Eddie Butler
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 180LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: C-A, #46, Colorado Rockies | Radford
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 2 5 7.17 17 9 0 64 47 1.69
2017 4 3 3.95 13 11 0 54.2 30 1.43
2018 2 3 5.62 30 0 2 49.2 29 1.57
5 Seasons 12 22 5.80 79 39 2 263.2 153 1.66
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 17 2-5 7.17 64 47 1.69
2017 13 4-3 3.95 54.2 30 1.43
2018 30 2-3 5.62 49.2 29 1.57
5 Seasons 79 12-22 5.80 263.2 153 1.66
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 24 1356 280 17 6.1 4.6 87.5 111.2 5.8 31.8 .287 .464 .406 .368 .378 32.9 11.9 11.4 5.90 5.89
2016 25 1079 222 15 6.8 5.1 90.9 114.1 9.7 32.4 .300 .495 .398 .366 .411 43.2 16.0 7.2 7.17 5.90
2017 26 918 177 11 6.2 4.6 87.0 112.5 10.6 35.6 .289 .476 .312 .366 .376 32.8 12.7 11.8 3.95 6.00
2018 27 842 178 12 6.7 5.3 89.2 110.0 6.9 29.2 .277 .447 .361 .345 .363 36.5 12.7 8.3 5.62 5.16
Player 4195 857 55 6.4 4.9 88.6 114.1 8.1 32.2 .289 .471 .375 .362 .383 36.3 13.3 9.8
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

Butler relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(34.1%) ,
Sinker
(29.6%) ,
Changeup
(12.4%) ,
Cutter
(12.4%) ,
Curveball
(11.5%) ,


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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 51.1 15.7 28.9 4.3 40.0 33.6 26.4 4.6 35.7 17.1 26.8 4.3 6.1 4.6
2016 48.2 19.4 28.4 4.1 31.5 36.9 31.5 3.6 32.9 18.0 32.0 3.6 6.8 5.1
2017 45.2 14.1 31.6 9.0 39.5 38.4 22.0 7.3 33.3 19.8 23.7 8.5 6.2 4.6
2018 52.8 23.0 20.8 3.4 42.7 38.2 19.1 1.1 43.3 19.7 23.6 4.5 6.7 5.3
Player 49.5 17.9 27.7 5.0 38.3 36.4 25.3 4.2 36.1 18.4 26.8 5.0 6.4 4.9
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
2018 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 287 93.6 15.5 0.4 9.0ARM 1.4 16.9 1.2 9.0ARM 1.8
2018 Sinker TEX R 249 93.5 19.7 -1.8 15.6ARM 1.0 12.7 -3.4 15.6ARM 0.9
2018 Changeup TEX R 104 88.4 28.5 0.2 16.5ARM 2.9 7.6 -0.9 16.5ARM 3.2
2018 Curveball TEX R 97 84.0 43.8 -5.9 3.3GLV -3.4 -3.3 -6.3 3.3GLV -5.9
2018 Cutter TEX R 104 89.5 29.5 -2.4 0.4GLV -1.9 5.8 -2.5 0.4GLV -2.2
2017 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 389 93.3 14.4 -0.1 9.9ARM 1.7 18.2 1.1 9.9ARM 1.8
2017 Cutter CHC R 44 90.7 24.6 -1.1 0.5GLV -1.5 9.6 0.3 0.5GLV -1.8
2017 Sinker CHC R 256 93.2 19.4 -0.9 16.0ARM 0.6 13.2 -2.4 16.0ARM 0.6
2017 Changeup CHC R 84 87.1 27.8 0.1 16.5ARM 3.1 9.4 -0.9 16.5ARM 2.9
2017 Curveball CHC R 141 81.3 47.4 -4.7 2.7GLV -3.9 -4.1 -3.9 2.7GLV -5.9
! 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -9 287 34.1 85 .333 .587 .422 14.7 14.1 14.3 .307 .561 .388 47.8
2018 Sinker 0.3 1 249 29.6 68 .250 .321 .338 10.8 10.3 13.2 .261 .346 .339 22.0
2018 Cutter -7.5 -8 104 12.4 27 .417 .708 .570 20.0 7.4 6.3 .335 .495 .399 50.0
2018 Changeup -1.6 -2 104 12.4 34 .235 .559 .329 18.0 14.7 12.2 .232 .414 .279 31.0
2018 Curveball 1.0 1 97 11.5 13 .154 .231 .235 21.9 23.1 8.6 .187 .210 .177 20.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -4 389 42.4 92 .266 .443 .369 15.8 12.0 11.0 .316 .567 .416 45.6
2017 Sinker 1.2 3 256 27.9 65 .278 .352 .333 16.1 9.2 11.3 .270 .384 .346 20.4
2017 Curveball 3.3 5 141 15.4 40 .111 .250 .205 29.3 20.0 15.7 .274 .431 .337 32.1
2017 Changeup -0.4 0 84 9.2 24 .273 .364 .321 11.1 12.5 13.0 .257 .406 .290 25.0
2017 Cutter 1.0 0 44 4.8 14 .286 .429 .307 18.5 14.3 13.3 .293 .540 .355 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 74 254 0 2 -3 0 -2
2015 366 1,342 -13 1 -9 -5 -26
2016 292 1,075 -11 -3 -9 -6 -29
2017 235 914 6 10 -7 -5 4
2018 227 841 1 -4 -9 -4 -17
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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 1,356 46.1 68.8 86.7 25.4 71.5 43.9 57.0 45.4 16.2 6.6 77.8
2016 1,079 47.1 65.4 87.0 29.6 66.3 43.1 58.4 46.4 19.4 5.4 81.0
2017 918 48.6 70.9 87.6 24.3 68.4 42.0 60.3 46.7 17.5 7.3 83.6
2018 842 47.4 70.2 90.4 29.6 72.5 41.1 64.8 48.8 15.1 6.8 75.4
Player 4,195 47.2 68.7 87.8 27.1 69.7 42.7 59.6 46.7 17.1 6.5 79.4
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 2 4 6 12 1 41 24 66 48 2 6 6 10 68 20 70 26
2016 4 2 4 14 5 49 30 2 1 14 61 19 60 64 16 65 12
2017 5 6 13 23 2 62 44 55 54 3 9 7 17 56 17 58 6
2018 12 9 16 30 13 65 42 23 38 1 47 1 69 60 11 53 6
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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 13 12.2 1 2 11 4 30.8
2017 22.5 4 5.3 -1 4 6 1 25.0
2018 22.5 11 8.8 2 1 8 4 36.4
Player 22.2 28 26.3 2 7 25 9 32.1
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 13 12 10 13 13 13 13 12 8 12 13 12 14 12 11 13 8 11 12 13 13 11 16 14 13 13 11 16 14 13 8
2017 4 6 1 5 5 4 8 4 3 3 5 8 6 5 6 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 6 5 5 4 9 5 5 3
2018 11 12 5 7 10 8 11 7 9 6 8 10 9 7 7 11 8 7 9 10 10 10 12 10 7 6 9 11 11 9 7
Player 28 30 16 25 28 25 32 23 20 21 26 30 29 24 24 31 21 24 27 28 28 26 36 30 25 24 24 36 30 27 18
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.0 93.7 -0.3 93.1 -0.6 92.9 -0.2
Offspeed Velocity 87.8 88.3 0.5 87.1 -1.2 88.4 1.3
Breaking Velocity 86.0 85.8 -0.2 81.3 -4.5 84.0 2.7
Exit Velocity 87.5 90.9 3.4 87.0 -3.9 89.2 2.2
Launch Angle 5.8 9.7 3.9 10.6 0.9 6.9 -3.7
Barrel % 6.1 6.8 0.7 6.2 -0.6 6.7 0.5
Hard Hit % 32.9 43.2 10.3 32.8 -10.4 36.5 3.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.8 32.4 0.6 35.6 3.2 29.2 -6.4
xBA .287 .300 0.013 .289 -0.011 .277 -0.012
BA .322 .328 0.006 .244 -0.084 .292 0.048
xwOBA .368 .366 -0.002 .366 0.000 .345 -0.021
wOBA .406 .398 -0.008 .312 -0.086 .361 0.049
xSLG .464 .495 0.031 .476 -0.019 .447 -0.029
SLG .546 .562 0.016 .376 -0.186 .500 0.124
K% 11.9 16.0 4.1 12.7 -3.3 12.7 0.0
BB% 11.4 7.2 -4.2 11.8 4.6 8.3 -3.5
Swing % 45.4 46.4 1.0 46.7 0.3 48.8 2.1
Whiff% 16.2 19.4 3.2 17.5 -1.9 15.1 -2.4
In Zone % 46.1 47.1 1.0 48.6 1.5 47.4 -1.2
Out of Zone % 53.9 52.9 -1.0 51.4 -1.5 52.6 1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 29.6 4.2 24.3 -5.3 29.6 5.3
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 26.6 -4.2 30.0 3.4 36.6 6.6
First Pitch Strike % 57.0 58.4 1.4 60.3 1.9 64.8 4.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 284 .399 166 14 8.4 118 52 44.1
2017 Shifts 234 .313 135 0 0.0 99 4 4.0
2018 Shifts 227 .361 145 7 4.8 82 10 12.2
! 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 %
2014 49 14.7 55.1% 0.0% 53 24.5 0.0% 11.3%
2015 357 15.7 43.4% 3.1% 257 23.8 3.9% 19.5%
2016 327 14.4 54.7% 4.0% 175 22.5 8.0% 20.6%
2017 252 15.3 46.8% 2.0% 138 22.3 0.0% 10.9%
2018 224 15.7 39.7% 0.9% 136 20.7 5.1% 4.4%

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Pitch Distribution