Mike Clevinger
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 32

Draft: 2011 | Rd: 4, #135, Los Angeles Angels | Seminole CC

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 3 3 4.56 9 9 0 47.1 40 1.46
7 Seasons 54 33 3.46 137 123 0 704.0 734 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 9 3-3 4.56 47.1 40 1.46
7 Seasons 137 54-33 3.46 704.0 734 1.21

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 25 967 154 12 7.8 5.2 87.5 115.7 16.0 37.7 .244 .421 .334 .332 .372 26.6 21.5 12.4 5.26 4.71
2017 26 2104 301 20 6.6 4.0 87.2 113.2 13.9 37.2 .229 .386 .294 .312 .377 34.6 27.3 12.0 3.11 4.18
2018 27 3265 531 30 5.6 3.7 87.0 112.2 14.3 32.0 .214 .354 .288 .283 .340 31.8 25.6 8.3 3.02 3.35
2019 28 2090 291 17 5.8 3.4 86.4 113.5 13.1 37.1 .208 .346 .261 .268 .367 34.0 33.9 7.4 2.71 3.11
2020 29 649 107 8 7.5 4.9 88.2 110.2 17.7 42.1 .264 .436 .308 .333 .409 34.6 24.7 8.6 3.02 4.77
2022 31 1931 349 33 9.5 6.8 88.2 111.1 18.8 36.7 .247 .435 .314 .332 .372 39.1 18.8 7.2 4.33 4.65
2023 32 827 146 12 8.2 5.7 89.4 113.3 22.0 37.7 .247 .418 .341 .337 .367 34.9 19.0 10.4 4.56 4.70
Player 11833 1879 132 7.0 4.6 87.5 115.7 15.8 36.0 .229 .386 .297 .304 .365 33.9 25.3 9.1
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Clevinger relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(53.3%) ,
Slider
(26.2%) ,
Cutter
(8.5%) ,
Changeup
(7.6%) ,
Curveball
(3.3%) ,
Sinker
(1.1%) ,


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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 39.6 19.5 30.5 10.4 40.3 31.8 26.6 3.9 29.2 29.9 24.7 3.2 7.8 5.2
2017 40.5 20.9 29.2 9.3 32.2 36.2 31.6 4.0 33.2 24.9 24.3 6.6 6.6 4.0
2018 41.2 23.7 26.2 8.9 34.7 36.5 28.8 3.0 32.2 28.8 20.3 8.7 5.6 3.7
2019 41.2 24.4 27.1 7.2 38.1 35.7 26.1 5.2 31.3 25.8 25.4 6.2 5.8 3.4
2020 34.6 24.3 30.8 10.3 47.7 29.0 23.4 5.6 24.3 29.0 29.9 3.7 7.5 4.9
2022 36.1 35.0 21.5 7.4 43.3 33.8 22.9 5.4 23.2 33.2 21.8 6.3 9.5 6.8
2023 32.9 30.8 24.7 11.6 42.5 29.5 28.1 2.7 22.6 37.0 22.6 6.2 8.2 5.7
Player 39.0 25.7 26.5 8.8 38.2 34.5 27.2 4.2 29.1 29.3 23.1 6.6 7.0 4.6
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


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
2023 4-Seamer CWS R 441 93.9 13.4 1.5 10 7.4 0.0 1
2023 Curveball CWS R 27 76.4 63.1 4.4 8 7.5 -2.0 -21
2023 Cutter CWS R 70 85.1 35.1 -3.7 -12 4.5 1.1 34
2023 Changeup CWS R 63 86.0 27.3 -3.5 -11 13.6 -1.2 -8
2023 Slider CWS R 217 79.9 45.7 3.6 9 15.3 5.0 49
2023 Sinker CWS R 9 92.2 17.9 -5.0 -22 15.1 -0.2 -1
2022 Cutter SD R 282 86.6 31.3 -2.6 -9 4.3 1.7 67
2022 4-Seamer SD R 706 93.6 14.2 1.4 9 8.7 0.4 5
2022 Curveball SD R 64 76.8 57.3 0.6 1 6.4 -4.2 -40
2022 Changeup SD R 186 86.3 26.6 -4.6 -15 14.3 -0.3 -2
2022 Sinker SD R 288 93.2 16.6 -6.5 -28 14.0 -1.3 -9
2022 Slider SD R 397 79.9 44.6 3.1 7 15.6 5.7 57
2020 Cutter SD R 45 88.0 29.8 -2.3 -8 4.2 1.7 66
2020 4-Seamer SD R 259 95.1 12.5 1.8 13 7.0 -0.7 -9
2020 Changeup SD R 54 87.2 23.8 -5.8 -20 10.8 -2.5 -19
2020 Slider SD R 210 81.7 40.9 -0.1 0 13.3 6.7 101
2020 Curveball SD R 81 78.7 54.9 1.1 2 3.7 -6.0 -62
2019 Slider CLE R 532 80.7 44.1 2.1 5 16.8 9.0 115
2019 Curveball CLE R 252 77.6 59.6 3.1 5 8.6 -1.7 -16
2019 Changeup CLE R 239 87.1 24.3 -4.8 -17 11.6 -2.4 -17
2019 4-Seamer CLE R 1,067 95.4 12.2 2.4 16 5.3 -2.3 -30
2018 Slider CLE R 689 79.5 41.9 -1.4 -3 16.5 7.4 82
2018 Changeup CLE R 461 87.6 26.9 -2.4 -8 14.0 -0.1 -1
2018 4-Seamer CLE R 1,726 93.6 14.8 1.4 9 7.8 -0.1 -2
2018 Curveball CLE R 386 75.4 59.5 0.5 1 11.7 0.3 2
2017 Slider CLE R 399 81.3 33.6 -5.9 -15 13.0 6.5 100
2017 Sinker CLE R 10 92.6 21.9 0.4 2 15.9 0.9 6
2017 4-Seamer CLE R 1,111 92.5 15.4 0.6 4 9.2 0.7 8
2017 Changeup CLE R 337 86.9 26.2 -2.2 -8 13.1 -1.1 -8
2017 Curveball CLE R 243 75.3 56.2 -0.5 -1 11.7 0.3 3
2016 Sinker CLE R 40 95.2 13.4 -4.7 -26 13.1 -0.8 -6
2016 Slider CLE R 181 84.0 27.8 -7.0 -20 10.9 5.7 110
2016 Curveball CLE R 52 74.5 57.5 -1.2 -2 13.8 1.2 9
2016 Changeup CLE R 162 87.4 24.3 -3.4 -12 12.2 -0.8 -6
2016 4-Seamer CLE R 528 93.9 12.3 1.9 13 6.4 -1.0 -13
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 0.1 0 441 53.3 121 .297 .535 .408 13.9 17.4 16.4 .255 .465 .365 38.3
2023 Slider -0.9 -2 217 26.2 54 .180 .320 .262 33.7 25.9 20.3 .208 .381 .295 33.3
2023 Cutter 1.9 1 70 8.5 16 .333 .467 .369 32.4 18.8 17.6 .370 .429 .371 33.3
2023 Changeup -0.9 -1 63 7.6 12 .167 .250 .179 21.4 16.7 12.5 .164 .202 .159 10.0
2023 Curveball -3.1 -1 27 3.3 7 .167 .167 .129 20.0 0.0 0.0 .305 .349 .444 42.9
2023 Sinker 3.0 0 9 1.1 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2022 4-Seamer 0.0 0 706 36.6 176 .252 .497 .359 21.1 18.2 15.7 .275 .538 .388 48.8
2022 Slider 1.5 6 397 20.6 101 .253 .411 .327 29.3 25.7 16.0 .225 .324 .266 26.1
2022 Sinker -3.2 -9 288 14.9 79 .136 .182 .231 16.7 19.0 18.8 .208 .343 .313 49.0
2022 Cutter 0.4 1 282 14.6 72 .261 .449 .324 30.1 12.5 15.0 .288 .473 .343 33.3
2022 Changeup 1.9 4 187 9.7 40 .200 .457 .318 32.6 15.0 12.0 .198 .422 .309 23.3
2022 Curveball 0.7 0 65 3.4 16 .313 .313 .281 14.3 18.8 10.7 .212 .340 .238 38.5
2020 4-Seamer -0.4 -1 259 39.9 57 .236 .564 .345 23.3 24.6 22.2 .307 .631 .402 46.3
2020 Slider -1.8 -4 210 32.4 59 .170 .283 .245 37.7 27.1 19.8 .205 .296 .264 32.4
2020 Curveball 0.9 1 81 12.5 20 .389 .444 .403 30.3 30.0 20.7 .307 .393 .344 25.0
2020 Changeup -1.4 -1 54 8.3 14 .167 .167 .293 25.0 14.3 25.0 .269 .309 .319 20.0
2020 Cutter 0.2 0 45 6.9 12 .333 .556 .458 41.2 16.7 40.0 .256 .323 .368 14.3
2019 4-Seamer -1.9 -21 1,067 51.1 255 .192 .341 .276 30.0 36.1 25.7 .204 .371 .286 44.5
2019 Slider -2.0 -11 532 25.5 128 .174 .281 .229 48.1 40.6 26.4 .161 .292 .217 21.7
2019 Curveball -0.3 -1 252 12.1 55 .273 .364 .277 32.4 32.7 18.6 .241 .332 .247 32.4
2019 Changeup 1.3 3 239 11.4 61 .296 .370 .329 33.6 11.5 12.5 .299 .372 .324 22.9
2018 4-Seamer -0.2 -4 1,726 52.9 414 .263 .454 .361 20.3 21.7 18.0 .244 .446 .346 44.6
2018 Slider -2.0 -14 689 21.1 178 .186 .273 .213 37.5 36.0 23.2 .179 .256 .203 18.3
2018 Changeup -0.2 -1 461 14.1 127 .214 .350 .294 26.4 14.2 12.2 .218 .326 .273 21.2
2018 Curveball -1.1 -4 386 11.8 90 .138 .195 .177 42.4 38.9 26.9 .151 .203 .173 13.5
2017 4-Seamer 0.2 2 1,111 52.8 255 .256 .411 .366 16.5 17.3 14.7 .256 .422 .362 42.7
2017 Slider -2.7 -11 399 19.0 93 .102 .216 .164 50.0 45.2 27.5 .142 .273 .201 19.6
2017 Changeup -0.1 0 337 16.0 95 .236 .427 .317 35.2 29.5 22.8 .239 .412 .302 27.9
2017 Curveball -2.2 -5 243 11.5 52 .176 .275 .221 45.1 42.3 29.7 .257 .394 .284 27.6
2017 Sinker 4.9 0 10 0.5 2 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! 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 54 87.2 99 15.9 1:15 1:30 -15
2020 Curveball 81 78.7 65 14.0 7:15 6:30 45
2020 Cutter 42 88.2 41 6.6 11:15 10:30 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 256 95.1 96 18.7 12:45 12:45 0
2020 Slider 204 81.7 38 14.3 8:00 8:45 -45
2022 Changeup 186 86.3 99 17.7 1:30 2:00 -30
2022 Curveball 64 76.8 76 15.5 7:15 7:00 15
2022 Cutter 281 86.6 40 7.3 11:00 10:15 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 706 93.6 95 18.8 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Sinker 287 93.2 94 20.6 1:00 1:30 -30
2022 Slider 395 79.9 53 17.0 7:45 8:30 -45
2023 Changeup 63 86.0 99 16.6 1:30 2:00 -30
2023 Curveball 27 76.4 92 20.5 7:00 6:45 15
2023 Cutter 70 85.1 31 5.7 10:30 9:30 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 438 93.9 95 18.9 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Slider 207 79.9 51 16.8 7:45 8:30 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 257 1,049 4 -15 6 6 2
2017 508 2,150 -5 -32 17 9 -11
2018 831 3,361 -31 -27 20 14 -24
2019 499 2,090 -13 -31 7 8 -29
2020 167 673 -8 -6 5 4 -5
2022 504 2,000 -1 -9 9 10 9
2023 211 827 -5 -7 8 3 -1
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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 967 43.6 64.9 81.8 27.5 66.7 40.0 60.9 43.8 22.9 6.0 67.2
2017 2,104 44.5 63.2 78.1 25.8 49.5 41.4 63.7 42.5 31.0 5.8 78.7
2018 3,265 49.5 65.8 78.6 27.5 55.8 40.9 64.3 46.4 27.8 8.2 74.3
2019 2,090 46.5 63.9 73.4 30.0 48.2 41.3 65.9 45.7 35.3 6.5 72.1
2020 649 50.1 67.4 78.1 23.8 45.5 41.1 57.4 45.6 30.4 7.4 79.2
2022 1,931 51.0 67.5 81.4 28.2 60.9 42.8 60.6 48.2 24.3 7.1 79.4
2023 827 46.9 70.1 85.7 25.7 61.9 42.2 57.3 46.6 21.3 8.0 80.3
Player 11,833 47.7 65.6 78.9 27.4 54.9 41.4 62.7 45.7 28.3 7.1 75.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 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
2016 25 56 37 26 22 61 14 77 96 56 4 48 33 70 34 27 92
2017 51 73 63 50 38 34 36 49 36 81 8 88 28 47 49 17 89
2018 77 79 75 61 77 18 68 83 78 70 47 71 44 65 67 14 92
2019 90 85 86 80 92 47 74 95 71 94 61 94 60 83 67 23 92
2020 34 26 32 41 40 33 44 52 63 56 50 75 18 69 74 22 88
2022 18 37 15 10 34 16 15 56 39 23 57 39 34 28 71 18 88
2023 31 44 42 41 29 21 47 40 73 26 28 18 24 38 59 71
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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 23.1 9 7.7 1 5 2 6 66.7
2017 23.6 14 15.4 -1 9 8 9 64.3
2018 22.7 22 21.7 0 17 17 10 45.5
2019 23.3 10 12.5 -3 6 11 4 40.0
2020 21.8 6 6.1 0 2 0 6 100.0
2022 23.2 22 22.8 -1 7 19 10 45.5
2023 22.2 7 5.9 1 3 6 2 28.6
Player 23.0 90 92.0 -2 49 63 47 52.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 9 6 8 7 6 9 7 7 6 8 9 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 8 8 11 11 7 6 8 11 10 8 7
2017 14 14 15 17 18 17 18 15 13 12 14 20 14 15 15 17 14 15 13 16 14 14 20 17 15 14 14 20 15 17 11
2018 22 33 20 19 22 19 26 18 21 12 22 28 23 16 21 23 18 18 21 25 26 23 29 24 16 14 19 25 27 23 19
2019 10 17 12 10 12 14 14 11 7 6 9 15 15 15 13 14 11 11 11 13 15 13 16 15 12 11 9 16 17 12 9
2020 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
2022 22 19 18 26 25 22 27 20 20 17 19 26 24 21 26 28 21 22 22 26 21 24 31 27 17 19 27 26 23 19 21
2023 7 3 5 5 8 7 8 4 7 3 6 8 6 4 8 6 4 3 6 9 4 4 10 6 3 3 8 9 6 7 6
Player 90 101 82 92 98 91 108 81 81 62 84 113 95 83 95 101 80 81 87 102 94 92 123 106 76 73 91 113 104 92 79
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.0 92.5 -1.5 ↓ 93.6 1.1 ↑ 95.4 1.8 ↑ -- -1.3 ↓ -- -- 92.0 -- 92.7 0.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 87.4 86.9 -0.5 ↓ 87.6 0.7 ↑ 87.1 -0.5 ↓ -- 0.1 ↑ -- -- 86.3 -- 86.0 -0.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 81.9 79.0 -2.9 ↓ 78.0 -1.0 ↓ 79.7 1.7 ↑ -- 1.1 ↑ -- -- 79.5 -- 79.5 0.0
Exit Velocity 87.5 87.2 -0.3 ↓ 87.0 -0.2 ↓ 86.4 -0.6 ↓ -- 1.8 ↑ -- -- 88.2 -- 89.4 1.2 ↑
Launch Angle 16.0 13.9 -2.1 ↓ 14.3 0.4 ↑ 13.1 -1.2 ↓ -- 4.6 ↑ -- -- 18.8 -- 22.0 3.2 ↑
Barrel % 7.8 6.6 -1.2 ↓ 5.6 -1.0 ↓ 5.8 0.2 ↑ -- 1.7 ↑ -- -- 9.5 -- 8.2 -1.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 26.6 34.6 8.0 ↑ 31.8 -2.8 ↓ 34.0 2.2 ↑ -- 0.6 ↑ -- -- 39.1 -- 34.9 -4.2 ↓
Sweet Spot % 37.7 37.2 -0.5 ↓ 32.0 -5.2 ↓ 37.1 5.1 ↑ -- 5.0 ↑ -- -- 36.7 -- 37.7 1.0 ↑
xBA .244 .229 -0.015 ↓ .214 -0.015 ↓ .208 -0.006 ↓ -- 0.056 ↑ -- -- .247 -- .247 0.000
BA .246 .211 -0.035 ↓ .223 0.012 ↑ .209 -0.014 ↓ -- 0.022 ↑ -- -- .233 -- .255 0.022 ↑
xwOBA .332 .312 -0.020 ↓ .283 -0.029 ↓ .268 -0.015 ↓ -- 0.065 ↑ -- -- .332 -- .337 0.005 ↑
wOBA .334 .294 -0.040 ↓ .288 -0.006 ↓ .261 -0.027 ↓ -- 0.047 ↑ -- -- .314 -- .341 0.027 ↑
xSLG .421 .386 -0.035 ↓ .354 -0.032 ↓ .346 -0.008 ↓ -- 0.090 ↑ -- -- .435 -- .418 -0.017 ↓
SLG .429 .357 -0.072 ↓ .365 0.008 ↑ .331 -0.034 ↓ -- 0.084 ↑ -- -- .412 -- .440 0.028 ↑
K% 21.5 27.3 5.8 ↑ 25.6 -1.7 ↓ 33.9 8.3 ↑ -- -9.2 ↓ -- -- 18.8 -- 19.0 0.2 ↑
BB% 12.4 12.0 -0.4 ↓ 8.3 -3.7 ↓ 7.4 -0.9 ↓ -- 1.2 ↑ -- -- 7.2 -- 10.4 3.2 ↑
Swing % 43.8 42.5 -1.3 ↓ 46.4 3.9 ↑ 45.7 -0.7 ↓ -- -0.1 ↓ -- -- 48.2 -- 46.6 -1.6 ↓
Whiff% 22.9 31.0 8.1 ↑ 27.8 -3.2 ↓ 35.3 7.5 ↑ -- -4.9 ↓ -- -- 24.3 -- 21.3 -3.0 ↓
In Zone % 43.6 44.5 0.9 ↑ 49.5 5.0 ↑ 46.5 -3.0 ↓ -- 3.6 ↑ -- -- 51.0 -- 46.9 -4.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 56.4 55.5 -0.9 ↓ 50.5 -5.0 ↓ 53.5 3.0 ↑ -- -3.6 ↓ -- -- 49.0 -- 53.1 4.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.5 25.8 -1.7 ↓ 27.5 1.7 ↑ 30.0 2.5 ↑ -- -6.2 ↓ -- -- 28.2 -- 25.7 -2.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 26.1 -2.2 ↓ 30.4 4.3 ↑ 30.9 0.5 ↑ -- -2.5 ↓ -- -- 30.3 -- 28.9 -1.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 63.7 2.8 ↑ 64.3 0.6 ↑ 65.9 1.6 ↑ -- -8.5 ↓ -- -- 60.6 -- 57.3 -3.3 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 233 .334 130 4 3.1 103 14 13.6
2017 495 .294 303 10 3.3 192 43 22.4
2018 809 .288 400 8 2.0 409 113 27.6
2019 499 .261 233 10 4.3 266 72 27.1
2020 159 .314 71 9 12.7 88 38 43.2
2022 485 .314 231 5 2.2 254 154 60.6
2023 211 .341 115 0 0.0 96 0 0.0

Pitch Tempo