Ray Black
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 7, #237, San Francisco Giants | Pittsburgh
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 2 2 6.17 26 0 0 23.1 33 1.16
2019 0 1 5.06 17 0 0 16 18 1.44
2020 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 3 3 1.67
3 Seasons 2 3 5.53 46 0 0 42.1 54 1.30
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 26 2-2 6.17 23.1 33 1.16
2019 17 0-1 5.06 16 18 1.44
2020 3 0-0 3.00 3 3 1.67
3 Seasons 46 2-3 5.53 42.1 54 1.30
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
2018 28 407 51 3 5.9 3.2 84.4 107.9 21.9 23.5 .178 .302 .316 .262 .342 31.4 34.7 10.5 6.17 2.86
2019 29 282 42 5 11.9 7.1 91.0 107.6 18.0 40.5 .275 .591 .359 .403 .512 47.5 25.7 12.9 5.06 7.79
2020 30 67 8 1 12.5 7.1 86.7 105.5 14.9 25.0 .191 .333 .276 .326 .309 25.0 21.4 21.4 3.00 4.54
Player 756 101 9 8.9 5.0 87.3 107.9 19.7 30.7 .216 .415 .329 .322 .410 37.4 30.2 12.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Black relies on 2 pitches.
Four Seamer
(59.7%) ,
Slider
(40.3%) ,


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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
2018 41.2 25.5 15.7 17.6 31.4 37.3 31.4 5.9 25.5 31.4 19.6 7.8 5.9 3.2
2019 26.2 35.7 31.0 7.1 33.3 38.1 28.6 0.0 16.7 31.0 26.2 9.5 11.9 7.1
2020 50.0 12.5 25.0 12.5 50.0 37.5 12.5 12.5 25.0 25.0 12.5 12.5 12.5 7.1
Player 35.6 28.7 22.8 12.9 33.7 37.6 28.7 4.0 21.8 30.7 21.8 8.9 8.9 5.0
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
2020 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 40 95.7 12.8 2.1 14 8.7 0.1 1
2020 Slider MIL R 27 82.2 40.1 0.2 0 11.7 5.2 80
2019 Slider MIL R 65 86.0 38.4 2.9 8 11.2 6.6 144
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 198 98.2 13.7 0.3 2 8.1 -0.6 -7
2018 Slider SF R 145 84.2 44.2 6.4 17 13.3 7.9 149
2018 4-Seam Fastball SF R 258 97.9 11.7 2.3 17 6.0 -2.3 -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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 1 40 59.7 12 .222 .222 .325 12.5 16.7 18.2 .231 .402 .379 28.6
2020 Slider 1.3 0 27 40.3 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 12.5 .010 .020 .014 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 198 70.2 48 .250 .525 .388 25.2 16.7 13.6 .317 .701 .463 50.0
2019 Slider -1.0 -1 65 23.0 17 .188 .563 .329 48.0 47.1 28.6 .202 .387 .270 37.5
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -4 258 63.4 57 .286 .592 .404 33.8 29.8 26.6 .222 .357 .297 35.3
2018 Slider 0.7 1 145 35.6 37 .094 .188 .197 46.0 40.5 30.6 .116 .227 .220 23.5
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 4-Seam Fastball 40 95.7 86 19.0 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 22 81.7 54 12.6 9:00 8:45 15
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 94 403 0 1 -2 -2 -3
2019 65 263 -3 6 -1 -3 0
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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 %
2018 407 46.2 68.3 70.9 27.2 44.1 38.7 51.6 46.4 37.0 8.2 87.9
2019 282 50.2 70.5 76.3 26.7 54.3 35.7 62.9 47.9 31.1 10.6 92.9
2020 67 47.8 62.5 80.0 17.1 66.7 34.3 64.3 38.8 23.1 7.5 80.0
Player 756 47.7 68.6 73.8 26.1 49.0 37.2 57.0 46.3 33.7 9.0 89.4
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2018 99 100 67
2019 99 99 57
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 24.1 4 3.4 1 2 3 1 25.0
2019 22.5 5 4.5 1 2 3 2 40.0
2020 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
Player 23.1 9 8.1 1 5 6 3 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 4 4 2
2019 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 4 4 5 5 6 4 4
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Player 9 10 8 7 8 7 10 6 6 5 7 11 8 8 8 7 7 6 9 10 7 11 12 8 7 7 9 10 10 9 6
! 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.9 98.2 0.3 95.7 -2.5
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.2 86.0 1.8 82.2 -3.8
Exit Velocity 84.4 91.0 6.6 86.7 -4.3
Launch Angle 21.9 18.0 -3.9 14.9 -3.1
Barrel % 5.9 11.9 6.0 12.5 0.6
Hard Hit % 31.4 47.5 16.1 25.0 -22.5
Sweet Spot % 23.5 40.5 17.0 25.0 -15.5
xBA .178 .275 0.097 .191 -0.084
BA .207 .233 0.026 .182 -0.051
xwOBA .262 .403 0.141 .326 -0.077
wOBA .316 .359 0.043 .276 -0.083
xSLG .302 .590 0.289 .333 -0.257
SLG .427 .517 0.090 .182 -0.335
K% 34.7 25.7 -9.0 21.4 -4.3
BB% 10.5 12.9 2.4 21.4 8.5
Swing % 46.4 47.9 1.5 38.8 -9.1
Whiff% 37.0 31.1 -5.9 23.1 -8.0
In Zone % 46.2 50.2 4.0 47.8 -2.4
Out of Zone % 53.8 49.8 -4.0 52.2 2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 26.7 -0.5 17.1 -9.6
First Pitch Swing % 30.5 32.9 2.4 28.6 -4.3
First Pitch Strike % 51.6 62.9 11.3 64.3 1.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 95 .316 69 0 0.0 26 3 11.5
2019 Shifts 70 .359 42 0 0.0 28 8 28.6
2020 Shifts 14 .276 8 1 12.5 6 4 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 %
2018 128 19.1 0.8% 0.8% 62 23.1 0.0% 9.7%
2019 89 19.6 1.1% 5.6% 29 21.8 0.0% 0.0%
2020 19 17.3 0.0% 0.0% 18 19.0 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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