Bobby Wahl
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 216LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 5, #161, Oakland Athletics | Mississippi
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 0 0 4.70 7 0 0 7.2 8 1.57
2018 0 1 10.13 7 0 0 5.1 7 2.44
2020 0 1 11.57 3 0 0 2.1 1 1.71
3 Seasons 0 2 7.63 17 0 0 15.1 16 1.89
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 7 0-0 4.70 7.2 8 1.57
2018 7 0-1 10.13 5.1 7 2.44
2020 3 0-1 11.57 2.1 1 1.71
3 Seasons 17 0-2 7.63 15.1 16 1.89
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
2017 25 142 23 2 8.7 5.6 89.3 106.9 25.2 47.8 .285 .542 .322 .396 .472 30.4 22.2 11.1 4.70 7.27
2018 26 112 18 1 5.6 3.4 89.4 106.6 24.9 44.4 .284 .488 .460 .378 .460 33.3 24.1 13.8 10.13 6.40
2020 28 38 10 2 20.0 18.2 95.6 105.5 26.9 50.0 .362 .919 .608 .522 .580 50.0 9.1 0.0 11.57 15.42
Player 292 51 5 9.8 6.6 90.6 106.9 25.4 47.1 .297 .580 .413 .407 .488 35.3 21.1 10.5
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

Wahl relies on 2 pitches.
Four Seamer
(50.0%) ,
Slider
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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
2017 21.7 21.7 30.4 26.1 13.0 34.8 52.2 4.3 8.7 34.8 34.8 4.3 8.7 5.6
2018 16.7 33.3 38.9 11.1 16.7 50.0 33.3 0.0 11.1 33.3 33.3 11.1 5.6 3.4
2020 20.0 50.0 20.0 10.0 50.0 40.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 18.2
Player 19.6 31.4 31.4 17.6 21.6 41.2 37.3 3.9 9.8 35.3 31.4 5.9 9.8 6.6
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
2020 Slider MIL R 19 81.9 52.3 11.6 28 2.6 -4.1 -61
2020 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 19 93.8 11.8 3.2 21 3.5 -3.9 -53
2018 Changeup NYM R 4 89.8 22.2 -4.9 -18 9.8 -4.2 -30
2018 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 82 95.3 11.0 3.4 23 3.5 -3.4 -49
2018 Slider NYM R 12 83.7 48.7 10.9 29 1.9 -2.8 -60
2018 Cutter NYM R 14 89.5 29.2 -4.3 -17 3.2 1.0 43
2017 Curveball OAK R 2 80.2 49.2 -1.6 -3 4.8 -3.2 -40
2017 4-Seam Fastball OAK R 114 95.1 10.0 3.3 25 4.7 -3.2 -40
2017 Changeup OAK R 5 88.1 21.7 -4.8 -18 9.9 -4.2 -30
2017 Slider OAK R 21 86.0 36.8 3.9 12 4.8 1.5 45
! 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 %
2020 Slider -2.3 0 19 50.0 3 .333 1.333 .667 62.5 33.3 16.7 .336 1.336 .669 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -7.4 -1 19 50.0 8 .429 1.000 .593 0.0 0.0 0.0 .373 .740 .460 50.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -4.2 -3 82 73.2 22 .444 .667 .502 17.9 13.6 12.5 .326 .437 .397 33.3
2018 Cutter 6.7 1 14 12.5 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 33.3 25.0 .102 .126 .099 0.0
2018 Slider 2.7 0 12 10.7 3 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 37.5 -- -- .000 --
2018 Changeup -18.3 -1 4 3.6 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 50.0 0.0 -- .973 3.896 1.986 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -1 114 80.3 30 .240 .360 .343 23.6 26.7 20.5 .290 .592 .425 35.3
2017 Slider 2.7 1 21 14.8 4 .250 .250 .225 25.0 0.0 0.0 .170 .241 .175 25.0
2017 Changeup -5.7 0 5 3.5 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .457 .540 .433 0.0
2017 Curveball -2.9 0 2 1.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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
2020 4-Seam Fastball 18 93.8 99 19.1 12:30 12:15 15
2020 Slider 18 81.9 70 14.8 7:00 6:30 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
2017 36 142 2 0 -2 -1 -1
2018 29 112 0 -1 0 -1 -3
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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 %
2017 142 50.0 70.4 80.0 26.8 68.4 51.4 41.7 48.6 23.2 7.0 100.0
2018 112 52.7 67.8 77.5 22.6 41.7 43.8 69.0 46.4 30.8 8.0 88.9
2020 38 47.4 61.1 81.8 35.0 42.9 34.2 36.4 47.4 27.8 13.2 100.0
Player 292 50.7 68.2 79.2 26.4 55.3 46.2 51.3 47.6 26.6 8.2 95.8
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
2017 81 58 97
2018 83 49 98
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 -- 0 0.5 -1 2 1 0 --
2018 24.7 2 1.0 1 1 1 0 0.0
2020 24.2 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 100.0
Player 24.5 4 3.5 1 3 2 2 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
2018 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2020 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 3
! 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 2017 2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.1 94.5 -0.6
Offspeed Velocity 88.1 89.8 1.7
Breaking Velocity 85.4 83.7 -1.7
Exit Velocity 89.3 89.4 0.1
Launch Angle 25.2 24.9 -0.3
Barrel % 8.7 5.6 -3.1
Hard Hit % 30.4 33.3 2.9
Sweet Spot % 47.8 44.4 -3.4
xBA .285 .284 -0.001
BA .258 .360 0.102
xwOBA .396 .378 -0.018
wOBA .322 .460 0.138
xSLG .542 .488 -0.054
SLG .355 .640 0.285
K% 22.2 24.1 1.9
BB% 11.1 13.8 2.7
Swing % 48.6 46.4 -2.2
Whiff% 23.2 30.8 7.6
In Zone % 50.0 52.7 2.7
Out of Zone % 50.0 47.3 -2.7
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 22.6 -4.2
First Pitch Swing % 19.4 41.4 22.0
First Pitch Strike % 41.7 69.0 27.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 36 .322 22 1 4.5 14 3 21.4
2018 Shifts 29 .460 15 3 20.0 14 2 14.3
2020 Shifts 11 .608 6 0 0.0 5 3 60.0
! 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 %
2017 34 22.7 5.9% 2.9% 26 25.4 0.0% 23.1%
2018 24 19.9 4.2% 0.0% 24 23.5 0.0% 0.0%
2020 15 21.7 0.0% 0.0% 4 21.3 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution