Ryan O'Rourke
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 13, #405, Minnesota Twins | Merrimack
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 0 0 6.14 28 0 0 22 24 1.41
2016 0 1 3.96 26 0 0 25 24 1.12
2019 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.1 1 2.25
3 Seasons 0 1 4.84 56 0 0 48.1 49 1.28
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 28 0-0 6.14 22 24 1.41
2016 26 0-1 3.96 25 24 1.12
2019 2 0-0 0.00 1.1 1 2.25
3 Seasons 56 0-1 4.84 48.1 49 1.28
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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 27 395 58 6 10.3 6.2 83.9 110.8 16.7 32.8 .215 .367 .291 .308 .351 27.6 24.7 15.5 6.14 3.91
2016 28 399 66 4 6.1 4.0 87.3 111.1 11.9 21.2 .200 .334 .275 .277 .310 27.3 23.8 9.9 3.96 3.19
2019 31 21 2 0 0.0 0.0 83.9 94.5 59.2 0.0 .091 .126 .345 .393 .145 0.0 16.7 50.0 0.00 7.32
Player 815 126 10 7.9 4.9 85.7 111.1 14.8 26.2 .205 .345 .284 .295 .326 27.0 24.0 13.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

O'Rourke relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(52.4%) ,
Four Seamer
(33.3%) ,
Sinker
(9.5%) ,
Curveball
(4.8%) ,


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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 43.1 22.4 19.0 15.5 39.7 36.2 24.1 10.3 25.9 29.3 20.7 3.4 10.3 6.2
2016 50.0 30.3 10.6 9.1 33.3 48.5 18.2 3.0 33.3 27.3 22.7 4.5 6.1 4.0
2019 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 46.0 27.0 14.3 12.7 35.7 42.9 21.4 6.3 29.4 29.4 21.4 4.0 7.9 4.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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
2019 Sinker NYM L 2 91.8 19.1 -3.6 -16 13.9 -0.7 -5
2019 Slider NYM L 11 80.7 33.9 -8.4 -20 5.5 -1.0 -15
2019 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 7 91.5 17.5 -0.7 -4 6.5 -0.4 -6
2019 Curveball NYM L 1 80.7 33.2 -19.0 -36 10.3 -18.2 -231
2016 Changeup MIN L 66 81.5 36.7 4.7 15 12.2 0.4 4
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIN L 145 90.2 20.4 -3.0 -17 12.0 5.1 75
2016 Slider MIN L 142 79.7 38.2 -5.4 -12 4.4 -3.0 -41
2016 Sinker MIN L 35 90.3 24.1 1.7 8 18.8 5.2 38
2016 Curveball MIN L 11 77.1 43.7 -13.9 -24 5.5 -14.5 -161
2015 Changeup MIN L 35 83.5 30.7 -0.8 -3 12.0 -0.8 -6
2015 4-Seam Fastball MIN L 158 91.2 18.9 -2.0 -12 10.6 3.3 45
2015 Slider MIN L 171 79.1 38.0 -6.8 -15 5.5 -1.5 -22
2015 Curveball MIN L 6 71.5 57.5 -8.3 -13 3.8 -5.7 -60
2015 Sinker MIN L 19 91.2 23.1 0.5 2 18.3 4.2 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 %
2019 Slider 0.9 0 11 52.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 100.0 .013 .019 .015 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -6.0 0 7 33.3 3 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2019 Sinker 5.1 0 2 9.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Curveball 38.8 0 1 4.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .247 .338 .260 0.0
! 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 95 390 0 6 -2 -2 3
2016 101 399 6 3 1 -3 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 %
2015 395 44.1 61.3 78.3 32.9 52.8 39.0 55.7 45.1 31.5 5.9 65.2
2016 399 39.6 63.3 85.0 35.3 52.9 41.1 58.4 46.4 27.6 4.0 68.8
2019 21 23.8 60.0 100.0 6.3 100.0 38.1 33.3 19.0 0.0 0.0 --
Player 815 41.4 62.2 81.8 33.2 53.2 40.0 56.4 45.0 29.2 4.8 66.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 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
2015 27 10 15
2016 14 22 13
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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 22.0 3 3.1 0 0 4 1 33.3
Player 22.0 3 3.1 0 0 4 1 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 2
Player 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 2
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.2 90.2 -1.0
Offspeed Velocity 83.5 81.5 -2.0
Breaking Velocity 78.9 79.5 0.6
Exit Velocity 83.9 87.3 3.4
Launch Angle 16.7 11.9 -4.8
Barrel % 10.3 6.1 -4.2
Hard Hit % 27.6 27.3 -0.3
Sweet Spot % 32.8 21.2 -11.6
xBA .215 .200 -0.015
BA .200 .207 0.007
xwOBA .308 .277 -0.031
wOBA .291 .275 -0.016
xSLG .367 .334 -0.033
SLG .338 .322 -0.016
K% 24.7 23.8 -0.9
BB% 15.5 9.9 -5.6
Swing % 45.1 46.4 1.3
Whiff% 31.5 27.6 -3.9
In Zone % 44.1 39.6 -4.5
Out of Zone % 55.9 60.4 4.5
Out of Zone Swing % 32.9 35.3 2.4
First Pitch Swing % 21.6 30.7 9.1
First Pitch Strike % 55.7 58.4 2.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 100 .278 70 12 17.1 30 9 30.0
2019 Shifts 6 .345 2 1 50.0 4 2 50.0
! 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 %
2015 94 17.0 31.9% 0.0% 91 19.4 18.7% 13.2%
2016 106 17.2 31.1% 2.8% 77 20.0 18.2% 6.5%
2019 6 13.6 50.0% 0.0% 6 17.6 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution