Jordan Zimmermann
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 2, #67, Washington Nationals | Wisconsin - Stevens Point
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 13 6.91 23 23 0 112 82 1.52
2020 0 0 7.94 3 2 0 5.2 6 2.29
2021 0 0 7.94 2 0 0 5.2 0 1.76
13 Seasons 95 91 4.07 279 275 0 1,614 1,271 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 23 1-13 6.91 112 82 1.52
2020 3 0-0 7.94 5.2 6 2.29
2021 2 0-0 7.94 5.2 0 1.76
13 Seasons 279 95-91 4.07 1,614 1,271 1.25
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 29 3103 620 26 4.2 3.1 87.4 112.8 12.5 33.2 .256 .406 .304 .308 .363 32.9 19.7 4.7 3.66 3.93
2016 30 1707 356 23 6.5 5.1 88.0 111.6 16.0 30.6 .266 .469 .341 .333 .366 34.0 14.7 5.8 4.87 4.74
2017 31 2644 559 43 7.7 6.0 89.3 112.4 17.2 37.4 .293 .511 .372 .362 .400 35.4 14.4 6.2 6.08 5.85
2018 32 2076 417 40 9.6 7.2 89.1 111.8 16.8 38.6 .257 .467 .338 .327 .390 38.4 20.0 4.7 4.52 4.57
2019 33 1866 391 37 9.5 7.3 90.3 115.6 12.6 37.9 .297 .522 .363 .363 .415 38.4 16.3 5.0 6.91 6.04
2020 34 108 20 1 5.0 3.6 87.3 106.4 4.2 45.0 .326 .422 .422 .351 .422 45.0 21.4 7.1 7.94 5.37
2021 35 82 23 3 13.0 11.5 92.9 108.2 10.0 30.4 .366 .636 .437 .459 .428 47.8 0.0 7.7 7.94 10.54
Player 11586 2386 173 7.3 5.6 88.8 115.6 14.8 35.6 .274 .471 .343 .338 .387 35.7 17.1 5.3
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

Zimmermann relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(42.7%) ,
Sinker
(32.9%) ,
Four Seamer
(8.5%) ,
Changeup
(8.5%) ,
Curveball
(7.3%) ,


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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 43.7 17.4 30.3 8.5 32.1 41.3 26.6 4.4 32.4 24.4 26.6 5.5 4.2 3.1
2016 44.1 24.2 21.1 10.7 33.7 36.2 30.1 2.2 32.6 28.1 22.5 6.5 6.5 5.1
2017 34.7 26.5 29.9 8.9 35.6 40.3 24.2 2.7 23.1 30.2 27.7 7.2 7.7 6.0
2018 36.9 27.1 27.3 8.6 33.3 41.2 23.3 3.8 26.1 29.0 23.3 7.7 9.6 7.2
2019 43.0 21.7 28.9 6.4 40.4 35.5 24.0 2.6 33.8 23.5 23.8 5.9 9.5 7.3
2020 45.0 5.0 50.0 0.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 5.0 35.0 10.0 35.0 10.0 5.0 3.6
2021 52.2 26.1 21.7 0.0 56.5 26.1 17.4 0.0 30.4 26.1 30.4 0.0 13.0 11.5
Player 40.4 22.9 28.2 8.5 35.0 39.1 25.6 3.2 29.4 26.9 25.3 6.5 7.3 5.6
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

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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
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 7 89.7 17.5 -0.3 5.1ARM -2.4 16.5 0.3 5.1ARM -2.1
2021 Curveball MIL R 6 80.3 45.6 -6.2 6.0GLV -3.2 -3.3 -6.8 6.0GLV -3.2
2021 Sinker MIL R 27 89.3 25.2 0.0 12.1ARM -2.6 9.0 -0.2 12.1ARM -2.7
2021 Changeup MIL R 7 84.5 34.3 3.3 11.0ARM -3.1 3.8 2.5 11.0ARM -2.9
2021 Slider MIL R 35 85.6 29.1 -6.3 3.0GLV -2.0 8.2 -6.4 3.0GLV -2.7
2020 Sinker DET R 28 89.2 27.1 2.7 13.1ARM -1.5 7.0 2.1 13.1ARM -1.7
2020 Curveball DET R 11 80.0 45.7 -6.0 4.4GLV -4.7 -3.3 -6.4 4.4GLV -4.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball DET R 31 89.4 19.0 -1.5 6.1ARM -0.7 15.1 -0.9 6.1ARM -1.2
2020 Changeup DET R 5 85.0 32.5 1.8 12.0ARM -1.3 5.2 1.2 12.0ARM -1.4
2020 Slider DET R 33 85.2 30.2 -5.8 4.0GLV -0.6 7.2 -5.8 4.0GLV -1.3
! 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 %
2021 Slider 1.2 0 35 42.7 10 .250 .375 .355 9.5 0.0 0.0 .224 .304 .327 37.5
2021 Sinker -13.6 -4 27 32.9 13 .417 .750 .512 0.0 0.0 0.0 .471 .809 .557 58.3
2021 Changeup -2.2 0 7 8.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 3.4 0 7 8.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .057 .061 .051 0.0
2021 Curveball -22.4 -1 6 7.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .456 1.218 .684 50.0
2020 Slider 2.4 1 33 30.6 8 .286 .286 .313 33.3 25.0 18.2 .252 .337 .307 20.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 31 28.7 7 .333 .333 .357 25.0 28.6 20.0 .371 .530 .431 50.0
2020 Sinker -3.7 -1 28 25.9 8 .500 .625 .494 12.5 25.0 33.3 .306 .347 .294 50.0
2020 Curveball -21.3 -2 11 10.2 3 .667 1.000 1.017 0.0 0.0 0.0 .295 .456 .316 33.3
2020 Changeup -2.6 0 5 4.6 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .578 .647 .530 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Sinker 27 89.3 77 15.0 1:00 2:00 -60
2021 Slider 35 85.6 44 7.9 12:15 11:00 75
2020 Curveball 11 80.0 40 7.0 8:30 7:15 75
2020 4-Seam Fastball 29 89.3 77 15.8 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Sinker 27 89.2 76 14.9 1:00 2:15 -75
2020 Slider 32 85.2 39 7.7 11:45 10:45 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 384 1,551 -2 7 -8 -6 -9
2010 134 553 3 0 -3 -3 -4
2011 651 2,425 16 12 -10 -8 10
2012 821 3,158 22 16 -8 -10 21
2013 864 3,078 4 28 -9 -7 15
2014 827 3,021 7 30 -5 -7 24
2015 828 3,091 8 11 -7 -7 5
2016 450 1,707 -9 8 -8 -5 -13
2017 709 2,640 6 -12 -13 -8 -27
2018 556 2,073 -14 18 -12 -4 -12
2019 502 1,866 -4 0 -13 -7 -24
2020 28 108 0 -1 -1 -1 -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 3,103 53.6 67.7 87.0 29.6 63.3 42.8 67.6 50.0 19.1 9.7 72.8
2016 1,707 51.8 66.9 87.3 29.2 68.8 42.5 65.8 48.7 17.3 8.8 71.5
2017 2,644 53.5 68.0 87.5 27.7 65.3 43.2 67.5 49.3 17.9 8.9 80.1
2018 2,076 48.1 68.3 85.5 30.1 63.9 47.3 64.9 48.5 20.6 6.8 79.3
2019 1,866 46.7 66.0 87.0 30.1 64.2 47.1 63.7 46.8 20.3 4.9 78.0
2020 108 47.2 74.5 86.8 26.3 66.7 45.4 71.4 49.1 18.9 3.7 75.0
2021 82 46.3 78.9 96.7 25.0 81.8 41.5 46.2 50.0 7.3 8.5 100.0
Player 11,586 51.1 67.6 87.0 29.2 64.9 44.3 66.1 48.9 18.9 8.0 76.2
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 47 30 34 40 62 17 73 68 48 45 93 18 51 63 80 48 54
2016 24 24 13 9 56 31 36 65 54 9 82 7 54 41 84 40 44
2017 7 4 5 7 20 2 17 7 31 8 84 8 54 39 78 45 43
2018 29 25 8 4 70 4 5 25 25 35 94 18 76 25 69 39 46
2019 6 3 4 8 21 9 13 11 33 8 93 12 61 13 53 29 46
2020 8 50 24
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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 22.4 14 19.3 -5 7 19 4 28.6
2017 22.8 29 31.6 -3 13 21 16 55.2
2018 22.8 28 29.8 -2 11 19 14 50.0
2019 23.1 19 21.4 -2 13 13 9 47.4
2020 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2021 26.1 1 1.5 -1 2 1 1 100.0
Player 22.8 91 103.7 -13 47 73 44 48.4
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 14 21 16 23 22 20 23 18 14 15 21 21 18 17 18 21 13 17 19 23 18 16 25 21 19 17 17 25 22 24 15
2017 29 33 27 34 32 29 39 32 23 26 29 37 35 32 29 33 29 28 35 31 36 30 39 34 34 28 27 38 37 33 19
2018 28 31 20 34 30 28 31 31 26 24 28 35 36 25 28 34 27 29 30 33 30 28 37 33 25 25 30 32 38 31 26
2019 19 23 18 25 22 22 22 20 18 18 19 25 25 21 21 22 19 21 21 21 22 23 24 22 19 21 20 23 25 22 17
2020 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2
Player 91 109 82 118 108 101 118 102 83 84 99 122 116 96 98 111 89 96 106 110 107 98 128 111 98 92 96 120 123 112 79
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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.6 92.4 -1.2 ↓ 92.2 -0.2 ↓ 91.1 -1.1 ↓ 90.4 -0.7 ↓ 89.3 -1.1 ↓ 89.4 0.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 88.7 87.6 -1.1 ↓ 86.3 -1.3 ↓ 86.6 0.3 ↑ 87.1 0.5 ↑ 85.0 -2.1 ↓ 84.5 -0.5 ↓
Breaking Velocity 85.3 85.6 0.3 ↑ 84.6 -1.0 ↓ 84.7 0.1 ↑ 83.7 -1.0 ↓ 83.9 0.2 ↑ 84.8 0.9 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.4 88.0 0.6 ↑ 89.3 1.3 ↑ 89.1 -0.2 ↓ 90.3 1.2 ↑ 87.3 -3.0 ↓ 92.9 5.6 ↑
Launch Angle 12.5 16.0 3.5 ↑ 17.2 1.2 ↑ 16.8 -0.4 ↓ 12.6 -4.2 ↓ 4.2 -8.4 ↓ 10.0 5.8 ↑
Barrel % 4.2 6.5 2.3 ↑ 7.7 1.2 ↑ 9.6 1.9 ↑ 9.5 -0.1 ↓ 5.0 -4.5 ↓ 13.0 8.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.9 34.0 1.1 ↑ 35.4 1.4 ↑ 38.4 3.0 ↑ 38.4 0.0 45.0 6.6 ↑ 47.8 2.8 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.2 30.6 -2.6 ↓ 37.4 6.8 ↑ 38.6 1.2 ↑ 37.9 -0.7 ↓ 45.0 7.1 ↑ 30.4 -14.6 ↓
xBA .256 .266 0.010 ↑ .293 0.027 ↑ .257 -0.036 ↓ .297 0.040 ↑ .326 0.029 ↑ .366 0.040 ↑
BA .264 .284 0.020 ↑ .313 0.029 ↑ .269 -0.044 ↓ .311 0.042 ↑ .423 0.112 ↑ .348 -0.075 ↓
xwOBA .308 .333 0.025 ↑ .362 0.029 ↑ .327 -0.035 ↓ .363 0.036 ↑ .351 -0.012 ↓ .459 0.108 ↑
wOBA .304 .341 0.037 ↑ .372 0.031 ↑ .338 -0.034 ↓ .363 0.025 ↑ .422 0.059 ↑ .437 0.015 ↑
xSLG .406 .469 0.063 ↑ .511 0.042 ↑ .467 -0.044 ↓ .522 0.055 ↑ .422 -0.100 ↓ .636 0.214 ↑
SLG .394 .478 0.084 ↑ .528 0.050 ↑ .497 -0.031 ↓ .526 0.029 ↑ .500 -0.026 ↓ .609 0.109 ↑
K% 19.7 14.7 -5.0 ↓ 14.4 -0.3 ↓ 20.0 5.6 ↑ 16.3 -3.7 ↓ 21.4 5.1 ↑ 0.0 -21.4 ↓
BB% 4.7 5.8 1.1 ↑ 6.2 0.4 ↑ 4.7 -1.5 ↓ 5.0 0.3 ↑ 7.1 2.1 ↑ 7.7 0.6 ↑
Swing % 50.0 48.7 -1.3 ↓ 49.3 0.6 ↑ 48.5 -0.8 ↓ 46.8 -1.7 ↓ 49.1 2.3 ↑ 50.0 0.9 ↑
Whiff% 19.1 17.3 -1.8 ↓ 17.9 0.6 ↑ 20.6 2.7 ↑ 20.3 -0.3 ↓ 18.9 -1.4 ↓ 7.3 -11.6 ↓
In Zone % 53.6 51.8 -1.8 ↓ 53.5 1.7 ↑ 48.1 -5.4 ↓ 46.7 -1.4 ↓ 47.2 0.5 ↑ 46.3 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 46.4 48.2 1.8 ↑ 46.5 -1.7 ↓ 51.9 5.4 ↑ 53.3 1.4 ↑ 52.8 -0.5 ↓ 53.7 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 29.2 -0.4 ↓ 27.7 -1.5 ↓ 30.1 2.4 ↑ 30.1 0.0 26.3 -3.8 ↓ 25.0 -1.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.5 30.2 -1.3 ↓ 32.8 2.6 ↑ 32.0 -0.8 ↓ 27.8 -4.2 ↓ 42.9 15.1 ↑ 23.1 -19.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 67.6 65.8 -1.8 ↓ 67.5 1.7 ↑ 64.9 -2.6 ↓ 63.7 -1.2 ↓ 71.4 7.7 ↑ 46.2 -25.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 443 .336 236 3 1.3 207 36 17.4
2017 Shifts 709 .372 353 5 1.4 356 61 17.1
2018 Shifts 556 .338 266 25 9.4 290 106 36.6
2019 Shifts 502 .363 243 26 10.7 259 162 62.5
2020 Shifts 28 .422 10 3 30.0 18 15 83.3
2021 Shifts 26 .437 15 0 0.0 11 2 18.2
! 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 %
2010 200 15.0 46.5% 1.5% 78 21.0 0.0% 5.1%
2011 751 14.1 60.1% 0.8% 332 21.4 0.9% 7.2%
2012 858 14.7 53.1% 1.0% 483 21.1 2.9% 5.2%
2013 929 14.4 56.0% 0.5% 415 20.9 3.4% 5.8%
2014 818 14.2 61.2% 0.6% 404 21.5 3.5% 9.4%
2015 958 14.3 53.9% 2.1% 426 20.8 16.0% 15.5%
2016 520 15.8 43.3% 4.4% 254 24.5 3.9% 23.2%
2017 704 16.5 33.4% 1.1% 480 24.8 1.0% 12.7%
2018 662 14.7 54.5% 0.9% 293 23.1 3.1% 12.3%
2019 533 15.0 50.3% 0.9% 332 22.1 0.9% 8.4%
2020 9 12.6 77.8% 0.0% 37 19.2 2.7% 0.0%
2021 25 17.9 40.0% 0.0% 11 19.3 0.0% 9.1%

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Pitch Distribution

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