Zack Wheeler
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 195LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 1, #6, San Francisco Giants | East Paulding HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 12 7 2.82 26 26 0 153 163 1.04
2023 13 6 3.61 32 32 0 192 212 1.08
2024 16 7 2.57 32 32 0 200 224 0.96
10 Seasons 103 70 3.34 259 259 0 1,578.2 1,625 1.16
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 26 12-7 2.82 153 163 1.04
2023 32 13-6 3.61 192 212 1.08
2024 32 16-7 2.57 200 224 0.96
10 Seasons 259 103-70 3.34 1,578.2 1,625 1.16
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
2017 27 1561 262 22 8.4 5.7 87.6 113.0 8.7 36.6 .259 .439 .355 .337 .385 35.9 21.0 10.4 5.21 4.96
2018 28 2884 501 24 4.8 3.2 86.1 112.9 11.3 32.9 .219 .334 .272 .278 .326 27.1 24.1 7.4 3.31 3.23
2019 29 3159 580 31 5.3 3.7 87.0 117.6 12.3 34.5 .245 .393 .294 .297 .366 32.4 23.6 6.0 3.96 3.86
2020 30 1078 212 8 3.8 2.8 85.7 115.6 3.8 30.7 .249 .348 .291 .292 .325 34.0 18.4 5.6 2.92 3.58
2021 31 3205 548 25 4.6 2.9 84.6 118.6 8.4 31.2 .215 .318 .257 .258 .334 28.5 29.1 5.4 2.78 2.77
2022 32 2358 403 31 7.7 5.1 85.9 113.6 11.4 34.0 .226 .343 .275 .275 .345 34.5 26.9 5.6 2.82 3.10
2023 33 3155 527 27 5.1 3.4 86.9 113.2 14.2 35.1 .229 .351 .277 .277 .350 36.4 26.9 5.0 3.61 3.18
2024 34 3134 503 42 8.3 5.3 86.5 114.3 13.5 32.6 .197 .328 .256 .261 .326 33.6 28.5 6.6 2.56 2.80
Player 20534 3536 210 5.9 4.0 86.3 118.6 11.1 33.5 .226 .352 .279 .280 .344 32.4 25.7 6.3
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

Wheeler relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(41.4%) ,
Sinker
(19.0%) ,
Sweeper
(12.5%) ,
Curveball
(10.1%) ,
Cutter
(9.6%) ,
Split Finger
(7.3%) ,


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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
2017 48.1 22.5 25.6 3.8 33.2 40.5 26.3 6.9 35.1 21.0 24.4 3.1 8.4 5.7
2018 46.1 21.6 24.0 8.4 34.9 38.3 26.7 4.8 36.3 25.5 22.4 4.2 4.8 3.2
2019 44.7 22.6 25.7 7.1 36.7 35.2 28.1 4.7 31.2 24.5 27.1 6.0 5.3 3.7
2020 56.6 10.8 27.4 5.2 40.6 34.4 25.0 6.1 45.8 15.1 23.1 5.2 3.8 2.8
2021 50.9 16.2 24.3 8.6 35.8 35.8 28.5 9.5 39.1 19.2 23.7 3.6 4.6 2.9
2022 46.4 23.8 24.3 5.5 39.7 35.5 24.8 9.2 33.5 20.6 23.1 5.5 7.7 5.1
2023 41.2 26.0 23.7 9.1 37.4 35.1 27.5 5.7 30.2 26.8 24.9 7.4 5.1 3.4
2024 43.1 26.0 20.9 9.9 34.6 40.6 24.9 5.2 33.2 27.4 20.3 5.4 8.3 5.3
Player 46.3 21.9 24.2 7.7 36.4 36.8 26.7 6.4 34.7 23.3 23.7 5.2 5.9 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
2024 Split-Finger PHI R 230 86.2 31.4 -2.2 12.8ARM 1.6 5.4 -2.8 12.8ARM 2.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 1296 95.3 15.5 -0.5 9.5ARM 0.8 14.6 -1.2 9.5ARM 2.0
2024 Curveball PHI R 317 81.8 49.8 0.6 8.6GLV -0.7 -9.0 -0.9 8.6GLV -0.8
2024 Sweeper PHI R 392 85.0 33.9 -2.3 9.9GLV -3.1 4.0 -2.4 9.9GLV -4.4
2024 Cutter PHI R 301 91.1 24.3 0.2 0.9GLV -0.7 8.4 0.1 0.9GLV -1.8
2024 Sinker PHI R 594 94.6 23.9 -0.2 17.3ARM 1.4 6.7 0.6 17.3ARM 2.5
2023 Curveball PHI R 361 81.4 51.7 2.1 10.0GLV 0.9 -10.3 0.4 10.0GLV 1.1
2023 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 1361 95.8 14.5 0.2 6.3ARM -1.9 15.3 -0.5 6.3ARM -1.1
2023 Sweeper PHI R 386 84.4 36.6 0.2 13.5GLV 0.8 1.9 -0.4 13.5GLV -0.6
2023 Changeup PHI R 13 90.8 22.7 -5.8 15.1ARM 0.1 10.6 -5.2 15.1ARM 0.7
2023 Sinker PHI R 569 95.2 22.0 -0.4 15.6ARM 0.3 8.3 -0.7 15.6ARM 0.6
2023 Cutter PHI R 452 90.8 27.0 -2.5 2.5GLV 0.3 6.0 -1.9 2.5GLV -0.1
! 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 1.3 16 1,299 41.4 288 .209 .395 .317 29.6 28.1 20.6 .204 .382 .302 41.6
2024 Sinker 2.9 18 595 19.0 199 .189 .259 .226 14.2 22.1 27.7 .213 .298 .253 30.8
2024 Sweeper 0.9 3 392 12.5 101 .152 .273 .233 33.5 33.7 26.6 .164 .264 .202 26.2
2024 Curveball -1.9 -6 317 10.1 79 .205 .397 .287 38.7 40.5 21.3 .191 .341 .263 41.5
2024 Cutter -0.2 -1 301 9.6 66 .226 .371 .272 18.3 18.2 17.9 .225 .405 .284 23.5
2024 Split-Finger 1.0 2 230 7.3 54 .137 .196 .175 40.2 38.9 19.6 .145 .183 .175 23.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 17 1,370 43.4 320 .199 .333 .266 31.4 32.2 23.7 .198 .335 .259 43.1
2023 Sinker 1.0 6 571 18.1 155 .252 .308 .282 19.2 18.1 19.2 .245 .292 .271 28.7
2023 Cutter -0.3 -1 453 14.4 123 .270 .426 .332 22.8 17.9 16.4 .291 .439 .337 34.4
2023 Sweeper 0.1 1 387 12.3 90 .198 .360 .260 39.2 33.3 20.5 .202 .373 .258 29.8
2023 Curveball -0.2 -1 361 11.4 97 .264 .473 .329 33.0 28.9 17.9 .257 .371 .292 39.1
2023 Changeup -4.0 -1 13 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .282 .323 .255 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
2024 Curveball 317 81.8 58 14.4 8:00 7:15 45
2024 Cutter 301 91.1 43 8.0 12:45 11:45 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,298 95.3 83 17.2 1:30 1:15 15
2024 Split-Finger 230 86.2 79 14.1 2:00 2:30 -30
2024 Sinker 589 94.6 84 19.0 1:30 2:30 -60
2024 Sweeper 392 85.0 31 11.2 8:45 9:30 -45
2023 Changeup 13 90.8 94 18.5 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 Curveball 344 81.4 66 16.4 7:45 7:15 30
2023 Cutter 435 90.9 39 6.6 12:00 11:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,329 95.8 79 16.3 1:15 12:45 30
2023 Sinker 541 95.2 80 18.0 1:15 2:15 -60
2023 Sweeper 364 84.4 41 14.3 8:15 9:00 -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
2013 429 1,719 14 13 -11 -8 8
2014 790 3,297 18 10 -18 -17 -7
2017 385 1,560 3 12 -16 -7 -8
2018 742 2,882 24 22 -15 -10 21
2019 823 3,158 13 23 -16 -8 12
2020 286 1,077 3 16 -5 -4 10
2021 848 3,205 24 33 -11 -10 37
2022 741 2,842 16 28 -12 -7 25
2023 889 3,557 20 30 -15 -7 28
2024 813 3,245 16 47 -16 -11 36
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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 %
2017 1,561 51.7 69.1 81.7 22.2 62.9 45.2 60.9 46.5 22.2 8.1 82.5
2018 2,884 49.8 68.0 79.8 30.5 61.5 44.5 62.1 49.2 24.7 7.6 73.4
2019 3,159 51.6 69.7 81.5 30.8 64.5 45.3 66.0 50.9 23.0 7.7 76.6
2020 1,078 49.2 73.8 81.1 32.7 68.7 44.4 58.3 52.9 22.6 6.7 77.8
2021 3,205 51.5 72.2 78.8 30.4 56.7 44.4 66.8 51.9 26.8 8.0 81.2
2022 2,358 50.2 68.0 81.1 32.8 61.0 43.7 67.2 50.5 25.1 6.8 78.3
2023 3,155 49.7 70.6 79.6 32.1 52.9 44.4 61.6 51.3 28.6 6.8 80.6
2024 3,134 49.4 69.1 78.3 33.8 60.1 43.7 64.0 51.2 27.5 7.1 80.6
Player 20,534 50.4 69.9 80.0 31.1 60.0 44.4 64.0 50.6 25.6 7.4 78.8
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
2017 24 31 29 30 22 30 8 39 25 44 19 34 3 74 72 66 98
2018 83 75 83 85 77 29 79 93 96 61 63 48 79 88 67 62 97
2019 68 47 60 70 71 20 81 86 82 58 80 30 69 93 62 69 96
2020 69 39 73 90 57 33 87 90 66 18 86 23 86 93 57 63 98
2021 94 79 91 92 93 31 92 99 97 84 89 54 73 93 74 73 98
2022 80 64 75 78 80 20 41 94 76 74 83 46 83 81 78 74 99
2023 88 69 80 82 92 32 87 88 68 75 93 68 83 78 92 84 97
2024 92 93 87 70 95 6 37 92 86 85 70 66 95 67 82 78 96
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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 %
2017 22.2 15 13.5 2 3 14 3 20.0
2018 23.6 14 15.8 -2 5 9 9 64.3
2019 23.6 22 22.7 -1 14 10 15 68.2
2020 22.0 3 2.7 0 3 2 1 33.3
2021 24.2 16 15.9 0 5 8 9 56.3
2022 24.1 15 17.3 -2 12 16 4 26.7
2023 24.1 23 20.1 3 10 10 12 52.2
2024 23.9 20 18.0 2 8 17 6 30.0
Player 23.7 128 125.9 2 60 86 59 46.1
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
2017 15 16 12 10 14 14 16 15 10 11 14 14 14 14 15 14 12 12 15 13 16 14 17 16 11 11 12 16 15 13 9
2018 14 18 13 19 16 15 16 17 13 14 14 19 18 14 15 19 15 17 15 19 15 14 21 17 12 14 13 15 17 16 13
2019 22 25 21 26 22 21 23 22 20 18 18 27 26 22 21 24 21 19 23 23 25 25 28 27 23 20 20 26 27 23 16
2020 3 4 1 5 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 2
2021 16 17 15 16 17 17 17 18 11 13 14 19 17 15 17 18 15 16 17 16 15 17 17 17 14 14 17 15 16 15 14
2022 15 15 10 19 18 18 20 16 14 11 15 20 20 16 20 21 18 17 16 18 17 15 26 20 11 13 22 22 17 16 17
2023 23 18 18 20 23 21 23 17 22 16 20 26 18 17 22 19 23 20 20 26 16 19 27 21 17 17 19 23 19 21 16
2024 20 19 18 20 13 19 20 19 11 13 14 16 23 14 16 14 17 15 21 22 23 14 27 24 18 16 17 21 24 15 16
Player 128 132 108 135 126 128 138 127 104 97 112 144 137 115 129 132 124 119 130 140 130 120 166 145 109 106 123 141 136 122 103
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 94.6 1.6 ↑ 95.3 0.7 ↑ 95.4 0.1 ↑ 95.4 0.0 94.2 -1.2 ↓ 94.7 0.5 ↑ 94.5 -0.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.2 89.0 0.8 ↑ 88.9 -0.1 ↓ 90.2 1.3 ↑ 90.5 0.3 ↑ 89.5 -1.0 ↓ 90.8 1.3 ↑ 86.2 -4.6 ↓
Breaking Velocity 78.8 79.2 0.4 ↑ 80.7 1.5 ↑ 80.1 -0.6 ↓ 81.5 1.4 ↑ 81.3 -0.2 ↓ 82.9 1.6 ↑ 83.5 0.6 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.6 86.1 -1.5 ↓ 87.0 0.9 ↑ 85.7 -1.3 ↓ 84.6 -1.1 ↓ 85.9 1.3 ↑ 86.9 1.0 ↑ 86.5 -0.4 ↓
Launch Angle 8.7 11.3 2.6 ↑ 12.3 1.0 ↑ 3.8 -8.5 ↓ 8.4 4.6 ↑ 11.4 3.0 ↑ 14.2 2.8 ↑ 13.5 -0.7 ↓
Barrel % 8.4 4.8 -3.6 ↓ 5.3 0.5 ↑ 3.8 -1.5 ↓ 4.6 0.8 ↑ 7.7 3.1 ↑ 5.1 -2.6 ↓ 8.3 3.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 35.9 27.1 -8.8 ↓ 32.4 5.3 ↑ 34.0 1.6 ↑ 28.5 -5.5 ↓ 34.5 6.0 ↑ 36.4 1.9 ↑ 33.6 -2.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.6 32.9 -3.7 ↓ 34.5 1.6 ↑ 30.7 -3.8 ↓ 31.2 0.5 ↑ 34.0 2.8 ↑ 35.1 1.1 ↑ 32.6 -2.5 ↓
xBA .259 .219 -0.040 ↓ .245 0.026 ↑ .249 0.004 ↑ .215 -0.034 ↓ .226 0.011 ↑ .229 0.003 ↑ .197 -0.032 ↓
BA .284 .225 -0.059 ↓ .258 0.033 ↑ .254 -0.004 ↓ .215 -0.039 ↓ .221 0.006 ↑ .229 0.008 ↑ .192 -0.037 ↓
xwOBA .337 .278 -0.059 ↓ .297 0.019 ↑ .292 -0.005 ↓ .258 -0.034 ↓ .275 0.017 ↑ .277 0.002 ↑ .261 -0.016 ↓
wOBA .355 .272 -0.083 ↓ .294 0.022 ↑ .291 -0.003 ↓ .257 -0.034 ↓ .275 0.018 ↑ .277 0.002 ↑ .256 -0.021 ↓
xSLG .439 .334 -0.105 ↓ .393 0.059 ↑ .348 -0.045 ↓ .318 -0.030 ↓ .343 0.025 ↑ .351 0.008 ↑ .328 -0.023 ↓
SLG .465 .320 -0.145 ↓ .391 0.071 ↑ .348 -0.043 ↓ .321 -0.027 ↓ .352 0.031 ↑ .364 0.012 ↑ .328 -0.036 ↓
K% 21.0 24.1 3.1 ↑ 23.6 -0.5 ↓ 18.4 -5.2 ↓ 29.1 10.7 ↑ 26.9 -2.2 ↓ 26.9 0.0 28.5 1.6 ↑
BB% 10.4 7.4 -3.0 ↓ 6.0 -1.4 ↓ 5.6 -0.4 ↓ 5.4 -0.2 ↓ 5.6 0.2 ↑ 5.0 -0.6 ↓ 6.6 1.6 ↑
Swing % 46.5 49.2 2.7 ↑ 50.9 1.7 ↑ 52.9 2.0 ↑ 51.9 -1.0 ↓ 50.5 -1.4 ↓ 51.3 0.8 ↑ 51.2 -0.1 ↓
Whiff% 22.2 24.7 2.5 ↑ 23.0 -1.7 ↓ 22.6 -0.4 ↓ 26.8 4.2 ↑ 25.1 -1.7 ↓ 28.6 3.5 ↑ 27.5 -1.1 ↓
In Zone % 51.7 49.8 -1.9 ↓ 51.6 1.8 ↑ 49.2 -2.4 ↓ 51.5 2.3 ↑ 50.2 -1.3 ↓ 49.7 -0.5 ↓ 49.4 -0.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.3 50.2 1.9 ↑ 48.4 -1.8 ↓ 50.8 2.4 ↑ 48.5 -2.3 ↓ 49.8 1.3 ↑ 50.3 0.5 ↑ 50.6 0.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 22.2 30.5 8.3 ↑ 30.8 0.3 ↑ 32.7 1.9 ↑ 30.4 -2.3 ↓ 32.8 2.4 ↑ 32.1 -0.7 ↓ 33.8 1.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.8 30.2 1.4 ↑ 35.2 5.0 ↑ 33.7 -1.5 ↓ 37.3 3.6 ↑ 35.1 -2.2 ↓ 33.5 -1.6 ↓ 38.5 5.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 62.1 1.2 ↑ 66.0 3.9 ↑ 58.3 -7.7 ↓ 66.8 8.5 ↑ 67.2 0.4 ↑ 61.6 -5.6 ↓ 64.0 2.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 385 .355 217 1 0.5 168 21 12.5
2018 Shifts 743 .273 382 13 3.4 361 102 28.3
2019 Shifts 824 .294 475 25 5.3 349 85 24.4
2020 Shifts 286 .291 139 35 25.2 147 41 27.9
2021 Shifts 848 .257 390 23 5.9 458 87 19.0
2022 Shifts 606 .275 312 19 6.1 294 68 23.1
2023 Shades 758 .279 364 1 0.3 394 41 10.4
2024 Shades 787 .256 369 0 0.0 418 2 0.5
! 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 500 14.5 55.4% 1.0% 306 22.0 2.3% 9.2%
2014 1020 16.6 32.9% 2.0% 586 23.9 0.3% 12.6%
2017 455 16.1 34.3% 1.3% 262 24.1 0.0% 11.8%
2018 860 14.6 54.3% 1.3% 412 21.7 0.7% 8.0%
2019 870 15.8 39.2% 1.4% 512 23.6 0.0% 6.8%
2020 300 17.5 19.0% 2.7% 163 25.7 0.0% 14.7%
2021 987 17.6 15.8% 1.6% 358 26.9 0.0% 22.6%
2022 696 16.6 29.6% 1.7% 329 25.4 0.0% 10.6%
2023 940 15.1 47.8% 0.1% 415 21.3 0.2% 1.2%
2024 882 15.2 45.8% 0.2% 379 19.4 0.0% 1.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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