David Goforth
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 205LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 7, #221, Milwaukee Brewers | Mississippi
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 1 0 4.01 20 0 0 24.2 24 1.62
2016 0 0 10.97 10 0 0 10.2 9 2.06
2017 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 1.00
3 Seasons 1 0 5.94 31 0 0 36.1 33 1.73
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 20 1-0 4.01 24.2 24 1.62
2016 10 0-0 10.97 10.2 9 2.06
2017 1 0-0 0.00 1 0 1.00
3 Seasons 31 1-0 5.94 36.1 33 1.73
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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 26 398 79 3 3.8 2.7 86.9 110.5 8.3 36.7 .254 .381 .364 .298 .362 34.2 21.6 7.2 4.01 3.64
2016 27 201 42 5 11.9 9.1 87.4 107.5 7.4 33.3 .304 .558 .435 .382 .442 33.3 16.4 7.3 10.97 6.53
2017 28 17 3 0 0.0 0.0 85.0 96.7 4.8 66.7 .389 .678 .173 .501 .437 66.7 0.0 25.0 0.00 13.77
Player 616 124 8 6.5 4.7 87.1 110.5 7.9 36.3 .274 .446 .382 .331 .392 34.7 19.4 7.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Goforth relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(47.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(47.1%) ,
Sinker
(5.9%) ,


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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 51.9 12.7 29.1 6.3 43.0 35.4 21.5 6.3 35.4 17.7 27.8 6.3 3.8 2.7
2016 54.8 14.3 26.2 4.8 42.9 35.7 19.0 0.0 50.0 9.5 19.0 9.5 11.9 9.1
2017 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 33.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 0.0 33.3 33.3 0.0 0.0
Player 52.4 13.7 28.2 5.6 42.7 36.3 20.2 4.0 40.3 14.5 25.0 8.1 6.5 4.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 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
2017 Slider MIL R 8 86.2 37.5 4.2 13 7.3 3.6 97
2017 Sinker MIL R 1 95.6 23.6 4.6 24 11.2 -4.2 -27
2017 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 8 95.1 16.1 -2.7 -20 7.2 -1.2 -15
2016 Slider MIL R 101 88.8 31.1 0.3 1 5.7 1.5 36
2016 Sinker MIL R 48 93.4 20.5 -0.7 -3 8.3 -5.5 -40
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 48 93.8 14.8 1.0 6 0.6 -6.6 -92
2015 Sinker MIL R 104 94.6 18.1 -2.9 -14 9.3 -4.5 -33
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 115 95.0 13.9 1.3 9 0.2 -6.8 -98
2015 Curveball MIL R 1 78.7 56.1 1.6 3 6.6 -3.8 -36
2015 Slider MIL R 166 89.7 30.2 0.5 2 4.8 0.9 24
2015 Changeup MIL R 2 85.6 32.6 2.3 8 10.8 -1.7 -13
! 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 0 8 47.1 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2017 Slider 8.1 1 8 47.1 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .389 .678 .437 66.7
2017 Sinker 0.0 0 1 5.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 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.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 109 390 -5 8 -1 -1 1
2016 54 197 -1 -2 -1 0 -5
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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 398 42.5 74.0 84.8 36.7 52.4 41.7 63.1 52.5 26.8 6.5 92.3
2016 201 47.3 69.5 86.4 28.3 46.7 47.8 47.3 47.8 25.0 4.0 87.5
2017 17 35.3 83.3 100.0 18.2 100.0 35.3 25.0 41.2 0.0 5.9 0.0
Player 616 43.8 72.6 85.7 33.5 51.7 43.5 57.1 50.6 25.6 5.7 88.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 77 86 82
2016 62 80 68
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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 23.1 3 2.7 0 2 2 1 33.3
Player 23.1 3 2.7 0 2 2 1 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 1 4 4 3 3 2 5 2 3 2
Player 3 2 1 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 1 4 4 3 3 2 5 2 3 2
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.8 93.6 -1.2 95.1 1.5
Offspeed Velocity 85.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 89.6 88.8 -0.8 86.2 -2.6
Exit Velocity 86.9 87.4 0.5 85.0 -2.4
Launch Angle 8.3 7.4 -0.9 4.8 -2.6
Barrel % 3.8 11.9 8.1 0.0 -11.9
Hard Hit % 34.2 33.3 -0.9 66.7 33.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.7 33.3 -3.4 66.7 33.4
xBA .254 .304 0.050 .389 0.085
BA .323 .353 0.030 .000 -0.353
xwOBA .298 .382 0.084 .501 0.119
wOBA .364 .435 0.071 .173 -0.262
xSLG .381 .558 0.177 .678 0.120
SLG .495 .647 0.152 .000 -0.647
K% 21.6 16.4 -5.2 0.0 -16.4
BB% 7.2 7.3 0.1 25.0 17.7
Swing % 52.5 47.8 -4.7 41.2 -6.6
Whiff% 26.8 25.0 -1.8 0.0 -25.0
In Zone % 42.5 47.3 4.8 35.3 -12.0
Out of Zone % 57.5 52.7 -4.8 64.7 12.0
Out of Zone Swing % 36.7 28.3 -8.4 18.2 -10.1
First Pitch Swing % 41.4 34.5 -6.9 25.0 -9.5
First Pitch Strike % 63.1 47.3 -15.8 25.0 -22.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 54 .435 31 5 16.1 23 8 34.8
2017 Shifts 4 .173 1 1 100.0 3 2 66.7
! 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 EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 65 20.1 9.2% 10.8% 82 25.2 2.4% 25.6%
2016 45 22.2 8.9% 13.3% 44 25.4 27.3% 25.0%
2017 7 21.6 0.0% 14.3% 2 23.2 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution