Cole Hamels
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 205LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 1, #17, Philadelphia Phillies | Rancho Bernardo HS (San Diego, CA)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 9 12 3.78 32 32 0 190.2 188 1.26
2019 7 7 3.81 27 27 0 141.2 143 1.39
2020 0 1 8.10 1 1 0 3.1 2 1.20
15 Seasons 163 122 3.43 423 422 0 2,698 2,560 1.18
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 32 9-12 3.78 190.2 188 1.26
2019 27 7-7 3.81 141.2 143 1.39
2020 1 0-1 8.10 3.1 2 1.20
15 Seasons 423 163-122 3.43 2,698 2,560 1.18
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 3343 593 26 4.4 3.0 87.7 114.2 9.7 30.7 .231 .351 .294 .288 .347 33.4 24.4 7.0 3.65 3.41
2016 32 3253 563 34 6.0 4.0 87.6 113.2 8.0 32.0 .244 .395 .307 .315 .372 35.7 23.6 9.1 3.32 4.19
2017 33 2312 445 24 5.4 3.9 87.9 113.0 10.6 32.1 .251 .427 .301 .327 .351 36.0 17.1 8.6 4.20 4.64
2018 34 3061 532 40 7.5 5.0 88.6 113.6 10.9 34.4 .255 .422 .325 .332 .393 35.9 23.4 8.1 3.78 4.73
2019 35 2394 409 31 7.6 5.0 90.3 118.3 11.3 31.1 .247 .417 .317 .322 .379 41.3 23.2 9.1 3.81 4.60
2020 36 52 11 2 18.2 14.3 88.9 104.1 18.9 45.5 .352 .538 .290 .380 .420 45.5 14.3 7.1 8.10 6.48
Player 14415 2553 157 6.1 4.2 88.3 118.3 10.0 32.1 .245 .400 .308 .316 .368 36.2 22.6 8.3
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

Hamels relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(30.8%) ,
Changeup
(28.8%) ,
Curveball
(15.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(15.4%) ,
Sinker
(9.6%) ,


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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 49.6 16.0 28.2 6.2 35.9 36.3 26.5 4.2 37.1 19.9 26.0 5.7 4.4 3.0
2016 49.7 20.4 25.2 4.6 43.3 35.3 21.3 4.3 36.2 19.9 26.1 5.2 6.0 4.0
2017 48.1 22.5 24.3 5.2 34.2 42.7 23.1 4.0 35.3 23.6 24.9 5.8 5.4 3.9
2018 46.2 23.3 25.0 5.5 40.8 36.8 22.2 3.0 34.2 21.6 26.9 5.6 7.5 5.0
2019 47.4 21.5 24.9 6.1 37.7 41.6 20.8 2.9 33.5 23.5 25.4 5.9 7.6 5.0
2020 36.4 9.1 36.4 18.2 90.9 9.1 0.0 0.0 36.4 27.3 18.2 0.0 18.2 14.3
Player 48.3 20.5 25.7 5.6 38.8 38.0 22.8 3.7 35.4 21.5 25.9 5.6 6.1 4.2
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

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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
2020 Curveball ATL L 8 75.8 58.7 -0.3 4.6GLV -5.5 -10.7 1.9 4.6GLV -3.6
2020 Changeup ATL L 15 80.9 31.1 -0.7 14.4ARM 2.2 11.1 -3.3 14.4ARM 0.8
2020 Sinker ATL L 5 87.9 26.0 1.0 17.6ARM 4.0 9.7 -1.0 17.6ARM 3.1
2020 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 8 88.4 19.2 -1.0 10.9ARM 4.4 16.1 0.1 10.9ARM 3.4
2020 Cutter ATL L 16 85.8 26.1 3.7 3.0ARM -6.0 11.1 3.4 3.0ARM -4.9
2019 Curveball CHC L 299 78.0 56.7 0.5 6.2GLV -3.1 -10.5 1.8 6.2GLV -1.9
2019 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 849 91.4 17.1 -0.6 7.8ARM 1.2 15.7 0.0 7.8ARM 0.1
2019 Cutter CHC L 446 87.6 26.6 1.0 0.0GLV -1.9 8.9 0.8 0.0GLV -1.3
2019 Sinker CHC L 289 91.1 22.6 0.0 13.5ARM -0.7 10.4 -0.9 13.5ARM -0.6
2019 Changeup CHC L 511 83.3 30.8 0.0 13.1ARM 0.3 8.7 -0.8 13.1ARM -1.2
! 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 %
2020 Cutter -1.0 0 16 30.8 1 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .168 .181 .177 0.0
2020 Changeup -10.9 -2 15 28.8 9 .375 .625 .456 30.0 11.1 14.3 .460 .736 .531 42.9
2020 Curveball 3.9 0 8 15.4 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball 4.2 0 8 15.4 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2020 Sinker 12.7 1 5 9.6 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .184 .194 .121 66.7
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -7 849 35.5 193 .317 .565 .419 22.4 17.6 17.6 .282 .518 .393 53.4
2019 Changeup 2.5 13 511 21.3 157 .170 .270 .245 43.5 32.5 28.8 .189 .318 .260 22.8
2019 Cutter 2.6 12 446 18.6 117 .194 .320 .259 18.3 17.9 16.3 .230 .408 .304 35.3
2019 Curveball -1.5 -5 299 12.5 58 .304 .357 .306 35.0 39.7 21.5 .217 .283 .229 33.3
2019 Sinker -0.7 -2 289 12.1 91 .358 .469 .396 12.9 15.4 16.1 .317 .489 .376 54.4
! 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
2020 Changeup 15 80.9 98 18.0 10:00 10:00 0
2020 Cutter 13 85.8 70 10.7 10:45 11:30 -45
! 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
2008 1020 3,836 22 36 -10 -8 41
2009 886 3,426 19 4 -18 -10 -5
2010 900 3,543 20 21 -10 -10 20
2011 874 3,237 13 40 -6 -9 38
2012 860 3,291 15 17 -4 -11 16
2013 900 3,405 14 16 -11 -10 9
2014 826 3,127 13 37 -13 -10 27
2015 930 3,550 3 36 -15 -12 13
2016 867 3,332 7 25 -17 -12 3
2017 612 2,311 21 9 -9 -12 9
2018 815 3,086 16 11 -17 -16 -7
2019 616 2,394 11 30 -19 -11 11
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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 3,343 49.1 69.0 80.7 32.8 50.1 43.6 60.8 50.6 28.4 7.0 76.8
2016 3,253 45.4 66.6 82.3 33.8 56.3 43.0 57.5 48.7 27.2 6.1 70.7
2017 2,312 48.0 68.1 84.4 27.0 63.1 43.3 56.4 46.8 21.5 7.4 76.6
2018 3,061 47.1 68.6 81.7 29.3 52.9 43.8 60.1 47.8 27.0 6.7 78.9
2019 2,394 47.7 68.7 78.6 27.8 56.0 46.2 57.5 47.3 27.4 6.0 84.6
2020 52 42.3 68.2 80.0 36.7 54.5 36.5 64.3 50.0 26.9 5.8 33.3
Player 14,415 47.4 68.2 81.5 30.6 55.0 43.9 58.7 48.4 26.6 6.6 77.0
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 73 64 73 72 66 17 67 62 46 75 58 85 83 53 28 48 75
2016 46 56 54 54 40 12 49 74 38 70 32 79 89 49 19 14 69
2017 33 44 35 33 35 26 60 31 23 18 44 28 43 35 13 11 69
2018 23 28 29 33 24 4 28 41 44 57 50 65 65 36 19 14 68
2019 40 45 47 50 38 20 37 11 12 53 33 63 34 23 11 4 62
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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 21.9 25 24.8 0 10 18 12 48.0
2017 22.6 18 17.4 1 12 14 6 33.3
2018 22.2 29 23.8 5 13 14 13 44.8
2019 22.6 17 16.8 0 9 7 11 64.7
2020 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
Player 22.3 89 83.0 6 44 54 42 47.2
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 25 28 19 25 25 21 27 28 21 19 23 29 25 23 25 25 15 22 26 26 25 21 34 32 25 24 23 32 28 27 20
2017 18 18 14 20 16 16 19 19 11 14 15 23 19 17 18 19 16 15 21 15 19 18 22 20 19 15 14 21 20 19 11
2018 29 31 22 21 22 19 25 24 22 17 22 28 30 23 20 30 18 20 23 27 25 26 31 24 18 16 23 28 30 27 21
2019 17 20 14 16 16 16 18 17 14 13 15 18 22 15 15 17 17 15 17 16 18 20 18 22 16 16 15 19 22 15 11
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Player 89 97 69 82 79 72 90 88 68 63 75 99 96 78 78 91 66 72 88 85 87 86 106 98 78 71 76 101 100 89 63
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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.3 92.0 -0.3 ↓ 91.1 -0.9 ↓ 90.7 -0.4 ↓ 90.3 -0.4 ↓ 86.9 -3.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 84.7 -0.2 ↓ 83.1 -1.6 ↓ 83.4 0.3 ↑ 83.3 -0.1 ↓ 80.9 -2.4 ↓
Breaking Velocity 78.8 79.8 1.0 ↑ 79.0 -0.8 ↓ 80.5 1.5 ↑ 78.0 -2.5 ↓ 75.8 -2.2 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.7 87.6 -0.1 ↓ 87.9 0.3 ↑ 88.6 0.7 ↑ 90.3 1.7 ↑ 88.9 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 9.7 8.0 -1.7 ↓ 10.6 2.6 ↑ 10.9 0.3 ↑ 11.3 0.4 ↑ 18.9 7.6 ↑
Barrel % 4.4 6.0 1.6 ↑ 5.4 -0.6 ↓ 7.5 2.1 ↑ 7.6 0.1 ↑ 18.2 10.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.4 35.7 2.3 ↑ 36.0 0.3 ↑ 35.9 -0.1 ↓ 41.3 5.4 ↑ 45.5 4.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.7 32.0 1.3 ↑ 32.1 0.1 ↑ 34.4 2.3 ↑ 31.1 -3.3 ↓ 45.5 14.4 ↑
xBA .231 .244 0.013 ↑ .251 0.007 ↑ .255 0.004 ↑ .247 -0.008 ↓ .352 0.105 ↑
BA .237 .243 0.006 ↑ .228 -0.015 ↓ .246 0.018 ↑ .260 0.014 ↑ .250 -0.010 ↓
xwOBA .288 .315 0.027 ↑ .327 0.012 ↑ .332 0.005 ↑ .322 -0.010 ↓ .380 0.058 ↑
wOBA .294 .307 0.013 ↑ .301 -0.006 ↓ .325 0.024 ↑ .317 -0.008 ↓ .290 -0.027 ↓
xSLG .351 .395 0.044 ↑ .427 0.032 ↑ .422 -0.005 ↓ .417 -0.005 ↓ .538 0.121 ↑
SLG .369 .380 0.011 ↑ .385 0.005 ↑ .422 0.037 ↑ .406 -0.016 ↓ .417 0.011 ↑
K% 24.4 23.6 -0.8 ↓ 17.1 -6.5 ↓ 23.4 6.3 ↑ 23.2 -0.2 ↓ 14.3 -8.9 ↓
BB% 7.0 9.1 2.1 ↑ 8.6 -0.5 ↓ 8.1 -0.5 ↓ 9.1 1.0 ↑ 7.1 -2.0 ↓
Swing % 50.6 48.7 -1.9 ↓ 46.8 -1.9 ↓ 47.8 1.0 ↑ 47.3 -0.5 ↓ 50.0 2.7 ↑
Whiff% 28.4 27.2 -1.2 ↓ 21.5 -5.7 ↓ 27.0 5.5 ↑ 27.4 0.4 ↑ 26.9 -0.5 ↓
In Zone % 49.1 45.4 -3.7 ↓ 48.0 2.6 ↑ 47.1 -0.9 ↓ 47.7 0.6 ↑ 42.3 -5.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.9 54.6 3.7 ↑ 52.0 -2.6 ↓ 52.9 0.9 ↑ 52.3 -0.6 ↓ 57.7 5.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.8 33.8 1.0 ↑ 27.0 -6.8 ↓ 29.3 2.3 ↑ 27.8 -1.5 ↓ 36.7 8.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 33.4 29.5 -3.9 ↓ 28.0 -1.5 ↓ 31.1 3.1 ↑ 28.8 -2.3 ↓ 35.7 6.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.8 57.5 -3.3 ↓ 56.4 -1.1 ↓ 60.1 3.7 ↑ 57.5 -2.6 ↓ 64.3 6.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 830 .305 672 23 3.4 158 27 17.1
2017 Shifts 611 .301 484 22 4.5 127 44 34.6
2018 Shifts 805 .325 663 9 1.4 142 6 4.2
2019 Shifts 616 .317 485 47 9.7 131 26 19.8
2020 Shifts 14 .290 13 0 0.0 1 1 100.0
! 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 1047 16.0 38.4% 2.8% 482 20.8 3.5% 6.4%
2011 992 14.7 54.3% 1.0% 437 19.4 1.8% 2.3%
2012 937 15.3 45.3% 1.3% 468 20.3 2.4% 5.3%
2013 940 15.8 39.1% 1.0% 499 21.1 0.8% 6.6%
2014 815 16.1 35.0% 1.6% 473 22.9 0.0% 7.6%
2015 940 16.5 37.2% 2.9% 482 22.6 5.2% 13.9%
2016 922 16.4 36.6% 3.3% 496 22.1 3.2% 13.7%
2017 730 17.0 20.5% 1.5% 344 22.1 0.0% 8.1%
2018 876 16.1 34.1% 2.1% 494 22.1 0.0% 8.1%
2019 665 16.0 34.4% 1.2% 426 22.0 0.0% 4.9%
2020 12 15.7 33.3% 0.0% 12 22.0 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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