Clayton Richard
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 8, #245, Chicago White Sox | Michigan
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 8 15 4.79 32 32 0 197.1 151 1.52
2018 7 11 5.33 27 27 0 158.2 108 1.38
2019 1 5 5.96 10 10 0 45.1 22 1.57
11 Seasons 69 84 4.51 275 210 1 1,284.2 824 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 32 8-15 4.79 197.1 151 1.52
2018 27 7-11 5.33 158.2 108 1.38
2019 10 1-5 5.96 45.1 22 1.57
11 Seasons 275 69-84 4.51 1,284.2 824 1.43
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 31 615 151 5 3.3 2.8 88.5 113.2 0.2 30.5 .260 .375 .307 .295 .319 30.5 12.2 3.9 3.83 3.59
2016 32 1086 232 7 3.0 2.3 88.4 114.2 -0.8 25.9 .260 .355 .333 .308 .312 31.9 13.4 10.1 3.33 3.99
2017 33 3045 640 28 4.4 3.3 87.4 116.0 1.8 29.1 .278 .412 .357 .325 .366 33.3 17.6 6.9 4.79 4.57
2018 34 2387 504 31 6.2 4.5 90.6 112.9 2.2 28.8 .276 .446 .334 .349 .377 40.5 15.8 8.8 5.33 5.30
2019 35 728 157 15 9.6 7.5 92.1 116.4 5.1 29.9 .294 .500 .376 .379 .388 50.3 10.9 9.0 5.96 6.70
Player 7861 1684 86 5.1 3.9 89.0 116.4 1.7 28.7 .275 .419 .344 .332 .360 36.6 15.4 7.9
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Richard relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(56.9%) ,
Slider
(26.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(15.4%) ,
Changeup
(1.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 60.3 39.7 9.3 29.1 1.3 35.1 35.1 29.8 24.5 23.2 12.6 10.6 11.9 17.2
2016 66.4 33.6 9.9 22.0 1.7 31.0 40.9 27.6 23.3 29.7 12.9 7.8 11.2 14.7
2017 60.5 39.5 13.3 23.8 2.5 30.2 43.8 25.9 19.7 31.1 9.5 10.5 12.7 16.4
2018 57.7 42.3 15.7 23.6 3.0 36.9 40.1 23.0 23.0 27.0 7.7 13.9 13.1 15.3
2019 55.4 44.6 16.6 22.3 5.7 40.1 40.8 19.1 24.2 26.1 5.1 15.9 14.6 14.0
Player 60.0 40.0 13.5 23.8 2.7 33.7 41.2 25.0 22.0 28.5 9.3 11.6 12.7 15.7
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 1.3 54.3 9.9 26.5 4.0 3.3 2.8
2016 1.3 55.6 10.8 24.1 3.4 3.0 2.3
2017 5.9 42.2 11.9 30.5 3.4 4.4 3.3
2018 1.2 45.8 13.5 25.0 6.5 6.2 4.5
2019 2.5 44.6 15.9 21.7 5.1 9.6 7.5
Player 3.1 46.4 12.4 26.8 4.6 5.1 3.9
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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
2019 Slider TOR L 189 79.6 46.8 2.7 0.7GLV -8.3 -2.5 4.1 0.7GLV -4.7
2019 Sinker TOR L 414 90.2 33.1 6.1 18.4ARM 2.7 1.7 7.8 18.4ARM 4.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball TOR L 112 91.1 22.6 -4.7 12.9ARM 5.1 11.5 -4.2 12.9ARM 5.2
2019 Changeup TOR L 13 82.1 39.2 4.0 13.3ARM -0.8 3.0 4.9 13.3ARM -1.0
2018 Slider SD L 675 80.8 46.7 3.0 0.8GLV -6.7 -2.7 4.3 0.8GLV -4.7
2018 Changeup SD L 133 84.3 35.5 2.6 14.5ARM 0.9 5.0 2.6 14.5ARM 0.4
2018 Sinker SD L 1331 90.0 32.0 5.2 17.9ARM 2.2 3.5 6.0 17.9ARM 3.6
2018 4-Seam Fastball SD L 241 90.3 22.6 -4.4 12.2ARM 4.4 12.7 -2.9 12.2ARM 4.3
! 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 %
2019 Sinker 0.1 0 414 56.9 135 .306 .463 .378 8.5 4.4 7.2 .291 .436 .356 55.2
2019 Slider -4.2 -8 189 26.0 36 .267 .700 .474 30.9 33.3 17.1 .249 .589 .402 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -3 112 15.4 26 .333 .667 .460 13.3 15.4 12.5 .376 .757 .482 30.0
2019 Changeup 2.8 0 13 1.8 4 .000 .000 .175 25.0 0.0 0.0 .213 .230 .325 0.0
2018 Sinker -0.2 -2 1,331 55.8 439 .290 .470 .372 11.8 11.2 20.8 .297 .462 .364 41.5
2018 Slider -0.4 -3 675 28.3 184 .217 .342 .293 34.1 28.3 24.2 .227 .371 .308 39.1
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -3 241 10.1 28 .154 .500 .296 16.7 17.9 7.7 .252 .612 .385 38.1
2018 Changeup -0.5 -1 133 5.6 29 .259 .370 .303 22.2 3.4 6.3 .308 .528 .377 34.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 211 758 -7 8 -5 -2 -6
2009 654 2,612 11 12 -18 -12 -7
2010 846 3,164 16 13 -17 -15 -3
2011 421 1,622 8 4 -13 -5 -6
2012 906 3,151 7 15 -13 -12 -3
2013 238 849 -4 -3 -5 -3 -14
2015 180 611 1 2 -1 -2 -1
2016 303 1,074 4 1 -6 -4 -5
2017 848 3,014 -6 10 -16 -16 -27
2018 680 2,382 4 22 -21 -14 -9
2019 201 728 -4 5 -6 -6 -11
Player 5,488 19,965 31 89 -121 31 -91
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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 615 52.7 69.1 88.4 29.9 75.9 45.5 61.3 50.6 14.1 6.8 73.8
2016 1,086 46.2 65.1 85.3 28.4 64.5 43.9 62.7 45.4 20.9 6.2 80.6
2017 3,045 46.4 68.2 85.7 31.6 64.0 44.1 62.5 48.5 20.6 6.2 74.2
2018 2,387 48.6 68.8 86.3 25.1 59.3 42.9 61.6 46.3 19.5 7.6 75.8
2019 728 47.7 67.1 93.1 28.3 66.7 40.9 59.2 46.8 14.7 7.4 75.9
Player 7,861 47.7 68.0 86.8 28.8 64.0 43.5 61.9 47.4 19.2 6.8 75.7
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 61.1 47.3 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 32 40 6
2016 53 32 75 95 18 87 93 55 71 6 19 29 43 26 23 19 9
2017 35 12 42 74 28 17 79 43 49 21 75 21 86 18 22 3
2018 10 9 16 29 8 16 55 3 9 9 40 11 18 13 33 1
2019 13 39 7
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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 20.70 4 4.5 -1 2 3 2 50.0
2017 22.10 24 23.0 1 8 19 10 41.7
2018 22.65 19 17.6 1 12 14 7 36.8
2019 21.62 9 5.7 3 5 2 4 44.4
Player 22.09 56 50.8 5 27 38 23 41.1
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 4 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 5 3
2017 24 22 19 23 24 24 28 23 18 18 22 29 22 23 24 24 22 22 24 24 23 20 32 24 23 21 23 29 25 24 12
2018 19 22 14 22 17 14 18 13 11 11 15 23 26 15 16 21 18 17 16 20 20 18 27 19 16 14 13 19 24 18 11
2019 9 7 5 8 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 5 4
Player 56 56 41 58 50 48 57 46 37 38 46 63 60 47 51 57 49 49 51 52 53 48 70 54 50 45 46 60 61 52 30
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

2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019
Results
BA .272 +.028 .300 +.008 .308 -.045 .263 +.035 .298
xBA .260 .000 .260 +.018 .278 -.002 .276 +.018 .294
OBP .304 +.069 .373 -.013 .360 -.022 .338 +.035 .373
xOBP .293 +.048 .341 -.006 .335 +.016 .351 +.022 .373
SLG .410 -.021 .389 +.093 .482 -.050 .432 +.090 .522
xSLG .375 -.020 .355 +.057 .412 +.034 .446 +.054 .500
ISO .139 -.050 .089 +.085 .174 -.005 .169 +.056 .225
xISO .115 -.020 .095 +.039 .134 +.036 .170 +.036 .206
BABIP .297 +.041 .338 +.016 .354 -.062 .292 +.005 .297
wOBA .307 +.026 .333 +.024 .357 -.023 .334 +.042 .376
xwOBA .295 +.013 .308 +.017 .325 +.024 .349 +.030 .379
wOBACON .334 +.011 .345 +.064 .409 -.052 .357 +.026 .383
xwOBACON .319 -.007 .312 +.054 .366 +.011 .377 +.011 .388
BACON .311 +.038 .349 +.030 .379 -.060 .319 +.019 .338
xBACON .299 +.007 .306 +.039 .345 -.009 .336 +.002 .338
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 30.5 +1.4 31.9 +1.4 33.3 +7.2 40.5 +9.8 50.3
Avg Exit Velocity 88.5 -0.1 88.4 -1.0 87.4 +3.2 90.6 +1.5 92.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 30.5 -4.6 25.9 +3.2 29.1 -0.3 28.8 +1.1 29.9
Barrel % 3.3 -0.3 3.0 +1.4 4.4 +1.8 6.2 +3.4 9.6
Avg Launch Angle 0.2 -1.0 -0.8 +2.6 1.8 +0.4 2.2 +2.9 5.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.6 -0.2 91.4 -0.9 90.5 -0.5 90.0 +0.4 90.4
Breaking Velocity 83.4 -1.3 82.1 -0.6 81.5 -0.7 80.8 -1.2 79.6
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 -0.2 84.5 -0.8 83.7 +0.6 84.3 -2.2 82.1
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 5 +2 7 +21 28 +3 31 -16 15
Popup % 1.3 +0.4 1.7 +0.8 2.5 +0.5 3.0 +2.7 5.7
Flyball % 9.3 +0.6 9.9 +3.4 13.3 +2.4 15.7 +0.9 16.6
Line Drive % 29.1 -7.1 22.0 +1.8 23.8 -0.2 23.6 -1.3 22.3
Groundball % 60.3 +6.1 66.4 -5.9 60.5 -2.8 57.7 -2.3 55.4
Pull % 35.1 -4.1 31.0 -0.8 30.2 +6.7 36.9 +3.2 40.1
Straight Away % 35.1 +5.8 40.9 +2.9 43.8 -3.7 40.1 +0.7 40.8
Opposite Field % 29.8 -2.2 27.6 -1.7 25.9 -2.9 23.0 -3.9 19.1
Weak Contact % 1.3 0.0 1.3 +4.6 5.9 -4.7 1.2 +1.3 2.5
Pull Airball % 10.6 -2.8 7.8 +2.7 10.5 +3.4 13.9 +2.0 15.9
Topped Contact % 54.3 +1.3 55.6 -13.4 42.2 +3.6 45.8 -1.2 44.6
Under Contact % 9.9 +0.9 10.8 +1.1 11.9 +1.6 13.5 +2.4 15.9
Flare/Burner Contact % 26.5 -2.4 24.1 +6.4 30.5 -5.5 25.0 -3.3 21.7
Solid Contact % 4.0 -0.6 3.4 0.0 3.4 +3.1 6.5 -1.4 5.1
HR/FB % 21.4 -4.0 17.4 +10.8 28.2 -4.1 24.1 +10.5 34.6
Popups 2 +2 4 +12 16 -1 15 -6 9
Flyballs 14 +9 23 +62 85 -6 79 -53 26
Line Drives 44 +7 51 +101 152 -33 119 -84 35
Groundballs 91 +63 154 +233 387 -96 291 -204 87
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 52.7 -6.5 46.2 +0.2 46.4 +2.2 48.6 -0.9 47.7
Out of Zone % 47.3 +6.5 53.8 -0.2 53.6 -2.2 51.4 +0.9 52.3
Edge % 45.5 -1.6 43.9 +0.2 44.1 -1.2 42.9 -2.0 40.9
Zone Swing % 69.1 -4.0 65.1 +3.1 68.2 +0.6 68.8 -1.7 67.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 -1.5 28.4 +3.2 31.6 -6.5 25.1 +3.2 28.3
In Zone Contact % 88.4 -3.1 85.3 +0.4 85.7 +0.6 86.3 +6.8 93.1
Out of Zone Contact % 75.9 -11.4 64.5 -0.5 64.0 -4.7 59.3 +7.4 66.7
Whiff % 14.1 +6.8 20.9 -0.3 20.6 -1.1 19.5 -4.8 14.7
First Strike % 61.3 +1.4 62.7 -0.2 62.5 -0.9 61.6 -2.4 59.2
First Pitch Swing % 28.2 -1.4 26.8 +2.1 28.9 -1.6 27.3 +1.1 28.4
Swing % 50.6 -5.2 45.4 +3.1 48.5 -2.2 46.3 +0.5 46.8
Meatball Swing % 73.8 +6.8 80.6 -6.4 74.2 +1.6 75.8 +0.1 75.9
Meatball % 6.8 -0.6 6.2 0.0 6.2 +1.4 7.6 -0.2 7.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 10.7 +3.4 14.1 -0.8 13.3 -1.4 11.9 -5.5 6.4
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 23.0 +11.3 34.3 -0.1 34.2 +4.9 39.1 -6.7 32.4
In Zone 324 +178 502 +896 1,398 -240 1,158 -811 347
Out of Zone 291 +293 584 +1,032 1,616 -392 1,224 -843 381
Edge 280 +197 477 +853 1,330 -308 1,022 -724 298
In Zone Swings 224 +103 327 +626 953 -156 797 -564 233
Out of Zone Swings 87 +79 166 +345 511 -204 307 -199 108
In Zone Swing & Misses 24 +22 46 +81 127 -32 95 -80 15
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 20 +37 57 +118 175 -55 120 -85 35
Basic
Pitches 615 +471 1,086 +1,959 3,045 -658 2,387 -1,659 728
PA 181 +125 306 +552 858 -176 682 -481 201
AB 173 +97 270 +510 780 -176 604 -426 178
Hits 47 +34 81 +159 240 -81 159 -106 53
Singles 32 +34 66 +94 160 -60 100 -68 32
Doubles 9 +1 10 +38 48 -13 35 -24 11
Triples 3 -2 1 +7 8 -3 5 -4 1
Home Runs 3 +1 4 +20 24 -5 19 -10 9
Walks 7 +24 31 +28 59 +1 60 -42 18
Strikeouts 22 +19 41 +110 151 -43 108 -86 22
K% 12.2 +1.2 13.4 +4.2 17.6 -1.8 15.8 -4.9 10.9
BB% 3.9 +6.2 10.1 -3.2 6.9 +1.9 8.8 +0.2 9.0
HBP 1 +1 2 +6 8 +2 10 -6 4
Batted Balls 151 +81 232 +408 640 -136 504 -347 157
Number of Fastballs 493 +299 792 +1,278 2,070 -498 1,572 -1,046 526
Number of Offspeed 44 +103 147 +183 330 -197 133 -120 13
Number of Breaking 74 +61 135 +477 612 +63 675 -486 189
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 299 .331 221 7 3.2 78 13 16.7
2017 Shifts 841 .355 626 13 2.1 215 56 26.0
2018 Shifts 680 .335 535 6 1.1 145 26 17.9
2019 Shifts 201 .376 163 32 19.6 38 10 26.3
! 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 %
2010 966 12.8 78.3% 1.1% 524 19.0 11.1% 7.1%
2011 456 12.5 80.5% 0.7% 258 19.1 6.2% 7.4%
2012 986 13.4 70.5% 0.5% 413 19.9 2.4% 3.1%
2013 272 13.9 68.4% 0.7% 118 21.2 0.8% 5.1%
2015 179 15.4 45.3% 3.9% 95 20.0 14.7% 16.8%
2016 305 17.1 33.1% 3.0% 188 21.9 10.6% 8.0%
2017 868 15.3 45.5% 1.0% 465 20.8 1.3% 6.9%
2018 699 13.6 71.0% 0.4% 393 19.3 3.8% 5.1%
2019 214 14.4 58.4% 0.5% 131 19.5 3.1% 6.1%

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Pitch Distribution