Chris Sale

P | B/T: L/L | 6' 6" 180 | Age: 30
Draft: 2010 (Rd: 1, #13, Chicago White Sox) - Florida Gulf Coast
Lakeland, FL USA

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Stats

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	WHIP
2019	1	5	4.31	10	10	0	56.1	83	1.08
10 Seasons	104	67	2.94	297	217	12	1538.2	1872	1.03

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2019	10	1-5	4.31	56.1	83	1.08
10 Seasons	297	104-67	2.94	1538.2	1872	1.03

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
	2011	CWS	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.---	.---	.---	.000
*	2012	CWS	AL	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
*	2014	CWS	AL	1	3	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
*	2015	CWS	AL	3	9	9	1	1	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222
*	2016	CWS	AL	3	6	6	0	1	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333
*	2017	BOS	AL	1	3	3	0	1	1	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000
*	2018	BOS	AL	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
	7 Seasons			13	26	25	1	3	1	13	.120	.120	.160	.280

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Advanced MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	PA	TB	LOB	SAC	BABIP	XBH	GIDPO	NP	P/PA	K/PA	HR/PA	BB/K	ISO	ROE
2011	CWS	AL	0	0	0	0	.---	0	0	0
2012	CWS	AL	3	0	1	1	.---	0	0	11	3.67	.667	.000	.000	.000	.000
2014	CWS	AL	3	0	2	0	.000	0	0	14	4.67	.667	.000	.000	.000	.000
2015	CWS	AL	9	1	6	0	.200	0	1	35	3.89	.444	.000	.000	.000	.000
2016	CWS	AL	6	1	0	0	.250	0	0	26	4.33	.333	.000	.000	.000	.000
2017	BOS	AL	3	2	4	0	.500	1	0	12	4.0	.333	.000	.000	.333	.333
2018	BOS	AL	2	0	1	0	.---	0	0	8	4.0	1.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
			26	4	14	1	.250	1	1	106	4.08	.500	.000	.000	.040	.040

Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

	Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
	2010	CWS	AL	92	2	1	1.93	21	0	4	23.1	15	5	5	2	10	32	1.07
	2011	CWS	AL	288	2	2	2.79	58	0	8	71.0	52	22	22	6	27	79	1.11
*	2012	CWS	AL	772	17	8	3.05	30	29	0	192.0	167	66	65	19	51	192	1.14
*	2013	CWS	AL	866	11	14	3.07	30	30	0	214.1	184	81	73	23	46	226	1.07
*	2014	CWS	AL	685	12	4	2.17	26	26	0	174.0	129	48	42	13	39	208	0.97
*	2015	CWS	AL	854	13	11	3.41	31	31	0	208.2	185	88	79	23	42	274	1.09
*	2016	CWS	AL	907	17	10	3.34	32	32	0	226.2	190	88	84	27	45	233	1.04
*	2017	BOS	AL	851	17	8	2.90	32	32	0	214.1	165	73	69	24	43	308	0.97
*	2018	BOS	AL	617	12	4	2.11	27	27	0	158.0	102	39	37	11	34	237	0.86
	2019	BOS	AL	235	1	5	4.31	10	10	0	56.1	45	29	27	9	16	83	1.08
	10 Seasons			6167	104	67	2.94	297	217	12	1538.2	1234	539	503	157	353	1872	1.03

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2010	CWS	AL	P	21	0	23.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
2011	CWS	AL	P	58	0	71.0	20	5	15	0	0	1.000
2012	CWS	AL	P	30	29	192.0	34	8	25	1	1	.971
2013	CWS	AL	P	30	30	214.1	25	5	19	1	1	.960
2014	CWS	AL	P	26	26	174.0	17	4	13	0	0	1.000
2015	CWS	AL	P	31	31	208.2	24	7	16	1	1	.958
2016	CWS	AL	P	32	32	226.2	31	12	19	0	1	1.000
2017	BOS	AL	P	32	32	214.1	30	8	22	0	3	1.000
2018	BOS	AL	P	27	27	158.0	25	12	12	1	2	.960
2019	BOS	AL	P	10	10	56.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000
10 Seasons			P	297	217	1538.2	210	62	144	4	9	.981

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Standard Minor League Batting Statistics

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Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2010	2 Teams		Minors	2.61	11	0	10.1	6	4	3	2	6	19	1.16
2010	Winston-Salem Dash	CAR	A(Adv)	2.25	4	0	4.0	3	2	1	0	2	4	1.25
2010	Charlotte Knights	INT	AAA	2.84	7	0	6.1	3	2	2	2	4	15	1.11
2014	Charlotte Knights	INT	AAA	0.00	1	1	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	11	0.75
			AAA	1.74	8	1	10.1	4	2	2	2	6	26	0.97
			A(Adv)	2.25	4	0	4.0	3	2	1	0	2	4	1.25
Career Minors				1.88	12	1	14.1	7	4	3	2	8	30	1.05

Standard Minor League Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	DP	FPCT%
2010	2 Teams		Minors	P	11	0	10.1	4	2	2	1	1.000
2010	Charlotte Knights	INT	AAA	P	7	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	1.000
2010	Winston-Salem Dash	CAR	A(Adv)	P	4	0	4.0	3	1	2	1	1.000
2014	Charlotte Knights	INT	AAA	P	1	1	4.0	0	0	0	0
			AAA	P	8	1	10.1	1	1	0	0	1.000
			A(Adv)	P	4	0	4.0	3	1	2	1	1.000
Career Minors				P	12	1	14.1	4	2	2	1	1.000

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Statcast - Pitching

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2015	3323	525	22	4.2	85.7	12.8	.226	.339	.285	.272	.370	26.9	32.1	4.9
2016	3431	612	35	5.7	87.9	13.9	.238	.381	.282	.296	.370	32.8	25.7	5.0
2017	3428	492	30	6.1	86.2	14.4	.196	.340	.260	.258	.374	30.1	36.2	5.1
2018	2525	332	25	7.5	84.7	12.5	.174	.292	.237	.238	.341	26.8	38.4	5.5
2019	966	129	11	8.5	89.4	14.0	.206	.390	.309	.297	.417	40.3	35.3	6.8
ALL	13673	2090	123	5.9	86.5	13.5	.211	.346	.271	.270	.369	30.2	32.8	5.2
MLB			34077	6.2	87.4	11.0	.251	.408	.317	.318	.370	34.2	21.5	8.3

Rankings

Strikeouts

Year	SO	Rank
2018	237	3rd in AL
2017	308	1st in AL
2016	233	2nd in AL
2015	274	1st in AL
2014	208	6th in AL
2013	226	3rd in AL
2012	192	9th in AL

Batting Average

Year	AVG	Rank
2017	.208	2nd in AL
2016	.227	5th in AL
2015	.233	12th in AL
2014	.205	3rd in AL
2013	.230	7th in AL
2012	.235	6th in AL

At Bats

Year	AB	Rank
2017	794	2nd in AL
2016	837	3rd in AL
2015	794	8th in AL
2013	800	12th in AL
2012	711	21st in AL

Earned Run Average

Year	ERA	Rank
2017	2.90	2nd in AL
2016	3.34	9th in AL
2015	3.41	10th in AL
2014	2.17	2nd in AL
2013	3.07	7th in AL
2012	3.05	4th in AL

Innings Pitched

Year	IP	Rank
2017	214.1	1st in AL
2016	226.2	3rd in AL
2015	208.2	7th in AL
2013	214.1	5th in AL
2012	192.0	14th in AL

Wins

Year	Wins	Rank
2018	12	15th in AL
2017	17	4th in AL
2016	17	4th in AL
2015	13	12th in AL
2012	17	4th in AL

WHIP

Year	WHIP	Rank
2017	0.97	2nd in AL
2016	1.04	3rd in AL
2015	1.09	7th in AL
2014	0.97	2nd in AL
2013	1.07	3rd in AL
2012	1.14	5th in AL

Home Runs

Year	HR	Rank
2016	27	17th in AL
2015	23	19th in AL
2013	23	23rd in AL

Hits

Year	H	Rank
2017	165	24th in AL
2016	190	13th in AL
2015	185	20th in AL
2013	184	22nd in AL

Losses

Year	Losses	Rank
2015	11	13th in AL
2013	14	3rd in AL

Runs

Year	R	Rank
2016	88	25th in AL
2015	88	21st in AL

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Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	09/11/2018	Boston Red Sox activated LHP Chris Sale from the 10-day injured list.
	08/18/2018	Boston Red Sox placed LHP Chris Sale on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to August 15, 2018. Mild left shoulder inflammation.
	08/12/2018	Boston Red Sox activated LHP Chris Sale from the 10-day disabled list.
	07/31/2018	Boston Red Sox placed LHP Chris Sale on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to July 28, 2018. Mild left shoulder inflammation.
	12/06/2016	Chicago White Sox traded LHP Chris Sale to Boston Red Sox for CF Luis Alexander Basabe, RHP Michael Kopech, RHP Victor Diaz and 3B Yoan Moncada.
	07/28/2016	Chicago White Sox activated LHP Chris Sale.
	07/24/2016	LHP Chris Sale roster status changed by Chicago White Sox.
	05/12/2015	Chicago White Sox activated LHP Chris Sale.
	05/07/2015	LHP Chris Sale roster status changed by Chicago White Sox.
	04/12/2015	Chicago White Sox activated LHP Chris Sale from the 15-day disabled list.
	04/05/2015	Chicago White Sox placed LHP Chris Sale on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 27, 2015. Avulsion fracture of right foot.
	05/22/2014	Chicago White Sox activated LHP Chris Sale from the 15-day disabled list.
	05/15/2014	Chicago White Sox sent LHP Chris Sale on a rehab assignment to Charlotte Knights.
	04/22/2014	Chicago White Sox placed LHP Chris Sale on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 18, 2014. Flexor muscle strain in his left arm
	08/04/2010	Chicago White Sox selected the contract of LHP Chris Sale from Charlotte Knights.
	07/14/2010	Chris Sale assigned to Charlotte Knights from Winston-Salem Dash.
	06/23/2010	Chris Sale assigned to Winston-Salem Dash from Chicago White Sox.
	06/22/2010	Chicago White Sox signed LHP Chris Sale.

Monthly Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
March	0	1	21.00	1	1	3.0	6	7	7	3	2	4	2.67
April	0	4	4.67	5	5	27.0	26	16	14	4	8	28	1.26
May	1	0	2.05	4	4	26.1	13	6	6	2	6	51	0.72
Pre All-Star	1	5	4.31	10	10	56.1	45	29	27	9	16	83	1.08

Base Runner Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	1.41	32.0	27	5	5	5	13	47	1.25
Bases Loaded	81.00	0.1	1	3	3	0	0	0	3.00
Runner at 1st	5.40	13.1	10	8	8	3	1	15	0.83
Runners at 1st & 2nd	9.00	2.0	3	4	2	0	1	5	2.00
Runners at 1st & 3rd	54.00	0.1	1	2	2	0	0	0	3.00
Runner at 2nd	5.40	5.0	2	3	3	1	1	10	0.60
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	9.00	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.00
Runner at 3rd	11.57	2.1	1	3	3	0	0	3	0.43
Scoring Position	11.45	11.0	8	16	14	1	2	21	0.91

Game Type Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Home Games	0	2	4.45	5	5	0	28.1	23	16	14	4	10	48	1.16
Away Games	1	3	4.18	5	5	0	28.0	22	13	13	5	6	35	1.00
Day Games	0	3	7.03	5	5	0	24.1	26	21	19	6	12	35	1.56
Night Games	1	2	2.25	5	5	0	32.0	19	8	8	3	4	48	0.72
Leading Off			2.19				12.1	14	3	3	3	4	19	1.46
Late / Close			0.00				3.0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0.33

Outs Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	2.84	19.0	18	6	6	4	4	29	1.16
One Out	5.12	19.1	11	11	11	5	6	25	0.88
Two Outs	5.00	18.0	16	12	10	0	6	29	1.22

Inning Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
First Inning	2.70	10.0	3	3	3	2	4	18	0.70
Second Inning	3.60	10.0	6	6	4	1	4	11	1.00
Third Inning	9.00	10.0	11	10	10	3	4	13	1.50
Fourth Inning	6.00	9.0	11	6	6	1	1	11	1.33
Fifth Inning	1.13	8.0	7	1	1	1	1	13	1.00
Sixth Inning	1.69	5.1	4	1	1	0	2	8	1.13
Seventh Inning	6.00	3.0	2	2	2	1	0	7	0.67
Eighth Inning	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.00

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
May	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	11	0.75
Pre All-Star	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	11	0.75

Type	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	2.0	1	2	5	1.50
Runner at 1st	1.1	0	0	4	0.00
Runner at 2nd	0.2	0	0	2	0.00
Scoring Position	0.2	0	0	2	0.00

Type	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Away Games	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	1	2	11	0.75
Night Games	0	0	1	1	0	4.0	1	2	11	0.75
Leading Off						1.0	1	0	3	1.00

Type	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	1.1	1	0	4	0.75
One Out	1.1	0	1	3	0.75
Two Outs	1.1	0	1	4	0.75

Type	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
First Inning	1.0	0	0	2	0.00
Second Inning	1.0	0	1	3	1.00
Third Inning	1.0	1	0	3	1.00
Fourth Inning	1.0	0	1	3	1.00

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2019-03-28	Seattle Mariners	Boston Red Sox	0	1	21.00	1	1	3.0	6	7	7	3	2	4	2.67
March			0	1	21.00	1	1	3.0	6	7	7	3	2	4	2.67
2019-04-02	Oakland Athletics	Boston Red Sox	0	1	8.00	1	1	6.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	1.44
2019-04-09	Boston Red Sox	Toronto Blue Jays	0	1	9.00	1	1	4.0	7	5	5	0	0	3	1.54
2019-04-16	New York Yankees	Boston Red Sox	0	1	8.50	1	1	5.0	7	4	4	1	1	6	1.56
2019-04-23	Boston Red Sox	Detroit Tigers	0	0	7.43	1	1	5.0	5	2	2	1	2	10	1.52
2019-04-28	Boston Red Sox	Tampa Bay Rays	0	1	6.30	1	1	7.0	4	4	2	1	3	8	1.40
April			0	4	4.67	5	5	27.0	26	16	14	4	8	28	1.26
2019-05-03	Chicago White Sox	Boston Red Sox	1	0	5.25	1	1	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	10	1.28
2019-05-08	Baltimore Orioles	Boston Red Sox	0	0	4.50	1	1	8.0	3	1	1	0	0	14	1.11
2019-05-14	Boston Red Sox	Colorado Rockies	0	0	4.24	1	1	7.0	3	2	2	1	0	17	1.02
2019-05-19	Boston Red Sox	Houston Astros	0	0	4.31	1	1	5.1	4	3	3	1	5	10	1.08
May			1	0	2.05	4	4	26.1	13	6	6	2	6	51	0.72

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2014-05-16	Durham Bulls	Charlotte Knights	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	11	0.75
May			0	0	0.00	1	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	11	0.75

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sale relies on 4 pitches. Slider (42.3%), Four Seamer (32.6%), Changeup (15.9%), Sinker (9.2%),

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Statcast Statistics

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2015	3323	525	22	4.2	85.7	12.8	.226	.339	.285	.272	.370	26.9	32.1	4.9
2016	3431	612	35	5.7	87.9	13.9	.238	.381	.282	.296	.370	32.8	25.7	5.0
2017	3428	492	30	6.1	86.2	14.4	.196	.340	.260	.258	.374	30.1	36.2	5.1
2018	2525	332	25	7.5	84.7	12.5	.174	.292	.237	.238	.341	26.8	38.4	5.5
2019	966	129	11	8.5	89.4	14.0	.206	.390	.309	.297	.417	40.3	35.3	6.8
ALL	13673	2090	123	5.9	86.5	13.5	.211	.346	.271	.270	.369	30.2	32.8	5.2
MLB			34077	6.2	87.4	11.0	.251	.408	.317	.318	.370	34.2	21.5	8.3

Pitch Tracking

Year	Pitch Type	#	# RHB	# LHB	%	MPH	PA	AB	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	SO	BBE	BA	XBA	SLG	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	EV	LA	Spin	BB%	K%	Whiff%	PutAway%
2019	Slider	408	359	49	42.3	78.7	100	90	14	7	6	1	0	40	50	.156	.167	.244	.264	.223	.238	86.5	18	2464	4.0	40.0	34.0	25.3
2019	Four Seamer	315	275	40	32.6	92.9	88	78	19	8	4	1	6	38	42	.244	.206	.551	.457	.360	.315	93.0	22	2327	8.0	43.2	28.4	26.2
2019	Changeup	153	149	4	15.9	84.6	37	32	9	4	3	0	2	3	30	.281	.313	.563	.600	.381	.418	90.3	1	1953	10.8	8.1	34.3	13.6
2019	Sinker	89	69	20	9.2	91.8	10	9	3	2	0	0	1	2	7	.333	.208	.667	.330	.448	.280	85.3	-7	2289	10.0	20.0	36.1	50.0
2018	Four Seamer	984	791	193	39.0	95.2	262	240	43	25	9	2	7	110	133	.179	.186	.321	.359	.243	.264	86.5	20	2357	6.5	42.0	29.8	24.8
2018	Slider	872	710	162	34.5	79.7	223	204	23	17	5	0	1	117	88	.113	.110	.152	.164	.161	.165	83.7	11	2496	3.6	52.5	44.4	31.7
2018	Changeup	428	415	13	17.0	87.0	86	79	18	13	3	1	1	9	70	.228	.223	.329	.282	.275	.259	82.9	4	2045	8.1	10.5	38.5	16.4
2018	Sinker	240	190	50	9.5	93.2	46	42	18	11	5	0	2	1	41	.429	.322	.690	.556	.496	.404	84.6	6	2218	4.3	2.2	22.4	5.9
2017	Four Seamer	1263	1073	190	36.9	94.7	336	317	57	37	13	0	7	142	177	.180	.191	.287	.338	.221	.247	87.8	21	2336	5.1	42.3	27.4	23.9
2017	Slider	1128	931	197	32.9	79.8	286	263	47	26	9	1	11	134	130	.179	.140	.346	.232	.254	.204	83.7	15	2395	4.9	46.9	39.7	30.2
2017	Changeup	645	614	31	18.8	86.8	136	126	36	25	6	1	4	19	109	.286	.258	.444	.451	.328	.329	86.2	9	2016	5.9	14.0	37.6	18.6
2017	Sinker	390	325	65	11.4	93.6	93	88	25	16	6	1	2	13	76	.284	.273	.443	.464	.323	.332	86.9	4	2205	4.3	14.0	18.4	27.7
2016	Sinker	1860	1575	285	55.4	93.7	461	418	97	58	18	2	19	103	321	.232	.247	.421	.420	.307	.321	90.1	14	2235	6.9	22.3	21.2	19.5
2016	Slider	846	662	184	25.2	79.1	248	229	42	29	9	0	4	114	116	.183	.171	.275	.248	.232	.222	85.9	15	2251	2.4	46.0	35.7	26.5
2016	Changeup	650	617	33	19.4	86.8	176	171	44	34	6	1	3	15	157	.257	.283	.357	.417	.272	.312	84.6	12	2137	2.3	8.5	23.7	16.1
2015	Sinker	1734	1456	278	52.3	95.2	430	392	97	59	18	3	17	124	273	.247	.224	.439	.385	.321	.292	88.2	17	2283	6.3	28.8	28.0	24.1
2015	Changeup	926	828	98	27.9	86.3	251	237	58	42	12	0	4	55	182	.245	.231	.346	.321	.279	.266	82.5	10	2100	4.8	21.9	37.8	22.8
2015	Slider	652	473	179	19.7	79.4	171	163	29	25	2	0	2	94	69	.178	.145	.227	.178	.201	.169	83.9	6	2205	1.8	55.0	39.0	29.1
2015	Four Seamer	5	5	0	0.2	95.7																		2341			50.0
2015	Split Finger	1	1	0	0.0	82.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000		.000		.000	.000			2215	0.0	100.0		100.0
2014	Sinker	1414	1163	251	51.5	94.6	318	285	63	47	10	0	6	82	206	.221		.319		.280					8.2	25.8	21.5	19.1
2014	Changeup	827	747	80	30.1	85.4	234	223	49	34	10	1	4	62	163	.220		.327		.255					3.4	26.5	37.6	26.4
2014	Slider	506	325	181	18.4	80.3	131	122	17	12	2	0	3	64	58	.139		.230		.199					2.3	48.9	36.7	24.0
2014	Four Seamer	1	1	0	0.0	91.9
2013	Sinker	1589	1287	302	49.0	93.9	425	391	104	72	19	1	12	70	324	.266		.412		.322					6.1	16.5	16.3	18.4
2013	Slider	956	706	250	29.5	79.1	241	223	31	22	4	0	5	116	107	.139		.224		.198					4.1	48.1	39.9	29.1
2013	Changeup	655	601	54	20.2	83.6	184	174	46	36	5	0	5	35	142	.264		.379		.293					3.3	19.0	33.5	22.4
2013	Four Seamer	43	34	9	1.3	93.7	14	12	3	2	0	0	1	5	7	.250		.500		.376					14.3	35.7	22.7	31.3
2012	Sinker	1691	1215	476	56.4	92.3	398	361	101	68	18	0	15	55	309	.280		.454		.345					7.5	13.8	15.7	16.1
2012	Slider	790	495	295	26.3	79.1	226	216	41	24	13	1	3	110	106	.190		.301		.231					3.5	48.7	38.1	28.9
2012	Changeup	473	468	5	15.8	83.1	133	127	25	18	6	0	1	25	102	.197		.268		.223					4.5	18.8	30.9	20.8
2012	Four Seamer	45	25	20	1.5	94.3	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000		.000		.173					22.2	11.1	19.0	6.3
2011	Sinker	512	285	227	46.8	96.0	133	114	33	16	11	0	6	16	100	.289		.544		.401					12.0	12.0	17.8	18.0
2011	Slider	400	149	251	36.6	82.6	105	101	11	10	1	0	0	56	46	.109		.119		.118					1.9	53.3	48.0	33.9
2011	Changeup	127	126	1	11.6	87.4	30	28	5	4	1	0	0	4	24	.179		.214		.207					6.7	13.3	32.8	8.9
2011	Four Seamer	54	22	32	4.9	94.9	17	13	3	2	1	0	0	3	10	.231		.308		.343					23.5	17.6	16.7	30.0
2010	Sinker	238	138	100	64.0	96.9	54	43	12	10	0	0	2	9	35	.279		.419		.379					18.5	16.7	19.6	15.5
2010	Slider	109	63	46	29.3	83.4	28	28	2	2	0	0	0	19	9	.071		.071		.064					0.0	67.9	55.6	40.4
2010	Changeup	25	25	0	6.7	87.9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000		.000		.000					0.0	50.0	30.0	33.3

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Pitch Movement

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
2019	4-Seamer	BOS	L	315	92.9	19.8	-3.4	-21	14.7	6.6	82
2019	Sinker	BOS	L	89	91.8	27.8	3.3	13	20.3	4.6	29
2019	Slider	BOS	L	408	78.7	50.3	4.7	10	14.5	2.8	24
2019	Changeup	BOS	L	153	84.6	39.6	5.6	16	19.4	4.2	27
2018	Slider	BOS	L	871	79.7	49.0	5.0	11	14.5	4.6	47
2018	4-Seamer	BOS	L	984	95.2	19.0	-3.3	-21	14.5	6.0	70
2018	Changeup	BOS	L	428	87.0	36.8	3.4	10	19.3	4.1	27
2018	Sinker	BOS	L	240	93.2	28.0	4.3	18	19.4	4.0	26
2017	Changeup	BOS	L	645	86.8	31.0	0.8	3	18.5	3.9	27
2017	Sinker	BOS	L	390	93.6	26.1	4.2	19	18.6	3.1	20
2017	4-Seamer	BOS	L	1263	94.7	17.8	-3.3	-23	14.8	5.8	65
2017	Slider	BOS	L	1127	79.8	47.8	4.1	9	13.1	4.3	48
2016	Slider	CWS	L	834	79.1	49.6	5.3	12	10.5	2.7	34
2016	Sinker	CWS	L	1827	93.7	20.3	0.1	1	16.9	1.9	13
2016	Changeup	CWS	L	644	86.8	29.5	-0.4	-1	18.8	4.5	31
2015	Sinker	CWS	L	1671	95.2	18.2	-1.2	-6	17.4	1.6	10
2015	Changeup	CWS	L	893	86.3	29.3	-1.3	-4	19.6	4.3	28
2015	Splitter	CWS	L	1	82.1	43.1	6.2	17	9.3	-19.9	-187
2015	Slider	CWS	L	639	79.4	46.9	4.8	11	11.1	3.7	50
2015	4-Seamer	CWS	L	5	95.7	14.0	-0.2	-2	11.0	1.3	13

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Plate Discipline

Season	Pitches	Zone %	Zone Swing %	Zone Contact %	Chase %	Chase Contact %	Edge %	1st Pitch Swing %	Swing %	Whiff %	Meatball %	Meatball Swing %
2015	3323	48.7	67.1	73.5	32.5	55.0	43.3	30.8	49.4	32.7	7.6	73.1
2016	3431	52.8	65.2	80.5	30.9	62.7	43.6	28.9	48.9	24.8	8.7	70.9
2017	3428	52.6	65.3	75.1	32.9	52.9	44.7	33.5	49.9	31.8	8.3	72.3
2018	2525	50.3	63.3	72.7	32.6	49.6	44.1	27.7	48.0	35.0	7.1	69.3
2019	966	52.6	61.8	74.5	31.9	52.7	42.2	27.7	47.6	32.4	8.7	67.9
ALL	13673	51.3	65.1	75.7	32.2	55.1	43.8	30.2	49.0	30.9	8.1	71.3
MLB		48.6	65.9	83.1	28.1	60.0	42.7	28.1	46.5	24.1	7.3	74.9

Batted Ball Profile

Season	GB %	FB %	LD %	PU %	Pull %	Straight %	Oppo %	Weak %	Topped %	Under %	Flare/Burner %	Solid %	Barrel %
2015	42.9	22.5	27.8	6.9	35.2	39.6	25.1	4.2	34.9	24.6	25.7	6.5	4.2
2016	42.2	24.3	25.5	8.0	37.1	36.4	26.5	3.3	30.7	28.3	26.5	5.4	5.7
2017	39.8	26.2	25.2	8.7	35.4	37.8	26.8	4.7	29.9	29.5	23.2	6.7	6.1
2018	45.2	22.3	22.3	10.2	34.3	36.4	29.2	6.9	37.3	26.2	19.3	2.7	7.5
2019	41.9	27.9	22.5	7.8	33.3	42.6	24.0	3.9	30.2	24.0	21.7	11.6	8.5
ALL	42.2	24.2	25.3	8.2	35.6	37.9	26.5	4.4	32.6	27.0	24.1	5.9	5.9
MLB	45.6	21.7	25.5	7.1	36.3	38.2	25.5	4.7	34.3	24.4	24.9	5.5	6.2

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Statcast Shift Statistics

			vs RHH			vs LHH
Year	PA	wOBA	PA	Shifts	%	PA	Shifts	%
2016	894	.285	762	20	2.6	132	14	10.6
2017	851	.260	719	7	1.0	132	42	31.8
2018	617	.237	510	10	2.0	107	32	29.9
2019	235	.309	203	0	0.0	32	2	6.3

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