Austin Gomber
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 5" 220LBS | Age: 29

Draft: 2014 | Rd: 4, #135, St. Louis Cardinals | Florida Atlantic

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 4 4 7.00 11 11 0 54.0 34 1.56
5 Seasons 25 23 4.97 110 66 0 398.0 336 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 11 4-4 7.00 54.0 34 1.56
5 Seasons 110 25-23 4.97 398.0 336 1.37

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 24 1226 231 20 8.7 6.0 87.8 112.1 13.8 38.5 .279 .477 .338 .358 .416 34.6 20.1 9.6 4.44 5.62
2020 26 526 75 2 2.7 1.7 90.0 113.2 10.3 36.0 .235 .329 .262 .309 .331 33.3 22.7 12.6 1.86 4.04
2021 27 1851 331 31 9.4 6.4 88.0 113.2 11.8 32.9 .238 .408 .309 .309 .366 33.8 23.2 8.4 4.53 4.03
2022 28 2059 398 34 8.5 6.4 88.1 110.2 12.4 35.7 .267 .440 .347 .330 .377 35.9 18.0 6.4 5.56 4.59
2023 29 869 182 16 8.8 6.7 90.6 113.7 10.0 36.3 .316 .563 .385 .402 .442 44.5 14.3 9.2 7.00 7.14
Player 6531 1217 103 8.5 6.0 88.5 113.7 12.0 35.6 .266 .448 .334 .338 .388 36.2 19.7 8.4
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Gomber relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(43.2%) ,
Changeup
(22.6%) ,
Curveball
(20%) ,
Slider
(12.4%) ,
Sinker
(1.8%) ,


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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
2018 40.7 22.1 29.9 7.4 39.8 32.5 27.7 3.5 25.5 23.4 30.3 6.5 8.7 6.0
2020 49.3 21.3 26.7 2.7 37.3 34.7 28.0 4.0 33.3 28.0 26.7 5.3 2.7 1.7
2021 44.7 27.2 22.4 5.7 39.6 36.0 24.5 4.2 35.0 24.8 21.5 5.1 9.4 6.4
2022 43.0 28.6 23.9 4.5 42.0 37.2 20.9 5.3 29.9 24.9 25.1 5.8 8.5 6.4
2023 42.9 24.2 27.5 5.5 44.5 35.2 20.3 4.4 29.7 20.9 29.1 6.6 8.8 6.7
Player 43.4 25.9 25.3 5.4 41.0 35.5 23.5 4.4 30.6 24.2 25.8 5.8 8.5 6.0
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 Changeup COL L 196 81.8 29.8 -1.1 -3 8.9 -4.3 -32
2023 Slider COL L 108 84.3 33.4 -3.8 -10 5.0 0.3 6
2023 Curveball COL L 174 77.7 56.6 -0.9 -2 7.8 -0.4 -5
2023 4-Seamer COL L 375 90.6 15.9 -0.5 -4 6.8 1.7 32
2023 Sinker COL L 16 90.9 15.2 -6.6 -30 12.2 -2.3 -16
2022 4-Seamer COL L 838 91.0 15.6 -0.3 -2 6.3 0.9 17
2022 Curveball COL L 352 75.8 61.6 0.8 1 7.0 -1.8 -20
2022 Changeup COL L 362 82.0 29.8 -1.2 -4 9.8 -3.2 -24
2022 Slider COL L 507 84.3 34.7 -2.1 -6 5.0 -0.2 -4
2021 Changeup COL L 360 83.1 28.1 -1.0 -3 9.9 -2.3 -19
2021 Slider COL L 449 85.2 34.3 -1.8 -5 5.3 0.9 21
2021 Curveball COL L 289 75.7 64.7 4.1 7 5.5 -3.3 -37
2021 4-Seamer COL L 753 91.6 14.6 0.2 1 5.9 0.1 2
2020 4-Seamer STL L 276 92.5 13.3 0.9 7 5.6 -0.7 -11
2020 Changeup STL L 39 83.3 27.5 -2.2 -7 10.6 -1.5 -12
2020 Curveball STL L 128 76.3 63.9 4.3 7 5.6 -2.4 -30
2020 Slider STL L 83 85.9 34.2 -1.6 -4 5.2 1.2 31
2018 Curveball STL L 269 77.9 58.1 1.5 3 5.7 -1.8 -24
2018 Slider STL L 252 88.7 24.8 -4.8 -16 2.7 -0.8 -23
2018 4-Seamer STL L 597 92.5 15.1 0.0 0 8.2 2.4 43
2018 Changeup STL L 108 83.9 24.0 -6.0 -20 7.9 -4.9 -39
! 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-Seamer 1.6 6 375 43.2 89 .355 .632 .463 9.9 9.0 14.0 .411 .707 .505 60.9
2023 Changeup -0.1 0 196 22.6 57 .226 .491 .321 19.2 8.8 12.8 .275 .552 .368 32.7
2023 Curveball 2.9 5 174 20.0 51 .213 .447 .309 34.2 33.3 21.0 .211 .382 .286 46.7
2023 Slider 3.7 4 108 12.4 35 .364 .545 .390 19.0 8.6 9.7 .306 .452 .326 25.8
2023 Sinker 6.8 1 16 1.8 5 .333 1.333 .680 16.7 0.0 -- .557 1.438 .779 33.3
2022 4-Seamer 2.6 21 838 40.7 195 .376 .618 .453 13.1 11.8 13.5 .327 .523 .400 45.7
2022 Slider -0.8 -4 507 24.6 145 .217 .391 .282 29.9 24.1 17.7 .252 .414 .307 32.0
2022 Changeup -1.1 -4 362 17.6 100 .266 .415 .323 25.7 13.0 14.8 .258 .416 .310 29.3
2022 Curveball 1.2 4 352 17.1 88 .209 .419 .285 23.9 27.3 15.7 .184 .346 .237 27.4
2021 4-Seamer 0.5 4 753 40.7 190 .299 .567 .419 13.9 11.6 15.7 .310 .565 .407 40.0
2021 Slider -0.3 -1 449 24.3 130 .198 .339 .276 35.0 32.3 28.0 .180 .304 .240 29.1
2021 Changeup -1.0 -4 360 19.4 96 .191 .337 .259 31.3 17.7 17.0 .249 .379 .302 29.2
2021 Curveball 0.7 2 289 15.6 70 .182 .318 .231 33.0 45.7 26.0 .148 .250 .189 28.6
2020 4-Seamer -2.6 -7 276 52.5 72 .143 .161 .253 21.2 19.4 15.9 .227 .309 .323 34.1
2020 Curveball -0.6 -1 128 24.3 23 .286 .429 .341 23.7 26.1 14.3 .254 .367 .304 26.7
2020 Slider 1.1 1 83 15.8 14 .231 .462 .321 33.3 21.4 10.7 .262 .434 .324 30.0
2020 Changeup -4.2 -2 39 7.4 10 .200 .200 .180 44.0 40.0 40.0 .207 .228 .196 50.0
2018 4-Seamer -0.5 -3 597 48.7 152 .313 .477 .386 16.8 17.8 21.3 .321 .579 .421 40.6
2018 Curveball 1.0 3 269 21.9 75 .229 .314 .258 24.1 26.7 17.7 .239 .342 .272 31.4
2018 Slider 1.7 4 252 20.6 72 .254 .388 .343 27.9 22.2 27.1 .231 .349 .282 27.5
2018 Changeup 1.9 2 108 8.8 31 .296 .630 .427 25.9 12.9 20.0 .303 .663 .447 30.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 38 83.3 96 15.5 10:00 10:30 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 232 92.4 99 19.0 11:15 11:30 -15
2020 Knuckle Curve 115 76.3 94 20.6 5:30 5:30 0
2020 Slider 64 85.9 36 6.2 1:30 2:30 -60
2021 Changeup 352 83.1 96 14.6 10:00 10:30 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 743 91.6 99 18.3 11:15 11:15 0
2021 Knuckle Curve 285 75.7 94 20.5 5:30 5:30 0
2021 Slider 442 85.2 35 6.2 1:15 2:30 -75
2022 Changeup 358 82.0 97 13.9 10:00 10:30 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 830 91.0 99 17.9 11:15 11:15 0
2022 Knuckle Curve 350 75.8 90 18.3 5:15 5:15 0
2022 Slider 491 84.3 33 6.1 1:00 2:15 -75
2023 Changeup 196 81.8 98 13.5 10:15 10:30 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 373 90.6 99 18.0 11:00 11:15 -15
2023 Knuckle Curve 174 77.7 84 16.2 5:15 5:00 15
2023 Sinker 16 90.9 99 21.6 11:00 10:45 15
2023 Slider 108 84.3 39 7.0 1:00 2:00 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 330 1,226 0 -7 8 5 6
2020 126 554 -8 -11 8 2 -9
2021 486 1,851 2 -14 8 5 1
2022 528 2,059 0 2 11 6 18
2023 237 869 13 -7 8 3 16
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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 1,226 51.4 66.3 83.7 24.3 59.3 45.2 58.9 45.9 21.7 7.6 80.6
2020 526 49.8 62.6 78.0 22.3 59.3 44.7 58.8 42.4 26.5 7.8 61.0
2021 1,851 52.4 64.2 82.2 26.8 50.8 45.1 65.5 46.4 25.9 7.5 73.9
2022 2,059 50.7 69.9 84.1 27.4 59.7 45.1 59.2 49.0 21.9 6.7 80.3
2023 869 50.3 66.6 86.6 21.3 64.1 45.1 58.8 44.1 18.5 8.1 87.1
Player 6,531 51.2 66.6 83.4 25.4 57.5 45.1 60.9 46.5 22.9 7.3 77.9
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 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 5 8 6 9 4 39 13 65 56 37 27 29 12 49 18 53 92
2020 56 54 80 92 25 88 96 20 71 47 15 49 11 46 25 45 80
2021 54 51 44 38 60 19 21 68 85 48 47 47 37 26 9 59 74
2022 20 13 14 19 37 13 29 59 67 19 72 20 25 18 29 50 60
2023 3 2 2 4 6 8 36 20 20 7 40 8 4 14 25 51 75
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.8 7 10.8 -4 7 12 2 28.6
2020 21.7 1 1.6 -1 2 3 0 0.0
2021 23.0 20 16.3 4 8 15 7 35.0
2022 24.2 20 16.8 3 8 15 8 40.0
2023 23.5 12 11.3 1 3 5 7 58.3
Player 23.5 60 56.7 3 28 50 24 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 7 14 5 10 10 7 13 9 9 5 10 16 13 9 10 14 10 10 13 15 12 11 16 15 8 7 11 12 13 10 6
2020 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 0
2021 20 20 15 15 19 14 21 14 10 10 10 17 18 14 14 23 15 13 19 18 17 22 22 21 12 13 19 18 18 14 13
2022 20 16 12 19 17 16 20 14 15 12 15 22 19 14 21 17 15 16 16 18 18 16 24 18 13 14 17 20 18 16 16
2023 12 11 9 10 12 12 12 10 8 10 10 9 14 11 12 12 12 11 12 12 10 13 14 14 11 11 9 12 12 12 11
Player 60 64 42 57 59 50 69 48 43 38 45 68 65 49 58 67 53 51 62 66 58 64 79 69 45 46 59 64 62 54 46
! 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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.5 91.6 -0.9 ↓ 91.0 -0.6 ↓ 90.7 -0.3 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.3 83.1 -0.2 ↓ 82.0 -1.1 ↓ 81.8 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.1 81.5 1.4 ↑ 80.8 -0.7 ↓ 80.3 -0.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.0 88.0 -2.0 ↓ 88.1 0.1 ↑ 90.6 2.5 ↑
Launch Angle 10.3 11.8 1.5 ↑ 12.4 0.6 ↑ 10.0 -2.4 ↓
Barrel % 2.7 9.4 6.7 ↑ 8.5 -0.9 ↓ 8.8 0.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.3 33.8 0.5 ↑ 35.9 2.1 ↑ 44.5 8.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 36.0 32.9 -3.1 ↓ 35.7 2.8 ↑ 36.3 0.6 ↑
xBA .235 .238 0.003 ↑ .267 0.029 ↑ .316 0.049 ↑
BA .190 .232 0.042 ↑ .281 0.049 ↑ .291 0.010 ↑
xwOBA .309 .309 0.000 .330 0.021 ↑ .402 0.072 ↑
wOBA .262 .309 0.047 ↑ .347 0.038 ↑ .385 0.038 ↑
xSLG .329 .408 0.079 ↑ .440 0.032 ↑ .563 0.123 ↑
SLG .260 .420 0.160 ↑ .480 0.060 ↑ .549 0.069 ↑
K% 22.7 23.2 0.5 ↑ 18.0 -5.2 ↓ 14.3 -3.7 ↓
BB% 12.6 8.4 -4.2 ↓ 6.4 -2.0 ↓ 9.2 2.8 ↑
Swing % 42.4 46.4 4.0 ↑ 49.0 2.6 ↑ 44.1 -4.9 ↓
Whiff% 26.5 25.9 -0.6 ↓ 21.9 -4.0 ↓ 18.5 -3.4 ↓
In Zone % 49.8 52.4 2.6 ↑ 50.7 -1.7 ↓ 50.3 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.2 47.6 -2.6 ↓ 49.3 1.7 ↑ 49.7 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 22.3 26.8 4.5 ↑ 27.4 0.6 ↑ 21.3 -6.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.1 27.3 1.2 ↑ 29.5 2.2 ↑ 30.3 0.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 65.5 6.7 ↑ 59.2 -6.3 ↓ 58.8 -0.4 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2018 330 .338 231 6 2.6 99 4 4.0
2020 119 .262 86 8 9.3 33 8 24.2
2021 486 .309 355 19 5.4 131 19 14.5
2022 528 .347 382 49 12.8 146 34 23.3
2023 237 .387 189 0 0.0 48 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 313 15.1 49.2% 1.3% 249 21.7 0.0% 5.2%
2020 151 14.8 53.6% 0.0% 107 21.5 0.9% 3.7%
2021 577 16.3 30.3% 2.3% 286 22.6 0.0% 5.9%
2022 594 15.1 47.5% 0.3% 305 20.4 0.3% 3.9%
2023 114 14.4 59.6% 0.0% 74 16.4 17.6% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution