Ben Heller
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 22, #651, Cleveland Indians | Olivet Nazarene
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 3.00 6 0 0 6 6 1.17
2023 0 0 3.86 19 0 0 18.2 16 1.45
2024 0 1 49.50 2 0 0 2 3 5.00
6 Seasons 2 1 4.85 52 0 0 52 49 1.52
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 6 0-0 3.00 6 6 1.17
2023 19 0-0 3.86 18.2 16 1.45
2024 2 0-1 49.50 2 3 5.00
6 Seasons 52 2-1 4.85 52 49 1.52
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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 24 170 28 3 10.7 7.5 85.1 109.8 12.9 39.3 .293 .522 .453 .391 .420 32.1 15.0 10.0 6.43 6.91
2017 25 181 28 1 3.6 2.3 87.4 109.7 13.9 17.9 .209 .317 .214 .286 .291 28.6 20.9 14.0 0.82 3.47
2019 27 102 16 1 6.3 3.6 90.1 108.1 11.6 25.0 .239 .455 .308 .318 .459 43.8 32.1 10.7 1.23 4.47
2020 28 111 17 1 5.9 3.7 88.8 107.5 18.5 47.1 .259 .497 .364 .376 .429 35.3 22.2 7.4 3.00 6.32
2023 31 308 53 3 5.7 3.7 89.2 112.0 9.2 35.8 .238 .386 .323 .334 .345 50.9 19.5 13.4 3.86 4.77
2024 32 76 12 1 8.3 5.0 87.4 106.4 13.1 41.7 .340 .508 .708 .453 .457 41.7 15.0 5.0 49.50 9.65
Player 948 154 10 6.5 4.2 88.0 112.0 12.3 33.8 .252 .427 .360 .348 .378 40.3 20.4 11.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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

Heller relies on 5 pitches.
Changeup
(27.6%) ,
Sinker
(26.3%) ,
Cutter
(21.1%) ,
Sweeper
(14.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(10.5%) ,


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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
2016 42.9 21.4 28.6 7.1 35.7 35.7 28.6 3.6 35.7 17.9 17.9 14.3 10.7 7.5
2017 50.0 32.1 10.7 7.1 32.1 39.3 28.6 0.0 39.3 28.6 21.4 7.1 3.6 2.3
2019 50.0 31.3 12.5 6.3 56.3 37.5 6.3 12.5 25.0 25.0 18.8 12.5 6.3 3.6
2020 29.4 29.4 29.4 11.8 35.3 29.4 35.3 0.0 23.5 29.4 29.4 11.8 5.9 3.7
2023 50.9 26.4 18.9 3.8 22.6 47.2 30.2 3.8 37.7 26.4 20.8 5.7 5.7 3.7
2024 50.0 16.7 25.0 8.3 33.3 16.7 50.0 0.0 25.0 8.3 50.0 8.3 8.3 5.0
Player 46.8 26.6 20.1 6.5 32.5 38.3 29.2 3.2 33.8 24.0 23.4 9.1 6.5 4.2
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! 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
2024 Changeup PIT R 21 83.3 42.6 8.4 25 9.7 -4.0 -29
2024 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 8 96.3 17.2 -3.1 -22 15.5 7.6 96
2024 Cutter PIT R 16 85.6 37.2 -6.6 -22 2.2 -1.0 -32
2024 Sinker PIT R 20 95.0 24.5 2.3 10 17.5 2.4 16
2024 Sweeper PIT R 11 76.9 49.6 6.6 15 18.0 2.8 18
2023 Sinker ATL R 119 94.8 26.1 3.6 16 17.7 2.3 15
2023 Sweeper ATL R 41 78.4 45.7 2.0 5 15.4 -0.5 -3
2023 Changeup ATL R 39 84.4 34.9 1.6 5 14.1 -0.1 -1
2023 Cutter ATL R 90 89.4 27.0 -0.6 -2 1.6 -3.9 -174
2023 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 19 95.5 19.1 -4.4 -30 15.9 7.5 89
2020 Changeup NYY R 14 85.6 31.7 -1.7 -5 15.7 1.8 13
2020 Sweeper NYY R 40 81.3 41.5 -0.3 -1 12.7 -2.1 -14
2020 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 57 93.3 18.8 -2.8 -17 16.7 8.4 101
2019 Slider NYY R 4 83.3 39.5 0.1 0 2.5 -4.5 -64
2019 Sweeper NYY R 40 83.1 42.3 2.9 7 10.8 -3.9 -27
2019 Changeup NYY R 8 84.9 33.7 2.2 7 16.0 1.8 13
2019 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 50 93.1 20.5 -4.1 -25 17.7 9.6 119
2017 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 93 94.8 17.0 -2.8 -19 18.4 9.7 111
2017 Changeup NYY R 29 85.0 33.1 2.7 9 15.5 1.4 10
2017 Slider NYY R 59 82.7 45.1 6.7 18 2.9 -2.6 -47
2016 Slider NYY R 58 83.4 44.4 5.8 15 6.5 0.9 17
2016 Changeup NYY R 16 85.2 33.0 1.9 6 12.5 -0.1 -1
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 92 96.2 16.3 -1.6 -11 16.5 8.9 118
! 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 %
2024 Changeup 1.1 0 21 27.6 6 .200 .400 .325 30.8 50.0 30.0 .094 .120 .196 0.0
2024 Sinker -20.1 -4 20 26.3 5 1.000 1.750 1.080 9.1 0.0 0.0 .559 .924 .647 50.0
2024 Cutter -14.8 -2 16 21.1 4 .667 1.333 .800 22.2 0.0 0.0 .532 .620 .554 66.7
2024 Sweeper -6.1 -1 11 14.5 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .230 .263 .211 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -35.5 -3 8 10.5 3 1.000 2.000 .883 0.0 0.0 0.0 .340 .940 .645 100.0
2023 Sinker 1.1 1 119 38.6 31 .296 .444 .369 16.3 9.7 21.4 .266 .389 .335 62.5
2023 Cutter 3.2 3 90 29.2 18 .214 .214 .306 24.4 0.0 0.0 .261 .368 .365 28.6
2023 Sweeper 4.9 2 41 13.3 17 .000 .000 .176 78.6 64.7 35.5 .040 .084 .166 33.3
2023 Changeup -12.0 -5 39 12.7 12 .500 1.000 .642 32.0 16.7 9.1 .348 .622 .460 62.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 0 19 6.2 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .392 .895 .532 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 0 57 51.4 17 .308 .615 .462 3.4 0.0 0.0 .358 .562 .464 38.5
2020 Sweeper 1.3 1 40 36.0 8 .125 .500 .250 60.0 50.0 26.7 .162 .516 .276 25.0
2020 Changeup 2.4 0 14 12.6 2 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 3.5 2 50 49.0 13 .200 .200 .267 7.1 7.7 50.0 .276 .451 .370 50.0
2019 Sweeper 0.7 0 40 39.2 11 .273 .636 .377 55.0 63.6 50.0 .206 .506 .287 50.0
2019 Changeup 1.7 0 8 7.8 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 33.3 100.0 .237 .285 .228 0.0
2019 Slider -0.5 0 4 3.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 1 93 51.4 25 .200 .300 .312 21.4 12.0 12.0 .201 .273 .306 29.4
2017 Slider 1.9 1 59 32.6 11 .111 .111 .145 60.9 36.4 21.1 .232 .411 .286 16.7
2017 Changeup 1.8 1 29 16.0 7 .000 .000 .129 53.3 28.6 25.0 .205 .320 .223 40.0
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 17 83.2 70 11.1 2:30 3:45 -75
2024 Cutter 16 85.6 17 3.4 9:30 7:45 105
2024 Sinker 20 95.0 98 19.0 2:00 2:30 -30
2024 Sweeper 11 76.9 79 19.7 8:00 8:30 -30
2023 Changeup 38 84.4 97 15.2 2:30 2:45 -15
2023 Cutter 90 89.4 44 6.4 1:30 12:30 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 19 95.5 97 19.4 2:15 2:00 15
2023 Sinker 119 94.8 97 18.9 2:15 2:45 -30
2023 Sweeper 41 78.4 59 16.5 8:00 8:45 -45
2020 Changeup 14 85.6 99 17.2 2:15 2:30 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 57 93.3 97 21.1 2:00 1:45 15
2020 Sweeper 40 81.3 46 13.6 7:45 8:45 -60
! 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
2016 39 166 -3 -1 -1 -1 -6
2017 43 181 3 2 -2 -1 2
2019 27 102 1 1 0 0 2
2020 27 111 1 2 -1 -1 0
2023 82 308 2 3 -1 -2 2
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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 170 43.5 64.9 87.5 29.2 71.4 37.1 57.5 44.7 17.1 9.4 68.8
2017 181 47.0 64.7 70.9 26.0 40.0 39.2 60.5 44.2 38.8 7.2 53.8
2019 102 36.3 48.6 83.3 33.8 40.9 31.4 48.1 39.2 35.0 5.9 50.0
2020 111 43.2 62.5 90.0 30.2 47.4 39.6 59.3 44.1 26.5 5.4 50.0
2023 308 48.9 61.6 86.0 30.4 47.9 41.7 63.4 45.8 27.0 4.5 71.4
2024 76 44.7 67.6 87.0 38.1 56.3 40.8 65.0 51.3 17.9 3.9 66.7
Player 948 45.2 62.2 83.5 30.4 50.6 39.0 59.8 44.8 27.3 6.1 62.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 91 92 46
2017 77 89 68
2019 47 83 50
2020 49 82 63
2023 67 36 37
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.2 -- -1.4 -- -- 93.1 -- -- 0.2 -- -- -- -- 92.8 -- 91.9 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 85.2 -- -0.2 -- -- 84.9 -- -- 0.7 -- -- -- -- 84.4 -- 83.3 -1.1
Breaking Velocity 83.4 -- -0.7 -- -- 83.1 -- -- -1.8 -- -- -- -- 78.4 -- 76.9 -1.5
Exit Velocity 85.1 -- 2.3 -- -- 90.1 -- -- -1.3 -- -- -- -- 89.2 -- 87.4 -1.8
Launch Angle 12.9 -- 1.0 -- -- 11.6 -- -- 6.9 -- -- -- -- 9.2 -- 13.1 3.9
Barrel % 10.7 -- -7.1 -- -- 6.3 -- -- -0.4 -- -- -- -- 5.7 -- 8.3 2.6
Hard Hit % 32.1 -- -3.5 -- -- 43.8 -- -- -8.5 -- -- -- -- 50.9 -- 41.7 -9.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 39.3 -- -21.4 -- -- 25.0 -- -- 22.1 -- -- -- -- 35.8 -- 41.7 5.9
xBA .293 -- -0.084 -- -- .239 -- -- 0.020 -- -- -- -- .238 -- .340 0.102
BA .324 -- -0.185 -- -- .250 -- -- -0.033 -- -- -- -- .232 -- .600 0.368
xwOBA .391 -- -0.105 -- -- .318 -- -- 0.058 -- -- -- -- .334 -- .453 0.119
wOBA .453 -- -0.239 -- -- .308 -- -- 0.056 -- -- -- -- .323 -- .708 0.385
xSLG .522 -- -0.205 -- -- .455 -- -- 0.042 -- -- -- -- .386 -- .508 0.122
SLG .676 -- -0.482 -- -- .417 -- -- 0.105 -- -- -- -- .362 -- 1.067 0.705
K% 15.0 -- 5.9 -- -- 32.1 -- -- -9.9 -- -- -- -- 19.5 -- 15.0 -4.5
BB% 10.0 -- 4.0 -- -- 10.7 -- -- -3.3 -- -- -- -- 13.4 -- 5.0 -8.4
Swing % 44.7 -- -0.5 -- -- 39.2 -- -- 4.9 -- -- -- -- 45.8 -- 51.3 5.5
Whiff% 17.1 -- 21.7 -- -- 35.0 -- -- -8.5 -- -- -- -- 27.0 -- 17.9 -9.1
In Zone % 43.5 -- 3.5 -- -- 36.3 -- -- 6.9 -- -- -- -- 48.9 -- 44.7 -4.2
Out of Zone % 56.5 -- -3.5 -- -- 63.7 -- -- -6.9 -- -- -- -- 51.1 -- 55.3 4.2
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 -- -3.2 -- -- 33.8 -- -- -3.6 -- -- -- -- 30.4 -- 38.1 7.7
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 -- -8.7 -- -- 22.2 -- -- 3.7 -- -- -- -- 32.9 -- 30.0 -2.9
First Pitch Strike % 57.5 -- 3.0 -- -- 48.1 -- -- 11.2 -- -- -- -- 63.4 -- 65.0 1.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 39 .453 21 1 4.8 18 13 72.2
2017 Shifts 43 .214 21 0 0.0 22 15 68.2
2019 Shifts 27 .308 16 6 37.5 11 9 81.8
2020 Shifts 27 .364 12 3 25.0 15 7 46.7
2023 Shades 82 .323 45 23 51.1 37 18 48.6
2024 Shades 20 .708 15 0 0.0 5 2 40.0
! 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 %
2016 41 16.9 34.1% 2.4% 38 21.8 10.5% 15.8%
2017 57 16.5 29.8% 0.0% 34 19.4 5.9% 5.9%
2019 44 16.5 25.0% 0.0% 9 19.0 11.1% 0.0%
2020 24 17.5 12.5% 0.0% 30 20.9 0.0% 6.7%
2023 74 14.4 62.2% 1.4% 61 16.4 19.7% 0.0%
2024 4 14.2 50.0% 0.0% 26 16.6 15.4% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution