Pete Fairbanks
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 225LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 9, #258, Texas Rangers | Missouri
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 0 1.13 24 0 8 24 38 0.67
2023 2 4 2.58 49 0 25 45.1 68 1.01
2024 3 3 3.57 46 0 23 45.1 44 1.17
6 Seasons 16 19 3.29 214 2 63 205 273 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 24 0-0 1.13 24 38 0.67
2023 49 2-4 2.58 45.1 68 1.01
2024 46 3-3 3.57 45.1 44 1.17
6 Seasons 214 16-19 3.29 205 273 1.21
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
2019 25 387 61 5 8.2 5.1 91.4 115.0 9.2 41.0 .277 .468 .368 .349 .453 45.9 28.3 10.1 6.86 5.51
2020 26 490 62 3 4.8 2.6 89.8 112.8 13.6 30.6 .199 .299 .294 .281 .350 43.5 33.3 12.0 2.70 3.30
2021 27 774 111 8 7.2 4.2 87.9 110.9 12.5 32.4 .196 .304 .294 .269 .324 31.5 29.6 11.1 3.59 3.01
2022 28 352 45 1 2.2 1.1 87.3 107.3 9.5 22.2 .132 .182 .176 .154 .249 26.7 43.7 3.4 1.13 1.03
2023 29 734 92 3 3.3 1.6 85.7 112.3 10.4 27.2 .175 .257 .240 .252 .323 35.9 37.0 10.9 2.58 2.62
2024 30 696 124 7 5.6 3.8 89.1 110.6 15.3 31.5 .254 .400 .265 .311 .376 41.1 23.8 9.2 3.57 3.97
Player 3433 495 27 5.5 3.1 88.4 115.0 12.3 31.1 .207 .321 .273 .274 .349 37.6 31.7 9.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Fairbanks relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(52.2%) ,
Slider
(44.8%) ,
Changeup
(3.0%) ,


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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
2019 42.6 19.7 32.8 4.9 42.6 32.8 24.6 1.6 34.4 18.0 29.5 8.2 8.2 5.1
2020 48.4 17.7 24.2 9.7 41.9 38.7 19.4 1.6 32.3 24.2 30.6 4.8 4.8 2.6
2021 42.3 25.2 24.3 8.1 33.3 33.3 33.3 6.3 33.3 29.7 19.8 3.6 7.2 4.2
2022 53.3 24.4 17.8 4.4 40.0 33.3 26.7 2.2 46.7 26.7 17.8 4.4 2.2 1.1
2023 51.1 17.4 21.7 9.8 35.9 39.1 25.0 12.0 37.0 20.7 22.8 4.3 3.3 1.6
2024 42.7 25.8 22.6 8.9 38.7 38.7 22.6 3.2 29.8 27.4 29.0 4.8 5.6 3.8
Player 45.9 22.2 23.8 8.1 38.0 36.4 25.7 5.1 34.3 25.1 25.1 4.8 5.5 3.1
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


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 4-Seam Fastball TB R 363 97.3 10.8 1.0 2.7ARM -4.1 18.3 2.5 2.7ARM -4.8
2024 Slider TB R 312 85.0 45.5 8.4 4.4GLV 0.3 -7.6 9.2 4.4GLV -0.7
2024 Changeup TB R 21 93.8 22.5 -1.1 12.6ARM -1.7 8.9 -4.0 12.6ARM -1.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball TB R 363 98.9 9.1 1.0 0.2ARM -5.6 19.0 3.2 0.2ARM -7.2
2023 Slider TB R 366 86.8 43.2 9.1 4.0GLV 0.2 -7.0 8.5 4.0GLV -1.3
2023 Changeup TB R 5 94.1 22.1 -1.5 10.4ARM -4.1 8.9 -3.5 10.4ARM -4.0
2022 Changeup TB R 2 95.8 21.5 -0.3 15.3ARM -0.5 8.4 -2.5 15.3ARM 1.1
2022 4-Seam Fastball TB R 216 99.0 7.5 2.2 0.1ARM -5.1 20.7 4.5 0.1ARM -7.2
2022 Slider TB R 134 85.8 44.4 9.8 2.5GLV -1.8 -7.2 9.0 2.5GLV -3.2
2021 Changeup TB R 2 94.1 21.9 1.8 10.9ARM -1.5 8.8 -2.5 10.9ARM -3.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball TB R 446 97.1 11.1 0.4 1.2GLV -6.5 18.0 1.8 1.2GLV -8.4
2021 Slider TB R 326 85.7 42.3 6.4 2.4GLV -1.6 -5.1 6.9 2.4GLV -3.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball TB R 281 97.4 12.0 -0.1 0.3ARM -5.0 16.9 0.9 0.3ARM -7.0
2020 Changeup TB R 9 93.4 25.7 0.6 13.3ARM 0.4 5.7 0.7 13.3ARM -0.1
2020 Slider TB R 200 87.2 40.5 5.3 2.9GLV -0.6 -4.5 5.9 2.9GLV -2.4
2019 Changeup TB R 1 94.0 16.5 -6.0 3.5ARM -10.5 13.9 -7.0 3.5ARM -10.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball TB R 169 97.4 13.2 -0.8 2.4ARM -4.1 15.2 -0.4 2.4ARM -5.0
2019 Slider TB R 217 89.9 34.5 3.6 4.0GLV 0.6 -0.6 2.4 4.0GLV -1.1
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 363 52.2 93 .280 .341 .325 18.5 15.1 17.3 .282 .459 .361 41.2
2024 Slider 1.9 6 312 44.8 82 .158 .263 .215 23.6 30.5 25.8 .226 .318 .253 37.7
2024 Changeup -4.8 -1 21 3.0 8 .125 .500 .250 50.0 62.5 35.7 .230 .574 .333 100.0
2023 Slider 3.2 12 366 49.9 81 .178 .178 .225 31.4 32.1 26.3 .215 .255 .252 34.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 3 363 49.5 103 .151 .279 .264 29.6 40.8 31.1 .141 .259 .252 37.8
2023 Changeup 1.1 0 5 0.7 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.9 6 216 61.4 54 .118 .196 .166 38.1 53.7 33.3 .101 .164 .147 31.8
2022 Slider 3.2 4 134 38.1 32 .200 .200 .191 30.8 28.1 25.0 .178 .208 .181 22.7
2022 Changeup -6.7 0 2 0.6 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .292 .293 .265 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 5 446 57.6 86 .200 .280 .284 31.3 27.9 19.5 .188 .318 .274 30.8
2021 Slider -0.6 -2 326 42.1 101 .278 .378 .340 29.7 31.7 27.1 .204 .296 .268 32.8
2021 Changeup 5.4 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .052 .055 .062 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 2 281 57.3 57 .277 .340 .370 33.3 28.1 23.2 .225 .303 .313 41.9
2020 Slider 1.9 4 200 40.8 60 .185 .278 .277 42.7 38.3 25.8 .177 .295 .262 45.2
2020 Changeup 0.2 0 9 1.8 -- -- -- 66.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Slider 1.4 3 217 56.1 59 .196 .321 .261 42.3 35.6 30.9 .245 .357 .276 51.4
2019 4-Seam Fastball -6.0 -10 169 43.7 40 .424 .879 .641 20.0 17.5 14.6 .331 .658 .459 38.5
2019 Changeup 6.6 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 21 93.8 74 16.4 1:00 2:00 -60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 363 97.3 92 18.0 12:30 12:15 15
2024 Slider 312 85.0 46 10.9 7:45 6:45 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 361 98.9 88 18.6 12:15 12:00 15
2023 Slider 365 86.8 43 10.0 7:45 6:45 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 216 99.0 87 20.3 12:15 12:00 15
2022 Slider 132 85.8 43 9.7 7:30 6:30 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 445 97.1 82 17.7 12:15 11:45 30
2021 Slider 318 85.6 44 7.7 7:30 6:45 45
2020 4-Seam Fastball 280 97.4 82 16.4 12:15 12:00 15
2020 Slider 192 87.2 38 7.2 8:15 7:00 75
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 99 387 0 -2 -3 -1 -7
2020 170 700 5 9 -4 -5 6
2021 197 808 6 7 -6 -3 3
2022 89 363 7 4 -1 -1 10
2023 184 734 8 11 -3 -2 15
2024 183 696 1 9 -4 -1 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 %
2019 387 49.1 65.3 77.4 29.4 39.7 38.2 59.6 47.0 34.1 6.7 80.8
2020 490 46.1 69.9 72.8 29.9 40.5 41.6 60.7 48.4 37.6 4.9 95.8
2021 774 49.6 64.8 74.7 28.5 57.7 45.3 60.8 46.5 30.6 7.2 83.9
2022 352 51.7 66.5 72.7 37.1 47.6 43.8 65.5 52.3 35.3 9.4 72.7
2023 734 54.6 61.8 75.0 28.2 54.3 43.6 62.5 46.6 30.7 8.2 68.3
2024 696 54.5 63.3 84.6 22.7 55.6 46.6 56.5 44.8 21.8 7.5 76.9
Player 3,433 51.3 64.7 76.7 28.5 50.3 43.7 60.6 47.1 30.9 7.3 78.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 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
2019 96 81 93
2020 77 84 90 89 57 74 78 24 16 91 18 95 70 96 86 91
2021 94 87 81
2022 99 97 75
2023 98 94 71
2024 93 73 51
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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 %
2019 21.2 5 3.6 1 1 5 0 0.0
2020 22.4 5 4.4 1 3 3 2 40.0
2021 20.9 3 3.3 0 1 3 1 33.3
2022 24.1 1 1.4 0 0 2 0 0.0
2023 25.6 3 2.8 0 0 2 1 33.3
2024 22.5 4 5.4 -1 2 4 2 50.0
Player 22.4 21 21.0 0 7 19 6 28.6
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
2019 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 1 2 5 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 2 4 4 5 2
2020 5 4 5 5 6 4 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 6 4 5 3 6 5 5 5 3
2021 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 3 1 3 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 3 3 5 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 2
2022 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 1
2023 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 1
2024 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 4 6 6 6 7 7 6 4 5 5 5 7 5 5
Player 21 19 22 21 25 22 24 21 15 14 20 25 23 20 23 23 19 19 22 22 20 21 28 22 19 16 22 22 24 22 14
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.4 97.4 0.0 97.1 -0.3 99.0 1.9 98.9 -0.1 97.3 -1.6
Offspeed Velocity 94.0 93.4 -0.6 94.1 0.7 95.8 1.7 94.1 -1.7 93.8 -0.3
Breaking Velocity 89.9 87.2 -2.7 85.7 -1.5 85.8 0.1 86.8 1.0 85.0 -1.8
Exit Velocity 91.4 89.8 -1.6 87.9 -1.9 87.3 -0.6 85.7 -1.6 89.1 3.4
Launch Angle 9.2 13.6 4.4 12.5 -1.1 9.5 -3.0 10.4 0.9 15.3 4.9
Barrel % 8.2 4.8 -3.4 7.2 2.4 2.2 -5.0 3.3 1.1 5.6 2.3
Hard Hit % 45.9 43.5 -2.4 31.5 -12.0 26.7 -4.8 35.9 9.2 41.1 5.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 41.0 30.6 -10.4 32.4 1.8 22.2 -10.2 27.2 5.0 31.5 4.3
xBA .277 .199 -0.078 .196 -0.003 .132 -0.064 .175 0.043 .254 0.079
BA .281 .228 -0.053 .241 0.013 .159 -0.082 .164 0.005 .217 0.053
xwOBA .349 .281 -0.068 .269 -0.012 .154 -0.115 .252 0.098 .311 0.059
wOBA .368 .294 -0.074 .294 0.000 .176 -0.118 .240 0.064 .265 0.025
xSLG .468 .299 -0.169 .304 0.005 .182 -0.122 .257 0.075 .400 0.143
SLG .528 .307 -0.221 .331 0.024 .207 -0.124 .233 0.026 .313 0.080
K% 28.3 33.3 5.0 29.6 -3.7 43.7 14.1 37.0 -6.7 23.8 -13.2
BB% 10.1 12.0 1.9 11.1 -0.9 3.4 -7.7 10.9 7.5 9.2 -1.7
Swing % 47.0 48.4 1.4 46.5 -1.9 52.3 5.8 46.6 -5.7 44.8 -1.8
Whiff% 34.1 37.6 3.5 30.6 -7.0 35.3 4.7 30.7 -4.6 21.8 -8.9
In Zone % 49.1 46.1 -3.0 49.6 3.5 51.7 2.1 54.6 2.9 54.5 -0.1
Out of Zone % 50.9 53.9 3.0 50.4 -3.5 48.3 -2.1 45.4 -2.9 45.5 0.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 29.9 0.5 28.5 -1.4 37.1 8.6 28.2 -8.9 22.7 -5.5
First Pitch Swing % 23.2 35.9 12.7 29.6 -6.3 29.9 0.3 30.4 0.5 27.7 -2.7
First Pitch Strike % 59.6 60.7 1.1 60.8 0.1 65.5 4.7 62.5 -3.0 56.5 -6.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 99 .368 53 14 26.4 46 27 58.7
2020 Shifts 117 .294 62 29 46.8 55 32 58.2
2021 Shifts 183 .298 105 23 21.9 78 54 69.2
2022 Shifts 87 .176 49 5 10.2 38 25 65.8
2023 Shades 184 .240 98 5 5.1 86 47 54.7
2024 Shades 183 .265 92 21 22.8 91 66 72.5
! 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 %
2019 91 19.4 2.2% 0.0% 73 23.5 0.0% 6.8%
2020 104 23.0 0.0% 8.7% 85 27.6 0.0% 30.6%
2021 201 23.7 0.0% 8.5% 135 27.8 0.0% 35.6%
2022 106 23.1 0.0% 5.7% 45 24.9 0.0% 13.3%
2023 168 17.3 3.0% 1.8% 129 19.2 1.6% 0.0%
2024 180 17.4 1.1% 0.6% 129 19.2 0.0% 1.6%

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Pitch Distribution