Ken Giles
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 197LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 7, #241, Philadelphia Phillies | Yavapai College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 2 3 1.87 53 0 23 53 83 1.00
2020 0 0 9.82 4 0 1 3.2 6 2.18
2022 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 4.1 6 1.15
8 Seasons 14 18 2.71 362 0 115 355.1 484 1.12
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 53 2-3 1.87 53 83 1.00
2020 4 0-0 9.82 3.2 6 2.18
2022 5 0-0 0.00 4.1 6 1.15
8 Seasons 362 14-18 2.71 355.1 484 1.12
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 24 1185 185 7 3.8 2.3 87.8 115.6 11.4 33.5 .217 .328 .254 .277 .355 34.6 29.2 8.4 1.80 3.14
2016 25 1117 157 11 7.0 3.8 88.5 109.5 12.7 36.3 .212 .341 .306 .277 .393 33.1 35.7 8.7 4.11 3.19
2017 26 952 142 6 4.2 2.4 86.9 111.7 13.8 31.7 .190 .287 .251 .248 .325 34.0 33.6 8.5 2.30 2.59
2018 27 775 151 10 6.6 4.7 89.4 111.8 11.8 33.1 .251 .406 .310 .299 .384 36.0 25.0 3.3 4.65 3.76
2019 28 810 108 9 8.3 4.3 88.2 113.7 15.5 34.3 .180 .315 .247 .245 .367 35.2 39.9 8.2 1.87 2.60
2020 29 69 9 2 22.2 11.1 98.3 110.7 10.9 44.4 .255 .599 .454 .410 .586 66.7 33.3 16.7 9.82 7.83
2022 31 67 8 1 12.5 5.9 92.9 112.0 15.0 37.5 .179 .234 .196 .268 .310 25.0 35.3 17.6 0.00 2.94
Player 4975 760 46 6.1 3.6 88.3 115.6 12.8 33.9 .210 .337 .275 .272 .367 34.8 32.7 7.9
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

Giles relies on 2 pitches.
Slider
(55.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(44.8%) ,


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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 47.0 17.8 28.6 6.5 38.4 38.4 23.2 4.3 34.1 20.0 28.6 7.0 3.8 2.3
2016 40.8 22.9 29.9 6.4 31.2 36.9 31.8 0.6 29.3 25.5 27.4 6.4 7.0 3.8
2017 45.1 21.1 21.8 12.0 33.1 35.2 31.7 3.5 32.4 27.5 26.8 4.2 4.2 2.4
2018 43.0 23.8 25.8 7.3 36.4 41.1 21.9 4.0 31.1 25.8 29.1 2.6 6.6 4.7
2019 38.9 23.1 26.9 11.1 28.7 50.0 21.3 3.7 29.6 30.6 22.2 5.6 8.3 4.3
2020 44.4 22.2 33.3 0.0 55.6 33.3 11.1 0.0 33.3 22.2 11.1 11.1 22.2 11.1
2022 37.5 25.0 37.5 0.0 62.5 25.0 12.5 0.0 37.5 25.0 25.0 0.0 12.5 5.9
Player 43.3 21.6 27.0 8.2 34.6 39.5 25.8 3.2 31.6 25.3 27.0 5.3 6.1 3.6
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
2022 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 30 94.8 15.7 -1.3 12.0ARM 4.5 14.8 -1.4 12.0ARM 4.7
2022 Slider SEA R 37 84.1 38.2 0.3 2.6ARM -8.3 0.9 0.9 2.6ARM -8.3
2020 Slider TOR R 43 84.0 34.8 -2.4 1.6ARM -6.3 4.4 -3.0 1.6ARM -6.9
2020 4-Seam Fastball TOR R 26 94.3 14.0 1.0 11.6ARM 4.2 16.9 0.9 11.6ARM 4.3
! 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 %
2022 Slider 6.0 2 37 55.2 12 .000 .000 .058 47.6 50.0 46.2 .153 .186 .192 20.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 30 44.8 5 .333 .667 .530 11.1 0.0 0.0 .273 .413 .455 33.3
2020 Slider 1.7 1 43 62.3 8 .250 .375 .269 57.1 50.0 30.8 .121 .135 .110 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -6.7 -2 26 37.7 10 .286 1.143 .610 50.0 20.0 33.3 .408 1.129 .650 80.0
! 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
2022 4-Seam Fastball 24 95.0 98 19.2 1:15 1:30 -15
2022 Slider 34 84.2 18 3.8 4:45 3:45 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 26 94.3 99 20.4 1:15 1:15 0
2020 Slider 43 84.0 17 3.7 3:15 1:15 120
! 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
2014 165 690 5 9 0 0 14
2015 296 1,174 9 17 -4 -4 19
2016 285 1,113 2 7 -1 -4 5
2017 284 1,112 2 15 -7 -2 9
2018 209 763 -2 7 -2 -2 1
2019 207 810 5 10 3 -3 15
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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 1,185 50.1 70.1 79.5 31.5 45.2 44.3 60.1 50.7 30.6 8.2 76.3
2016 1,117 45.6 67.0 76.8 39.8 34.7 43.3 64.3 52.2 40.0 6.6 68.9
2017 952 52.0 68.4 76.9 31.6 41.0 44.4 61.9 50.8 33.9 8.9 81.0
2018 775 54.0 73.3 78.8 31.3 42.7 42.1 66.0 54.1 31.3 8.1 69.4
2019 810 46.9 68.9 73.3 34.4 36.5 39.6 60.4 50.6 40.0 5.9 64.6
2020 69 40.6 67.9 52.6 34.1 35.7 46.4 72.2 47.8 54.5 2.9 100.0
2022 67 40.3 59.3 68.8 35.0 57.1 34.3 58.8 44.8 36.7 9.0 83.3
Player 4,975 49.3 69.3 77.0 34.1 39.7 42.9 62.6 51.5 35.4 7.5 73.5
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 80 81 84 81 74 79 81 59 35 92 31 91 69 96 82 22
2016 85 87 82 74 82 65 26 51 62 98 37 99 99 98 89 7
2017 96 95 97 95 93 88 83 57 43 96 47 94 86 98 95 6
2018 59 33 39 44 83 72 45 18 43 65 99 84 85 97 84 7
2019 98 97 95 82 97 80 25 61 62 99 48 99 92 94 66 9
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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 22.7 8 4.9 3 5 9 1 12.5
2017 22.0 7 5.6 1 4 4 3 42.9
2018 22.7 6 6.0 0 2 4 3 50.0
2019 23.3 5 4.8 0 5 3 2 40.0
2020 24.4 2 1.7 0 0 2 0 0.0
Player 22.8 28 23.0 5 16 22 9 32.1
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 8 7 2 6 5 4 7 4 3 2 4 10 6 3 2 4 2 2 7 6 5 4 9 8 4 2 6 9 6 6 2
2017 7 6 6 5 7 5 7 4 5 4 5 8 4 4 5 4 4 4 7 7 5 7 8 7 4 5 7 8 6 7 4
2018 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 7 4 5 5 6 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 5 8 7 6 6 5 5 7 6 5
2019 5 6 3 5 4 5 7 4 5 3 5 7 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 3 4 4 7 7 5 3
2020 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Player 28 28 17 24 24 22 29 20 18 15 21 33 24 17 19 20 16 18 27 26 24 24 32 31 18 18 24 31 28 26 16
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.2 97.9 0.7 ↑ 98.2 0.3 ↑ 97.3 -0.9 ↓ 96.9 -0.4 ↓ 94.3 -2.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 85.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 86.6 86.6 0.0 87.0 0.4 ↑ 86.7 -0.3 ↓ 86.4 -0.3 ↓ 84.0 -2.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.8 88.5 0.7 ↑ 86.9 -1.6 ↓ 89.4 2.5 ↑ 88.2 -1.2 ↓ 98.3 10.1 ↑
Launch Angle 11.4 12.7 1.3 ↑ 13.8 1.1 ↑ 11.8 -2.0 ↓ 15.5 3.7 ↑ 10.9 -4.6 ↓
Barrel % 3.8 7.0 3.2 ↑ 4.2 -2.8 ↓ 6.6 2.4 ↑ 8.3 1.7 ↑ 22.2 13.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.6 33.1 -1.5 ↓ 34.0 0.9 ↑ 36.0 2.0 ↑ 35.2 -0.8 ↓ 66.7 31.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.5 36.3 2.8 ↑ 31.7 -4.6 ↓ 33.1 1.4 ↑ 34.3 1.2 ↑ 44.4 10.1 ↑
xBA .217 .212 -0.005 ↓ .190 -0.022 ↓ .251 0.061 ↑ .180 -0.071 ↓ .255 0.075 ↑
BA .219 .234 0.015 ↑ .198 -0.036 ↓ .266 0.068 ↑ .188 -0.078 ↓ .267 0.079 ↑
xwOBA .277 .277 0.000 .248 -0.029 ↓ .299 0.051 ↑ .245 -0.054 ↓ .410 0.165 ↑
wOBA .254 .306 0.052 ↑ .251 -0.055 ↓ .310 0.059 ↑ .247 -0.063 ↓ .454 0.207 ↑
xSLG .328 .341 0.013 ↑ .287 -0.054 ↓ .406 0.119 ↑ .315 -0.091 ↓ .599 0.284 ↑
SLG .283 .402 0.119 ↑ .297 -0.105 ↓ .429 0.132 ↑ .319 -0.110 ↓ .733 0.414 ↑
K% 29.2 35.7 6.5 ↑ 33.6 -2.1 ↓ 25.0 -8.6 ↓ 39.9 14.9 ↑ 33.3 -6.6 ↓
BB% 8.4 8.7 0.3 ↑ 8.5 -0.2 ↓ 3.3 -5.2 ↓ 8.2 4.9 ↑ 16.7 8.5 ↑
Swing % 50.7 52.2 1.5 ↑ 50.8 -1.4 ↓ 54.1 3.3 ↑ 50.6 -3.5 ↓ 47.8 -2.8 ↓
Whiff% 30.6 40.0 9.4 ↑ 33.9 -6.1 ↓ 31.3 -2.6 ↓ 40.0 8.7 ↑ 54.5 14.5 ↑
In Zone % 50.1 45.6 -4.5 ↓ 52.0 6.4 ↑ 54.0 2.0 ↑ 46.9 -7.1 ↓ 40.6 -6.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.9 54.4 4.5 ↑ 48.0 -6.4 ↓ 46.0 -2.0 ↓ 53.1 7.1 ↑ 59.4 6.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 31.5 39.8 8.3 ↑ 31.6 -8.2 ↓ 31.3 -0.3 ↓ 34.4 3.1 ↑ 34.1 -0.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 36.6 35.0 -1.6 ↓ 35.2 0.2 ↑ 37.7 2.5 ↑ 30.4 -7.3 ↓ 50.0 19.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.1 64.3 4.2 ↑ 61.9 -2.4 ↓ 66.0 4.1 ↑ 60.4 -5.6 ↓ 72.2 11.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 272 .305 139 18 12.9 133 66 49.6
2017 Shifts 245 .253 131 37 28.2 114 46 40.4
2018 Shifts 212 .310 107 21 19.6 105 45 42.9
2019 Shifts 207 .247 108 3 2.8 99 45 45.5
2020 Shifts 18 .454 10 1 10.0 8 3 37.5
2022 Shifts 17 .196 8 5 62.5 9 7 77.8
! 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 %
2014 219 20.1 0.5% 3.2% 84 23.9 0.0% 4.8%
2015 285 19.7 10.9% 6.0% 222 24.1 5.0% 23.0%
2016 266 21.4 10.5% 6.4% 168 25.8 7.1% 27.4%
2017 255 22.5 0.0% 4.7% 138 25.4 0.0% 16.7%
2018 187 22.4 0.0% 5.3% 116 26.1 0.0% 16.4%
2019 219 23.8 0.0% 5.9% 119 27.3 0.0% 25.2%
2020 16 25.0 0.0% 12.5% 11 33.5 0.0% 63.6%
2022 19 22.4 0.0% 5.3% 12 24.1 0.0% 8.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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