Alex Cobb
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 4, #109, Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Vero Beach Senior HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 7 8 3.73 28 28 0 149.2 151 1.30
2023 7 7 3.87 28 28 0 151.1 131 1.32
2024 2 1 2.76 3 3 0 16.1 10 1.04
13 Seasons 79 76 3.84 233 233 0 1,327.2 1,108 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 28 7-8 3.73 149.2 151 1.30
2023 28 7-7 3.87 151.1 131 1.32
2024 3 2-1 2.76 16.1 10 1.04
13 Seasons 233 79-76 3.84 1,327.2 1,108 1.27
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
2016 28 386 81 8 9.9 7.7 89.7 112.3 8.8 28.4 .296 .522 .406 .367 .413 37.0 15.4 6.7 8.59 5.93
2017 29 2849 564 34 6.0 4.6 88.2 117.2 9.3 31.6 .269 .432 .304 .324 .366 35.1 17.3 5.9 3.66 4.54
2018 30 2437 512 40 7.8 6.1 89.0 114.4 7.5 33.4 .275 .457 .345 .338 .376 40.6 15.4 6.5 4.90 4.93
2019 31 229 50 13 26.0 21.7 94.9 118.1 6.4 42.0 .410 .931 .517 .551 .634 60.0 13.3 3.3 10.95 19.10
2020 32 807 168 16 9.5 7.1 91.3 115.8 3.8 33.9 .307 .502 .320 .376 .423 48.2 16.8 8.0 4.30 6.32
2021 33 1579 259 11 4.2 2.8 88.9 112.5 3.0 32.4 .257 .359 .286 .306 .369 37.5 24.9 8.4 3.76 3.95
2022 34 2418 433 16 3.7 2.5 89.2 112.9 1.8 26.3 .234 .328 .296 .277 .330 41.1 23.9 6.8 3.73 3.15
2023 35 2506 472 33 7.0 5.1 89.8 113.9 1.3 33.1 .278 .444 .325 .333 .393 43.4 20.3 5.7 3.87 4.73
2024 36 242 49 3 6.1 4.8 91.9 108.1 0.9 32.7 .281 .479 .269 .342 .390 44.9 16.1 4.8 2.75 5.01
Player 13453 2588 174 6.7 4.9 89.3 118.1 5.0 31.7 .270 .430 .319 .327 .378 40.5 19.3 6.5
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

Cobb relies on 3 pitches.
Split Finger
(43.8%) ,
Sinker
(43.0%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(13.2%) ,


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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
2016 51.9 17.3 23.5 7.4 39.5 42.0 18.5 1.2 44.4 17.3 22.2 3.7 9.9 7.7
2017 49.3 19.1 25.5 6.0 39.9 38.3 21.8 5.1 35.6 21.1 25.5 5.9 6.0 4.6
2018 51.0 20.1 23.6 5.3 34.8 42.2 23.0 2.9 40.2 19.3 22.9 5.9 7.8 6.1
2019 48.0 22.0 26.0 4.0 42.0 48.0 10.0 4.0 36.0 4.0 20.0 10.0 26.0 21.7
2020 54.8 13.1 29.8 2.4 45.8 35.7 18.5 4.2 41.1 8.9 28.0 8.3 9.5 7.1
2021 54.1 15.4 27.8 2.7 41.7 36.7 21.6 3.5 40.5 17.4 30.1 3.9 4.2 2.8
2022 61.9 14.5 21.2 2.3 38.8 37.0 24.2 4.4 45.5 14.3 26.3 5.1 3.7 2.5
2023 57.8 16.3 24.2 1.7 38.6 39.4 22.0 4.0 43.9 13.1 25.0 7.0 7.0 5.1
2024 61.2 18.4 20.4 0.0 42.9 42.9 14.3 2.0 44.9 14.3 26.5 6.1 6.1 4.8
Player 54.4 17.3 24.5 3.8 39.1 39.1 21.8 3.9 41.0 16.4 25.5 5.9 6.7 4.9
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 Sinker CLE R 104 93.8 26.5 2.2 16.4ARM 0.9 4.6 2.7 16.4ARM 1.6
2024 Curveball CLE R 32 83.2 51.9 4.2 8.3GLV -1.1 -12.4 2.5 8.3GLV -1.1
2024 Split-Finger CLE R 106 89.2 35.0 0.9 11.6ARM -0.5 -0.6 3.2 11.6ARM 1.0
2023 Curveball SF R 406 83.6 52.3 4.7 7.8GLV 0.4 -13.0 3.1 7.8GLV -1.1
2023 Sinker SF R 994 94.5 23.7 1.3 16.0ARM 0.8 7.0 0.6 16.0ARM 1.0
2023 Split-Finger SF R 971 89.5 32.2 0.6 13.1ARM 0.9 1.9 1.4 13.1ARM 2.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball SF R 7 95.8 17.5 -2.5 6.6ARM -3.5 13.0 -2.8 6.6ARM -0.8
2023 Slider SF R 128 86.2 40.1 4.9 11.0GLV 6.5 -3.3 4.8 11.0GLV 5.7
! 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 Split-Finger 2.7 3 106 43.8 31 .200 .267 .197 20.0 16.1 13.9 .277 .498 .328 38.5
2024 Sinker -1.3 -1 104 43.0 27 .250 .417 .365 5.9 18.5 13.9 .261 .433 .342 47.4
2024 Curveball -1.7 -1 32 13.2 4 .500 .500 .450 36.4 0.0 0.0 .437 .605 .449 75.0
2023 Sinker 0.4 4 994 39.7 263 .280 .435 .360 12.9 19.0 15.6 .285 .449 .358 41.5
2023 Split-Finger 0.4 4 971 38.7 297 .239 .386 .295 24.6 19.2 17.2 .277 .432 .316 44.5
2023 Curveball -0.2 -1 406 16.2 60 .379 .638 .458 32.0 30.0 26.5 .253 .472 .324 51.2
2023 Slider -0.3 0 128 5.1 24 .333 .542 .375 30.6 20.8 9.8 .283 .497 .330 31.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball -4.9 0 7 0.3 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 50.0 -- -- .350 --
! 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 Curveball 32 83.2 70 17.3 7:30 7:00 30
2024 Split-Finger 77 89.2 75 12.2 2:00 3:15 -75
2024 Sinker 102 93.8 87 17.6 1:45 2:30 -45
2023 Curveball 372 83.6 74 17.7 7:15 7:00 15
2023 Split-Finger 742 89.6 79 14.3 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 Sinker 910 94.5 87 18.0 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Slider 116 86.2 47 12.7 7:15 8:15 -60
! 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
2011 223 841 8 4 -2 -2 7
2012 567 2,164 6 16 -8 -10 4
2013 622 2,396 8 24 -7 -8 17
2014 679 2,604 3 34 -8 -9 20
2016 104 386 -6 0 -3 -1 -10
2017 740 2,847 15 26 -20 -9 12
2018 656 2,437 3 4 -14 -7 -14
2019 60 229 -5 -4 1 0 -7
2020 226 807 2 5 -5 -3 -1
2021 393 1,578 -4 24 -12 -5 3
2022 631 2,418 15 2 -11 -6 2
2023 646 2,506 3 24 -9 -10 7
2024 90 348 -1 5 -3 -1 1
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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 %
2016 386 46.6 63.9 85.2 31.1 76.6 44.6 65.4 46.4 17.9 7.0 70.4
2017 2,849 48.6 61.2 88.6 28.2 70.4 44.4 58.8 44.3 16.9 6.6 69.0
2018 2,437 48.9 63.0 87.0 29.1 71.3 46.7 60.8 45.7 17.8 6.9 70.8
2019 229 42.4 66.0 85.9 33.3 59.1 49.3 55.0 47.2 24.1 7.4 76.5
2020 807 49.6 61.3 84.9 27.5 57.1 43.2 63.3 44.2 23.5 6.7 85.2
2021 1,579 43.0 60.4 83.4 32.9 58.8 45.3 61.3 44.7 26.5 5.8 67.4
2022 2,418 48.4 61.2 84.5 29.9 56.3 43.8 64.5 45.0 24.9 7.1 68.4
2023 2,506 46.8 61.3 86.6 30.5 62.7 44.2 65.9 44.9 21.7 5.4 69.9
2024 242 48.3 57.3 92.5 30.4 65.8 49.2 72.6 43.4 17.1 8.7 81.0
Player 13,453 47.5 61.6 86.3 29.9 64.1 44.9 62.5 44.9 21.1 6.5 70.7
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
2016 21 18 59 10
2017 37 22 33 43 48 9 49 23 33 19 87 5 59 31 24 59 10
2018 17 10 10 19 32 4 23 29 8 8 79 5 63 34 25 63 6
2019 34 14 7
2020 9 2 11 26 11 4 20 6 4 13 57 28 49 38 15 56 8
2021 56 24 73 92 34 76 94 48 59 60 47 51 93 34 16 63 11
2022 79 54 83 94 68 51 96 31 23 59 63 44 54 66 19 68 13
2023 27 11 25 42 39 19 65 28 20 29 87 16 71 58 15 74 12
2024 45 6 12
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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 %
2016 23.1 5 3.9 1 3 2 3 60.0
2017 23.4 22 23.3 -1 10 17 12 54.5
2018 23.0 24 23.0 1 8 18 10 41.7
2019 24.0 9 7.3 2 1 4 4 44.4
2020 22.8 8 7.4 1 3 8 2 25.0
2021 22.6 5 5.2 0 1 6 1 20.0
2022 23.2 9 8.5 1 1 8 2 22.2
2023 23.3 19 17.3 2 9 13 7 36.8
2024 23.8 2 2.1 0 1 2 1 50.0
Player 23.2 103 98.0 5 37 78 42 40.8
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
2016 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 5 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 3
2017 22 23 18 23 24 21 28 23 20 18 23 30 25 20 21 24 18 20 28 24 26 29 29 29 19 18 25 26 28 24 16
2018 24 29 18 20 22 20 26 23 19 13 21 25 28 21 22 27 23 22 21 25 27 26 30 26 22 16 21 27 30 24 17
2019 9 9 5 6 8 7 8 9 5 5 7 5 9 8 6 8 8 6 5 8 9 7 9 8 9 8 5 8 9 8 7
2020 8 8 7 10 8 8 11 6 8 4 5 12 6 7 7 7 7 6 8 10 7 8 11 6 3 4 9 9 9 7 5
2021 5 6 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 3 4 7 4 3 6 7 5 4 5 7 4 7 7 6 4 3 6 7 5 4 4
2022 9 7 8 7 8 8 10 8 7 7 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 8 9 9 11 9 9 9 6 7 10 9 10 7 8
2023 19 15 12 16 18 15 19 17 18 14 15 19 16 15 19 18 19 15 21 19 16 18 25 21 14 13 17 19 20 19 16
2024 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 3
Player 103 103 79 92 101 91 115 95 85 68 87 110 106 90 95 106 94 86 104 108 108 112 129 113 83 75 97 112 119 99 79
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.9 91.7 0.8 ↑ 91.9 0.2 ↑ 92.3 0.4 ↑ 92.5 0.2 ↑ 92.7 0.2 ↑ 94.8 2.1 ↑ 94.5 -0.3 ↓ 93.8 -0.7 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 85.6 -0.1 ↓ 86.5 0.9 ↑ 86.5 0.0 86.9 0.4 ↑ 87.5 0.6 ↑ 89.6 2.1 ↑ 89.5 -0.1 ↓ 89.2 -0.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.3 80.5 0.2 ↑ 81.6 1.1 ↑ 82.5 0.9 ↑ 81.7 -0.8 ↓ 83.0 1.3 ↑ 83.8 0.8 ↑ 84.2 0.4 ↑ 83.2 -1.0 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.7 88.2 -1.5 ↓ 89.0 0.8 ↑ 94.9 5.9 ↑ 91.3 -3.6 ↓ 88.9 -2.4 ↓ 89.2 0.3 ↑ 89.8 0.6 ↑ 91.9 2.1 ↑
Launch Angle 8.8 9.3 0.5 ↑ 7.5 -1.8 ↓ 6.4 -1.1 ↓ 3.8 -2.6 ↓ 3.0 -0.8 ↓ 1.8 -1.2 ↓ 1.3 -0.5 ↓ 0.9 -0.4 ↓
Barrel % 9.9 6.0 -3.9 ↓ 7.8 1.8 ↑ 26.0 18.2 ↑ 9.5 -16.5 ↓ 4.2 -5.3 ↓ 3.7 -0.5 ↓ 7.0 3.3 ↑ 6.1 -0.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 37.0 35.1 -1.9 ↓ 40.6 5.5 ↑ 60.0 19.4 ↑ 48.2 -11.8 ↓ 37.5 -10.7 ↓ 41.1 3.6 ↑ 43.4 2.3 ↑ 44.9 1.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.4 31.6 3.2 ↑ 33.4 1.8 ↑ 42.0 8.6 ↑ 33.9 -8.1 ↓ 32.4 -1.5 ↓ 26.3 -6.1 ↓ 33.1 6.8 ↑ 32.7 -0.4 ↓
xBA .296 .269 -0.027 ↓ .275 0.006 ↑ .410 0.135 ↑ .307 -0.103 ↓ .257 -0.050 ↓ .234 -0.023 ↓ .278 0.044 ↑ .281 0.003 ↑
BA .337 .254 -0.083 ↓ .284 0.030 ↑ .362 0.078 ↑ .252 -0.110 ↓ .240 -0.012 ↓ .262 0.022 ↑ .272 0.010 ↑ .241 -0.031 ↓
xwOBA .367 .324 -0.043 ↓ .338 0.014 ↑ .551 0.213 ↑ .376 -0.175 ↓ .306 -0.070 ↓ .277 -0.029 ↓ .333 0.056 ↑ .342 0.009 ↑
wOBA .406 .304 -0.102 ↓ .345 0.041 ↑ .517 0.172 ↑ .320 -0.197 ↓ .286 -0.034 ↓ .296 0.010 ↑ .325 0.029 ↑ .269 -0.056 ↓
xSLG .522 .432 -0.090 ↓ .457 0.025 ↑ .931 0.474 ↑ .502 -0.429 ↓ .359 -0.143 ↓ .328 -0.031 ↓ .444 0.116 ↑ .479 0.035 ↑
SLG .589 .405 -0.184 ↓ .482 0.077 ↑ .914 0.432 ↑ .417 -0.497 ↓ .336 -0.081 ↓ .350 0.014 ↑ .435 0.085 ↑ .345 -0.090 ↓
K% 15.4 17.3 1.9 ↑ 15.4 -1.9 ↓ 13.3 -2.1 ↓ 16.8 3.5 ↑ 24.9 8.1 ↑ 23.9 -1.0 ↓ 20.3 -3.6 ↓ 16.1 -4.2 ↓
BB% 6.7 5.9 -0.8 ↓ 6.5 0.6 ↑ 3.3 -3.2 ↓ 8.0 4.7 ↑ 8.4 0.4 ↑ 6.8 -1.6 ↓ 5.7 -1.1 ↓ 4.8 -0.9 ↓
Swing % 46.4 44.3 -2.1 ↓ 45.7 1.4 ↑ 47.2 1.5 ↑ 44.2 -3.0 ↓ 44.7 0.5 ↑ 45.0 0.3 ↑ 44.9 -0.1 ↓ 43.4 -1.5 ↓
Whiff% 17.9 16.9 -1.0 ↓ 17.8 0.9 ↑ 24.1 6.3 ↑ 23.5 -0.6 ↓ 26.5 3.0 ↑ 24.9 -1.6 ↓ 21.7 -3.2 ↓ 17.1 -4.6 ↓
In Zone % 46.6 48.6 2.0 ↑ 48.9 0.3 ↑ 42.4 -6.5 ↓ 49.6 7.2 ↑ 43.0 -6.6 ↓ 48.4 5.4 ↑ 46.8 -1.6 ↓ 48.3 1.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.4 51.4 -2.0 ↓ 51.1 -0.3 ↓ 57.6 6.5 ↑ 50.4 -7.2 ↓ 57.0 6.6 ↑ 51.6 -5.4 ↓ 53.2 1.6 ↑ 51.7 -1.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.1 28.2 -2.9 ↓ 29.1 0.9 ↑ 33.3 4.2 ↑ 27.5 -5.8 ↓ 32.9 5.4 ↑ 29.9 -3.0 ↓ 30.5 0.6 ↑ 30.4 -0.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.8 23.5 -5.3 ↓ 27.5 4.0 ↑ 15.0 -12.5 ↓ 27.4 12.4 ↑ 25.7 -1.7 ↓ 26.9 1.2 ↑ 27.7 0.8 ↑ 35.5 7.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 65.4 58.8 -6.6 ↓ 60.8 2.0 ↑ 55.0 -5.8 ↓ 63.3 8.3 ↑ 61.3 -2.0 ↓ 64.5 3.2 ↑ 65.9 1.4 ↑ 72.6 6.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 102 .408 53 24 45.3 49 17 34.7
2017 Shifts 738 .304 424 137 32.3 314 145 46.2
2018 Shifts 656 .345 325 65 20.0 331 125 37.8
2019 Shifts 60 .517 35 20 57.1 25 19 76.0
2020 Shifts 226 .320 122 45 36.9 104 57 54.8
2021 Shifts 393 .286 199 33 16.6 194 102 52.6
2022 Shifts 631 .296 329 87 26.4 302 189 62.6
2023 Shades 624 .322 297 21 7.1 327 206 63.0
2024 Shades 62 .269 32 1 3.1 30 10 33.3
! 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 %
2011 274 14.6 56.2% 0.4% 121 22.8 5.0% 12.4%
2012 683 16.6 31.8% 2.6% 354 22.4 4.2% 11.6%
2013 744 18.2 17.1% 3.9% 264 23.7 0.0% 13.3%
2014 795 19.0 15.8% 3.3% 385 23.8 1.0% 13.5%
2016 110 16.8 31.8% 4.5% 65 21.8 6.2% 10.8%
2017 971 19.1 7.9% 3.5% 402 25.3 0.5% 17.7%
2018 831 17.0 25.2% 1.2% 336 21.8 1.2% 8.3%
2019 79 16.6 25.3% 2.5% 34 19.9 0.0% 8.8%
2020 263 18.2 18.3% 1.5% 113 20.7 1.8% 9.7%
2021 530 16.5 29.4% 2.8% 205 22.5 2.4% 8.3%
2022 744 16.9 30.0% 3.1% 387 22.4 2.1% 10.6%
2023 795 13.7 62.0% 0.3% 359 18.0 14.8% 1.9%
2024 87 12.9 70.1% 0.0% 26 18.1 3.8% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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