Oliver Drake
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 43, #1286, Baltimore Orioles | U.S. Naval Academy
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 1 1 5.29 44 0 0 47.2 51 1.45
2019 5 2 3.21 50 0 2 56 70 0.98
2020 0 2 5.73 11 0 2 11 7 1.18
6 Seasons 10 10 4.27 196 0 5 204.1 228 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 44 1-1 5.29 47.2 51 1.45
2019 50 5-2 3.21 56 70 0.98
2020 11 0-2 5.73 11 7 1.18
6 Seasons 196 10-10 4.27 204.1 228 1.31
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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 28 298 46 2 4.3 2.8 88.3 108.1 13.7 32.6 .236 .367 .314 .309 .349 34.8 23.6 12.5 2.87 3.94
2016 29 296 46 1 2.2 1.4 87.8 105.5 11.0 28.3 .186 .318 .260 .259 .314 21.7 28.4 9.5 4.00 2.78
2017 30 1049 164 9 5.5 3.6 88.1 111.1 7.9 36.6 .273 .415 .344 .331 .407 34.8 24.7 10.0 4.66 4.76
2018 31 817 140 8 5.7 3.8 86.6 108.1 9.6 31.4 .242 .372 .328 .300 .364 31.9 24.4 8.1 5.29 3.79
2019 32 941 129 9 7.0 4.1 88.9 114.4 7.9 27.1 .199 .355 .261 .271 .357 40.3 32.0 8.7 3.21 3.18
2020 33 171 32 2 6.3 4.4 86.5 118.4 7.7 25.0 .190 .303 .292 .270 .261 34.4 15.6 13.3 5.73 3.04
Player 3572 557 31 5.6 3.6 87.8 118.4 9.0 31.4 .232 .372 .307 .297 .364 34.2 26.2 9.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Drake relies on 3 pitches.
Split Finger
(50.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(48.0%) ,
Slider
(1.8%) ,


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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 50.0 17.4 19.6 13.0 45.7 30.4 23.9 4.3 30.4 26.1 28.3 6.5 4.3 2.8
2016 52.2 21.7 19.6 6.5 43.5 21.7 34.8 2.2 41.3 26.1 13.0 10.9 2.2 1.4
2017 50.6 17.1 27.4 4.9 33.5 39.0 27.4 3.7 34.8 18.3 31.1 4.9 5.5 3.6
2018 48.6 17.1 27.9 6.4 41.4 30.7 27.1 2.9 35.7 21.4 29.3 2.1 5.7 3.8
2019 51.9 21.7 20.9 5.4 41.9 35.7 22.5 3.9 40.3 19.4 20.9 7.8 7.0 4.1
2020 50.0 21.9 15.6 12.5 43.8 28.1 28.1 9.4 37.5 31.3 12.5 3.1 6.3 4.4
Player 50.4 18.9 24.1 6.6 39.9 33.4 26.6 3.8 36.6 21.4 25.5 5.4 5.6 3.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2020 4-Seam Fastball TB R 82 91.2 14.3 1.6 10 2.8 -9.3 -143
2020 Slider TB R 3 84.4 30.8 -6.8 -18 8.3 3.0 57
2020 Split-Finger TB R 86 83.4 31.7 -1.9 -6 2.4 -5.3 -69
2019 4-Seam Fastball TB R 381 93.5 12.8 2.0 14 1.4 -8.0 -120
2019 Split-Finger TB R 559 84.0 35.3 1.2 3 2.2 -5.9 -73
2019 Cutter TB R 1 90.2 17.4 4.9 22 5.2 3.0 135
2018 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 358 92.5 13.4 2.1 14 0.0 -6.3 -100
2018 Split-Finger MIN R 366 83.9 34.9 0.4 1 4.6 -4.4 -49
2018 Curveball MIN R 61 79.4 55.7 1.9 3 1.0 -7.1 -88
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 538 91.9 12.8 1.8 12 5.2 -1.8 -26
2017 Split-Finger MIL R 509 83.3 31.0 -1.4 -4 6.3 -2.3 -27
2016 Slider BAL R 22 82.1 34.9 -3.4 -9 2.1 -4.0 -66
2016 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 159 90.8 13.0 3.2 19 0.0 -5.8 -100
2016 Split-Finger BAL R 114 82.8 33.5 -0.4 -1 6.2 -0.8 -12
2015 Split-Finger BAL R 165 82.1 36.5 0.3 1 6.9 -1.4 -17
2015 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 125 91.1 12.4 3.9 24 2.2 -4.0 -65
2015 Slider BAL R 8 81.8 41.7 1.5 4 5.6 0.2 3
! 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 %
2020 Split-Finger -0.1 0 86 50.3 21 .211 .421 .307 37.8 14.3 12.0 .199 .286 .259 37.5
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 0 82 48.0 23 .167 .389 .284 17.5 17.4 18.2 .180 .321 .280 31.3
2020 Slider -0.1 0 3 1.8 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Split-Finger 1.7 10 559 59.4 121 .195 .347 .244 37.5 31.4 22.9 .205 .346 .243 37.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 381 40.5 97 .160 .370 .300 33.5 33.0 21.3 .192 .369 .308 44.9
2019 Cutter 3.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Split-Finger -0.2 -1 366 44.8 99 .260 .427 .304 34.6 31.3 24.0 .213 .350 .258 29.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -5 358 43.8 96 .310 .452 .379 21.1 17.7 15.7 .277 .410 .346 31.3
2018 Curveball 1.6 1 61 7.5 8 .167 .167 .229 28.6 12.5 14.3 .313 .368 .355 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -5 538 51.3 130 .336 .478 .394 19.4 23.1 16.0 .312 .431 .364 44.7
2017 Split-Finger 0.4 2 509 48.5 119 .227 .427 .300 36.0 26.9 19.3 .234 .399 .296 24.1
! 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
2020 4-Seam Fastball 79 91.2 95 18.3 11:45 11:45 0
2020 Splitter 75 83.4 83 7.2 12:45 12:45 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 72 298 4 -2 -2 0 1
2016 74 296 -1 2 -1 -1 -1
2017 249 1,047 11 -3 -7 -3 -3
2018 203 786 9 -4 -6 -4 -5
2019 231 991 12 5 -4 -2 10
2020 48 185 0 2 -2 0 1
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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 298 48.3 65.3 81.9 31.2 43.8 40.3 56.9 47.7 30.3 8.7 84.6
2016 296 51.0 62.3 74.5 33.8 53.1 45.6 62.2 48.3 32.2 6.4 94.7
2017 1,049 48.3 65.8 77.5 28.8 59.0 43.8 63.5 46.8 27.3 6.3 81.8
2018 817 51.3 69.8 79.8 24.3 47.3 41.8 59.1 47.4 28.4 9.7 73.7
2019 941 50.1 66.7 72.6 32.1 45.0 44.5 58.9 49.4 35.9 7.1 77.6
2020 171 53.8 73.9 73.5 21.5 58.8 46.2 54.5 49.7 28.2 7.0 66.7
Player 3,572 49.9 67.0 76.6 29.0 50.8 43.5 60.2 48.0 30.6 7.5 78.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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 26 53 78
2016 19 42 73
2017 29 17 41 67 16 72 58 26 35 69 24 73 63 34 21 68
2018 58 47 59 73 51 83 65 89 76 62 50 73 12 43 30 48 89
2019 87 91 82 63 89 80 48 42 19 90 39 95 78 53 26 93
2020 20 42 97
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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 26.9 2 1.7 0 0 1 1 50.0
2017 21.4 6 5.1 1 6 3 2 33.3
2018 21.3 4 3.8 0 3 3 1 25.0
2019 24.2 9 8.7 0 2 8 3 33.3
2020 29.4 2 2.0 0 0 1 1 50.0
Player 23.9 23 21.3 2 11 16 8 34.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
2017 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 4 4 5 5 7 7 8 6 4 4 5 6 7 5 3
2018 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 2
2019 9 10 10 9 9 8 11 9 7 4 7 10 11 9 7 9 5 5 9 11 10 10 12 12 7 5 8 12 12 7 7
2020 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 23 24 19 21 23 19 24 23 19 14 19 23 23 20 19 24 15 16 21 24 25 26 29 26 19 16 21 26 28 19 15
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.1 90.8 -0.3 91.9 1.1 92.5 0.6 93.5 1.0 91.2 -2.3
Offspeed Velocity 82.1 82.8 0.7 83.3 0.5 83.9 0.6 84.0 0.1 83.4 -0.6
Breaking Velocity 81.8 82.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 79.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 84.4 0.0
Exit Velocity 88.3 87.8 -0.5 88.1 0.3 86.6 -1.5 88.9 2.3 86.5 -2.4
Launch Angle 13.7 11.0 -2.7 7.9 -3.1 9.6 1.7 7.9 -1.7 7.7 -0.2
Barrel % 4.3 2.2 -2.1 5.5 3.3 5.7 0.2 7.0 1.3 6.3 -0.7
Hard Hit % 34.8 21.7 -13.1 34.8 13.1 31.9 -2.9 40.3 8.4 34.4 -5.9
Sweet Spot % 32.6 28.3 -4.3 36.6 8.3 31.4 -5.2 27.1 -4.3 25.0 -2.1
xBA .236 .186 -0.050 .273 0.087 .242 -0.031 .199 -0.043 .190 -0.009
BA .262 .167 -0.095 .283 0.116 .274 -0.009 .181 -0.093 .189 0.008
xwOBA .309 .259 -0.050 .331 0.072 .300 -0.031 .271 -0.029 .270 -0.001
wOBA .314 .260 -0.054 .344 0.084 .328 -0.016 .261 -0.067 .292 0.031
xSLG .367 .318 -0.049 .415 0.097 .372 -0.043 .355 -0.017 .303 -0.052
SLG .361 .348 -0.013 .453 0.105 .421 -0.032 .357 -0.064 .405 0.048
K% 23.6 28.4 4.8 24.7 -3.7 24.4 -0.3 32.0 7.6 15.6 -16.4
BB% 12.5 9.5 -3.0 10.0 0.5 8.1 -1.9 8.7 0.6 13.3 4.6
Swing % 47.7 48.3 0.6 46.8 -1.5 47.4 0.6 49.4 2.0 49.7 0.3
Whiff% 30.3 32.2 1.9 27.3 -4.9 28.4 1.1 35.9 7.5 28.2 -7.7
In Zone % 48.3 51.0 2.7 48.3 -2.7 51.3 3.0 50.1 -1.2 53.8 3.7
Out of Zone % 51.7 49.0 -2.7 51.7 2.7 48.7 -3.0 49.9 1.2 46.2 -3.7
Out of Zone Swing % 31.2 33.8 2.6 28.8 -5.0 24.3 -4.5 32.1 7.8 21.5 -10.6
First Pitch Swing % 26.4 31.1 4.7 26.1 -5.0 24.5 -1.6 24.2 -0.3 34.1 9.9
First Pitch Strike % 56.9 62.2 5.3 63.5 1.3 59.1 -4.4 58.9 -0.2 54.5 -4.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 74 .260 43 9 20.9 31 12 38.7
2017 Shifts 249 .344 87 24 27.6 162 72 44.4
2018 Shifts 207 .330 112 16 14.3 95 40 42.1
2019 Shifts 218 .261 114 63 55.3 104 58 55.8
2020 Shifts 44 .292 20 7 35.0 24 14 58.3
! 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 59 15.7 42.4% 6.8% 76 21.9 6.6% 23.7%
2016 80 19.2 18.8% 7.5% 50 22.6 6.0% 18.0%
2017 272 18.9 14.0% 4.0% 203 22.1 2.0% 9.9%
2018 209 19.5 4.3% 4.8% 142 25.0 0.0% 23.9%
2019 280 21.7 0.4% 6.1% 138 25.2 0.0% 22.5%
2020 48 21.0 0.0% 6.3% 30 24.1 0.0% 10.0%
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Pitch Distribution