P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 225 lbs | Age: 42
Draft: 2001 | Rd. 23, No. 686, Houston Astros | Clements School HS (Sugar Land, TX)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2017 7 2 1.62 63 0 2 61 63 0.85
2018 3 3 7.34 34 0 1 34.1 32 1.66
2019 8 6 5.13 67 0 4 59.2 57 1.37
14 Seasons 47 48 4.35 616 24 7 759 571 1.40
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2017 63 7-2 1.62 61 63 0.85
2018 34 3-3 7.34 34.1 32 1.66
2019 67 8-6 5.13 59.2 57 1.37
14 Seasons 616 47-48 4.35 759 571 1.40
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 32 566 111 5 4.5 3.4 85.6 108.1 3.4 25.2 .206 .325 .258 .261 .297 23.4 18.8 6.0 1.21 2.78
2016 33 891 184 18 9.8 7.6 89.3 113.4 9.6 32.6 .285 .521 .397 .372 .396 38.0 12.7 8.1 6.31 6.13
2017 34 966 149 5 3.4 2.1 83.4 110.7 7.9 28.2 .190 .283 .232 .248 .291 21.9 27.0 7.3 1.62 2.59
2018 35 673 111 10 9.0 6.4 87.2 110.7 10.5 34.2 .268 .482 .400 .348 .412 35.1 20.4 7.6 7.34 5.26
2019 36 1005 169 10 5.9 3.9 87.2 110.6 7.7 31.4 .233 .377 .311 .306 .344 33.1 22.1 11.2 5.13 4.11
Player 4101 724 48 6.6 4.6 86.7 113.4 8.0 30.5 .237 .397 .318 .308 .350 30.9 20.3 8.3
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Albers relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(46.4%) ,
Slider
(33.1%) ,
Changeup
(10.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(10.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 58.6 41.4 17.1 19.8 4.5 37.8 36.0 25.2 31.5 19.8 6.3 6.3 16.2 18.9
2016 49.5 50.5 21.7 22.3 6.5 34.8 39.7 25.5 23.9 16.8 8.7 10.9 22.8 16.8
2017 51.7 48.3 16.8 22.8 8.7 37.6 36.2 26.2 22.1 22.1 7.4 15.4 14.1 18.8
2018 46.8 53.2 21.6 21.6 9.9 39.6 37.8 20.7 22.5 17.1 7.2 17.1 20.7 13.5
2019 52.1 47.9 16.6 24.3 7.1 41.4 38.5 20.1 27.8 18.9 5.3 13.6 19.5 14.8
Player 51.5 48.5 18.8 22.4 7.3 38.1 37.8 23.6 25.4 18.9 7.0 12.7 18.9 16.6
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 3.6 50.5 19.8 17.1 2.7 4.5 3.4
2016 3.3 41.3 17.9 20.1 6.0 9.8 7.6
2017 4.7 40.3 22.1 22.1 3.4 3.4 2.1
2018 5.4 36.9 19.8 19.8 7.2 9.0 6.4
2019 4.1 39.6 20.1 23.1 5.3 5.9 3.9
Player 4.1 41.4 19.9 20.7 5.0 6.6 4.6
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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
2019 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 102 93.2 19.1 -2.7 12.9ARM 4.8 12.1 -3.5 12.9ARM 5.4
2019 Changeup MIL R 104 83.7 35.0 0.6 14.4ARM -0.3 4.1 2.8 14.4ARM 0.9
2019 Slider MIL R 333 83.4 39.2 0.4 5.4GLV -1.3 0.4 1.5 5.4GLV 0.4
2019 Sinker MIL R 466 92.7 25.6 2.4 17.5ARM 2.6 6.1 3.0 17.5ARM 2.6
2018 Changeup MIL R 76 83.1 37.1 2.4 14.4ARM -0.1 2.7 4.0 14.4ARM 1.1
2018 Sinker MIL R 300 91.5 26.5 2.3 17.4ARM 2.6 6.1 3.2 17.4ARM 2.7
2018 Slider MIL R 160 85.1 33.7 -3.2 3.6GLV -1.3 4.3 -2.5 3.6GLV -1.5
2018 4-Seam Fastball MIL R 136 91.9 19.8 -2.5 13.3ARM 5.3 12.5 -3.2 13.3ARM 6.1
! 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 %
2019 Sinker 0.9 4 466 46.4 145 .227 .375 .328 20.5 23.4 24.8 .216 .360 .297 30.9
2019 Slider -0.1 0 333 33.1 61 .255 .364 .316 30.3 24.6 18.5 .269 .390 .324 34.1
2019 Changeup -0.2 0 104 10.3 20 .214 .429 .400 34.8 5.0 6.3 .285 .413 .414 30.8
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -1 102 10.1 29 .280 .560 .352 16.1 24.1 14.3 .218 .416 .274 42.9
2018 Sinker -1.6 -5 300 44.6 81 .333 .569 .429 14.4 17.3 14.0 .283 .516 .373 42.4
2018 Slider -0.5 -1 160 23.8 26 .208 .417 .269 33.3 26.9 12.1 .194 .285 .232 27.8
2018 4-Seam Fastball -4.8 -6 136 20.2 38 .382 .735 .468 28.0 26.3 15.9 .276 .583 .388 32.0
2018 Changeup -0.7 -1 76 11.3 10 .300 .600 .375 36.8 10.0 5.9 .317 .384 .306 11.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 193 728 7 7 -4 -3 7
2009 305 1,187 -4 9 -5 -7 -6
2010 322 1,276 4 12 -5 -9 2
2011 289 1,172 7 4 -9 -6 -4
2012 238 883 12 -2 -5 -5 0
2013 259 934 5 9 -7 -4 4
2014 42 170 2 1 -2 -1 0
2015 147 558 6 8 -5 -2 7
2016 235 887 -9 0 -5 -5 -19
2017 229 955 15 10 -5 -4 16
2018 155 673 -11 5 -4 -3 -13
2019 255 1,005 5 11 -7 -6 3
Player 2,669 10,428 38 76 -63 38 -3
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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 566 45.2 60.2 88.3 28.1 70.1 41.7 59.1 42.6 18.3 6.5 67.6
2016 891 45.1 64.4 88.0 29.0 72.5 40.0 60.2 45.0 17.5 6.4 68.4
2017 966 48.5 62.9 82.8 25.8 63.8 43.4 61.8 43.9 22.9 6.4 83.6
2018 673 44.3 73.5 83.1 30.7 64.3 43.1 63.1 49.6 23.4 7.6 90.2
2019 1,005 41.3 61.7 88.3 28.0 57.0 41.6 61.2 41.9 24.0 7.3 78.1
Player 4,101 44.8 64.3 85.9 28.2 64.9 41.9 61.1 44.4 21.4 6.8 78.1
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 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 19 9 88
2016 2 6 2 1 8 41 1 28 20 3 44 8 49 46 13 78
2017 96 95 98 97 93 93 92 99 99 80 67 39 28 54 17 83
2018 31 12 78
2019 57 62 69 75 34 74 70 83 77 45 14 39 37 42 11 80
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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 21.94 10 11.2 -1 6 11 2 20.0
2017 21.69 6 6.6 -1 3 6 2 33.3
2018 25.48 10 6.9 3 2 2 5 50.0
2019 23.05 8 6.2 2 6 4 2 25.0
Player 23.21 34 30.8 3 17 23 11 32.4
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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 10 12 9 13 12 9 12 11 9 9 11 11 12 11 10 12 7 10 12 13 11 9 16 14 11 11 10 15 13 12 8
2017 6 7 6 6 9 6 8 7 5 4 8 9 6 6 5 7 6 5 6 7 7 6 8 8 7 5 6 10 7 6 5
2018 10 8 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 8 7 7
2019 8 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 5 6 6 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 6 6 6 8 8 6 4
Player 34 33 26 31 34 28 34 32 24 24 30 33 34 29 28 32 24 28 32 33 32 29 38 39 31 29 28 39 36 31 24
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls 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

2019 +/-   2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .239 -.082 .321 +.155 .166 -.155 .321 +.093 .228
xBA .233 -.035 .268 +.078 .190 -.095 .285 +.079 .206
OBP .332 -.044 .376 +.136 .240 -.142 .382 +.107 .275
xOBP .329 -.003 .332 +.067 .265 -.088 .353 +.091 .262
SLG .396 -.190 .586 +.306 .280 -.280 .560 +.236 .324
xSLG .377 -.105 .482 +.199 .283 -.238 .521 +.196 .325
ISO .158 -.106 .264 +.150 .114 -.125 .239 +.143 .096
xISO .144 -.070 .214 +.121 .093 -.143 .236 +.118 .118
BABIP .283 -.064 .347 +.144 .203 -.130 .333 +.074 .259
wOBA .311 -.089 .400 +.168 .232 -.165 .397 +.139 .258
xwOBA .306 -.042 .348 +.100 .248 -.124 .372 +.111 .261
wOBACON .350 -.133 .483 +.219 .264 -.164 .428 +.136 .292
xwOBACON .344 -.068 .412 +.121 .291 -.105 .396 +.099 .297
BACON .317 -.088 .405 +.170 .235 -.135 .370 +.091 .279
xBACON .312 -.032 .344 +.070 .274 -.059 .333 +.071 .262
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 33.1 -2.0 35.1 +13.2 21.9 -16.1 38.0 +14.6 23.4
Avg Exit Velocity 87.2 0.0 87.2 +3.8 83.4 -5.9 89.3 +3.7 85.6
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.4 -2.8 34.2 +6.0 28.2 -4.4 32.6 +7.4 25.2
Barrel % 5.9 -3.1 9.0 +5.6 3.4 -6.4 9.8 +5.3 4.5
Avg Launch Angle 7.7 -2.8 10.5 +2.6 7.9 -1.7 9.6 +6.2 3.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.8 +1.1 91.7 -1.5 93.2 +0.5 92.7 +2.3 90.4
Breaking Velocity 83.4 -1.7 85.1 -1.7 86.8 +1.0 85.8 +1.7 84.1
Offspeed Velocity 83.7 +0.6 83.1 -1.4 84.5 +0.2 84.3 +2.1 82.2
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 10 0 10 +5 5 -13 18 +13 5
Popup % 7.1 -2.8 9.9 +1.2 8.7 +2.2 6.5 +2.0 4.5
Flyball % 16.6 -5.0 21.6 +4.8 16.8 -4.9 21.7 +4.6 17.1
Line Drive % 24.3 +2.7 21.6 -1.2 22.8 +0.5 22.3 +2.5 19.8
Groundball % 52.1 +5.3 46.8 -4.9 51.7 +2.2 49.5 -9.1 58.6
Pull % 41.4 +1.8 39.6 +2.0 37.6 +2.8 34.8 -3.0 37.8
Straight Away % 38.5 +0.7 37.8 +1.6 36.2 -3.5 39.7 +3.7 36.0
Opposite Field % 20.1 -0.6 20.7 -5.5 26.2 +0.7 25.5 +0.3 25.2
Weak Contact % 4.1 -1.3 5.4 +0.7 4.7 +1.4 3.3 -0.3 3.6
Pull Airball % 13.6 -3.5 17.1 +1.7 15.4 +4.5 10.9 +4.6 6.3
Topped Contact % 39.6 +2.7 36.9 -3.4 40.3 -1.0 41.3 -9.2 50.5
Under Contact % 20.1 +0.3 19.8 -2.3 22.1 +4.2 17.9 -1.9 19.8
Flare/Burner Contact % 23.1 +3.3 19.8 -2.3 22.1 +2.0 20.1 +3.0 17.1
Solid Contact % 5.3 -1.9 7.2 +3.8 3.4 -2.6 6.0 +3.3 2.7
HR/FB % 28.6 -13.1 41.7 +17.7 24.0 -1.0 25.0 +9.2 15.8
Popups 12 +1 11 -2 13 +1 12 +7 5
Flyballs 28 +4 24 -1 25 -15 40 +21 19
Line Drives 41 +17 24 -10 34 -7 41 +19 22
Groundballs 88 +36 52 -25 77 -14 91 +26 65
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 41.3 -3.0 44.3 -4.2 48.5 +3.4 45.1 -0.1 45.2
Out of Zone % 58.7 +3.0 55.7 +4.2 51.5 -3.4 54.9 +0.1 54.8
Edge % 41.6 -1.5 43.1 -0.3 43.4 +3.4 40.0 -1.7 41.7
Zone Swing % 61.7 -11.8 73.5 +10.6 62.9 -1.5 64.4 +4.2 60.2
Out of Zone Swing % 28.0 -2.7 30.7 +4.9 25.8 -3.2 29.0 +0.9 28.1
In Zone Contact % 88.3 +5.2 83.1 +0.3 82.8 -5.2 88.0 -0.3 88.3
Out of Zone Contact % 57.0 -7.3 64.3 +0.5 63.8 -8.7 72.5 +2.4 70.1
Whiff % 24.0 +0.6 23.4 +0.5 22.9 +5.4 17.5 -0.8 18.3
First Strike % 61.2 -1.9 63.1 +1.3 61.8 +1.6 60.2 +1.1 59.1
First Pitch Swing % 25.9 -9.8 35.7 +8.7 27.0 +1.2 25.8 +8.4 17.4
Swing % 41.9 -7.7 49.6 +5.7 43.9 -1.1 45.0 +2.4 42.6
Meatball Swing % 78.1 -12.1 90.2 +6.6 83.6 +15.2 68.4 +0.8 67.6
Meatball % 7.3 -0.3 7.6 +1.2 6.4 0.0 6.4 -0.1 6.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 11.7 -5.2 16.9 -0.3 17.2 +5.2 12.0 +0.3 11.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 43.0 +7.3 35.7 -0.5 36.2 +8.7 27.5 -2.4 29.9
In Zone 415 +117 298 -165 463 +61 402 +146 256
Out of Zone 590 +215 375 -117 492 +3 489 +179 310
Edge 418 +128 290 -124 414 +58 356 +120 236
In Zone Swings 256 +37 219 -72 291 +32 259 +105 154
Out of Zone Swings 165 +50 115 -12 127 -15 142 +55 87
In Zone Swing & Misses 30 -7 37 -13 50 +19 31 +13 18
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 71 +30 41 -5 46 +7 39 +13 26
Basic
Pitches 1,005 +332 673 -293 966 +75 891 +325 566
PA 258 +101 157 -76 233 -3 236 +87 149
AB 222 +82 140 -71 211 +2 209 +73 136
Hits 53 +8 45 +10 35 -32 67 +36 31
Singles 34 +4 30 +6 24 -15 39 +15 24
Doubles 11 +8 3 -1 4 -12 16 +12 4
Triples 0 -2 2 +1 1 -1 2 +2 0
Home Runs 8 -2 10 +4 6 -4 10 +7 3
Walks 29 +17 12 -5 17 -2 19 +10 9
Strikeouts 57 +25 32 -31 63 +33 30 +2 28
K% 22.1 +1.7 20.4 -6.6 27.0 +14.3 12.7 -6.1 18.8
BB% 11.2 +3.6 7.6 +0.3 7.3 -0.8 8.1 +2.1 6.0
HBP 3 +1 2 -2 4 +1 3 +2 1
Batted Balls 169 +58 111 -38 149 -35 184 +73 111
Number of Fastballs 568 +132 436 -208 644 +8 636 +259 377
Number of Offspeed 104 +28 76 +19 57 -48 105 -9 114
Number of Breaking 333 +173 160 -93 253 +142 111 +45 66
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 234 .395 159 0 0.0 75 18 24.0
2017 Shifts 230 .231 145 3 2.1 85 14 16.5
2018 Shifts 155 .400 91 29 31.9 64 16 25.0
2019 Shifts 255 .311 178 49 27.5 77 43 55.8
! 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 %
2010 305 18.9 6.9% 3.3% 308 22.0 0.3% 6.8%
2011 306 21.9 0.7% 2.6% 246 24.2 0.0% 15.9%
2012 240 20.7 0.8% 3.3% 140 23.2 2.1% 10.0%
2013 235 19.3 2.1% 1.3% 179 22.3 0.6% 12.3%
2014 43 20.4 0.0% 2.3% 32 24.8 3.1% 6.3%
2015 137 19.1 12.4% 5.8% 135 22.8 5.9% 17.8%
2016 209 19.8 8.1% 4.8% 184 22.9 6.0% 16.8%
2017 312 21.1 0.0% 4.5% 155 24.1 0.0% 7.1%
2018 175 22.1 0.0% 5.1% 122 24.7 0.0% 16.4%
2019 290 22.1 0.0% 5.9% 193 24.3 0.0% 13.5%

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Pitch Distribution