Kevin Shackelford
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 210LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 21, #639, Milwaukee Brewers | Marshall
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 0 0 4.70 26 0 0 30.2 38 1.40
2018 0 1 7.88 5 0 0 8 7 2.13
2 Seasons 0 1 5.35 31 0 0 38.2 45 1.55
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 26 0-0 4.70 30.2 38 1.40
2018 5 0-1 7.88 8 7 2.13
2 Seasons 31 0-1 5.35 38.2 45 1.55
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
2017 28 517 81 3 3.7 2.2 86.3 108.2 5.7 24.7 .189 .286 .332 .261 .298 32.1 28.1 9.6 4.70 2.87
2018 29 162 29 1 3.4 2.4 91.9 112.6 15.3 31.0 .298 .433 .392 .340 .372 37.9 17.1 9.8 7.88 4.99
Player 679 110 4 3.6 2.3 87.8 112.6 8.2 26.4 .214 .319 .346 .279 .317 33.6 25.6 9.7
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

Shackelford relies on 3 pitches.
Slider
(35.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(35.2%) ,
Sinker
(29.6%) ,


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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
2017 58.0 16.0 18.5 7.4 35.8 44.4 19.8 2.5 45.7 23.5 22.2 2.5 3.7 2.2
2018 37.9 27.6 31.0 3.4 55.2 34.5 10.3 0.0 27.6 27.6 27.6 13.8 3.4 2.4
Player 52.7 19.1 21.8 6.4 40.9 41.8 17.3 1.8 40.9 24.5 23.6 5.5 3.6 2.3
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 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 57 93.0 18.5 -2.2 -14 1.2 -6.3 -84
2018 Sinker CIN R 48 93.9 18.6 -2.6 -12 13.3 -1.2 -8
2018 Slider CIN R 57 86.6 35.5 0.0 0 5.5 1.4 34
2017 Changeup CIN R 1 89.0 24.7 -0.7 -3 15.8 2.4 18
2017 4-Seam Fastball CIN R 151 94.4 14.4 -1.1 -8 1.8 -6.2 -78
2017 Sinker CIN R 155 95.1 14.4 -3.7 -20 13.1 -1.5 -10
2017 Slider CIN R 210 87.7 33.8 2.7 9 4.2 0.9 28
! 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 Slider 0.4 0 57 35.2 12 .300 .400 .313 29.0 33.3 14.3 .211 .241 .239 28.6
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 0 57 35.2 12 .333 .556 .400 12.0 8.3 5.0 .296 .402 .340 22.2
2018 Sinker -6.2 -3 48 29.6 16 .467 .533 .459 8.3 12.5 22.2 .357 .578 .416 53.8
2017 Slider 0.2 0 210 40.6 59 .204 .370 .271 51.3 49.2 34.1 .151 .235 .199 38.5
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 155 30.0 36 .276 .414 .376 16.9 8.3 11.5 .164 .240 .277 19.2
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 151 29.2 40 .314 .514 .399 16.7 15.0 12.8 .270 .404 .340 37.9
2017 Changeup -2.7 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2017 135 517 -3 7 0 -3 1
2018 40 162 -1 0 0 -1 -2
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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 %
2017 517 47.2 68.4 79.0 37.7 48.5 41.8 58.5 52.2 31.5 7.2 67.6
2018 162 48.1 62.8 91.8 36.9 67.7 51.9 52.5 49.4 17.5 6.2 80.0
Player 679 47.4 67.1 81.9 37.5 53.0 44.2 57.1 51.5 28.3 6.9 70.2
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
2017 77 96 17
2018 57 95 7
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 24.0 6 3.5 3 2 4 1 16.7
2018 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
Player 24.0 6 3.9 2 2 5 1 16.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 6 3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 2 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 1 4 3 2 6 5 4 3 3 5 3 5 1
2018 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Player 6 3 4 4 6 4 5 3 3 2 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 1 4 3 2 7 5 4 3 3 5 4 6 1
! 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 2017 2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.8 93.4 -1.4
Offspeed Velocity 89.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 87.7 86.6 -1.1
Exit Velocity 86.3 91.9 5.6
Launch Angle 5.7 15.3 9.6
Barrel % 3.7 3.4 -0.3
Hard Hit % 32.1 37.9 5.8
Sweet Spot % 24.7 31.0 6.3
xBA .189 .298 0.109
BA .254 .382 0.128
xwOBA .261 .340 0.079
wOBA .332 .392 0.060
xSLG .286 .433 0.147
SLG .424 .500 0.076
K% 28.1 17.1 -11.0
BB% 9.6 9.8 0.2
Swing % 52.2 49.4 -2.8
Whiff% 31.5 17.5 -14.0
In Zone % 47.2 48.1 0.9
Out of Zone % 52.8 51.9 -0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 37.7 36.9 -0.8
First Pitch Swing % 30.4 25.0 -5.4
First Pitch Strike % 58.5 52.5 -6.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 135 .332 75 1 1.3 60 25 41.7
2018 Shifts 40 .392 17 1 5.9 23 5 21.7
! 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 %
2017 147 18.6 6.1% 2.7% 66 24.3 0.0% 16.7%
2018 32 19.6 0.0% 0.0% 38 24.0 0.0% 15.8%
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Pitch Distribution