Phil Bickford
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 200LBS | Age: 27

Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #18, San Francisco Giants | CC of Southern Nevada

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 1 4.72 60 0 0 61.0 67 1.10
3 Seasons 6 3 4.13 118 0 1 113.1 128 1.11
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 60 2-1 4.72 61.0 67 1.10
3 Seasons 118 6-3 4.13 113.1 128 1.11

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
2020 24 33 5 0 0.0 0.0 91.9 97.1 18.3 80.0 .405 .467 .594 .457 .531 20.0 22.2 0.0 36.00 10.43
2021 25 776 126 10 7.9 5.0 90.5 109.9 11.9 23.8 .211 .361 .263 .276 .356 40.0 29.5 6.0 2.81 3.18
2022 26 990 164 19 11.6 7.7 88.8 113.0 18.4 28.0 .211 .403 .312 .290 .371 34.8 27.1 5.7 4.72 3.46
Player 1799 295 29 9.8 6.4 89.6 113.0 15.6 27.1 .214 .386 .296 .287 .367 36.7 28.1 5.7
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

Bickford relies on 2 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(68.1%) ,
Slider
(31.9%) ,


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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
2020 0.0 20.0 80.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 46.8 25.4 19.0 8.7 32.5 38.9 28.6 4.0 35.7 23.8 21.4 5.6 7.9 5.0
2022 38.4 30.5 20.1 11.0 36.0 31.1 32.9 4.9 28.0 32.3 16.5 4.9 11.6 7.7
Player 41.4 28.1 20.7 9.8 34.2 34.6 31.2 4.4 30.8 28.5 19.7 5.1 9.8 6.4
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


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
2022 4-Seamer LAD R 674 94.1 15.2 0.9 6 4.8 -4.1 -46
2022 Slider LAD R 316 83.3 37.6 -0.2 0 6.5 -2.0 -24
2021 Sinker LAD R 1 92.3 26.2 0.7 3 16.1 0.1 1
2021 Changeup LAD R 3 84.9 30.7 -3.7 -11 10.0 -4.5 -31
2021 Slider LAD R 268 84.0 37.6 0.0 0 6.3 -1.0 -13
2021 4-Seamer LAD R 486 93.9 14.4 1.1 7 4.0 -4.2 -51
2020 Sinker MIL R 1 89.2 22.0 -3.8 -15 10.5 -3.2 -23
2020 Slider MIL R 3 79.5 43.2 0.5 1 6.1 -6.3 -51
2020 4-Seamer MIL R 27 89.4 20.4 -0.4 -2 6.1 -0.6 -10
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer 0.1 0 674 68.1 152 .255 .445 .338 25.7 25.7 18.7 .203 .393 .297 35.4
2022 Slider 0.9 3 316 31.9 95 .200 .456 .286 24.0 29.5 23.1 .222 .419 .280 33.8
2021 4-Seamer -2.3 -11 486 62.6 124 .196 .384 .280 27.4 29.0 25.9 .230 .429 .310 44.9
2021 Slider -1.9 -5 268 34.5 72 .206 .309 .261 33.6 29.2 23.3 .186 .260 .221 31.9
2021 Changeup 3.1 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sinker 2.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seamer 6.4 2 27 81.8 7 .400 .600 .507 29.4 28.6 33.3 .243 .294 .365 33.3
2020 Slider 24.1 1 5 15.2 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .810 .900 .750 0.0
2020 Sinker 4.6 0 1 3.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 27 89.4 75 14.4 1:30 12:45 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 486 93.9 86 16.7 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 266 84.0 44 7.1 9:15 9:00 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 673 94.1 81 16.0 1:00 12:30 30
2022 Slider 316 83.3 47 7.4 9:15 9:00 15
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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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 %
2020 33 60.6 90.0 72.2 15.4 100.0 30.3 55.6 60.6 25.0 3.0 100.0
2021 776 56.2 71.1 77.6 24.7 40.2 42.1 64.5 50.6 29.8 11.3 73.3
2022 990 55.4 70.3 77.1 26.2 66.4 46.5 61.1 50.6 25.1 8.6 83.5
Player 1,799 55.8 71.0 77.2 25.4 56.0 44.3 62.5 50.8 27.1 9.7 78.5
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
2021 85 82 72 59 89 81 47 13 36 85 79 76 16 64 73 91
2022 68 80 33 7 89 44 3 41 74 75 79 46 15 60 80 87
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
2021 22.4 7 6.1 1 2 7 1 14.3
2022 23.0 12 11.9 0 5 8 6 50.0
Player 22.8 19 18.1 1 8 15 7 36.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 7 5 7 4 8 6 6 8 6 3 7 7 3 5 6 7 8 5 7 5 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 3 7 10
2022 12 9 14 11 11 14 11 11 12 12 11 10 9 11 10 13 14 14 12 12 15 11 13 12 11 13 14 11 14 7 15
Player 19 14 22 15 19 20 17 19 18 15 18 17 12 16 16 20 22 19 19 17 22 17 20 18 17 20 20 17 17 14 25
! 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 89.4 93.9 4.5 ↑ 94.1 0.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 0 84.9 0 0 0
Breaking Velocity 79.6 84 4.4 ↑ 83.3 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 91.9 90.5 -1.4 ↓ 88.8 -1.7 ↓
Launch Angle 18.3 11.9 -6.4 ↓ 18.4 6.5 ↑
Barrel % 0 7.9 7.9 ↑ 11.6 3.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 20 40 20 ↑ 34.8 -5.2 ↓
Sweet Spot % 80 23.8 -56.2 ↓ 28 4.2 ↑
xBA .405 .211 -0.194 ↓ .211 0
BA .571 .197 -0.374 ↓ .233 0.036 ↑
xwOBA .457 .276 -0.181 ↓ .29 0.014 ↑
wOBA .594 .263 -0.331 ↓ .312 0.049 ↑
xSLG .467 .361 -0.106 ↓ .403 0.042 ↑
SLG .714 .35 -0.364 ↓ .449 0.099 ↑
K% 22.2 29.5 7.3 ↑ 27.1 -2.4 ↓
BB% 0 6 6 ↑ 5.7 -0.3 ↓
Swing % 60.6 50.6 -10 ↓ 50.6 0
Whiff% 25 29.8 4.8 ↑ 25.1 -4.7 ↓
In Zone % 60.6 56.2 -4.4 ↓ 55.4 -0.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 39.4 43.8 4.4 ↑ 44.6 0.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 15.4 24.7 9.3 ↑ 26.2 1.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 36.5 3.2 ↑ 28.7 -7.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 55.6 64.5 8.9 ↑ 61.1 -3.4 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2020 9 .594 5 1 20.0 4 3 75.0
2021 189 .266 133 53 39.8 56 42 75.0
2022 247 .312 163 55 33.7 84 70 83.3

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2020 2 19.5 0.0% 0.0% 9 25.7 0.0% 11.1%
2021 206 23.1 0.0% 4.9% 139 27.3 0.0% 28.1%
2022 303 21.7 0.0% 1.3% 144 23.9 0.0% 11.1%
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Pitch Distribution