Matt Harvey
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #7, New York Mets | North Carolina
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 3 5 7.09 12 12 0 59.2 39 1.54
2020 0 3 11.57 7 4 0 11.2 10 2.74
2021 6 14 6.27 28 28 0 127.2 95 1.54
9 Seasons 50 66 4.42 180 172 0 966.1 867 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 12 3-5 7.09 59.2 39 1.54
2020 7 0-3 11.57 11.2 10 2.74
2021 28 6-14 6.27 127.2 95 1.54
9 Seasons 180 50-66 4.42 966.1 867 1.29
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 26 2798 524 18 3.4 2.4 87.9 112.9 10.9 29.6 .207 .317 .266 .253 .312 30.4 24.9 4.9 2.71 2.61
2016 27 1514 300 13 4.3 3.2 88.5 112.7 11.2 38.0 .262 .415 .341 .315 .365 37.0 18.9 6.2 4.86 4.19
2017 28 1686 311 21 6.8 4.9 87.4 114.2 10.4 33.8 .278 .493 .377 .369 .397 34.4 15.5 10.9 6.70 6.12
2018 29 2535 489 39 8.0 5.9 90.1 113.3 13.5 32.3 .249 .434 .334 .319 .374 40.0 19.8 5.6 4.93 4.33
2019 30 999 195 15 7.7 5.6 90.7 113.2 12.5 31.8 .304 .543 .368 .393 .426 42.1 14.7 10.9 7.09 7.32
2020 31 247 50 6 12.0 9.2 93.5 112.2 8.9 44.0 .366 .684 .543 .460 .529 54.0 15.4 7.7 11.57 10.62
2021 32 2232 445 35 7.9 6.0 89.5 115.0 13.3 36.4 .289 .476 .355 .351 .395 40.9 16.3 6.4 6.27 5.37
Player 12011 2314 147 6.4 4.6 89.1 115.0 12.0 33.6 .258 .432 .336 .324 .374 37.3 19.2 6.9
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

Harvey relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(34.1%) ,
Sinker
(20.7%) ,
Slider
(19.3%) ,
Curveball
(14.0%) ,
Changeup
(11.9%) ,


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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
2015 48.7 23.3 22.3 5.7 33.4 38.0 28.2 3.4 35.5 27.3 22.7 3.6 3.4 2.4
2016 44.0 18.3 31.0 6.7 24.0 42.3 33.7 4.3 33.3 22.7 24.7 8.7 4.3 3.2
2017 45.7 24.4 24.1 5.8 32.8 41.2 26.0 6.1 30.5 23.8 23.5 5.8 6.8 4.9
2018 45.0 24.3 22.1 8.6 31.1 38.0 30.3 2.5 31.9 25.6 23.7 6.1 8.0 5.9
2019 43.6 21.5 30.3 4.6 42.6 36.9 20.5 1.0 30.3 19.5 26.7 5.6 7.7 5.6
2020 42.0 18.0 36.0 4.0 26.0 34.0 40.0 0.0 30.0 16.0 32.0 10.0 12.0 9.2
2021 44.0 24.3 24.5 7.2 35.5 38.0 26.5 3.6 31.0 22.9 27.9 6.7 7.9 6.0
Player 45.4 22.9 25.0 6.6 32.6 38.8 28.3 3.5 32.4 24.1 24.8 6.0 6.4 4.6
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
2021 Changeup BAL R 266 85.3 26.4 -3.4 14.5ARM 0.8 11.4 -5.1 14.5ARM 0.6
2021 Sinker BAL R 463 92.9 19.2 -2.2 16.2ARM 1.6 12.7 -3.9 16.2ARM 1.4
2021 Curveball BAL R 312 79.9 49.8 -3.1 11.9GLV 4.3 -6.5 -3.6 11.9GLV 2.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 760 93.4 17.0 -2.1 12.3ARM 5.4 14.5 -1.7 12.3ARM 5.1
2021 Slider BAL R 431 86.9 29.8 -3.9 1.6GLV -2.4 6.4 -4.6 1.6GLV -4.1
2020 Curveball KC R 35 81.7 49.6 -0.7 4.0GLV -3.4 -8.8 -0.9 4.0GLV -5.2
2020 4-Seam Fastball KC R 112 94.0 18.1 -3.3 11.9ARM 4.9 12.9 -3.1 11.9ARM 4.6
2020 Changeup KC R 24 84.7 27.8 -1.8 11.7ARM -1.2 10.2 -3.8 11.7ARM -1.7
2020 Slider KC R 57 86.9 32.9 -0.9 2.8GLV -0.9 3.2 -1.8 2.8GLV -2.5
2020 Sinker KC R 19 94.4 20.2 -0.2 15.5ARM 0.8 10.6 -1.5 15.5ARM 0.7
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -15 760 34.1 202 .319 .568 .408 15.6 18.3 14.7 .325 .613 .418 50.7
2021 Sinker -0.4 -2 463 20.7 120 .333 .477 .383 12.8 10.0 13.0 .305 .445 .347 41.0
2021 Slider -2.3 -10 431 19.3 121 .291 .418 .373 28.0 24.8 18.3 .253 .404 .319 31.3
2021 Curveball -2.3 -7 312 14.0 61 .304 .589 .391 32.5 21.3 13.7 .260 .410 .312 31.8
2021 Changeup 2.8 7 266 11.9 77 .203 .284 .242 12.9 3.9 5.3 .245 .339 .269 36.6
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 1 112 45.3 30 .393 .464 .400 11.1 16.7 20.0 .367 .510 .399 60.9
2020 Slider -7.1 -4 57 23.1 17 .438 1.000 .606 24.0 11.8 14.3 .308 .804 .470 35.7
2020 Curveball -7.1 -2 35 14.2 7 .333 1.000 .564 26.7 28.6 20.0 .328 .751 .482 50.0
2020 Changeup -9.2 -2 24 9.7 7 .500 1.000 .643 37.5 14.3 20.0 .437 .631 .490 60.0
2020 Sinker -16.9 -3 19 7.7 4 1.000 2.000 1.263 0.0 0.0 0.0 .537 1.393 .792 75.0
! 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
2021 Changeup 264 85.3 98 18.4 1:45 2:00 -15
2021 Curveball 310 79.9 63 16.0 7:30 7:45 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 748 93.4 98 18.9 1:30 1:30 0
2021 Sinker 455 92.9 98 20.7 1:30 1:45 -15
2021 Slider 430 86.9 32 5.9 12:15 11:15 60
2020 Changeup 23 84.6 98 15.5 1:30 1:45 -15
2020 Curveball 35 81.7 60 11.8 7:30 6:45 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 101 94.1 99 17.4 1:30 1:30 0
2020 Sinker 19 94.4 98 18.8 1:30 2:00 -30
2020 Slider 39 86.8 25 4.1 11:30 10:00 90
! 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
2012 245 978 6 10 -5 -4 8
2013 689 2,692 28 17 -8 -6 31
2015 857 3,156 23 26 -5 -10 34
2016 401 1,510 -4 3 -6 -4 -12
2017 425 1,679 -6 14 -14 -9 -15
2018 660 2,530 4 7 -15 -9 -13
2019 246 942 0 2 -9 -5 -11
2020 65 247 -4 -4 -3 -1 -11
2021 581 2,232 0 -3 -14 -9 -26
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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 2,798 51.8 63.6 78.8 32.3 58.1 43.2 68.3 48.5 26.5 7.9 70.3
2016 1,514 51.7 66.9 82.2 33.9 66.1 44.1 65.9 50.9 21.8 7.3 76.6
2017 1,686 48.6 68.1 84.4 25.3 70.8 42.6 58.0 46.2 18.5 7.8 79.4
2018 2,535 54.0 69.5 83.1 24.7 64.6 43.4 62.9 49.0 20.6 8.8 84.7
2019 999 49.9 68.7 83.6 21.2 57.0 41.4 63.2 44.9 21.6 6.8 81.3
2020 247 51.4 64.6 90.2 19.2 52.2 35.6 66.2 42.5 17.1 8.9 63.6
2021 2,232 51.3 67.8 86.7 27.1 64.7 41.3 63.9 48.0 19.1 7.3 84.6
Player 12,011 51.5 67.1 83.0 27.8 63.3 42.6 64.2 48.1 21.6 7.8 78.8
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
2015 94 88 88 81 96 38 85 56 71 78 90 77 77 94 81 38 41
2016 46 30 41 53 54 55 80 51 26 35 76 36 90 82 51 26 26
2017 4 12 8 8 5 31 33 43 39 11 15 12 24 66 40 28 38
2018 35 35 22 17 63 6 21 7 12 32 88 18 14 68 34 57 29
2019 1 2 3 5 1 53 34 7 8 4 16 19 1 48 32 48 12
2020 62 24 35
2021 12 4 11 26 19 11 48 33 31 6 78 4 42 44 32 55 26
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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 22.6 8 7.3 1 6 4 4 50.0
2017 22.7 21 18.5 3 4 16 7 33.3
2018 24.2 27 23.6 3 15 15 12 44.4
2019 23.5 13 10.1 3 4 7 5 38.5
2020 23.5 6 6.3 0 0 6 2 33.3
2021 22.9 19 19.0 0 10 15 6 31.6
Player 23.3 94 84.7 9 39 63 36 38.3
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 8 7 7 9 7 6 8 8 5 5 6 8 8 7 7 8 5 6 9 8 7 5 9 10 7 7 7 10 9 7 6
2017 21 18 17 16 21 21 22 19 13 15 21 24 16 18 19 18 16 16 19 21 19 18 23 20 16 16 17 23 19 22 12
2018 27 32 21 22 21 20 25 23 20 18 20 27 25 23 20 27 25 23 24 26 25 27 30 27 20 20 20 25 29 23 19
2019 13 12 8 12 9 9 12 12 8 8 9 11 13 10 11 10 11 9 10 10 11 9 14 13 12 8 9 10 11 8 5
2020 6 8 4 6 7 6 8 5 4 5 6 7 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 7 8 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 4
2021 19 20 16 21 18 18 20 22 11 16 15 20 20 16 20 23 18 18 20 19 19 21 26 23 17 18 20 22 21 16 15
Player 94 97 73 86 83 80 95 89 61 67 77 97 88 79 84 93 82 79 89 92 87 87 110 99 77 75 80 96 96 83 61
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.6 95.2 -1.4 ↓ 94.0 -1.2 ↓ 94.0 0.0 93.2 -0.8 ↓ 94.0 0.8 ↑ 93.2 -0.8 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 89.0 87.6 -1.4 ↓ 86.3 -1.3 ↓ 87.1 0.8 ↑ 85.7 -1.4 ↓ 84.7 -1.0 ↓ 85.3 0.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 87.5 86.9 -0.6 ↓ 86.7 -0.2 ↓ 87.5 0.8 ↑ 85.2 -2.3 ↓ 84.9 -0.3 ↓ 84.0 -0.9 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.9 88.5 0.6 ↑ 87.4 -1.1 ↓ 90.1 2.7 ↑ 90.7 0.6 ↑ 93.5 2.8 ↑ 89.5 -4.0 ↓
Launch Angle 10.9 11.2 0.3 ↑ 10.4 -0.8 ↓ 13.5 3.1 ↑ 12.5 -1.0 ↓ 8.9 -3.6 ↓ 13.3 4.4 ↑
Barrel % 3.4 4.3 0.9 ↑ 6.8 2.5 ↑ 8.0 1.2 ↑ 7.7 -0.3 ↓ 12.0 4.3 ↑ 7.9 -4.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 30.4 37.0 6.6 ↑ 34.4 -2.6 ↓ 40.0 5.6 ↑ 42.1 2.1 ↑ 54.0 11.9 ↑ 40.9 -13.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.6 38.0 8.4 ↑ 33.8 -4.2 ↓ 32.3 -1.5 ↓ 31.8 -0.5 ↓ 44.0 12.2 ↑ 36.4 -7.6 ↓
xBA .207 .262 0.055 ↑ .278 0.016 ↑ .249 -0.029 ↓ .304 0.055 ↑ .366 0.062 ↑ .289 -0.077 ↓
BA .222 .302 0.080 ↑ .295 -0.007 ↓ .271 -0.024 ↓ .275 0.004 ↑ .450 0.175 ↑ .299 -0.151 ↓
xwOBA .253 .315 0.062 ↑ .369 0.054 ↑ .319 -0.050 ↓ .393 0.074 ↑ .460 0.067 ↑ .351 -0.109 ↓
wOBA .266 .341 0.075 ↑ .377 0.036 ↑ .334 -0.043 ↓ .368 0.034 ↑ .543 0.175 ↑ .355 -0.188 ↓
xSLG .317 .415 0.098 ↑ .493 0.078 ↑ .434 -0.059 ↓ .543 0.109 ↑ .684 0.141 ↑ .476 -0.208 ↓
SLG .344 .452 0.108 ↑ .509 0.057 ↑ .466 -0.043 ↓ .528 0.062 ↑ .817 0.289 ↑ .481 -0.336 ↓
K% 24.9 18.9 -6.0 ↓ 15.5 -3.4 ↓ 19.8 4.3 ↑ 14.7 -5.1 ↓ 15.4 0.7 ↑ 16.3 0.9 ↑
BB% 4.9 6.2 1.3 ↑ 10.9 4.7 ↑ 5.6 -5.3 ↓ 10.9 5.3 ↑ 7.7 -3.2 ↓ 6.4 -1.3 ↓
Swing % 48.5 50.9 2.4 ↑ 46.2 -4.7 ↓ 49.0 2.8 ↑ 44.9 -4.1 ↓ 42.5 -2.4 ↓ 48.0 5.5 ↑
Whiff% 26.5 21.8 -4.7 ↓ 18.5 -3.3 ↓ 20.6 2.1 ↑ 21.6 1.0 ↑ 17.1 -4.5 ↓ 19.1 2.0 ↑
In Zone % 51.8 51.7 -0.1 ↓ 48.6 -3.1 ↓ 54.0 5.4 ↑ 49.9 -4.1 ↓ 51.4 1.5 ↑ 51.3 -0.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.2 48.3 0.1 ↑ 51.4 3.1 ↑ 46.0 -5.4 ↓ 50.1 4.1 ↑ 48.6 -1.5 ↓ 48.7 0.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.3 33.9 1.6 ↑ 25.3 -8.6 ↓ 24.7 -0.6 ↓ 21.2 -3.5 ↓ 19.2 -2.0 ↓ 27.1 7.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 35.3 32.1 -3.2 ↓ 28.1 -4.0 ↓ 33.0 4.9 ↑ 32.7 -0.3 ↓ 32.3 -0.4 ↓ 32.5 0.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 68.3 65.9 -2.4 ↓ 58.0 -7.9 ↓ 62.9 4.9 ↑ 63.2 0.3 ↑ 66.2 3.0 ↑ 63.9 -2.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 399 .340 188 2 1.1 211 25 11.8
2017 Shifts 426 .375 225 4 1.8 201 25 12.4
2018 Shifts 661 .334 321 3 0.9 340 63 18.5
2019 Shifts 242 .364 124 0 0.0 118 31 26.3
2020 Shifts 65 .543 28 9 32.1 37 22 59.5
2021 Shifts 581 .355 318 26 8.2 263 150 57.0
! 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 %
2012 273 15.4 45.8% 1.5% 153 22.9 0.7% 4.6%
2013 851 14.9 50.8% 0.8% 331 23.4 0.3% 9.1%
2015 928 16.2 38.7% 3.0% 337 23.7 2.7% 20.5%
2016 426 17.0 29.3% 2.6% 221 24.0 4.1% 19.5%
2017 468 15.6 39.5% 1.1% 312 23.2 0.0% 8.0%
2018 780 15.6 40.1% 0.9% 373 23.3 0.5% 8.0%
2019 292 16.8 23.6% 1.0% 151 25.7 0.0% 10.6%
2020 68 15.9 29.4% 0.0% 54 22.8 0.0% 7.4%
2021 640 16.3 30.8% 0.6% 364 23.4 0.0% 10.7%

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Pitch Distribution

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