Kendall Graveman
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 8, #235, Toronto Blue Jays | Mississippi State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 5 1 1.77 53 0 10 56 61 0.98
2022 3 4 3.18 65 0 6 65 66 1.40
2023 5 6 3.12 68 0 8 66.1 66 1.31
9 Seasons 37 43 3.95 280 80 24 652 494 1.33
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 53 5-1 1.77 56 61 0.98
2022 65 3-4 3.18 65 66 1.40
2023 68 5-6 3.12 66.1 66 1.31
9 Seasons 280 37-43 3.95 652 494 1.33
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 1898 382 22 5.8 4.4 89.5 113.4 8.4 32.5 .287 .444 .333 .351 .385 38.2 15.3 7.6 4.05 5.27
2016 25 2832 623 34 5.5 4.3 89.6 115.6 6.0 30.0 .291 .461 .316 .345 .377 38.7 13.8 6.0 4.11 5.14
2017 26 1675 338 21 6.2 4.7 89.2 116.8 6.1 31.1 .281 .468 .334 .346 .381 39.3 15.8 7.2 4.19 5.27
2018 27 632 117 12 10.3 7.6 88.2 114.4 6.8 36.8 .300 .545 .388 .390 .444 36.2 17.1 8.2 7.60 6.90
2020 29 329 54 2 3.7 2.6 91.6 109.9 6.6 27.8 .232 .363 .304 .299 .323 38.9 19.5 10.4 5.79 3.76
2021 30 871 133 7 5.3 3.2 87.4 111.6 6.2 32.3 .227 .329 .248 .296 .349 35.3 27.5 9.0 1.77 3.68
2022 31 1035 190 8 4.2 2.8 88.1 111.1 6.0 28.9 .239 .337 .306 .292 .336 34.7 23.2 9.1 3.19 3.51
2023 32 1114 174 12 6.9 4.3 88.6 112.9 16.0 32.2 .234 .382 .312 .328 .365 35.6 23.4 12.8 3.12 4.58
Player 10386 2011 118 5.9 4.3 89.1 116.8 7.4 31.2 .272 .431 .319 .336 .375 37.7 17.8 8.0
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

Graveman relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(39.4%) ,
Slider
(26.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.6%) ,
Changeup
(9.1%) ,
Curveball
(2.2%) ,


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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 51.3 16.0 28.3 4.5 42.1 33.0 24.3 2.4 38.7 19.6 24.9 5.2 5.8 4.4
2016 53.1 17.7 25.0 4.2 40.0 35.6 24.4 3.4 40.4 16.2 25.0 6.3 5.5 4.3
2017 52.1 20.4 24.0 3.6 34.9 43.5 21.6 3.8 39.3 17.8 25.4 6.8 6.2 4.7
2018 57.3 17.9 19.7 5.1 38.5 37.6 22.2 4.3 41.9 14.5 23.9 4.3 10.3 7.6
2020 48.1 25.9 20.4 5.6 44.4 46.3 9.3 0.0 44.4 24.1 18.5 7.4 3.7 2.6
2021 54.9 16.5 23.3 5.3 37.6 39.1 23.3 8.3 40.6 14.3 28.6 3.0 5.3 3.2
2022 54.2 18.4 23.2 4.2 40.0 37.9 22.1 3.7 41.6 18.9 28.4 3.2 4.2 2.8
2023 38.5 28.2 24.7 8.6 34.5 35.1 30.5 2.3 33.3 27.6 23.6 6.3 6.9 4.3
Player 51.7 18.9 24.7 4.7 38.9 37.2 23.6 3.5 39.6 18.3 25.3 5.6 5.9 4.3
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
2023 Sinker HOU R 438 95.9 19.3 -1.3 16.3ARM 1.1 10.4 -2.8 16.3ARM 1.3
2023 Curveball HOU R 25 82.2 47.3 -2.2 7.0GLV -1.1 -6.7 -3.2 7.0GLV -1.9
2023 Slider HOU R 298 87.1 34.3 0.3 5.2GLV 1.0 1.6 -0.1 5.2GLV -0.1
2023 Changeup HOU R 101 88.4 29.3 -0.3 14.2ARM -0.4 5.6 -0.2 14.2ARM -0.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 251 95.9 13.7 0.5 8.9ARM 0.9 16.1 0.3 8.9ARM 1.5
2022 Curveball CWS R 37 83.3 44.3 -3.8 7.0GLV -0.8 -5.0 -4.9 7.0GLV -2.1
2022 Changeup CWS R 142 90.7 28.2 0.1 14.0ARM -0.9 4.9 1.0 14.0ARM -0.2
2022 Slider CWS R 288 88.7 32.2 0.1 5.2GLV 1.4 2.4 -0.6 5.2GLV -0.5
2022 Sinker CWS R 444 96.4 18.9 -1.5 15.5ARM -0.1 10.5 -2.2 15.5ARM 0.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball CWS R 124 96.6 13.9 -0.1 9.0ARM 0.7 15.4 -0.8 9.0ARM 1.7
! 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 %
2023 Sinker 0.7 3 438 39.3 118 .260 .500 .386 16.8 8.5 12.7 .309 .492 .397 36.7
2023 Slider -0.5 -2 298 26.8 68 .241 .431 .350 37.3 38.2 25.2 .180 .369 .299 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 4 251 22.5 64 .094 .132 .208 45.0 40.6 23.9 .144 .229 .245 39.3
2023 Changeup 1.3 1 101 9.1 25 .227 .227 .300 15.0 8.0 20.0 .273 .331 .316 35.0
2023 Curveball 2.0 0 25 2.2 6 .200 .200 .267 25.0 33.3 28.6 .150 .184 .237 0.0
2022 Sinker -0.8 -3 444 42.9 116 .313 .455 .402 17.6 16.4 22.1 .282 .410 .359 37.5
2022 Slider 0.6 2 288 27.8 75 .232 .362 .294 42.6 34.7 28.9 .209 .321 .257 34.1
2022 Changeup 1.9 3 142 13.7 53 .245 .286 .287 20.0 9.4 20.0 .229 .276 .260 27.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 2 124 12.0 31 .138 .207 .161 32.8 38.7 19.7 .196 .256 .223 44.4
2022 Curveball 1.0 0 37 3.6 8 .286 .286 .225 36.4 50.0 44.4 .177 .210 .147 25.0
! 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
2023 Changeup 100 88.4 89 15.6 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 Curveball 24 82.1 61 11.9 8:00 7:15 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 246 96.0 92 18.1 1:15 1:00 15
2023 Sinker 426 96.0 94 19.6 1:15 2:00 -45
2023 Slider 284 87.1 29 6.1 10:00 9:00 60
2022 Changeup 130 90.7 90 15.3 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 Curveball 37 83.3 52 10.7 7:45 7:30 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 123 96.6 91 17.7 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Sinker 435 96.4 93 18.9 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 Slider 288 88.7 30 6.4 10:45 9:30 75
! 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
2015 502 1,897 7 5 -12 -7 -7
2016 783 2,823 23 10 -18 -10 5
2017 442 1,668 -1 19 -12 -6 0
2018 157 626 -6 2 -5 -3 -11
2020 77 329 4 4 -6 -2 0
2021 265 1,068 11 20 -6 -9 17
2022 283 1,035 1 12 -5 -4 4
2023 281 1,113 10 12 -8 -6 8
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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 1,898 45.8 64.4 89.5 28.0 64.2 42.2 59.2 44.7 18.5 6.5 73.2
2016 2,832 49.7 62.6 88.5 27.0 64.6 43.0 64.7 44.7 18.1 7.5 75.5
2017 1,675 44.8 64.0 88.3 25.7 69.9 43.4 56.7 42.7 17.2 5.8 80.4
2018 632 44.7 60.0 88.1 25.4 64.8 41.4 62.7 40.8 19.4 5.9 86.5
2020 329 48.3 61.6 82.7 18.2 77.4 45.6 58.4 39.2 18.6 7.0 60.9
2021 871 43.3 64.5 84.8 30.0 56.1 40.9 59.3 44.9 25.8 7.6 78.8
2022 1,035 46.2 65.9 78.7 28.5 61.0 41.1 60.4 45.8 27.2 6.4 80.3
2023 1,114 43.8 64.3 78.3 27.6 54.9 41.9 63.5 43.6 29.2 6.2 79.7
Player 10,386 46.3 63.6 86.1 27.1 63.3 42.4 61.1 44.0 20.9 6.7 77.1
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 6 4 13 29 6 26 29 13 7 16 47 15 32 28 27 75
2016 16 4 16 32 19 12 61 21 16 7 79 10 26 52 64 79
2017 17 11 16 23 24 31 44 8 7 14 69 5 27 56 80 79
2018 60 76 82
2020 64 57 66 71 55 88 89 4 38 26 31 5 1 76 65 59
2021 69 66 87 94 34 92 86 79 75 77 39 46 69 90 46 53
2022 64 49 78 92 36 87 93 59 75 51 32 61 41 88 59 46
2023 33 64 64 64 14 68 68 58 74 49 5 72 34 83 66 49
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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 23.5 22 22.7 -1 9 23 5 22.7
2017 23.5 12 10.7 1 9 7 4 33.3
2018 21.9 9 9.2 0 4 3 6 66.7
2020 22.8 2 1.2 1 4 0 1 50.0
2021 23.3 4 4.6 -1 2 5 1 25.0
2022 25.3 5 4.5 1 3 2 3 60.0
2023 23.9 9 6.6 2 4 6 2 22.2
Player 23.4 63 59.5 4 35 46 22 34.9
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 22 24 16 28 21 19 26 25 16 15 22 25 25 21 23 28 13 22 24 23 24 15 30 30 26 24 23 32 26 24 12
2017 12 11 8 9 10 11 12 11 6 11 10 12 11 12 10 12 10 11 9 11 12 11 13 12 12 10 8 16 13 11 7
2018 9 11 8 11 8 9 9 9 8 8 9 11 10 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 11 10 9 8 7 8 11 9 8
2020 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 4 6 4 5 3 3 4 6 1 3 3 3 6 4 4 6 4 5 6 3 7 5 6 6 6 4 4 6 6 3 5
2022 5 4 4 3 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
2023 9 3 5 8 7 7 8 6 8 5 5 8 8 6 7 7 8 5 7 8 6 6 9 7 5 5 7 8 8 5 5
Player 63 60 47 66 55 55 66 62 44 47 55 66 66 57 59 69 49 57 60 60 64 52 77 71 63 56 54 76 70 58 43
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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.8 92.1 2.3 ↑ 92.8 0.7 ↑ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 94.7 -- 96.6 1.9 ↑ 96.5 -0.1 ↓ 95.9 -0.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 85.6 1.7 ↑ 86.0 0.4 ↑ -- 0.2 ↑ -- -- 88.8 -- 89.6 0.8 ↑ 90.7 1.1 ↑ 88.4 -2.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 78.3 80.2 1.9 ↑ 79.1 -1.1 ↓ -- 1.9 ↑ -- -- 81.9 -- 86.3 4.4 ↑ 88.1 1.8 ↑ 86.7 -1.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.5 89.6 0.1 ↑ 89.2 -0.4 ↓ -- -1.0 ↓ -- -- 91.6 -- 87.4 -4.2 ↓ 88.1 0.7 ↑ 88.6 0.5 ↑
Launch Angle 8.4 6.0 -2.4 ↓ 6.1 0.1 ↑ -- 0.7 ↑ -- -- 6.6 -- 6.2 -0.4 ↓ 6.0 -0.2 ↓ 16.0 10.0 ↑
Barrel % 5.8 5.5 -0.3 ↓ 6.2 0.7 ↑ -- 4.1 ↑ -- -- 3.7 -- 5.3 1.6 ↑ 4.2 -1.1 ↓ 6.9 2.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 38.2 38.7 0.5 ↑ 39.3 0.6 ↑ -- -3.1 ↓ -- -- 38.9 -- 35.3 -3.6 ↓ 34.7 -0.6 ↓ 35.6 0.9 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.5 30.0 -2.5 ↓ 31.1 1.1 ↑ -- 5.7 ↑ -- -- 27.8 -- 32.3 4.5 ↑ 28.9 -3.4 ↓ 32.2 3.3 ↑
xBA .287 .291 0.004 ↑ .281 -0.010 ↓ -- 0.019 ↑ -- -- .232 -- .227 -0.005 ↓ .239 0.012 ↑ .234 -0.005 ↓
BA .276 .271 -0.005 ↓ .280 0.009 ↑ -- 0.026 ↑ -- -- .221 -- .180 -0.041 ↓ .257 0.077 ↑ .214 -0.043 ↓
xwOBA .351 .345 -0.006 ↓ .346 0.001 ↑ -- 0.044 ↑ -- -- .299 -- .296 -0.003 ↓ .292 -0.004 ↓ .328 0.036 ↑
wOBA .333 .316 -0.017 ↓ .334 0.018 ↑ -- 0.054 ↑ -- -- .304 -- .248 -0.056 ↓ .306 0.058 ↑ .312 0.006 ↑
xSLG .444 .461 0.017 ↑ .468 0.007 ↑ -- 0.077 ↑ -- -- .363 -- .329 -0.034 ↓ .337 0.008 ↑ .382 0.045 ↑
SLG .423 .415 -0.008 ↓ .442 0.027 ↑ -- 0.100 ↑ -- -- .412 -- .253 -0.159 ↓ .364 0.111 ↑ .370 0.006 ↑
K% 15.3 13.8 -1.5 ↓ 15.8 2.0 ↑ -- 1.3 ↑ -- -- 19.5 -- 27.5 8.0 ↑ 23.2 -4.3 ↓ 23.4 0.2 ↑
BB% 7.6 6.0 -1.6 ↓ 7.2 1.2 ↑ -- 1.0 ↑ -- -- 10.4 -- 9.0 -1.4 ↓ 9.1 0.1 ↑ 12.8 3.7 ↑
Swing % 44.7 44.7 0.0 42.7 -2.0 ↓ -- -1.9 ↓ -- -- 39.2 -- 44.9 5.7 ↑ 45.8 0.9 ↑ 43.6 -2.2 ↓
Whiff% 18.5 18.1 -0.4 ↓ 17.2 -0.9 ↓ -- 2.2 ↑ -- -- 18.6 -- 25.8 7.2 ↑ 27.2 1.4 ↑ 29.2 2.0 ↑
In Zone % 45.8 49.7 3.9 ↑ 44.8 -4.9 ↓ -- -0.1 ↓ -- -- 48.3 -- 43.3 -5.0 ↓ 46.2 2.9 ↑ 43.8 -2.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.2 50.3 -3.9 ↓ 55.2 4.9 ↑ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 51.7 -- 56.7 5.0 ↑ 53.8 -2.9 ↓ 56.2 2.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 28.0 27.0 -1.0 ↓ 25.7 -1.3 ↓ -- -0.3 ↓ -- -- 18.2 -- 30.0 11.8 ↑ 28.5 -1.5 ↓ 27.6 -0.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.3 27.9 1.6 ↑ 23.0 -4.9 ↓ -- 7.4 ↑ -- -- 19.5 -- 25.3 5.8 ↑ 30.7 5.4 ↑ 29.1 -1.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 64.7 5.5 ↑ 56.7 -8.0 ↓ -- 6.0 ↑ -- -- 58.4 -- 59.3 0.9 ↑ 60.4 1.1 ↑ 63.5 3.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 758 .317 344 19 5.5 414 115 27.8
2017 Shifts 439 .333 240 2 0.8 199 41 20.6
2018 Shifts 158 .388 78 0 0.0 80 25 31.3
2020 Shifts 77 .304 47 4 8.5 30 23 76.7
2021 Shifts 221 .248 117 28 23.9 104 62 59.6
2022 Shifts 283 .306 145 28 19.3 138 90 65.2
2023 Shades 281 .311 176 4 2.3 105 40 38.1
! 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 14 13.2 64.3% 7.1% 6 18.7 0.0% 0.0%
2015 604 15.8 44.7% 3.0% 300 20.9 12.3% 17.0%
2016 944 15.6 44.2% 4.2% 456 21.8 8.8% 16.9%
2017 515 15.7 43.5% 3.7% 300 21.3 1.7% 11.0%
2018 200 15.0 49.0% 2.0% 124 23.3 0.0% 14.5%
2020 114 16.8 25.4% 3.5% 60 23.0 0.0% 15.0%
2021 235 19.6 5.1% 4.3% 161 24.6 0.0% 18.0%
2022 267 19.7 7.1% 8.6% 201 22.8 2.5% 12.9%
2023 299 15.5 38.1% 1.0% 213 18.4 12.7% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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