Matt Shoemaker
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 36

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 3 8 8.06 16 11 0 60.1 40 1.66
9 Seasons 46 41 4.24 128 115 0 662.2 580 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 16 3-8 8.06 60.1 40 1.66
9 Seasons 128 46-41 4.24 662.2 580 1.23

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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
2015 28 2089 414 25 6.0 4.4 87.7 111.2 14.5 33.8 .236 .410 .326 .304 .356 34.5 20.4 6.2 4.46 3.80
2016 29 2476 488 34 7.0 5.1 87.8 111.4 14.3 35.0 .262 .443 .310 .323 .394 35.0 21.4 4.5 3.88 4.43
2017 30 1264 224 21 9.4 6.4 89.2 113.9 15.4 36.2 .243 .469 .336 .339 .393 34.4 21.2 8.6 4.52 5.03
2018 31 499 86 8 9.3 6.2 91.8 110.6 11.8 33.7 .280 .477 .304 .355 .449 48.8 25.4 7.7 4.93 5.51
2019 32 418 74 8 10.8 7.4 89.2 110.4 12.9 27.0 .250 .489 .238 .342 .405 39.2 22.2 8.3 1.57 5.26
2020 33 446 80 8 10.0 7.0 87.7 108.0 7.2 35.0 .248 .491 .312 .342 .413 38.8 22.6 7.8 4.71 5.06
2021 34 1064 213 21 9.9 7.4 89.1 111.5 12.2 31.5 .287 .532 .380 .380 .409 40.4 14.1 9.2 8.05 6.47
Player 8256 1579 125 7.9 5.7 88.4 113.9 13.6 33.9 .255 .456 .323 .332 .391 36.7 20.5 6.7
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Shoemaker relies on 5 pitches.
Split Finger
(33.3%) ,
Slider
(24.5%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(24.4%) ,
Sinker
(16.5%) ,
Curveball
(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
2015 41.5 24.2 26.3 8.0 38.2 36.0 25.8 4.8 29.5 30.2 22.0 5.8 6.0 4.4
2016 42.4 23.8 25.8 8.0 40.0 35.0 25.0 3.5 28.7 23.8 26.6 5.1 7.0 5.1
2017 39.7 29.0 25.0 6.3 42.0 32.6 25.0 4.0 29.5 29.5 19.6 8.0 9.4 6.4
2018 44.2 20.9 30.2 4.7 45.3 39.5 15.1 2.3 25.6 19.8 34.9 7.0 9.3 6.2
2019 51.4 17.6 20.3 10.8 56.8 20.3 23.0 0.0 36.5 20.3 27.0 5.4 10.8 7.4
2020 51.2 22.5 18.8 7.5 46.3 31.3 22.5 3.8 41.3 17.5 20.0 7.5 10.0 7.0
2021 45.5 27.7 20.7 6.1 45.1 38.0 16.9 4.7 34.3 22.1 21.6 7.0 9.9 7.4
Player 43.2 24.6 24.8 7.4 41.9 34.7 23.4 3.9 30.6 25.3 23.9 6.2 7.9 5.7
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 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
2021 4-Seamer MIN R 260 91.6 16.0 -0.6 -4 8.9 2.4 36
2021 Curveball MIN R 13 77.3 47.6 -9.1 -16 8.8 0.6 8
2021 Splitter MIN R 354 85.2 33.1 -0.6 -2 11.3 0.5 4
2021 Slider MIN R 261 82.2 38.9 -1.0 -2 4.0 -2.5 -39
2021 Sinker MIN R 176 91.7 21.8 0.0 0 15.6 1.3 9
2020 Sinker TOR R 114 91.9 21.6 -0.1 -1 15.9 1.6 11
2020 4-Seamer TOR R 83 92.1 15.5 0.0 0 8.3 1.8 27
2020 Splitter TOR R 145 85.4 32.9 0.1 0 10.3 -0.5 -4
2020 Curveball TOR R 22 75.4 50.5 -9.3 -16 10.8 0.6 6
2020 Slider TOR R 82 81.4 39.5 -1.7 -4 5.3 -1.7 -24
2019 Sinker TOR R 126 90.5 21.9 -1.1 -5 16.1 2.1 15
2019 Slider TOR R 74 81.7 38.9 -2.1 -5 1.9 -4.2 -68
2019 4-Seamer TOR R 72 90.3 17.0 0.0 0 9.2 3.2 52
2019 Curveball TOR R 10 76.4 51.8 -6.9 -12 10.4 0.9 9
2019 Splitter TOR R 136 84.3 34.1 -0.2 -1 12.0 2.6 28
2018 Curveball LAA R 8 78.1 47.9 -8.8 -15 10.3 2.0 25
2018 Slider LAA R 117 82.2 37.3 -3.3 -8 1.1 -4.6 -80
2018 Sinker LAA R 173 91.2 22.4 0.1 0 15.6 1.5 11
2018 4-Seamer LAA R 62 91.3 16.6 -0.1 0 8.2 1.9 30
2018 Splitter LAA R 139 85.1 33.3 -0.2 -1 11.2 1.2 11
2017 Curveball LAA R 25 76.2 48.1 -8.6 -15 7.2 -1.9 -21
2017 Slider LAA R 239 82.7 35.2 -2.6 -7 0.4 -5.5 -109
2017 4-Seamer LAA R 319 91.7 15.2 -0.4 -3 7.6 0.4 6
2017 Splitter LAA R 381 85.1 31.9 1.2 4 12.0 0.8 7
2017 Sinker LAA R 296 91.5 21.6 1.1 5 15.9 1.7 12
2016 Curveball LAA R 28 75.4 49.3 -9.0 -15 13.0 2.5 24
2016 Slider LAA R 178 82.8 34.7 -2.0 -5 3.8 -2.3 -37
2016 Sinker LAA R 708 91.7 21.1 1.7 9 13.1 -0.5 -3
2016 Changeup LAA R 968 84.9 32.0 3.6 12 9.0 -3.3 -27
2016 4-Seamer LAA R 505 92.2 15.5 -1.4 -10 4.8 -2.0 -30
! 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 %
2021 Splitter 0.6 2 354 33.3 110 .245 .392 .306 29.2 22.7 17.5 .246 .372 .291 31.6
2021 Slider 2.1 5 261 24.5 76 .238 .492 .337 23.6 11.8 12.7 .238 .513 .357 39.0
2021 4-Seamer 0.6 2 260 24.4 42 .361 .694 .516 18.6 7.1 6.5 .361 .808 .516 51.5
2021 Sinker 4.2 7 176 16.5 53 .419 .651 .507 8.4 5.7 8.1 .376 .621 .478 47.5
2021 Curveball 24.6 3 13 1.2 2 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .713 2.508 1.302 100.0
2020 Splitter -0.2 0 145 32.5 53 .143 .388 .289 34.4 28.3 21.7 .224 .442 .313 41.2
2020 Sinker 3.8 4 114 25.6 31 .370 .815 .545 12.5 12.9 13.8 .335 .748 .475 41.7
2020 4-Seamer -2.7 -2 83 18.6 15 .133 .133 .120 29.3 26.7 23.5 .194 .342 .224 45.5
2020 Slider 2.4 2 82 18.4 15 .231 .462 .347 31.3 20.0 16.7 .235 .352 .316 20.0
2020 Curveball -2.2 0 22 4.9 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .013 .023 .017 0.0
2019 Splitter -2.2 -3 136 32.5 45 .163 .302 .220 43.2 40.0 24.7 .159 .335 .224 20.0
2019 Sinker -2.0 -2 126 30.1 26 .125 .208 .219 7.7 7.7 5.9 .349 .701 .457 45.5
2019 Slider -2.5 -2 74 17.7 18 .188 .250 .297 25.7 5.6 7.7 .352 .627 .440 40.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.8 -1 72 17.2 19 .200 .533 .384 25.8 15.8 18.8 .239 .442 .372 66.7
2019 Curveball 1.4 0 10 2.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Sinker 2.6 4 173 34.7 45 .317 .488 .378 5.6 11.1 13.5 .381 .591 .442 61.1
2018 Splitter -3.3 -5 139 27.9 48 .140 .163 .211 48.1 50.0 35.8 .157 .203 .214 42.1
2018 Slider 2.7 3 117 23.4 25 .375 .750 .465 36.2 16.0 20.0 .298 .782 .460 45.0
2018 4-Seamer -2.1 -1 62 12.4 10 .111 .111 .160 13.6 0.0 0.0 .412 .570 .454 33.3
2018 Curveball -5.4 0 8 1.6 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .081 .086 .074 0.0
2017 Splitter 0.6 2 381 30.1 123 .226 .435 .301 32.5 31.7 20.3 .219 .395 .292 28.6
2017 4-Seamer -0.9 -3 319 25.2 79 .239 .463 .356 20.0 16.5 20.0 .254 .535 .383 40.7
2017 Sinker 0.3 1 296 23.4 78 .309 .471 .379 9.8 11.5 13.2 .280 .479 .364 36.7
2017 Slider 1.6 4 239 18.9 42 .243 .568 .402 34.3 14.3 13.3 .238 .548 .367 32.3
2017 Curveball 3.5 1 25 2.0 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 25.0 .215 .776 .395 50.0
! 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 4-Seam Fastball 82 92.1 90 18.4 1:15 1:00 15
2020 Splitter 140 85.4 78 11.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2020 Knuckle Curve 19 75.3 63 12.8 7:45 8:15 -30
2020 Sinker 107 92.0 88 19.4 1:15 2:00 -45
2020 Slider 77 81.4 23 6.0 8:45 9:15 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 257 91.6 93 18.4 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Splitter 333 85.2 84 12.6 1:45 2:30 -45
2021 Knuckle Curve 13 77.3 44 11.8 7:45 8:15 -30
2021 Sinker 170 91.7 92 19.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 257 82.2 18 5.0 9:00 9:15 -15
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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 2,089 47.3 65.9 85.1 29.2 62.3 41.9 60.6 46.5 21.2 7.0 70.7
2016 2,476 49.9 70.9 79.3 32.7 57.1 43.1 68.6 51.8 26.8 7.7 70.2
2017 1,264 46.3 70.7 82.6 30.6 58.0 42.6 64.7 49.3 25.2 7.4 80.6
2018 499 50.3 66.9 82.1 26.6 42.4 42.5 68.5 46.9 28.6 7.8 71.8
2019 418 45.0 68.6 82.2 33.9 53.8 44.5 68.5 49.5 28.5 4.5 63.2
2020 446 50.9 70.9 77.0 25.6 51.8 42.8 67.8 48.7 28.1 5.8 76.9
2021 1,064 47.3 70.2 85.6 30.8 60.7 44.5 64.3 49.4 22.2 7.0 81.3
Player 8,256 48.2 69.2 82.2 30.6 57.8 42.9 65.3 49.2 24.9 7.1 73.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! 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 54 58 32 15 74 19 26 62 36 50 71 37 47 26 31 7 62
2016 34 31 24 23 64 12 26 69 46 55 94 78 85 38 25 49
2017 22 53 15 5 42 31 4 8 39 44 36 55 78 33 42 63
2018 29 23 39
2019 16 18 47
2020 26 40 14 8 56 33 16 61 39 46 56 60 28 38 34 56
2021 1 5 2 1 8 40 15 41 34 3 33 20 78 26 37 28
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 18 20.8 -3 16 13 9 50.0
2017 22.4 15 15.0 0 5 10 8 53.3
2018 23.2 3 3.1 0 4 1 2 66.7
2019 22.3 3 3.5 -1 3 1 3 100.0
2020 22.8 8 7.4 1 5 6 2 25.0
2021 24.6 15 18.1 -3 4 12 8 53.3
Player 23.2 62 67.9 -6 37 43 32 51.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 18 22 24 19 19 22 17 25 22 16 21 21 17 15 19 22 21 24 16 20 29 15 19 21 23 21 27 19 18 23 27
2017 15 13 18 12 16 17 15 14 17 14 15 14 11 14 15 17 16 16 11 16 20 13 13 13 15 15 16 14 15 15 21
2018 3 4 5 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 3 3 2 4 5 4 2 3 3 5
2019 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 5
2020 8 6 9 8 8 6 0 9 7 9 7 7 4 5 6 8 7 8 5 8 7 8 7 8 9 10 8 6 9 5 10
2021 15 20 21 18 19 22 17 18 20 18 19 16 14 9 15 21 18 19 16 17 19 18 17 18 19 18 19 17 19 19 22
Player 62 69 81 62 68 73 54 74 73 63 69 64 51 48 61 75 67 75 53 67 82 60 62 66 73 73 78 61 68 68 90
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and 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 90.8 91.9 1.1 ↑ 91.6 -0.3 ↓ 91.2 -0.4 ↓ 90.4 -0.8 ↓ 92 1.6 ↑ 91.6 -0.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 84.3 84.9 0.6 ↑ 85.1 0.2 ↑ 85.1 0 84.3 -0.8 ↓ 85.4 1.1 ↑ 85.2 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 79.3 81.8 2.5 ↑ 82.1 0.3 ↑ 81.9 -0.2 ↓ 81.1 -0.8 ↓ 80.2 -0.9 ↓ 82 1.8 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.7 87.8 0.1 ↑ 89.2 1.4 ↑ 91.8 2.6 ↑ 89.2 -2.6 ↓ 87.7 -1.5 ↓ 89.1 1.4 ↑
Launch Angle 14.5 14.3 -0.2 ↓ 15.4 1.1 ↑ 11.8 -3.6 ↓ 12.9 1.1 ↑ 7.2 -5.7 ↓ 12.2 5 ↑
Barrel % 6 7 1 ↑ 9.4 2.4 ↑ 9.3 -0.1 ↓ 10.8 1.5 ↑ 10 -0.8 ↓ 9.9 -0.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.5 35 0.5 ↑ 34.4 -0.6 ↓ 48.8 14.4 ↑ 39.2 -9.6 ↓ 38.8 -0.4 ↓ 40.4 1.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 33.8 35 1.2 ↑ 36.2 1.2 ↑ 33.7 -2.5 ↓ 27 -6.7 ↓ 35 8 ↑ 31.5 -3.5 ↓
xBA .236 .262 0.026 ↑ .243 -0.019 ↓ .28 0.037 ↑ .25 -0.03 ↓ .248 -0.002 ↓ .287 0.039 ↑
BA .259 .266 0.007 ↑ .251 -0.015 ↓ .244 -0.007 ↓ .163 -0.081 ↓ .21 0.047 ↑ .297 0.087 ↑
xwOBA .304 .323 0.019 ↑ .339 0.016 ↑ .355 0.016 ↑ .342 -0.013 ↓ .342 0 .38 0.038 ↑
wOBA .326 .31 -0.016 ↓ .336 0.026 ↑ .304 -0.032 ↓ .238 -0.066 ↓ .312 0.074 ↑ .38 0.068 ↑
xSLG .41 .443 0.033 ↑ .469 0.026 ↑ .477 0.008 ↑ .489 0.012 ↑ .491 0.002 ↑ .532 0.041 ↑
SLG .45 .418 -0.032 ↓ .464 0.046 ↑ .387 -0.077 ↓ .306 -0.081 ↓ .467 0.161 ↑ .537 0.07 ↑
K% 20.4 21.4 1 ↑ 21.2 -0.2 ↓ 25.4 4.2 ↑ 22.2 -3.2 ↓ 22.6 0.4 ↑ 14.1 -8.5 ↓
BB% 6.2 4.5 -1.7 ↓ 8.6 4.1 ↑ 7.7 -0.9 ↓ 8.3 0.6 ↑ 7.8 -0.5 ↓ 9.2 1.4 ↑
Swing % 46.5 51.8 5.3 ↑ 49.3 -2.5 ↓ 46.9 -2.4 ↓ 49.5 2.6 ↑ 48.7 -0.8 ↓ 49.4 0.7 ↑
Whiff% 21.2 26.8 5.6 ↑ 25.2 -1.6 ↓ 28.6 3.4 ↑ 28.5 -0.1 ↓ 28.1 -0.4 ↓ 22.2 -5.9 ↓
In Zone % 47.3 49.9 2.6 ↑ 46.3 -3.6 ↓ 50.3 4 ↑ 45 -5.3 ↓ 50.9 5.9 ↑ 47.3 -3.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.7 50.1 -2.6 ↓ 53.7 3.6 ↑ 49.7 -4 ↓ 55 5.3 ↑ 49.1 -5.9 ↓ 52.7 3.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 32.7 3.5 ↑ 30.6 -2.1 ↓ 26.6 -4 ↓ 33.9 7.3 ↑ 25.6 -8.3 ↓ 30.8 5.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.2 37.3 7.1 ↑ 31.6 -5.7 ↓ 32.3 0.7 ↑ 33.3 1 ↑ 35.7 2.4 ↑ 31.1 -4.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.6 68.6 8 ↑ 64.7 -3.9 ↓ 68.5 3.8 ↑ 68.5 0 67.8 -0.7 ↓ 64.3 -3.5 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 627 .310 285 25 8.8 342 112 32.7
2017 322 .340 179 2 1.1 143 24 16.8
2018 130 .304 70 0 0.0 60 4 6.7
2019 108 .238 65 5 7.7 43 25 58.1
2020 115 .312 47 9 19.1 68 41 60.3
2021 283 .380 144 21 14.6 139 93 66.9

Pitch Tempo

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