Hector Velazquez

P | B/T: R/R | 6' 0" 180 | Age: 30
Ciudad Obregon, Sonora Mexico

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Stats

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	WHIP
2019	0	2	3.94	7	3	0	16.0	15	1.31
3 Seasons	10	5	3.22	62	14	0	125.2	87	1.37

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2019	7	0-2	3.94	16.0	15	1.31
3 Seasons	62	10-5	3.22	125.2	87	1.37

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	G	PA	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2017	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2018	BOS	AL	3	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2019	BOS	AL	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
3 Seasons			5	3	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Advanced MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	PA	LOB	BABIP	NP	P/PA	K/PA	HR/PA	BB/K	ISO	ROE
2017	BOS	AL	1	1	.000	2	2.0	.000	.000		.000	.000
2018	BOS	AL	1	2	.000	5	5.0	.000	.000		.000	.000
2019	BOS	AL	1	1	.---	4	4.0	1.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
			3	4	.000	11	3.67	.333	.000	.000	.000	.000

Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2017	BOS	AL	96	3	1	2.92	8	3	24.2	21	8	8	4	7	19	1.14
2018	BOS	AL	370	7	2	3.18	47	8	85.0	97	35	30	7	26	53	1.45
2019	BOS	AL	64	0	2	3.94	7	3	16.0	15	8	7	1	6	15	1.31
3 Seasons			530	10	5	3.22	62	14	125.2	133	51	45	12	39	87	1.37

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2017	BOS	AL	P	8	3	24.2	4	2	2	0	0	1.000
2018	BOS	AL	P	47	8	85.0	16	6	9	1	3	.938
2019	BOS	AL	P	7	3	16.0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons			P	62	14	125.2	20	8	11	1	3	.950

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Standard Minor League Batting Statistics

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Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2010	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	6	4	2.93	29	14	92.0	84	33	30	6	39	50	1.34
2011	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	1	1	4.71	5	5	21.0	25	11	11	1	13	20	1.81
2012	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	11	7	4.40	19	19	104.1	111	55	51	14	32	79	1.37
2013	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	3	5	4.19	22	22	124.2	147	65	58	17	39	91	1.49
2014	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	11	7	4.10	21	21	118.2	120	59	54	11	39	98	1.34
2015	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	6	4	4.44	18	17	95.1	98	54	47	10	35	70	1.40
2016	Acereros del Norte	MEX	AAA	5	1	2.47	22	22	131.1	115	43	36	8	16	120	1.00
2017	Pawtucket Red Sox	INT	AAA	8	4	2.21	19	19	102.0	78	27	25	7	24	79	1.00
2018	Pawtucket Red Sox	INT	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
			AAA	51	33	3.55	156	139	790.1	778	347	312	74	237	608	1.28
Career Minors				51	33	3.55	156	139	790.1	778	347	312	74	237	608	1.28

Standard Minor League Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2010	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	P	29	14	92.0	16	2	14	0	1	1.000
2011	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	P	5	5	21.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000
2012	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	P	19	19	104.1	28	8	20	0	1	1.000
2013	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	P	22	22	124.2	25	11	12	2	4	.920
2014	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	P	21	21	118.2	27	4	22	1	0	.963
2015	Piratas de Campeche	MEX	AAA	P	18	17	95.1	14	5	8	1	1	.929
2016	Acereros del Norte	MEX	AAA	P	22	22	131.1	26	5	19	2	1	.923
2017	Pawtucket Red Sox	INT	AAA	P	19	19	102.0	15	6	9	0	2	1.000
2018	Pawtucket Red Sox	INT	AAA	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
			AAA	P	156	139	790.1	154	42	106	6	10	.961
Career Minors				P	156	139	790.1	154	42	106	6	10	.961

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Statcast - Pitching

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2017	382	70	4	5.7	87.1	9.7	.246	.446	.303	.323	.374	31.4	19.8	7.3
2018	1389	284	14	4.9	88.7	8.9	.284	.419	.334	.335	.357	35.2	14.3	7.0
2019	258	42	1	2.4	85.1	11.0	.211	.284	.305	.270	.297	31.0	23.4	9.4
ALL	2029	396	19	4.8	88.1	9.3	.268	.408	.325	.325	.354	34.1	16.4	7.4
MLB			32772	6.2	87.4	11.0	.251	.408	.317	.318	.370	34.1	21.4	8.2

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	05/24/2018	Boston Red Sox activated RHP Hector Velazquez from the 10-day disabled list.
	05/19/2018	Boston Red Sox sent RHP Hector Velazquez on a rehab assignment to Pawtucket Red Sox.
	05/14/2018	Boston Red Sox placed RHP Hector Velazquez on the 10-day disabled list. Lower back strain.
	12/15/2017	RHP Hector Velazquez assigned to Mayos de Navojoa.
	10/12/2017	Boston Red Sox activated RHP Hector Velazquez.
	10/05/2017	Boston Red Sox reassigned RHP Hector Velazquez to the minor leagues.
	09/03/2017	Boston Red Sox recalled RHP Hector Velazquez from Pawtucket Red Sox.
	08/24/2017	Boston Red Sox optioned RHP Hector Velazquez to Pawtucket Red Sox.
	08/22/2017	Boston Red Sox recalled Hector Velazquez from Pawtucket Red Sox.
	07/19/2017	Boston Red Sox optioned RHP Hector Velazquez to Pawtucket Red Sox.
	07/18/2017	Boston Red Sox recalled Hector Velazquez from Pawtucket Red Sox.
	06/24/2017	Boston Red Sox optioned RHP Hector Velazquez to Pawtucket Red Sox.
	06/14/2017	Boston Red Sox recalled Hector Velazquez from Pawtucket Red Sox.
	05/23/2017	Boston Red Sox optioned RHP Hector Velazquez to Pawtucket Red Sox.
	05/18/2017	Boston Red Sox selected the contract of Hector Velazquez from Pawtucket Red Sox.
	02/26/2017	RHP Hector Velazquez assigned to Boston Red Sox.
	02/18/2017	Boston Red Sox selected the contract of RHP Hector Velazquez from Piratas de Campeche.
	02/18/2017	RHP Hector Velazquez assigned to Pawtucket Red Sox.
	01/29/2017	RHP Hector Velazquez assigned to Mexico.
	01/10/2017	RHP Hector Velazquez transferred to Aguilas de Mexicali from Mayos de Navojoa.
	09/19/2016	RHP Hector Velazquez returned to Piratas de Campeche from Acereros del Norte.
	07/08/2016	Acereros del Norte activated RHP Hector Velazquez.
	06/29/2016	Acereros del Norte placed RHP Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	12/23/2015	Mayos de Navojoa activated RHP Hector Velazquez.
	12/15/2015	Mayos de Navojoa placed RHP Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	10/21/2015	Piratas de Campeche traded 2B Adan Velazquez and RHP Hector Velazquez to Acereros del Norte.
	04/01/2015	Piratas de Campeche activated RHP Hector Velazquez.
	02/06/2015	Piratas de Campeche placed RHP Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	10/21/2014	Mayos de Navojoa activated RHP Hector Velazquez.
	10/21/2014	Mayos de Navojoa placed RHP Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	10/07/2013	RHP Hector Velazquez assigned to Mayos de Navojoa.
	10/09/2012	RHP Hector Velazquez assigned to Mayos de Navojoa.
	03/15/2012	Piratas de Campeche activated RHP Hector Velazquez.
	12/01/2011	Yaquis de Obregon placed RHP Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	04/14/2011	Piratas de Campeche placed RHP Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	10/06/2010	RHP Hector Velazquez assigned to Yaquis de Obregon.
	07/09/2010	Hector Velazquez roster status changed by Piratas de Campeche.
	07/06/2010	Hector Velazquez roster status changed by Piratas de Campeche.
	07/03/2010	Hector Velazquez roster status changed by Piratas de Campeche.
	06/25/2010	Piratas de Campeche placed Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	06/17/2010	Hector Velazquez roster status changed by Piratas de Campeche.
	06/11/2010	Hector Velazquez roster status changed by Piratas de Campeche.
	06/01/2010	Piratas de Campeche placed Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	05/23/2010	Hector Velazquez roster status changed by Piratas de Campeche.
	04/30/2010	Hector Velazquez roster status changed by Piratas de Campeche.
	04/27/2010	Piratas de Campeche placed Hector Velazquez on the reserve list.
	03/16/2010	Piratas de Campeche signed free agent RHP Hector Velazquez.

Monthly Splits

Type	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
March	0	5.40	2	0	3.1	4	3	2	1	0	3	1.20
April	2	3.55	5	3	12.2	11	5	5	0	6	12	1.34
Pre All-Star	2	3.94	7	3	16.0	15	8	7	1	6	15	1.31

Base Runner Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty	1.00	9.0	10	1	1	1	4	11	1.56
Bases Loaded	54.00	0.2	0	5	4	0	0	1	0.00
Runner at 1st	0.00	4.1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0.69
Runners at 1st & 2nd	13.50	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	0	4.50
Runners at 1st & 3rd	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Runner at 2nd	6.75	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0.75
Runners at 2nd & 3rd	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Runner at 3rd	-.--	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scoring Position	20.25	2.2	2	7	6	0	2	3	1.50

Game Type Splits

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Home Games	0	2	4.91	3	2	0	7.1	6	4	4	0	6	8	1.64
Away Games	0	0	3.12	4	1	0	8.2	9	4	3	1	0	7	1.04
Day Games	0	1	3.09	5	2	0	11.2	12	5	4	1	4	9	1.37
Night Games	0	1	6.23	2	1	0	4.1	3	3	3	0	2	6	1.15
Leading Off			3.00				3.0	6	1	1	1	2	1	2.67

Outs Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
No Outs	2.84	6.1	7	2	2	1	2	3	1.42
One Out	7.20	5.0	4	4	4	0	4	8	1.60
Two Outs	1.93	4.2	4	2	1	0	0	4	0.86

Inning Splits

Type	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
First Inning	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.67
Second Inning	3.00	3.0	1	1	1	0	3	6	1.33
Third Inning	0.00	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.00
Fourth Inning	16.20	1.2	3	3	3	0	1	2	2.40
Fifth Inning	4.50	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1.00
Sixth Inning	13.50	1.1	5	3	2	0	0	1	3.75
Eighth Inning	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Ninth Inning	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.00

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
May	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Pre All-Star	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Bases Empty			0.00				1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Type	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	SO
Home Games	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1
Night Games	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	1
Leading Off						0.1	1
Late / Close						1.0	1

Type	IP	SO
No Outs	0.1	1
One Out	0.1	0
Two Outs	0.1	0

Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Seventh Inning			0.00				1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2019-03-28	Seattle Mariners	Boston Red Sox	0	7.71	1	0	2.1	4	3	2	1	0	2	1.71
2019-03-30	Seattle Mariners	Boston Red Sox	0	5.40	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20
March			0	5.40	2	0	3.1	4	3	2	1	0	3	1.20
2019-04-04	Oakland Athletics	Boston Red Sox	0	4.76	1	0	2.1	4	1	1	0	0	1	1.41
2019-04-07	Arizona Diamondbacks	Boston Red Sox	0	3.12	1	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.04
2019-04-13	Boston Red Sox	Baltimore Orioles	0	2.79	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.03
2019-04-15	Boston Red Sox	Baltimore Orioles	1	2.84	1	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	1.26
2019-04-23	Boston Red Sox	Detroit Tigers	1	3.94	1	1	3.1	3	3	3	0	2	5	1.31
April			2	3.55	5	3	12.2	11	5	5	0	6	12	1.34

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2018-05-21	Pawtucket Red Sox	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
May			0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Velazquez relies on 6 pitches. Sinker (35.5%), Changeup (28.5%), Four Seamer (22.7%), Slider (11.3%), Curve (1.6%), Cutter (0.4%),

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Statcast Statistics

Season	Pitches	Batted Balls	Barrels	Barrel %	Exit Velocity	Launch Angle	XBA	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	XWOBACON	Hard Hit %	K %	BB %
2017	382	70	4	5.7	87.1	9.7	.246	.446	.303	.323	.374	31.4	19.8	7.3
2018	1389	284	14	4.9	88.7	8.9	.284	.419	.334	.335	.357	35.2	14.3	7.0
2019	258	42	1	2.4	85.1	11.0	.211	.284	.305	.270	.297	31.0	23.4	9.4
ALL	2029	396	19	4.8	88.1	9.3	.268	.408	.325	.325	.354	34.1	16.4	7.4
MLB			32772	6.2	87.4	11.0	.251	.408	.317	.318	.370	34.1	21.4	8.2

Pitch Tracking

Year	Pitch Type	#	# RHB	# LHB	%	MPH	PA	AB	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	SO	BBE	BA	XBA	SLG	XSLG	WOBA	XWOBA	EV	LA	Spin	BB%	K%	Whiff%	PutAway%
2019	Sinker	91	73	18	35.5	91.0	22	20	7	7	0	0	0	2	19	.350	.202	.350	.281	.326	.233	83.9	-2	2010	4.5	9.1	5.0	11.8
2019	Changeup	73	39	34	28.5	85.8	19	16	5	5	0	0	0	3	13	.313	.335	.313	.449	.342	.405	91.0	7	1431	10.5	15.8	31.3	11.5
2019	Four Seamer	58	18	40	22.7	92.1	15	13	2	2	0	0	0	8	5	.154	.166	.154	.196	.209	.228	80.6	40	2193	13.3	53.3	36.0	30.8
2019	Slider	29	19	10	11.3	82.1	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	.115	.115	80.0	69	2212	16.7	33.3	26.7	22.2
2019	Curve	4	3	1	1.6	77.7	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.000	.226	4.000	.546	2.031	.310	94.4	27	2146	0.0	0.0	0.0
2019	Cutter	1	1	0	0.4	81.9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.016	.000	.024	.000	.020	61.7	-25	2203	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018	Sinker	506	368	138	36.4	90.2	128	119	37	27	3	1	6	7	112	.311	.291	.504	.474	.371	.351	88.7	5	2054	5.5	5.5	9.9	9.6
2018	Changeup	326	151	175	23.5	85.4	101	92	25	19	5	1	0	16	76	.272	.286	.348	.384	.305	.324	89.7	4	1371	7.9	15.8	26.1	14.5
2018	Four Seamer	323	88	235	23.3	91.5	89	77	22	16	5	0	1	21	58	.286	.241	.390	.372	.330	.313	88.7	17	2095	7.9	23.6	18.9	13.2
2018	Slider	185	109	76	13.3	84.1	40	37	9	6	3	0	0	7	30	.243	.335	.324	.433	.278	.360	85.6	20	1866	5.0	17.5	22.0	18.9
2018	Curve	49	22	27	3.5	76.9	11	10	4	3	1	0	0	2	8	.400	.328	.500	.407	.416	.346	91.3	11	2155	9.1	18.2	25.0	15.4
2017	Sinker	135	99	36	35.3	89.1	34	32	4	3	1	0	0	2	30	.125	.227	.156	.297	.154	.256	84.1	7	2005	5.9	5.9	8.1	8.7
2017	Four Seamer	134	55	79	35.1	90.1	37	34	11	8	3	0	0	10	24	.324	.273	.412	.366	.346	.314	89.8	10	2049	8.1	27.0	16.4	17.2
2017	Changeup	54	27	27	14.1	83.6	15	14	3	2	0	0	1	4	10	.214	.186	.429	.512	.295	.314	88.7	11	1379	6.7	26.7	24.3	14.8
2017	Slider	45	23	22	11.8	81.0	7	6	3	0	0	0	3	2	4	.500	.420	2.000	1.606	.948	.794	101.0	35	1788	14.3	28.6	28.6	15.4
2017	Curve	14	8	6	3.7	75.2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.096	.000	.187	.000	.119	64.9	-8	2100	0.0	33.3	40.0	33.3

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Plate Discipline

Season	Pitches	Zone %	Zone Swing %	Zone Contact %	Chase %	Chase Contact %	Edge %	1st Pitch Swing %	Swing %	Whiff %	Meatball %	Meatball Swing %
2017	382	53.9	71.8	85.8	25.0	72.7	47.6	24.0	50.3	17.2	7.3	71.4
2018	1389	48.0	72.7	88.8	27.0	63.6	44.3	30.5	49.0	18.4	7.5	86.5
2019	258	53.1	62.8	81.4	23.1	67.9	42.6	26.6	44.2	21.9	6.6	64.7
ALL	2029	49.8	71.2	87.3	26.2	65.5	44.7	28.9	48.6	18.6	7.4	81.2
MLB		48.6	65.8	83.1	28.1	60.0	42.7	28.0	46.5	24.1	7.3	74.9

Batted Ball Profile

Season	GB %	FB %	LD %	PU %	Pull %	Straight %	Oppo %	Weak %	Topped %	Under %	Flare/Burner %	Solid %	Barrel %
2017	44.3	22.9	28.6	4.3	40.0	37.1	22.9	5.7	35.7	24.3	22.9	5.7	5.7
2018	50.4	16.2	26.4	7.0	43.0	37.3	19.7	2.5	38.7	20.4	26.8	6.7	4.9
2019	50.0	9.5	21.4	19.0	38.1	33.3	28.6	7.1	38.1	21.4	26.2	4.8	2.4
ALL	49.2	16.7	26.3	7.8	41.9	36.9	21.2	3.5	38.1	21.2	26.0	6.3	4.8
MLB	45.7	21.7	25.6	7.1	36.3	38.2	25.5	4.7	34.4	24.4	24.9	5.5	6.2

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Statcast Shift Statistics

			vs RHH			vs LHH
Year	PA	wOBA	PA	Shifts	%	PA	Shifts	%
2017	96	.303	60	0	0.0	36	18	50.0
2018	369	.334	198	2	1.0	171	72	42.1
2019	54	.314	34	0	0.0	20	2	10.0

Hector Velazquez

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