Danny Farquhar
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 185LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 10, #309, Toronto Blue Jays | Louisiana - Lafayette
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 1 0 3.06 35 0 0 35.1 46 1.36
2017 4 2 4.20 52 0 0 49.1 45 1.36
2018 1 1 5.63 8 0 0 8 9 0.75
7 Seasons 10 15 3.93 253 0 18 272.1 309 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 35 1-0 3.06 35.1 46 1.36
2017 52 4-2 4.20 49.1 45 1.36
2018 8 1-1 5.63 8 9 0.75
7 Seasons 253 10-15 3.93 272.1 309 1.26
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
2015 28 824 153 12 7.8 5.5 87.0 109.6 13.6 34.6 .240 .417 .348 .319 .383 31.4 21.9 7.8 5.12 4.22
2016 29 670 93 8 8.6 5.1 87.9 111.7 9.6 40.9 .230 .395 .338 .314 .397 39.8 29.1 9.5 3.06 4.16
2017 30 889 138 4 2.9 1.9 87.1 108.1 17.5 26.8 .194 .304 .284 .279 .286 24.6 20.9 13.0 4.20 3.30
2018 31 116 20 1 5.0 3.4 88.5 106.4 19.1 40.0 .169 .350 .326 .219 .318 40.0 31.0 0.0 5.63 2.00
Player 2499 404 25 6.2 4.0 87.3 111.7 14.3 33.7 .219 .371 .323 .299 .350 31.4 23.8 9.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Farquhar relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(56.9%) ,
Changeup
(35.3%) ,
Curveball
(7.8%) ,


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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 40.5 21.6 28.8 9.2 28.8 35.9 32.0 3.3 30.1 27.5 24.2 3.3 7.8 5.5
2016 40.9 24.7 28.0 6.5 41.9 34.4 22.6 7.5 29.0 19.4 28.0 7.5 8.6 5.1
2017 44.2 27.5 15.9 12.3 34.1 34.8 31.2 5.8 28.3 36.2 19.6 5.1 2.9 1.9
2018 35.0 30.0 25.0 10.0 45.0 25.0 30.0 5.0 30.0 35.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 3.4
Player 41.6 24.8 24.0 9.7 34.4 34.7 29.5 5.2 29.2 29.0 23.0 5.2 6.2 4.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 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
2018 Changeup CWS R 41 85.9 31.1 0.7 2 17.6 3.8 28
2018 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 66 92.3 12.4 3.9 24 7.1 -0.2 -2
2018 Curveball CWS R 9 75.2 58.0 -2.9 -5 12.6 2.2 22
2017 Curveball CWS R 94 74.8 60.3 1.2 2 12.1 1.7 17
2017 Changeup CWS R 297 86.7 29.8 1.8 6 18.5 4.6 33
2017 Sinker CWS R 5 92.8 17.7 -3.2 -15 18.6 3.8 25
2017 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 490 93.2 11.9 2.6 18 10.3 2.3 29
2016 Changeup TB R 214 87.3 31.5 1.3 4 11.9 -1.0 -8
2016 Cutter TB R 82 90.2 20.7 4.3 17 3.6 1.0 39
2016 Sinker TB R 1 92.0 18.5 -4.3 -19 15.4 1.5 11
2016 4-Seam Fastball TB R 282 93.2 12.5 3.7 23 3.8 -3.4 -47
2016 Curveball TB R 86 75.8 57.4 -1.8 -3 18.2 7.0 62
2015 Curveball SEA R 128 75.2 61.1 1.1 2 13.8 2.8 25
2015 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 223 93.5 16.5 -0.2 -2 6.8 -0.4 -5
2015 Changeup SEA R 115 85.5 36.5 5.0 16 10.9 -2.2 -17
2015 Sinker SEA R 11 93.0 23.9 1.0 4 11.0 -3.3 -23
2015 Cutter SEA R 326 89.5 23.9 1.9 7 1.9 -0.7 -27
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -5.4 -4 66 56.9 18 .333 .944 .522 21.6 22.2 21.1 .231 .502 .307 50.0
2018 Changeup 4.4 2 41 35.3 10 .000 .000 .000 45.8 50.0 26.3 .057 .076 .060 20.0
2018 Curveball 2.7 0 9 7.8 1 -- -- .000 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- .232 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 490 55.1 110 .253 .402 .355 23.1 13.6 10.9 .227 .416 .337 32.5
2017 Changeup 2.7 8 297 33.4 93 .183 .195 .211 37.4 30.1 23.5 .160 .193 .212 14.0
2017 Curveball 0.2 0 94 10.6 6 .400 .600 .475 30.8 16.7 25.0 .212 .253 .284 25.0
2017 Sinker -9.1 0 5 0.6 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 217 904 4 6 -5 -2 3
2014 288 1,131 10 9 -6 -3 9
2015 217 817 -4 4 -5 -3 -7
2016 157 666 0 4 -1 -4 0
2017 211 889 5 14 -6 -6 7
2018 29 116 -3 1 0 0 -1
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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 824 46.4 67.5 81.0 29.0 60.2 40.9 58.4 46.8 24.6 7.8 67.2
2016 670 42.4 64.8 79.9 35.5 51.8 40.0 53.8 47.9 32.1 6.3 69.0
2017 889 47.2 66.4 76.3 30.5 60.8 41.2 59.4 47.5 28.9 6.9 68.9
2018 116 47.4 74.5 78.0 36.1 54.5 35.3 55.2 54.3 30.2 7.8 88.9
Player 2,499 45.7 66.8 78.9 31.7 57.4 40.5 57.4 47.7 28.4 7.0 69.3
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
2015 31 55 27 12 50 55 8 81 64 61 43 65 45 60 89 82 80
2016 54 88 83 72
2017 81 92 94 89 54 97 96 52 97 43 4 80 78 55 85 75 58
2018 40 77 65
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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 23.5 8 7.0 1 4 6 2 25.0
2017 24.0 3 3.9 -1 4 3 2 66.7
2018 23.5 3 2.4 1 0 3 0 0.0
Player 23.6 14 13.4 1 8 12 4 28.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 8 6 4 9 7 6 8 9 7 6 7 10 6 6 7 7 4 6 7 8 8 5 10 8 7 6 7 10 7 7 6
2017 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 2 3 4 6 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 6 3 4 3 4 6 4 6 2
2018 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 2 3 3 3 3 2
Player 14 12 9 17 14 13 16 14 12 11 13 19 12 11 13 14 9 12 13 15 14 11 19 14 11 11 14 19 14 16 10
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.2 92.6 1.4 93.2 0.6 92.3 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 85.5 87.3 1.8 86.7 -0.6 85.9 -0.8
Breaking Velocity 75.2 75.8 0.6 74.8 -1.0 75.2 0.4
Exit Velocity 87.0 87.9 0.9 87.1 -0.8 88.5 1.4
Launch Angle 13.6 9.6 -4.0 17.5 7.9 19.1 1.6
Barrel % 7.8 8.6 0.8 2.9 -5.7 5.0 2.1
Hard Hit % 31.4 39.8 8.4 24.6 -15.2 40.0 15.4
Sweet Spot % 34.6 40.9 6.3 26.8 -14.1 40.0 13.2
xBA .240 .230 -0.010 .194 -0.036 .169 -0.025
BA .266 .241 -0.025 .223 -0.018 .214 -0.009
xwOBA .319 .314 -0.005 .279 -0.035 .219 -0.060
wOBA .348 .338 -0.010 .284 -0.054 .326 0.042
xSLG .417 .395 -0.022 .304 -0.091 .350 0.046
SLG .492 .453 -0.039 .309 -0.144 .607 0.298
K% 21.9 29.1 7.2 20.9 -8.2 31.0 10.1
BB% 7.8 9.5 1.7 13.0 3.5 0.0 -13.0
Swing % 46.8 47.9 1.1 47.5 -0.4 54.3 6.8
Whiff% 24.6 32.1 7.5 28.9 -3.2 30.2 1.3
In Zone % 46.4 42.4 -4.0 47.2 4.8 47.4 0.2
Out of Zone % 53.6 57.6 4.0 52.8 -4.8 52.6 -0.2
Out of Zone Swing % 29.0 35.5 6.5 30.5 -5.0 36.1 5.6
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 22.2 -6.1 23.1 0.9 27.6 4.5
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 53.8 -4.6 59.4 5.6 55.2 -4.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 157 .338 102 27 26.5 55 25 45.5
2017 Shifts 211 .284 110 19 17.3 101 31 30.7
2018 Shifts 29 .326 24 2 8.3 5 3 60.0
! 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 %
2011 4 14.3 50.0% 0.0% 16 16.6 25.0% 0.0%
2013 274 15.2 46.0% 2.9% 133 19.1 7.5% 3.8%
2014 300 15.3 44.3% 2.3% 181 18.8 7.2% 6.6%
2015 237 16.2 43.0% 3.8% 142 18.5 22.5% 8.5%
2016 169 15.6 42.6% 0.0% 129 18.8 14.7% 3.9%
2017 243 15.5 42.8% 0.8% 164 19.0 4.9% 7.3%
2018 32 15.4 34.4% 9.4% 14 20.3 7.1% 7.1%
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Pitch Distribution