Gavin Hollowell
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 7" 215LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 6, #189, Colorado Rockies | St. John's
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 2 7.71 6 0 0 7 8 1.57
2023 2 0 5.88 26 0 1 33.2 32 1.46
2 Seasons 2 2 6.20 32 0 1 40.2 40 1.48
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 6 0-2 7.71 7 8 1.57
2023 26 2-0 5.88 33.2 32 1.46
2 Seasons 32 2-2 6.20 40.2 40 1.48
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
2022 24 143 20 1 5.0 3.1 87.7 101.0 26.5 35.0 .194 .290 .328 .262 .281 45.0 25.0 12.5 7.71 2.81
2023 25 610 98 8 8.2 5.2 86.6 110.2 20.0 37.8 .249 .442 .360 .354 .387 35.7 20.8 11.7 5.88 5.44
Player 753 118 9 7.6 4.8 86.8 110.2 21.1 37.3 .239 .416 .354 .338 .369 37.3 21.5 11.8
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

Hollowell relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(34.3%) ,
Slider
(32.8%) ,
Sinker
(30.2%) ,
Cutter
(2.8%) ,


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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
2022 25.0 40.0 25.0 10.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 0.0 15.0 40.0 30.0 10.0 5.0 3.1
2023 33.7 31.6 23.5 11.2 38.8 31.6 29.6 7.1 21.4 28.6 27.6 6.1 8.2 5.2
Player 32.2 33.1 23.7 11.0 39.0 31.4 29.7 5.9 20.3 30.5 28.0 6.8 7.6 4.8
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
2023 4-Seam Fastball COL R 208 93.4 19.2 -2.8 -17 8.4 0.0 0
2023 Cutter COL R 17 86.6 29.8 -0.4 -1 1.0 -1.1 -53
2023 Slider COL R 200 82.3 38.2 -0.7 -2 13.0 5.4 70
2023 Sinker COL R 184 94.1 26.7 2.7 11 15.6 0.1 1
2022 Sinker COL R 40 93.6 24.1 1.6 7 15.5 0.2 1
2022 Changeup COL R 3 84.0 32.1 -3.1 -9 16.9 2.1 14
2022 Cutter COL R 6 89.1 24.4 2.1 8 0.4 -1.5 -78
2022 4-Seam Fastball COL R 37 92.9 18.2 -2.3 -15 5.8 -2.3 -29
2022 Slider COL R 57 81.2 39.0 -0.4 -1 14.4 5.5 62
! 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 209 34.3 55 .182 .409 .349 32.3 27.3 23.1 .171 .294 .310 34.5
2023 Slider 0.0 0 200 32.8 52 .170 .362 .269 26.7 26.9 17.9 .245 .431 .326 33.3
2023 Sinker -1.7 -3 184 30.2 44 .378 .622 .483 15.6 6.8 8.6 .334 .559 .429 38.2
2023 Cutter -0.8 0 17 2.8 2 .500 2.000 1.000 44.4 0.0 0.0 .502 1.859 .953 50.0
2022 Slider 1.3 1 57 39.9 12 .000 .000 .175 33.3 41.7 23.8 .033 .039 .198 0.0
2022 Sinker -7.8 -3 40 28.0 10 .444 .778 .540 23.5 10.0 25.0 .348 .515 .403 62.5
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 1 37 25.9 9 .375 .500 .339 30.0 22.2 15.4 .225 .351 .222 57.1
2022 Cutter 1.6 0 6 4.2 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .017 .037 .021 0.0
2022 Changeup -2.1 0 3 2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2023 Cutter 17 86.6 31 5.7 12:00 11:30 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 192 93.4 78 14.2 1:45 1:15 30
2023 Sinker 168 94.1 85 16.8 2:00 2:45 -45
2023 Slider 190 82.2 53 14.0 8:45 9:00 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 37 92.9 71 14.0 1:30 12:45 45
2022 Sinker 40 93.6 82 17.4 1:30 2:15 -45
2022 Slider 57 81.2 57 15.5 8:30 9:00 -30
! 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
2022 32 143 5 -3 -3 0 -2
2023 153 610 -1 7 -6 -3 -4
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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 %
2022 143 49.7 66.2 74.5 22.2 62.5 37.1 46.9 44.1 28.6 8.4 83.3
2023 610 48.9 66.2 76.3 26.9 69.0 44.2 49.7 46.2 25.5 9.0 74.5
Player 753 49.1 66.2 75.9 26.0 68.0 42.8 49.2 45.8 26.1 8.9 76.1
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
2022 40 99 94
2023 44 96 87
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 25.2 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
2023 23.5 8 6.4 2 1 5 3 37.5
Player 23.7 9 7.3 2 1 6 3 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 8 4 6 6 8 5 7 5 7 4 6 7 7 5 7 7 6 4 7 8 6 8 9 8 5 4 7 8 8 6 6
Player 9 4 7 7 9 6 8 6 8 5 7 8 8 6 8 8 7 5 8 9 7 9 10 9 6 5 8 9 9 7 7
! 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 2022 2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 93.4 0.4
Offspeed Velocity 84.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.2 82.3 1.1
Exit Velocity 87.7 86.6 -1.1
Launch Angle 26.5 20.0 -6.5
Barrel % 5.0 8.2 3.2
Hard Hit % 45.0 35.7 -9.3
Sweet Spot % 35.0 37.8 2.8
xBA .194 .249 0.055
BA .259 .238 -0.021
xwOBA .262 .354 0.092
wOBA .328 .360 0.032
xSLG .290 .442 0.152
SLG .407 .477 0.070
K% 25.0 20.8 -4.2
BB% 12.5 11.7 -0.8
Swing % 44.1 46.2 2.1
Whiff% 28.6 25.5 -3.1
In Zone % 49.7 48.9 -0.8
Out of Zone % 50.3 51.1 0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 22.2 26.9 4.7
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 27.5 2.5
First Pitch Strike % 46.9 49.7 2.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 32 .328 17 1 5.9 15 2 13.3
2023 Shades 153 .360 98 0 0.0 55 24 43.6
! 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 %
2022 33 17.2 21.2% 3.0% 38 21.2 2.6% 18.4%
2023 145 14.3 61.4% 0.0% 130 17.8 9.2% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution