Kolby Allard
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 25

Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #14, Atlanta Braves | San Clemente (CA) HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 2 7.29 10 0 1 21.0 19 1.29
5 Seasons 9 23 6.07 65 35 1 232.2 191 1.42
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 10 1-2 7.29 21.0 19 1.29
5 Seasons 65 9-23 6.07 232.2 191 1.42

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
2018 20 161 39 4 10.3 8.5 93.1 113.3 17.5 35.9 .416 .768 .530 .521 .539 41.0 6.4 8.5 12.38 15.31
2019 21 837 153 4 2.6 1.9 88.5 110.8 10.3 30.7 .280 .399 .322 .329 .351 35.9 15.9 9.1 4.96 4.82
2020 22 658 99 7 7.1 4.6 89.1 110.7 19.5 35.4 .236 .410 .324 .332 .362 38.4 21.1 13.2 7.75 4.73
2021 23 2054 395 42 10.6 7.9 89.8 112.9 15.2 34.7 .266 .481 .331 .343 .403 39.0 19.5 5.8 5.41 5.09
2022 24 299 61 9 14.8 10.3 91.6 114.6 19.4 36.1 .269 .521 .406 .362 .442 42.6 21.8 6.9 7.29 5.67
Player 4009 747 66 8.8 6.4 89.7 114.6 15.2 34.1 .272 .471 .343 .348 .397 38.7 18.6 7.8
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Allard relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(53.2%) ,
Cutter
(22.1%) ,
Changeup
(19.4%) ,
Curveball
(5.4%) ,


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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
2018 35.9 33.3 25.6 5.1 30.8 35.9 33.3 0.0 23.1 23.1 35.9 5.1 10.3 8.5
2019 46.4 18.3 27.5 7.8 39.2 36.6 24.2 2.6 33.3 22.9 34.0 3.3 2.6 1.9
2020 35.4 34.3 21.2 9.1 27.3 41.4 31.3 7.1 21.2 39.4 21.2 4.0 7.1 4.6
2021 40.0 31.6 24.1 4.3 39.0 37.2 23.8 3.3 30.6 28.9 22.5 3.8 10.6 7.9
2022 27.9 37.7 27.9 6.6 50.8 31.1 18.0 1.6 23.0 29.5 23.0 8.2 14.8 10.3
Player 39.5 29.9 24.8 5.9 38.0 37.1 24.9 3.3 28.9 28.8 25.4 4.1 8.8 6.4
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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 Changeup TEX L 58 82.8 28.5 -5.0 -15 13.2 -0.8 -6
2022 Cutter TEX L 65 84.9 32.7 -2.4 -8 3.7 1.1 40
2022 4-Seamer TEX L 159 91.1 14.7 2.2 13 7.3 -0.7 -9
2022 Curveball TEX L 16 74.2 61.8 0.5 1 6.3 -6.0 -49
2021 Curveball TEX L 227 75.9 56.6 -0.8 -1 4.5 -5.5 -55
2021 Cutter TEX L 508 86.3 30.6 -1.6 -5 2.4 0.0 0
2021 Sinker TEX L 8 92.5 15.7 -7.3 -32 13.3 -1.6 -11
2021 Changeup TEX L 346 83.6 29.2 -3.0 -9 14.1 0.0 0
2021 4-Seamer TEX L 964 91.5 15.7 1.0 6 7.9 -0.1 -1
2020 Changeup TEX L 82 82.4 27.8 -4.7 -14 12.7 -0.8 -6
2020 Cutter TEX L 203 86.7 29.1 -0.9 -3 2.8 0.4 15
2020 4-Seamer TEX L 306 91.5 16.2 0.5 3 8.7 1.1 15
2020 Curveball TEX L 67 76.7 56.8 0.4 1 5.2 -4.3 -45
2019 Curveball TEX L 45 77.6 55.5 -0.9 -2 5.0 -5.1 -51
2019 4-Seamer TEX L 389 92.4 17.2 -0.3 -2 8.9 1.0 12
2019 Changeup TEX L 126 81.6 32.5 -1.2 -4 13.5 -0.6 -4
2019 Cutter TEX L 277 87.7 30.1 -1.7 -6 3.1 1.0 48
2018 4-Seamer ATL L 100 89.4 19.3 -0.7 -4 7.5 -0.1 -1
2018 Curveball ATL L 22 73.1 59.5 -4.1 -6 4.6 -6.9 -60
2018 Changeup ATL L 39 80.0 34.2 -0.6 -2 11.3 -2.3 -17
! 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 1.2 2 159 53.2 40 .278 .583 .395 29.4 27.5 24.4 .292 .510 .381 40.0
2022 Cutter 7.7 5 66 22.1 20 .333 .889 .523 23.3 15.0 23.1 .328 .675 .454 46.7
2022 Changeup 0.8 0 58 19.4 18 .167 .667 .333 32.3 22.2 30.8 .155 .465 .255 35.7
2022 Curveball -2.7 0 16 5.4 8 .250 .375 .269 10.0 12.5 25.0 .290 .346 .278 57.1
2021 4-Seamer 0.1 1 964 46.9 264 .229 .445 .326 18.7 24.2 21.1 .254 .470 .334 42.5
2021 Cutter 1.0 5 509 24.8 135 .295 .533 .393 19.0 11.1 11.2 .294 .536 .380 38.9
2021 Changeup 1.1 4 346 16.8 87 .284 .432 .330 24.8 12.6 14.7 .280 .451 .347 31.9
2021 Curveball 2.1 5 227 11.1 47 .277 .553 .350 19.3 29.8 16.1 .239 .458 .293 36.4
2021 Sinker -2.5 0 8 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .006 .009 .007 0.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.8 3 306 46.5 62 .200 .380 .336 24.3 24.2 14.3 .201 .397 .332 38.9
2020 Cutter 1.8 4 203 30.9 53 .292 .417 .344 22.4 20.8 14.7 .267 .386 .319 37.8
2020 Changeup 0.6 0 82 12.5 24 .200 .200 .304 26.5 16.7 23.5 .249 .433 .358 31.3
2020 Curveball 2.0 1 67 10.2 13 .250 .667 .400 13.6 15.4 6.1 .239 .520 .342 50.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.1 0 389 46.5 92 .317 .402 .346 17.0 17.4 12.6 .279 .400 .334 36.4
2019 Cutter 1.4 4 277 33.1 88 .260 .416 .353 19.7 18.2 18.0 .273 .373 .321 38.7
2019 Changeup -0.4 -1 126 15.1 24 .174 .174 .217 19.6 4.2 3.1 .284 .459 .329 22.7
2019 Curveball 1.3 1 45 5.4 4 .667 1.000 .713 30.8 0.0 0.0 .475 .575 .536 66.7
2018 4-Seamer 7.2 7 100 62.1 32 .519 .889 .615 10.4 6.3 9.1 .448 .899 .582 50.0
2018 Changeup 4.3 2 39 24.2 9 .333 .333 .400 25.0 11.1 9.1 .353 .466 .355 12.5
2018 Curveball 6.1 1 22 13.7 6 .400 .600 .475 0.0 0.0 0.0 .357 .609 .455 40.0
! 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 77 82.4 99 17.4 10:15 10:15 0
2020 Curveball 61 76.6 77 14.0 5:00 5:15 -15
2020 Cutter 168 86.7 47 7.1 12:00 1:00 -60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 277 91.5 95 18.2 11:00 11:00 0
2021 Changeup 344 83.6 99 17.3 10:15 10:00 15
2021 Curveball 227 75.9 75 12.8 5:00 5:15 -15
2021 Cutter 508 86.3 47 5.8 12:00 1:00 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 958 91.5 96 18.3 11:00 11:00 0
2022 Changeup 58 82.8 99 17.3 10:15 10:15 0
2022 Curveball 16 74.2 89 16.4 5:00 5:15 -15
2022 Cutter 66 84.9 43 5.8 12:15 1:30 -75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 159 91.1 98 19.3 11:00 11:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 47 161 5 0 4 2 10
2019 208 837 0 -8 8 3 4
2020 152 658 1 0 5 2 8
2021 534 2,054 8 -19 15 11 15
2022 86 299 9 -5 3 1 7
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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 %
2018 161 50.3 74.1 95.0 17.5 50.0 41.0 61.7 46.0 12.2 7.5 100.0
2019 837 52.9 65.0 84.4 23.9 68.1 43.6 58.2 45.6 18.8 8.7 78.1
2020 658 53.2 67.4 78.4 20.5 68.3 44.2 63.8 45.4 23.1 7.8 80.4
2021 2,054 52.4 70.4 84.8 24.3 64.3 42.6 60.5 48.4 19.8 8.8 81.7
2022 299 52.2 67.9 74.5 23.1 63.6 39.8 65.1 46.5 27.3 9.4 85.7
Player 4,009 52.5 68.7 83.3 23.2 65.2 42.8 61.0 47.1 20.4 8.6 81.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! 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
2018 11 4 30
2019 30 9 58 93 10 99 99 53 55 6 33 7 5 16 20 23
2020 35 53 46 41 28 38 51 35 43 35 12 26 6 13 37 5 26
2021 19 17 10 8 48 6 10 25 47 21 85 8 12 11 29 2 39
2022 7 20 31
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 23.1 3 3.3 0 0 1 3 100.0
2019 26.9 3 3.5 -1 3 2 2 66.7
2020 21.4 4 4.3 0 0 4 1 25.0
2021 23.9 29 27.2 2 7 19 12 41.4
2022 24.7 9 7.8 1 2 6 3 33.3
Player 24.0 48 46.2 2 12 32 21 43.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
2019 3 5 3 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 2
2020 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 2 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 2
2021 29 32 23 22 27 24 30 29 19 23 25 25 31 25 25 31 28 28 30 28 30 29 29 31 29 27 26 29 30 25 25
2022 9 5 6 6 9 8 9 6 7 7 7 10 7 8 8 9 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 8 4 7 10 10 7 9 9
Player 48 51 38 41 47 43 50 48 35 40 42 49 51 43 44 51 47 47 50 48 49 48 52 51 45 44 46 51 49 44 41
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 89.4 90.4 1.0 ↑ 89.6 -0.8 ↓ 89.7 0.1 ↑ 89.3 -0.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 80.0 81.6 1.6 ↑ 82.4 0.8 ↑ 83.6 1.2 ↑ 82.8 -0.8 ↓
Breaking Velocity 73.1 77.6 4.5 ↑ 76.7 -0.9 ↓ 75.9 -0.8 ↓ 74.2 -1.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 93.1 88.5 -4.6 ↓ 89.1 0.6 ↑ 89.8 0.7 ↑ 91.6 1.8 ↑
Launch Angle 17.5 10.3 -7.2 ↓ 19.5 9.2 ↑ 15.2 -4.3 ↓ 19.4 4.2 ↑
Barrel % 10.3 2.6 -7.7 ↓ 7.1 4.5 ↑ 10.6 3.5 ↑ 14.8 4.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 41.0 35.9 -5.1 ↓ 38.4 2.5 ↑ 39.0 0.6 ↑ 42.6 3.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 35.9 30.7 -5.2 ↓ 35.4 4.7 ↑ 34.7 -0.7 ↓ 36.1 1.4 ↑
xBA .416 .280 -0.136 ↓ .236 -0.044 ↓ .266 0.030 ↑ .269 0.003 ↑
BA .463 .281 -0.182 ↓ .238 -0.043 ↓ .258 0.020 ↑ .263 0.005 ↑
xwOBA .521 .329 -0.192 ↓ .332 0.003 ↑ .343 0.011 ↑ .362 0.019 ↑
wOBA .530 .322 -0.208 ↓ .324 0.002 ↑ .331 0.007 ↑ .406 0.075 ↑
xSLG .768 .399 -0.369 ↓ .410 0.011 ↑ .481 0.071 ↑ .521 0.040 ↑
SLG .732 .389 -0.343 ↓ .392 0.003 ↑ .474 0.082 ↑ .650 0.176 ↑
K% 6.4 15.9 9.5 ↑ 21.1 5.2 ↑ 19.5 -1.6 ↓ 21.8 2.3 ↑
BB% 8.5 9.1 0.6 ↑ 13.2 4.1 ↑ 5.8 -7.4 ↓ 6.9 1.1 ↑
Swing % 46.0 45.6 -0.4 ↓ 45.4 -0.2 ↓ 48.4 3.0 ↑ 46.5 -1.9 ↓
Whiff% 12.2 18.8 6.6 ↑ 23.1 4.3 ↑ 19.8 -3.3 ↓ 27.3 7.5 ↑
In Zone % 50.3 52.9 2.6 ↑ 53.2 0.3 ↑ 52.4 -0.8 ↓ 52.2 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.7 47.1 -2.6 ↓ 46.8 -0.3 ↓ 47.6 0.8 ↑ 47.8 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 17.5 23.9 6.4 ↑ 20.5 -3.4 ↓ 24.3 3.8 ↑ 23.1 -1.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 34.0 25.0 -9.0 ↓ 30.3 5.3 ↑ 27.9 -2.4 ↓ 37.2 9.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 58.2 -3.5 ↓ 63.8 5.6 ↑ 60.5 -3.3 ↓ 65.1 4.6 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2018 47 .530 31 2 6.5 16 1 6.3
2019 208 .322 145 37 25.5 63 26 41.3
2020 152 .324 109 37 33.9 43 28 65.1
2021 511 .331 377 38 10.1 134 88 65.7
2022 86 .406 67 16 23.9 19 15 78.9

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 39 13.9 71.8% 0.0% 39 19.0 2.6% 0.0%
2019 234 14.5 53.8% 0.0% 163 20.3 0.6% 3.1%
2020 207 16.8 26.1% 0.0% 108 22.1 0.0% 8.3%
2021 626 17.8 13.1% 1.1% 315 22.5 0.0% 7.0%
2022 98 18.9 8.2% 6.1% 49 21.7 0.0% 6.1%
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Pitch Distribution