Chris Beck
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 2, #76, Chicago White Sox | Georgia Southern
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 2 2 6.39 25 0 0 25.1 20 1.89
2017 2 1 6.40 57 0 0 64.2 42 1.65
2018 0 0 4.50 20 0 1 34 21 1.59
4 Seasons 4 4 5.88 103 1 1 130 86 1.72
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 25 2-2 6.39 25.1 20 1.89
2017 57 2-1 6.40 64.2 42 1.65
2018 20 0-0 4.50 34 21 1.59
4 Seasons 103 4-4 5.88 130 86 1.72
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 24 101 24 1 4.2 3.2 86.2 108.6 9.7 25.0 .248 .348 .447 .318 .295 25.0 9.7 12.9 6.00 4.19
2016 25 465 84 4 4.8 3.3 86.9 109.6 11.4 38.1 .258 .399 .371 .341 .347 28.6 16.3 13.8 6.39 5.00
2017 26 1152 214 16 7.5 5.4 88.8 112.3 14.5 35.0 .285 .514 .386 .377 .399 36.2 14.3 11.6 6.40 6.44
2018 27 564 106 8 7.5 5.4 88.5 110.5 12.1 34.0 .254 .460 .382 .357 .361 34.9 14.2 13.5 4.50 5.58
Player 2282 428 29 6.8 4.9 88.2 112.3 13.0 34.8 .270 .469 .385 .362 .374 33.7 14.4 12.6
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

Beck relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(46.1%) ,
Slider
(33.7%) ,
Changeup
(18.3%) ,
Sinker
(2.0%) ,


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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 50.0 12.5 29.2 8.3 33.3 41.7 25.0 4.2 33.3 25.0 20.8 8.3 4.2 3.2
2016 47.6 16.7 27.4 8.3 42.9 29.8 27.4 7.1 33.3 21.4 27.4 1.2 4.8 3.3
2017 41.6 22.9 26.6 8.9 35.5 40.7 23.4 3.7 31.3 26.2 23.4 7.5 7.5 5.4
2018 44.3 24.5 23.6 7.5 34.9 39.6 25.5 3.8 33.0 25.5 22.6 7.5 7.5 5.4
Player 43.9 21.5 26.2 8.4 36.7 38.3 24.8 4.4 32.2 25.0 23.8 6.3 6.8 4.9
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
2018 Sinker NYM R 11 94.5 21.4 1.5 7 14.3 0.0 0
2018 Slider NYM R 190 86.4 35.6 1.9 6 5.4 1.4 37
2018 Changeup NYM R 103 88.5 26.0 -2.0 -7 13.2 -0.6 -4
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 260 95.2 14.3 0.1 1 6.7 -0.4 -6
2017 Slider CWS R 353 86.8 31.3 -0.2 -1 2.9 -0.2 -7
2017 Sinker CWS R 93 94.1 20.9 2.0 11 17.1 2.6 18
2017 Changeup CWS R 121 88.1 26.6 0.3 1 14.2 0.5 4
2017 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 581 94.6 14.1 -0.9 -7 10.6 3.1 40
2016 Sinker CWS R 54 93.5 22.4 1.5 7 13.7 0.0 0
2016 Changeup CWS R 106 87.9 32.0 3.0 10 10.1 -2.6 -20
2016 Slider CWS R 87 86.5 36.7 3.1 9 7.3 2.9 65
2016 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 211 95.3 17.3 -2.5 -17 8.8 2.0 30
2015 Slider CWS R 13 85.4 34.3 -1.1 -3 6.4 1.5 31
2015 Sinker CWS R 2 91.0 26.0 3.4 15 12.8 -0.8 -6
2015 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 49 92.6 18.3 -2.6 -17 9.9 3.8 62
2015 Changeup CWS R 29 83.9 32.9 2.4 8 13.1 0.9 7
2015 Curveball CWS R 3 77.4 52.4 -5.0 -9 5.4 -4.7 -46
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -3 260 46.1 83 .273 .545 .419 16.5 13.3 19.6 .267 .514 .398 41.1
2018 Slider -0.2 0 190 33.7 37 .303 .697 .447 32.6 13.5 9.4 .244 .488 .351 28.6
2018 Changeup 3.0 3 103 18.3 26 .200 .240 .213 27.3 19.2 16.7 .247 .313 .263 30.0
2018 Sinker -0.9 0 11 2.0 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .085 .097 .089 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -5 581 50.4 143 .294 .504 .409 16.0 14.7 12.4 .288 .515 .394 38.4
2017 Slider -2.4 -8 353 30.6 87 .280 .622 .379 21.4 18.4 19.0 .257 .478 .316 32.4
2017 Changeup 0.3 0 121 10.5 29 .308 .538 .384 23.5 10.3 7.1 .284 .515 .362 29.2
2017 Sinker -4.0 -4 93 8.1 31 .292 .542 .461 11.9 6.5 8.3 .369 .633 .486 45.5
! 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 31 101 -1 1 -1 -1 -2
2016 122 459 0 3 -3 -1 -2
2017 290 1,149 -4 6 -11 -8 -17
2018 148 564 2 7 -8 -2 -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 101 41.6 73.8 93.5 35.6 95.2 46.5 51.6 51.5 5.8 6.9 100.0
2016 465 40.2 65.2 82.0 30.6 61.2 41.5 49.6 44.5 26.6 3.9 77.8
2017 1,152 49.3 69.8 86.1 22.2 65.9 40.0 56.4 45.7 18.0 8.0 79.3
2018 564 48.4 68.5 82.9 24.4 56.3 44.0 54.1 45.7 24.4 9.2 82.7
Player 2,282 46.9 68.8 84.9 25.3 64.4 41.6 54.1 45.7 20.7 7.4 81.1
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 47 5 93
2016 79 7 91
2017 3 8 4 4 3 44 21 12 21 7 10 10 3 75 11 85
2018 82 21 77
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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 24.5 3 3.0 0 0 1 2 66.7
2017 23.4 16 16.1 0 4 10 9 56.3
2018 21.7 8 6.7 1 2 3 4 50.0
Player 23.0 27 25.8 1 6 14 15 55.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
2017 16 15 14 17 18 17 17 15 15 11 16 19 16 17 17 18 14 14 17 17 18 16 20 17 14 12 16 19 18 19 11
2018 8 8 5 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 5 7 6 7 8 7 6
Player 27 26 22 27 27 26 27 24 24 20 25 29 27 26 27 28 23 24 27 27 29 26 31 27 22 22 25 29 29 29 19
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.5 94.9 2.4 94.6 -0.3 95.2 0.6
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 87.9 4.0 88.1 0.2 88.5 0.4
Breaking Velocity 83.9 86.5 2.6 86.8 0.3 86.4 -0.4
Exit Velocity 86.2 86.9 0.7 88.8 1.9 88.5 -0.3
Launch Angle 9.7 11.4 1.7 14.5 3.1 12.1 -2.4
Barrel % 4.2 4.8 0.6 7.5 2.7 7.5 0.0
Hard Hit % 25.0 28.6 3.6 36.2 7.6 34.9 -1.3
Sweet Spot % 25.0 38.1 13.1 35.0 -3.1 34.0 -1.0
xBA .248 .258 0.010 .285 0.027 .254 -0.031
BA .385 .301 -0.084 .290 -0.011 .270 -0.020
xwOBA .318 .341 0.023 .377 0.036 .357 -0.020
wOBA .447 .371 -0.076 .386 0.015 .382 -0.004
xSLG .348 .399 0.051 .514 0.115 .460 -0.054
SLG .577 .447 -0.130 .548 0.101 .524 -0.024
K% 9.7 16.3 6.6 14.3 -2.0 14.2 -0.1
BB% 12.9 13.8 0.9 11.6 -2.2 13.5 1.9
Swing % 51.5 44.5 -7.0 45.7 1.2 45.7 0.0
Whiff% 5.8 26.6 20.8 18.0 -8.6 24.4 6.4
In Zone % 41.6 40.2 -1.4 49.3 9.1 48.4 -0.9
Out of Zone % 58.4 59.8 1.4 50.7 -9.1 51.6 0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 35.6 30.6 -5.0 22.2 -8.4 24.4 2.2
First Pitch Swing % 29.0 25.2 -3.8 28.2 3.0 25.0 -3.2
First Pitch Strike % 51.6 49.6 -2.0 56.4 6.8 54.1 -2.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 121 .374 73 1 1.4 48 7 14.6
2017 Shifts 291 .386 174 12 6.9 117 54 46.2
2018 Shifts 148 .382 78 11 14.1 70 40 57.1
! 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 13 17.3 23.1% 7.7% 25 22.3 4.0% 20.0%
2016 115 22.9 4.3% 9.6% 110 28.9 0.9% 46.4%
2017 307 22.4 0.0% 7.5% 231 27.3 0.0% 28.1%
2018 142 19.3 2.8% 2.8% 115 24.5 0.0% 12.2%
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Pitch Distribution