Nick Wittgren
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 216LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 9, #287, Miami Marlins | Purdue
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 2 9 5.05 60 1 1 62.1 61 1.25
2022 1 0 5.90 29 0 1 29 17 1.55
2023 1 0 4.97 27 0 0 29 18 1.41
8 Seasons 20 15 4.04 314 1 6 329.1 300 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 60 2-9 5.05 62.1 61 1.25
2022 29 1-0 5.90 29 17 1.55
2023 27 1-0 4.97 29 18 1.41
8 Seasons 314 20-15 4.04 329.1 300 1.25
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 25 842 160 10 6.3 4.7 90.0 111.7 13.3 36.3 .249 .406 .286 .298 .355 35.0 19.7 4.7 3.13 3.72
2017 26 753 126 7 5.6 3.8 90.0 108.7 15.9 42.9 .260 .448 .334 .326 .402 40.5 23.6 7.1 4.68 4.61
2018 27 601 101 7 6.9 4.7 90.9 111.8 10.9 32.7 .222 .378 .273 .295 .335 37.6 20.9 10.1 2.94 3.65
2019 28 975 156 15 9.6 6.5 92.5 112.6 16.3 31.4 .253 .463 .285 .323 .414 50.0 25.9 6.9 2.81 4.63
2020 29 377 59 6 10.2 6.1 89.3 108.6 14.2 42.4 .241 .464 .300 .333 .435 37.3 28.6 6.1 3.42 4.77
2021 30 1018 178 21 11.8 8.1 91.9 112.1 8.6 36.0 .287 .511 .331 .354 .449 51.1 23.6 6.6 5.05 5.47
2022 31 481 103 1 1.0 0.7 89.0 109.2 14.2 30.1 .262 .366 .346 .317 .317 34.0 12.7 7.5 5.90 4.20
2023 32 472 96 7 7.3 5.5 88.6 109.0 9.7 34.4 .262 .407 .329 .331 .339 34.4 14.1 8.6 4.97 4.67
Player 5519 979 74 7.6 5.3 90.5 112.6 12.8 35.4 .257 .438 .310 .323 .385 41.2 21.5 7.0
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

Wittgren relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(36.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(36.0%) ,
Cutter
(13.3%) ,
Changeup
(11.9%) ,
Sinker
(2.3%) ,


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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 41.3 26.3 26.3 6.3 30.6 42.5 25.6 3.1 30.6 30.0 25.0 3.1 6.3 4.7
2017 32.5 30.2 31.7 5.6 22.2 42.9 34.9 2.4 23.8 28.6 25.4 13.5 5.6 3.8
2018 46.5 23.8 25.7 4.0 33.7 30.7 34.7 1.0 36.6 26.7 19.8 7.9 6.9 4.7
2019 39.7 28.8 24.4 7.1 24.4 42.9 32.7 0.6 28.8 26.3 25.6 7.1 9.6 6.5
2020 33.9 28.8 33.9 3.4 32.2 44.1 23.7 5.1 27.1 23.7 25.4 8.5 10.2 6.1
2021 47.2 24.2 25.8 2.8 34.3 34.8 30.9 3.9 36.0 16.3 24.7 7.3 11.8 8.1
2022 43.7 24.3 26.2 5.8 38.8 29.1 32.0 4.9 34.0 27.2 23.3 9.7 1.0 0.7
2023 44.8 24.0 27.1 4.2 40.6 33.3 26.0 1.0 33.3 29.2 24.0 5.2 7.3 5.5
Player 41.7 26.3 27.1 5.0 31.5 37.8 30.4 2.7 31.5 25.6 24.3 7.6 7.6 5.3
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
2023 Slider KC R 172 83.0 37.7 -1.1 10.4GLV 4.4 2.1 -0.6 10.4GLV 5.1
2023 Changeup KC R 56 85.0 35.3 2.5 11.5ARM -2.9 2.3 3.1 11.5ARM -2.9
2023 Cutter KC R 63 87.4 29.5 -0.5 2.4GLV -0.8 6.1 -1.8 2.4GLV -0.2
2023 Sinker KC R 11 91.8 21.6 -2.3 16.0ARM 1.0 10.9 -3.3 16.0ARM 1.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball KC R 170 92.0 17.8 -1.7 9.1ARM 2.5 14.4 -1.4 9.1ARM 1.7
2022 Changeup STL R 111 84.0 36.9 3.1 12.5ARM -2.0 1.7 4.2 12.5ARM -1.7
2022 Cutter STL R 103 88.1 26.4 1.1 1.2GLV -1.3 8.8 0.5 1.2GLV -1.5
2022 4-Seam Fastball STL R 159 91.4 17.7 -1.3 8.7ARM 1.6 15.2 -1.0 8.7ARM 1.4
2022 Sinker STL R 56 91.0 23.0 -0.8 16.1ARM 1.5 10.2 -1.9 16.1ARM 1.3
2022 Slider STL R 52 82.0 38.2 -1.3 12.2GLV 4.6 2.7 -0.9 12.2GLV 6.5
! 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 %
2023 Slider 0.9 2 172 36.4 44 .200 .250 .264 17.1 13.6 10.9 .249 .357 .300 35.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -4 170 36.0 50 .279 .465 .371 11.4 16.0 13.6 .252 .390 .333 40.0
2023 Cutter -1.1 -1 63 13.3 17 .267 .400 .335 16.2 17.6 20.0 .231 .406 .320 41.7
2023 Changeup -6.6 -4 56 11.9 13 .417 .750 .512 17.4 0.0 0.0 .355 .648 .446 16.7
2023 Sinker 6.1 1 11 2.3 4 .250 .250 .225 33.3 25.0 20.0 .337 .368 .310 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 159 33.1 51 .311 .444 .371 21.8 21.6 18.3 .226 .306 .286 29.4
2022 Changeup -1.6 -2 111 23.1 29 .296 .444 .353 19.6 6.9 7.4 .247 .386 .278 34.6
2022 Cutter 2.5 3 103 21.4 27 .269 .346 .269 13.5 11.1 20.0 .315 .390 .306 29.2
2022 Sinker -0.6 0 56 11.6 16 .273 .273 .344 12.5 6.3 8.3 .316 .366 .419 36.4
2022 Slider -1.7 -1 52 10.8 11 .375 .625 .500 5.9 0.0 0.0 .272 .551 .443 62.5
! 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
2023 Changeup 51 84.9 85 12.1 2:00 2:45 -45
2023 Cutter 62 87.4 39 5.8 12:00 11:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 169 92.0 93 16.6 1:15 1:15 0
2023 Slider 162 82.9 36 11.2 8:15 9:00 -45
2022 Changeup 111 84.0 81 13.2 2:00 3:00 -60
2022 Cutter 102 88.1 52 8.0 12:30 11:45 45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 156 91.4 92 17.2 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Sinker 54 91.0 93 19.2 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 Slider 52 82.0 38 13.0 8:15 9:15 -60
! 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 211 834 7 12 -6 -2 11
2017 181 753 3 2 -5 -1 -1
2018 145 601 8 4 -4 -3 4
2019 228 967 6 13 -5 -2 11
2020 102 402 3 7 -3 -2 5
2021 253 1,018 -2 12 -8 -5 -3
2022 134 481 4 3 -5 -3 -1
2023 128 472 0 0 -4 -2 -6
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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 842 53.8 68.7 83.0 26.0 83.2 44.4 62.0 48.9 16.0 9.0 76.3
2017 753 53.1 68.3 75.5 23.2 67.1 44.4 65.7 47.1 26.2 10.5 84.8
2018 601 52.1 70.9 80.2 22.2 67.2 39.3 66.7 47.6 22.4 9.0 81.5
2019 975 50.7 66.1 80.2 27.0 67.4 44.0 61.5 46.8 23.2 7.8 81.3
2020 377 47.7 72.2 75.4 24.9 55.1 41.9 58.3 47.5 30.2 7.2 81.5
2021 1,018 50.8 67.7 78.6 24.4 59.0 44.7 60.8 46.4 26.3 7.1 80.6
2022 481 48.2 69.4 85.7 26.5 75.8 45.9 59.0 47.2 17.2 6.9 81.8
2023 472 49.4 70.4 87.8 26.4 74.6 41.5 64.1 48.1 15.4 10.0 85.1
Player 5,519 51.1 68.7 80.5 25.1 68.8 43.5 62.3 47.4 22.2 8.4 81.4
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 65 47 47 47 81 72 41 9 47 39 92 4 18 47 16 85
2017 44 36 92
2018 38 26 93
2019 38 39 23 14 60 53 11 1 1 68 70 32 24 34 35 93
2020 33 49 20 13 41 46 15 31 49 74 80 74 24 42 42 85
2021 11 5 3 6 21 40 4 1 1 50 76 50 13 30 14 91
2022 15 12 92
2023 19 28 93
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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 21.7 6 6.2 0 4 5 2 33.3
2017 22.9 5 4.8 0 4 6 1 20.0
2018 20.8 1 1.8 -1 3 2 0 0.0
2019 23.5 10 12.0 -2 6 8 7 70.0
2020 24.3 4 4.1 0 1 2 2 50.0
2021 23.8 13 10.3 3 7 9 3 23.1
2022 27.3 1 2.0 -1 3 2 0 0.0
2023 25.6 2 2.5 -1 0 2 1 50.0
Player 23.5 42 43.9 -2 28 36 16 38.1
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 6 7 4 7 5 5 6 8 3 5 6 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 6 10 9 5 5 6 9 8 6 6
2017 5 6 4 5 5 4 7 4 5 3 5 7 3 5 5 4 2 4 6 6 5 6 7 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 3
2018 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
2019 10 13 12 17 13 11 14 10 12 8 12 15 15 10 11 12 10 10 11 14 11 14 17 12 11 9 10 14 13 11 8
2020 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
2021 13 14 9 12 11 8 12 15 8 6 6 11 11 8 12 13 9 9 15 11 9 11 14 13 9 8 12 11 11 6 6
2022 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 4 1 1 4 2 2 4 2 4 1 1 3 2 3 2 2
2023 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 3
Player 42 48 39 50 45 38 50 46 38 30 40 54 45 38 44 48 35 37 51 49 42 50 61 54 37 34 43 49 50 38 33
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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.8 92.5 -0.3 ↓ 92.0 -0.5 ↓ 92.3 0.3 ↑ 92.6 0.3 ↑ 91.8 -0.8 ↓ 90.3 -1.5 ↓ 90.8 0.5 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.9 86.0 0.1 ↑ 85.4 -0.6 ↓ 85.6 0.2 ↑ 86.1 0.5 ↑ 85.7 -0.4 ↓ 84.0 -1.7 ↓ 85.0 1.0 ↑
Breaking Velocity 81.7 83.2 1.5 ↑ 82.5 -0.7 ↓ 83.6 1.1 ↑ 84.9 1.3 ↑ 83.6 -1.3 ↓ 82.0 -1.6 ↓ 83.0 1.0 ↑
Exit Velocity 90.0 90.0 0.0 90.9 0.9 ↑ 92.5 1.6 ↑ 89.3 -3.2 ↓ 91.9 2.6 ↑ 89.0 -2.9 ↓ 88.6 -0.4 ↓
Launch Angle 13.3 15.9 2.6 ↑ 10.9 -5.0 ↓ 16.3 5.4 ↑ 14.2 -2.1 ↓ 8.6 -5.6 ↓ 14.2 5.6 ↑ 9.7 -4.5 ↓
Barrel % 6.3 5.6 -0.7 ↓ 6.9 1.3 ↑ 9.6 2.7 ↑ 10.2 0.6 ↑ 11.8 1.6 ↑ 1.0 -10.8 ↓ 7.3 6.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 35.0 40.5 5.5 ↑ 37.6 -2.9 ↓ 50.0 12.4 ↑ 37.3 -12.7 ↓ 51.1 13.8 ↑ 34.0 -17.1 ↓ 34.4 0.4 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.3 42.9 6.6 ↑ 32.7 -10.2 ↓ 31.4 -1.3 ↓ 42.4 11.0 ↑ 36.0 -6.4 ↓ 30.1 -5.9 ↓ 34.4 4.3 ↑
xBA .249 .260 0.011 ↑ .222 -0.038 ↓ .253 0.031 ↑ .241 -0.012 ↓ .287 0.046 ↑ .262 -0.025 ↓ .262 0.000
BA .254 .277 0.023 ↑ .223 -0.054 ↓ .218 -0.005 ↓ .209 -0.009 ↓ .261 0.052 ↑ .299 0.038 ↑ .263 -0.036 ↓
xwOBA .298 .326 0.028 ↑ .295 -0.031 ↓ .323 0.028 ↑ .333 0.010 ↑ .354 0.021 ↑ .317 -0.037 ↓ .331 0.014 ↑
wOBA .286 .334 0.048 ↑ .273 -0.061 ↓ .285 0.012 ↑ .300 0.015 ↑ .331 0.031 ↑ .346 0.015 ↑ .329 -0.017 ↓
xSLG .406 .448 0.042 ↑ .378 -0.070 ↓ .463 0.085 ↑ .464 0.001 ↑ .511 0.047 ↑ .366 -0.145 ↓ .407 0.041 ↑
SLG .381 .476 0.095 ↑ .323 -0.153 ↓ .407 0.084 ↑ .407 0.000 .487 0.080 ↑ .419 -0.068 ↓ .404 -0.015 ↓
K% 19.7 23.6 3.9 ↑ 20.9 -2.7 ↓ 25.9 5.0 ↑ 28.6 2.7 ↑ 23.6 -5.0 ↓ 12.7 -10.9 ↓ 14.1 1.4 ↑
BB% 4.7 7.1 2.4 ↑ 10.1 3.0 ↑ 6.9 -3.2 ↓ 6.1 -0.8 ↓ 6.6 0.5 ↑ 7.5 0.9 ↑ 8.6 1.1 ↑
Swing % 48.9 47.1 -1.8 ↓ 47.6 0.5 ↑ 46.8 -0.8 ↓ 47.5 0.7 ↑ 46.4 -1.1 ↓ 47.2 0.8 ↑ 48.1 0.9 ↑
Whiff% 16.0 26.2 10.2 ↑ 22.4 -3.8 ↓ 23.2 0.8 ↑ 30.2 7.0 ↑ 26.3 -3.9 ↓ 17.2 -9.1 ↓ 15.4 -1.8 ↓
In Zone % 53.8 53.1 -0.7 ↓ 52.1 -1.0 ↓ 50.7 -1.4 ↓ 47.7 -3.0 ↓ 50.8 3.1 ↑ 48.2 -2.6 ↓ 49.4 1.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.2 46.9 0.7 ↑ 47.9 1.0 ↑ 49.3 1.4 ↑ 52.3 3.0 ↑ 49.2 -3.1 ↓ 51.8 2.6 ↑ 50.6 -1.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.0 23.2 -2.8 ↓ 22.2 -1.0 ↓ 27.0 4.8 ↑ 24.9 -2.1 ↓ 24.4 -0.5 ↓ 26.5 2.1 ↑ 26.4 -0.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.5 35.4 4.9 ↑ 36.1 0.7 ↑ 27.7 -8.4 ↓ 32.3 4.6 ↑ 32.5 0.2 ↑ 32.1 -0.4 ↓ 39.1 7.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 62.0 65.7 3.7 ↑ 66.7 1.0 ↑ 61.5 -5.2 ↓ 58.3 -3.2 ↓ 60.8 2.5 ↑ 59.0 -1.8 ↓ 64.1 5.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 202 .282 108 0 0.0 94 2 2.1
2017 Shifts 179 .333 107 2 1.9 72 17 23.6
2018 Shifts 140 .267 65 10 15.4 75 15 20.0
2019 Shifts 231 .285 142 7 4.9 89 35 39.3
2020 Shifts 96 .300 49 4 8.2 47 22 46.8
2021 Shifts 253 .331 145 7 4.8 108 46 42.6
2022 Shifts 131 .342 79 13 16.5 52 21 40.4
2023 Shades 128 .329 60 3 5.0 68 30 44.1
! 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 215 18.5 20.0% 4.7% 160 22.7 7.5% 14.4%
2017 232 18.0 13.4% 0.4% 125 22.0 0.0% 8.0%
2018 156 18.7 10.9% 4.5% 122 24.3 0.0% 12.3%
2019 307 18.8 8.5% 3.9% 160 25.2 0.0% 20.0%
2020 124 19.2 3.2% 1.6% 51 26.2 0.0% 27.5%
2021 317 21.1 1.3% 2.2% 165 28.0 0.0% 37.0%
2022 122 19.5 9.0% 4.1% 100 24.0 0.0% 15.0%
2023 111 16.2 33.3% 0.0% 92 19.4 2.2% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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