Heath Hembree
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 5, #168, San Francisco Giants | College of Charleston
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 2 7 5.59 60 0 9 58 83 1.19
2022 3 1 7.36 26 0 0 22 17 1.95
2023 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 2 0.75
11 Seasons 21 13 4.37 358 0 11 356 394 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 60 2-7 5.59 58 83 1.19
2022 26 3-1 7.36 22 17 1.95
2023 1 0-0 0.00 1.1 2 0.75
11 Seasons 358 21-13 4.37 356 394 1.38
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 26 392 82 5 6.1 4.7 88.8 109.1 21.6 34.1 .260 .437 .336 .326 .356 30.5 14.2 8.5 3.55 4.43
2016 27 862 159 11 6.9 4.9 88.5 112.7 15.2 34.0 .254 .442 .300 .322 .380 40.9 21.1 7.6 2.65 4.40
2017 28 1113 182 16 8.8 5.9 88.1 111.9 13.9 34.6 .255 .455 .342 .326 .415 36.0 25.8 6.6 3.63 4.61
2018 29 1104 156 14 9.0 5.4 87.8 110.8 12.7 36.5 .191 .359 .315 .282 .349 31.0 29.2 10.4 4.20 3.32
2019 30 718 106 9 8.5 5.2 89.0 110.5 26.6 41.5 .215 .436 .322 .315 .383 34.9 26.6 10.4 3.86 4.38
2020 31 363 60 12 20.0 13.3 89.9 111.7 17.0 40.0 .286 .664 .470 .427 .523 38.3 22.2 8.9 9.00 8.69
2021 32 1090 134 14 10.4 5.8 89.2 110.8 23.4 29.9 .188 .349 .306 .275 .368 41.0 34.2 9.9 5.59 3.15
2022 33 396 73 11 15.1 10.3 90.7 110.7 24.2 42.5 .296 .554 .414 .407 .444 50.7 15.9 15.9 7.36 7.55
2023 34 18 1 0 0.0 0.0 83.9 83.9 -18.8 0.0 .026 .027 .174 .192 .072 0.0 50.0 25.0 0.00 1.55
Player 6056 953 92 9.7 6.2 88.7 112.7 18.3 35.8 .232 .434 .335 .319 .392 37.3 25.5 9.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Hembree relies on 2 pitches.
Slider
(72.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(27.8%) ,


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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 30.5 30.5 29.3 9.8 28.0 39.0 31.7 2.4 20.7 35.4 28.0 4.9 6.1 4.7
2016 37.7 27.0 25.8 9.4 34.6 39.6 25.8 1.9 27.0 28.3 25.2 10.1 6.9 4.9
2017 41.8 24.2 25.8 8.2 36.3 34.6 29.1 2.2 30.8 25.3 23.1 6.6 8.8 5.9
2018 40.4 30.8 23.1 5.8 36.5 32.7 30.8 2.6 33.3 29.5 16.0 7.7 9.0 5.4
2019 23.6 37.7 26.4 12.3 37.7 36.8 25.5 1.9 17.9 45.3 17.9 8.5 8.5 5.2
2020 31.7 36.7 26.7 5.0 36.7 41.7 21.7 0.0 26.7 28.3 20.0 5.0 20.0 13.3
2021 27.6 33.6 23.9 14.9 29.1 33.6 37.3 1.5 23.9 38.1 20.9 4.5 10.4 5.8
2022 26.0 31.5 28.8 13.7 39.7 37.0 23.3 1.4 17.8 31.5 24.7 9.6 15.1 10.3
2023 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 34.1 30.4 25.7 9.8 34.8 36.2 28.9 1.9 26.1 32.0 21.7 7.2 9.7 6.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 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
2023 Slider TB R 13 84.1 30.3 -6.9 -19 6.7 0.7 11
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB R 5 93.3 11.7 3.9 25 7.0 -0.1 -2
2022 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 206 94.2 13.7 1.1 8 8.7 1.1 14
2022 Slider LAD R 178 84.2 31.8 -5.4 -14 8.4 2.5 42
2022 Curveball LAD R 12 79.5 52.4 -0.6 -1 10.1 1.1 12
2021 Curveball NYM R 5 83.0 50.0 0.0 0 12.8 5.2 70
2021 Slider NYM R 515 86.5 29.0 -5.0 -15 8.3 3.6 78
2021 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 570 95.3 12.5 1.7 12 9.5 1.9 25
2020 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 209 93.9 14.0 1.5 10 10.5 2.4 29
2020 Curveball PHI R 33 80.9 50.5 -0.4 -1 12.6 3.6 39
2020 Slider PHI R 121 87.5 29.1 -4.1 -12 3.1 -1.0 -25
2019 Slider BOS R 116 87.5 29.0 -3.6 -11 2.6 -1.0 -27
2019 Curveball BOS R 100 81.7 48.9 -2.0 -4 9.8 1.5 18
2019 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 502 93.6 13.9 2.1 13 7.5 -0.4 -5
2018 Curveball BOS R 123 81.9 48.7 -1.1 -2 9.5 0.7 8
2018 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 608 94.5 13.5 2.2 14 6.2 -2.0 -24
2018 Slider BOS R 370 88.8 30.2 -0.9 -3 4.5 1.0 30
2018 Changeup BOS R 1 87.6 26.0 -4.3 -14 9.0 -5.4 -37
2017 Curveball BOS R 98 80.4 51.3 0.3 1 8.0 0.4 5
2017 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 588 95.3 12.3 1.2 9 6.3 -2.1 -25
2017 Slider BOS R 398 89.1 27.4 -1.5 -5 3.9 1.4 58
2017 Sinker BOS R 11 95.0 19.1 -0.2 -1 11.5 -3.4 -23
2016 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 521 94.5 13.6 2.3 14 1.5 -5.9 -79
2016 Curveball BOS R 95 79.9 51.3 -1.6 -3 13.8 4.0 41
2016 Slider BOS R 236 88.7 28.9 -1.5 -5 8.5 4.6 122
2016 Changeup BOS R 6 87.6 25.7 -4.2 -14 5.3 -7.6 -59
2015 Curveball BOS R 7 81.4 47.9 -2.9 -6 9.1 -0.6 -6
2015 Changeup BOS R 34 89.5 22.6 -6.4 -22 9.9 -2.6 -21
2015 Slider BOS R 79 89.1 27.1 -3.2 -11 6.4 2.7 73
2015 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 266 95.0 12.4 3.1 20 5.1 -2.2 -31
! 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 %
2023 Slider 3.6 0 13 72.2 4 .000 .000 .175 66.7 50.0 28.6 .026 .027 .193 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 5 27.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -6 206 52.0 57 .340 .638 .464 11.4 12.3 16.7 .339 .603 .454 60.0
2022 Slider -0.1 0 178 44.9 46 .237 .474 .323 24.4 19.6 15.8 .243 .463 .344 37.5
2022 Curveball -22.2 -3 12 3.0 2 .500 2.000 1.000 33.3 50.0 20.0 .316 1.151 .604 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -3 570 52.3 110 .253 .444 .345 18.8 26.4 14.6 .235 .382 .307 50.0
2021 Slider 0.9 4 515 47.2 132 .169 .398 .287 36.9 40.9 24.0 .148 .321 .249 31.3
2021 Curveball -2.2 0 5 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -5 209 57.6 46 .325 .900 .527 27.0 28.3 20.6 .277 .729 .451 48.1
2020 Slider -3.0 -4 121 33.3 34 .379 .759 .491 27.5 11.8 10.0 .318 .693 .449 30.8
2020 Curveball 0.8 0 33 9.1 10 .200 .200 .180 23.1 30.0 18.8 .230 .319 .239 28.6
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 10 502 69.9 110 .172 .394 .289 23.7 26.4 19.9 .178 .395 .281 31.4
2019 Slider -4.4 -5 116 16.2 37 .355 .581 .474 37.7 35.1 25.0 .308 .579 .421 44.4
2019 Curveball -2.0 -2 100 13.9 24 .273 .545 .373 33.3 16.7 11.4 .248 .418 .311 38.9
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 608 55.1 109 .245 .447 .311 27.3 23.9 15.7 .179 .352 .268 25.0
2018 Slider -0.4 -2 370 33.5 118 .217 .406 .317 34.8 33.1 24.7 .199 .368 .289 36.8
2018 Curveball 0.1 0 123 11.1 31 .231 .385 .334 39.6 35.5 23.4 .204 .346 .311 33.3
2018 Changeup 3.3 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -4 588 52.8 139 .258 .453 .335 21.2 25.9 17.9 .261 .494 .339 42.6
2017 Slider 0.3 1 398 35.8 111 .294 .431 .362 39.2 26.1 21.3 .260 .446 .330 28.8
2017 Curveball -2.8 -3 98 8.8 12 .333 .667 .421 53.8 41.7 33.3 .164 .202 .159 28.6
2017 Sinker 7.4 1 11 1.0 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 0.0 0.0 .219 .226 .201 33.3
! 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Slider 13 84.1 28 11.0 9:45 10:30 -45
2022 Curveball 12 79.5 66 15.7 7:00 7:30 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 204 94.2 94 19.0 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Slider 178 84.2 31 11.0 9:15 10:00 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 569 95.3 93 19.9 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Slider 496 86.5 32 11.3 9:15 10:15 -60
2020 Curveball 30 80.9 63 17.3 7:15 7:45 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 201 93.9 91 19.7 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Slider 117 87.5 35 6.8 11:30 11:00 30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 29 134 2 1 0 -1 2
2014 41 167 -4 4 0 0 0
2015 104 387 3 -1 -1 -1 0
2016 222 858 2 5 -7 -2 -2
2017 266 1,097 0 4 -5 -5 -6
2018 274 1,191 7 3 -5 -6 0
2019 171 718 10 2 -6 -3 3
2020 90 363 -8 5 -3 -2 -8
2021 242 1,090 -3 16 -5 -6 1
2022 105 396 -5 0 -1 -2 -9
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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 392 55.4 74.7 84.6 21.7 52.6 42.3 63.2 51.0 21.0 9.9 87.2
2016 862 55.8 68.2 83.5 23.6 60.0 43.9 58.7 48.5 21.3 7.2 79.0
2017 1,113 48.1 71.4 75.6 30.8 56.0 42.8 61.3 50.5 29.7 7.7 83.3
2018 1,104 47.1 72.3 76.3 29.0 49.1 37.5 61.8 49.5 31.3 8.2 75.6
2019 718 46.2 71.1 77.5 29.0 61.6 40.0 57.0 48.5 27.3 6.4 78.3
2020 363 47.4 73.8 78.0 28.8 61.8 38.0 54.4 50.1 26.9 8.5 87.1
2021 1,090 48.1 67.9 79.2 30.2 56.7 40.5 64.0 48.3 27.7 6.5 78.9
2022 396 50.0 64.6 87.5 18.2 61.1 41.2 56.6 41.4 18.3 11.1 77.3
2023 18 33.3 66.7 75.0 41.7 40.0 50.0 100.0 50.0 44.4 16.7 66.7
Player 6,056 49.3 70.3 79.4 27.8 56.3 40.8 60.4 48.8 26.8 7.8 80.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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 81 79 88
2016 36 39 25 17 56 65 28 51 5 52 54 34 5 74 89 67 88
2017 35 38 21 15 64 44 5 26 23 74 80 83 81 83 83 71 76
2018 79 94 71 31 83 56 10 65 83 86 18 84 61 74 89 79 74
2019 55 91 82 77
2020 1 11 1 1 13 13 1 23 43 43 46 52 62 60 95 78
2021 85 93 79 48 88 61 12 38 31 96 28 63 71 78 93 75
2022 56 73 71
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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 22.7 6 7.1 -1 6 5 3 50.0
2017 23.4 10 11.6 -2 5 7 6 60.0
2018 22.0 10 8.2 2 2 6 4 40.0
2019 24.8 7 7.7 -1 3 5 4 57.1
2020 22.9 9 9.5 -1 0 9 4 44.4
2021 24.4 12 10.1 2 4 6 5 41.7
2022 24.6 6 5.7 0 3 2 4 66.7
Player 23.5 60 59.9 0 23 40 30 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 8 6 5 6 5 8 7 6 5 8 12 7 8 7 6 4 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 7 6 11 8 7 7
2017 10 12 11 10 13 11 13 11 9 11 11 15 11 11 12 12 10 11 13 11 11 13 13 12 10 12 9 13 12 13 11
2018 10 11 6 7 8 6 9 9 6 6 8 9 8 8 7 9 8 8 9 10 9 9 11 10 6 6 7 7 10 10 9
2019 7 9 4 8 6 8 9 8 5 6 6 6 10 9 8 7 8 7 8 7 9 10 9 8 9 9 6 10 10 7 6
2020 9 11 9 10 9 13 9 12 7 7 7 9 12 8 10 9 12 12 8 9 11 8 13 9 8 7 8 9 12 10 6
2021 12 11 9 12 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 10 12 8 10 12 11 10 10 11 8 9 14 10 11 9 12 12 10 9 9
2022 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 8 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 7 7 5 5 6 5 8 5 6
Player 60 67 49 57 57 58 64 62 46 48 53 66 68 58 59 61 58 59 62 62 63 65 75 64 54 55 54 67 70 61 54
! 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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.0 94.5 -0.5 95.3 0.8 94.5 -0.8 93.6 -0.9 93.9 0.3 95.3 1.4 94.2 -1.1 93.3 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 89.6 87.6 -2.0 0.0 0.0 87.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 88.4 86.2 -2.2 87.4 1.2 87.1 -0.3 84.8 -2.3 86.1 1.3 86.5 0.4 83.9 -2.6 84.1 0.2
Exit Velocity 88.8 88.5 -0.3 88.1 -0.4 87.8 -0.3 89.0 1.2 89.9 0.9 89.2 -0.7 90.7 1.5 83.9 -6.8
Launch Angle 21.6 15.2 -6.4 13.9 -1.3 12.7 -1.2 26.6 13.9 17.0 -9.6 23.4 6.4 24.2 0.8 -18.8 -43.0
Barrel % 6.1 6.9 0.8 8.8 1.9 9.0 0.2 8.5 -0.5 20.0 11.5 10.4 -9.6 15.1 4.7 0.0 -15.1
Hard Hit % 30.5 40.9 10.4 36.0 -4.9 31.0 -5.0 34.9 3.9 38.3 3.4 41.0 2.7 50.7 9.7 0.0 -50.7
Sweet Spot % 34.1 34.0 -0.1 34.6 0.6 36.5 1.9 41.5 5.0 40.0 -1.5 29.9 -10.1 42.5 12.6 0.0 -42.5
xBA .260 .254 -0.006 .255 0.001 .191 -0.064 .215 0.024 .286 0.071 .188 -0.098 .296 0.108 .026 -0.270
BA .258 .249 -0.009 .289 0.040 .233 -0.056 .224 -0.009 .329 0.105 .207 -0.122 .299 0.092 .000 -0.299
xwOBA .326 .322 -0.004 .326 0.004 .282 -0.044 .315 0.033 .427 0.112 .275 -0.152 .407 0.132 .192 -0.215
wOBA .336 .300 -0.036 .342 0.042 .315 -0.027 .322 0.007 .470 0.148 .306 -0.164 .414 0.108 .174 -0.240
xSLG .437 .442 0.005 .455 0.013 .359 -0.096 .436 0.077 .664 0.228 .349 -0.315 .554 0.205 .027 -0.527
SLG .474 .390 -0.084 .466 0.076 .423 -0.043 .454 0.031 .759 0.305 .419 -0.340 .598 0.179 .000 -0.598
K% 14.2 21.1 6.9 25.8 4.7 29.2 3.4 26.6 -2.6 22.2 -4.4 34.2 12.0 15.9 -18.3 50.0 34.1
BB% 8.5 7.6 -0.9 6.6 -1.0 10.4 3.8 10.4 0.0 8.9 -1.5 9.9 1.0 15.9 6.0 25.0 9.1
Swing % 51.0 48.5 -2.5 50.5 2.0 49.5 -1.0 48.5 -1.0 50.1 1.6 48.3 -1.8 41.4 -6.9 50.0 8.6
Whiff% 21.0 21.3 0.3 29.7 8.4 31.3 1.6 27.3 -4.0 26.9 -0.4 27.7 0.8 18.3 -9.4 44.4 26.1
In Zone % 55.4 55.8 0.4 48.1 -7.7 47.1 -1.0 46.2 -0.9 47.4 1.2 48.1 0.7 50.0 1.9 33.3 -16.7
Out of Zone % 44.6 44.2 -0.4 51.9 7.7 52.9 1.0 53.8 0.9 52.6 -1.2 51.9 -0.7 50.0 -1.9 66.7 16.7
Out of Zone Swing % 21.7 23.6 1.9 30.8 7.2 29.0 -1.8 29.0 0.0 28.8 -0.2 30.2 1.4 18.2 -12.0 41.7 23.5
First Pitch Swing % 39.6 28.3 -11.3 31.4 3.1 32.8 1.4 27.3 -5.5 30.0 2.7 31.4 1.4 24.5 -6.9 50.0 25.5
First Pitch Strike % 63.2 58.7 -4.5 61.3 2.6 61.8 0.5 57.0 -4.8 54.4 -2.6 64.0 9.6 56.6 -7.4 100.0 43.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 219 .301 143 4 2.8 76 29 38.2
2017 Shifts 266 .327 194 1 0.5 72 35 48.6
2018 Shifts 258 .312 155 2 1.3 103 54 52.4
2019 Shifts 170 .324 102 0 0.0 68 29 42.6
2020 Shifts 89 .475 60 9 15.0 29 11 37.9
2021 Shifts 242 .306 155 40 25.8 87 59 67.8
2022 Shifts 105 .414 65 11 16.9 40 27 67.5
2023 Shades 4 .174 4 1 25.0 0 0 0.0
! 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 %
2013 42 20.9 2.4% 2.4% 13 25.6 0.0% 23.1%
2014 54 21.6 7.4% 1.9% 16 22.2 0.0% 6.3%
2015 114 19.4 17.5% 6.1% 48 24.2 0.0% 12.5%
2016 219 21.4 9.1% 11.0% 155 27.1 3.2% 30.3%
2017 276 20.3 0.0% 5.4% 193 24.0 0.0% 11.4%
2018 291 21.0 1.0% 5.2% 185 25.5 0.0% 18.4%
2019 197 22.1 0.5% 6.6% 130 26.8 0.0% 26.9%
2020 85 21.0 0.0% 7.1% 61 26.4 0.0% 16.4%
2021 306 23.3 0.0% 4.9% 194 28.2 0.0% 39.7%
2022 88 21.8 1.1% 2.3% 109 25.1 0.0% 15.6%
2023 5 19.1 20.0% 0.0% 1 18.1 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution


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