Garrett Richards
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 210LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2009 | Rd: C-A, #42, Los Angeles Angels | Oklahoma
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 2 2 4.03 14 10 0 51.1 46 1.25
2021 7 8 4.87 40 22 3 136.2 115 1.60
2022 1 1 5.27 32 2 1 42.2 36 1.34
12 Seasons 55 50 3.87 259 152 6 984 853 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 14 2-2 4.03 51.1 46 1.25
2021 40 7-8 4.87 136.2 115 1.60
2022 32 1-1 5.27 42.2 36 1.34
12 Seasons 259 55-50 3.87 984 853 1.31
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 27 3250 608 30 4.9 3.5 87.3 115.3 5.3 27.3 .226 .353 .293 .294 .329 31.6 20.3 8.8 3.65 3.56
2016 28 615 98 5 5.1 3.4 89.0 110.7 9.2 34.7 .249 .406 .300 .323 .382 38.8 23.0 10.1 2.34 4.43
2017 29 427 74 3 4.1 2.8 87.1 116.2 5.2 28.4 .223 .349 .220 .274 .335 28.8 25.0 6.5 2.28 3.17
2018 30 1313 202 17 8.4 5.3 90.4 119.9 8.9 30.7 .224 .389 .302 .307 .375 41.1 26.9 10.2 3.65 3.98
2019 31 157 24 3 12.5 7.3 88.6 107.3 6.2 45.8 .260 .544 .433 .386 .491 41.7 26.8 14.6 8.31 7.00
2020 32 788 148 13 8.8 6.1 89.8 111.0 14.6 37.2 .247 .446 .313 .328 .382 35.1 21.6 8.0 4.03 4.61
2021 33 2331 437 37 8.5 6.0 91.1 115.5 10.6 34.6 .285 .464 .356 .357 .402 47.8 18.6 9.7 4.87 5.58
2022 34 708 133 10 7.5 5.4 89.3 110.5 8.7 31.6 .258 .416 .318 .324 .367 39.1 19.5 7.0 5.27 4.40
Player 9589 1724 118 6.8 4.7 89.1 119.9 8.4 31.4 .246 .404 .313 .319 .366 38.1 21.3 9.1
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

Richards relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(37.7%) ,
Changeup
(34.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(24.9%) ,
Curveball
(2.3%) ,
Sinker
(0.4%) ,


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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 56.4 15.1 21.9 6.6 37.0 38.2 24.8 4.6 45.6 19.4 19.7 3.8 4.9 3.5
2016 46.9 16.3 31.6 5.1 35.7 40.8 23.5 3.1 35.7 20.4 22.4 6.1 5.1 3.4
2017 55.4 13.5 27.0 4.1 31.1 40.5 28.4 9.5 40.5 16.2 21.6 6.8 4.1 2.8
2018 50.5 15.8 25.2 8.4 36.6 36.6 26.7 2.0 40.1 19.8 23.3 5.9 8.4 5.3
2019 45.8 20.8 25.0 8.3 37.5 41.7 20.8 4.2 25.0 16.7 25.0 12.5 12.5 7.3
2020 41.2 26.4 25.7 6.8 43.9 31.1 25.0 3.4 33.8 27.7 18.2 7.4 8.8 6.1
2021 47.6 21.1 24.0 7.3 39.8 35.5 24.7 3.0 32.0 20.6 27.9 7.6 8.5 6.0
2022 51.9 22.6 22.6 3.0 39.8 36.8 23.3 1.5 42.1 19.5 22.6 6.8 7.5 5.4
Player 51.1 18.3 24.0 6.6 38.2 36.9 24.9 3.7 39.2 20.4 22.6 5.9 6.8 4.7
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
2022 Curveball TEX R 16 76.7 67.2 9.7 10.9GLV 2.1 -19.3 9.4 10.9GLV 1.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 176 94.4 21.9 -7.2 0.5GLV -8.1 8.8 -7.4 0.5GLV -7.8
2022 Sinker TEX R 3 95.7 20.7 -0.6 6.4ARM -9.1 9.2 -0.9 6.4ARM -8.4
2022 Slider TEX R 267 88.6 35.9 3.9 2.3GLV -1.3 -1.1 2.9 2.3GLV -3.4
2022 Changeup TEX R 246 90.0 30.1 1.5 15.2ARM 0.4 3.8 2.1 15.2ARM 1.0
2021 Slider BOS R 638 88.1 37.3 4.9 3.1GLV -0.6 -2.2 4.0 3.1GLV -2.6
2021 Changeup BOS R 160 90.6 28.0 0.5 15.4ARM 0.7 5.3 1.0 15.4ARM 1.5
2021 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 1236 94.3 22.0 -6.9 1.3GLV -9.0 8.7 -7.5 1.3GLV -8.5
2021 Curveball BOS R 284 78.3 65.0 9.9 11.0GLV 2.3 -19.2 9.1 11.0GLV 1.8
2021 Sinker BOS R 13 95.6 19.3 -1.8 7.3ARM -8.0 10.7 -1.9 7.3ARM -7.5
! 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 %
2022 Slider -1.4 -4 267 37.7 73 .232 .362 .295 31.8 27.4 19.8 .234 .362 .274 26.0
2022 Changeup 0.4 1 246 34.7 67 .200 .267 .269 25.4 17.9 19.7 .229 .285 .273 35.4
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -3 176 24.9 43 .405 .676 .495 16.5 7.0 7.1 .351 .739 .496 61.8
2022 Curveball -0.5 0 16 2.3 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 100.0 12.5 -- -- .000 --
2022 Sinker -11.3 0 3 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .406 .443 .365 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -4 1,236 53.0 355 .304 .487 .389 18.0 14.6 15.8 .312 .515 .395 52.5
2021 Slider -1.0 -6 638 27.4 163 .282 .470 .356 26.6 23.9 16.7 .252 .413 .314 44.6
2021 Curveball -1.2 -3 284 12.2 53 .224 .469 .357 32.7 28.3 15.3 .228 .438 .312 41.2
2021 Changeup 0.1 0 160 6.9 40 .308 .359 .313 26.4 20.0 26.7 .278 .328 .277 29.0
2021 Sinker -0.7 0 13 0.6 5 .000 .000 .320 16.7 20.0 33.3 .133 .168 .244 33.3
! 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
2022 Changeup 231 90.0 80 16.4 1:45 2:45 -60
2022 Curveball 16 76.7 95 26.0 6:45 6:45 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 176 94.4 55 8.1 12:30 11:45 45
2022 Slider 267 88.6 20 4.0 8:00 7:30 30
2021 Changeup 156 90.6 86 16.8 1:45 2:30 -45
2021 Curveball 271 78.2 94 25.6 6:45 7:00 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,216 94.3 50 8.2 12:15 11:30 45
2021 Sinker 13 95.6 62 12.6 12:45 1:15 -30
2021 Slider 604 88.1 28 5.2 8:00 7:30 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
2011 62 252 0 -3 -1 0 -4
2012 317 1,183 -1 4 -5 -7 -9
2013 615 2,333 7 11 -10 -8 0
2014 677 2,619 16 29 -8 -8 29
2015 863 3,242 13 14 -8 -14 5
2016 147 611 1 9 -6 -3 2
2017 107 426 1 7 0 -2 6
2018 323 1,313 0 12 -7 -8 -2
2019 41 157 -3 0 0 0 -4
2020 225 838 -1 15 -3 -5 6
2021 617 2,334 -9 22 -15 -12 -13
2022 185 708 -1 4 -5 -4 -6
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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 3,250 49.1 62.8 85.5 30.0 49.3 41.4 60.2 46.1 26.0 8.1 65.2
2016 615 45.2 64.7 83.9 32.0 62.0 41.0 57.4 46.8 24.0 6.5 67.5
2017 427 48.8 69.2 84.0 27.5 43.3 41.5 61.1 48.0 27.3 5.4 87.0
2018 1,313 49.7 62.6 82.4 23.9 42.4 42.5 55.1 43.2 28.4 8.6 70.8
2019 157 50.3 55.7 72.7 20.5 56.3 40.8 58.5 38.2 30.0 5.7 88.9
2020 788 49.5 69.5 83.4 25.1 48.0 41.8 60.6 47.1 26.1 8.5 74.6
2021 2,331 51.6 71.8 85.8 24.6 51.6 41.4 59.4 48.9 22.5 8.8 83.8
2022 708 46.3 70.7 83.2 33.2 55.6 41.2 58.9 50.6 26.0 7.9 85.7
Player 9,589 49.4 66.4 84.5 27.6 50.3 41.5 59.1 46.8 25.4 8.1 74.2
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 66 72 72 65 62 9 52 73 63 49 24 75 55 92 99 100 27
2016 92 97 17
2017 88 99 36
2018 51 69 50 35 55 46 17 4 6 75 20 73 10 88 99 100 22
2019 77 100 26
2020 38 43 29 23 53 11 28 23 60 39 57 45 24 81 99 99 30
2021 9 6 16 31 9 10 38 6 1 17 31 21 14 65 94 98 21
2022 59 71 23
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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 21.4 2 2.3 0 1 3 1 50.0
2017 23.8 1 1.4 0 1 1 1 100.0
2018 23.7 11 10.5 1 3 4 7 63.6
2019 27.5 2 2.9 -1 1 1 2 100.0
2020 23.7 7 8.2 -1 2 5 5 71.4
2021 23.8 19 18.3 1 7 12 10 52.6
2022 21.8 3 3.5 -1 4 3 1 33.3
Player 23.6 45 47.1 -2 19 29 27 60.0
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 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 4 4 2 2 2 5 3 3 1
2017 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1
2018 11 13 8 10 9 9 12 11 9 9 9 11 12 11 11 11 10 11 11 12 12 10 12 11 11 10 9 11 11 11 9
2019 2 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 3 4 3 2 3
2020 7 9 8 9 9 9 10 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 10 7 8 9 8 9 8 7 10 8 7 7 8 9 8 9 7
2021 19 21 16 18 18 16 19 19 12 15 15 16 23 16 18 22 17 17 20 16 20 19 23 21 20 17 20 20 21 16 19
2022 3 4 1 3 4 3 4 3 2 2 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 6 6 3 2 3 4 5 5 4 3
Player 45 53 37 48 47 43 52 47 39 37 41 46 52 44 48 50 43 47 47 49 50 47 61 52 46 42 48 56 52 47 43
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.2 96.3 0.1 ↑ 95.8 -0.5 ↓ 95.8 0.0 95.0 -0.8 ↓ 95.2 0.2 ↑ 94.3 -0.9 ↓ 94.4 0.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 93.2 88.4 -4.8 ↓ 0.0 0.0 90.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 90.6 0.0 90.0 -0.6 ↓
Breaking Velocity 86.7 87.9 1.2 ↑ 87.2 -0.7 ↓ 87.4 0.2 ↑ 86.6 -0.8 ↓ 87.1 0.5 ↑ 85.1 -2.0 ↓ 87.9 2.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.3 89.0 1.7 ↑ 87.1 -1.9 ↓ 90.4 3.3 ↑ 88.6 -1.8 ↓ 89.8 1.2 ↑ 91.1 1.3 ↑ 89.3 -1.8 ↓
Launch Angle 5.3 9.2 3.9 ↑ 5.2 -4.0 ↓ 8.9 3.7 ↑ 6.2 -2.7 ↓ 14.6 8.4 ↑ 10.6 -4.0 ↓ 8.7 -1.9 ↓
Barrel % 4.9 5.1 0.2 ↑ 4.1 -1.0 ↓ 8.4 4.3 ↑ 12.5 4.1 ↑ 8.8 -3.7 ↓ 8.5 -0.3 ↓ 7.5 -1.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.6 38.8 7.2 ↑ 28.8 -10.0 ↓ 41.1 12.3 ↑ 41.7 0.6 ↑ 35.1 -6.6 ↓ 47.8 12.7 ↑ 39.1 -8.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.3 34.7 7.4 ↑ 28.4 -6.3 ↓ 30.7 2.3 ↑ 45.8 15.1 ↑ 37.2 -8.6 ↓ 34.6 -2.6 ↓ 31.6 -3.0 ↓
xBA .226 .249 0.023 ↑ .223 -0.026 ↓ .224 0.001 ↑ .260 0.036 ↑ .247 -0.013 ↓ .285 0.038 ↑ .258 -0.027 ↓
BA .236 .238 0.002 ↑ .180 -0.058 ↓ .222 0.042 ↑ .294 0.072 ↑ .244 -0.050 ↓ .289 0.045 ↑ .262 -0.027 ↓
xwOBA .294 .323 0.029 ↑ .274 -0.049 ↓ .307 0.033 ↑ .386 0.079 ↑ .328 -0.058 ↓ .357 0.029 ↑ .324 -0.033 ↓
wOBA .293 .300 0.007 ↑ .220 -0.080 ↓ .302 0.082 ↑ .433 0.131 ↑ .313 -0.120 ↓ .356 0.043 ↑ .318 -0.038 ↓
xSLG .353 .406 0.053 ↑ .349 -0.057 ↓ .389 0.040 ↑ .544 0.155 ↑ .446 -0.098 ↓ .464 0.018 ↑ .416 -0.048 ↓
SLG .359 .362 0.003 ↑ .260 -0.102 ↓ .382 0.122 ↑ .676 0.294 ↑ .415 -0.261 ↓ .468 0.053 ↑ .399 -0.069 ↓
K% 20.3 23.0 2.7 ↑ 25.0 2.0 ↑ 26.9 1.9 ↑ 26.8 -0.1 ↓ 21.6 -5.2 ↓ 18.6 -3.0 ↓ 19.5 0.9 ↑
BB% 8.8 10.1 1.3 ↑ 6.5 -3.6 ↓ 10.2 3.7 ↑ 14.6 4.4 ↑ 8.0 -6.6 ↓ 9.7 1.7 ↑ 7.0 -2.7 ↓
Swing % 46.1 46.8 0.7 ↑ 48.0 1.2 ↑ 43.2 -4.8 ↓ 38.2 -5.0 ↓ 47.1 8.9 ↑ 48.9 1.8 ↑ 50.6 1.7 ↑
Whiff% 26.0 24.0 -2.0 ↓ 27.3 3.3 ↑ 28.4 1.1 ↑ 30.0 1.6 ↑ 26.1 -3.9 ↓ 22.5 -3.6 ↓ 26.0 3.5 ↑
In Zone % 49.1 45.2 -3.9 ↓ 48.8 3.6 ↑ 49.7 0.9 ↑ 50.3 0.6 ↑ 49.5 -0.8 ↓ 51.6 2.1 ↑ 46.3 -5.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.9 54.8 3.9 ↑ 51.2 -3.6 ↓ 50.3 -0.9 ↓ 49.7 -0.6 ↓ 50.5 0.8 ↑ 48.4 -2.1 ↓ 53.7 5.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.0 32.0 2.0 ↑ 27.5 -4.5 ↓ 23.9 -3.6 ↓ 20.5 -3.4 ↓ 25.1 4.6 ↑ 24.6 -0.5 ↓ 33.2 8.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.4 25.7 -2.7 ↓ 25.9 0.2 ↑ 23.8 -2.1 ↓ 22.0 -1.8 ↓ 29.6 7.6 ↑ 32.3 2.7 ↑ 31.4 -0.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 57.4 -2.8 ↓ 61.1 3.7 ↑ 55.1 -6.0 ↓ 58.5 3.4 ↑ 60.6 2.1 ↑ 59.4 -1.2 ↓ 58.9 -0.5 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 135 .305 76 9 11.8 59 21 35.6
2017 Shifts 108 .220 59 5 8.5 49 1 2.0
2018 Shifts 323 .302 154 0 0.0 169 25 14.8
2019 Shifts 41 .433 15 0 0.0 26 12 46.2
2020 Shifts 213 .313 103 1 1.0 110 37 33.6
2021 Shifts 596 .358 366 80 21.9 230 176 76.5
2022 Shifts 185 .318 105 17 16.2 80 56 70.0
! 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 %
2011 66 15.4 47.0% 0.0% 33 22.2 0.0% 12.1%
2012 319 16.6 29.2% 1.9% 183 25.2 0.0% 14.8%
2013 685 17.7 19.4% 3.2% 393 25.3 1.0% 18.1%
2014 818 16.4 34.4% 1.3% 434 24.3 0.2% 14.5%
2015 982 17.5 25.6% 3.7% 518 25.8 2.9% 28.8%
2016 148 18.7 16.9% 6.8% 119 27.8 1.7% 31.1%
2017 138 19.8 5.1% 7.2% 59 29.6 0.0% 47.5%
2018 424 18.6 13.2% 3.1% 196 27.5 0.0% 30.6%
2019 56 17.9 10.7% 1.8% 20 24.2 0.0% 5.0%
2020 237 18.0 14.8% 0.4% 114 26.1 0.0% 15.8%
2021 611 18.6 14.4% 1.1% 375 24.3 0.0% 14.7%
2022 211 18.4 13.7% 1.4% 96 24.5 0.0% 11.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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