Jason Hammel
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 225LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 10, #284, Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Treasure Valley CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 15 10 3.83 30 30 0 166.2 144 1.21
2017 8 13 5.29 32 32 0 180.1 145 1.43
2018 4 14 6.02 39 18 0 127 92 1.63
13 Seasons 96 114 4.62 377 298 4 1,810.1 1,428 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 30 15-10 3.83 166.2 144 1.21
2017 32 8-13 5.29 180.1 145 1.43
2018 39 4-14 6.02 127 92 1.63
13 Seasons 377 96-114 4.62 1,810.1 1,428 1.37
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 32 2751 492 35 7.1 4.9 88.8 114.8 13.3 37.2 .254 .422 .305 .315 .394 36.4 24.2 5.6 3.74 4.10
2016 33 2623 486 35 7.2 5.1 90.0 113.7 12.4 33.5 .249 .434 .315 .325 .375 37.2 20.8 7.7 3.83 4.49
2017 34 3029 602 43 7.1 5.3 88.2 114.5 16.2 35.5 .278 .475 .329 .345 .396 33.9 18.0 6.0 5.29 5.23
2018 35 2073 448 37 8.3 6.4 89.5 112.9 15.6 36.8 .299 .508 .368 .366 .414 39.5 15.8 6.7 6.02 5.92
Player 10476 2028 150 7.4 5.4 89.0 114.8 14.4 35.7 .269 .458 .328 .336 .395 36.5 19.8 6.5
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

Hammel relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(38.8%) ,
Slider
(37.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(12.8%) ,
Curveball
(6.6%) ,
Changeup
(4.1%) ,


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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 41.1 23.2 29.9 5.9 31.5 40.2 28.0 2.2 30.3 25.2 26.8 5.9 7.1 4.9
2016 44.2 23.7 25.7 6.4 35.2 36.8 27.8 3.3 32.1 25.7 24.1 5.3 7.2 5.1
2017 38.2 28.6 25.4 7.8 38.7 36.5 24.8 4.3 26.2 28.2 25.6 7.0 7.1 5.3
2018 38.2 28.3 25.9 7.6 39.3 36.4 24.3 3.1 26.6 26.1 27.9 6.7 8.3 6.4
Player 40.3 26.0 26.7 7.0 36.2 37.5 26.2 3.3 28.7 26.4 26.0 6.3 7.4 5.4
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 Slider KC R 780 85.1 37.1 1.2 3 5.2 0.8 19
2018 4-Seam Fastball KC R 265 91.9 16.7 -0.7 -5 7.9 1.4 21
2018 Curveball KC R 136 77.0 58.7 0.8 1 12.2 3.4 39
2018 Changeup KC R 85 84.7 28.7 -1.9 -6 13.9 0.5 4
2018 Sinker KC R 803 91.7 20.9 -0.8 -4 14.3 0.3 2
2017 Changeup KC R 107 85.1 28.5 1.0 4 16.4 3.4 26
2017 Sinker KC R 884 92.1 19.5 0.1 1 15.7 1.6 12
2017 Slider KC R 1,109 84.9 38.1 3.7 11 2.3 -1.5 -40
2017 4-Seam Fastball KC R 622 92.2 14.6 -0.3 -2 8.8 2.0 30
2017 Curveball KC R 286 77.5 57.0 2.1 4 8.4 0.1 2
2016 Sinker CHC R 564 92.8 21.0 -0.1 0 13.7 0.1 1
2016 Curveball CHC R 273 77.5 59.4 1.6 3 11.5 1.5 15
2016 Changeup CHC R 71 85.4 32.2 2.4 8 14.0 1.4 11
2016 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 759 92.6 16.7 -0.8 -5 7.4 0.9 14
2016 Slider CHC R 944 85.7 37.9 3.1 9 5.7 0.5 10
2015 Changeup CHC R 121 85.6 29.2 0.1 0 13.5 1.4 12
2015 Sinker CHC R 384 92.8 19.6 -1.6 -7 13.6 0.2 1
2015 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 1,065 92.8 15.9 -0.4 -3 8.0 1.7 28
2015 Slider CHC R 960 84.9 39.4 3.6 10 6.1 0.8 14
2015 Curveball CHC R 171 77.1 59.6 1.2 2 11.2 1.5 16
! 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 Sinker -2.6 -21 803 38.7 241 .355 .558 .422 11.1 7.5 11.3 .331 .558 .405 39.4
2018 Slider -0.8 -7 780 37.6 213 .288 .465 .350 30.8 23.0 17.4 .266 .437 .321 36.2
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 265 12.8 82 .241 .380 .282 21.5 24.4 20.2 .262 .476 .326 49.2
2018 Curveball -2.0 -3 136 6.6 19 .353 .706 .468 17.6 21.1 14.8 .353 .789 .500 46.2
2018 Changeup -3.7 -3 85 4.1 23 .409 .636 .459 18.9 4.3 10.0 .369 .574 .416 33.3
2017 Slider 0.5 6 1,109 36.6 323 .246 .405 .302 31.9 28.5 21.4 .250 .412 .303 30.1
2017 Sinker 0.1 1 884 29.2 233 .299 .436 .360 12.2 9.4 11.2 .306 .552 .390 38.2
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -4 622 20.5 168 .305 .468 .371 18.7 13.1 13.1 .296 .501 .367 40.2
2017 Curveball -1.0 -3 286 9.4 44 .341 .537 .405 21.4 15.9 12.7 .292 .452 .338 20.0
2017 Changeup -0.4 0 107 3.5 28 .333 .444 .352 7.4 7.1 9.5 .231 .411 .287 16.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 307 1,167 -4 6 -6 -4 -8
2009 773 2,803 -1 21 -10 -13 -3
2010 767 2,824 3 10 -15 -10 -12
2011 735 2,692 5 1 -14 -10 -18
2012 533 2,118 7 21 -8 -7 14
2013 610 2,294 -2 8 -13 -9 -17
2014 713 2,789 6 26 -14 -9 9
2015 730 2,827 -2 18 -11 -8 -3
2016 692 2,623 12 13 -11 -11 3
2017 796 3,008 2 27 -18 -11 0
2018 578 2,069 -12 1 -14 -8 -34
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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 2,751 48.2 66.2 81.5 31.3 58.7 42.1 61.0 48.2 24.7 7.1 69.9
2016 2,623 49.5 63.5 84.0 30.0 57.4 42.7 59.8 46.6 23.5 6.6 68.0
2017 3,029 50.8 66.8 86.3 28.9 59.1 41.5 62.6 48.0 21.5 8.6 75.7
2018 2,073 50.9 66.6 86.2 30.9 62.4 42.8 66.9 49.1 20.6 7.5 76.9
Player 10,476 49.8 65.8 84.5 30.2 59.2 42.2 62.4 47.9 22.6 7.5 72.8
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 36 32 24 21 58 4 12 27 19 74 78 66 68 52 38 30 78
2016 32 48 30 19 48 10 21 9 24 50 53 54 64 46 43 23 88
2017 18 12 14 17 34 2 27 23 44 23 86 30 64 37 42 24 92
2018 3 1 1 5 9 8 19 17 16 9 77 20 83 31 13 32 87
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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 22.5 25 23.7 1 14 17 11 44.0
2017 22.3 26 28.6 -3 17 24 10 38.5
2018 22.8 18 22.0 -4 14 17 10 55.6
Player 22.5 69 74.2 -5 45 58 31 44.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 25 24 18 30 22 21 24 25 20 19 22 31 23 20 22 26 19 21 23 27 24 19 33 30 25 20 23 34 24 24 17
2017 26 29 21 30 29 25 33 30 20 25 26 36 31 28 28 32 27 28 31 27 31 26 37 35 26 26 26 36 33 29 16
2018 18 30 18 23 21 18 22 24 18 16 18 29 23 18 21 23 21 21 25 27 26 24 30 27 17 16 19 24 26 19 16
Player 69 83 57 83 72 64 79 79 58 60 66 96 77 66 71 81 67 70 79 81 81 69 100 92 68 62 68 94 83 72 49
! 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 92.8 92.7 -0.1 92.1 -0.6 91.7 -0.4
Offspeed Velocity 85.6 85.4 -0.2 85.1 -0.3 84.7 -0.4
Breaking Velocity 83.8 83.9 0.1 83.4 -0.5 83.9 0.5
Exit Velocity 88.8 90.0 1.2 88.2 -1.8 89.5 1.3
Launch Angle 13.3 12.4 -0.9 16.2 3.8 15.6 -0.6
Barrel % 7.1 7.2 0.1 7.1 -0.1 8.3 1.2
Hard Hit % 36.4 37.2 0.8 33.9 -3.3 39.5 5.6
Sweet Spot % 37.2 33.5 -3.7 35.5 2.0 36.8 1.3
xBA .254 .249 -0.005 .278 0.029 .299 0.021
BA .242 .239 -0.003 .284 0.045 .315 0.031
xwOBA .315 .325 0.010 .345 0.020 .366 0.021
wOBA .305 .315 0.010 .329 0.014 .368 0.039
xSLG .422 .434 0.012 .475 0.041 .508 0.033
SLG .425 .423 -0.002 .442 0.019 .505 0.063
K% 24.2 20.8 -3.4 18.0 -2.8 15.8 -2.2
BB% 5.6 7.7 2.1 6.0 -1.7 6.7 0.7
Swing % 48.2 46.6 -1.6 48.0 1.4 49.1 1.1
Whiff% 24.7 23.5 -1.2 21.5 -2.0 20.6 -0.9
In Zone % 48.2 49.5 1.3 50.8 1.3 50.9 0.1
Out of Zone % 51.8 50.5 -1.3 49.2 -1.3 49.1 -0.1
Out of Zone Swing % 31.3 30.0 -1.3 28.9 -1.1 30.9 2.0
First Pitch Swing % 29.9 27.0 -2.9 31.0 4.0 34.7 3.7
First Pitch Strike % 61.0 59.8 -1.2 62.6 2.8 66.9 4.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 683 .313 386 9 2.3 297 38 12.8
2017 Shifts 794 .327 378 23 6.1 416 93 22.4
2018 Shifts 578 .368 307 84 27.4 271 129 47.6
! 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 858 15.9 41.4% 1.9% 440 23.0 0.0% 8.6%
2011 775 14.6 56.0% 0.6% 425 24.5 0.9% 13.9%
2012 657 14.6 53.9% 0.8% 271 22.4 1.1% 5.9%
2013 646 15.4 43.0% 1.2% 391 23.2 0.3% 6.6%
2014 1006 16.5 31.9% 1.3% 314 23.8 0.0% 12.7%
2015 899 16.8 34.9% 3.0% 337 24.7 4.2% 23.7%
2016 854 16.8 31.9% 3.9% 327 26.0 2.1% 24.2%
2017 865 20.1 4.9% 2.5% 471 25.4 0.0% 13.6%
2018 564 19.4 2.7% 1.1% 340 23.5 0.0% 9.7%
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Pitch Distribution