Alex Wilson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 227LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 2, #77, Boston Red Sox | Texas A&M
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 2 5 4.50 66 0 2 60 42 1.37
2018 2 4 3.36 59 0 0 61.2 43 1.05
2019 1 1 9.53 13 0 1 11.1 13 2.12
7 Seasons 14 14 3.44 303 1 5 332 226 1.22
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 66 2-5 4.50 60 42 1.37
2018 59 2-4 3.36 61.2 43 1.05
2019 13 1-1 9.53 11.1 13 2.12
7 Seasons 303 14-14 3.44 332 226 1.22
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
2015 28 1014 222 7 3.2 2.6 87.3 112.0 11.1 26.6 .225 .337 .265 .264 .287 26.6 13.9 4.0 2.19 2.85
2016 29 1130 226 13 5.8 4.4 88.3 110.1 12.3 30.5 .243 .385 .291 .293 .327 31.9 16.5 7.1 2.96 3.59
2017 30 951 200 16 8.0 6.2 87.8 111.6 13.9 35.0 .270 .455 .320 .329 .374 38.7 16.2 5.8 4.50 4.70
2018 31 941 185 14 7.6 5.7 87.0 110.9 10.2 33.0 .239 .415 .277 .306 .346 34.6 17.6 6.1 3.36 3.95
2019 32 202 35 4 11.4 7.0 88.8 105.0 7.7 42.9 .275 .465 .402 .358 .425 42.9 22.8 15.8 9.53 5.85
Player 4238 868 54 6.2 4.8 87.7 112.0 11.7 31.6 .246 .400 .294 .301 .336 33.1 16.3 6.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wilson relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(53.5%) ,
Sinker
(28.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(17.3%) ,
Changeup
(0.5%) ,
Cutter
(0.5%) ,


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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
2015 53.2 25.2 15.3 6.3 39.2 41.9 18.9 3.6 38.3 27.0 21.2 3.2 3.2 2.6
2016 44.7 21.2 25.2 8.8 35.4 40.3 23.5 2.2 36.7 27.9 24.3 2.2 5.8 4.4
2017 42.5 20.5 27.5 9.5 31.5 46.5 22.0 6.0 32.0 25.5 22.0 5.0 8.0 6.2
2018 49.7 18.4 23.8 8.1 34.6 38.4 27.0 3.2 36.8 22.2 24.9 4.3 7.6 5.7
2019 40.0 17.1 37.1 5.7 20.0 42.9 37.1 2.9 34.3 20.0 31.4 0.0 11.4 7.0
Player 47.2 21.3 23.4 8.1 34.7 41.8 23.3 3.7 35.9 25.6 23.4 3.5 6.2 4.8
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
2019 Slider MIL R 108 85.7 34.4 -0.8 6.2GLV 2.1 3.0 -1.2 6.2GLV 1.1
2019 Cutter MIL R 1 86.1 33.6 -4.0 7.4GLV 5.1 3.0 -4.8 7.4GLV 4.8
2019 Sinker MIL R 57 91.5 17.7 -5.3 10.6ARM -3.8 14.9 -5.8 10.6ARM -4.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 35 91.6 14.9 1.7 1.2ARM -6.0 17.6 2.0 1.2ARM -6.2
2019 Changeup MIL R 1 88.8 21.5 -6.9 10.4ARM -3.9 13.6 -6.7 10.4ARM -3.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball DET R 126 92.3 14.7 1.7 3.6ARM -3.7 17.5 1.8 3.6ARM -3.6
2018 Sinker DET R 268 92.0 18.3 -4.1 11.7ARM -2.8 14.0 -4.7 11.7ARM -3.0
2018 Changeup DET R 17 88.4 25.1 -4.2 14.0ARM -0.2 10.4 -3.7 14.0ARM 0.7
2018 Curveball DET R 25 81.2 45.4 -6.2 5.2GLV -3.0 -3.1 -6.5 5.2GLV -4.0
2018 Slider DET R 505 86.5 30.7 -3.1 5.1GLV 1.0 6.0 -4.2 5.1GLV -0.2
2017 Sinker DET R 274 92.6 17.5 -3.2 12.3ARM -2.5 14.2 -3.4 12.3ARM -3.1
2017 4-Seam Fastball DET R 280 93.0 13.5 1.2 4.7ARM -3.2 18.0 0.9 4.7ARM -3.4
2017 Changeup DET R 3 88.4 27.0 0.1 17.4ARM 3.3 7.6 0.9 17.4ARM 3.8
2017 Slider DET R 325 88.1 26.3 -4.0 4.1GLV 1.5 8.8 -5.2 4.1GLV -0.1
2017 Curveball DET R 62 81.9 46.8 -1.7 3.6GLV -3.9 -5.5 -2.5 3.6GLV -5.0
2016 4-Seam Fastball DET R 303 92.4 15.8 1.0 5.8ARM -1.6 16.6 0.8 5.8ARM -0.6
2016 Changeup DET R 7 88.1 26.6 -3.0 15.3ARM 2.6 9.1 -1.9 15.3ARM 4.0
2016 Slider DET R 430 87.5 28.1 -4.4 5.7GLV 1.6 7.8 -5.3 5.7GLV -0.3
2016 Cutter DET R 12 91.3 15.8 7.6 1.9GLV -1.0 17.2 8.3 1.9GLV -2.1
2016 Sinker DET R 314 92.4 19.2 -2.9 11.7ARM -2.2 13.2 -3.6 11.7ARM -1.6
2016 Curveball DET R 40 82.1 46.0 -3.5 5.6GLV -3.7 -5.1 -4.9 5.6GLV -5.4
2015 Sinker DET R 255 92.7 18.7 -4.1 12.1ARM -2.1 13.6 -4.7 12.1ARM -1.3
2015 Curveball DET R 56 84.3 41.4 -4.5 5.5GLV -4.1 -2.6 -6.9 5.5GLV -5.3
2015 Cutter DET R 14 93.0 15.2 5.2 2.2GLV -0.6 16.8 7.1 2.2GLV -1.4
2015 Changeup DET R 13 88.0 23.9 -5.3 14.5ARM 2.3 11.8 -4.4 14.5ARM 4.1
2015 Slider DET R 375 87.4 31.8 -1.3 5.7GLV 1.4 4.2 -2.2 5.7GLV -0.3
2015 4-Seam Fastball DET R 265 93.3 14.2 2.1 5.2ARM -2.0 17.7 1.9 5.2ARM -1.4
! 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 %
2019 Slider 0.2 0 108 53.5 29 .296 .556 .384 29.4 24.1 28.0 .240 .447 .315 40.0
2019 Sinker -7.4 -4 57 28.2 18 .400 .733 .517 14.8 27.8 25.0 .393 .607 .467 70.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 35 17.3 7 .200 .200 .329 6.3 14.3 11.1 .155 .214 .309 0.0
2019 Changeup -7.5 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Cutter 20.5 0 1 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .046 .052 .047 0.0
2018 Slider 1.8 9 505 53.7 135 .188 .281 .225 26.2 19.3 16.7 .214 .364 .267 27.9
2018 Sinker -1.8 -5 268 28.5 79 .286 .471 .370 9.9 16.5 18.6 .267 .461 .346 40.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 126 13.4 22 .211 .526 .359 21.7 18.2 13.8 .290 .563 .407 53.3
2018 Curveball -3.0 -1 25 2.7 5 .400 .800 .500 10.0 0.0 0.0 .283 .553 .352 40.0
2018 Changeup 2.2 0 17 1.8 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .243 .267 .222 50.0
2017 Slider -1.5 -5 325 34.2 85 .310 .488 .362 23.0 16.5 15.1 .303 .480 .336 34.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 280 29.4 82 .240 .373 .314 14.8 17.1 13.1 .214 .349 .275 41.9
2017 Sinker 0.0 0 274 28.8 69 .286 .476 .354 13.8 11.6 12.7 .291 .529 .375 35.7
2017 Curveball 0.6 0 62 6.5 15 .267 .333 .263 33.3 33.3 26.3 .313 .599 .381 70.0
2017 Changeup -19.3 -1 3 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .073 .097 .067 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 126 476 -5 3 -4 -2 -7
2014 109 412 0 6 -1 -2 3
2015 272 1,010 4 8 -2 -2 8
2016 292 1,112 6 11 -6 -4 7
2017 252 945 2 5 -9 -4 -4
2018 243 941 0 13 -6 -3 4
2019 55 202 -1 1 -3 0 -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 %
2015 1,014 54.2 69.6 88.8 30.6 67.6 46.9 62.6 51.8 15.6 6.4 73.8
2016 1,130 42.9 68.9 89.5 30.5 59.9 42.6 58.2 47.0 20.5 5.7 81.3
2017 951 49.1 73.1 86.7 31.2 66.0 43.3 56.0 51.6 18.7 6.5 82.0
2018 941 38.3 67.8 90.6 34.1 65.7 44.5 57.4 47.0 20.6 4.8 77.8
2019 202 38.1 64.9 92.0 36.0 64.4 43.6 67.3 47.0 21.1 3.0 83.3
Player 4,238 45.7 69.7 88.9 31.9 64.5 44.3 59.1 49.2 18.9 5.7 78.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 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
2015 87 73 80 80 93 79 88 73 94 10 97 6 61 53 41 11 67
2016 71 57 59 61 70 55 54 59 71 18 61 28 70 41 33 68
2017 31 20 21 25 42 44 12 34 8 15 89 14 83 48 49 51 76
2018 52 51 31 24 70 56 26 83 56 18 82 20 95 38 31 68
2019 24 49 73
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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 21.6 5 6.6 -2 2 5 3 60.0
2017 23.0 7 7.0 0 8 4 3 42.9
2018 21.9 8 8.6 -1 3 6 4 50.0
2019 21.1 3 2.1 1 1 3 0 0.0
Player 22.1 23 24.3 -1 14 18 10 43.5
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 8 6 6 5 5 6 7 4 5 7 6 9 7 7 8 5 5 7 7 8 6 8 9 6 7 6 8 8 6 5
2017 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 10 10 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7 9 9 7 6 6 6 11 9 7 5
2018 8 10 6 9 9 8 10 8 7 6 8 9 11 7 9 11 9 10 6 10 8 7 11 10 9 8 8 9 11 9 6
2019 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 0
Player 23 28 21 25 22 22 26 23 16 18 22 26 33 22 25 28 22 22 23 25 26 24 31 29 24 23 21 31 31 24 16
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 92.4 -0.6 ↓ 92.8 0.4 ↑ 92.1 -0.7 ↓ 91.5 -0.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.1 88.1 0.0 88.4 0.3 ↑ 88.4 0.0 88.8 0.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 87.0 87.0 0.0 87.1 0.1 ↑ 86.3 -0.8 ↓ 85.7 -0.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.3 88.3 1.0 ↑ 87.8 -0.5 ↓ 87.0 -0.8 ↓ 88.8 1.8 ↑
Launch Angle 11.1 12.3 1.2 ↑ 13.9 1.6 ↑ 10.2 -3.7 ↓ 7.7 -2.5 ↓
Barrel % 3.2 5.8 2.6 ↑ 8.0 2.2 ↑ 7.6 -0.4 ↓ 11.4 3.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 26.6 31.9 5.3 ↑ 38.7 6.8 ↑ 34.6 -4.1 ↓ 42.9 8.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.6 30.5 3.9 ↑ 35.0 4.5 ↑ 33.0 -2.0 ↓ 42.9 9.9 ↑
xBA .225 .243 0.018 ↑ .270 0.027 ↑ .239 -0.031 ↓ .275 0.036 ↑
BA .238 .252 0.014 ↑ .279 0.027 ↑ .223 -0.056 ↓ .313 0.090 ↑
xwOBA .264 .293 0.029 ↑ .329 0.036 ↑ .306 -0.023 ↓ .358 0.052 ↑
wOBA .265 .291 0.026 ↑ .320 0.029 ↑ .277 -0.043 ↓ .402 0.125 ↑
xSLG .337 .385 0.048 ↑ .455 0.070 ↑ .415 -0.040 ↓ .465 0.050 ↑
SLG .336 .389 0.053 ↑ .438 0.049 ↑ .371 -0.067 ↓ .563 0.192 ↑
K% 13.9 16.5 2.6 ↑ 16.2 -0.3 ↓ 17.6 1.4 ↑ 22.8 5.2 ↑
BB% 4.0 7.1 3.1 ↑ 5.8 -1.3 ↓ 6.1 0.3 ↑ 15.8 9.7 ↑
Swing % 51.8 47.0 -4.8 ↓ 51.6 4.6 ↑ 47.0 -4.6 ↓ 47.0 0.0
Whiff% 15.6 20.5 4.9 ↑ 18.7 -1.8 ↓ 20.6 1.9 ↑ 21.1 0.5 ↑
In Zone % 54.2 42.9 -11.3 ↓ 49.1 6.2 ↑ 38.3 -10.8 ↓ 38.1 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 45.8 57.1 11.3 ↑ 50.9 -6.2 ↓ 61.7 10.8 ↑ 61.9 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.6 30.5 -0.1 ↓ 31.2 0.7 ↑ 34.1 2.9 ↑ 36.0 1.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.5 33.0 5.5 ↑ 33.5 0.5 ↑ 29.9 -3.6 ↓ 38.2 8.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 62.6 58.2 -4.4 ↓ 56.0 -2.2 ↓ 57.4 1.4 ↑ 67.3 9.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 287 .287 163 0 0.0 124 22 17.7
2017 Shifts 253 .319 139 1 0.7 114 17 14.9
2018 Shifts 243 .277 144 10 6.9 99 31 31.3
2019 Shifts 55 .402 38 7 18.4 17 15 88.2
! 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 %
2013 104 17.4 19.2% 1.9% 126 21.2 3.2% 6.3%
2014 139 18.4 12.9% 2.9% 60 23.0 1.7% 15.0%
2015 253 20.2 9.1% 6.7% 175 25.1 5.7% 29.1%
2016 326 20.8 8.6% 7.4% 183 26.7 2.2% 31.1%
2017 259 20.9 5.4% 5.8% 141 26.1 2.1% 17.7%
2018 278 18.9 11.9% 0.7% 148 22.8 0.7% 6.8%
2019 46 21.0 4.3% 6.5% 40 24.1 0.0% 10.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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