P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 235 lbs | Age: 47
Draft: 2000 | Rd. 2, No. 67, Houston Astros | Nevada
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 3 5 4.38 60 0 4 49.1 46 1.11
2016 2 0 5.23 44 0 0 32.2 22 1.59
2017 1 1 5.40 19 0 0 16.2 11 1.32
14 Seasons 52 48 3.89 844 0 74 807.1 624 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 60 3-5 4.38 49.1 46 1.11
2016 44 2-0 5.23 32.2 22 1.59
2017 19 1-1 5.40 16.2 11 1.32
14 Seasons 844 52-48 3.89 807.1 624 1.28
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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 36 733 145 8 5.5 4.0 87.2 111.1 1.7 24.8 .222 .359 .291 .275 .334 31.7 22.8 4.5 4.38 3.10
2016 37 534 121 12 9.9 7.9 89.4 113.4 6.0 32.2 .305 .505 .358 .365 .411 40.5 14.5 5.9 5.24 5.86
2017 38 252 56 5 8.9 6.9 89.1 107.8 3.6 26.8 .263 .490 .330 .341 .378 37.5 15.3 6.9 5.40 5.10
Player 1519 322 25 7.8 5.9 88.3 113.4 3.7 28.0 .258 .433 .321 .318 .371 36.0 18.5 5.4
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Qualls relies on 3 pitches.
Sinker
(70.2%) ,
Slider
(29.0%) ,
Four Seamer
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 60.7 39.3 12.4 21.4 5.5 35.9 40.0 24.1 24.8 27.6 8.3 11.0 12.4 15.9
2016 55.4 44.6 19.0 24.0 1.7 37.2 38.0 24.8 29.8 19.0 6.6 7.4 19.0 18.2
2017 58.9 41.1 19.6 19.6 1.8 42.9 46.4 10.7 25.0 28.6 5.4 17.9 17.9 5.4
Player 58.4 41.6 16.1 22.0 3.4 37.6 40.4 22.0 26.7 24.5 7.1 10.9 15.8 14.9
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 4.1 53.8 14.5 14.5 6.2 5.5 4.0
2016 1.7 44.6 12.4 23.1 6.6 9.9 7.9
2017 5.4 39.3 17.9 21.4 3.6 8.9 6.9
Player 3.4 47.8 14.3 18.9 5.9 7.8 5.9
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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
2017 4-Seam Fastball COL R 2 91.3 20.8 -5.4 4.4ARM -3.2 11.8 -5.3 4.4ARM -3.7
2017 Sinker COL R 177 91.1 26.9 5.3 14.7ARM 0.1 6.2 4.6 14.7ARM -0.7
2017 Slider COL R 73 85.1 32.3 -2.3 2.7GLV -1.4 6.7 -3.0 2.7GLV -1.5
2016 Changeup COL R 10 83.2 40.2 8.2 14.1ARM 1.9 0.1 7.1 14.1ARM 2.8
2016 Slider COL R 211 84.8 35.6 -0.5 5.8GLV 0.1 3.0 -0.5 5.8GLV -0.2
2016 Sinker COL R 309 90.8 29.1 6.3 13.6ARM -0.1 4.5 5.1 13.6ARM 0.3
! 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 %
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 177 70.2 52 .326 .609 .434 20.2 15.4 32.0 .264 .529 .367 41.0
2017 Slider 1.7 1 73 29.0 19 .105 .158 .113 23.5 15.8 7.9 .266 .417 .286 31.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball 17.8 0 2 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .135 .151 .126 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 285 1,022 3 13 1 -4 13
2009 214 741 -1 9 -1 -2 4
2010 277 1,027 -5 2 -7 -3 -14
2011 301 1,077 11 3 -4 -3 7
2012 226 834 5 -4 -4 -2 -5
2013 245 813 4 6 0 -3 8
2014 211 689 1 4 0 -2 3
2015 201 729 7 1 -2 -2 5
2016 151 530 -3 2 -2 -2 -4
2017 72 252 1 3 -2 -1 1
Player 2,183 7,714 23 40 -21 23 19
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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 733 48.4 67.9 88.0 34.7 51.9 40.8 65.3 50.8 24.7 9.4 68.1
2016 534 48.9 62.5 87.1 32.6 57.3 45.9 63.8 47.2 23.4 5.6 80.0
2017 252 53.6 74.1 82.0 20.5 66.7 46.0 54.2 49.2 21.0 4.4 72.7
Player 1,519 49.4 67.1 86.5 31.8 55.3 43.4 62.9 49.2 23.7 7.2 71.8
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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 38 10 62
2016 19 11 55
2017 23 5 55
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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 23.01 5 2.6 2 6 3 0 0.0
2017 23.06 3 2.9 0 1 1 2 66.7
Player 23.03 8 5.5 3 7 4 2 25.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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 5 4 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 3 4 5 3 2 1 3 4 3 1
2017 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 4 2
Player 8 7 4 6 7 3 7 5 4 3 4 8 6 5 6 6 3 4 6 6 7 6 8 8 5 4 4 7 7 7 3
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .258 -.047 ↓ .305 +.058 ↑ .247
xBA .263 -.042 ↓ .305 +.083 ↑ .222
OBP .310 -.034 ↓ .344 +.060 ↑ .284
xOBP .315 -.032 ↓ .347 +.083 ↑ .264
SLG .470 -.034 ↓ .504 +.106 ↑ .398
xSLG .490 -.015 ↓ .505 +.146 ↑ .359
ISO .212 +.013 ↑ .199 +.048 ↑ .151
xISO .228 +.027 ↑ .201 +.064 ↑ .137
BABIP .269 -.061 ↓ .330 +.040 ↑ .290
wOBA .330 -.028 ↓ .358 +.067 ↑ .291
xwOBA .341 -.024 ↓ .365 +.090 ↑ .275
wOBACON .363 -.038 ↓ .401 +.044 ↑ .357
xwOBACON .378 -.033 ↓ .411 +.077 ↑ .334
BACON .309 -.049 ↓ .358 +.039 ↑ .319
xBACON .316 -.046 ↓ .362 +.070 ↑ .292
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 37.5 -3.0 ↓ 40.5 +8.8 ↑ 31.7
Avg Exit Velocity 89.1 -0.3 ↓ 89.4 +2.2 ↑ 87.2
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 26.8 -5.4 ↓ 32.2 +7.4 ↑ 24.8
Barrel % 8.9 -1.0 ↓ 9.9 +4.4 ↑ 5.5
Avg Launch Angle 3.6 -2.4 ↓ 6.0 +4.3 ↑ 1.7
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 0° -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction 0° -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 0° -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.1 +0.3 ↑ 90.8 -1.2 ↓ 92.0
Breaking Velocity 85.1 +0.3 ↑ 84.8 -1.8 ↓ 86.6
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- 83.2 +0.2 ↑ 83.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 5 -7 ↓ 12 +4 ↑ 8
Popup % 1.8 +0.1 ↑ 1.7 -3.8 ↓ 5.5
Flyball % 19.6 +0.6 ↑ 19.0 +6.6 ↑ 12.4
Line Drive % 19.6 -4.4 ↓ 24.0 +2.6 ↑ 21.4
Groundball % 58.9 +3.5 ↑ 55.4 -5.3 ↓ 60.7
Pull % 42.9 +5.7 ↑ 37.2 +1.3 ↑ 35.9
Straight Away % 46.4 +8.4 ↑ 38.0 -2.0 ↓ 40.0
Opposite Field % 10.7 -14.1 ↓ 24.8 +0.7 ↑ 24.1
Weak Contact % 5.4 +3.7 ↑ 1.7 -2.4 ↓ 4.1
Pull Airball % 17.9 +10.5 ↑ 7.4 -3.6 ↓ 11.0
Topped Contact % 39.3 -5.3 ↓ 44.6 -9.2 ↓ 53.8
Under Contact % 17.9 +5.5 ↑ 12.4 -2.1 ↓ 14.5
Flare/Burner Contact % 21.4 -1.7 ↓ 23.1 +8.6 ↑ 14.5
Solid Contact % 3.6 -3.0 ↓ 6.6 +0.4 ↑ 6.2
HR/FB % 27.3 +5.6 ↑ 21.7 -11.6 ↓ 33.3
Popups 1 -1 ↓ 2 -6 ↓ 8
Flyballs 11 -12 ↓ 23 +5 ↑ 18
Line Drives 11 -18 ↓ 29 -2 ↓ 31
Groundballs 33 -34 ↓ 67 -21 ↓ 88
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 53.6 +4.7 ↑ 48.9 +0.5 ↑ 48.4
Out of Zone % 46.4 -4.7 ↓ 51.1 -0.5 ↓ 51.6
Edge % 46.0 +0.1 ↑ 45.9 +5.1 ↑ 40.8
Zone Swing % 74.1 +11.6 ↑ 62.5 -5.4 ↓ 67.9
Out of Zone Swing % 20.5 -12.1 ↓ 32.6 -2.1 ↓ 34.7
In Zone Contact % 82.0 -5.1 ↓ 87.1 -0.9 ↓ 88.0
Out of Zone Contact % 66.7 +9.4 ↑ 57.3 +5.4 ↑ 51.9
Whiff % 21.0 -2.4 ↓ 23.4 -1.3 ↓ 24.7
First Strike % 54.2 -9.6 ↓ 63.8 -1.5 ↓ 65.3
First Pitch Swing % 30.6 +3.0 ↑ 27.6 -7.1 ↓ 34.7
Swing % 49.2 +2.0 ↑ 47.2 -3.6 ↓ 50.8
Meatball Swing % 72.7 -7.3 ↓ 80.0 +11.9 ↑ 68.1
Meatball % 4.4 -1.2 ↓ 5.6 -3.8 ↓ 9.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 18.0 +5.1 ↑ 12.9 +0.9 ↑ 12.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 33.3 -9.4 ↓ 42.7 -5.4 ↓ 48.1
In Zone 135 -126 ↓ 261 -94 ↓ 355
Out of Zone 117 -156 ↓ 273 -105 ↓ 378
Edge 116 -129 ↓ 245 -54 ↓ 299
In Zone Swings 100 -63 ↓ 163 -78 ↓ 241
Out of Zone Swings 24 -65 ↓ 89 -42 ↓ 131
In Zone Swing & Misses 18 -3 ↓ 21 -8 ↓ 29
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 8 -30 ↓ 38 -25 ↓ 63
Basic
Pitches 252 -282 ↓ 534 -199 ↓ 733
PA 72 -80 ↓ 152 -50 ↓ 202
AB 66 -75 ↓ 141 -45 ↓ 186
Hits 17 -26 ↓ 43 -3 ↓ 46
Singles 10 -17 ↓ 27 -4 ↓ 31
Doubles 3 -6 ↓ 9 +1 ↑ 8
Triples 1 -1 ↓ 2 +1 ↑ 1
Home Runs 3 -2 ↓ 5 -1 ↓ 6
Walks 5 -4 ↓ 9 0 9
Strikeouts 11 -11 ↓ 22 -24 ↓ 46
K% 15.3 +0.8 ↑ 14.5 -8.3 ↓ 22.8
BB% 6.9 +1.0 ↑ 5.9 +1.4 ↑ 4.5
HBP 0 0 0 -2 ↓ 2
Batted Balls 56 -65 ↓ 121 -24 ↓ 145
Number of Fastballs 179 -130 ↓ 309 -108 ↓ 417
Number of Offspeed 0 -10 ↓ 10 +5 ↑ 5
Number of Breaking 73 -138 ↓ 211 -96 ↓ 307
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 148 .360 104 11 10.6 44 26 59.1
2017 Shifts 72 .330 41 0 0.0 31 5 16.1
! 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 %
2010 255 19.0 3.5% 4.3% 207 22.9 1.4% 12.6%
2011 283 18.4 4.9% 3.5% 150 23.0 0.0% 12.7%
2012 217 17.8 6.9% 4.1% 138 21.6 0.7% 7.2%
2013 199 19.9 0.0% 3.5% 133 23.9 0.0% 9.8%
2014 185 20.5 1.6% 6.5% 116 25.8 0.9% 17.2%
2015 211 22.7 10.0% 14.7% 100 24.6 1.0% 22.0%
2016 148 20.2 8.8% 8.1% 97 23.5 4.1% 13.4%
2017 86 16.6 29.1% 0.0% 29 21.9 0.0% 3.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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