Luke Weaver
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 183LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #27, St. Louis Cardinals | Florida State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 1 1 6.56 26 1 0 35.2 38 1.82
2023 3 6 6.40 29 25 0 123.2 109 1.58
2024 7 3 2.89 62 0 4 84 103 0.93
9 Seasons 34 45 4.85 206 106 4 658.1 674 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 26 1-1 6.56 35.2 38 1.82
2023 29 3-6 6.40 123.2 109 1.58
2024 62 7-3 2.89 84 103 0.93
9 Seasons 206 34-45 4.85 658.1 674 1.37
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
2016 22 682 108 6 5.6 3.6 89.6 111.4 14.7 50.0 .310 .492 .370 .373 .498 34.3 26.9 7.2 5.70 6.17
2017 23 1046 162 9 5.6 3.6 86.3 116.5 7.7 33.3 .235 .373 .301 .288 .376 34.4 28.6 6.7 3.88 3.52
2018 24 2386 431 27 6.3 4.4 87.9 115.1 12.8 37.4 .259 .427 .340 .331 .379 35.0 19.9 8.9 4.95 4.70
2019 25 1053 174 11 6.3 4.2 89.9 115.0 14.6 34.5 .253 .426 .274 .309 .397 41.4 26.5 5.4 2.94 4.20
2020 26 968 162 15 9.3 6.4 89.8 112.8 19.3 36.4 .252 .464 .368 .333 .403 42.0 23.3 7.6 6.58 4.77
2021 27 1109 191 18 9.4 6.5 90.1 112.2 14.5 36.1 .253 .452 .317 .328 .401 41.4 22.5 7.3 4.25 4.60
2022 28 721 120 13 10.8 7.5 91.5 112.5 11.2 40.0 .292 .450 .367 .356 .423 45.0 21.8 7.5 6.56 5.45
2023 29 2258 410 40 9.8 7.1 89.3 115.1 15.4 40.2 .286 .494 .385 .357 .415 42.0 19.4 7.1 6.40 5.55
2024 30 1374 198 17 8.6 5.1 89.1 110.6 16.5 36.4 .200 .360 .256 .283 .368 38.4 31.1 7.9 2.89 3.31
Player 11597 1956 156 8.0 5.4 89.1 116.5 14.2 37.9 .259 .438 .333 .329 .400 39.1 23.5 7.5
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

Weaver relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(48.5%) ,
Changeup
(27.7%) ,
Cutter
(22.6%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(1.2%) ,


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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
2016 37.0 18.5 39.8 4.6 37.0 37.0 25.9 1.9 18.5 20.4 35.2 10.2 5.6 3.6
2017 50.6 15.4 29.6 4.3 36.4 37.7 25.9 6.2 35.2 16.0 31.5 3.1 5.6 3.6
2018 43.9 21.6 26.9 7.7 34.1 36.7 29.0 3.2 31.6 23.9 26.0 7.2 6.3 4.4
2019 42.0 24.7 25.9 7.5 32.8 38.5 28.7 4.6 27.0 23.6 29.9 8.6 6.3 4.2
2020 33.3 35.2 26.5 4.9 40.7 32.7 26.5 2.5 22.8 30.9 23.5 10.5 9.3 6.4
2021 39.3 29.3 27.2 4.2 40.8 34.0 25.1 6.3 27.7 26.2 24.1 6.3 9.4 6.5
2022 40.8 18.3 36.7 4.2 35.0 35.8 29.2 0.8 32.5 20.0 28.3 7.5 10.8 7.5
2023 35.9 27.6 29.3 7.3 38.8 36.1 25.1 3.7 26.3 25.4 27.3 7.3 9.8 7.1
2024 37.4 32.8 21.7 8.1 34.8 42.9 22.2 4.0 26.8 31.8 20.2 8.6 8.6 5.1
Player 40.0 25.3 28.3 6.4 36.7 36.8 26.5 3.8 28.1 24.7 26.7 7.5 8.0 5.4
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


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
2024 Cutter NYY R 310 91.3 19.9 4.5 2.6GLV 1.0 12.8 4.5 2.6GLV -0.1
2024 Curveball NYY R 17 82.6 46.5 -2.3 4.0GLV -5.0 -6.5 -3.4 4.0GLV -5.4
2024 Changeup NYY R 381 88.6 30.1 -0.4 13.7ARM -1.1 4.6 0.3 13.7ARM -0.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 666 95.7 11.5 3.0 6.4ARM -1.8 18.6 2.8 6.4ARM -1.1
2023 Curveball NYY R 267 81.7 47.3 -2.9 2.6GLV -5.6 -6.3 -3.6 2.6GLV -6.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 982 94.0 15.0 0.3 7.5ARM -0.5 16.0 0.2 7.5ARM 0.1
2023 Slider NYY R 238 86.5 29.8 -5.1 3.1GLV -1.3 6.6 -5.1 3.1GLV -2.2
2023 Changeup NYY R 452 86.1 28.8 -2.3 13.3ARM -1.2 8.2 -2.8 13.3ARM -1.1
2023 Sweeper NYY R 71 83.5 41.3 2.4 9.6GLV -4.2 -2.2 3.7 9.6GLV -4.5
2023 Cutter NYY R 248 90.3 20.4 4.9 1.6GLV -0.1 12.9 5.0 1.6GLV -1.0
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 8 666 48.5 142 .177 .331 .272 30.0 32.4 21.9 .193 .395 .304 49.4
2024 Changeup 0.8 3 381 27.7 108 .172 .263 .233 48.0 42.6 25.0 .162 .250 .217 29.1
2024 Cutter 0.6 2 310 22.6 80 .181 .444 .322 22.8 13.8 20.8 .264 .453 .339 33.3
2024 Curveball 0.6 0 17 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .146 .288 .169 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -13 982 43.5 249 .311 .543 .407 17.5 18.9 15.6 .289 .499 .372 47.1
2023 Changeup -1.3 -6 452 20.0 120 .316 .547 .383 32.3 26.7 21.5 .274 .411 .304 30.6
2023 Curveball -2.5 -7 267 11.8 59 .255 .691 .396 16.7 6.8 7.3 .313 .693 .425 44.2
2023 Cutter 1.0 3 248 11.0 63 .218 .473 .330 25.2 23.8 24.2 .222 .436 .321 39.0
2023 Slider -1.5 -4 238 10.5 55 .385 .692 .487 16.5 14.5 11.8 .329 .540 .388 40.9
2023 Sweeper -0.2 0 71 3.1 17 .235 .294 .274 32.1 17.6 15.0 .315 .411 .353 50.0
! 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
2024 Changeup 354 88.6 83 14.9 1:30 2:30 -60
2024 Curveball 17 82.6 49 9.8 7:15 6:45 30
2024 Cutter 299 91.2 60 12.6 12:15 11:30 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 653 95.7 94 19.3 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Changeup 435 86.1 76 15.8 1:15 2:00 -45
2023 Curveball 266 81.7 52 9.2 7:30 6:30 60
2023 Cutter 246 90.3 65 12.5 12:15 11:45 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 972 94.0 92 17.4 12:45 1:00 -15
2023 Slider 236 86.5 37 6.7 11:45 11:00 45
2023 Sweeper 68 83.5 52 11.0 7:45 8:15 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 167 682 -3 -1 -5 -3 -12
2017 248 1,039 5 2 -3 -3 2
2018 606 2,385 -2 19 -23 -8 -13
2019 259 1,053 5 15 -4 -4 11
2020 236 968 -3 6 -8 -2 -7
2021 272 1,109 2 3 -5 -3 -3
2022 174 721 -2 -1 -5 -3 -11
2023 563 2,258 -12 6 -15 -7 -27
2024 387 1,588 7 25 -8 -7 18
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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 %
2016 682 47.7 68.6 81.2 26.6 65.3 40.3 56.3 46.6 22.3 7.6 78.8
2017 1,046 50.7 68.9 81.0 23.8 62.3 46.9 59.9 46.7 23.6 6.9 81.9
2018 2,386 50.6 68.0 81.1 24.7 65.3 45.2 60.1 46.6 22.3 7.0 81.3
2019 1,053 48.1 68.6 79.3 27.2 58.4 41.3 62.2 47.1 26.0 6.3 86.4
2020 968 50.7 72.1 80.5 23.1 56.4 44.9 60.2 47.9 24.8 7.7 86.7
2021 1,109 52.4 70.4 79.7 30.3 65.0 43.2 63.6 51.3 23.7 7.9 85.2
2022 721 49.1 75.7 84.0 30.8 60.2 42.2 55.7 52.8 22.8 6.0 88.4
2023 2,258 50.7 69.0 81.9 24.9 66.8 44.4 60.2 47.3 21.6 7.9 82.0
2024 1,374 43.7 72.7 70.6 31.9 56.3 44.0 62.8 49.7 33.5 6.1 89.3
Player 11,597 49.5 69.9 80.0 26.7 62.2 44.0 60.5 48.1 24.4 7.1 83.9
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
2016 43 50 11 66
2017 76 63 69 71 79 72 56 71 39 86 77 44 13 54 54 10 33
2018 24 23 26 31 27 24 51 63 53 35 39 34 14 62 74 17 40
2019 55 39 39 47 64 69 64 17 12 70 89 53 26 62 64 15 21
2020 33 36 20 19 53 6 22 23 21 50 62 37 15 62 90 17 24
2021 30 30 22 17 52 47 21 21 28 42 65 30 72 50 93 19
2022 68 85 27 7
2023 9 7 7 11 21 11 20 41 27 22 70 15 11 49 86 17 8
2024 79 90 69 33 87 47 30 41 52 93 51 94 84 77 92 13
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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 7 6.4 1 1 3 4 57.1
2017 22.7 7 6.0 1 3 3 4 57.1
2018 23.5 19 20.0 -1 13 10 11 57.9
2019 22.2 6 8.4 -2 6 9 2 33.3
2020 22.7 10 12.4 -2 7 10 5 50.0
2021 23.1 11 11.7 -1 1 10 4 36.4
2022 26.3 1 2.6 -2 4 2 1 100.0
2023 22.9 29 23.1 6 8 22 7 24.1
2024 25.5 12 11.9 0 3 11 5 41.7
Player 23.3 102 102.4 0 46 80 43 42.2
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 7 6 7 8 7 5 7 7 5 5 6 7 7 7 5 7 5 5 7 7 7 5 8 7 7 5 7 8 7 6 4
2017 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 5 5 5 6 7 5 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 8 5 5 6 7 6 7 5
2018 19 25 15 21 20 18 21 19 17 16 18 26 24 17 18 20 19 18 19 24 22 22 27 22 17 18 17 22 23 21 13
2019 6 13 5 11 11 10 12 8 10 3 8 12 8 4 9 9 6 6 4 12 6 11 13 13 6 6 8 11 8 7 3
2020 10 15 10 14 12 13 14 12 8 8 10 13 12 11 13 13 14 11 15 14 14 15 19 10 10 9 10 13 16 13 10
2021 11 13 7 13 12 13 14 13 9 8 12 14 12 9 13 13 11 12 12 12 11 10 14 13 13 10 12 13 12 12 9
2022 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 5 2 7 4 2 1 4 3 5 2 2
2023 29 19 20 21 25 24 27 19 22 19 22 26 22 21 24 23 26 18 27 28 24 26 31 29 19 18 24 24 24 21 19
2024 12 12 9 12 11 14 15 12 12 8 11 14 12 10 13 9 13 12 14 15 13 10 16 14 10 11 12 12 12 11 9
Player 102 115 80 109 105 104 118 98 89 73 94 121 106 88 103 102 101 90 107 119 108 108 141 120 89 83 100 113 113 100 74
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.0 93.0 1.0 93.2 0.2 92.7 -0.5 93.4 0.7 93.6 0.2 94.9 1.3 93.3 -1.6 94.3 1.0
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 84.3 0.4 85.4 1.1 84.5 -0.9 84.7 0.2 85.4 0.7 86.9 1.5 86.1 -0.8 88.6 2.5
Breaking Velocity 80.1 79.6 -0.5 80.8 1.2 82.0 1.2 81.7 -0.3 85.1 3.4 83.9 -1.2 83.9 0.0 82.6 -1.3
Exit Velocity 89.6 86.3 -3.3 87.9 1.6 89.9 2.0 89.8 -0.1 90.1 0.3 91.5 1.4 89.3 -2.2 89.1 -0.2
Launch Angle 14.7 7.7 -7.0 12.8 5.1 14.6 1.8 19.3 4.7 14.5 -4.8 11.2 -3.3 15.4 4.2 16.5 1.1
Barrel % 5.6 5.6 0.0 6.3 0.7 6.3 0.0 9.3 3.0 9.4 0.1 10.8 1.4 9.8 -1.0 8.6 -1.2
Hard Hit % 34.3 34.4 0.1 35.0 0.6 41.4 6.4 42.0 0.6 41.4 -0.6 45.0 3.6 42.0 -3.0 38.4 -3.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 50.0 33.3 -16.7 37.4 4.1 34.5 -2.9 36.4 1.9 36.1 -0.3 40.0 3.9 40.2 0.2 36.4 -3.8
xBA .310 .235 -0.075 .259 0.024 .253 -0.006 .252 -0.001 .253 0.001 .292 0.039 .286 -0.006 .200 -0.086
BA .311 .254 -0.057 .277 0.023 .227 -0.050 .292 0.065 .233 -0.059 .335 0.102 .301 -0.034 .176 -0.125
xwOBA .373 .288 -0.085 .331 0.043 .309 -0.022 .333 0.024 .328 -0.005 .356 0.028 .357 0.001 .283 -0.074
wOBA .370 .301 -0.069 .340 0.039 .274 -0.066 .368 0.094 .317 -0.051 .367 0.050 .385 0.018 .256 -0.129
xSLG .492 .373 -0.119 .427 0.054 .426 -0.001 .464 0.038 .452 -0.012 .450 -0.002 .494 0.044 .360 -0.134
SLG .507 .392 -0.115 .441 0.049 .368 -0.073 .523 0.155 .470 -0.053 .452 -0.018 .559 0.107 .334 -0.225
K% 26.9 28.6 1.7 19.9 -8.7 26.5 6.6 23.3 -3.2 22.5 -0.8 21.8 -0.7 19.4 -2.4 31.1 11.7
BB% 7.2 6.7 -0.5 8.9 2.2 5.4 -3.5 7.6 2.2 7.3 -0.3 7.5 0.2 7.1 -0.4 7.9 0.8
Swing % 46.6 46.7 0.1 46.6 -0.1 47.1 0.5 47.9 0.8 51.3 3.4 52.8 1.5 47.3 -5.5 49.7 2.4
Whiff% 22.3 23.6 1.3 22.3 -1.3 26.0 3.7 24.8 -1.2 23.7 -1.1 22.8 -0.9 21.6 -1.2 33.5 11.9
In Zone % 47.7 50.7 3.0 50.6 -0.1 48.1 -2.5 50.7 2.6 52.4 1.7 49.1 -3.3 50.7 1.6 43.7 -7.0
Out of Zone % 52.3 49.3 -3.0 49.4 0.1 51.9 2.5 49.3 -2.6 47.6 -1.7 50.9 3.3 49.3 -1.6 56.3 7.0
Out of Zone Swing % 26.6 23.8 -2.8 24.7 0.9 27.2 2.5 23.1 -4.1 30.3 7.2 30.8 0.5 24.9 -5.9 31.9 7.0
First Pitch Swing % 26.9 25.8 -1.1 26.6 0.8 32.0 5.4 32.6 0.6 35.3 2.7 32.8 -2.5 29.7 -3.1 36.0 6.3
First Pitch Strike % 56.3 59.9 3.6 60.1 0.2 62.2 2.1 60.2 -2.0 63.6 3.4 55.7 -7.9 60.2 4.5 62.8 2.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 161 .374 93 1 1.1 68 11 16.2
2017 Shifts 249 .300 141 0 0.0 108 7 6.5
2018 Shifts 606 .341 284 3 1.1 322 24 7.5
2019 Shifts 259 .274 119 23 19.3 140 65 46.4
2020 Shifts 236 .368 120 34 28.3 116 59 50.9
2021 Shifts 272 .317 160 34 21.3 112 59 52.7
2022 Shifts 174 .367 93 14 15.1 81 31 38.3
2023 Shades 563 .385 293 35 11.9 270 126 46.7
2024 Shades 328 .258 168 1 0.6 160 112 70.0
! 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 %
2016 209 17.3 28.2% 1.4% 111 23.2 6.3% 15.3%
2017 316 15.2 46.8% 0.0% 169 21.1 1.2% 5.3%
2018 688 16.7 28.1% 1.0% 413 23.6 0.2% 9.0%
2019 331 16.3 32.9% 1.2% 159 23.8 0.0% 10.1%
2020 310 16.8 27.7% 0.0% 139 23.6 0.0% 4.3%
2021 324 16.4 33.6% 0.3% 151 22.4 1.3% 10.6%
2022 143 18.3 15.4% 2.1% 144 21.0 1.4% 1.4%
2023 663 14.0 62.1% 0.3% 363 19.2 4.7% 0.6%
2024 382 18.2 6.5% 0.5% 185 21.0 0.5% 1.6%

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Pitch Distribution