Luke Jackson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 210LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2010 | Rd: C-A, #45, Texas Rangers | Calvary Christian Academy
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 2 2 1.98 71 0 0 63.2 70 1.16
2023 2 2 2.97 33 0 0 33.1 43 1.23
2024 4 3 5.09 52 0 0 53 59 1.47
9 Seasons 22 11 4.24 338 0 19 358.1 386 1.45
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 71 2-2 1.98 63.2 70 1.16
2023 33 2-2 2.97 33.1 43 1.23
2024 52 4-3 5.09 53 59 1.47
9 Seasons 338 22-11 4.24 358.1 386 1.45
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 23 110 19 3 15.8 11.1 94.5 109.1 6.0 31.6 .293 .567 .272 .390 .482 63.2 22.2 7.4 4.26 6.77
2016 24 242 51 2 3.9 3.2 87.8 105.0 17.4 41.2 .277 .457 .498 .356 .325 31.4 4.8 12.9 10.80 5.52
2017 25 815 168 11 6.5 4.9 89.2 113.0 10.7 33.3 .286 .472 .324 .354 .386 41.5 14.7 8.5 4.62 5.55
2018 26 708 115 4 3.5 2.2 89.2 114.6 7.3 31.3 .237 .357 .321 .304 .359 39.1 25.0 11.4 4.43 3.90
2019 27 1254 181 13 7.2 4.1 88.8 115.9 2.4 27.1 .199 .340 .311 .263 .362 33.7 33.7 8.3 3.84 3.00
2020 28 488 97 3 3.1 2.3 90.0 111.2 4.1 22.7 .275 .368 .371 .326 .336 38.1 15.2 9.8 6.83 4.54
2021 29 1055 160 13 8.1 5.0 90.5 116.4 6.2 28.7 .231 .393 .270 .313 .381 41.3 26.8 11.1 1.98 4.15
2023 31 525 84 7 8.3 4.9 88.8 108.5 7.7 29.8 .204 .344 .276 .282 .357 40.5 30.1 10.5 2.97 3.30
2024 32 917 148 13 8.8 5.5 89.2 109.5 8.4 31.8 .229 .373 .328 .312 .365 39.9 25.1 11.1 5.09 4.08
Player 6114 1023 69 6.7 4.4 89.4 116.4 7.2 30.1 .236 .385 .318 .309 .366 39.1 24.4 10.0
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

Jackson relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(51.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.7%) ,
Curveball
(15.5%) ,
Cutter
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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 52.6 10.5 31.6 5.3 52.6 21.1 26.3 0.0 36.8 10.5 21.1 15.8 15.8 11.1
2016 33.3 31.4 27.5 7.8 31.4 39.2 29.4 2.0 29.4 29.4 23.5 11.8 3.9 3.2
2017 42.9 21.4 28.0 7.7 29.8 41.1 29.2 4.8 29.2 23.8 25.0 4.8 6.5 4.9
2018 49.6 13.9 29.6 7.0 27.8 44.3 27.8 2.6 40.0 22.6 26.1 4.3 3.5 2.2
2019 60.2 15.5 20.4 3.9 34.3 38.7 27.1 3.3 51.9 14.9 18.8 2.8 7.2 4.1
2020 61.9 12.4 19.6 6.2 45.4 39.2 15.5 2.1 43.3 16.5 32.0 3.1 3.1 2.3
2021 53.8 18.8 24.4 3.1 41.3 40.0 18.8 5.0 36.3 19.4 25.6 5.6 8.1 5.0
2023 51.2 26.2 19.0 3.6 44.0 35.7 20.2 3.6 45.2 21.4 15.5 6.0 8.3 4.9
2024 51.4 25.0 20.9 2.7 36.5 44.6 18.9 4.1 40.5 16.9 24.3 5.4 8.8 5.5
Player 51.8 19.5 23.8 5.0 36.3 40.3 23.5 3.6 40.0 19.6 23.8 5.1 6.7 4.4
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 Slider ATL R 476 87.3 41.3 7.4 0.2ARM -4.1 -5.6 7.2 0.2ARM -5.3
2024 Cutter ATL R 8 90.6 24.4 0.5 2.0GLV -1.1 8.8 0.5 2.0GLV -0.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 291 94.7 12.6 0.8 5.1ARM -1.0 17.9 2.1 5.1ARM -2.4
2024 Curveball ATL R 142 84.6 50.0 3.7 3.4GLV -2.4 -11.9 2.0 3.4GLV -6.0
2023 Curveball SF R 11 82.9 49.8 -0.4 1.7GLV -4.1 -10.1 0.2 1.7GLV -7.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball SF R 144 94.4 13.3 0.6 4.9ARM -0.9 17.3 1.5 4.9ARM -2.5
2023 Slider SF R 370 87.2 40.4 6.6 0.6ARM -4.7 -4.6 6.1 0.6ARM -5.9
! 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 Slider -0.9 -4 476 51.9 126 .257 .416 .350 32.2 23.8 18.8 .250 .419 .326 38.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 291 31.7 67 .245 .358 .332 25.0 25.4 21.0 .198 .318 .315 39.5
2024 Curveball -2.0 -3 142 15.5 40 .263 .421 .333 27.4 30.0 20.0 .211 .316 .268 46.2
2024 Cutter -6.6 -1 8 0.9 1 -- -- .700 100.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2023 Slider 1.2 4 370 70.5 106 .200 .300 .269 27.4 30.2 24.4 .196 .318 .245 33.8
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 1 144 27.4 31 .174 .348 .321 42.9 35.5 29.7 .199 .402 .371 61.5
2023 Curveball -17.5 -2 11 2.1 3 .667 1.667 .950 0.0 0.0 -- .510 .772 .542 100.0
! 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 142 84.6 70 14.6 6:45 6:30 15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 290 94.7 94 18.2 12:45 12:30 15
2024 Slider 473 87.3 41 7.5 7:00 6:00 60
2023 Curveball 10 82.9 66 12.9 6:45 6:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 135 94.5 95 17.5 12:45 12:30 15
2023 Slider 336 87.3 36 6.5 7:15 5:45 90
! 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
2015 27 110 1 1 0 0 0
2016 62 241 -1 -5 -3 -2 -11
2017 211 785 -4 10 -5 -6 -5
2018 181 707 -1 13 -4 -4 4
2019 329 1,330 3 6 2 -6 4
2020 132 488 -9 5 -3 -4 -11
2021 298 1,204 11 19 -11 -7 11
2023 140 525 6 2 -3 -1 4
2024 241 939 -6 7 -6 -3 -8
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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 110 56.4 71.0 77.3 33.3 56.3 46.4 74.1 54.5 28.3 12.7 71.4
2016 242 52.5 62.2 87.3 23.5 85.2 43.4 51.6 43.8 12.3 7.0 76.5
2017 815 45.1 73.2 85.7 29.9 59.7 39.6 62.9 49.6 22.0 7.6 80.0
2018 708 44.8 68.1 85.6 29.5 53.0 41.0 62.6 46.8 25.1 6.6 76.6
2019 1,254 43.6 66.8 77.3 35.1 42.3 40.9 65.3 48.9 36.7 6.1 71.1
2020 488 44.7 70.6 85.7 29.6 58.8 44.7 61.4 48.0 23.1 6.1 70.0
2021 1,055 46.0 70.1 79.4 28.4 48.8 41.3 56.2 47.6 30.5 6.5 71.0
2023 525 47.8 70.9 79.8 28.8 45.6 39.6 62.4 49.0 30.4 7.2 73.7
2024 917 46.1 65.7 82.4 30.9 47.1 43.2 68.9 47.0 29.7 6.1 76.8
Player 6,114 45.8 68.7 81.8 30.6 50.4 41.6 62.7 48.1 28.6 6.7 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 94 48 87
2016 78 31 86
2017 12 8 14 24 7 62 38 8 2 9 47 32 74 74 28 26 74
2018 71 30 41 83
2019 93 91 88 76 91 60 45 45 73 93 46 97 96 88 63 68 86
2020 40 16 63 93 16 74 95 20 45 8 37 25 67 69 48 44 90
2021 48 60 52 47 38 67 45 13 28 71 17 80 54 84 45 42 86
2023 56 42 85
2024 46 64 61 56 34 64 26 39 38 67 14 81 75 61 62 31 84
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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 21.8 4 2.7 1 2 3 0 0.0
2017 26.0 4 3.7 0 5 4 1 25.0
2018 22.9 3 3.5 -1 2 2 2 66.7
2019 24.9 11 11.6 -1 4 3 9 81.8
2020 23.0 2 1.8 0 0 1 1 50.0
2021 24.3 7 8.3 -1 3 6 3 42.9
2023 26.0 3 2.7 0 1 2 2 66.7
2024 23.0 8 6.2 2 3 7 1 12.5
Player 24.0 42 40.5 2 20 28 19 45.2
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 4 3 1 5 2 3 3 4 2 1 2 3 1 1 3 4 1 3 3 3 1 2 5 4 3 2 2 4 3 4 2
2017 4 3 2 3 5 3 5 3 4 1 4 6 3 3 4 3 3 2 6 4 4 4 6 4 2 2 4 7 5 4 1
2018 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 5 3 3 6 3 3 3 2 5 4 4 3
2019 11 13 11 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 12 13 11 12 11 11 12 11 10 13 12 13 13 11 12 11 10 12 12 12 11
2020 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1
2021 7 9 7 10 8 8 9 9 5 8 8 10 9 7 9 10 7 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 8 7
2023 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 5 2 2 3 3 4 3 3
2024 8 3 5 5 6 6 8 6 6 4 6 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 6 8 8 5 9 6 5 5 7 8 8 8 5
Player 42 40 33 44 40 40 45 41 34 29 40 48 42 35 40 42 37 37 40 46 39 42 54 44 37 35 38 49 46 45 33
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 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.8 94.8 -2.0 ↓ 94.6 -0.2 ↓ 94.1 -0.5 ↓ 96.1 2.0 ↑ 94.2 -1.9 ↓ -- 1.6 ↑ -- -- 94.4 -- 94.6 0.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 82.2 82.9 0.7 ↑ 85.6 2.7 ↑ 0.0 0.0 83.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 80.3 83.7 3.4 ↑ 84.3 0.6 ↑ 85.6 1.3 ↑ 87.2 1.6 ↑ 85.4 -1.8 ↓ -- 1.5 ↑ -- -- 87.1 -- 86.7 -0.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 94.5 87.8 -6.7 ↓ 89.2 1.4 ↑ 89.2 0.0 88.8 -0.4 ↓ 90.0 1.2 ↑ -- 0.5 ↑ -- -- 88.8 -- 89.2 0.4 ↑
Launch Angle 6.0 17.4 11.4 ↑ 10.7 -6.7 ↓ 7.3 -3.4 ↓ 2.4 -4.9 ↓ 4.1 1.7 ↑ -- 2.1 ↑ -- -- 7.7 -- 8.4 0.7 ↑
Barrel % 15.8 3.9 -11.9 ↓ 6.5 2.6 ↑ 3.5 -3.0 ↓ 7.2 3.7 ↑ 3.1 -4.1 ↓ -- 5.0 ↑ -- -- 8.3 -- 8.8 0.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 63.2 31.4 -31.8 ↓ 41.5 10.1 ↑ 39.1 -2.4 ↓ 33.7 -5.4 ↓ 38.1 4.4 ↑ -- 3.2 ↑ -- -- 40.5 -- 39.9 -0.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.6 41.2 9.6 ↑ 33.3 -7.9 ↓ 31.3 -2.0 ↓ 27.1 -4.2 ↓ 22.7 -4.4 ↓ -- 6.0 ↑ -- -- 29.8 -- 31.8 2.0 ↑
xBA .293 .277 -0.016 ↓ .286 0.009 ↑ .237 -0.049 ↓ .199 -0.038 ↓ .275 0.076 ↑ -- -0.044 ↓ -- -- .204 -- .229 0.025 ↑
BA .200 .415 0.215 ↑ .278 -0.137 ↓ .259 -0.019 ↓ .266 0.007 ↑ .345 0.079 ↑ -- -0.147 ↓ -- -- .206 -- .255 0.049 ↑
xwOBA .390 .356 -0.034 ↓ .354 -0.002 ↓ .304 -0.050 ↓ .263 -0.041 ↓ .326 0.063 ↑ -- -0.013 ↓ -- -- .282 -- .312 0.030 ↑
wOBA .272 .498 0.226 ↑ .324 -0.174 ↓ .321 -0.003 ↓ .311 -0.010 ↓ .371 0.060 ↑ -- -0.101 ↓ -- -- .276 -- .328 0.052 ↑
xSLG .567 .457 -0.110 ↓ .472 0.015 ↑ .357 -0.115 ↓ .340 -0.017 ↓ .368 0.028 ↑ -- 0.025 ↑ -- -- .344 -- .373 0.029 ↑
SLG .360 .717 0.357 ↑ .409 -0.308 ↓ .392 -0.017 ↓ .402 0.010 ↑ .442 0.040 ↑ -- -0.125 ↓ -- -- .341 -- .402 0.061 ↑
K% 22.2 4.8 -17.4 ↓ 14.7 9.9 ↑ 25.0 10.3 ↑ 33.7 8.7 ↑ 15.2 -18.5 ↓ -- 11.6 ↑ -- -- 30.1 -- 25.1 -5.0 ↓
BB% 7.4 12.9 5.5 ↑ 8.5 -4.4 ↓ 11.4 2.9 ↑ 8.3 -3.1 ↓ 9.8 1.5 ↑ -- 1.3 ↑ -- -- 10.5 -- 11.1 0.6 ↑
Swing % 54.5 43.8 -10.7 ↓ 49.6 5.8 ↑ 46.8 -2.8 ↓ 48.9 2.1 ↑ 48.0 -0.9 ↓ -- -0.4 ↓ -- -- 49.0 -- 47.0 -2.0 ↓
Whiff% 28.3 12.3 -16.0 ↓ 22.0 9.7 ↑ 25.1 3.1 ↑ 36.7 11.6 ↑ 23.1 -13.6 ↓ -- 7.4 ↑ -- -- 30.4 -- 29.7 -0.7 ↓
In Zone % 56.4 52.5 -3.9 ↓ 45.1 -7.4 ↓ 44.8 -0.3 ↓ 43.6 -1.2 ↓ 44.7 1.1 ↑ -- 1.3 ↑ -- -- 47.8 -- 46.1 -1.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 43.6 47.5 3.9 ↑ 54.9 7.4 ↑ 55.2 0.3 ↑ 56.4 1.2 ↑ 55.3 -1.1 ↓ -- -1.3 ↓ -- -- 52.2 -- 53.9 1.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 23.5 -9.8 ↓ 29.9 6.4 ↑ 29.5 -0.4 ↓ 35.1 5.6 ↑ 29.6 -5.5 ↓ -- -1.2 ↓ -- -- 28.8 -- 30.9 2.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.6 24.2 -5.4 ↓ 36.2 12.0 ↑ 35.2 -1.0 ↓ 34.7 -0.5 ↓ 33.3 -1.4 ↓ -- -3.3 ↓ -- -- 41.1 -- 37.9 -3.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 74.1 51.6 -22.5 ↓ 62.9 11.3 ↑ 62.6 -0.3 ↓ 65.3 2.7 ↑ 61.4 -3.9 ↓ -- -5.2 ↓ -- -- 62.4 -- 68.9 6.5 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 62 .498 32 2 6.3 30 5 16.7
2017 Shifts 211 .321 123 8 6.5 88 13 14.8
2018 Shifts 181 .321 110 5 4.5 71 11 15.5
2019 Shifts 311 .311 196 13 6.6 115 23 20.0
2020 Shifts 131 .374 72 6 8.3 59 6 10.2
2021 Shifts 259 .270 152 65 42.8 107 54 50.5
2023 Shades 140 .273 97 2 2.1 43 25 58.1
2024 Shades 234 .326 135 21 15.6 99 41 41.4
! 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 31 19.8 6.5% 6.5% 14 25.0 0.0% 35.7%
2016 56 20.3 3.6% 8.9% 56 23.7 7.1% 10.7%
2017 191 17.8 14.7% 0.5% 134 22.1 0.0% 10.4%
2018 180 18.0 22.2% 1.1% 123 22.6 0.8% 5.7%
2019 315 18.7 11.4% 2.5% 211 24.5 0.0% 12.3%
2020 103 18.0 10.7% 1.9% 93 22.7 2.2% 5.4%
2021 303 18.0 21.8% 2.3% 144 22.2 0.0% 4.9%
2023 121 15.6 38.0% 0.0% 71 20.1 0.0% 2.8%
2024 250 14.1 60.4% 1.2% 139 18.8 7.2% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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