Chris Stratton
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #20, San Francisco Giants | Mississippi State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 10 4 4.26 60 1 2 63.1 60 1.53
2023 2 1 3.92 64 0 1 82.2 81 1.14
2024 4 3 5.55 57 0 4 58.1 44 1.47
9 Seasons 41 27 4.53 359 42 16 603.1 548 1.42
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 60 10-4 4.26 63.1 60 1.53
2023 64 2-1 3.92 82.2 81 1.14
2024 57 4-3 5.55 58.1 44 1.47
9 Seasons 359 41-27 4.53 603.1 548 1.42
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
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 .360 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 .365 41.1 21.5 9.0 4.26 4.14
2023 32 1357 230 19 8.3 5.6 89.7 114.0 17.3 30.4 .225 .383 .283 .293 .349 39.1 24.0 7.4 3.92 3.58
2024 33 995 177 15 8.5 5.8 87.1 110.7 11.0 39.0 .255 .399 .326 .341 .357 37.9 17.1 12.8 5.55 4.97
Player 10401 1802 120 6.7 4.6 89.1 116.5 12.6 35.4 .255 .411 .323 .325 .373 37.3 21.0 9.5
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

Stratton relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(38.2%) ,
Curveball
(22.1%) ,
Slider
(20.6%) ,
Changeup
(10.0%) ,
Sinker
(8.8%) ,
Sweeper
(0.3%) ,


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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
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 39.1 31.7 20.9 8.3 32.2 30.0 37.8 2.6 28.7 31.3 21.7 7.0 8.3 5.6
2024 45.2 23.7 25.4 5.6 35.6 36.7 27.7 7.9 29.9 23.7 22.0 7.9 8.5 5.8
Player 43.0 24.0 27.3 5.8 32.9 37.7 29.4 3.5 30.9 24.7 26.0 6.4 6.7 4.6
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
2024 Curveball KC R 220 79.2 52.2 -1.3 16.5GLV 7.6 -8.3 -1.6 16.5GLV 7.1
2024 Changeup KC R 99 85.1 34.9 3.0 14.2ARM 0.2 2.7 2.2 14.2ARM 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball KC R 380 91.8 17.3 -1.0 6.6ARM -0.5 15.0 -0.8 6.6ARM -0.9
2024 Sweeper KC R 3 83.6 43.4 5.4 14.9GLV 1.3 -4.1 5.7 14.9GLV 0.6
2024 Slider KC R 205 86.1 35.2 0.1 4.2GLV -0.4 1.5 0.1 4.2GLV -0.9
2024 Sinker KC R 87 91.7 25.7 1.7 14.4ARM -0.4 6.8 0.5 14.4ARM -0.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 742 93.1 16.1 -0.5 3.5ARM -3.4 15.4 -0.4 3.5ARM -3.9
2023 Sinker TEX R 2 88.4 32.5 5.3 11.4ARM -3.0 2.3 5.3 11.4ARM -3.6
2023 Curveball TEX R 254 80.8 50.8 -0.7 16.3GLV 8.0 -8.6 -1.3 16.3GLV 7.4
2023 Changeup TEX R 96 86.8 33.4 3.2 13.1ARM -1.3 2.7 2.7 13.1ARM -1.3
2023 Sweeper TEX R 1 83.9 43.7 5.7 14.8GLV 1.3 -5.1 6.6 14.8GLV 0.7
2023 Slider TEX R 262 86.9 33.6 -0.5 6.2GLV 2.0 2.5 -1.0 6.2GLV 0.9
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -2 380 38.2 92 .284 .403 .389 21.2 17.4 17.4 .278 .467 .411 44.6
2024 Curveball 0.0 0 220 22.1 53 .174 .283 .249 25.8 28.3 19.2 .213 .307 .278 28.1
2024 Slider 0.6 1 205 20.6 58 .245 .396 .304 13.7 6.9 10.3 .276 .404 .322 38.0
2024 Changeup -0.3 0 99 9.9 28 .259 .481 .327 26.4 25.0 25.0 .238 .447 .307 30.0
2024 Sinker -6.3 -5 87 8.7 24 .300 .550 .454 16.3 8.3 11.1 .242 .308 .317 44.4
2024 Sweeper 4.5 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .229 .270 .212 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 10 742 54.7 178 .188 .286 .259 24.6 30.3 23.4 .200 .366 .293 45.6
2023 Slider -0.9 -2 262 19.3 75 .246 .507 .353 17.0 10.7 9.4 .250 .456 .313 37.5
2023 Curveball -2.8 -7 254 18.7 64 .323 .452 .363 13.5 17.2 14.7 .285 .387 .305 28.8
2023 Changeup 0.7 1 96 7.1 20 .167 .278 .240 36.2 35.0 18.4 .156 .262 .231 36.4
2023 Sinker 7.4 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Sweeper -5.5 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 97 85.1 80 15.0 1:45 2:45 -60
2024 Curveball 213 79.2 79 20.5 7:45 8:00 -15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 373 91.8 84 16.0 1:15 12:45 30
2024 Sinker 86 91.7 81 16.1 1:15 2:15 -60
2024 Slider 196 86.1 26 4.9 10:15 9:15 60
2023 Changeup 93 86.8 71 13.9 1:30 2:45 -75
2023 Curveball 248 80.9 78 20.6 7:45 8:00 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 731 93.1 74 15.4 1:00 12:30 30
2023 Slider 252 86.9 29 7.2 9:00 9:30 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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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 -22 -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 356 1,433 2 13 -11 -5 0
2024 256 994 1 7 -11 -4 -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 %
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 26.5 6.9 77.6
2023 1,357 51.0 67.0 80.8 27.2 68.5 45.4 61.2 47.5 22.0 7.4 73.0
2024 995 47.6 63.3 85.3 24.4 65.4 43.0 60.2 42.9 20.6 5.8 72.4
Player 10,401 48.5 67.1 83.1 26.8 57.9 43.8 60.5 46.4 23.9 6.8 76.8
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
2016 34 85 90
2017 30 25 54 75 14 78 77 71 73 36 15 32 28 31 97 100 78
2018 6 5 7 13 10 13 38 4 21 20 43 22 12 23 92 98 60
2019 33 20 50 72 19 65 86 56 65 27 27 41 33 33 95 99 78
2020 68 68 64 60 68 38 26 26 28 80 35 90 66 47 99 97 71
2021 66 64 62 60 60 57 62 46 64 62 29 66 60 40 99 98 69
2022 35 23 43 60 24 72 76 18 23 41 33 58 71 32 99 99 68
2023 75 73 63 51 82 46 41 30 50 54 65 20 28 34 98 99 68
2024 10 28 42 56 3 54 32 88 57 9 3 10 8 17 84 97 52
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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 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 17.5 2 10 13 8 42.1
2019 22.4 13 8.0 5 3 6 3 23.1
2020 22.8 3 2.3 1 2 3 0 0.0
2021 24.3 9 8.8 0 3 6 4 44.4
2022 26.5 4 4.0 0 5 3 2 50.0
2023 23.4 9 8.6 0 9 7 3 33.3
2024 23.0 5 5.3 0 5 4 2 40.0
Player 23.2 68 61.3 7 39 50 23 33.8
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 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 23 13 16 15 15 18 16 14 13 15 20 25 15 17 22 17 15 17 20 20 18 25 19 16 13 15 20 23 16 15
2019 13 9 6 8 8 9 9 9 5 7 7 8 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 2 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 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 6 3 3 3 4 6 4 5 3
2023 9 5 6 11 8 7 9 6 8 6 8 10 11 7 10 10 10 6 11 11 7 10 15 11 6 6 7 8 12 9 7
2024 5 4 3 6 4 5 6 3 5 4 5 7 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 9 5 6 10 6 4 5 5 7 6 6 6
Player 68 67 49 63 58 59 67 55 47 45 55 69 73 53 64 67 61 52 67 70 62 64 90 69 51 51 54 71 76 62 47
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
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 91.8 -1.3
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 86.8 0.0 85.1 -1.7
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 82.6 -1.3
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 87.1 -2.6
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 17.3 4.5 11.0 -6.3
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 8.3 2.6 8.5 0.2
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 39.1 -2.0 37.9 -1.2
LA 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 30.4 -2.9 39.0 8.6
xBA .242 .264 0.022 .283 0.019 .267 -0.016 .221 -0.046 .228 0.007 .256 0.028 .225 -0.031 .255 0.030
BA .289 .266 -0.023 .273 0.007 .300 0.027 .224 -0.076 .233 0.009 .291 0.058 .227 -0.064 .248 0.021
xwOBA .308 .330 0.022 .356 0.026 .327 -0.029 .294 -0.033 .299 0.005 .315 0.016 .293 -0.022 .341 0.048
wOBA .340 .323 -0.017 .339 0.016 .366 0.027 .286 -0.080 .294 0.008 .332 0.038 .283 -0.049 .326 0.043
xSLG .361 .397 0.036 .474 0.077 .413 -0.061 .367 -0.046 .377 0.010 .390 0.013 .383 -0.007 .399 0.016
SLG .395 .392 -0.003 .455 0.063 .506 0.051 .353 -0.153 .367 0.014 .405 0.038 .368 -0.037 .397 0.029
K% 14.0 19.9 5.9 17.9 -2.0 20.1 2.2 29.8 9.7 25.5 -4.3 21.5 -4.0 24.0 2.5 17.1 -6.9
BB% 11.6 10.9 -0.7 8.6 -2.3 9.6 1.0 9.9 0.3 9.8 -0.1 9.0 -0.8 7.4 -1.6 12.8 5.4
Swing % 43.5 44.9 1.4 45.9 1.0 48.0 2.1 46.4 -1.6 47.3 0.9 48.0 0.7 47.5 -0.5 42.9 -4.6
Whiff% 19.2 22.0 2.8 20.8 -1.2 24.2 3.4 35.0 10.8 28.3 -6.7 26.5 -1.8 22.0 -4.5 20.6 -1.4
In Zone % 46.4 49.2 2.8 50.5 1.3 48.0 -2.5 43.0 -5.0 47.3 4.3 46.0 -1.3 51.0 5.0 47.6 -3.4
Out of Zone % 53.6 50.8 -2.8 49.5 -1.3 52.0 2.5 57.0 5.0 52.7 -4.3 54.0 1.3 49.0 -5.0 52.4 3.4
Out of Zone Swing % 16.7 25.8 9.1 24.3 -1.5 27.7 3.4 29.5 1.8 29.0 -0.5 31.5 2.5 27.2 -4.3 24.4 -2.8
First Pitch Swing % 20.9 25.0 4.1 27.4 2.4 33.5 6.1 27.5 -6.0 30.4 2.9 29.7 -0.7 30.8 1.1 25.8 -5.0
First Pitch Strike % 41.9 59.0 17.1 62.0 3.0 59.8 -2.2 63.4 3.6 60.3 -3.1 60.6 0.3 61.2 0.6 60.2 -1.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 43 .340 21 0 0.0 22 3 13.6
2017 Shifts 256 .323 129 0 0.0 127 23 18.1
2018 Shifts 624 .339 286 17 5.9 338 95 28.1
2019 Shifts 312 .350 173 40 23.1 139 45 32.4
2020 Shifts 131 .286 70 28 40.0 61 24 39.3
2021 Shifts 332 .295 186 17 9.1 146 92 63.0
2022 Shifts 277 .332 175 27 15.4 102 53 52.0
2023 Shades 338 .283 234 1 0.4 104 57 54.8
2024 Shades 256 .326 148 1 0.7 108 34 31.5
! 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 %
2016 51 19.1 13.7% 7.8% 30 24.1 0.0% 23.3%
2017 314 16.0 37.9% 0.6% 181 22.7 0.0% 6.1%
2018 760 15.5 41.1% 1.1% 390 22.9 0.0% 9.7%
2019 357 18.0 18.8% 2.8% 200 24.1 0.0% 8.5%
2020 157 20.9 0.6% 4.5% 78 26.0 0.0% 14.1%
2021 400 20.1 1.8% 3.8% 203 25.8 0.0% 17.7%
2022 263 20.4 1.5% 6.5% 219 23.7 0.0% 6.8%
2023 328 16.0 31.1% 0.3% 246 18.2 5.3% 0.4%
2024 250 15.7 34.8% 0.8% 217 17.8 6.9% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution