Brad Boxberger
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 211LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2009 | Rd: C-A, #43, Cincinnati Reds | Southern California
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 5 4 3.34 71 0 4 64.2 83 1.07
2022 4 3 2.95 70 0 1 64 68 1.23
2023 0 1 4.95 22 0 2 20 17 1.30
12 Seasons 31 38 3.50 506 0 84 477.2 581 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 71 5-4 3.34 64.2 83 1.07
2022 70 4-3 2.95 64 68 1.23
2023 22 0-1 4.95 20 17 1.30
12 Seasons 506 31-38 3.50 477.2 581 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
2015 27 1140 163 13 8.0 4.8 85.7 114.5 15.6 35.0 .230 .385 .306 .312 .390 28.8 27.3 11.8 3.71 4.05
2016 28 471 71 2 2.8 1.8 87.8 110.2 14.3 19.7 .196 .308 .329 .294 .278 31.0 19.5 15.9 4.81 3.61
2017 29 500 69 5 7.2 4.1 86.8 116.0 16.5 24.6 .178 .322 .279 .251 .341 31.9 33.1 9.1 3.38 2.66
2018 30 975 131 10 7.6 4.3 90.3 113.4 13.7 23.7 .207 .352 .316 .298 .374 38.2 30.2 13.6 4.39 3.73
2019 31 487 77 6 7.8 4.9 85.9 107.2 15.3 35.1 .229 .366 .326 .318 .343 35.1 22.1 13.9 5.40 4.47
2020 32 357 52 4 7.7 5.1 88.6 113.0 10.3 32.7 .244 .434 .325 .344 .402 38.5 22.8 10.1 3.00 5.13
2021 33 1074 151 10 6.6 3.8 88.3 112.6 19.2 27.8 .202 .348 .274 .286 .364 35.1 31.2 9.4 3.34 3.42
2022 34 1090 171 11 6.4 4.1 86.4 110.2 19.1 32.2 .211 .349 .288 .289 .340 33.9 25.4 10.1 2.95 3.44
2023 35 338 55 4 7.3 4.8 90.5 109.4 14.5 32.7 .244 .418 .314 .334 .364 41.8 20.2 13.1 4.95 4.77
Player 6432 940 65 6.9 4.2 87.6 116.0 16.1 29.6 .213 .360 .302 .299 .357 34.3 26.9 11.6
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

Boxberger relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(54.4%) ,
Slider
(32.5%) ,
Changeup
(13.0%) ,


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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 37.4 30.7 24.5 7.4 32.5 41.7 25.8 5.5 23.9 28.2 25.8 4.3 8.0 4.8
2016 49.3 18.3 16.9 15.5 43.7 23.9 32.4 2.8 45.1 31.0 15.5 2.8 2.8 1.8
2017 46.4 30.4 17.4 5.8 40.6 40.6 18.8 4.3 31.9 31.9 15.9 5.8 7.2 4.1
2018 48.1 26.0 17.6 8.4 41.2 37.4 21.4 1.5 32.8 29.8 24.4 2.3 7.6 4.3
2019 40.3 26.0 23.4 10.4 35.1 31.2 33.8 6.5 29.9 27.3 20.8 6.5 7.8 4.9
2020 51.9 21.2 21.2 5.8 38.5 42.3 19.2 3.8 36.5 23.1 21.2 7.7 7.7 5.1
2021 39.7 25.8 22.5 11.9 42.4 32.5 25.2 6.6 25.8 31.8 21.2 6.6 6.6 3.8
2022 36.8 32.2 21.6 9.4 38.0 39.2 22.8 7.0 27.5 32.2 22.8 4.1 6.4 4.1
2023 43.6 25.5 25.5 5.5 45.5 32.7 21.8 1.8 34.5 27.3 20.0 9.1 7.3 4.8
Player 42.1 27.3 21.4 9.1 39.0 36.4 24.6 4.9 30.1 29.8 21.8 5.0 6.9 4.2
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
2023 Slider CHC R 110 86.6 29.6 -5.3 5.9GLV 1.4 6.6 -5.1 5.9GLV 0.6
2023 Changeup CHC R 44 81.0 37.0 1.5 11.8ARM -1.6 4.6 0.8 11.8ARM -2.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 184 91.1 16.2 0.6 6.1ARM -1.4 16.7 0.9 6.1ARM -1.3
2022 Slider MIL R 245 87.3 29.2 -4.3 7.0GLV 3.5 6.5 -4.7 7.0GLV 1.3
2022 Changeup MIL R 246 81.2 35.9 1.2 11.2ARM -2.6 5.5 0.4 11.2ARM -3.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 599 92.7 14.5 1.0 6.0ARM -1.5 17.4 1.2 6.0ARM -1.3
! 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -2 184 54.4 41 .182 .424 .339 12.9 19.5 16.7 .215 .438 .354 52.0
2023 Slider 2.5 3 110 32.5 30 .259 .296 .292 27.3 13.3 14.8 .278 .361 .317 30.4
2023 Changeup -3.2 -1 44 13.0 12 .167 .583 .300 47.4 41.7 29.4 .246 .492 .311 42.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 5 599 55.0 142 .185 .319 .278 25.3 33.8 21.7 .176 .307 .276 38.7
2022 Changeup 1.8 4 246 22.6 86 .250 .316 .299 23.1 16.3 15.9 .265 .392 .321 34.4
2022 Slider -0.5 -1 245 22.5 39 .289 .474 .337 23.7 15.4 14.3 .215 .398 .274 21.9
! 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
2023 Changeup 44 81.0 87 12.8 1:45 2:30 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 183 91.1 87 17.3 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Slider 110 86.6 49 8.7 11:15 10:15 60
2022 Changeup 246 81.2 86 12.6 1:45 2:30 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 599 92.7 91 17.9 12:45 12:45 0
2022 Slider 245 87.3 47 9.5 11:15 10:15 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
2012 118 562 9 0 -5 -2 2
2013 94 393 5 2 -6 -1 -1
2014 247 1,056 14 8 -3 -3 16
2015 266 1,120 0 13 -7 -5 1
2016 112 467 5 3 -5 -2 2
2017 118 500 6 5 -1 -2 7
2018 231 975 3 12 -9 -4 1
2019 122 487 1 4 -6 -1 -2
2020 91 412 4 5 -3 -3 3
2021 272 1,112 12 22 -12 -6 16
2022 267 1,090 7 16 -11 -4 8
2023 83 338 3 -1 -2 -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 %
2015 1,140 46.1 64.2 77.4 32.6 62.5 44.9 55.7 47.1 27.6 6.1 78.3
2016 471 49.3 59.9 79.1 29.7 66.2 40.6 58.4 44.6 25.2 9.8 78.3
2017 500 52.2 64.0 74.3 26.4 52.4 41.8 60.2 46.0 31.3 10.6 75.5
2018 975 49.3 62.6 77.1 23.5 60.3 43.8 61.9 42.8 26.9 7.0 76.5
2019 487 47.6 67.7 72.0 25.1 68.8 39.6 60.7 45.4 29.0 8.0 82.1
2020 357 50.7 68.0 78.9 19.3 64.7 43.1 58.2 44.0 24.2 9.8 71.4
2021 1,074 51.1 68.7 70.3 21.9 59.1 42.8 56.8 45.8 32.1 9.5 81.4
2022 1,090 51.1 61.4 79.2 23.6 65.1 41.7 66.3 42.9 24.4 8.3 71.1
2023 338 49.1 62.0 81.6 19.2 60.6 45.0 59.5 40.2 23.5 5.6 78.9
Player 6,432 49.5 64.3 76.1 25.3 62.2 42.8 59.9 44.6 27.6 8.1 77.0
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
2015 40 65 50 33 22 53 6 95 81 85 4 83 80 58 67 1
2016 44 75 7
2017 42 64 7
2018 60 83 76 52 38 72 26 5 27 89 4 65 8 26 61 7
2019 11 40 6
2020 25 45 34 29 34 65 41 45 42 48 33 32 3 38 93 8
2021 77 88 79 62 71 81 67 60 76 90 34 85 1 48 85 4
2022 69 80 70 54 61 72 68 90 81 67 20 40 3 30 86 4
2023 13 78 4
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 3 1.0 2 1 0 1 33.3
2017 24.4 4 3.8 0 0 3 1 25.0
2018 22.5 9 7.9 1 2 3 5 55.6
2019 22.8 3 4.3 -1 3 4 1 33.3
2020 23.7 3 3.1 0 2 1 2 66.7
2021 24.9 8 6.3 2 4 2 5 62.5
2022 26.0 6 6.4 0 4 8 2 33.3
2023 23.7 3 2.2 1 3 1 1 33.3
Player 23.9 39 35.0 4 19 22 18 46.2
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 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2017 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3
2018 9 9 7 9 8 8 8 9 7 7 8 9 7 7 8 9 8 8 7 8 8 7 10 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 6
2019 3 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 6 6 5 3 4 6 6 4 2
2020 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 2
2021 8 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 5 5 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 10 7 6 6 5 6 7 6 6
2022 6 6 7 6 5 5 7 4 3 4 4 7 9 6 6 9 4 5 6 7 9 7 12 9 4 4 7 9 10 5 6
2023 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Player 39 36 32 38 32 33 36 34 27 28 31 41 39 31 34 40 33 33 33 38 38 37 51 40 32 29 34 40 41 32 27
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 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.2 91.9 -1.3 ↓ 92.4 0.5 ↑ 91.3 -1.1 ↓ 90.0 -1.3 ↓ 92.5 2.5 ↑ 93.5 1.0 ↑ 92.7 -0.8 ↓ 91.1 -1.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 80.4 79.8 -0.6 ↓ 80.6 0.8 ↑ 79.6 -1.0 ↓ 78.2 -1.4 ↓ 81.2 3.0 ↑ 82.5 1.3 ↑ 81.2 -1.3 ↓ 81.0 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 78.0 82.7 4.7 ↑ 85.2 2.5 ↑ 85.8 0.6 ↑ 85.3 -0.5 ↓ 88.0 2.7 ↑ 88.0 0.0 87.3 -0.7 ↓ 86.6 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.7 87.8 2.1 ↑ 86.8 -1.0 ↓ 90.3 3.5 ↑ 85.9 -4.4 ↓ 88.6 2.7 ↑ 88.3 -0.3 ↓ 86.4 -1.9 ↓ 90.5 4.1 ↑
Launch Angle 15.6 14.3 -1.3 ↓ 16.5 2.2 ↑ 13.7 -2.8 ↓ 15.3 1.6 ↑ 10.3 -5.0 ↓ 19.2 8.9 ↑ 19.1 -0.1 ↓ 14.5 -4.6 ↓
Barrel % 8.0 2.8 -5.2 ↓ 7.2 4.4 ↑ 7.6 0.4 ↑ 7.8 0.2 ↑ 7.7 -0.1 ↓ 6.6 -1.1 ↓ 6.4 -0.2 ↓ 7.3 0.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 28.8 31.0 2.2 ↑ 31.9 0.9 ↑ 38.2 6.3 ↑ 35.1 -3.1 ↓ 38.5 3.4 ↑ 35.1 -3.4 ↓ 33.9 -1.2 ↓ 41.8 7.9 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.0 19.7 -15.3 ↓ 24.6 4.9 ↑ 23.7 -0.9 ↓ 35.1 11.4 ↑ 32.7 -2.4 ↓ 27.8 -4.9 ↓ 32.2 4.4 ↑ 32.7 0.5 ↑
xBA .230 .196 -0.034 ↓ .178 -0.018 ↓ .207 0.029 ↑ .229 0.022 ↑ .244 0.015 ↑ .202 -0.042 ↓ .211 0.009 ↑ .244 0.033 ↑
BA .231 .250 0.019 ↑ .215 -0.035 ↓ .221 0.006 ↑ .243 0.022 ↑ .246 0.003 ↑ .192 -0.054 ↓ .223 0.031 ↑ .208 -0.015 ↓
xwOBA .312 .294 -0.018 ↓ .251 -0.043 ↓ .298 0.047 ↑ .318 0.020 ↑ .344 0.026 ↑ .286 -0.058 ↓ .289 0.003 ↑ .334 0.045 ↑
wOBA .306 .329 0.023 ↑ .279 -0.050 ↓ .316 0.037 ↑ .326 0.010 ↑ .325 -0.001 ↓ .274 -0.051 ↓ .288 0.014 ↑ .314 0.026 ↑
xSLG .385 .308 -0.077 ↓ .322 0.014 ↑ .352 0.030 ↑ .366 0.014 ↑ .434 0.068 ↑ .348 -0.086 ↓ .349 0.001 ↑ .418 0.069 ↑
SLG .376 .348 -0.028 ↓ .374 0.026 ↑ .402 0.028 ↑ .398 -0.004 ↓ .420 0.022 ↑ .332 -0.088 ↓ .343 0.011 ↑ .403 0.060 ↑
K% 27.3 19.5 -7.8 ↓ 33.1 13.6 ↑ 30.2 -2.9 ↓ 22.1 -8.1 ↓ 22.8 0.7 ↑ 31.2 8.4 ↑ 25.4 -5.8 ↓ 20.2 -5.2 ↓
BB% 11.8 15.9 4.1 ↑ 9.1 -6.8 ↓ 13.6 4.5 ↑ 13.9 0.3 ↑ 10.1 -3.8 ↓ 9.4 -0.7 ↓ 10.1 0.7 ↑ 13.1 3.0 ↑
Swing % 47.1 44.6 -2.5 ↓ 46.0 1.4 ↑ 42.8 -3.2 ↓ 45.4 2.6 ↑ 44.0 -1.4 ↓ 45.8 1.8 ↑ 42.9 -2.9 ↓ 40.2 -2.7 ↓
Whiff% 27.6 25.2 -2.4 ↓ 31.3 6.1 ↑ 26.9 -4.4 ↓ 29.0 2.1 ↑ 24.2 -4.8 ↓ 32.1 7.9 ↑ 24.4 -7.7 ↓ 23.5 -0.9 ↓
In Zone % 46.1 49.3 3.2 ↑ 52.2 2.9 ↑ 49.3 -2.9 ↓ 47.6 -1.7 ↓ 50.7 3.1 ↑ 51.1 0.4 ↑ 51.1 0.0 49.1 -2.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.9 50.7 -3.2 ↓ 47.8 -2.9 ↓ 50.7 2.9 ↑ 52.4 1.7 ↑ 49.3 -3.1 ↓ 48.9 -0.4 ↓ 48.9 0.0 50.9 2.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.6 29.7 -2.9 ↓ 26.4 -3.3 ↓ 23.5 -2.9 ↓ 25.1 1.6 ↑ 19.3 -5.8 ↓ 21.9 2.6 ↑ 23.6 1.7 ↑ 19.2 -4.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 24.7 24.8 0.1 ↑ 21.2 -3.6 ↓ 25.5 4.3 ↑ 28.7 3.2 ↑ 24.1 -4.6 ↓ 27.1 3.0 ↑ 25.5 -1.6 ↓ 20.2 -5.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 55.7 58.4 2.7 ↑ 60.2 1.8 ↑ 61.9 1.7 ↑ 60.7 -1.2 ↓ 58.2 -2.5 ↓ 56.8 -1.4 ↓ 66.3 9.5 ↑ 59.5 -6.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 111 .331 63 8 12.7 48 18 37.5
2017 Shifts 118 .279 59 17 28.8 59 27 45.8
2018 Shifts 231 .316 138 11 8.0 93 41 44.1
2019 Shifts 122 .326 58 7 12.1 64 24 37.5
2020 Shifts 79 .325 50 12 24.0 29 14 48.3
2021 Shifts 265 .274 137 10 7.3 128 42 32.8
2022 Shifts 267 .288 150 18 12.0 117 44 37.6
2023 Shades 83 .314 44 0 0.0 39 23 59.0
! 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 %
2012 151 13.8 63.6% 0.0% 119 20.3 0.0% 5.0%
2013 107 14.5 58.9% 0.0% 77 20.5 1.3% 5.2%
2014 317 17.5 16.1% 2.8% 159 22.6 1.3% 10.1%
2015 320 18.7 16.3% 1.9% 167 23.4 5.4% 16.8%
2016 106 17.8 12.3% 2.8% 109 22.3 2.8% 8.3%
2017 153 16.9 23.5% 1.3% 80 20.8 3.8% 5.0%
2018 302 18.1 7.0% 1.0% 162 23.9 0.0% 13.0%
2019 122 17.3 14.8% 0.0% 98 21.5 0.0% 3.1%
2020 101 17.1 5.0% 4.0% 73 20.9 0.0% 5.5%
2021 297 18.6 7.1% 1.7% 211 21.3 0.9% 3.8%
2022 289 17.4 9.7% 1.4% 234 22.6 0.0% 4.7%
2023 110 16.0 26.4% 0.0% 55 18.0 12.7% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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