David Hess
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 215LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 5, #151, Baltimore Orioles | Tullahoma (TN) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 10 7.09 23 14 0 80 68 1.55
2020 0 0 6.43 3 0 0 7 1 1.71
2021 2 2 9.90 15 1 0 20 18 2.15
4 Seasons 6 22 6.25 62 34 0 210.1 161 1.53
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 23 1-10 7.09 80 68 1.55
2020 3 0-0 6.43 7 1 1.71
2021 15 2-2 9.90 20 18 2.15
4 Seasons 62 6-22 6.25 210.1 161 1.53
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
2018 24 1752 335 30 9.0 6.6 88.2 111.8 18.3 33.7 .242 .446 .349 .329 .355 34.6 16.3 8.1 4.88 4.63
2019 25 1430 265 35 13.2 9.6 92.3 115.4 18.2 43.4 .303 .611 .390 .401 .470 49.8 18.6 8.2 7.09 7.70
2020 26 117 29 3 10.3 9.4 89.9 107.3 17.3 31.0 .297 .554 .408 .381 .372 35.7 3.1 6.3 6.43 6.52
2021 27 367 72 11 15.3 10.8 94.7 116.5 21.2 40.3 .306 .622 .491 .429 .495 50.0 17.6 10.8 9.90 8.79
Player 3666 701 79 11.3 8.3 90.5 116.5 18.5 37.9 .274 .532 .382 .369 .413 42.0 16.9 8.4
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

Hess relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(58.0%) ,
Slider
(38.1%) ,
Changeup
(3.5%) ,
Curveball
(0.3%) ,


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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 35.2 29.6 24.5 10.7 36.7 35.2 27.5 2.7 28.4 35.8 19.4 4.5 9.0 6.6
2019 33.6 29.4 28.7 8.3 32.1 40.0 27.9 2.3 23.4 27.9 26.0 6.4 13.2 9.6
2020 37.9 27.6 27.6 6.9 44.8 27.6 27.6 0.0 24.1 27.6 31.0 3.4 10.3 9.4
2021 25.0 44.4 27.8 2.8 37.5 34.7 27.8 1.4 16.7 30.6 26.4 9.7 15.3 10.8
Player 33.7 31.0 26.5 8.8 35.4 36.7 27.7 2.3 25.1 32.0 23.1 5.7 11.3 8.3
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


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
2021 Curveball TB R 1 75.3 48.1 -11.4 12.9GLV 3.4 0.3 -10.4 12.9GLV 3.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball TB R 213 94.0 14.4 0.9 5.0ARM -2.7 16.6 0.4 5.0ARM -2.2
2021 Slider TB R 140 82.0 41.6 1.6 6.5GLV -0.4 -1.0 2.8 6.5GLV 0.8
2021 Changeup TB R 13 86.6 27.2 -3.5 13.0ARM -1.6 9.2 -2.9 13.0ARM -0.9
2020 Slider BAL R 27 79.1 44.0 0.4 9.5GLV 0.8 -0.2 1.5 9.5GLV 4.2
2020 Changeup BAL R 9 85.5 27.6 -3.2 10.5ARM -3.3 9.7 -3.3 10.5ARM -2.9
2020 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 78 92.8 14.8 1.0 5.4ARM -1.9 17.0 1.1 5.4ARM -1.9
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -4.3 -9 213 58.0 59 .333 .708 .489 16.5 16.9 14.5 .301 .624 .450 53.8
2021 Slider -5.8 -8 140 38.1 38 .444 .972 .579 32.4 21.1 19.5 .311 .637 .408 48.3
2021 Changeup 10.8 1 13 3.5 4 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .315 .459 .328 25.0
2021 Curveball -3.9 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -1 79 67.5 24 .318 .636 .425 7.0 4.2 4.8 .313 .639 .423 42.9
2020 Slider -4.0 -1 28 23.9 5 .400 .600 .430 12.5 0.0 0.0 .240 .279 .226 20.0
2020 Changeup 8.3 1 9 7.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .259 .311 .255 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 12 86.6 99 16.4 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 213 94.0 94 16.8 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 140 82.0 41 8.3 9:15 8:30 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 76 92.8 96 17.3 12:45 12:45 0
2020 Slider 27 79.1 50 11.3 8:30 8:45 -15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 452 1,750 8 2 -12 -8 -10
2019 365 1,430 -7 -4 -10 -6 -28
2020 31 116 2 -2 -2 0 -1
2021 101 367 -11 1 -3 -2 -16
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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 1,752 49.7 70.3 86.7 25.2 64.0 44.2 61.5 47.5 19.2 7.7 77.0
2019 1,430 46.8 74.4 86.3 26.9 64.9 42.6 62.5 49.2 19.3 7.3 83.8
2020 117 47.4 80.0 95.5 32.8 85.0 44.8 59.4 55.6 7.7 8.6 90.0
2021 367 49.3 77.3 80.0 22.0 65.9 39.2 58.4 49.3 23.2 9.0 78.8
Player 3,666 48.4 72.9 86.2 25.8 65.4 43.1 61.4 48.6 19.2 7.7 80.2
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
2018 26 47 16 7 42 18 10 53 56 12 50 9 18 34 38 30 13
2019 1 2 1 1 5 12 1 1 1 18 48 8 23 44 30 27 13
2020 41 11 13
2021 60 20 9
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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 %
2018 22.8 22 19.7 2 13 12 10 45.5
2019 23.7 28 22.3 6 10 17 10 35.7
2020 21.5 1 1.3 0 0 2 0 0.0
2021 23.7 10 9.7 0 5 9 3 30.0
Player 23.3 61 53.0 8 28 40 23 37.7
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
2018 22 22 15 21 19 18 22 20 18 13 16 25 25 16 19 25 18 21 20 24 22 19 26 23 13 15 18 20 25 18 15
2019 28 30 16 21 25 24 25 20 16 17 19 20 28 23 22 23 21 17 20 24 23 23 27 24 22 20 16 30 29 25 19
2020 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
2021 10 10 11 8 11 9 11 10 6 8 9 11 9 8 9 12 8 8 11 11 10 10 13 10 7 8 12 13 10 8 10
Player 61 64 43 51 56 53 60 51 41 38 44 57 63 48 52 61 49 47 52 60 57 53 68 58 44 44 47 65 65 53 45
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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.9 92.9 1.0 92.8 -0.1 94.0 1.2
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 85.5 1.9 85.5 0.0 86.6 1.1
Breaking Velocity 78.2 82.5 4.3 79.1 -3.4 81.9 2.8
Exit Velocity 88.2 92.3 4.1 89.9 -2.4 94.7 4.8
Launch Angle 18.3 18.2 -0.1 17.3 -0.9 21.2 3.9
Barrel % 9.0 13.2 4.2 10.3 -2.9 15.3 5.0
Hard Hit % 34.6 49.8 15.2 35.7 -14.1 50.0 14.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.7 43.4 9.7 31.0 -12.4 40.3 9.3
xBA .242 .303 0.061 .297 -0.006 .306 0.009
BA .262 .287 0.025 .333 0.046 .364 0.031
xwOBA .329 .401 0.072 .381 -0.020 .429 0.048
wOBA .349 .390 0.041 .408 0.018 .491 0.083
xSLG .446 .611 0.165 .554 -0.057 .622 0.068
SLG .488 .609 0.121 .600 -0.009 .784 0.184
K% 16.3 18.6 2.3 3.1 -15.5 17.6 14.5
BB% 8.1 8.2 0.1 6.3 -1.9 10.8 4.5
Swing % 47.5 49.2 1.7 55.6 6.4 49.3 -6.3
Whiff% 19.2 19.3 0.1 7.7 -11.6 23.2 15.5
In Zone % 49.7 46.8 -2.9 47.4 0.6 49.3 1.9
Out of Zone % 50.3 53.2 2.9 52.6 -0.6 50.7 -1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 25.2 26.9 1.7 32.8 5.9 22.0 -10.8
First Pitch Swing % 30.4 38.6 8.2 46.9 8.3 34.7 -12.2
First Pitch Strike % 61.5 62.5 1.0 59.4 -3.1 58.4 -1.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 452 .349 222 39 17.6 230 71 30.9
2019 Shifts 365 .390 221 57 25.8 144 95 66.0
2020 Shifts 31 .393 18 4 22.2 13 10 76.9
2021 Shifts 101 .491 48 17 35.4 53 16 30.2
! 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 534 15.8 39.3% 0.6% 275 24.0 0.0% 6.2%
2019 423 16.2 35.0% 0.9% 198 23.9 2.0% 8.6%
2020 34 17.6 17.6% 0.0% 16 20.9 0.0% 0.0%
2021 84 16.3 34.5% 0.0% 71 22.5 0.0% 12.7%

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Pitch Distribution