Luke Weaver
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 183LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #27, St. Louis Cardinals | Florida State
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Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0.2 0 4.50
7 Seasons 23 35 4.66 90 80 0 415.2 424 1.37
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 1 0-0 13.50 0.2 0 4.50
7 Seasons 90 23-35 4.66 415.2 424 1.37

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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
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 6.21
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 .310 .397 41.4 26.5 5.4 2.94 4.23
2020 26 968 162 15 9.3 6.4 89.8 112.8 19.3 36.4 .253 .464 .368 .333 .404 42.0 23.3 7.6 6.58 4.73
2021 27 1109 191 18 9.4 6.5 90.1 112.2 14.5 36.1 .254 .454 .317 .329 .403 41.4 22.5 7.3 4.25 4.63
2022 28 23 5 0 0 0 93.6 107.8 1.7 40.0 .549 .663 .538 .528 .528 40.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 13.18
Player 7267 1233 86 7 4.8 88.7 116.5 13.6 37.2 .259 .435 .329 .326 .399 37.7 23.5 7.5
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

Weaver relies on 2 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
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Changeup
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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 4-Seam Fastball 16 7 9 69.6 92.4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .423 .500 .476 .448 .406 99.6 -2 2304 5.8 0.0 0.0
2022 Changeup 7 2 5 30.4 83.7 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 .667 .633 .667 .789 .598 .609 89.6 4 1725 5.9 0.0 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 687 436 251 61.9 93.6 163 143 32 16 6 4 6 32 115 .224 .256 .448 .492 .316 .355 89.0 14 2457 5.9 20.4 15.6
2021 Changeup 333 143 190 30.0 85.4 93 90 24 10 7 2 5 22 68 .267 .257 .556 .412 .352 .300 89.6 11 1726 6.0 26.8 16.4
2021 Cutter 68 60 8 6.1 87.4 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 .111 .286 .111 .518 .098 .340 89.6 21 2384 5.9 33.3 16.7
2021 Curveball 21 18 3 1.9 78.0 7 7 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 .143 .109 .286 .134 .177 .106 102.2 9 2365 5.8 57.1 60.0
! 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
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 40.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
Player 41.8 23.8 28.4 6.0 36.5 36.0 27.4 4.1 28.5 23.7 27.5 7.5 7.0 4.8
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 4-Seamer ARI R 16 92.4 16.2 -0.8 -5 10.8 3.4 45
2022 Changeup ARI R 7 83.7 32.9 0.5 1 15.6 1.5 11
2021 Cutter ARI R 68 87.4 25.7 2.7 9 3.5 0.9 35
2021 Changeup ARI R 333 85.4 26.9 -3.9 -13 12.6 -1.6 -11
2021 4-Seamer ARI R 687 93.6 13.8 1.7 11 7.4 -0.3 -3
2021 Curveball ARI R 21 78.0 51.7 -3.0 -5 4.6 -5.0 -52
2020 Cutter ARI R 114 88.3 23.7 3.1 11 2.5 0.3 14
2020 Curveball ARI R 67 79.0 53.0 0.6 1 3.4 -6.2 -65
2020 4-Seamer ARI R 523 94.0 12.7 2.6 17 7.4 -0.2 -3
2020 Changeup ARI R 264 84.7 27.5 -3.9 -12 13.4 0.0 0
2019 Cutter ARI R 148 87.5 28.8 0.1 0 3.4 1.1 47
2019 Changeup ARI R 261 84.5 32.0 0.2 1 11.4 -2.6 -19
2019 Sinker ARI R 1 96.0 13.8 -8.1 -37 9.8 -6.1 -38
2019 4-Seamer ARI R 548 93.8 15.4 0.8 5 8.6 0.4 4
2019 Curveball ARI R 95 81.3 50.9 -0.1 0 1.3 -7.4 -85
2018 Changeup STL R 593 85.4 29.7 -2.7 -8 12.2 -1.9 -14
2018 4-Seamer STL R 1,372 93.7 15.6 0.6 4 8.5 0.3 4
2018 Sinker STL R 3 92.1 23.9 -0.1 0 14.7 -0.2 -2
2018 Cutter STL R 113 87.0 28.9 -0.4 -1 2.9 0.7 32
2018 Curveball STL R 304 80.8 47.7 -3.9 -8 8.7 -0.8 -8
2017 Curveball STL R 122 79.6 47.8 -4.2 -8 9.1 -0.8 -8
2017 4-Seamer STL R 616 93.2 15.5 0.2 1 9.1 0.2 2
2017 Changeup STL R 267 84.3 29.9 -2.2 -7 10.9 -3.1 -22
2017 Sinker STL R 10 93.2 21.4 -0.4 -2 15.4 0.1 1
2017 Cutter STL R 24 88.5 23.9 2.5 9 1.9 -0.1 -4
2016 Changeup STL R 161 83.9 29.8 -1.2 -4 14.5 0.9 6
2016 Cutter STL R 64 88.4 24.0 1.7 7 3.3 -4.2 -455
2016 Curveball STL R 50 80.1 49.0 -0.9 -2 2.5 -5.7 -69
2016 4-Seamer STL R 386 92.5 15.7 -0.3 -2 12.6 3.6 40
! 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 5.5 1 16 69.6 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .423 .475 .405 50.0
2022 Changeup 1.5 0 7 30.4 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .633 .789 .609 33.3
2021 4-Seamer -0.5 -4 687 61.9 163 .224 .448 .328 20.4 19.6 15.6 .256 .492 .358 40.9
2021 Changeup 2.9 10 333 30.0 93 .267 .556 .384 26.8 23.7 16.4 .257 .412 .300 44.1
2021 Cutter -3.2 -2 68 6.1 9 .111 .111 .100 33.3 22.2 16.7 .286 .518 .340 14.3
2021 Curveball -1.3 0 21 1.9 7 .143 .286 .179 57.1 85.7 60.0 .109 .134 .106 100.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.9 4 523 54.0 127 .313 .583 .411 20.2 22.8 16.5 .260 .510 .353 49.4
2020 Changeup -0.6 -1 264 27.3 81 .227 .387 .298 34.9 29.6 20.5 .211 .351 .274 25.5
2020 Cutter 2.2 2 114 11.8 18 .313 .625 .428 25.7 11.1 10.5 .293 .592 .405 50.0
2020 Curveball 2.4 2 67 6.9 10 .500 .700 .520 5.0 0.0 0.0 .412 .577 .426 50.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.8 -4 548 52.0 127 .239 .410 .312 21.3 29.1 20.9 .260 .471 .332 45.7
2019 Changeup -2.8 -7 261 24.8 83 .169 .273 .226 34.5 25.3 19.8 .227 .349 .276 33.9
2019 Cutter -0.1 0 148 14.1 34 .273 .424 .312 20.5 20.6 29.2 .257 .452 .308 38.5
2019 Curveball 0.4 0 95 9.0 14 .357 .429 .346 29.0 21.4 18.8 .356 .443 .341 54.5
2019 Sinker -8.1 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seamer -0.4 -5 1,372 57.5 329 .272 .409 .351 20.5 22.8 17.7 .252 .415 .340 34.7
2018 Changeup 1.9 11 593 24.9 176 .269 .467 .349 28.1 19.3 15.9 .241 .403 .296 32.8
2018 Curveball 2.7 8 304 12.7 77 .315 .562 .413 18.6 13.0 16.1 .308 .537 .379 44.4
2018 Cutter -0.3 0 113 4.7 23 .273 .273 .265 12.5 8.7 10.0 .323 .390 .325 25.0
2018 Sinker -23.5 -1 3 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .262 .268 .243 0.0
2017 4-Seamer -1.0 -6 616 58.9 126 .254 .412 .327 23.7 35.7 24.3 .260 .427 .325 46.5
2017 Changeup -1.6 -4 267 25.5 86 .203 .253 .241 25.2 27.9 19.0 .193 .235 .227 16.4
2017 Curveball 3.7 5 122 11.7 27 .296 .407 .374 20.0 7.4 11.1 .200 .366 .235 28.0
2017 Cutter 4.5 1 24 2.3 5 .600 .800 .610 11.1 0.0 0.0 .397 .710 .468 40.0
2017 Sinker 33.5 3 10 1.0 4 .750 2.250 1.225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .462 1.267 .707 100.0
! 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 251 84.7 89 17.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Curveball 64 79.1 68 12.2 7:00 6:30 30
2020 Cutter 102 88.2 59 10.8 12:00 11:30 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 497 94.0 98 19.5 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Changeup 328 85.3 86 16.5 1:15 1:45 -30
2021 Curveball 21 78.0 52 10.4 7:15 7:00 15
2021 Cutter 68 87.4 54 10.0 12:00 11:15 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 685 93.6 95 18.7 12:45 12:45 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 16 92.4 96 19.1 1:00 1:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 167 682 3 1 4 3 12
2017 248 1,039 -5 -2 2 3 -2
2018 606 2,385 2 -19 23 8 14
2019 259 1,053 -5 -15 4 4 -12
2020 236 968 3 -6 8 2 7
2021 272 1,109 -2 -3 5 3 4
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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 40.2 56.3 46.6 22.0 7.6 78.8
2017 1,046 50.6 68.8 81.2 24.0 61.8 46.7 59.9 46.7 23.4 6.9 81.9
2018 2,386 50.6 68.0 81.1 24.6 65.2 45.2 60.1 46.6 22.2 6.9 81.2
2019 1,053 48.2 68.5 79.0 27.2 58.8 41.2 62.2 47.1 25.6 6.4 86.6
2020 968 50.8 72.0 80.5 23.1 56.4 44.9 60.2 47.9 24.8 7.7 86.7
2021 1,109 52.6 70.5 79.6 30.0 65.2 43.5 63.6 51.3 23.6 7.9 85.2
2022 23 73.9 64.7 100.0 16.7 100.0 65.2 80.0 52.2 0.0 4.3 0.0
Player 7,267 50.4 69.2 80.6 25.7 62.7 44.1 60.6 47.6 23.3 7.2 83.1
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
2016 39 47 11
2017 76 63 69 70 79 72 56 71 39 86 77 44 76 55 53 10
2018 24 23 25 32 27 24 51 63 53 35 39 34 24 58 71 17
2019 53 39 40 47 65 69 63 17 12 70 89 51 53 41 58 14
2020 34 35 21 19 54 6 22 24 21 50 62 37 34 52 87 18
2021 30 29 21 15 51 47 21 21 28 42 65 29 30 46 91
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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 22.2 6 9.8 -4.0 6 11 2 33.3
2020 22.7 10 16.6 -7.0 6 13 7 70.0
2021 23.1 11 13.6 -3.0 7 5 9 81.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 6 9 12 7 13 8 13 11 9 7 14 13 3 11 10 13 7 11 5 9 6 10 8 7 9 13 15 7 15 5 14
2020 10 18 21 18 19 15 0 18 14 15 18 15 11 14 15 19 9 19 18 20 8 15 16 19 18 19 18 15 17 15 20
2021 11 15 16 14 15 14 13 15 11 12 16 15 12 12 12 14 11 16 12 13 12 12 14 16 13 15 14 12 14 13 16
! 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 92 93 1 ↑ 93.2 0.2 ↑ 92.5 -0.7 ↓ 93 0.5 ↑ 93 0 92.4 -0.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 83.9 84.3 0.4 ↑ 85.4 1.1 ↑ 84.5 -0.9 ↓ 84.7 0.2 ↑ 85.4 0.7 ↑ 83.7 -1.7 ↓
Breaking Velocity 80.1 79.6 -0.5 ↓ 80.8 1.2 ↑ 81.3 0.5 ↑ 79 -2.3 ↓ 78 -1 ↓ 0 0
Exit Velocity 89.6 86.3 -3.3 ↓ 87.9 1.6 ↑ 89.9 2 ↑ 89.8 -0.1 ↓ 90.1 0.3 ↑ 93.6 3.5 ↑
Launch Angle 14.7 7.7 -7 ↓ 12.8 5.1 ↑ 14.6 1.8 ↑ 19.3 4.7 ↑ 14.5 -4.8 ↓ 1.7 -12.8 ↓
Barrel % 5.6 5.6 0 6.3 0.7 ↑ 6.3 0 9.3 3 ↑ 9.4 0.1 ↑ 0 -9.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.3 34.4 0.1 ↑ 35 0.6 ↑ 41.4 6.4 ↑ 42 0.6 ↑ 41.4 -0.6 ↓ 40 -1.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 50 33.3 -16.7 ↓ 37.4 4.1 ↑ 34.5 -2.9 ↓ 36.4 1.9 ↑ 36.1 -0.3 ↓ 40 3.9 ↑
xBA .31 .235 -0.075 ↓ .259 0.024 ↑ .253 -0.006 ↓ .253 0 .254 0.001 ↑ .549 0.295 ↑
BA .311 .254 -0.057 ↓ .277 0.023 ↑ .227 -0.05 ↓ .292 0.065 ↑ .233 -0.059 ↓ .6 0.367 ↑
xwOBA .373 .288 -0.085 ↓ .331 0.043 ↑ .31 -0.021 ↓ .333 0.023 ↑ .329 -0.004 ↓ .528 0.199 ↑
wOBA .37 .301 -0.069 ↓ .34 0.039 ↑ .274 -0.066 ↓ .368 0.094 ↑ .317 -0.051 ↓ .538 0.221 ↑
xSLG .492 .373 -0.119 ↓ .427 0.054 ↑ .426 -0.001 ↓ .464 0.038 ↑ .454 -0.01 ↓ .663 0.209 ↑
SLG .507 .392 -0.115 ↓ .441 0.049 ↑ .368 -0.073 ↓ .523 0.155 ↑ .47 -0.053 ↓ .6 0.13 ↑
K% 26.9 28.6 1.7 ↑ 19.9 -8.7 ↓ 26.5 6.6 ↑ 23.3 -3.2 ↓ 22.5 -0.8 ↓ 0 -22.5 ↓
BB% 7.2 6.7 -0.5 ↓ 8.9 2.2 ↑ 5.4 -3.5 ↓ 7.6 2.2 ↑ 7.3 -0.3 ↓ 0 -7.3 ↓
Swing % 46.6 46.7 0.1 ↑ 46.6 -0.1 ↓ 47.1 0.5 ↑ 47.9 0.8 ↑ 51.3 3.4 ↑ 52.2 0.9 ↑
Whiff% 22 23.4 1.4 ↑ 22.2 -1.2 ↓ 25.6 3.4 ↑ 24.8 -0.8 ↓ 23.6 -1.2 ↓ 0 -23.6 ↓
In Zone % 47.7 50.6 2.9 ↑ 50.6 0 48.2 -2.4 ↓ 50.8 2.6 ↑ 52.6 1.8 ↑ 73.9 21.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.3 49.4 -2.9 ↓ 49.4 0 51.8 2.4 ↑ 49.2 -2.6 ↓ 47.4 -1.8 ↓ 26.1 -21.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.6 24 -2.6 ↓ 24.6 0.6 ↑ 27.2 2.6 ↑ 23.1 -4.1 ↓ 30 6.9 ↑ 16.7 -13.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.9 25.8 -1.1 ↓ 26.6 0.8 ↑ 32 5.4 ↑ 32.6 0.6 ↑ 35.3 2.7 ↑ 0 -35.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 56.3 59.9 3.6 ↑ 60.1 0.2 ↑ 62.2 2.1 ↑ 60.2 -2 ↓ 63.6 3.4 ↑ 80 16.4 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 161 .374 93 1 1.1 68 11 16.2
2017 249 .300 141 0 0.0 108 7 6.5
2018 607 .340 285 3 1.1 322 24 7.5
2019 259 .274 119 23 19.3 140 65 46.4
2020 236 .368 120 34 28.3 116 59 50.9
2021 272 .317 160 34 21.3 112 59 52.7
2022 5 .538 2 0 0.0 3 2 66.7

Pitch Distribution

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