Kevin Gausman
P | B/T: L/R | 6' 2" 205LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #4, Baltimore Orioles | LSU
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 2 2.40 7 7 0 45.0 54 0.98
10 Seasons 67 74 3.96 243 204 0 1222.1 1215 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 7 3-2 2.40 45.0 54 0.98
10 Seasons 243 67-74 3.96 1222.1 1215 1.27

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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 24 1876 336 21 6.3 4.5 87.3 113.1 13.2 32.1 .242 .417 .318 .309 .370 34.2 21.9 6.2 4.25 3.94
2016 25 3113 531 38 7.2 5 88.7 113.5 12.6 31.5 .250 .419 .319 .313 .382 33.7 23.0 6.2 3.61 4.16
2017 26 3357 561 46 8.2 5.6 87.7 119.4 11.8 37.8 .271 .452 .346 .342 .404 33.7 21.9 8.7 4.68 5.13
2018 27 3004 571 42 7.4 5.4 89.0 115.3 10.8 33.5 .269 .445 .324 .333 .384 40.8 19.1 6.4 3.92 4.76
2019 28 1671 300 24 8 5.3 88.7 113.9 13.6 40.3 .259 .452 .332 .328 .415 36.5 25.3 7.1 5.72 4.79
2020 29 975 149 11 7.4 4.5 88.0 109.3 13.1 34.2 .229 .386 .283 .291 .402 36.9 32.2 6.5 3.62 3.53
2021 30 3002 494 35 7.1 4.5 89.1 115.3 12.1 30.6 .231 .382 .265 .290 .381 40.9 29.3 6.5 2.81 3.52
2022 31 639 119 7 5.9 4 88.2 116.6 9.5 32.8 .242 .383 .243 .270 .385 41.2 30.9 1.1 2.40 2.51
Player 17637 3061 224 7.3 5 88.4 119.4 12.1 34.0 .252 .423 .312 .316 .389 37.0 24.1 6.7
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 169.8 12.1 32.9 .246 .408 .317 .316 .370 35.6 22.0 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Gausman relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(49.5%) ,
Split Finger
(34.7%) ,
Slider
(12.5%) ,
Changeup
(3.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Ext. Whiff% PutAway%
2022 Four Seamer 316 181 135 49.5 94.1 79 76 26 21 3 2 0 14 63 .342 .329 .434 .584 .346 .390 92.6 18 2243 6.4 15.5 18.2
2022 Split Finger 222 101 121 34.7 84.5 79 79 11 10 1 0 0 36 43 .139 .124 .152 .155 .130 .120 80.2 -2 1587 6.5 45.0 30.8
2022 Slider 80 75 5 12.5 83.5 12 12 3 2 1 0 0 3 9 .250 .376 .333 .496 .257 .374 95.9 17 2248 6.4 51.3 20.0
2022 Changeup 21 7 14 3.3 84.0 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 .400 .487 .400 .668 .359 .501 74.7 -15 1650 6.5 55.6 25.0
2021 Four Seamer 1,583 805 778 52.7 94.6 421 382 98 65 18 2 13 81 306 .257 .278 .416 .485 .316 .352 90.0 17 2283 6.5 19.5 19.5
2021 Split Finger 1,061 499 562 35.3 83.6 301 286 38 24 7 2 5 138 149 .133 .156 .224 .234 .175 .193 85.2 3 1526 6.5 45.9 29.1
2021 Changeup 181 55 126 6.0 83.8 27 23 8 4 2 0 2 2 21 .348 .295 .696 .499 .473 .388 86.6 9 1631 6.5 39.7 9.5
2021 Slider 177 145 32 5.9 81.9 25 24 6 4 2 0 0 6 18 .250 .307 .333 .377 .268 .313 81.9 -2 2240 6.4 43.1 46.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 46.4 19.9 23.2 10.4 35.7 37.2 27.1 3.6 35.1 24.4 22.6 6.5 6.3 4.5
2016 45.8 19.4 25.6 9.2 39.0 36.7 24.3 3.6 33.3 23.5 25.4 3.4 7.2 5.0
2017 44.0 20.7 29.1 6.2 28.0 43.7 28.3 4.6 32.3 22.3 27.5 4.3 8.2 5.6
2018 46.6 23.3 24.3 5.8 31.2 38.9 29.8 3.3 34.5 21.5 26.6 6.3 7.4 5.4
2019 40.7 23.7 30.3 5.3 32.3 41.3 26.3 4.3 27.7 22.0 26.7 6.7 8.0 5.3
2020 41.6 22.8 28.2 7.4 36.2 44.3 19.5 4.7 27.5 20.1 29.5 10.7 7.4 4.5
2021 42.7 28.1 23.3 5.9 34.6 35.6 29.8 5.5 30.0 24.3 26.7 6.1 7.1 4.5
2022 44.5 25.2 25.2 5.0 31.1 42.0 26.9 4.2 32.8 22.7 26.9 7.6 5.9 4.0
Player 44.4 22.6 25.9 7.0 33.4 39.3 27.3 4.2 32.1 22.8 26.3 5.7 7.3 5.0
MLB 45.0 22.8 25.1 7.1 36.7 37.8 25.4 3.8 33.1 24.5 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2022 Splitter TOR R 222 84.5 35.1 1.3 4 15.2 2.7 22
2022 Slider TOR R 80 83.5 37.2 -1.2 -3 1.6 -5.6 -78
2022 4-Seamer TOR R 316 94.1 13.5 0.7 5 10.5 3.6 53
2022 Changeup TOR R 21 84.0 27.8 -3.3 -11 12.3 -1.7 -12
2021 Splitter SF R 1,061 83.6 37.0 1.6 5 12.4 1.8 17
2021 4-Seamer SF R 1,583 94.6 14.2 0.0 0 10.4 3.3 46
2021 Slider SF R 177 81.9 39.7 -0.5 -1 2.0 -5.4 -73
2021 Changeup SF R 181 83.8 27.3 -3.4 -11 11.0 -2.5 -19
2020 4-Seamer SF R 498 95.1 14.2 0.0 0 10.4 3.1 43
2020 Splitter SF R 270 84.1 36.7 2.4 7 13.3 2.0 17
2020 Changeup SF R 141 84.3 27.9 -3.1 -10 11.4 -1.8 -13
2020 Slider SF R 66 81.9 40.7 0.1 0 2.5 -4.8 -65
2019 Slider CIN R 30 82.3 38.2 -1.7 -4 1.2 -5.3 -82
2019 Splitter CIN R 619 83.5 35.6 1.4 4 13.9 3.1 28
2019 4-Seamer CIN R 937 93.9 15.7 -0.2 -1 10.9 3.4 46
2019 Changeup CIN R 57 82.6 28.4 -3.9 -12 12.3 -1.2 -9
2018 Changeup ATL R 94 82.0 29.2 -3.7 -11 13.2 0.0 0
2018 4-Seamer ATL R 1,756 93.6 16.1 -0.4 -3 11.3 4.0 55
2018 Slider ATL R 431 81.4 40.4 -1.0 -2 1.9 -4.6 -70
2018 Splitter ATL R 722 82.7 36.8 0.5 1 13.9 3.1 29
2017 Splitter BAL R 693 85.0 32.1 0.6 2 15.6 3.9 33
2017 4-Seamer BAL R 2,146 94.9 14.1 -0.7 -5 14.1 6.0 74
2017 Changeup BAL R 39 85.7 19.8 -8.6 -30 15.2 1.8 14
2017 Sinker BAL R 1 90.4 24.3 1.5 6 17.7 3.2 22
2017 Slider BAL R 465 82.6 38.8 0.6 2 1.4 -4.2 -76
2016 Changeup BAL R 58 85.0 19.6 -8.6 -30 13.3 0.1 1
2016 Slider BAL R 408 80.3 43.0 2.1 5 2.1 -2.9 -58
2016 Splitter BAL R 575 85.1 28.1 -1.7 -6 14.4 2.3 19
2016 4-Seamer BAL R 1,876 95.3 10.5 2.2 18 12.1 3.5 40
2016 Sinker BAL R 133 94.8 14.0 -3.8 -21 16.2 1.5 10
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer -0.5 -2 316 49.5 79 .342 .434 .345 15.5 17.7 18.2 .329 .584 .390 55.6
2022 Splitter -3.1 -7 222 34.7 79 .139 .152 .153 45.0 45.6 30.8 .124 .155 .120 16.3
2022 Slider 0.0 0 80 12.5 12 .250 .333 .254 51.3 25.0 20.0 .376 .496 .374 66.7
2022 Changeup 4.8 1 21 3.3 5 .400 .400 .540 55.6 20.0 25.0 .487 .668 .501 25.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.6 -10 1,583 52.7 421 .257 .416 .335 19.5 19.2 19.5 .278 .485 .352 44.8
2021 Splitter -2.1 -23 1,061 35.3 301 .133 .224 .190 45.9 45.8 29.1 .156 .234 .193 34.9
2021 Changeup 3.2 6 181 6.0 27 .348 .696 .478 39.7 7.4 9.5 .295 .499 .389 38.1
2021 Slider -0.5 -1 177 5.9 25 .250 .333 .272 43.1 24.0 46.2 .307 .377 .314 27.8
2020 4-Seamer -0.7 -3 498 51.1 132 .280 .458 .365 24.5 24.2 23.5 .291 .500 .374 44.8
2020 Splitter -3.4 -9 270 27.7 75 .097 .139 .126 49.0 54.7 31.3 .096 .121 .121 9.4
2020 Changeup -0.5 -1 141 14.5 24 .136 .409 .263 35.8 20.8 19.2 .202 .423 .297 35.3
2020 Slider 5.0 3 66 6.8 14 .500 1.071 .657 29.2 7.1 7.7 .430 .729 .495 53.8
2019 4-Seamer 1.3 12 937 56.1 258 .323 .550 .406 21.6 20.2 22.1 .301 .576 .393 43.7
2019 Splitter -0.5 -3 619 37.0 170 .237 .329 .279 39.8 32.4 22.4 .204 .284 .244 25.0
2019 Changeup 0.3 0 57 3.4 8 .125 .125 .113 54.2 50.0 66.7 .103 .127 .096 0.0
2019 Slider 4.5 1 30 1.8 6 .333 .833 .483 22.2 16.7 9.1 .384 .618 .423 40.0
2018 4-Seamer 0.3 5 1,756 58.5 455 .313 .505 .381 15.1 13.0 13.6 .307 .525 .380 46.5
2018 Splitter -1.4 -10 722 24.0 224 .170 .291 .234 39.8 33.9 21.8 .184 .263 .232 26.7
2018 Slider 0.3 1 431 14.3 84 .268 .488 .321 32.0 15.5 19.1 .287 .507 .338 38.6
2018 Changeup -1.5 -1 94 3.1 12 .111 .111 .273 51.3 0.0 0.0 .324 .360 .408 33.3
2017 4-Seamer 0.0 -1 2,146 63.9 535 .306 .492 .383 17.7 17.0 15.3 .301 .507 .379 38.7
2017 Splitter -0.5 -3 693 20.6 190 .190 .318 .255 44.9 40.0 25.5 .170 .267 .215 24.3
2017 Slider 1.2 6 465 13.9 77 .343 .557 .397 34.9 11.7 8.0 .324 .526 .388 20.6
2017 Changeup 6.3 2 39 1.2 9 .444 .889 .631 23.5 22.2 20.0 .389 .750 .477 14.3
2017 Sinker 6.9 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 108 84.4 92 15.0 2:00 1:45 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 386 94.9 97 18.8 1:15 1:15 0
2020 Splitter 174 84.0 76 13.7 1:45 3:00 -75
2020 Slider 53 81.8 23 3.7 9:00 8:00 60
2021 Changeup 173 83.9 93 15.8 1:45 1:45 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,573 94.6 98 19.2 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Splitter 910 83.6 73 12.9 1:45 2:45 -60
2021 Slider 172 82.0 19 3.2 9:45 8:30 75
2022 Changeup 21 84.0 92 16.3 1:45 1:45 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 316 94.1 99 20.3 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Splitter 196 84.5 82 16.2 1:45 2:45 -60
2022 Slider 79 83.5 13 3.0 11:30 9:45 105
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 199 788 1 -2 3 1 3
2014 503 2,061 -8 -9 6 8 -3
2015 469 1,873 4 -12 7 5 4
2016 756 3,112 -7 -23 11 9 -10
2017 811 3,346 0 -33 20 17 4
2018 785 3,052 5 -36 17 11 -3
2019 442 1,643 9 -14 9 8 11
2020 245 975 -5 -11 3 3 -10
2021 798 3,093 -21 -34 16 11 -29
2022 175 639 -1 -7 -1 1 -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 1,876 45.0 68.0 79.6 33.4 66.1 43.2 54.9 49.0 25.0 7.3 79.4
2016 3,113 45.1 64.9 81.7 34.8 62.9 44.6 56.8 48.4 25.4 7.4 78.3
2017 3,357 47.3 67.3 80.8 27.9 58.3 42.4 60.2 46.5 25.8 6.2 78.4
2018 3,004 48.9 69.4 81.9 30.0 59.4 43.5 57.2 49.3 24.7 7.5 76.5
2019 1,671 45.3 73.9 76.5 36.5 57.0 43.8 64.4 53.1 30.0 6.6 78.0
2020 975 49.8 71.8 75.6 30.1 44.9 41.1 61.2 50.9 33.1 6.9 88.1
2021 3,002 50.8 71.4 77.3 32.7 47.8 43.4 63.6 52.4 31.3 8.8 82.2
2022 639 49.5 69.0 78.4 48.9 51.3 43.7 70.9 58.8 32.7 6.6 71.4
Player 17,637 47.6 69.0 79.6 32.6 57.4 43.3 60.0 49.9 27.6 7.3 79.2
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.3 58.4 42.6 60.7 47.0 24.6 7.3 76.0
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2015 45 51 27 14 71 29 21 72 39 61 71 68 45 91 83
2016 48 46 38 32 66 7 21 44 57 66 76 69 48 85 68
2017 20 19 23 28 22 1 9 36 46 53 43 61 20 81 58
2018 20 12 17 23 36 2 30 29 7 26 80 49 20 65 34
2019 32 30 27 29 43 34 29 47 49 65 65 80 32 66 48
2020 70 60 55 51 81 19 46 55 51 88 75 85 70 83 60
2021 74 60 59 58 82 11 59 41 31 85 77 81 74 73 60
2022 85 57 69 70 92 19 64 60 41 86 99 85 82 63 53
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.6 15 14.3 1.0 4 14 5 33.3
2020 22.8 8 9.0 -1.0 6 8 3 37.5
2021 23.6 20 22.1 -2.0 17 12 12 60.0
2022 -- 0 2.5 -3.0 3 5 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 15 16 13 15 18 12 13 19 11 13 17 16 6 13 11 18 10 19 12 14 7 12 11 18 16 16 20 13 16 16 19
2020 8 10 8 10 11 7 0 11 8 7 10 9 4 6 8 11 6 11 9 9 5 9 9 10 10 10 10 8 13 9 11
2021 20 23 27 21 26 19 22 23 18 21 27 24 17 21 20 24 17 24 22 25 14 21 21 23 22 25 23 20 27 18 27
2022 0 3 6 1 6 0 3 2 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 5 0 3 4 4 0 2 1 4 2 5 1 1 4 1 6
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.9 95.3 -0.6 ↓ 94.9 -0.4 ↓ 93.6 -1.3 ↓ 93.9 0.3 ↑ 95.1 1.2 ↑ 94.6 -0.5 ↓ 94.1 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.5 85.1 -0.4 ↓ 85 -0.1 ↓ 82.6 -2.4 ↓ 83.5 0.9 ↑ 84.2 0.7 ↑ 83.6 -0.6 ↓ 84.5 0.9 ↑
Breaking Velocity 80.6 80.3 -0.3 ↓ 82.6 2.3 ↑ 81.4 -1.2 ↓ 82.3 0.9 ↑ 81.9 -0.4 ↓ 81.9 0 83.5 1.6 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.3 88.7 1.4 ↑ 87.7 -1 ↓ 89 1.3 ↑ 88.7 -0.3 ↓ 88 -0.7 ↓ 89.1 1.1 ↑ 88.2 -0.9 ↓
Launch Angle 13.2 12.6 -0.6 ↓ 11.8 -0.8 ↓ 10.8 -1 ↓ 13.6 2.8 ↑ 13.1 -0.5 ↓ 12.1 -1 ↓ 9.5 -2.6 ↓
Barrel % 6.3 7.2 0.9 ↑ 8.2 1 ↑ 7.4 -0.8 ↓