Spencer Howard
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 2, #45, Philadelphia Phillies | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 2 4 7.41 10 8 0 37.2 32 1.73
2023 0 0 10.80 3 0 0 3.1 2 2.10
2024 1 2 6.21 9 3 0 29 27 2.00
5 Seasons 4 13 7.00 47 32 0 144 136 1.74
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 10 2-4 7.41 37.2 32 1.73
2023 3 0-0 10.80 3.1 2 2.10
2024 9 1-2 6.21 29 27 2.00
5 Seasons 47 4-13 7.00 144 136 1.74
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
2020 23 439 79 4 5.1 3.5 87.1 109.1 12.7 35.4 .248 .417 .376 .322 .364 32.9 20.4 8.8 5.92 4.42
2021 24 936 147 11 7.5 4.8 88.2 110.0 16.7 36.1 .248 .400 .352 .330 .372 35.4 22.7 11.8 7.43 4.66
2022 25 692 131 14 10.7 7.8 91.4 117.9 13.8 34.4 .275 .500 .416 .358 .408 42.0 17.9 8.4 7.41 5.53
2023 26 80 12 1 8.3 5.6 87.7 102.8 17.3 8.3 .180 .393 .415 .343 .280 33.3 11.1 16.7 10.80 5.06
2024 27 537 103 9 8.7 6.3 91.8 111.2 16.9 35.0 .272 .465 .408 .352 .399 44.7 18.8 9.7 6.21 5.35
Player 2684 472 39 8.3 5.7 89.7 117.9 15.3 34.5 .259 .443 .386 .341 .384 38.8 19.9 10.1
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

Howard relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(51.0%) ,
Slider
(25.1%) ,
Changeup
(16.9%) ,
Curveball
(6.9%) ,


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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 38.0 26.6 27.8 7.6 35.4 36.7 27.8 6.3 21.5 29.1 30.4 5.1 5.1 3.5
2021 36.7 27.9 27.9 7.5 30.6 38.8 30.6 3.4 25.2 29.9 29.3 4.1 7.5 4.8
2022 40.5 32.1 22.9 4.6 34.4 35.1 30.5 3.1 26.7 27.5 26.7 5.3 10.7 7.8
2023 50.0 41.7 0.0 8.3 50.0 8.3 41.7 0.0 33.3 33.3 16.7 8.3 8.3 5.6
2024 38.8 35.0 21.4 4.9 34.0 33.0 33.0 5.8 19.4 29.1 27.2 8.7 8.7 6.3
Player 38.8 30.7 24.4 6.1 33.7 35.4 30.9 4.2 23.9 29.0 28.0 5.7 8.3 5.7
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 Slider CLE R 135 85.3 33.2 -2.8 5.2GLV 0.4 4.4 -2.8 5.2GLV 0.1
2024 Curveball CLE R 37 75.7 62.0 3.0 7.2GLV -2.6 -13.8 3.9 7.2GLV -2.2
2024 Changeup CLE R 91 80.1 33.9 -1.0 13.7ARM 0.4 8.7 -3.8 13.7ARM -0.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball CLE R 274 93.8 14.8 -0.1 7.9ARM 1.0 16.3 0.5 7.9ARM 0.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 31 95.7 12.9 1.1 8.8ARM 1.4 17.2 1.4 8.8ARM 1.4
2023 Slider TEX R 41 85.8 36.9 1.4 5.6GLV 0.9 0.5 1.0 5.6GLV 0.3
2023 Changeup TEX R 8 81.2 34.7 0.0 14.5ARM 0.7 7.0 -1.6 14.5ARM 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -5 274 51.0 76 .353 .500 .401 18.8 21.1 17.4 .299 .507 .378 58.5
2024 Slider -1.5 -2 135 25.1 35 .394 .606 .460 33.3 11.4 14.8 .273 .460 .337 24.1
2024 Changeup -3.4 -3 91 16.9 26 .286 .714 .440 30.0 26.9 17.1 .200 .395 .320 46.7
2024 Curveball -2.5 -1 37 6.9 7 .167 .167 .357 9.1 0.0 0.0 .222 .264 .282 16.7
2023 Slider 1.9 1 41 51.2 9 .125 .125 .178 41.2 11.1 7.7 .048 .054 .119 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -6.5 -2 31 38.8 6 .333 1.333 .683 16.7 16.7 11.1 .300 1.042 .620 100.0
2023 Changeup -13.2 -1 8 10.0 3 .667 .667 .600 42.9 0.0 0.0 .415 .645 .456 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
2024 Changeup 90 80.2 99 16.1 1:45 2:00 -15
2024 Curveball 37 75.7 95 18.6 7:00 6:45 15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 272 93.8 97 17.7 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Slider 133 85.3 30 7.0 11:00 10:00 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 31 95.7 97 19.2 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Slider 41 85.8 28 7.3 9:30 8:30 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 113 439 -2 3 -2 -2 -2
2021 229 936 5 0 -11 -7 -13
2022 178 692 -12 2 -5 -2 -18
2024 144 537 -3 -1 -4 -3 -11
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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 439 50.3 67.4 79.2 28.4 61.3 44.0 69.0 48.1 25.6 5.9 100.0
2021 936 50.1 66.7 76.7 22.9 67.3 41.2 62.0 44.9 25.2 6.4 80.0
2022 692 53.6 67.7 88.0 24.6 59.5 43.9 58.1 47.7 17.9 8.7 85.0
2023 80 42.5 58.8 70.0 21.7 50.0 43.8 61.1 37.5 36.7 6.3 40.0
2024 537 54.7 73.5 78.2 24.3 67.8 39.3 68.8 51.2 24.0 9.3 82.0
Player 2,684 51.8 68.3 80.3 24.5 63.7 42.1 63.5 47.2 23.4 7.5 83.6
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
2020 44 40 42 43 47 65 75 71 74 31 47 42 56 62 70 69
2021 28 38 47 57 12 76 53 64 74 44 13 42 6 63 30 2 71
2022 59 28 2 63
2024 45 15 68
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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 %
2020 24.9 6 4.8 1 2 2 3 50.0
2021 24.0 7 6.8 0 2 8 2 28.6
2022 23.7 12 10.6 1 0 6 6 50.0
2023 25.9 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2024 23.6 5 6.1 -1 4 6 1 20.0
Player 24.0 31 29.3 2 8 22 13 41.9
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
2020 6 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 7 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4
2021 7 8 6 6 7 6 8 6 5 4 4 7 6 5 6 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 10 8 7 5 10 7 8 7 7
2022 12 9 10 10 12 12 12 10 8 10 10 12 10 10 11 11 10 10 10 12 10 10 12 11 10 10 12 12 10 11 11
2023 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 1 1 1
2024 5 5 6 9 5 6 7 5 4 5 6 7 6 4 5 6 5 6 6 11 6 5 11 8 6 6 4 8 6 5 5
Player 31 27 27 32 30 30 33 26 23 24 26 34 27 25 28 30 27 29 29 37 30 29 40 32 28 26 32 33 29 29 28
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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.0 93.3 -0.7 94.4 1.1 95.7 1.3 93.8 -1.9
Offspeed Velocity 79.6 79.4 -0.2 79.5 0.1 81.2 1.7 80.1 -1.1
Breaking Velocity 82.1 77.7 -4.4 82.4 4.7 85.8 3.4 83.2 -2.6
Exit Velocity 87.1 88.2 1.1 91.4 3.2 87.7 -3.7 91.8 4.1
Launch Angle 12.7 16.7 4.0 13.8 -2.9 17.3 3.5 16.9 -0.4
Barrel % 5.1 7.5 2.4 10.7 3.2 8.3 -2.4 8.7 0.4
Hard Hit % 32.9 35.4 2.5 42.0 6.6 33.3 -8.7 44.7 11.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.4 36.1 0.7 34.4 -1.7 8.3 -26.1 35.0 26.7
xBA .248 .248 0.000 .275 0.027 .180 -0.095 .272 0.092
BA .300 .269 -0.031 .309 0.040 .286 -0.023 .344 0.058
xwOBA .322 .330 0.008 .358 0.028 .343 -0.015 .352 0.009
wOBA .376 .352 -0.024 .416 0.064 .415 -0.001 .408 -0.007
xSLG .417 .400 -0.017 .500 0.100 .393 -0.107 .465 0.072
SLG .530 .452 -0.078 .617 0.165 .500 -0.117 .547 0.047
K% 20.4 22.7 2.3 17.9 -4.8 11.1 -6.8 18.8 7.7
BB% 8.8 11.8 3.0 8.4 -3.4 16.7 8.3 9.7 -7.0
Swing % 48.1 44.9 -3.2 47.7 2.8 37.5 -10.2 51.2 13.7
Whiff% 25.6 25.2 -0.4 17.9 -7.3 36.7 18.8 24.0 -12.7
In Zone % 50.3 50.1 -0.2 53.6 3.5 42.5 -11.1 54.7 12.2
Out of Zone % 49.7 49.9 0.2 46.4 -3.5 57.5 11.1 45.3 -12.2
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 22.9 -5.5 24.6 1.7 21.7 -2.9 24.3 2.6
First Pitch Swing % 37.2 28.8 -8.4 29.6 0.8 22.2 -7.4 41.7 19.5
First Pitch Strike % 69.0 62.0 -7.0 58.1 -3.9 61.1 3.0 68.8 7.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 113 .376 54 17 31.5 59 27 45.8
2021 Shifts 229 .352 127 9 7.1 102 38 37.3
2022 Shifts 178 .416 99 16 16.2 79 46 58.2
2023 Shades 18 .415 14 2 14.3 4 2 50.0
2024 Shades 144 .408 75 0 0.0 69 11 15.9
! 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 %
2020 128 17.4 18.0% 0.8% 71 22.9 0.0% 4.2%
2021 270 17.2 18.1% 1.5% 163 24.8 0.0% 12.3%
2022 188 20.7 0.5% 4.3% 121 24.6 0.0% 9.1%
2023 15 16.5 20.0% 0.0% 24 20.4 0.0% 0.0%
2024 96 13.9 78.1% 0.0% 123 16.6 18.7% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution