Stephen Tarpley
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 0" 202LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 3, #98, Baltimore Orioles | Scottsdale CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 0 6.93 21 1 2 24.2 34 1.99
2020 2 2 9.00 12 0 1 11 11 1.73
2021 0 0 -.-- 1 0 0 0 0 -.--
4 Seasons 3 2 7.05 44 1 3 44.2 58 1.86
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 21 1-0 6.93 24.2 34 1.99
2020 12 2-2 9.00 11 11 1.73
2021 1 0-0 -.-- 0 0 -.--
4 Seasons 44 3-2 7.05 44.2 58 1.86
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 25 153 21 0 0.0 0.0 81.7 103.9 6.9 42.9 .226 .280 .245 .289 .353 28.6 32.5 15.0 3.00 3.50
2019 26 525 69 6 8.7 5.0 89.2 108.7 12.2 44.9 .265 .457 .413 .354 .449 49.3 28.3 12.5 6.93 5.70
2020 27 181 31 2 6.5 3.8 89.4 106.9 5.6 25.8 .239 .374 .395 .341 .355 38.7 20.8 15.1 9.00 5.03
2021 28 15 1 0 0.0 0.0 76.4 76.4 15.6 100.0 .800 .880 .746 .713 .746 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.00 52.82
Player 874 122 8 6.6 3.7 87.8 108.7 9.8 40.2 .255 .407 .383 .345 .412 42.6 26.7 14.3
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

Tarpley relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(46.7%) ,
Curveball
(40.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(13.3%) ,


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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 52.4 9.5 38.1 0.0 33.3 38.1 28.6 9.5 38.1 9.5 42.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 36.2 21.7 33.3 8.7 40.6 36.2 23.2 2.9 27.5 20.3 36.2 4.3 8.7 5.0
2020 51.6 25.8 19.4 3.2 35.5 25.8 38.7 12.9 35.5 25.8 19.4 0.0 6.5 3.8
2021 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 42.6 21.3 30.3 5.7 37.7 34.4 27.9 6.6 31.1 19.7 33.6 2.5 6.6 3.7
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
2021 Sinker NYM L 7 91.2 28.6 5.7 25 16.2 1.6 11
2021 Curveball NYM L 6 80.0 40.8 -12.2 -23 7.7 -1.2 -14
2021 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 2 91.2 16.4 -0.2 -1 7.3 0.4 6
2020 Curveball MIA L 57 78.8 41.5 -11.9 -22 12.6 3.0 31
2020 4-Seam Fastball MIA L 6 91.6 20.2 -4.1 -25 5.8 -0.9 -14
2020 Sinker MIA L 118 91.0 29.7 6.6 28 14.5 -0.2 -1
2019 Changeup NYY L 2 88.3 30.1 0.6 2 10.7 -3.5 -25
2019 Sinker NYY L 169 92.5 28.8 5.8 25 14.0 -1.0 -7
2019 Curveball NYY L 9 76.9 64.1 6.3 11 14.7 5.0 51
2019 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 96 92.5 20.9 -4.4 -26 4.4 -3.1 -41
2019 Slider NYY L 249 81.4 37.2 -4.5 -11 10.9 3.2 41
2018 Curveball NYY L 15 78.8 55.2 0.3 1 14.3 5.5 62
2018 Sinker NYY L 61 92.2 28.0 5.4 24 13.4 -1.2 -8
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 30 93.4 18.1 -2.1 -13 5.6 -2.1 -27
2018 Slider NYY L 42 86.4 32.0 -2.5 -7 3.5 -0.6 -15
2018 Changeup NYY L 5 86.5 29.0 -1.9 -6 17.2 3.3 23
! 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 %
2021 Sinker -8.7 -1 7 46.7 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Curveball -30.3 -2 6 40.0 2 1.000 1.000 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 .800 .880 .723 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -28.2 -1 2 13.3 2 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2020 Sinker -3.3 -4 118 65.2 33 .333 .625 .473 10.2 3.0 7.1 .273 .467 .404 44.0
2020 Curveball -2.7 -2 57 31.5 16 .214 .357 .256 52.2 62.5 37.0 .193 .233 .208 20.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 4.2 0 6 3.3 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .053 .122 .384 0.0
2019 Slider 1.0 3 249 47.4 62 .189 .358 .299 45.0 41.9 27.4 .170 .286 .265 33.3
2019 Sinker -4.3 -7 169 32.2 36 .563 .906 .639 18.2 11.1 13.8 .374 .656 .457 64.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 1 96 18.3 20 .294 .529 .403 12.5 20.0 14.3 .322 .573 .421 46.2
2019 Curveball -13.2 -1 9 1.7 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .887 1.196 .880 100.0
2019 Changeup -10.2 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Sinker -2.0 -1 61 39.9 18 .214 .214 .344 19.2 27.8 33.3 .290 .359 .413 44.4
2018 Slider 5.8 2 42 27.5 12 .000 .000 .058 38.9 50.0 31.6 .078 .092 .126 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -1 30 19.6 4 .667 .667 .625 27.3 0.0 0.0 .470 .659 .526 66.7
2018 Curveball -1.2 0 15 9.8 3 .333 .667 .417 40.0 66.7 28.6 .093 .113 .087 0.0
2018 Changeup 19.0 1 5 3.3 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .361 .384 .332 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Curveball 51 78.8 50 13.5 3:45 3:00 45
2020 Sinker 113 91.0 79 15.3 10:15 9:15 60
! 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 48 184 -2 3 -1 -1 -1
2019 119 525 5 -3 -3 -4 -5
2020 51 181 -3 1 -2 -1 -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 %
2018 153 46.4 54.9 82.1 29.3 58.3 38.6 65.0 41.2 27.0 7.8 58.3
2019 525 43.6 62.0 81.0 25.3 40.0 40.8 58.0 41.3 32.3 5.3 64.3
2020 181 47.0 57.6 85.7 26.0 56.0 33.7 62.7 40.9 23.0 10.5 73.7
2021 15 20.0 33.3 100.0 8.3 0.0 46.7 0.0 13.3 50.0 0.0 --
Player 874 44.4 59.5 82.3 25.7 46.4 39.0 59.3 40.7 29.5 6.8 66.1
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
2018 45 30 54
2019 36 28 36
2020 19 20 30 38
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.4 6 3.3 3 5 2 2 33.3
2020 22.5 2 1.2 1 0 2 0 0.0
Player 23.0 8 4.5 4 5 4 2 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 6 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 2 4 3 4 3
2020 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
Player 8 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 7 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 3
! 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 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.6 92.5 -0.1 91.0 -1.5 91.2 0.2
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 88.3 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.4 81.2 -3.2 78.8 -2.4 80.0 1.2
Exit Velocity 81.7 89.2 7.5 89.4 0.2 76.4 -13.0
Launch Angle 6.9 12.2 5.3 5.6 -6.6 15.6 10.0
Barrel % 0.0 8.7 8.7 6.5 -2.2 0.0 -6.5
Hard Hit % 28.6 49.3 20.7 38.7 -10.6 0.0 -38.7
Sweet Spot % 42.9 44.9 2.0 25.8 -19.1 100.0 74.2
xBA .226 .265 0.039 .239 -0.026 .800 0.561
BA .176 .330 0.154 .282 -0.048 1.000 0.718
xwOBA .289 .354 0.065 .341 -0.013 .713 0.372
wOBA .245 .413 0.168 .395 -0.018 .746 0.351
xSLG .280 .457 0.177 .374 -0.083 .880 0.506
SLG .206 .563 0.357 .513 -0.050 1.000 0.487
K% 32.5 28.3 -4.2 20.8 -7.5 0.0 -20.8
BB% 15.0 12.5 -2.5 15.1 2.6 50.0 34.9
Swing % 41.2 41.3 0.1 40.9 -0.4 13.3 -27.6
Whiff% 27.0 32.3 5.3 23.0 -9.3 50.0 27.0
In Zone % 46.4 43.6 -2.8 47.0 3.4 20.0 -27.0
Out of Zone % 53.6 56.4 2.8 53.0 -3.4 80.0 27.0
Out of Zone Swing % 29.3 25.3 -4.0 26.0 0.7 8.3 -17.7
First Pitch Swing % 22.5 25.2 2.7 35.3 10.1 0.0 -35.3
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 58.0 -7.0 62.7 4.7 0.0 -62.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 40 .245 22 3 13.6 18 12 66.7
2019 Shifts 112 .379 69 15 21.7 43 32 74.4
2020 Shifts 49 .388 25 7 28.0 24 9 37.5
2021 Shifts 4 .746 2 0 0.0 2 2 100.0
! 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 36 18.1 2.8% 0.0% 41 22.3 0.0% 4.9%
2019 151 19.0 13.9% 7.3% 98 21.7 0.0% 3.1%
2020 52 17.4 7.7% 1.9% 37 22.0 0.0% 8.1%
2021 3 17.0 0.0% 0.0% 6 25.3 0.0% 16.7%
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Pitch Distribution