Chris Archer
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 195LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 5, #161, Cleveland Indians | Clayton HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 3 9 5.19 23 23 0 119.2 143 1.41
2021 1 1 4.66 6 5 0 19.1 21 1.34
2022 2 8 4.56 25 25 0 102.2 84 1.31
10 Seasons 63 89 3.93 243 240 0 1,357 1,454 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 23 3-9 5.19 119.2 143 1.41
2021 6 1-1 4.66 19.1 21 1.34
2022 25 2-8 4.56 102.2 84 1.31
10 Seasons 243 63-89 3.93 1,357 1,454 1.26
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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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
2015 26 3449 547 25 4.6 2.9 89.6 116.0 10.9 30.9 .223 .347 .272 .281 .361 39.1 29.0 7.6 3.23 3.22
2016 27 3409 546 46 8.4 5.4 90.2 112.5 10.3 29.7 .229 .405 .304 .302 .383 40.5 27.4 7.9 4.02 3.82
2017 28 3406 538 32 5.9 3.8 89.6 116.0 12.7 34.8 .233 .387 .306 .296 .386 40.2 29.2 7.0 4.08 3.73
2018 29 2505 421 27 6.4 4.2 89.7 112.7 11.9 33.7 .249 .413 .330 .317 .393 38.7 25.4 7.7 4.31 4.27
2019 30 2098 324 34 10.5 6.5 89.4 112.1 14.4 40.7 .259 .476 .334 .346 .441 39.5 27.2 10.5 5.19 5.41
2021 32 327 54 7 13.0 8.4 92.1 111.6 20.3 33.3 .265 .524 .316 .366 .460 50.0 25.3 9.6 4.66 5.92
2022 33 1787 301 26 8.6 5.9 89.5 111.6 11.0 34.2 .260 .410 .312 .337 .372 44.5 19.2 11.0 4.56 4.81
Player 16981 2731 197 7.2 4.6 89.7 116.0 11.9 33.4 .239 .402 .307 .309 .388 40.4 26.9 8.3
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

Archer relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(44.3%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(35.7%) ,
Changeup
(14.7%) ,
Curveball
(5.3%) ,


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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 47.3 19.7 26.0 6.9 30.0 41.1 28.0 2.0 36.4 22.7 26.7 6.4 4.6 2.9
2016 48.7 22.5 22.3 6.4 33.0 39.6 27.3 2.9 35.7 23.3 23.8 4.6 8.4 5.4
2017 43.1 23.6 27.0 6.3 30.5 37.4 31.2 2.6 30.1 24.2 28.3 7.6 5.9 3.8
2018 46.3 22.3 24.9 6.4 35.2 38.5 24.9 1.9 32.5 20.4 28.5 9.5 6.4 4.2
2019 38.0 25.0 30.2 6.8 34.6 36.1 29.3 3.1 26.5 25.6 27.5 4.9 10.5 6.5
2021 31.5 35.2 25.9 7.4 27.8 48.1 24.1 0.0 24.1 29.6 20.4 13.0 13.0 8.4
2022 43.9 26.9 24.9 4.3 33.2 37.9 28.9 3.3 30.2 23.9 25.6 7.6 8.6 5.9
Player 44.8 23.2 25.7 6.3 32.3 38.9 28.2 2.5 32.3 23.4 26.5 6.8 7.2 4.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2022 Slider MIN R 792 88.7 30.5 -1.2 -4 5.2 1.5 41
2022 4-Seamer MIN R 638 93.0 13.1 1.8 12 6.4 -0.2 -2
2022 Changeup MIN R 263 87.0 26.9 -2.3 -8 13.0 -0.8 -6
2022 Curveball MIN R 94 81.7 46.6 -5.0 -10 5.0 -1.5 -24
2021 Slider TB R 137 87.2 32.8 -0.6 -2 5.4 1.4 36
2021 Changeup TB R 42 85.6 27.0 -2.4 -8 13.9 0.4 3
2021 Curveball TB R 1 83.9 35.4 -12.8 -27 5.6 -0.8 -12
2021 4-Seamer TB R 147 92.0 13.4 2.0 13 5.9 -0.6 -10
2019 Curveball PIT R 42 82.3 48.9 -2.4 -5 4.1 -2.5 -38
2019 Slider PIT R 746 88.7 33.8 1.0 3 5.4 1.8 51
2019 4-Seamer PIT R 831 94.1 13.4 2.0 13 7.0 -0.3 -4
2019 Sinker PIT R 225 93.9 15.7 -5.7 -27 11.7 -2.9 -20
2019 Changeup PIT R 253 87.7 27.8 -1.1 -4 12.3 -1.4 -10
2018 4-Seamer PIT R 911 94.6 13.1 1.9 12 6.1 -1.2 -16
2018 Changeup PIT R 248 87.6 27.1 -1.5 -5 12.6 -0.9 -7
2018 Curveball PIT R 37 81.9 50.9 -1.0 -2 5.1 -1.9 -27
2018 Slider PIT R 1,043 87.9 36.8 3.2 10 4.9 1.2 31
2018 Sinker PIT R 264 94.8 16.1 -4.1 -20 11.9 -2.5 -17
2017 Changeup TB R 273 85.9 29.5 1.5 5 14.6 1.2 9
2017 Slider TB R 1,512 88.9 34.9 4.8 16 3.2 0.2 8
2017 4-Seamer TB R 1,609 95.5 12.4 0.4 3 6.5 -1.6 -20
2016 Slider TB R 1,377 88.8 34.0 4.3 14 8.1 3.2 66
2016 Changeup TB R 368 87.4 28.7 1.9 7 10.3 -2.1 -17
2016 4-Seamer TB R 1,644 95.0 12.5 0.3 2 3.2 -4.2 -57
2015 Slider TB R 1,351 88.4 -- -- 8.1 3.1 61
2015 Changeup TB R 231 86.4 -- -- 11.0 -1.3 -11
2015 4-Seamer TB R 1,839 95.8 -- -- 3.8 -3.2 -46
! 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 %
2022 Slider 1.2 9 792 44.3 241 .202 .337 .298 26.5 21.2 17.2 .241 .380 .320 43.8
2022 4-Seamer -1.9 -12 638 35.7 117 .311 .524 .398 15.1 12.0 9.6 .330 .525 .408 50.6
2022 Changeup -0.5 -1 263 14.7 67 .183 .367 .287 35.5 28.4 26.0 .187 .284 .264 31.0
2022 Curveball -0.2 0 94 5.3 12 .200 .300 .296 6.9 0.0 0.0 .379 .586 .465 60.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.9 -1 147 45.0 30 .292 .667 .458 15.8 16.7 15.2 .326 .779 .505 68.4
2021 Slider -0.4 0 137 41.9 39 .243 .351 .304 38.6 33.3 22.8 .270 .495 .342 45.8
2021 Changeup 5.6 2 42 12.8 14 .143 .143 .129 31.8 21.4 50.0 .143 .166 .137 27.3
2021 Curveball 4.9 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 0.7 6 831 39.6 168 .245 .462 .346 18.7 23.8 21.1 .276 .553 .383 48.1
2019 Slider -0.5 -4 746 35.6 239 .231 .375 .310 42.2 36.8 27.5 .221 .347 .291 29.0
2019 Changeup -0.6 -2 253 12.1 58 .214 .482 .335 29.5 17.2 16.7 .255 .495 .324 41.3
2019 Sinker -3.3 -7 225 10.7 54 .370 .761 .536 10.3 9.3 14.7 .378 .783 .512 48.8
2019 Curveball -0.5 0 42 2.0 5 .400 1.000 .570 28.6 0.0 0.0 .294 .547 .339 20.0
2018 Slider 0.1 1 1,043 41.6 314 .231 .390 .301 36.2 35.4 24.2 .216 .343 .268 33.2
2018 4-Seamer -0.7 -6 911 36.4 183 .306 .512 .402 18.3 16.9 14.2 .286 .540 .393 50.8
2018 Sinker -0.4 -1 264 10.5 59 .327 .490 .399 19.0 13.6 14.8 .272 .442 .370 40.5
2018 Changeup 0.7 2 248 9.9 71 .309 .441 .336 32.9 16.9 21.1 .282 .410 .307 29.8
2018 Curveball 1.8 1 37 1.5 7 .167 .333 .179 18.2 0.0 0.0 .319 .391 .286 28.6
2017 4-Seamer -0.3 -5 1,609 47.2 303 .284 .515 .388 21.3 21.1 19.8 .281 .506 .374 50.2
2017 Slider 1.3 19 1,512 44.4 487 .214 .347 .275 37.1 37.2 28.6 .196 .314 .247 32.6
2017 Changeup -1.2 -3 273 8.0 58 .352 .407 .377 32.5 6.9 14.3 .308 .410 .335 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
2022 Changeup 261 87.0 96 15.9 1:30 2:00 -30
2022 Curveball 94 81.7 40 9.6 8:15 7:15 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 635 93.0 96 19.2 12:45 12:45 0
2022 Slider 776 88.7 38 6.6 11:00 10:00 60
2021 Changeup 42 85.6 92 17.3 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 147 92.0 96 19.5 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 137 87.2 36 6.4 10:30 9:30 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 122 490 3 0 -2 -3 -2
2013 529 2,116 13 18 -8 -9 14
2014 821 3,155 8 18 -15 -12 -2
2015 868 3,449 20 21 -13 -10 18
2016 850 3,408 12 26 -17 -12 8
2017 849 3,395 15 26 -16 -13 11
2018 635 2,504 5 14 -13 -10 -4
2019 524 2,097 4 10 -10 -11 -7
2021 83 327 1 2 -1 -2 1
2022 437 1,787 10 5 -11 -8 -4
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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 3,449 50.0 63.6 80.5 30.8 47.5 43.6 64.1 47.2 29.7 7.3 72.7
2016 3,409 49.8 63.8 80.6 27.4 45.7 41.8 58.7 45.5 29.6 7.2 71.3
2017 3,406 50.0 68.8 77.2 27.1 48.7 43.0 62.3 47.9 30.3 7.2 79.3
2018 2,505 50.0 66.9 80.3 30.1 50.4 43.3 62.2 48.5 28.6 8.0 73.5
2019 2,098 46.0 64.1 79.2 30.5 52.8 41.6 61.4 45.9 29.5 7.2 70.7
2021 327 48.6 69.2 82.7 23.8 37.5 39.4 61.4 45.9 29.3 5.5 77.8
2022 1,787 47.3 66.9 82.8 24.6 56.9 42.1 57.0 44.6 24.2 6.9 78.2
Player 16,981 49.2 65.7 79.9 28.5 49.3 42.6 61.3 46.7 29.1 7.3 74.2
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
2015 77 75 74 70 78 19 62 10 5 92 47 89 64 88 48 33
2016 62 73 49 26 76 1 8 6 8 86 49 88 31 81 41 30
2017 70 67 62 54 78 10 50 3 5 88 73 86 44 86 59 35
2018 38 35 34 35 45 24 49 12 22 68 58 75 76 77 46 33
2019 16 30 16 10 19 13 7 28 24 74 18 76 65 64 52 28
2021 25 27 55
2022 14 19 30 40 8 30 27 23 9 25 11 37 7 35 35 45 45
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.3 30 31.3 -1 11 23 15 50.0
2017 23.2 27 26.7 0 16 21 11 40.7
2018 22.8 19 18.6 0 11 23 4 21.1
2019 22.8 25 22.2 3 7 21 8 32.0
2021 24.8 3 3.8 -1 0 3 1 33.3
2022 24.4 12 12.3 0 6 18 1 8.3
Player 23.5 116 114.9 1 51 109 40 34.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 30 37 30 32 26 27 33 33 20 25 27 34 34 30 31 34 21 27 33 31 34 31 41 41 33 33 25 40 40 35 22
2017 27 24 21 29 28 29 34 23 21 21 26 36 27 25 25 28 23 25 26 25 27 27 34 29 28 24 23 38 30 29 16
2018 19 25 12 21 17 17 22 16 15 8 11 28 26 15 19 23 18 17 19 21 21 15 30 23 16 11 13 23 23 22 11
2019 25 25 18 26 25 24 25 26 15 16 18 24 25 19 24 23 21 22 18 24 22 22 31 24 21 21 17 26 26 22 16
2021 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
2022 12 10 9 11 13 11 16 8 8 6 13 11 14 13 15 17 12 9 12 13 14 12 21 18 6 6 17 16 15 11 12
Player 116 125 93 122 112 112 134 110 81 79 99 137 130 106 118 129 99 104 112 118 122 111 161 139 108 99 99 147 138 123 80
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.8 95.0 -0.8 ↓ 95.5 0.5 ↑ 94.7 -0.8 ↓ -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- 92.0 -- 93.0 1.0 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 87.4 0.9 ↑ 85.9 -1.5 ↓ 87.6 1.7 ↑ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 85.6 -- 87.0 1.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 88.4 88.8 0.4 ↑ 88.9 0.1 ↑ 87.7 -1.2 ↓ -- 0.7 ↑ -- -- 87.2 -- 88.0 0.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 89.6 90.2 0.6 ↑ 89.6 -0.6 ↓ 89.7 0.1 ↑ -- -0.3 ↓ -- -- 92.1 -- 89.5 -2.6 ↓
Launch Angle 10.9 10.3 -0.6 ↓ 12.7 2.4 ↑ 11.9 -0.8 ↓ -- 2.5 ↑ -- -- 20.3 -- 11.0 -9.3 ↓
Barrel % 4.6 8.4 3.8 ↑ 5.9 -2.5 ↓ 6.4 0.5 ↑ -- 4.1 ↑ -- -- 13.0 -- 8.6 -4.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.1 40.5 1.4 ↑ 40.2 -0.3 ↓ 38.7 -1.5 ↓ -- 0.8 ↑ -- -- 50.0 -- 44.5 -5.5 ↓
Sweet Spot % 30.9 29.7 -1.2 ↓ 34.8 5.1 ↑ 33.7 -1.1 ↓ -- 7.0 ↑ -- -- 33.3 -- 34.2 0.9 ↑
xBA .223 .229 0.006 ↑ .233 0.004 ↑ .249 0.016 ↑ -- 0.010 ↑ -- -- .265 -- .260 -0.005 ↓
BA .220 .238 0.018 ↑ .246 0.008 ↑ .268 0.022 ↑ -- -0.019 ↓ -- -- .240 -- .228 -0.012 ↓
xwOBA .281 .302 0.021 ↑ .296 -0.006 ↓ .317 0.021 ↑ -- 0.029 ↑ -- -- .366 -- .337 -0.029 ↓
wOBA .272 .304 0.032 ↑ .306 0.002 ↑ .330 0.024 ↑ -- 0.004 ↑ -- -- .316 -- .312 -0.004 ↓
xSLG .347 .405 0.058 ↑ .387 -0.018 ↓ .413 0.026 ↑ -- 0.063 ↑ -- -- .524 -- .410 -0.114 ↓
SLG .331 .403 0.072 ↑ .407 0.004 ↑ .437 0.030 ↑ -- 0.024 ↑ -- -- .413 -- .391 -0.022 ↓
K% 29.0 27.4 -1.6 ↓ 29.2 1.8 ↑ 25.4 -3.8 ↓ -- 1.8 ↑ -- -- 25.3 -- 19.2 -6.1 ↓
BB% 7.6 7.9 0.3 ↑ 7.0 -0.9 ↓ 7.7 0.7 ↑ -- 2.8 ↑ -- -- 9.6 -- 11.0 1.4 ↑
Swing % 47.2 45.5 -1.7 ↓ 47.9 2.4 ↑ 48.5 0.6 ↑ -- -2.6 ↓ -- -- 45.9 -- 44.6 -1.3 ↓
Whiff% 29.7 29.6 -0.1 ↓ 30.3 0.7 ↑ 28.6 -1.7 ↓ -- 0.9 ↑ -- -- 29.3 -- 24.2 -5.1 ↓
In Zone % 50.0 49.8 -0.2 ↓ 50.0 0.2 ↑ 50.0 0.0 -- -4.0 ↓ -- -- 48.6 -- 47.3 -1.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.0 50.2 0.2 ↑ 50.0 -0.2 ↓ 50.0 0.0 -- 4.0 ↑ -- -- 51.4 -- 52.7 1.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 27.4 -3.4 ↓ 27.1 -0.3 ↓ 30.1 3.0 ↑ -- 0.4 ↑ -- -- 23.8 -- 24.6 0.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.5 27.8 -2.7 ↓ 29.5 1.7 ↑ 30.1 0.6 ↑ -- 0.7 ↑ -- -- 30.1 -- 26.3 -3.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 64.1 58.7 -5.4 ↓ 62.3 3.6 ↑ 62.2 -0.1 ↓ -- -0.8 ↓ -- -- 61.4 -- 57.0 -4.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 840 .304 434 45 10.4 406 137 33.7
2017 Shifts 850 .306 450 23 5.1 400 119 29.8
2018 Shifts 635 .330 359 14 3.9 276 102 37.0
2019 Shifts 524 .334 291 69 23.7 233 157 67.4
2021 Shifts 83 .316 54 11 20.4 29 20 69.0
2022 Shifts 437 .312 256 71 27.7 181 132 72.9
! 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 157 16.8 24.8% 4.5% 66 22.4 0.0% 9.1%
2013 652 18.3 12.7% 2.9% 322 23.4 0.0% 10.9%
2014 939 19.0 9.9% 2.7% 567 25.6 0.2% 16.0%
2015 1048 16.6 34.7% 3.1% 558 23.4 5.9% 22.6%
2016 1051 17.5 27.5% 3.3% 551 23.0 6.2% 17.2%
2017 969 19.1 8.7% 2.2% 564 24.2 0.0% 11.3%
2018 682 17.5 17.2% 1.2% 429 23.9 0.0% 13.5%
2019 639 20.0 5.0% 4.1% 328 23.8 0.0% 12.2%
2021 115 20.0 0.9% 0.9% 36 23.3 0.0% 2.8%
2022 586 20.2 1.4% 1.9% 286 24.1 0.0% 11.5%
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Pitch Distribution

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