Brandon McCarthy
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 8" 225LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 17, #510, Chicago White Sox | Lamar CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 2 3 4.95 10 9 0 40 44 1.38
2017 6 4 3.98 19 16 0 92.2 72 1.25
2018 6 3 4.92 15 15 0 78.2 65 1.46
13 Seasons 69 75 4.20 255 197 0 1,223.2 908 1.30
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 10 2-3 4.95 40 44 1.38
2017 19 6-4 3.98 92.2 72 1.25
2018 15 6-3 4.92 78.2 65 1.46
13 Seasons 255 69-75 4.20 1,223.2 908 1.30
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 31 367 61 8 13.1 8.5 89.9 108.4 14.2 47.5 .233 .466 .380 .316 .442 42.6 30.9 4.3 5.87 4.16
2016 32 701 99 2 2.0 1.2 87.8 109.2 14.5 32.3 .215 .316 .292 .302 .331 30.3 25.7 15.2 4.95 3.82
2017 33 1447 282 4 1.4 1.0 85.2 115.7 13.4 32.3 .255 .350 .292 .294 .327 21.3 18.8 7.0 3.98 3.68
2018 34 1215 253 20 7.9 5.9 89.2 113.7 7.5 30.8 .267 .456 .360 .333 .390 36.8 19.2 6.2 4.92 4.76
Player 3730 695 34 4.9 3.4 87.5 115.7 11.4 33.1 .251 .394 .324 .311 .361 30.1 21.3 7.9
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

McCarthy relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(37.0%) ,
Cutter
(31.5%) ,
Curveball
(23.6%) ,
Slider
(7.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.8%) ,


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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
2015 39.3 31.1 24.6 4.9 32.8 36.1 31.1 6.6 27.9 23.0 23.0 6.6 13.1 8.5
2016 35.4 22.2 32.3 10.1 35.4 33.3 31.3 3.0 25.3 33.3 25.3 6.1 2.0 1.2
2017 44.0 18.8 27.3 9.9 34.8 40.1 25.2 3.9 33.0 25.2 29.4 5.0 1.4 1.0
2018 49.0 21.7 24.9 4.3 37.2 39.5 22.9 2.4 40.3 20.9 22.1 4.7 7.9 5.9
Player 44.2 21.4 26.9 7.5 35.5 38.6 25.8 3.5 34.1 24.6 25.6 5.2 4.9 3.4
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
2018 Curveball ATL R 286 80.2 55.1 0.4 12.1GLV 5.2 -10.5 0.9 12.1GLV 2.9
2018 Cutter ATL R 382 91.4 22.7 2.4 1.9ARM -4.1 10.7 2.4 1.9ARM -4.5
2018 Sinker ATL R 449 92.5 23.8 2.0 14.6ARM 0.1 9.0 0.3 14.6ARM -0.1
2018 Slider ATL R 85 85.4 40.2 3.2 5.6GLV 1.1 -1.3 3.1 5.6GLV 0.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 10 91.9 21.3 -4.8 9.7ARM 2.6 11.7 -4.0 9.7ARM 2.5
2017 Curveball LAD R 311 80.2 50.2 -2.2 14.4GLV 7.9 -5.9 -2.1 14.4GLV 5.8
2017 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 417 93.2 15.4 -1.3 7.3ARM -0.6 16.6 -0.5 7.3ARM -0.8
2017 Cutter LAD R 346 91.3 18.2 4.2 2.4GLV 0.5 15.1 5.8 2.4GLV 0.1
2017 Sinker LAD R 309 92.9 21.6 1.7 14.1ARM -0.7 10.6 0.2 14.1ARM -1.3
2017 Changeup LAD R 37 88.6 23.9 -2.0 14.4ARM 1.0 11.6 -3.1 14.4ARM 0.8
2017 Slider LAD R 21 86.5 34.5 1.6 9.1GLV 5.4 3.1 0.5 9.1GLV 4.9
! 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 %
2018 Sinker -0.1 -1 449 37.0 120 .294 .440 .362 12.6 11.7 18.7 .294 .471 .356 38.8
2018 Cutter -0.2 -1 382 31.4 112 .273 .465 .365 18.4 20.5 20.7 .264 .484 .358 40.3
2018 Curveball -3.2 -9 286 23.5 76 .365 .635 .424 18.9 25.0 17.4 .237 .406 .280 32.1
2018 Slider -1.9 -2 85 7.0 29 .276 .517 .366 25.5 31.0 23.7 .229 .411 .269 20.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 7.0 1 10 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .560 .770 .575 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 5 417 28.8 130 .248 .308 .288 19.2 25.4 19.0 .243 .332 .284 22.1
2017 Cutter 0.2 1 346 23.9 86 .257 .311 .307 19.7 12.8 15.1 .264 .311 .304 12.3
2017 Curveball 0.2 1 311 21.5 68 .227 .364 .271 21.4 25.0 16.8 .250 .413 .293 24.5
2017 Sinker 0.5 2 309 21.4 80 .314 .457 .372 18.8 7.5 13.3 .300 .406 .340 28.4
2017 Changeup 1.7 1 37 2.6 11 .182 .364 .227 6.7 9.1 12.5 .132 .203 .145 0.0
2017 Slider -7.9 -2 21 1.5 8 .250 .500 .313 23.1 37.5 18.8 .188 .222 .178 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.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 93 376 3 3 -2 -2 2
2009 412 1,567 9 4 -9 -6 -2
2011 687 2,483 14 6 -2 -3 15
2012 441 1,563 7 11 -8 -3 7
2013 574 1,998 -10 4 -6 -4 -16
2014 832 3,025 -1 3 -5 -5 -7
2015 94 367 -6 2 -1 -1 -6
2016 170 696 2 8 -5 -6 -2
2017 388 1,462 5 12 -4 -6 5
2018 339 1,214 -6 2 -5 -3 -11
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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 367 52.6 63.2 78.7 34.5 65.0 49.3 66.0 49.6 25.8 6.8 64.0
2016 701 49.9 64.3 82.7 23.9 69.0 41.1 60.8 44.1 18.8 7.0 79.6
2017 1,447 50.1 65.2 83.7 29.9 70.2 43.8 65.1 47.5 19.4 7.1 70.6
2018 1,215 55.5 67.1 87.2 25.0 62.2 41.6 68.4 48.3 16.7 10.0 68.9
Player 3,730 52.1 65.5 84.3 27.7 67.2 43.1 65.6 47.3 19.0 8.0 70.8
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 72 65 60 49
2016 51 50 48 57
2017 73 38 82 96 57 97 100 92 99 28 73 15 74 52 54 74 29
2018 21 14 10 14 45 39 22 23 37 27 81 2 17 44 25 71 16
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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 21.0 2 2.4 0 2 3 1 50.0
2017 22.6 6 3.7 2 4 5 0 0.0
2018 22.7 15 13.1 2 3 9 6 40.0
Player 22.5 23 19.2 4 9 17 7 30.4
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 2 1 2 5 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 3 1 2 5 4 2 1
2017 6 4 3 3 4 3 4 6 3 1 4 5 3 3 3 4 2 2 6 4 5 5 6 6 3 1 3 6 6 2 2
2018 15 16 12 12 12 12 15 12 8 11 13 13 14 14 12 15 13 14 14 15 14 14 16 15 12 12 11 14 14 13 11
Player 23 21 17 20 19 16 22 21 12 13 18 22 20 19 16 22 16 17 23 22 22 20 25 25 18 14 16 25 24 17 14
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.7 92.5 -1.2 ↓ 92.5 0.0 92.0 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 88.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.9 80.6 -1.3 ↓ 80.6 0.0 81.4 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 89.9 87.8 -2.1 ↓ 85.2 -2.6 ↓ 89.2 4.0 ↑
Launch Angle 14.2 14.5 0.3 ↑ 13.4 -1.1 ↓ 7.5 -5.9 ↓
Barrel % 13.1 2.0 -11.1 ↓ 1.4 -0.6 ↓ 7.9 6.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 42.6 30.3 -12.3 ↓ 21.3 -9.0 ↓ 36.8 15.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 47.5 32.3 -15.2 ↓ 32.3 0.0 30.8 -1.5 ↓
xBA .233 .215 -0.018 ↓ .255 0.040 ↑ .267 0.012 ↑
BA .267 .207 -0.060 ↓ .256 0.049 ↑ .300 0.044 ↑
xwOBA .316 .302 -0.014 ↓ .294 -0.008 ↓ .333 0.039 ↑
wOBA .380 .292 -0.088 ↓ .292 0.000 .360 0.068 ↑
xSLG .466 .316 -0.150 ↓ .350 0.034 ↑ .456 0.106 ↑
SLG .600 .307 -0.293 ↓ .354 0.047 ↑ .498 0.144 ↑
K% 30.9 25.7 -5.2 ↓ 18.8 -6.9 ↓ 19.2 0.4 ↑
BB% 4.3 15.2 10.9 ↑ 7.0 -8.2 ↓ 6.2 -0.8 ↓
Swing % 49.6 44.1 -5.5 ↓ 47.5 3.4 ↑ 48.3 0.8 ↑
Whiff% 25.8 18.8 -7.0 ↓ 19.4 0.6 ↑ 16.7 -2.7 ↓
In Zone % 52.6 49.9 -2.7 ↓ 50.1 0.2 ↑ 55.5 5.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.4 50.1 2.7 ↑ 49.9 -0.2 ↓ 44.5 -5.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 34.5 23.9 -10.6 ↓ 29.9 6.0 ↑ 25.0 -4.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 29.8 27.5 -2.3 ↓ 28.4 0.9 ↑ 31.9 3.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 66.0 60.8 -5.2 ↓ 65.1 4.3 ↑ 68.4 3.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 164 .288 95 3 3.2 69 15 21.7
2017 Shifts 382 .294 181 12 6.6 201 50 24.9
2018 Shifts 339 .360 185 21 11.4 154 33 21.4
! 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 %
2011 752 15.5 39.8% 0.1% 330 21.0 0.3% 5.8%
2012 493 16.1 24.5% 0.2% 278 23.0 0.0% 5.4%
2013 626 15.5 40.9% 0.3% 278 22.8 0.7% 6.1%
2014 908 16.2 29.1% 0.4% 416 22.6 0.2% 6.7%
2015 139 17.9 25.9% 5.0% 29 26.6 3.4% 20.7%
2016 210 17.3 23.3% 1.4% 111 23.3 0.9% 16.2%
2017 418 17.2 15.3% 0.5% 236 21.7 0.0% 7.6%
2018 357 18.2 6.4% 1.1% 204 21.3 0.0% 4.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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