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Joba Chamberlain
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 245LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: C-A, #41, New York Yankees | Nebraska Lincoln
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
2014 2 5 3.57 69 0 2 63 59 1.29
2015 0 2 4.88 36 0 0 27.2 23 1.70
2016 0 0 2.25 20 0 0 20 18 1.15
10 Seasons 25 21 3.81 385 43 7 555.1 546 1.38
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
2014 69 2-5 3.57 63 59 1.29
2015 36 0-2 4.88 27.2 23 1.70
2016 20 0-0 2.25 20 18 1.15
10 Seasons 385 25-21 3.81 555.1 546 1.38
20162016 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATPitching Run Value4NOT QUALIFIEDFastball Run Value2NOT QUALIFIEDBreaking Run Value2NOT QUALIFIEDOffspeed Run Value--NOT QUALIFIEDPitchingxERA3.14NOT QUALIFIEDxBA.214NOT QUALIFIEDFastball Velo94.0NOT QUALIFIED68Avg Exit Velocity87.4NOT QUALIFIEDChase %29.9NOT QUALIFIEDWhiff %28.2NOT QUALIFIEDK %22.0NOT QUALIFIEDBB %13.4NOT QUALIFIEDBarrel %1.9NOT QUALIFIEDHard-Hit %30.8NOT QUALIFIEDGB %53.8NOT QUALIFIEDExtension6.1NOT QUALIFIED46
20162016 Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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MLB AVG.12"24"6"12"18"24"12"24"12"24"12.7 INCHES TAIL10.1 INCHES RISE8.5 INCHES BREAK11.6 INCHES DROPAVG4.0 INCHES BREAK0.7 INCHES DROPAVG3.7 INCHES TAIL15.4 INCHES RISEAVG1B3BMOVES TOWARD︎MORERISEMOREDROPUSAGEMPHRHP AVG4-Seam48%94.193.5Slider34%85.785.3Curve12%80.478.8Sinker3%92.792.6SAMPLE100 PITCH

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 29 537 95 4 4.2 3.1 88.7 114.5 11.8 31.6 .267 .410 .409 .326 .370 30.5 18.0 7.0 4.88 4.46
2016 30 354 52 1 1.9 1.2 87.4 108.2 4.9 28.8 .214 .295 .259 .275 .298 30.8 22.0 13.4 2.25 3.14
Player 891 147 5 3.4 2.4 88.2 114.5 9.3 30.6 .247 .367 .351 .306 .344 30.6 19.5 9.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Chamberlain relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(49.7%) ,
Slider
(35.5%) ,
Curveball
(11.9%) ,
Sinker
(2.9%) ,

Four Seamer171 Pitches (49.7%)
Slider122 Pitches (35.5%)
Curveball41 Pitches (11.9%)
Sinker10 Pitches (2.9%)

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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups
All Batted Balls
Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2015 45.3 54.7 17.9 29.5 7.4 29.5 40.0 29.5 15.8 20.0 8.4 13.7 20.0 21.1
2016 53.8 46.2 15.4 26.9 3.8 30.8 42.3 26.9 19.2 26.9 7.7 11.5 15.4 19.2
Player 48.3 51.7 17.0 28.6 6.1 29.9 40.8 28.6 17.0 22.4 8.2 12.9 18.4 20.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2015 3.2 30.5 21.1 30.5 4.2 4.2 3.1
2016 7.7 44.2 17.3 21.2 7.7 1.9 1.2
Player 4.8 35.4 19.7 27.2 5.4 3.4 2.4
MLB 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

Created with Highcharts 6.2.0Chart context menuJoba Chamberlain Vertical Movement vs Avg (Inches) by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comCurveballSliderSinkerFour SeamerChangeup20152016-2-101234

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)
Year
Pitch
Team
Hand
#
MPH
Vertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. Avg
Horizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2016 Curveball CLE R 41 80.4 54.6 1.8 8.5GLV -0.1 -11.6 1.6 8.5GLV -2.5
2016 Slider CLE R 122 85.7 38.5 3.7 4.0GLV -0.9 -0.7 3.2 4.0GLV -1.9
2016 Sinker CLE R 10 92.7 22.4 1.2 12.7ARM -1.0 10.1 -0.5 12.7ARM -0.6
2016 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 170 94.1 16.0 -1.1 3.7ARM -3.2 15.4 -0.4 3.7ARM -2.7
2015 Curveball KC R 85 79.8 53.8 0.1 8.2GLV -1.0 -10.3 0.9 8.2GLV -2.6
2015 Slider KC R 184 86.0 36.9 2.1 3.2GLV -1.7 0.5 1.6 3.2GLV -2.7
2015 Changeup KC R 8 84.7 31.8 1.5 13.3ARM 0.8 6.8 0.7 13.3ARM 1.9
2015 Sinker KC R 15 93.0 21.2 0.0 11.5ARM -2.1 10.9 -1.9 11.5ARM -2.0
2015 4-Seam Fastball KC R 236 94.6 14.8 -0.1 4.9ARM -1.7 16.3 0.5 4.9ARM -1.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2008 409 1,685 11 21 -6 -6 20
2009 701 2,705 15 1 -14 -17 -15
2010 300 1,154 5 3 -1 -4 4
2011 110 426 6 1 -2 -2 3
2012 93 352 1 0 -1 -2 -3
2013 196 765 4 -3 -5 -4 -8
2014 259 1,028 5 10 -5 -6 4
2015 128 537 -9 4 -7 -1 -13
2016 79 344 5 3 -1 -3 4
Player 2,275 8,996 43 40 -42 43 -3
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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 537 46.9 59.9 84.8 27.4 57.7 43.2 58.6 42.6 24.5 8.0 72.1
2016 354 40.4 60.1 87.2 29.9 49.2 36.2 50.0 42.1 28.2 5.4 78.9
Player 891 44.3 60.0 85.7 28.4 53.9 40.4 55.2 42.4 25.9 7.0 74.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 61.1 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 74 22 58 56
2016 68 24 46
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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 21.6 1 0.1 1 2 0 0 0.0
Player 21.6 1 0.1 1 2 0 0 0.0
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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Player 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
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
Fastball Velocity 94.5 -0.5 94.0
Offspeed Velocity 84.8 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.0 0.4 84.4
Exit Velocity 88.7 -1.3 87.4
Launch Angle 11.8 -6.9 4.9
Barrel % 4.2 -2.3 1.9
Hard Hit % 30.5 0.3 30.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.6 -2.8 28.8
xBA .267 -0.053 .214
BA .325 -0.149 .176
xwOBA .326 -0.051 .275
wOBA .409 -0.150 .259
xSLG .410 -0.115 .295
SLG .581 -0.257 .324
K% 18.0 4.0 22.0
BB% 7.0 6.4 13.4
Swing % 42.6 -0.5 42.1
Whiff% 24.5 3.7 28.2
In Zone % 46.9 -6.5 40.4
Out of Zone % 53.1 6.5 59.6
Out of Zone Swing % 27.4 2.5 29.9
First Pitch Swing % 21.1 0.9 22.0
First Pitch Strike % 58.6 -8.6 50.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHH
vs LHH
Year
Alignment Type
PA
wOBA
PA
Total
%
PA
Total
%
2016 Shifts 79 .259 44 1 2.3 35 11 31.4
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2010 269 19.0 8.9% 6.3% 239 23.0 0.0% 16.7%
2011 119 15.3 44.5% 1.7% 63 20.4 6.3% 9.5%
2012 78 16.1 32.1% 1.3% 67 20.7 1.5% 6.0%
2013 214 17.8 20.6% 5.1% 142 21.6 0.0% 9.9%
2014 301 19.3 6.0% 5.6% 172 24.1 0.0% 14.0%
2015 160 20.3 11.9% 11.9% 109 24.4 3.7% 22.0%
2016 101 22.2 13.9% 19.8% 60 25.2 3.3% 33.3%

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Pitch Distribution

Joba Chamberlain - 2016 Frequency of Pitches by Pitch Speed4-Seam FastballCurveballSinkerSliderAll Pitches80 MPH85 MPH90 MPH95 MPHPitch Speed0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%Frequency of Speed