.1 6.75 5.12
2022 31 1047 182 14 7.7 5.2 87.4 115.3 10.6 31.3 .227 .356 .326 .282 .340 33.5 24.4 6.7 4.38 3.27
2023 32 797 138 5 3.6 2.4 87.5 114.4 18.1 33.3 .207 .306 .233 .253 .303 33.3 26.1 5.3 1.39 2.65
2024 33 1109 202 18 8.9 6.1 88.9 113.0 16.7 36.6 .277 .442 .345 .345 .413 38.1 22.4 8.5 4.86 5.11
Player 5973 1002 81 8.1 5.4 88.0 115.3 16.3 34.7 .242 .403 .315 .312 .373 35.7 23.9 8.0
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

Armstrong relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(33.2%) ,
Cutter
(31.5%) ,
Sinker
(27.1%) ,
Sweeper
(5.2%) ,
Slider
(3.0%) ,


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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 35.3 0.0 47.1 17.6 29.4 41.2 29.4 0.0 35.3 29.4 11.8 11.8 11.8 6.7
2016 53.1 21.9 18.8 6.3 28.1 34.4 37.5 3.1 43.8 28.1 18.8 0.0 3.1 2.3
2017 40.3 32.5 20.8 6.5 32.5 37.7 29.9 6.5 26.0 28.6 24.7 7.8 6.5 4.6
2018 44.4 27.8 22.2 5.6 30.6 44.4 25.0 2.8 27.8 30.6 19.4 11.1 5.6 3.5
2019 30.3 25.1 32.0 12.6 33.7 34.3 32.0 2.9 21.7 32.6 26.9 6.3 9.1 5.9
2020 43.6 30.8 23.1 2.6 38.5 41.0 20.5 0.0 41.0 30.8 12.8 5.1 7.7 5.3
2021 31.7 29.8 27.9 10.6 37.5 33.7 28.8 0.0 26.9 32.7 18.3 6.7 14.4 9.1
2022 48.9 25.8 20.9 4.4 25.3 43.4 31.3 4.9 39.0 22.5 22.0 3.3 7.7 5.2
2023 39.1 25.4 25.4 10.1 33.3 37.7 29.0 2.2 31.2 31.9 23.2 8.0 3.6 2.4
2024 35.6 25.2 28.7 10.4 32.2 35.6 32.2 4.0 23.8 25.7 33.2 4.0 8.9 6.1
Player 38.7 26.1 26.2 8.9 31.9 37.6 30.4 3.2 29.3 28.6 24.4 5.7 8.1 5.4
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
2024 Slider CHC R 33 83.5 41.7 3.7 12.0GLV 6.0 -2.4 4.0 12.0GLV 6.9
2024 Sweeper CHC R 58 85.1 28.9 -7.8 12.5GLV -0.6 8.9 -7.3 12.5GLV -1.8
2024 Cutter CHC R 349 90.5 24.1 1.1 4.3GLV 1.8 9.2 0.9 4.3GLV 1.6
2024 Sinker CHC R 301 93.6 21.0 -1.9 15.5ARM 0.6 10.3 -3.0 15.5ARM 0.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 368 93.3 15.4 0.1 6.7ARM -0.6 16.1 0.3 6.7ARM -0.8
2023 Slider TB R 59 85.2 39.1 2.8 11.3GLV 6.6 -1.4 2.9 11.3GLV 6.0
2023 Sinker TB R 272 94.7 20.0 -1.9 16.0ARM 0.7 10.6 -3.0 16.0ARM 1.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB R 166 94.5 14.0 0.9 6.4ARM -1.1 16.6 0.8 6.4ARM -1.0
2023 Cutter TB R 300 91.4 22.5 1.5 4.6GLV 2.4 10.2 2.3 4.6GLV 2.0
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 2 368 33.2 101 .198 .341 .276 33.3 38.6 24.8 .225 .422 .318 44.2
2024 Cutter -2.6 -9 349 31.5 77 .314 .557 .412 20.5 10.4 11.4 .279 .492 .362 35.5
2024 Sinker -0.2 -1 301 27.1 97 .388 .459 .408 10.7 13.4 15.3 .336 .450 .383 41.9
2024 Sweeper 0.4 0 58 5.2 14 .214 .357 .243 25.0 21.4 11.1 .310 .377 .299 0.0
2024 Slider -1.2 0 33 3.0 6 .167 .333 .208 27.3 50.0 13.6 .157 .201 .159 33.3
2023 Cutter 2.3 7 300 37.6 75 .191 .294 .255 29.0 17.3 26.0 .232 .358 .292 34.5
2023 Sinker 1.0 3 272 34.1 69 .213 .262 .282 20.4 14.5 17.5 .277 .384 .321 34.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 3 166 20.8 46 .089 .200 .133 32.3 56.5 23.0 .074 .132 .100 21.1
2023 Slider -2.9 -2 59 7.4 17 .353 .412 .338 20.7 29.4 11.9 .214 .279 .211 41.7
! 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
2024 Cutter 337 90.5 54 9.6 11:45 11:00 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 358 93.3 85 16.9 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Sinker 287 93.7 89 18.8 1:15 2:00 -45
2024 Slider 33 83.5 55 13.6 9:00 8:30 30
2024 Sweeper 56 85.1 43 15.5 9:15 10:00 -45
2023 Cutter 298 91.4 53 10.6 11:45 11:00 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 166 94.5 82 17.4 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 268 94.7 85 19.4 1:00 2:00 -60
2023 Slider 59 85.2 51 12.4 9:15 8:30 45
! 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
2015 30 131 2 1 0 -1 2
2016 42 193 4 1 -1 -1 3
2017 108 430 3 4 -5 -2 0
2018 56 204 3 5 -1 -3 5
2019 270 1,132 -1 10 -10 -5 -7
2020 57 237 2 4 -2 -1 3
2021 165 685 7 -11 -7 -3 -13
2022 273 1,065 4 1 -6 -3 -4
2023 211 818 13 3 -2 -2 11
2024 295 1,109 3 6 -14 -3 -8
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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 131 47.3 62.9 74.4 27.5 47.4 51.1 66.7 44.3 34.5 5.3 71.4
2016 201 50.7 69.6 83.1 29.3 65.5 39.8 70.5 49.8 21.0 9.5 73.7
2017 430 54.0 78.0 82.9 23.2 58.7 40.0 61.1 52.8 22.0 8.8 84.2
2018 204 52.0 74.5 81.0 28.6 60.7 42.2 50.0 52.5 24.3 7.4 73.3
2019 1,132 51.2 74.7 77.1 22.1 58.2 41.0 56.7 49.0 26.8 8.3 90.4
2020 237 47.7 71.7 82.7 33.1 56.1 45.6 71.9 51.5 26.2 8.0 89.5
2021 685 50.1 71.7 75.6 27.8 48.4 41.2 63.6 49.8 32.0 9.1 82.3
2022 1,047 54.6 69.2 78.3 35.2 63.5 44.0 64.6 53.8 26.1 9.6 81.0
2023 797 52.3 71.2 77.8 34.7 62.9 45.2 62.8 53.8 26.3 7.5 83.3
2024 1,109 54.4 68.7 80.9 29.6 66.7 42.0 69.5 50.9 22.9 9.6 76.6
Player 5,973 52.4 71.5 78.9 29.2 60.4 42.6 63.5 51.3 26.0 8.7 82.1
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 70 94 93
2016 55 99 98
2017 52 84 94
2018 62 99 79
2019 18 36 28 25 15 51 15 65 63 53 17 60 1 51 96 84
2020 54 92 78
2021 57 93 75
2022 75 62 66 65 71 58 41 75 83 62 65 56 95 77 46 75
2023 98 89 94 92 98 97 95 80 85 72 90 51 96 60 63 70
2024 9 7 13 28 9 45 24 47 54 45 41 28 59 40 44 64
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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 24.9 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2017 22.6 5 4.9 0 3 3 2 40.0
2018 22.5 1 1.0 0 2 1 0 0.0
2019 24.1 8 8.0 0 3 3 6 75.0
2020 25.6 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2021 23.6 10 10.4 0 0 7 5 50.0
2022 24.3 7 5.2 2 2 5 2 28.6
2023 25.1 2 1.8 0 2 1 1 50.0
2024 23.5 6 7.6 -2 2 7 2 33.3
Player 23.8 41 40.9 0 14 27 20 48.8
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
2016 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2017 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 5 8 5 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 3
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
2019 8 8 9 7 7 8 9 8 6 7 7 6 10 9 7 8 9 7 7 7 9 10 9 9 9 8 6 9 9 8 7
2020 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 10 11 10 8 11 11 12 9 8 10 11 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 11 12 10 10 12 11 10 10 11 11 10 11 11
2022 7 5 5 6 5 4 6 5 3 3 3 4 7 7 5 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 7 7 4 3 5 6 6 5 5
2023 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1
2024 6 5 7 6 8 8 9 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 9 8 6 11 9 4 8 8 8 9 9 8
Player 41 38 40 36 41 41 46 40 31 36 38 39 46 43 41 44 42 39 43 43 42 42 49 46 36 38 39 43 44 43 38
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 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.2 90.9 -2.3 92.6 1.7 92.1 -0.5 92.3 0.2 91.1 -1.2 92.1 1.0 94.5 2.4 93.3 -1.2 92.4 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.7 0.0 0.0 85.7 0.0 85.2 -0.5 83.0 -2.2 82.0 -1.0 85.4 3.4 86.1 0.7 85.2 -0.9 84.5 -0.7
Exit Velocity 90.7 81.5 -9.2 86.8 5.3 88.1 1.3 88.1 0.0 88.1 0.0 90.6 2.5 87.4 -3.2 87.5 0.1 88.9 1.4
Launch Angle 14.6 11.6 -3.0 16.9 5.3 13.7 -3.2 21.1 7.4 10.6 -10.5 19.4 8.8 10.6 -8.8 18.1 7.5 16.7 -1.4
Barrel % 11.8 3.1 -8.7 6.5 3.4 5.6 -0.9 9.1 3.5 7.7 -1.4 14.4 6.7 7.7 -6.7 3.6 -4.1 8.9 5.3
Hard Hit % 52.9 15.6 -37.3 32.5 16.9 41.7 9.2 34.9 -6.8 33.3 -1.6 44.2 10.9 33.5 -10.7 33.3 -0.2 38.1 4.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 41.2 25.0 -16.2 31.2 6.2 27.8 -3.4 38.9 11.1 35.9 -3.0 38.5 2.6 31.3 -7.2 33.3 2.0 36.6 3.3
xBA .182 .252 0.070 .253 0.001 .209 -0.044 .255 0.046 .225 -0.030 .244 0.019 .227 -0.017 .207 -0.020 .277 0.070
BA .179 .237 0.058 .237 0.000 .184 -0.053 .282 0.098 .170 -0.112 .265 0.095 .273 0.008 .188 -0.085 .289 0.101
xwOBA .253 .293 0.040 .337 0.044 .278 -0.059 .344 0.066 .286 -0.058 .344 0.058 .282 -0.062 .253 -0.029 .345 0.092
wOBA .257 .280 0.023 .319 0.039 .245 -0.074 .347 0.102 .233 -0.114 .367 0.134 .326 -0.041 .233 -0.093 .345 0.112
xSLG .337 .359 0.022 .454 0.095 .343 -0.111 .451 0.108 .370 -0.081 .481 0.111 .356 -0.125 .306 -0.050 .442 0.136
SLG .357 .342 -0.015 .423 0.081 .306 -0.117 .449 0.143 .302 -0.147 .531 0.229 .430 -0.101 .272 -0.158 .436 0.164
K% 36.7 15.9 -20.8 18.5 2.6 26.3 7.8 23.2 -3.1 24.6 1.4 26.7 2.1 24.4 -2.3 26.1 1.7 22.4 -3.7
BB% 6.7 11.4 4.7 9.3 -2.1 5.3 -4.0 10.7 5.4 5.3 -5.4 9.1 3.8 6.7 -2.4 5.3 -1.4 8.5 3.2
Swing % 44.3 49.8 5.5 52.8 3.0 52.5 -0.3 49.0 -3.5 51.5 2.5 49.8 -1.7 53.8 4.0 53.8 0.0 50.9 -2.9
Whiff% 34.5 21.0 -13.5 22.0 1.0 24.3 2.3 26.8 2.5 26.2 -0.6 32.0 5.8 26.1 -5.9 26.3 0.2 22.9 -3.4
In Zone % 47.3 50.7 3.4 54.0 3.3 52.0 -2.0 51.2 -0.8 47.7 -3.5 50.1 2.4 54.6 4.5 52.3 -2.3 54.4 2.1
Out of Zone % 52.7 49.3 -3.4 46.0 -3.3 48.0 2.0 48.8 0.8 52.3 3.5 49.9 -2.4 45.4 -4.5 47.7 2.3 45.6 -2.1
Out of Zone Swing % 27.5 29.3 1.8 23.2 -6.1 28.6 5.4 22.1 -6.5 33.1 11.0 27.8 -5.3 35.2 7.4 34.7 -0.5 29.6 -5.1
First Pitch Swing % 23.3 31.8 8.5 33.3 1.5 28.6 -4.7 32.2 3.6 36.8 4.6 37.0 0.2 39.2 2.2 37.2 -2.0 37.3 0.1
First Pitch Strike % 66.7 70.5 3.8 61.1 -9.4 50.0 -11.1 56.7 6.7 71.9 15.2 63.6 -8.3 64.6 1.0 62.8 -1.8 69.5 6.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 42 .280 20 0 0.0 22 1 4.5
2017 Shifts 107 .321 62 4 6.5 45 6 13.3
2018 Shifts 56 .245 42 3 7.1 14 6 42.9
2019 Shifts 270 .347 169 52 30.8 101 61 60.4
2020 Shifts 57 .233 38 9 23.7 19 9 47.4
2021 Shifts 165 .367 101 14 13.9 64 35 54.7
2022 Shifts 268 .326 178 16 9.0 90 28 31.1
2023 Shades 207 .233 109 5 4.6 98 47 48.0
2024 Shades 295 .345 182 13 7.1 113 64 56.6
! 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 %
2015 38 20.3 15.8% 5.3% 27 23.7 0.0% 18.5%
2016 57 22.3 7.0% 5.3% 25 27.8 0.0% 28.0%
2017 93 19.6 1.1% 3.2% 75 23.9 0.0% 8.0%
2018 52 19.2 0.0% 1.9% 31 20.7 0.0% 0.0%
2019 247 20.4 0.0% 2.0% 241 24.2 0.0% 11.2%
2020 64 19.7 0.0% 4.7% 36 23.7 0.0% 2.8%
2021 187 19.8 0.5% 3.2% 113 23.0 0.0% 7.1%
2022 244 21.1 0.0% 3.7% 183 23.2 0.0% 1.1%
2023 202 16.7 7.9% 0.0% 115 19.2 0.0% 0.0%
2024 243 16.7 12.3% 0.8% 221 18.3 2.3% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution