Chris Hatcher
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 5, #155, Florida Marlins | UNC Wilmington
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 5 4 5.53 37 0 0 40.2 43 1.50
2017 1 2 4.22 49 0 1 59.2 63 1.32
2018 3 3 4.95 34 0 0 36.1 30 1.65
8 Seasons 12 18 4.65 250 0 5 265.1 266 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 37 5-4 5.53 40.2 43 1.50
2017 49 1-2 4.22 59.2 63 1.32
2018 34 3-3 4.95 36.1 30 1.65
8 Seasons 250 12-18 4.65 265.1 266 1.41
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 30 652 105 4 3.8 2.4 88.9 114.6 14.8 26.7 .216 .334 .298 .277 .344 35.2 27.1 7.8 3.69 3.14
2016 31 770 116 9 7.8 5.0 88.9 109.4 13.3 33.6 .247 .428 .344 .328 .393 38.8 23.8 11.6 5.53 4.58
2017 32 1009 173 8 4.6 3.1 88.3 113.6 18.5 38.7 .231 .388 .312 .293 .357 34.9 24.5 8.2 4.22 3.65
2018 33 648 119 7 5.9 4.2 86.5 110.6 13.6 32.8 .270 .404 .358 .331 .363 31.1 18.0 10.2 4.95 4.70
Player 3079 513 28 5.5 3.6 88.1 114.6 15.4 33.7 .240 .389 .327 .306 .364 35.0 23.5 9.3
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

Hatcher relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(29.2%) ,
Cutter
(26.7%) ,
Sinker
(20.1%) ,
Split Finger
(13.6%) ,
Slider
(10.5%) ,


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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 43.8 23.8 23.8 8.6 26.7 40.0 33.3 2.9 32.4 29.5 18.1 8.6 3.8 2.4
2016 44.8 23.3 23.3 8.6 32.8 40.5 26.7 2.6 31.0 24.1 28.4 6.0 7.8 5.0
2017 34.1 27.2 30.1 8.7 38.2 39.3 22.5 3.5 22.0 31.2 25.4 10.4 4.6 3.1
2018 43.7 23.5 25.2 7.6 37.0 35.3 27.7 5.0 33.6 24.4 28.6 2.5 5.9 4.2
Player 40.7 24.8 26.1 8.4 34.3 38.8 26.9 3.5 28.8 27.7 25.3 7.2 5.5 3.6
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


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 Sinker OAK R 130 93.1 18.0 -3.6 14.2ARM -0.4 14.4 -5.1 14.2ARM -0.5
2018 4-Seam Fastball OAK R 189 93.8 13.6 2.1 4.5ARM -3.0 18.3 2.6 4.5ARM -2.7
2018 Slider OAK R 68 85.4 34.8 -2.2 3.5GLV -0.9 4.2 -2.4 3.5GLV -1.8
2018 Cutter OAK R 173 90.6 22.1 3.8 3.0GLV 0.9 12.2 3.9 3.0GLV 0.4
2018 Split-Finger OAK R 88 87.2 29.2 -2.8 12.2ARM 0.3 8.2 -3.7 12.2ARM 1.5
2017 Curveball OAK R 25 81.9 40.5 -10.6 4.1GLV -2.4 2.1 -10.1 4.1GLV -4.5
2017 4-Seam Fastball OAK R 497 94.7 9.8 3.8 5.4ARM -3.0 21.7 4.6 5.4ARM -2.7
2017 Cutter OAK R 28 93.8 12.8 7.0 2.6GLV 0.3 19.1 9.8 2.6GLV 0.3
2017 Split-Finger OAK R 209 87.0 25.9 -3.8 10.7ARM -2.1 11.5 -5.1 10.7ARM -0.5
2017 Sinker OAK R 1 94.4 16.6 -2.8 10.4ARM -4.9 15.0 -4.2 10.4ARM -5.0
2017 Slider OAK R 248 86.7 30.8 -2.5 6.2GLV 2.5 6.9 -3.3 6.2GLV 2.0
! 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 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -5 189 29.2 56 .327 .673 .471 22.4 25.0 21.2 .257 .461 .354 42.9
2018 Cutter -3.3 -6 173 26.7 43 .361 .583 .453 8.8 9.3 16.7 .317 .508 .408 37.5
2018 Sinker 2.2 3 130 20.1 28 .214 .250 .205 24.6 21.4 25.0 .239 .292 .234 13.6
2018 Split-Finger -1.9 -2 88 13.6 19 .353 .353 .358 29.0 21.1 11.1 .292 .335 .319 23.1
2018 Slider 4.8 3 68 10.5 20 .105 .105 .125 20.0 10.0 12.5 .239 .288 .255 23.5
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 5 497 49.3 125 .259 .420 .322 25.5 26.4 20.6 .221 .391 .292 37.8
2017 Slider -0.2 -1 248 24.6 57 .294 .569 .410 31.2 15.8 18.0 .287 .487 .381 38.1
2017 Split-Finger -0.8 -2 209 20.7 55 .231 .404 .297 40.0 34.5 22.9 .216 .343 .249 26.5
2017 Cutter 0.4 0 28 2.8 7 .167 .167 .229 18.2 14.3 14.3 .270 .298 .313 40.0
2017 Curveball 9.9 2 25 2.5 10 .100 .100 .090 13.3 10.0 25.0 .128 .150 .123 22.2
2017 Sinker -2.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 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.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 47 197 0 3 -2 -1 -1
2012 66 292 3 1 -5 -1 -3
2013 43 175 -3 -2 -3 -1 -9
2014 231 918 0 10 -3 -1 6
2015 176 687 0 3 -1 -4 0
2016 177 759 -2 8 -5 -3 -1
2017 254 1,008 6 8 -4 -5 5
2018 166 648 7 -7 -5 -1 -7
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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 652 48.8 68.6 76.6 28.7 55.2 43.9 60.2 48.2 28.3 7.5 71.4
2016 770 45.6 67.2 82.6 26.5 61.3 43.9 60.2 45.1 23.6 6.8 80.8
2017 1,009 47.0 71.7 76.8 28.1 57.3 41.4 62.7 48.7 29.1 7.7 71.8
2018 648 42.4 62.9 84.4 25.5 70.5 45.5 58.1 41.4 20.5 3.5 73.9
Player 3,079 46.1 68.2 79.5 27.2 60.6 43.4 60.6 46.1 26.0 6.6 74.3
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 94 90 11
2016 92 86 11
2017 73 70 61 50 77 78 74 21 34 69 53 81 59 76 89 11
2018 60 81 17
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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 22.7 8 5.4 3 1 4 3 37.5
2017 21.8 10 9.2 1 5 9 3 30.0
2018 24.2 7 6.1 1 1 4 3 42.9
Player 22.6 25 20.7 4 7 17 9 36.0
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 8 6 4 6 5 4 6 5 5 4 6 6 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 7 5 5 7 7 6 5 6 7 5 5 5
2017 10 9 9 10 10 9 11 10 5 6 9 14 8 10 8 8 7 7 11 10 10 12 13 10 8 7 9 12 11 10 4
2018 7 7 4 6 6 6 7 7 6 4 6 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 5 7 7 6 4 6 6 6 6 6
Player 25 22 17 22 21 19 24 22 16 14 21 27 19 21 20 20 18 18 23 23 22 22 27 24 20 16 21 25 22 21 15
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 96.3 96.1 -0.2 94.7 -1.4 92.5 -2.2
Offspeed Velocity 88.6 87.4 -1.2 87.0 -0.4 87.2 0.2
Breaking Velocity 86.8 86.1 -0.7 86.3 0.2 85.4 -0.9
Exit Velocity 88.9 88.9 0.0 88.3 -0.6 86.5 -1.8
Launch Angle 14.8 13.3 -1.5 18.5 5.2 13.6 -4.9
Barrel % 3.8 7.8 4.0 4.6 -3.2 5.9 1.3
Hard Hit % 35.2 38.8 3.6 34.9 -3.9 31.1 -3.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.7 33.6 6.9 38.7 5.1 32.8 -5.9
xBA .216 .247 0.031 .231 -0.016 .270 0.039
BA .238 .253 0.015 .250 -0.003 .289 0.039
xwOBA .277 .328 0.051 .293 -0.035 .331 0.038
wOBA .298 .344 0.046 .312 -0.032 .358 0.046
xSLG .334 .428 0.094 .388 -0.040 .404 0.016
SLG .374 .475 0.101 .427 -0.048 .463 0.036
K% 27.1 23.8 -3.3 24.5 0.7 18.0 -6.5
BB% 7.8 11.6 3.8 8.2 -3.4 10.2 2.0
Swing % 48.2 45.1 -3.1 48.7 3.6 41.4 -7.3
Whiff% 28.3 23.6 -4.7 29.1 5.5 20.5 -8.6
In Zone % 48.8 45.6 -3.2 47.0 1.4 42.4 -4.6
Out of Zone % 51.2 54.4 3.2 53.0 -1.4 57.6 4.6
Out of Zone Swing % 28.7 26.5 -2.2 28.1 1.6 25.5 -2.6
First Pitch Swing % 29.5 23.2 -6.3 31.0 7.8 24.0 -7.0
First Pitch Strike % 60.2 60.2 0.0 62.7 2.5 58.1 -4.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 172 .340 106 5 4.7 66 6 9.1
2017 Shifts 254 .313 154 9 5.8 100 32 32.0
2018 Shifts 166 .358 95 3 3.2 71 18 25.4
! 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 37 19.6 8.1% 2.7% 49 25.2 0.0% 22.4%
2012 75 18.4 14.7% 2.7% 58 23.1 0.0% 10.3%
2013 37 18.3 16.2% 8.1% 43 22.7 2.3% 7.0%
2014 224 17.3 22.8% 0.9% 139 23.3 2.2% 18.7%
2015 190 20.4 12.1% 8.4% 88 26.8 8.0% 36.4%
2016 219 20.9 10.5% 9.6% 129 27.1 2.3% 37.2%
2017 280 19.8 4.6% 8.2% 163 25.8 0.0% 28.2%
2018 193 19.6 7.3% 6.7% 128 25.9 0.0% 23.4%

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Pitch Distribution