Zac Gallen
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 189LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 3, #106, St. Louis Cardinals | North Carolina
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 12 4 2.54 31 31 0 184 192 0.91
2023 17 9 3.47 34 34 0 210 220 1.12
2024 14 6 3.65 28 28 0 148 156 1.26
6 Seasons 53 37 3.29 143 143 0 815.1 885 1.13
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 31 12-4 2.54 184 192 0.91
2023 34 17-9 3.47 210 220 1.12
2024 28 14-6 3.65 148 156 1.26
6 Seasons 143 53-37 3.29 815.1 885 1.13
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
2019 23 1387 198 11 5.6 3.3 87.0 112.6 13.7 32.8 .213 .354 .287 .290 .352 35.9 28.7 10.8 2.81 3.67
2020 24 1117 181 13 7.2 4.5 87.0 109.5 12.4 33.7 .225 .369 .275 .296 .371 32.6 28.2 8.6 2.75 3.68
2021 25 2102 330 26 7.9 5.0 89.2 111.3 12.3 32.7 .230 .382 .313 .306 .373 43.0 26.6 9.4 4.30 3.95
2022 26 2935 463 36 7.8 5.0 87.8 111.3 10.8 33.0 .213 .340 .250 .278 .340 36.1 26.9 6.6 2.54 3.17
2023 27 3248 574 53 9.2 6.3 91.5 113.8 12.3 36.4 .254 .427 .289 .314 .399 46.2 26.0 5.6 3.47 4.16
2024 28 2506 407 30 7.4 4.8 90.0 114.0 11.8 34.9 .246 .379 .301 .308 .371 41.0 25.1 8.7 3.65 3.97
Player 13295 2153 169 7.8 5.1 89.3 114.0 12.0 34.3 .234 .381 .285 .300 .370 40.5 26.6 7.8
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

Gallen relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(46.3%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(27.7%) ,
Changeup
(14.0%) ,
Slider
(8.7%) ,
Cutter
(3.1%) ,
Sinker
(0.1%) ,


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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
2019 39.9 28.3 25.3 6.6 36.4 34.3 29.3 2.5 29.8 28.8 24.7 8.6 5.6 3.3
2020 47.0 21.0 24.3 7.7 45.3 31.5 23.2 3.3 31.5 26.0 29.3 1.1 7.2 4.5
2021 44.8 25.8 23.3 6.1 35.8 40.9 23.3 4.8 32.1 24.5 23.6 6.7 7.9 5.0
2022 46.7 24.2 22.2 6.9 37.4 34.3 28.3 4.1 34.8 24.6 24.0 4.8 7.8 5.0
2023 42.3 26.5 27.0 4.2 38.2 39.7 22.1 1.7 31.2 22.5 26.0 9.2 9.2 6.3
2024 46.2 23.6 25.8 4.4 37.1 39.3 23.6 2.7 31.9 22.9 27.5 7.6 7.4 4.8
Player 44.5 25.0 24.8 5.6 37.9 37.5 24.7 3.1 32.1 24.2 25.6 6.8 7.8 5.1
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 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 1161 93.7 14.3 0.8 4.7ARM -2.4 16.9 1.1 4.7ARM -2.8
2024 Cutter AZ R 77 90.3 23.9 1.4 3.5GLV 1.0 9.4 1.1 3.5GLV 0.8
2024 Slider AZ R 219 86.9 33.1 -1.1 5.4GLV 1.1 3.0 -1.4 5.4GLV 0.3
2024 Curveball AZ R 695 81.0 52.9 1.8 4.8GLV -3.7 -11.1 1.2 4.8GLV -4.6
2024 Changeup AZ R 351 86.6 31.4 0.2 11.8ARM -2.3 5.0 -0.1 11.8ARM -2.4
2024 Sinker AZ R 3 94.7 10.2 -11.3 10.8ARM -3.9 20.7 -13.4 10.8ARM -4.0
2023 Sinker AZ R 22 93.0 13.3 -8.8 9.2ARM -5.6 18.8 -11.2 9.2ARM -5.8
2023 Cutter AZ R 299 90.2 24.6 0.9 3.3GLV 0.8 9.0 1.1 3.3GLV 0.7
2023 Changeup AZ R 453 86.8 32.1 1.8 12.6ARM -1.7 4.2 1.2 12.6ARM -1.8
2023 Slider AZ R 145 87.4 34.2 0.6 5.3GLV 1.2 1.6 -0.1 5.3GLV 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 1593 93.6 14.4 0.8 2.9ARM -3.9 16.9 1.1 2.9ARM -4.5
2023 Curveball AZ R 736 82.5 51.0 1.7 4.0GLV -3.7 -10.7 0.8 4.0GLV -4.9
! 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 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -2 1,161 46.3 277 .280 .460 .370 13.3 19.5 19.0 .279 .461 .368 48.4
2024 Curveball 1.9 13 695 27.7 196 .148 .230 .207 39.2 38.8 25.2 .175 .234 .212 30.6
2024 Changeup 1.0 3 351 14.0 94 .270 .382 .305 26.5 18.1 15.7 .282 .417 .324 38.9
2024 Slider -0.8 -2 219 8.7 45 .310 .476 .363 33.7 13.3 11.5 .298 .482 .355 38.9
2024 Cutter -2.3 -2 77 3.1 9 .250 .625 .400 36.0 33.3 37.5 .205 .323 .278 40.0
2024 Sinker -0.6 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 27 1,593 49.0 404 .238 .360 .290 19.3 22.5 21.4 .255 .440 .325 51.4
2023 Curveball -0.1 -1 736 22.7 195 .210 .344 .268 40.8 39.5 25.1 .229 .361 .275 47.7
2023 Changeup 1.6 7 453 13.9 128 .210 .336 .267 31.4 24.2 20.5 .237 .384 .295 34.1
2023 Cutter -2.5 -8 299 9.2 73 .352 .648 .432 20.5 11.0 17.4 .336 .590 .400 33.3
2023 Slider 0.0 0 145 4.5 36 .250 .389 .275 26.5 27.8 17.2 .276 .452 .306 53.8
2023 Sinker -0.3 0 22 0.7 8 .286 .714 .450 12.5 12.5 20.0 .300 .605 .417 50.0
! 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 Changeup 330 86.7 90 13.3 1:30 2:30 -60
2024 Curveball 694 81.0 70 14.5 7:15 6:45 30
2024 Cutter 77 90.3 51 9.5 12:15 11:15 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,154 93.7 86 17.1 12:45 12:30 15
2024 Slider 218 87.0 33 6.6 10:15 9:30 45
2023 Changeup 372 86.8 86 13.8 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 Curveball 725 82.5 64 13.8 7:15 6:30 45
2023 Cutter 292 90.2 49 9.0 12:00 11:15 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,558 93.5 81 16.6 12:45 12:15 30
2023 Sinker 22 93.0 86 20.5 12:45 1:00 -15
2023 Slider 143 87.4 31 6.4 10:30 9:00 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
2019 333 1,387 12 14 -6 -4 15
2020 291 1,117 7 13 -6 -2 12
2021 522 2,102 10 12 -15 -8 0
2022 714 2,935 31 25 -15 -7 34
2023 985 3,795 15 37 -21 -6 25
2024 621 2,506 11 20 -11 -8 11
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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 %
2019 1,387 46.3 61.1 81.6 33.6 52.0 43.3 67.4 46.3 29.3 6.2 66.3
2020 1,117 45.3 60.1 79.3 29.5 51.7 48.5 64.9 43.3 30.2 4.7 69.2
2021 2,102 47.5 64.9 84.3 25.6 56.2 43.0 61.6 44.3 23.6 5.2 78.9
2022 2,935 47.2 64.8 85.1 31.9 60.3 45.1 64.6 47.4 23.0 6.3 68.5
2023 3,248 48.8 65.2 85.0 30.0 49.7 43.8 66.1 47.2 26.4 6.1 75.4
2024 2,506 42.5 63.8 85.9 29.7 54.8 45.9 58.8 44.2 26.0 5.6 71.4
Player 13,295 46.5 64.0 84.3 30.0 54.5 44.7 63.7 45.8 25.7 5.8 72.1
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
2019 76 81 82 76 58 69 76 86 55 81 17 73 89 44 74 33 70
2020 66 63 63 61 67 11 48 73 78 73 50 74 66 47 76 36 80
2021 56 61 59 56 55 29 48 38 18 70 34 28 24 47 72 45 80
2022 78 77 77 68 80 11 39 65 64 74 68 26 74 54 91 52 71
2023 50 34 32 37 70 2 27 3 5 71 88 53 65 41 67 48 63
2024 51 37 58 67 41 25 56 19 30 67 39 54 60 43 61 33 67
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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 %
2019 22.9 8 7.3 1 7 5 4 50.0
2020 22.8 9 9.1 0 1 6 6 66.7
2021 23.4 19 15.8 3 5 11 7 36.8
2022 23.2 15 16.3 -1 7 16 2 13.3
2023 23.8 28 27.1 1 17 23 10 35.7
2024 23.5 13 14.6 -2 2 12 7 53.8
Player 23.4 92 90.1 2 39 73 36 39.1
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
2019 8 9 7 8 9 5 8 7 5 5 5 10 10 8 5 6 5 6 9 8 9 9 11 9 6 5 5 9 10 6 5
2020 9 8 10 9 9 10 11 9 8 6 7 8 10 7 9 8 10 9 9 10 10 10 12 9 9 7 9 11 10 10 9
2021 19 20 12 14 16 16 16 18 12 12 15 16 14 12 17 17 16 17 16 17 16 16 21 18 14 14 19 18 14 14 16
2022 15 16 13 13 18 17 18 16 10 13 14 19 18 15 17 19 17 17 17 18 17 18 19 20 12 15 17 17 19 17 12
2023 28 23 22 21 30 25 32 24 25 20 23 28 29 23 31 31 29 21 30 33 27 31 41 38 18 20 29 29 31 26 23
2024 13 15 8 15 13 15 17 13 14 10 15 14 13 13 15 13 15 12 16 18 19 13 19 18 13 14 14 14 18 16 15
Player 92 91 72 80 95 88 102 87 74 66 79 95 94 78 94 94 92 82 97 104 98 97 123 112 72 75 93 98 102 89 80
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.5 90.8 -0.7 ↓ 93.0 2.2 ↑ 93.1 0.1 ↑ 93.0 -0.1 ↓ 93.5 0.5 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.0 84.9 -0.1 ↓ 86.1 1.2 ↑ 86.2 0.1 ↑ 86.8 0.6 ↑ 86.6 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.2 81.6 2.4 ↑ 82.3 0.7 ↑ 81.8 -0.5 ↓ 83.3 1.5 ↑ 82.4 -0.9 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.0 87.0 0.0 89.2 2.2 ↑ 87.8 -1.4 ↓ 91.5 3.7 ↑ 90.0 -1.5 ↓
Launch Angle 13.7 12.4 -1.3 ↓ 12.3 -0.1 ↓ 10.8 -1.5 ↓ 12.3 1.5 ↑ 11.8 -0.5 ↓
Barrel % 5.6 7.2 1.6 ↑ 7.9 0.7 ↑ 7.8 -0.1 ↓ 9.2 1.4 ↑ 7.4 -1.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.9 32.6 -3.3 ↓ 43.0 10.4 ↑ 36.1 -6.9 ↓ 46.2 10.1 ↑ 41.0 -5.2 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.8 33.7 0.9 ↑ 32.7 -1.0 ↓ 33.0 0.3 ↑ 36.4 3.4 ↑ 34.9 -1.5 ↓
xBA .213 .225 0.012 ↑ .230 0.005 ↑ .213 -0.017 ↓ .254 0.041 ↑ .246 -0.008 ↓
BA .212 .210 -0.002 ↓ .233 0.023 ↑ .186 -0.047 ↓ .238 0.052 ↑ .237 -0.001 ↓
xwOBA .290 .296 0.006 ↑ .306 0.010 ↑ .278 -0.028 ↓ .314 0.036 ↑ .308 -0.006 ↓
wOBA .287 .275 -0.012 ↓ .313 0.038 ↑ .250 -0.063 ↓ .289 0.039 ↑ .301 0.012 ↑
xSLG .354 .369 0.015 ↑ .382 0.013 ↑ .340 -0.042 ↓ .427 0.087 ↑ .379 -0.048 ↓
SLG .355 .336 -0.019 ↓ .413 0.077 ↑ .307 -0.106 ↓ .382 0.075 ↑ .376 -0.006 ↓
K% 28.7 28.2 -0.5 ↓ 26.6 -1.6 ↓ 26.9 0.3 ↑ 26.0 -0.9 ↓ 25.1 -0.9 ↓
BB% 10.8 8.6 -2.2 ↓ 9.4 0.8 ↑ 6.6 -2.8 ↓ 5.6 -1.0 ↓ 8.7 3.1 ↑
Swing % 46.3 43.3 -3.0 ↓ 44.3 1.0 ↑ 47.4 3.1 ↑ 47.2 -0.2 ↓ 44.2 -3.0 ↓
Whiff% 29.3 30.2 0.9 ↑ 23.6 -6.6 ↓ 23.0 -0.6 ↓ 26.4 3.4 ↑ 26.0 -0.4 ↓
In Zone % 46.3 45.3 -1.0 ↓ 47.5 2.2 ↑ 47.2 -0.3 ↓ 48.8 1.6 ↑ 42.5 -6.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.7 54.7 1.0 ↑ 52.5 -2.2 ↓ 52.8 0.3 ↑ 51.2 -1.6 ↓ 57.5 6.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.6 29.5 -4.1 ↓ 25.6 -3.9 ↓ 31.9 6.3 ↑ 30.0 -1.9 ↓ 29.7 -0.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 30.2 0.9 ↑ 32.5 2.3 ↑ 32.6 0.1 ↑ 34.2 1.6 ↑ 30.3 -3.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 67.4 64.9 -2.5 ↓ 61.6 -3.3 ↓ 64.6 3.0 ↑ 66.1 1.5 ↑ 58.8 -7.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 333 .287 166 29 17.5 167 95 56.9
2020 Shifts 291 .275 155 51 32.9 136 70 51.5
2021 Shifts 522 .313 252 51 20.2 270 133 49.3
2022 Shifts 714 .250 376 57 15.2 338 196 58.0
2023 Shades 844 .289 434 35 8.1 410 237 57.8
2024 Shades 621 .301 318 15 4.7 303 129 42.6
! 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 %
2019 418 17.4 21.8% 2.4% 181 24.4 0.6% 20.4%
2020 383 17.9 11.5% 2.6% 116 25.8 0.0% 19.8%
2021 673 18.2 12.3% 3.0% 285 27.4 0.0% 29.8%
2022 974 16.9 27.7% 3.0% 326 26.6 0.0% 26.4%
2023 982 15.6 38.0% 0.5% 417 21.1 0.0% 1.0%
2024 741 14.5 59.6% 0.0% 367 19.6 0.3% 1.6%

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Pitch Distribution

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