Matt Bowman
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 185LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 13, #410, New York Mets | Princeton
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 2 0 3.66 27 0 0 32 25 1.25
2023 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4 3 2.00
2024 1 0 4.40 25 1 0 30.2 24 1.27
6 Seasons 8 13 4.17 211 1 2 216 176 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 27 2-0 3.66 32 25 1.25
2023 3 0-0 9.00 4 3 2.00
2024 25 1-0 4.40 30.2 24 1.27
6 Seasons 211 8-13 4.17 216 176 1.28
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 25 1060 208 5 2.4 1.8 85.0 106.8 1.4 25.5 .225 .299 .271 .258 .283 22.1 18.5 7.1 3.46 2.76
2017 26 977 178 7 3.9 2.8 85.2 111.1 7.2 26.4 .231 .337 .285 .279 .302 28.8 18.6 7.3 3.99 3.30
2018 27 439 71 6 8.5 5.5 88.8 113.0 10.1 35.2 .248 .431 .374 .332 .411 32.4 23.9 10.1 6.26 4.73
2019 28 561 99 2 2.0 1.5 85.5 108.9 6.0 25.3 .226 .306 .263 .261 .284 29.9 18.2 9.5 3.66 2.95
2023 32 83 15 1 6.7 5.0 89.3 103.7 5.2 46.7 .320 .544 .393 .368 .420 26.7 15.0 10.0 9.00 5.96
2024 33 497 93 11 11.8 8.3 89.3 112.7 8.4 36.6 .249 .439 .314 .336 .369 40.9 18.2 9.8 4.40 4.81
Player 3617 664 32 4.8 3.5 86.2 113.0 5.6 28.8 .235 .350 .294 .286 .317 28.9 19.0 8.3
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

Bowman relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(38.8%) ,
Sweeper
(25.8%) ,
Cutter
(19.7%) ,
Split Finger
(15.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.6%) ,


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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 63.5 11.5 22.1 2.9 38.9 40.4 20.7 4.3 51.9 14.4 24.0 2.4 2.4 1.8
2017 56.2 23.0 17.4 3.4 36.0 38.2 25.3 6.7 41.6 21.9 20.8 2.2 3.9 2.8
2018 50.7 19.7 25.4 4.2 32.4 43.7 21.1 2.8 38.0 16.9 23.9 7.0 8.5 5.5
2019 55.6 17.2 21.2 6.1 34.3 42.4 23.2 3.0 43.4 21.2 23.2 4.0 2.0 1.5
2023 46.7 20.0 33.3 0.0 20.0 66.7 13.3 0.0 40.0 20.0 26.7 6.7 6.7 5.0
2024 44.1 26.9 25.8 3.2 33.3 35.5 31.2 5.4 31.2 21.5 20.4 9.7 11.8 8.3
Player 55.9 18.7 21.8 3.6 35.5 40.4 23.6 4.7 43.2 18.8 22.6 4.2 4.8 3.5
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

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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 Sinker BAL R 193 92.2 27.8 3.8 17.2ARM 2.4 4.6 2.7 17.2ARM 2.4
2024 Split-Finger BAL R 75 84.3 39.2 4.8 9.2ARM -0.2 -0.6 3.2 9.2ARM -1.4
2024 Cutter BAL R 98 90.5 23.7 1.5 0.3GLV -2.3 9.7 1.4 0.3GLV -2.4
2024 Sweeper BAL R 128 82.7 35.3 -3.4 14.8GLV 1.1 5.0 -3.4 14.8GLV 0.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 3 92.4 21.5 -5.5 7.9ARM 0.5 10.4 -5.4 7.9ARM 0.4
2023 Sweeper NYY R 28 81.1 37.7 -2.6 18.0GLV 3.5 4.1 -2.6 18.0GLV 3.9
2023 Cutter NYY R 12 90.6 25.1 -0.2 0.1GLV -2.3 8.1 0.2 0.1GLV -2.5
2023 Sinker NYY R 42 93.1 26.6 3.6 17.4ARM 2.4 5.0 2.6 17.4ARM 2.4
2023 Split-Finger NYY R 1 84.2 36.2 1.8 14.4ARM 3.4 2.2 1.1 14.4ARM 3.3
! 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 Sinker 3.5 7 193 38.8 60 .130 .241 .211 13.5 25.0 30.0 .219 .321 .279 43.6
2024 Sweeper -3.1 -4 128 25.8 24 .273 .818 .465 22.8 8.3 4.7 .261 .685 .421 45.0
2024 Cutter 0.0 0 98 19.7 25 .350 .350 .392 20.0 12.0 23.1 .256 .389 .361 17.6
2024 Split-Finger -7.2 -5 75 15.1 21 .300 .500 .402 24.2 19.0 13.8 .309 .540 .378 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.3 0 3 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .318 .320 .286 100.0
2023 Sinker -5.9 -2 42 50.6 9 .500 .875 .600 5.6 0.0 0.0 .346 .664 .453 25.0
2023 Sweeper -0.1 0 28 33.7 9 .250 .375 .239 20.0 22.2 25.0 .335 .493 .324 28.6
2023 Cutter -1.5 0 12 14.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Split-Finger 2.3 0 1 1.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 Cutter 98 90.5 60 9.1 12:45 12:00 45
2024 Split-Finger 66 84.3 82 10.1 2:30 3:15 -45
2024 Sinker 188 92.1 90 18.4 1:45 2:45 -60
2024 Sweeper 125 82.7 50 16.3 8:45 9:30 -45
2023 Cutter 12 90.6 51 8.3 12:15 11:45 30
2023 Sinker 42 93.1 93 18.7 1:45 2:30 -45
2023 Sweeper 26 81.0 63 19.3 8:30 9:15 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 279 1,050 2 13 -4 -2 9
2017 244 974 1 12 -4 -6 4
2018 106 439 3 -3 -4 0 -4
2019 131 549 8 6 -6 -2 6
2024 131 497 -3 7 -3 -3 -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 %
2016 1,060 44.3 63.3 84.2 30.2 61.2 43.7 62.6 44.8 23.4 5.9 67.7
2017 977 43.9 64.5 82.6 31.9 63.2 46.5 64.1 46.2 23.7 5.6 76.4
2018 439 48.5 63.4 86.7 26.5 63.3 45.1 52.8 44.4 20.5 5.0 81.8
2019 561 49.0 61.7 83.1 27.1 75.0 44.1 68.7 44.6 19.6 6.9 68.4
2023 83 45.8 60.5 95.7 20.0 66.7 45.8 68.4 38.6 12.5 6.0 80.0
2024 497 48.1 66.5 87.4 21.7 64.3 44.3 61.8 43.3 18.6 6.8 85.3
Player 3,617 46.0 63.8 84.7 28.4 64.4 44.8 62.8 44.7 21.7 6.0 74.5
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 94 77 96 98 86 94 96 99 100 30 61 51 66 39 9 61
2017 81 70 86 91 72 85 88 92 83 26 67 46 88 21 10 25
2018 29 10 20
2019 35 7 42 65
2024 21 12 82
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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 22.3 4 1.8 2 5 2 0 0.0
2017 24.5 4 5.8 -2 2 3 4 100.0
2018 21.3 4 3.5 1 1 2 2 50.0
2019 24.2 2 2.1 0 2 0 2 100.0
2023 24.5 1 0.4 1 0 1 0 0.0
2024 25.2 5 4.3 1 1 2 3 60.0
Player 23.5 20 17.9 2 11 10 11 55.0
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 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 1 3 2 4 3 2 1
2017 4 5 4 6 8 5 7 5 6 5 6 7 6 6 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 4 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 5
2018 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3
2019 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
2024 5 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 5 3 5 6 4 5 5 3 5 3 4 5 5 3 5 4 3 5 4 5 4 5 5
Player 20 16 16 17 19 16 19 15 17 14 17 21 19 16 17 17 17 14 17 18 19 18 21 22 17 19 17 23 21 20 17
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 92.3 90.9 -1.4 ↓ 91.5 0.6 ↑ -- 1.2 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- 92.5 -- 91.6 -0.9 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 81.6 80.2 -1.4 ↓ 80.9 0.7 ↑ -- 1.1 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- 84.2 -- 84.3 0.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 87.2 86.4 -0.8 ↓ 82.6 -3.8 ↓ -- 3.3 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- 81.1 -- 82.7 1.6 ↑
Exit Velocity 85.0 85.2 0.2 ↑ 88.8 3.6 ↑ -- -3.3 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 89.3 -- 89.3 0.0
Launch Angle 1.4 7.2 5.8 ↑ 10.1 2.9 ↑ -- -4.1 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.2 -- 8.4 3.2 ↑
Barrel % 2.4 3.9 1.5 ↑ 8.5 4.6 ↑ -- -6.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 6.7 -- 11.8 5.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 22.1 28.8 6.7 ↑ 32.4 3.6 ↑ -- -2.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 26.7 -- 40.9 14.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.5 26.4 0.9 ↑ 35.2 8.8 ↑ -- -9.9 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 46.7 -- 36.6 -10.1 ↓
xBA .225 .231 0.006 ↑ .248 0.017 ↑ -- -0.022 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- .320 -- .249 -0.071 ↓
BA .229 .239 0.010 ↑ .309 0.070 ↑ -- -0.088 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- .353 -- .222 -0.131 ↓
xwOBA .258 .279 0.021 ↑ .332 0.053 ↑ -- -0.071 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- .368 -- .336 -0.032 ↓
wOBA .271 .285 0.014 ↑ .374 0.089 ↑ -- -0.111 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- .393 -- .314 -0.079 ↓
xSLG .299 .337 0.038 ↑ .431 0.094 ↑ -- -0.125 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- .544 -- .439 -0.105 ↓
SLG .337 .353 0.016 ↑ .511 0.158 ↑ -- -0.175 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- .588 -- .410 -0.178 ↓
K% 18.5 18.6 0.1 ↑ 23.9 5.3 ↑ -- -5.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.0 -- 18.2 3.2 ↑
BB% 7.1 7.3 0.2 ↑ 10.1 2.8 ↑ -- -0.6 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 10.0 -- 9.8 -0.2 ↓
Swing % 44.8 46.2 1.4 ↑ 44.4 -1.8 ↓ -- 0.2 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- 38.6 -- 43.3 4.7 ↑
Whiff% 23.4 23.7 0.3 ↑ 20.5 -3.2 ↓ -- -0.9 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 12.5 -- 18.6 6.1 ↑
In Zone % 44.3 43.9 -0.4 ↓ 48.5 4.6 ↑ -- 0.5 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- 45.8 -- 48.1 2.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.7 56.1 0.4 ↑ 51.5 -4.6 ↓ -- -0.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 54.2 -- 51.9 -2.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.2 31.9 1.7 ↑ 26.5 -5.4 ↓ -- 0.6 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- 20.0 -- 21.7 1.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.8 26.9 -0.9 ↓ 27.4 0.5 ↑ -- -5.0 ↓ -- -- -- -- -- -- 15.8 -- 27.5 11.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 62.6 64.1 1.5 ↑ 52.8 -11.3 ↓ -- 15.9 ↑ -- -- -- -- -- -- 68.4 -- 61.8 -6.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 279 .271 178 2 1.1 101 17 16.8
2017 Shifts 240 .291 136 2 1.5 104 9 8.7
2018 Shifts 106 .374 59 4 6.8 47 9 19.1
2019 Shifts 134 .263 75 12 16.0 59 30 50.8
2023 Shades 19 .393 16 0 0.0 3 2 66.7
2024 Shades 131 .314 78 1 1.3 53 25 47.2
! 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 292 18.4 16.4% 4.8% 223 24.8 5.4% 19.3%
2017 238 20.0 2.9% 1.3% 206 26.0 0.0% 14.1%
2018 113 19.9 3.5% 3.5% 95 24.7 0.0% 3.2%
2019 155 18.9 7.7% 3.2% 112 23.1 0.0% 8.9%
2023 20 16.4 5.0% 0.0% 23 19.6 0.0% 8.7%
2024 136 16.6 14.0% 1.5% 104 18.4 1.9% 1.9%

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Pitch Distribution

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