Chris Stratton
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #20, San Francisco Giants | Mississippi State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 7 1 3.63 68 0 8 79.1 86 1.30
2022 10 4 4.26 60 1 2 63.1 60 1.53
2023 2 1 3.62 63 0 1 82 81 1.10
8 Seasons 37 24 4.38 301 42 12 544.1 504 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 68 7-1 3.63 79.1 86 1.30
2022 60 10-4 4.26 63.1 60 1.53
2023 63 2-1 3.62 82 81 1.10
8 Seasons 301 37-24 4.38 544.1 504 1.41
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2016 25 168 32 1 3.1 2.3 89.1 108.2 18.9 37.5 .242 .361 .340 .308 .307 28.1 14.0 11.6 3.60 3.99
2017 26 1042 176 8 4.5 3.1 86.3 108.8 10.9 41.5 .264 .397 .323 .330 .367 30.1 19.9 10.9 3.68 4.73
2018 27 2455 457 32 7.0 5.1 90.4 116.5 11.6 38.7 .283 .474 .339 .356 .404 38.8 17.9 8.6 5.09 5.55
2019 28 1363 242 12 5.0 3.5 88.4 111.9 11.8 32.2 .267 .413 .366 .327 .377 34.7 20.1 9.6 5.57 4.76
2020 29 547 79 7 8.9 5.3 89.7 107.7 9.7 26.6 .221 .367 .286 .294 .373 40.5 29.8 9.9 3.90 3.63
2021 30 1374 217 15 6.9 4.5 89.0 112.2 13.5 34.1 .228 .377 .294 .299 .361 36.9 25.5 9.8 3.63 3.76
2022 31 1100 192 11 5.7 3.9 89.7 111.7 12.8 33.3 .256 .390 .332 .315 .366 41.1 21.5 9.0 4.26 4.14
2023 32 1316 221 19 8.6 5.8 89.7 114.0 17.5 29.9 .216 .376 .272 .290 .347 39.4 24.6 7.6 3.51 3.49
Player 9365 1616 105 6.5 4.5 89.3 116.5 12.8 35.0 .254 .411 .322 .322 .374 37.2 21.5 9.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Stratton relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(54.6%) ,
Slider
(19.4%) ,
Curveball
(18.9%) ,
Changeup
(7.1%) ,
Sinker
(0.1%) ,


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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
2016 37.5 21.9 25.0 15.6 25.0 28.1 46.9 0.0 31.3 37.5 18.8 9.4 3.1 2.3
2017 45.5 18.2 32.4 4.0 30.7 42.6 26.7 6.3 30.1 24.4 28.4 4.5 4.5 3.1
2018 43.5 21.7 30.0 4.8 34.8 36.8 28.4 1.5 33.7 21.4 27.4 8.3 7.0 5.1
2019 40.9 22.7 29.3 7.0 32.2 41.7 26.0 3.3 28.5 21.1 27.3 5.8 5.0 3.5
2020 48.1 20.3 29.1 2.5 34.2 41.8 24.1 2.5 32.9 20.3 30.4 5.1 8.9 5.3
2021 41.9 28.1 24.9 5.1 32.3 36.9 30.9 4.6 29.5 28.6 24.9 4.1 6.9 4.5
2022 44.3 24.5 25.5 5.7 31.3 41.7 27.1 2.6 31.8 25.5 28.6 4.7 5.7 3.9
2023 38.9 32.1 20.4 8.6 31.7 29.9 38.5 2.7 28.5 32.1 20.8 6.8 8.6 5.8
Player 42.7 24.0 27.5 5.8 32.5 37.9 29.6 3.0 30.9 24.9 26.4 6.2 6.5 4.5
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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
2023 Changeup TEX R 93 86.9 33.3 3.2 10 13.1 -1.2 -9
2023 4-Seamer TEX R 718 93.1 16.1 -0.5 -3 3.4 -3.5 -51
2023 Slider TEX R 255 86.9 33.7 -0.5 -1 6.3 2.0 45
2023 Curveball TEX R 249 80.9 50.7 -0.6 -1 16.3 7.9 95
2023 Sinker TEX R 1 91.6 25.7 2.6 11 13.7 -1.2 -8
2022 Curveball STL R 318 80.8 50.2 -1.2 -2 16.1 7.6 90
2022 Slider STL R 211 86.7 35.1 1.0 3 6.6 2.2 48
2022 Sinker STL R 20 92.9 21.2 -0.7 -3 12.1 -2.5 -17
2022 Changeup STL R 77 86.8 32.4 2.6 9 11.6 -2.5 -18
2022 4-Seamer STL R 474 92.8 16.9 -1.6 -11 3.6 -3.4 -48
2021 4-Seamer PIT R 661 93.0 15.8 -0.7 -4 4.6 -2.4 -34
2021 Changeup PIT R 174 86.6 30.6 1.3 5 13.6 -0.2 -1
2021 Curveball PIT R 348 80.2 51.6 -1.3 -2 15.6 7.1 84
2021 Slider PIT R 188 85.8 35.4 0.3 1 8.3 3.5 73
2021 Sinker PIT R 3 93.6 18.3 -2.5 -12 13.7 -0.9 -6
2020 4-Seamer PIT R 254 93.2 15.8 -0.5 -3 4.3 -3.0 -41
2020 Curveball PIT R 93 80.1 50.2 -2.1 -4 15.7 6.7 74
2020 Changeup PIT R 54 86.4 31.2 1.2 4 12.3 -0.9 -7
2020 Slider PIT R 146 86.7 35.6 1.4 4 5.4 1.2 28
2019 Curveball PIT R 162 77.1 57.2 -0.4 -1 16.9 7.1 73
2019 4-Seamer PIT R 702 92.2 16.7 -0.6 -4 5.7 -1.3 -19
2019 Cutter PIT R 4 91.0 21.8 2.2 9 3.0 1.2 65
2019 Slider PIT R 300 84.5 40.1 3.3 9 6.4 1.8 40
2019 Changeup PIT R 74 84.8 31.2 1.3 4 14.1 0.8 6
2019 Sinker PIT R 2 91.7 19.5 -2.9 -13 12.4 -2.0 -14
2018 Sinker SF R 202 90.7 22.0 -0.9 -4 10.1 -4.1 -29
2018 Curveball SF R 367 77.7 58.0 1.2 2 15.5 6.9 79
2018 Changeup SF R 249 84.0 33.6 2.1 7 12.1 -1.2 -9
2018 4-Seamer SF R 1,248 91.1 18.3 -1.5 -9 3.6 -3.2 -47
2018 Cutter SF R 70 91.0 20.4 3.9 16 1.6 -0.4 -21
2018 Slider SF R 310 83.5 41.6 2.9 7 5.4 0.4 7
2017 Sinker SF R 98 91.4 19.1 -1.6 -8 8.5 -5.8 -41
2017 4-Seamer SF R 367 91.7 15.3 -0.3 -2 2.7 -4.6 -63
2017 Slider SF R 120 84.1 36.7 1.0 3 8.6 4.4 105
2017 Changeup SF R 79 84.1 28.0 -1.2 -4 8.5 -4.9 -36
2017 Cutter SF R 182 91.2 16.1 5.4 25 3.0 1.2 70
2017 Curveball SF R 193 77.4 54.6 0.0 0 17.2 8.6 100
2016 Curveball SF R 19 76.1 55.5 -1.4 -2 18.0 6.8 61
2016 Changeup SF R 17 84.4 27.3 -1.3 -4 10.8 -1.8 -14
2016 Slider SF R 29 83.3 37.9 2.0 6 9.6 4.1 75
2016 Cutter SF R 2 92.1 15.2 3.1 17 1.6 -1.7 -52
2016 4-Seamer SF R 101 91.9 16.7 -2.0 -13 7.0 0.3 4
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.9 14 718 54.6 172 .161 .262 .242 24.9 31.4 24.4 .186 .355 .289 45.4
2023 Slider -1.3 -3 255 19.4 74 .250 .515 .358 16.7 10.8 9.8 .253 .464 .318 38.1
2023 Curveball -2.0 -5 249 18.9 62 .300 .433 .345 13.8 17.7 15.1 .271 .372 .294 30.0
2023 Changeup 1.0 1 93 7.1 21 .158 .263 .229 38.3 38.1 21.1 .152 .249 .222 36.4
2023 Sinker -8.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer -2.2 -11 474 43.1 114 .384 .515 .443 27.1 22.8 18.3 .273 .420 .349 50.0
2022 Curveball 2.0 6 318 28.9 84 .173 .240 .210 27.9 28.6 24.0 .196 .295 .247 33.3
2022 Slider 0.0 0 211 19.2 53 .280 .420 .311 26.4 17.0 15.8 .272 .403 .304 38.1
2022 Changeup -2.5 -2 77 7.0 19 .278 .389 .328 14.7 5.3 4.5 .350 .568 .413 35.3
2022 Sinker -9.5 -2 20 1.8 7 .400 .600 .507 25.0 0.0 0.0 .346 .468 .452 40.0
2021 4-Seamer 1.0 6 661 48.1 161 .248 .397 .330 21.9 23.0 17.4 .236 .433 .330 42.9
2021 Curveball 0.5 2 348 25.3 72 .229 .371 .260 30.3 29.2 21.0 .207 .327 .238 30.0
2021 Slider -0.7 -1 188 13.7 51 .267 .444 .344 36.1 25.5 21.3 .262 .408 .327 36.4
2021 Changeup 0.8 1 174 12.7 50 .163 .186 .249 38.9 30.0 26.3 .203 .250 .269 28.6
2021 Sinker 3.7 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .123 .128 .111 0.0
2020 4-Seamer 1.3 3 254 46.4 61 .204 .306 .303 39.1 37.7 28.4 .224 .404 .339 37.0
2020 Slider -4.7 -7 146 26.7 39 .297 .541 .419 24.3 17.9 13.2 .231 .426 .296 46.7
2020 Curveball 2.7 3 93 17.0 20 .105 .158 .153 31.1 30.0 20.7 .179 .208 .186 42.9
2020 Changeup 3.5 2 54 9.9 11 .273 .273 .245 54.2 27.3 30.0 .249 .280 .239 25.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.4 3 703 51.6 158 .293 .457 .364 19.2 18.4 16.9 .268 .413 .335 40.5
2019 Slider -2.1 -6 300 22.0 83 .291 .443 .346 29.4 19.3 14.5 .279 .414 .313 34.9
2019 Curveball -0.3 -1 162 11.9 49 .261 .522 .352 36.2 32.7 29.1 .231 .386 .287 13.3
2019 Changeup -4.8 -4 74 5.4 23 .450 .700 .522 27.8 8.7 25.0 .374 .597 .447 33.3
2019 Cutter -2.0 0 4 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Sinker 16.0 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seamer 0.0 1 1,248 50.8 320 .253 .427 .338 17.9 17.5 16.9 .276 .470 .360 40.9
2018 Curveball -1.1 -4 367 14.9 85 .269 .436 .319 27.7 28.2 17.0 .283 .498 .352 39.3
2018 Slider -1.0 -3 310 12.6 83 .280 .453 .335 26.4 21.7 16.2 .287 .456 .343 35.6
2018 Changeup -2.4 -6 249 10.1 67 .303 .591 .396 26.4 13.4 15.8 .300 .533 .362 36.8
2018 Sinker -2.9 -6 202 8.2 48 .409 .568 .466 11.3 2.1 2.3 .337 .486 .388 37.2
2018 Cutter -0.2 0 70 2.9 19 .143 .214 .297 25.0 15.8 13.6 .184 .244 .324 27.3
2017 4-Seamer 0.1 0 367 35.2 86 .270 .486 .362 15.3 15.1 12.5 .284 .464 .358 39.7
2017 Curveball 2.2 4 193 18.5 47 .116 .163 .174 36.7 38.3 25.0 .145 .207 .191 26.9
2017 Cutter 1.1 2 182 17.5 44 .333 .385 .361 13.8 9.1 10.5 .316 .382 .346 25.7
2017 Slider -3.5 -4 120 11.5 34 .333 .407 .403 37.7 32.4 22.0 .298 .472 .428 47.1
2017 Sinker 0.8 1 98 9.4 29 .200 .320 .321 8.5 13.8 16.7 .258 .411 .343 14.3
2017 Changeup -0.7 -1 79 7.6 16 .500 .714 .579 31.1 6.3 11.1 .325 .510 .381 7.1
! 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
2023 Changeup 91 86.8 71 13.9 1:30 2:45 -75
2023 Curveball 243 80.9 78 20.5 7:45 8:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 712 93.1 74 15.3 1:00 12:30 30
2023 Slider 248 86.9 29 7.2 9:00 9:30 -30
2022 Changeup 74 86.9 66 12.7 1:15 2:30 -75
2022 Curveball 315 80.8 77 20.0 7:45 8:00 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 474 92.8 66 14.7 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Sinker 20 92.9 69 16.1 1:00 1:45 -45
2022 Slider 208 86.6 32 7.6 8:45 9:00 -15
2021 Changeup 174 86.6 75 15.0 1:15 2:30 -75
2021 Curveball 340 80.2 75 20.1 7:45 7:45 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 659 93.0 71 15.9 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 180 85.8 36 9.2 8:45 9:00 -15
2020 Changeup 53 86.4 72 13.6 1:15 2:30 -75
2020 Curveball 79 80.2 76 19.3 7:45 8:00 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 237 93.2 71 15.6 12:45 12:30 15
2020 Slider 87 86.8 34 5.4 10:15 9:00 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 43 168 0 2 -2 -1 -1
2017 256 1,039 10 6 -11 -2 3
2018 622 2,446 5 5 -21 -7 -19
2019 315 1,245 2 5 -10 -4 -7
2020 131 547 -1 9 -4 -3 1
2021 335 1,374 11 9 -7 -5 8
2022 277 1,100 0 0 -4 -3 -8
2023 329 1,316 5 15 -9 -4 6
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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 %
2016 168 46.4 74.4 89.7 16.7 46.7 41.7 41.9 43.5 19.2 5.4 77.8
2017 1,042 49.2 65.0 85.8 25.8 55.9 45.9 59.0 44.9 22.0 6.6 81.2
2018 2,455 50.5 67.1 84.3 24.3 60.9 44.6 62.0 45.9 20.8 6.8 75.3
2019 1,363 48.0 69.9 82.8 27.7 57.0 41.5 59.8 48.0 24.2 7.2 76.7
2020 547 43.0 68.9 77.2 29.5 41.3 38.8 63.4 46.4 35.0 6.9 86.8
2021 1,374 47.3 67.7 83.4 29.0 47.1 43.9 60.3 47.3 28.3 6.8 78.5
2022 1,100 46.0 67.4 80.1 31.5 61.5 44.2 60.6 48.0 26.3 6.9 77.6
2023 1,316 50.8 67.2 80.7 26.5 67.4 45.4 60.8 47.3 22.2 7.3 74.0
Player 9,365 48.5 67.6 82.8 27.0 57.0 43.9 60.5 46.7 24.2 6.9 77.4
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
2016 34 85 90
2017 30 25 54 75 14 78 77 71 73 36 15 33 28 31 97 100 78
2018 6 5 7 13 10 13 38 4 21 20 43 23 12 23 92 99 60
2019 33 20 50 72 19 65 86 56 65 27 27 42 33 33 95 99 78
2020 68 68 65 60 68 38 26 26 28 80 35 90 66 48 99 97 70
2021 66 64 62 60 60 57 62 46 64 62 29 67 60 40 99 98 69
2022 36 24 43 60 24 72 76 18 23 41 33 57 71 32 99 99 68
2023 77 79 66 49 88 43 35 29 46 61 62 23 19 34 98 99 68
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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 24.0 1 1.1 0 1 2 0 0.0
2017 21.6 5 5.6 -1 1 6 1 20.0
2018 22.9 19 17.8 1 11 13 8 42.1
2019 22.4 13 8.1 5 3 6 3 23.1
2020 22.8 3 2.4 1 2 3 0 0.0
2021 24.3 9 8.8 0 3 6 4 44.4
2022 26.5 4 4.1 0 5 3 2 50.0
2023 23.3 8 8.3 0 8 7 3 37.5
Player 23.2 62 56.1 6 34 46 21 33.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 1
2017 5 7 5 4 7 5 7 4 3 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 7 5 6 6 7 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 2
2018 19 24 13 17 15 15 18 16 14 13 16 20 25 16 17 22 18 15 17 20 20 18 25 20 16 13 16 20 23 16 15
2019 13 9 6 8 8 9 9 9 5 8 7 9 10 8 9 8 8 7 9 9 8 8 9 10 8 8 6 9 10 8 4
2020 3 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 3 1 1 2 2 4 2 0
2021 9 10 8 8 9 9 10 10 7 6 7 10 9 7 10 9 9 10 9 9 9 8 11 10 7 9 9 9 9 8 9
2022 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 6 3 3 3 4 7 4 4 4
2023 8 5 6 10 8 7 8 6 7 6 7 9 11 7 9 10 10 6 10 12 7 10 15 12 6 6 7 7 12 8 6
Player 62 64 46 57 54 54 61 52 42 42 50 62 69 50 58 63 59 48 60 62 57 57 80 65 47 46 50 64 70 54 41
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.9 91.5 -0.4 91.0 -0.5 92.2 1.2 93.2 1.0 93.0 -0.2 92.8 -0.2 93.1 0.3
Offspeed Velocity 84.4 84.1 -0.3 84.0 -0.1 84.8 0.8 86.4 1.6 86.6 0.2 86.8 0.2 86.9 0.1
Breaking Velocity 80.5 80.0 -0.5 80.3 0.3 81.9 1.6 84.2 2.3 82.1 -2.1 83.2 1.1 83.9 0.7
Exit Velocity 89.1 86.3 -2.8 90.4 4.1 88.4 -2.0 89.7 1.3 89.0 -0.7 89.7 0.7 89.7 0.0
Launch Angle 18.9 10.9 -8.0 11.6 0.7 11.8 0.2 9.7 -2.1 13.5 3.8 12.8 -0.7 17.5 4.7
Barrel % 3.1 4.5 1.4 7.0 2.5 5.0 -2.0 8.9 3.9 6.9 -2.0 5.7 -1.2 8.6 2.9
Hard Hit % 28.1 30.1 2.0 38.8 8.7 34.7 -4.1 40.5 5.8 36.9 -3.6 41.1 4.2 39.4 -1.7
Sweet Spot % 37.5 41.5 4.0 38.7 -2.8 32.2 -6.5 26.6 -5.6 34.1 7.5 33.3 -0.8 29.9 -3.4
xBA .242 .264 0.022 .283 0.019 .267 -0.016 .221 -0.046 .228 0.007 .256 0.028 .216 -0.040
BA .289 .266 -0.023 .273 0.007 .300 0.027 .224 -0.076 .233 0.009 .291 0.058 .209 -0.082
xwOBA .308 .330 0.022 .356 0.026 .327 -0.029 .294 -0.033 .299 0.005 .315 0.016 .290 -0.025
wOBA .340 .323 -0.017 .339 0.016 .366 0.027 .286 -0.080 .294 0.008 .332 0.038 .272 -0.060
xSLG .361 .397 0.036 .474 0.077 .413 -0.061 .367 -0.046 .377 0.010 .390 0.013 .376 -0.014
SLG .395 .392 -0.003 .455 0.063 .506 0.051 .353 -0.153 .367 0.014