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Yusei Kikuchi
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 210LBS | Age: 33
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2023 11 6 3.86 32 32 0 167.2 181 1.27
2024 9 10 4.05 32 32 0 175.2 206 1.20
2025 0 1 4.50 2 2 0 12 11 1.17
7 Seasons 41 48 4.57 168 156 1 821.2 848 1.34
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2023 32 11-6 3.86 167.2 181 1.27
2024 32 9-10 4.05 175.2 206 1.20
2025 2 0-1 4.50 12 11 1.17
7 Seasons 168 41-48 4.57 821.2 848 1.34
20252025 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value1NOT QUALIFIED57Fastball Run Value1NOT QUALIFIED74Breaking Run Value-1NOT QUALIFIED13Offspeed Run Value1NOT QUALIFIED85PitchingxERA4.36NOT QUALIFIED42xBA.209NOT QUALIFIED70Fastball Velo94.3NOT QUALIFIED59Avg Exit Velocity91.3NOT QUALIFIED28Chase %23.0NOT QUALIFIED25Whiff %26.1NOT QUALIFIED51K %22.4NOT QUALIFIED51BB %10.2NOT QUALIFIED43Barrel %15.2NOT QUALIFIED16Hard-Hit %39.4NOT QUALIFIED54GB %33.3NOT QUALIFIED20Extension7.0NOT QUALIFIED85
20252025 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.ARM ANGLE33°12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"15.2 INCHES TAIL9.1 INCHES RISE12.0 INCHES BREAK4.2 INCHES RISE3.8 INCHES BREAK2.8 INCHES DROP15.0 INCHES TAIL5.8 INCHES RISEAVG1.4 INCHES BREAK6.7 INCHES RISEAVG11.7 INCHES TAIL15.5 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHLHP AVG4-Seam40%94.493.1Slider36%87.184.5Change10%84.584.4Curve9%80.879.9Sweeper4%80.981.0Sinker1%90.293.0SAMPLE100 PITCH

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
2019 28 2721 549 42 7.7 5.8 89.2 115.1 12.3 32.1 .278 .477 .368 .345 .384 39.1 16.1 6.9 5.46 5.37
2020 29 795 127 5 3.9 2.6 89.4 112.1 4.3 29.1 .227 .319 .299 .282 .321 36.2 24.2 10.3 5.17 3.33
2021 30 2562 436 48 11.0 7.2 91.9 115.5 7.9 37.4 .260 .463 .325 .346 .423 47.0 24.5 9.3 4.41 5.19
2022 31 1843 263 39 14.8 8.6 91.6 117.0 10.0 38.0 .247 .463 .367 .361 .448 47.9 27.3 12.8 5.18 5.63
2023 32 2818 467 42 9.0 6.0 90.5 114.1 13.3 37.7 .249 .434 .319 .319 .401 42.4 25.9 6.9 3.87 4.30
2024 33 2923 484 47 9.7 6.4 90.1 119.2 14.2 33.5 .239 .396 .297 .298 .388 45.0 28.0 6.0 4.05 3.70
2025 34 191 33 5 15.2 10.2 91.3 112.1 21.1 27.3 .209 .494 .322 .334 .391 39.4 22.4 10.2 4.50 4.36
Player 13853 2359 228 9.7 6.5 90.5 119.2 11.5 34.9 .253 .438 .331 .329 .399 43.3 24.1 8.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kikuchi relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(39.8%) ,
Slider
(36.1%) ,
Changeup
(9.9%) ,
Curveball
(8.9%) ,
Sweeper
(4.2%) ,
Sinker
(1.0%) ,

Four Seamer76 Pitches (39.8%)
Slider69 Pitches (36.1%)
Changeup19 Pitches (9.9%)
Curveball17 Pitches (8.9%)
Sweeper8 Pitches (4.2%)
Sinker2 Pitches (1%)

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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups
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Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2019 44.8 55.2 21.9 25.1 8.2 38.1 33.5 28.4 18.8 17.7 8.4 19.3 15.8 20.0
2020 52.8 47.2 16.5 26.8 3.9 44.1 26.0 29.9 31.5 15.0 6.3 12.6 11.0 23.6
2021 49.8 50.2 22.0 25.2 3.0 35.8 42.0 22.2 24.1 20.9 4.8 11.7 21.1 17.4
2022 44.5 55.5 24.0 25.9 5.7 44.9 36.5 18.6 25.9 13.7 4.9 19.0 22.8 13.7
2023 40.0 60.0 25.5 26.1 8.4 38.1 32.8 29.1 20.6 15.4 4.1 17.6 17.3 25.1
2024 42.6 57.4 29.5 22.9 5.0 38.6 34.3 27.1 23.6 14.0 5.0 15.1 20.2 22.1
2025 33.3 66.7 42.4 15.2 9.1 54.5 27.3 18.2 27.3 6.1 0.0 27.3 21.2 18.2
Player 44.6 55.4 24.4 24.9 6.1 39.1 34.9 26.0 22.7 16.3 5.6 16.4 18.6 20.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2019 2.4 33.5 23.1 25.1 5.3 7.7 5.8
2020 4.7 39.4 23.6 26.0 2.4 3.9 2.6
2021 2.5 37.4 18.3 25.5 4.8 11.0 7.2
2022 2.7 33.1 15.2 27.0 6.5 14.8 8.6
2023 3.2 30.4 24.4 25.9 6.9 9.0 6.0
2024 4.8 28.5 26.4 24.0 6.6 9.7 6.4
2025 0.0 33.3 39.4 9.1 3.0 15.2 10.2
Player 3.2 32.9 22.6 25.1 5.7 9.7 6.5
MLB 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

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuYusei Kikuchi Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comCurveballSinkerChangeupSliderSweeperFour SeamerCutter2019202020212022202320242025-12.5-10-7.5-5-2.502.55

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)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2025 Curveball LAA L 17 80.8 44.7 -6.4 3.8GLV -5.9 -2.8 -6.1 3.8GLV -4.3
2025 Sinker LAA L 2 90.2 24.4 -1.9 15.2ARM -0.6 9.1 -1.8 15.2ARM -0.6
2025 Changeup LAA L 19 84.5 32.5 -2.5 15.0ARM 0.3 5.8 -0.6 15.0ARM 0.2
2025 Slider LAA L 69 87.1 29.4 -4.8 1.4GLV -2.6 6.7 -5.0 1.4GLV -3.5
2025 Sweeper LAA L 8 80.9 38.2 -1.1 12.0GLV -2.5 4.2 -4.0 12.0GLV -1.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball LAA L 76 94.4 15.4 -0.3 11.7ARM 3.5 15.5 -1.1 11.7ARM 3.8
2024 Changeup HOU L 325 86.8 27.7 -4.2 12.7ARM -1.5 8.6 -2.7 12.7ARM -1.4
2024 Slider HOU L 698 88.3 31.9 -1.0 2.7GLV -1.2 3.3 -1.9 2.7GLV -2.4
2024 Curveball HOU L 523 82.4 45.1 -4.2 4.9GLV -3.0 -4.7 -3.7 4.9GLV -2.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball HOU L 1374 95.5 13.2 1.6 7.9ARM -0.5 16.9 1.2 7.9ARM -0.2
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 1 76 39.8 17 .214 .286 .303 29.7 29.4 23.8 .194 .274 .289 55.6
2025 Slider -1.6 -1 69 36.1 14 .308 .846 .489 23.3 21.4 23.1 .249 .783 .444 40.0
2025 Changeup 5.0 1 19 9.9 7 .000 .000 .000 25.0 14.3 10.0 .294 .702 .415 33.3
2025 Curveball -5.2 -1 17 8.9 6 .400 1.000 .600 12.5 0.0 0.0 .206 .518 .366 20.0
2025 Sweeper 6.3 1 8 4.2 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 25.0 .041 .054 .042 0.0
2025 Sinker 22.0 0 2 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 100.0 .010 .029 .015 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -2 1,374 47.0 303 .274 .505 .351 28.0 27.4 22.0 .252 .463 .325 49.0
2024 Slider 1.3 9 701 24.0 230 .207 .276 .284 29.7 27.8 23.4 .240 .351 .309 45.0
2024 Curveball 0.4 2 523 17.9 129 .270 .405 .308 27.4 25.6 22.9 .232 .378 .270 45.2
2024 Changeup -0.3 -1 325 11.1 73 .194 .250 .214 35.8 34.2 19.4 .198 .299 .221 27.7
! 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
2025 Changeup 19 84.5 94 16.3 10:15 9:30 45
2025 Curveball 17 80.8 33 7.1 3:45 4:45 -60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 76 94.4 93 19.2 10:30 10:45 -15
2025 Slider 69 87.1 35 6.0 11:45 12:30 -45
2024 Changeup 322 86.8 89 15.4 10:45 10:00 45
2024 Curveball 522 82.4 43 8.6 4:15 4:45 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,339 95.5 90 18.3 10:45 11:00 -15
2024 Slider 701 88.3 27 4.3 1:00 1:45 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLSINKERCHANGEUPSLIDERSWEEPERCURVEBALLYusei KikuchiSpin-Based Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
1212345678910114-SEAM FASTBALLSINKERCHANGEUPSLIDERSWEEPERCURVEBALLYusei KikuchiObserved Movement by Pitch TypeSPIN DIRECTION - PITCHER POV
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Pitcher Arm Angle

202020212022202320242025All YearsClick a year to see pitches
ARM ANGLE59°2020 ARM ANGLE48°2021 ARM ANGLE42°2022 ARM ANGLE42°2023 ARM ANGLE42°2024 ARM ANGLE33°2025
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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2019 702 2,628 3 -7 -17 -11 -32
2020 194 795 8 2 -5 -4 2
2021 666 2,561 15 4 -13 -10 -5
2022 453 1,843 -7 -3 -10 -10 -29
2023 700 2,817 6 16 -11 -12 -1
2024 735 2,923 14 19 -15 -9 9
2025 49 191 0 2 -1 -1 1
Player 3,499 13,758 38 34 -73 38 -56
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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 %
2019 2,721 51.8 67.3 86.4 26.8 61.8 43.6 59.2 47.7 19.9 8.1 83.1
2020 795 51.2 66.1 75.8 26.0 52.5 41.5 50.5 46.5 29.7 8.7 81.2
2021 2,562 51.6 66.7 81.3 29.1 48.3 42.9 62.9 48.5 27.7 8.7 82.5
2022 1,843 48.3 68.6 75.6 27.7 52.7 41.8 57.3 47.5 31.0 7.2 75.0
2023 2,818 51.0 67.0 81.4 29.6 49.4 43.5 59.4 48.7 28.0 8.4 78.5
2024 2,923 51.5 67.8 78.4 27.9 50.3 41.4 65.4 48.4 29.0 8.4 80.0
2025 191 54.5 65.4 82.4 23.0 45.0 49.7 55.1 46.1 26.1 8.9 58.8
Player 13,853 51.1 67.3 80.7 28.1 52.2 42.7 60.5 48.1 27.0 8.3 79.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2019 17 11 15 23 28 4 34 34 27 7 70 10 22 37 17 50 82
2020 77 62 83 94 62 56 86 29 55 54 32 71 32 78 32 87
2021 17 22 16 14 23 2 8 1 3 57 35 63 62 75 46 82
2022 3 36 7 2 3 8 1 1 1 77 3 84 29 68 63 90
2023 44 42 30 26 65 9 29 12 24 69 73 64 61 69 76 60 87
2024 62 48 44 39 79 2 14 18 6 84 81 76 41 73 61 43 90
2025 42 70 26 11 63 3 16 28 54 51 43 51 25 59 48 85
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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 %
2019 23.2 36 32.7 3 11 18 18 50.0
2020 27.2 3 2.1 1 2 0 2 66.7
2021 23.8 27 27.1 0 7 21 10 37.0
2022 23.9 23 19.5 4 4 16 6 26.1
2023 23.2 27 25.5 2 12 18 12 44.4
2024 24.4 25 20.4 5 8 17 9 36.0
2025 25.8 3 3.6 -1 3 0 0 0.0
Player 23.7 144 130.8 13 47 90 57 39.6
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
2019 36 37 28 35 35 35 37 34 31 25 31 39 34 30 34 32 30 29 30 36 33 36 39 38 28 27 32 37 37 28 24
2020 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 27 31 22 24 29 25 31 31 15 20 24 23 32 27 28 30 27 28 29 28 29 26 32 29 28 25 29 28 30 27 26
2022 23 16 17 18 20 23 23 17 17 18 19 21 17 18 22 22 18 21 20 22 19 17 23 21 13 20 21 23 20 20 18
2023 27 21 22 25 26 25 29 21 24 21 24 29 25 22 29 28 31 21 28 33 25 27 35 32 21 20 26 24 26 24 21
2024 25 17 23 20 19 24 24 20 16 14 19 27 22 18 19 21 16 16 20 28 21 16 29 20 19 18 18 23 22 22 20
2025 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 3
Player 144 129 118 127 134 137 149 128 108 103 122 144 138 120 138 138 127 120 132 152 133 129 164 147 115 115 131 140 141 126 114
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
2019
+/-
 
2020
+/-
 
2021
+/-
 
2022
+/-
 
2023
+/-
 
2024
+/-
 
2025
Fastball Velocity 92.5 1.0 93.5 -0.2 93.3 1.3 94.6 0.5 95.1 0.4 95.5 -1.2 94.3
Offspeed Velocity 84.5 2.3 86.8 -0.4 86.4 0.6 87.0 1.7 88.7 -1.9 86.8 -2.3 84.5
Breaking Velocity 82.1 1.2 83.3 -0.1 83.2 3.3 86.5 -0.2 86.3 -0.6 85.7 -0.3 85.4
Exit Velocity 89.2 0.2 89.4 2.5 91.9 -0.3 91.6 -1.1 90.5 -0.4 90.1 1.2 91.3
Launch Angle 12.3 -8.0 4.3 3.6 7.9 2.1 10.0 3.3 13.3 0.9 14.2 6.9 21.1
Barrel % 7.7 -3.8 3.9 7.1 11.0 3.8 14.8 -5.8 9.0 0.7 9.7 5.5 15.2
Hard Hit % 39.1 -2.9 36.2 10.8 47.0 0.9 47.9 -5.5 42.4 2.6 45.0 -5.6 39.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 -3.0 29.1 8.3 37.4 0.6 38.0 -0.3 37.7 -4.2 33.5 -6.2 27.3
xBA .278 -0.051 .227 0.033 .260 -0.013 .247 0.002 .249 -0.010 .239 -0.030 .209
BA .295 -0.057 .238 0.005 .243 0.000 .243 0.012 .255 -0.010 .245 -0.040 .205
xwOBA .345 -0.063 .282 0.064 .346 0.015 .361 -0.042 .319 -0.021 .298 0.036 .334
wOBA .368 -0.069 .299 0.026 .325 0.042 .367 -0.048 .319 -0.022 .297 0.025 .322
xSLG .477 -0.158 .319 0.144 .463 0.000 .463 -0.029 .434 -0.038 .396 0.098 .494
SLG .539 -0.173 .366 0.066 .432 0.061 .493 -0.067 .426 -0.035 .391 0.064 .455
K% 16.1 8.1 24.2 0.3 24.5 2.8 27.3 -1.4 25.9 2.1 28.0 -5.6 22.4
BB% 6.9 3.4 10.3 -1.0 9.3 3.5 12.8 -5.9 6.9 -0.9 6.0 4.2 10.2
Swing % 47.7 -1.2 46.5 2.0 48.5 -1.0 47.5 1.2 48.7 -0.3 48.4 -2.3 46.1
Whiff% 19.9 9.8 29.7 -2.0 27.7 3.3 31.0 -3.0 28.0 1.0 29.0 -2.9 26.1
In Zone % 51.8 -0.6 51.2 0.4 51.6 -3.3 48.3 2.7 51.0 0.5 51.5 3.0 54.5
Out of Zone % 48.2 0.6 48.8 -0.4 48.4 3.3 51.7 -2.7 49.0 -0.5 48.5 -3.0 45.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 -0.8 26.0 3.1 29.1 -1.4 27.7 1.9 29.6 -1.7 27.9 -4.9 23.0
First Pitch Swing % 26.1 -1.9 24.2 8.5 32.7 -2.1 30.6 -0.3 30.3 4.5 34.8 -4.2 30.6
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 -8.7 50.5 12.4 62.9 -5.6 57.3 2.1 59.4 6.0 65.4 -10.3 55.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2019 Shifts 702 .372 563 32 5.7 139 57 41.0
2020 Shifts 194 .299 137 7 5.1 57 37 64.9
2021 Shifts 666 .325 520 93 17.9 146 83 56.8
2022 Shifts 453 .366 354 181 51.1 99 29 29.3
2023 Shades 699 .319 559 39 7.0 140 20 14.3
2024 Shades 735 .298 590 148 25.1 145 74 51.0
2025 Shades 49 .322 37 11 29.7 12 5 41.7
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2019 778 18.2 14.8% 2.7% 421 24.6 0.0% 15.4%
2020 247 18.9 10.9% 3.2% 114 24.2 0.0% 12.3%
2021 744 19.7 2.0% 3.4% 399 25.1 0.0% 16.3%
2022 481 19.9 4.6% 5.6% 329 24.3 0.0% 8.5%
2023 818 16.0 30.4% 0.5% 420 20.3 0.5% 0.5%
2024 872 16.5 20.0% 0.8% 354 20.2 0.0% 1.7%
2025 66 15.6 33.3% 0.0% 21 17.8 4.8% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

Yusei Kikuchi - 2025 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballChangeupCurveballSinkerSliderSweeperAll Pitches80 MPH85 MPH90 MPH95 MPHPitch Speed0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%Frequency of Speed