Sam Freeman
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 5' 11" 180LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 32, #965, St. Louis Cardinals | Kansas
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2018 3 5 4.29 63 0 0 50.1 58 1.45
2019 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2 0 2.50
2020 0 0 1.80 7 0 0 5 6 1.80
9 Seasons 8 7 3.58 271 0 0 233.2 232 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2018 63 3-5 4.29 50.1 58 1.45
2019 1 0-0 4.50 2 0 2.50
2020 7 0-0 1.80 5 6 1.80
9 Seasons 271 8-7 3.58 233.2 232 1.43
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 28 693 103 3 2.9 1.8 86.0 106.7 9.2 27.2 .215 .302 .311 .302 .314 26.2 23.4 14.6 3.05 3.75
2016 29 179 27 1 3.7 2.3 90.0 113.5 12.8 37.0 .268 .414 .469 .363 .361 25.9 18.2 20.5 12.91 5.78
2017 30 950 165 3 1.8 1.2 85.0 112.7 6.9 26.1 .225 .301 .267 .280 .309 27.9 23.2 10.6 2.55 3.32
2018 31 887 124 3 2.4 1.4 87.6 115.3 8.2 36.3 .226 .311 .301 .303 .346 30.6 26.9 14.8 4.29 3.87
2019 32 40 9 1 11.1 9.1 90.3 105.2 6.3 44.4 .463 .855 .460 .577 .552 44.4 0.0 18.2 4.50 22.38
2020 33 109 12 0 0.0 0.0 86.3 103.9 16.4 16.7 .176 .301 .248 .327 .305 33.3 24.0 28.0 1.80 4.58
Player 2858 440 11 2.5 1.5 86.4 115.3 8.4 30.0 .227 .318 .303 .303 .329 28.6 23.7 14.1
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

Freeman relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(43.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(27.5%) ,
Curveball
(21.1%) ,
Split Finger
(8.3%) ,


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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
2015 50.5 16.5 25.2 7.8 34.0 39.8 26.2 1.9 36.9 26.2 27.2 1.0 2.9 1.8
2016 37.0 29.6 29.6 3.7 29.6 44.4 25.9 0.0 29.6 25.9 29.6 7.4 3.7 2.3
2017 58.2 17.6 20.6 3.6 28.5 49.1 22.4 6.1 42.4 20.6 26.7 2.4 1.8 1.2
2018 54.0 14.5 25.8 5.6 38.7 37.9 23.4 4.8 39.5 16.9 28.2 6.5 2.4 1.4
2019 44.4 22.2 33.3 0.0 44.4 11.1 44.4 0.0 44.4 0.0 33.3 11.1 11.1 9.1
2020 41.7 33.3 16.7 8.3 25.0 58.3 16.7 0.0 33.3 25.0 25.0 16.7 0.0 0.0
Player 53.2 17.7 23.9 5.2 33.0 43.0 24.1 4.1 39.3 20.9 27.5 4.1 2.5 1.5
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
2020 Split-Finger WSH L 9 85.2 31.5 -1.8 -5 8.9 -2.4 -21
2020 4-Seam Fastball WSH L 30 93.8 14.5 0.2 2 3.2 -3.7 -53
2020 Sinker WSH L 47 93.9 16.8 -3.8 -18 12.0 -2.4 -17
2020 Curveball WSH L 23 82.6 37.5 -11.1 -23 10.3 2.8 37
2019 Split-Finger LAA L 9 85.8 27.7 -5.7 -17 11.5 1.4 13
2019 4-Seam Fastball LAA L 11 93.1 14.3 1.7 11 3.1 -4.1 -57
2019 Sinker LAA L 6 92.7 17.7 -4.5 -20 13.3 -1.3 -9
2019 Curveball LAA L 14 81.3 46.9 -4.8 -9 7.5 -0.5 -6
2018 Curveball ATL L 132 83.1 43.8 -7.7 -15 9.4 2.7 40
2018 Sinker ATL L 200 95.0 19.3 -1.8 -8 13.7 -1.0 -7
2018 Split-Finger ATL L 217 86.0 33.2 0.6 2 12.8 0.6 5
2018 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 337 95.2 15.2 0.2 1 4.3 -3.5 -45
2017 Sinker ATL L 169 95.1 18.7 -1.2 -6 14.1 -1.5 -10
2017 4-Seam Fastball ATL L 374 95.4 14.4 -1.0 -7 4.7 -3.8 -45
2017 Curveball ATL L 210 84.1 42.2 -5.4 -11 6.5 -0.3 -5
2017 Split-Finger ATL L 193 86.6 32.8 2.0 7 11.8 -1.0 -8
2016 4-Seam Fastball MIL L 92 94.7 14.0 1.1 7 6.3 -1.4 -18
2016 Split-Finger MIL L 44 85.7 32.8 0.0 0 13.9 3.1 28
2016 Slider MIL L 10 83.3 42.9 3.9 10 8.2 2.1 35
2016 Curveball MIL L 3 82.4 46.7 -2.3 -5 11.3 3.5 45
2016 Sinker MIL L 18 94.3 18.5 -2.1 -10 14.3 0.3 2
2015 Slider TEX L 64 83.4 40.0 0.9 2 3.6 -2.0 -37
2015 Split-Finger TEX L 213 84.9 34.9 0.1 0 12.5 1.4 13
2015 Curveball TEX L 12 80.0 48.3 -4.2 -8 7.1 -2.6 -27
2015 Sinker TEX L 165 94.2 19.1 -2.0 -9 15.3 1.2 9
2015 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 202 94.7 14.3 0.9 6 7.2 -0.2 -3
! 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 %
2020 Sinker 1.2 1 47 43.1 8 .200 .200 .375 27.8 25.0 25.0 .173 .187 .363 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 1 30 27.5 6 .250 .250 .383 0.0 0.0 0.0 .520 1.048 .671 75.0
2020 Curveball 6.6 2 23 21.1 7 .000 .000 .100 54.5 42.9 27.3 .009 .015 .109 33.3
2020 Split-Finger -1.2 0 9 8.3 3 .000 .000 .300 33.3 33.3 33.3 .056 .065 .056 0.0
2019 Curveball 5.3 1 14 35.0 6 .400 .400 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 .521 .622 .527 20.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 0 11 27.5 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .397 .446 .553 100.0
2019 Split-Finger 1.1 0 9 22.5 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 .390 1.380 .700 66.7
2019 Sinker 0.4 0 6 15.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 337 38.0 97 .247 .342 .357 17.5 20.6 19.8 .285 .412 .388 39.3
2018 Split-Finger 1.2 3 217 24.5 56 .170 .302 .228 56.9 46.4 27.1 .144 .209 .181 18.5
2018 Sinker -0.2 0 200 22.5 41 .242 .242 .343 28.6 17.1 21.9 .199 .229 .295 30.8
2018 Curveball -1.2 -2 132 14.9 20 .300 .400 .321 22.0 25.0 14.7 .272 .342 .265 20.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 2.9 11 374 39.4 94 .173 .222 .243 19.3 23.4 21.8 .194 .261 .257 31.1
2017 Curveball 1.4 3 210 22.1 48 .149 .213 .169 30.3 35.4 26.2 .170 .219 .180 23.3
2017 Split-Finger 0.0 0 193 20.3 58 .216 .314 .302 47.4 32.8 26.4 .196 .244 .252 21.9
2017 Sinker -1.6 -3 169 17.8 51 .372 .442 .414 10.1 2.0 3.4 .380 .533 .440 31.0
! 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
2020 Curveball 23 82.6 38 11.2 3:45 2:45 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 30 93.8 92 16.3 11:15 11:30 -15
2020 Sinker 38 94.1 88 18.1 11:30 10:30 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 86 345 -2 5 -4 -2 -3
2013 50 204 1 1 -1 -1 1
2014 171 679 6 4 -5 -4 1
2015 171 693 13 1 -7 -4 3
2016 44 179 -3 1 -2 -1 -5
2017 251 948 11 8 -4 -4 11
2018 214 887 6 7 -8 -4 1
2020 24 109 2 2 -1 -1 3
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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 693 48.5 58.6 84.3 23.8 47.1 45.3 49.7 40.7 27.0 6.9 70.8
2016 179 46.4 60.2 82.0 28.1 59.3 46.4 59.1 43.0 26.0 5.0 100.0
2017 950 47.7 64.2 81.0 30.6 55.3 44.9 56.9 46.5 26.2 7.4 77.1
2018 887 45.4 65.0 80.2 27.9 45.9 42.7 53.3 44.8 31.2 5.7 66.7
2019 40 52.5 71.4 100.0 21.1 100.0 50.0 72.7 47.5 0.0 2.5 0.0
2020 109 44.0 66.7 87.5 23.0 42.9 49.5 37.5 42.2 26.1 8.3 55.6
Player 2,858 47.0 63.0 82.2 27.6 50.8 44.7 53.8 44.2 27.6 6.6 72.3
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 73 28 23
2016 77 28 14
2017 80 76 95 100 52 100 99 94 88 62 17 65 78 83 27 75 13
2018 56 66 91 97 8 99 98 71 86 75 1 84 48 80 21 70 3
2020 60 17 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 23.3 2 1.3 1 0 1 1 50.0
2017 22.1 3 3.0 0 0 2 2 66.7
2018 23.5 3 3.6 -1 1 4 1 33.3
2019 24.5 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 23.2 9 8.9 0 1 8 4 44.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
2017 3 2 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 4 4 2 2 3 4 2 3 2
2018 3 6 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 2 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 2 4 4 3 2 2
2019 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 9 10 5 11 10 9 10 9 10 6 9 11 7 7 9 12 9 9 9 11 9 7 11 12 7 6 10 11 7 7 6
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.4 94.7 0.3 95.3 0.6 95.1 -0.2 93.0 -2.1 93.9 0.9
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 85.7 0.8 86.6 0.9 86.0 -0.6 85.8 -0.2 85.2 -0.6
Breaking Velocity 82.9 80.6 -2.3 84.1 3.5 83.1 -1.0 81.3 -1.8 82.6 1.3
Exit Velocity 86.0 90.0 4.0 85.0 -5.0 87.6 2.6 90.3 2.7 86.3 -4.0
Launch Angle 9.2 12.8 3.6 6.9 -5.9 8.2 1.3 6.3 -1.9 16.4 10.1
Barrel % 2.9 3.7 0.8 1.8 -1.9 2.4 0.6 11.1 8.7 0.0 -11.1
Hard Hit % 26.2 25.9 -0.3 27.9 2.0 30.6 2.7 44.4 13.8 33.3 -11.1
Sweet Spot % 27.2 37.0 9.8 26.1 -10.9 36.3 10.2 44.4 8.1 16.7 -27.7
xBA .215 .268 0.053 .225 -0.043 .226 0.001 .463 0.237 .176 -0.287
BA .218 .394 0.176 .216 -0.178 .229 0.013 .333 0.104 .111 -0.222
xwOBA .302 .363 0.061 .280 -0.083 .303 0.023 .577 0.274 .327 -0.250
wOBA .311 .469 0.158 .267 -0.202 .301 0.034 .460 0.159 .248 -0.212
xSLG .302 .414 0.112 .301 -0.113 .311 0.010 .855 0.544 .301 -0.554
SLG .338 .636 0.298 .284 -0.352 .318 0.034 .667 0.349 .111 -0.556
K% 23.4 18.2 -5.2 23.2 5.0 26.9 3.7 0.0 -26.9 24.0 24.0
BB% 14.6 20.5 5.9 10.6 -9.9 14.8 4.2 18.2 3.4 28.0 9.8
Swing % 40.7 43.0 2.3 46.5 3.5 44.8 -1.7 47.5 2.7 42.2 -5.3
Whiff% 27.0 26.0 -1.0 26.2 0.2 31.2 5.0 0.0 -31.2 26.1 26.1
In Zone % 48.5 46.4 -2.1 47.7 1.3 45.4 -2.3 52.5 7.1 44.0 -8.5
Out of Zone % 51.5 53.6 2.1 52.3 -1.3 54.6 2.3 47.5 -7.1 56.0 8.5
Out of Zone Swing % 23.8 28.1 4.3 30.6 2.5 27.9 -2.7 21.1 -6.8 23.0 1.9
First Pitch Swing % 24.0 29.5 5.5 27.7 -1.8 27.6 -0.1 36.4 8.8 29.2 -7.2
First Pitch Strike % 49.7 59.1 9.4 56.9 -2.2 53.3 -3.6 72.7 19.4 37.5 -35.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 41 .486 28 11 39.3 13 4 30.8
2017 Shifts 251 .265 146 9 6.2 105 29 27.6
2018 Shifts 214 .301 125 19 15.2 89 14 15.7
2019 Shifts 11 .460 7 0 0.0 4 0 0.0
2020 Shifts 24 .248 8 1 12.5 16 7 43.8
! 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 %
2012 80 19.8 25.0% 3.8% 82 22.0 2.4% 6.1%
2013 58 18.7 3.4% 3.4% 31 21.4 0.0% 9.7%
2014 182 17.6 9.9% 2.7% 122 23.7 0.8% 16.4%
2015 158 18.0 17.1% 5.7% 187 22.5 5.9% 13.4%
2016 29 19.4 13.8% 0.0% 51 20.8 13.7% 21.6%
2017 294 19.3 3.1% 3.1% 141 22.2 0.7% 5.0%
2018 255 19.5 2.4% 3.1% 150 22.1 0.7% 8.0%
2019 4 16.6 0.0% 0.0% 10 21.3 0.0% 0.0%
2020 27 19.5 0.0% 0.0% 20 20.6 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution