Sean Doolittle
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 218LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2007 | Rd: C-A, #41, Oakland Athletics | Virginia
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 2 5.87 11 0 0 7.2 6 1.70
2021 3 1 4.53 56 0 1 49.2 53 1.47
2022 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 5.1 6 0.19
11 Seasons 26 24 3.20 463 0 112 450.2 522 1.01
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 11 0-2 5.87 7.2 6 1.70
2021 56 3-1 4.53 49.2 53 1.47
2022 6 0-0 0.00 5.1 6 0.19
11 Seasons 463 26-24 3.20 450.2 522 1.01
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
2015 28 254 37 2 5.4 3.5 86.2 105.8 21.2 37.8 .202 .325 .286 .265 .316 32.4 26.3 8.8 3.95 2.87
2016 29 595 102 7 6.9 4.5 90.3 116.5 23.5 33.3 .207 .417 .295 .278 .384 39.2 29.0 5.2 3.23 3.21
2017 30 786 125 6 4.8 3.0 82.5 108.9 24.3 24.8 .179 .285 .221 .218 .291 19.2 31.5 5.1 2.81 2.02
2018 31 620 95 5 5.3 3.1 84.4 108.6 21.9 31.6 .162 .260 .172 .204 .297 24.2 36.8 3.7 1.60 1.75
2019 32 1075 177 15 8.5 5.8 90.9 112.6 25.1 34.5 .233 .448 .321 .307 .391 42.0 25.4 5.8 4.05 4.14
2020 33 127 26 4 15.4 11.1 89.9 107.0 31.5 57.7 .354 .701 .394 .441 .526 34.6 16.7 11.1 5.87 9.47
2021 34 866 145 10 6.9 4.5 90.9 113.3 26.4 41.4 .242 .416 .336 .319 .379 42.1 23.8 10.3 4.53 4.32
2022 35 55 11 1 9.1 5.9 95.6 108.0 24.7 27.3 .126 .245 .074 .157 .243 63.6 35.3 0.0 0.00 1.07
Player 4378 718 50 7.0 4.5 88.3 116.5 24.6 34.5 .211 .377 .277 .274 .356 34.9 28.2 6.4
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

Doolittle relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(74.5%) ,
Curveball
(21.8%) ,
Split Finger
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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 35.1 10.8 35.1 18.9 24.3 35.1 40.5 8.1 27.0 35.1 21.6 2.7 5.4 3.5
2016 33.3 27.5 26.5 12.7 34.3 31.4 34.3 2.0 16.7 38.2 20.6 8.8 6.9 4.5
2017 31.2 28.0 20.0 20.8 36.8 29.6 33.6 6.4 23.2 41.6 21.6 2.4 4.8 3.0
2018 32.6 25.3 22.1 20.0 33.7 34.7 30.5 7.4 23.2 41.1 18.9 4.2 5.3 3.1
2019 26.6 35.6 23.7 14.1 28.8 35.6 35.6 2.8 16.9 37.3 24.9 7.3 8.5 5.8
2020 7.7 30.8 46.2 15.4 34.6 42.3 23.1 3.8 0.0 42.3 26.9 11.5 15.4 11.1
2021 20.7 34.5 29.0 15.9 45.5 31.7 22.8 2.8 14.5 40.7 24.1 11.0 6.9 4.5
2022 27.3 45.5 18.2 9.1 36.4 45.5 18.2 0.0 27.3 54.5 0.0 9.1 9.1 5.9
Player 27.7 30.2 25.6 16.4 35.1 33.4 31.3 4.2 18.4 39.7 22.3 7.0 7.0 4.5
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
2022 4-Seam Fastball WSH L 41 93.3 12.2 2.8 4.4ARM -2.7 19.4 3.4 4.4ARM -3.2
2022 Split-Finger WSH L 2 80.5 28.9 -7.5 9.6ARM 0.5 13.3 -9.2 9.6ARM 1.2
2022 Curveball WSH L 12 78.1 45.5 -9.8 9.9GLV 0.3 -0.6 -8.2 9.9GLV 1.6
2021 Split-Finger SEA L 39 80.4 32.6 -4.9 6.8ARM -2.7 9.6 -5.6 6.8ARM -1.9
2021 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 702 93.1 11.6 3.6 3.6ARM -3.4 20.0 3.9 3.6ARM -4.0
2021 Slider SEA L 47 84.2 32.5 -4.7 2.9GLV -2.4 6.0 -4.4 2.9GLV -1.9
2021 Curveball SEA L 78 79.7 41.9 -11.2 7.8GLV -1.2 1.0 -9.7 7.8GLV -0.1
! 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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball 10.6 4 41 74.5 15 .067 .133 .083 28.0 33.3 41.7 .131 .253 .163 60.0
2022 Curveball 4.8 1 12 21.8 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .090 .188 .114 100.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.0 0 2 3.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 702 81.1 183 .270 .497 .368 23.4 23.5 19.0 .228 .425 .320 41.7
2021 Curveball -1.6 -1 78 9.0 17 .235 .294 .232 24.3 23.5 10.3 .351 .438 .342 30.8
2021 Slider 1.2 1 47 5.4 11 .182 .273 .277 33.3 18.2 16.7 .266 .323 .254 55.6
2021 Split-Finger -2.5 -1 39 4.5 9 .143 .143 .256 54.5 44.4 26.7 .238 .302 .338 66.7
! 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
2022 Curveball 12 78.1 41 11.1 3:15 3:30 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 41 93.3 98 19.4 11:30 11:30 0
2021 Curveball 78 79.7 38 8.5 2:30 3:00 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 701 93.1 99 19.9 11:30 11:45 -15
2021 Split-Finger 35 80.5 95 11.7 11:00 10:45 15
2021 Slider 47 84.2 44 6.1 1:00 1:15 -15
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 204 832 5 4 -2 -1 6
2013 284 1,092 10 9 -4 -2 13
2014 241 932 6 8 1 -1 14
2015 57 254 0 4 -2 0 1
2016 153 587 3 4 -1 -1 4
2017 205 823 3 10 2 -1 14
2018 162 620 9 8 -1 -2 15
2019 294 1,217 7 6 -4 -2 6
2020 34 127 0 0 -1 0 -2
2021 220 866 6 3 -10 -3 -4
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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 254 57.9 72.1 79.2 30.8 81.8 44.5 64.9 54.7 20.1 7.9 80.0
2016 595 52.6 73.8 72.7 36.9 64.4 42.4 70.3 56.3 29.6 10.1 78.3
2017 786 51.5 75.3 74.4 44.1 64.9 51.7 70.9 60.2 28.5 6.4 68.0
2018 620 50.8 74.0 72.5 38.0 52.6 44.4 71.0 56.3 33.5 8.9 85.5
2019 1,075 52.5 81.0 81.6 34.9 62.4 44.8 67.4 59.2 23.4 7.2 84.4
2020 127 55.9 85.9 88.5 26.8 46.7 46.5 65.7 59.8 18.4 3.9 80.0
2021 866 54.0 75.6 77.7 27.9 66.7 42.7 65.5 53.7 24.7 8.9 84.4
2022 55 54.5 73.3 72.7 36.0 44.4 38.2 76.5 56.4 35.5 9.1 80.0
Player 4,378 52.8 76.5 77.2 35.6 62.7 45.2 68.5 57.2 26.7 8.0 80.8
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
2015 53 58 46
2016 85 60 53
2017 76 51 64
2018 65 46 62
2019 56 62 29 11 82 53 23 5 9 66 83 33 95 53 41 44
2020 16 35 55
2021 38 46 38 35 33 81 62 8 24 52 23 38 49 42 59 40 32
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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 22.9 6 6.2 0 5 3 4 66.7
2017 22.8 5 4.4 1 2 3 3 60.0
2018 20.9 3 2.6 0 3 3 1 33.3
2019 23.9 12 13.4 -1 11 11 7 58.3
2020 23.4 3 2.3 1 1 1 2 66.7
2021 22.9 7 5.1 2 5 3 2 28.6
Player 23.1 36 34.0 2 27 24 19 52.8
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 5 8 5 4 7 6 5 4 5 8 6 7 6 6 4 5 7 8 7 5 8 7 6 6 6 9 7 6 5
2017 5 5 5 3 6 5 6 4 4 3 5 6 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 7 5 3 3 4 6 4 6 4
2018 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 5 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 3 3 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
2019 12 15 11 10 13 12 15 13 11 8 11 16 16 9 13 14 9 9 14 14 12 19 20 19 14 14 10 20 19 12 11
2020 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2021 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 7 4 3 5 6 3 5 6 5 5 7 7 5 3 5 7 8 5 5 4
Player 36 39 30 30 34 31 38 33 29 21 31 45 35 27 32 35 24 26 36 36 34 40 49 40 31 32 31 48 41 34 29
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 95.4 2.4 ↑ 94.7 -0.7 ↓ 93.8 -0.9 ↓ 93.5 -0.3 ↓ 90.7 -2.8 ↓ 93.1 2.4 ↑ 93.3 0.2 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 82.4 85.1 2.7 ↑ 85.4 0.3 ↑ 85.0 -0.4 ↓ 83.7 -1.3 ↓ 81.2 -2.5 ↓ 80.4 -0.8 ↓ 80.5 0.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 80.3 81.9 1.6 ↑ 81.2 -0.7 ↓ 81.7 0.5 ↑ 80.9 -0.8 ↓ 80.6 -0.3 ↓ 81.4 0.8 ↑ 78.1 -3.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 86.2 90.3 4.1 ↑ 82.5 -7.8 ↓ 84.4 1.9 ↑ 90.9 6.5 ↑ 89.9 -1.0 ↓ 90.9 1.0 ↑ 95.6 4.7 ↑
Launch Angle 21.2 23.5 2.3 ↑ 24.3 0.8 ↑ 21.9 -2.4 ↓ 25.1 3.2 ↑ 31.5 6.4 ↑ 26.4 -5.1 ↓ 24.7 -1.7 ↓
Barrel % 5.4 6.9 1.5 ↑ 4.8 -2.1 ↓ 5.3 0.5 ↑ 8.5 3.2 ↑ 15.4 6.9 ↑ 6.9 -8.5 ↓ 9.1 2.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.4 39.2 6.8 ↑ 19.2 -20.0 ↓ 24.2 5.0 ↑ 42.0 17.8 ↑ 34.6 -7.4 ↓ 42.1 7.5 ↑ 63.6 21.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.8 33.3 -4.5 ↓ 24.8 -8.5 ↓ 31.6 6.8 ↑ 34.5 2.9 ↑ 57.7 23.2 ↑ 41.4 -16.3 ↓ 27.3 -14.1 ↓
xBA .202 .207 0.005 ↑ .179 -0.028 ↓ .162 -0.017 ↓ .233 0.071 ↑ .354 0.121 ↑ .242 -0.112 ↓ .126 -0.116 ↓
BA .235 .231 -0.004 ↓ .185 -0.046 ↓ .135 -0.050 ↓ .260 0.125 ↑ .300 0.040 ↑ .258 -0.042 ↓ .059 -0.199 ↓
xwOBA .265 .278 0.013 ↑ .218 -0.060 ↓ .204 -0.014 ↓ .307 0.103 ↑ .441 0.134 ↑ .319 -0.122 ↓ .157 -0.162 ↓
wOBA .286 .295 0.009 ↑ .221 -0.074 ↓ .172 -0.049 ↓ .321 0.149 ↑ .394 0.073 ↑ .336 -0.058 ↓ .074 -0.262 ↓
xSLG .325 .417 0.092 ↑ .285 -0.132 ↓ .260 -0.025 ↓ .448 0.188 ↑ .701 0.253 ↑ .416 -0.285 ↓ .245 -0.171 ↓
SLG .353 .434 0.081 ↑ .293 -0.141 ↓ .213 -0.080 ↓ .463 0.250 ↑ .633 0.170 ↑ .454 -0.179 ↓ .118 -0.336 ↓
K% 26.3 29.0 2.7 ↑ 31.5 2.5 ↑ 36.8 5.3 ↑ 25.4 -11.4 ↓ 16.7 -8.7 ↓ 23.8 7.1 ↑ 35.3 11.5 ↑
BB% 8.8 5.2 -3.6 ↓ 5.1 -0.1 ↓ 3.7 -1.4 ↓ 5.8 2.1 ↑ 11.1 5.3 ↑ 10.3 -0.8 ↓ 0.0 -10.3 ↓
Swing % 54.7 56.3 1.6 ↑ 60.2 3.9 ↑ 56.3 -3.9 ↓ 59.2 2.9 ↑ 59.8 0.6 ↑ 53.7 -6.1 ↓ 56.4 2.7 ↑
Whiff% 20.1 29.6 9.5 ↑ 28.5 -1.1 ↓ 33.5 5.0 ↑ 23.4 -10.1 ↓ 18.4 -5.0 ↓ 24.7 6.3 ↑ 35.5 10.8 ↑
In Zone % 57.9 52.6 -5.3 ↓ 51.5 -1.1 ↓ 50.8 -0.7 ↓ 52.5 1.7 ↑ 55.9 3.4 ↑ 54.0 -1.9 ↓ 54.5 0.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 42.1 47.4 5.3 ↑ 48.5 1.1 ↑ 49.2 0.7 ↑ 47.5 -1.7 ↓ 44.1 -3.4 ↓ 46.0 1.9 ↑ 45.5 -0.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 36.9 6.1 ↑ 44.1 7.2 ↑ 38.0 -6.1 ↓ 34.9 -3.1 ↓ 26.8 -8.1 ↓ 27.9 1.1 ↑ 36.0 8.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 38.6 41.3 2.7 ↑ 40.8 -0.5 ↓ 40.7 -0.1 ↓ 41.9 1.2 ↑ 45.7 3.8 ↑ 44.5 -1.2 ↓ 47.1 2.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.9 70.3 5.4 ↑ 70.9 0.6 ↑ 71.0 0.1 ↑ 67.4 -3.6 ↓ 65.7 -1.7 ↓ 65.5 -0.2 ↓ 76.5 11.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 147 .284 83 3 3.6 64 15 23.4
2017 Shifts 196 .221 151 1 0.7 45 3 6.7
2018 Shifts 162 .172 128 2 1.6 34 6 17.6
2019 Shifts 258 .321 178 5 2.8 80 8 10.0
2020 Shifts 34 .394 18 8 44.4 16 5 31.3
2021 Shifts 220 .336 121 10 8.3 99 40 40.4
2022 Shifts 17 .074 8 2 25.0 9 2 22.2
! 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 192 16.6 20.3% 0.5% 129 20.3 1.6% 6.2%
2013 264 17.5 8.0% 0.8% 140 20.8 6.4% 4.3%
2014 246 18.2 3.7% 1.2% 113 22.3 1.8% 6.2%
2015 66 18.4 10.6% 1.5% 36 22.3 2.8% 27.8%
2016 132 17.8 25.0% 2.3% 104 22.6 5.8% 14.4%
2017 193 18.4 2.1% 1.6% 91 20.8 0.0% 7.7%
2018 178 20.0 0.0% 2.2% 65 21.9 0.0% 10.8%
2019 252 18.7 1.2% 0.4% 146 21.8 0.0% 2.7%
2020 32 20.0 0.0% 0.0% 13 22.1 0.0% 7.7%
2021 189 18.8 3.2% 1.6% 159 21.9 0.0% 8.2%
2022 10 24.7 0.0% 20.0% 11 39.6 0.0% 63.6%

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Pitch Distribution

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