Stefan Crichton
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 208LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 23, #699, Baltimore Orioles | Texas Christian
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 0 3.56 28 0 0 30.1 33 1.02
2020 2 2 2.42 26 0 5 26 23 1.19
2021 0 4 7.33 31 0 4 23.1 17 1.93
4 Seasons 3 6 4.79 93 0 9 92 81 1.49
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 28 1-0 3.56 30.1 33 1.02
2020 26 2-2 2.42 26 23 1.19
2021 31 0-4 7.33 23.1 17 1.93
4 Seasons 93 3-6 4.79 92 81 1.49
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
2017 25 246 50 6 12.0 9.7 93.3 110.2 12.4 42.0 .389 .687 .482 .461 .517 52.0 12.9 6.5 8.03 10.83
2019 27 467 80 3 3.8 2.4 87.7 111.7 9.0 30.0 .254 .421 .250 .314 .400 40.0 26.8 6.5 3.56 4.35
2020 28 402 73 1 1.4 0.9 89.0 109.6 13.5 32.9 .258 .352 .283 .303 .348 39.7 21.1 8.3 2.42 3.87
2021 29 403 84 5 6.0 4.3 90.5 110.9 15.1 22.6 .257 .384 .386 .344 .359 45.2 14.5 10.3 7.33 5.12
Player 1518 287 15 5.2 3.6 89.8 111.7 12.5 30.7 .277 .435 .333 .342 .395 43.6 19.7 8.0
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

Crichton relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(67.4%) ,
Curveball
(27.9%) ,
Changeup
(4.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.7%) ,


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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
2017 48.0 24.0 26.0 2.0 44.0 32.0 24.0 0.0 28.0 14.0 38.0 8.0 12.0 9.7
2019 52.5 21.3 18.8 7.5 36.3 31.3 32.5 5.0 33.8 18.8 28.7 10.0 3.8 2.4
2020 47.9 20.5 26.0 5.5 53.4 28.8 17.8 1.4 31.5 23.3 35.6 5.5 1.4 0.9
2021 44.0 21.4 20.2 14.3 39.3 29.8 31.0 3.6 32.1 28.6 23.8 6.0 6.0 4.3
Player 48.1 21.6 22.3 8.0 42.9 30.3 26.8 2.8 31.7 22.0 30.7 7.3 5.2 3.6
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
2021 Changeup AZ R 16 87.0 28.8 -2.2 -7 13.9 -0.8 -5
2021 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 3 89.9 23.1 -5.6 -32 10.0 1.8 22
2021 Curveball AZ R 112 77.7 52.5 -1.6 -3 12.5 1.8 17
2021 Sinker AZ R 271 90.9 25.3 0.7 3 16.8 1.9 13
2020 Sinker AZ R 242 92.3 24.2 0.9 4 17.4 2.2 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 5 91.7 23.1 -6.2 -37 12.3 3.8 46
2020 Curveball AZ R 148 77.8 52.9 -0.4 -1 13.3 2.4 22
2020 Changeup AZ R 4 86.5 32.6 0.6 2 12.3 -1.6 -11
2019 Changeup AZ R 16 87.3 31.7 1.9 6 11.4 -3.2 -22
2019 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 9 93.6 18.3 -2.0 -12 11.5 3.4 41
2019 Sinker AZ R 288 93.0 24.8 2.0 9 16.9 1.8 12
2019 Curveball AZ R 154 78.8 54.7 0.6 1 12.8 2.0 19
2017 Slider BAL R 81 82.7 44.6 5.6 14 5.0 -0.5 -10
2017 Sinker BAL R 153 94.3 19.6 -0.9 -4 18.0 2.7 18
2017 4-Seam Fastball BAL R 12 94.1 13.5 1.0 7 10.2 1.5 17
! 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 %
2021 Sinker -1.1 -3 271 67.2 93 .366 .537 .422 14.1 10.8 17.9 .288 .431 .371 48.6
2021 Curveball -1.5 -2 112 27.8 18 .133 .267 .306 21.4 38.9 16.7 .104 .149 .207 25.0
2021 Changeup -6.5 -1 16 4.0 3 .500 .500 .533 25.0 0.0 0.0 .162 .197 .331 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 2.4 0 3 0.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Sinker 2.0 5 244 60.7 70 .262 .338 .298 12.2 14.3 17.5 .319 .436 .353 45.5
2020 Curveball -1.4 -2 149 37.1 35 .161 .355 .316 44.6 37.1 21.3 .132 .179 .219 22.2
2020 4-Seam Fastball 4.1 0 5 1.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Changeup -2.0 0 4 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Sinker 0.4 1 288 61.7 83 .256 .410 .322 16.3 15.7 20.0 .308 .486 .357 43.1
2019 Curveball 2.8 4 154 33.0 34 .067 .067 .135 53.5 55.9 32.2 .102 .174 .185 18.2
2019 Changeup -6.6 -1 16 3.4 3 .333 .333 .300 25.0 0.0 0.0 .269 .516 .333 33.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 0 9 1.9 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 14.3 .373 1.476 .722 100.0
2017 Sinker -4.2 -6 153 62.2 44 .475 .725 .534 2.9 9.1 9.5 .394 .751 .499 58.3
2017 Slider 0.4 0 81 32.9 16 .400 .533 .381 34.5 25.0 16.7 .364 .534 .362 41.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 0 12 4.9 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .476 .566 .450 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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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 16 87.0 94 15.9 2:30 2:15 15
2021 Curveball 111 77.7 77 16.4 8:00 7:45 15
2021 Sinker 266 90.9 97 18.9 2:00 2:15 -15
2020 Curveball 140 77.8 80 17.4 8:00 7:45 15
2020 Sinker 202 92.2 97 19.4 2:00 2:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 62 246 -5 1 -1 -1 -6
2019 122 467 0 7 0 -3 4
2020 105 402 3 7 -4 -3 3
2021 114 402 5 -3 -5 -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 %
2017 246 52.0 61.7 92.4 18.6 72.7 39.4 51.6 41.1 11.9 6.9 58.8
2019 467 49.0 64.2 85.0 28.2 55.2 37.9 60.7 45.8 24.3 9.0 71.4
2020 402 47.5 63.9 86.9 28.0 57.6 40.0 58.9 45.0 22.1 9.0 55.6
2021 403 48.4 68.7 88.1 19.7 73.2 39.7 54.4 43.4 15.4 9.2 81.1
Player 1,518 48.9 64.9 87.6 24.4 61.9 39.2 57.0 44.2 19.5 8.7 68.2
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
2017 70 64 33
2019 45 10 55 41
2020 59 31 71 92 23 97 99 37 32 35 54 19 53 35 5 58 43
2021 15 2 62 35
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.5 2 2.9 -1 6 4 0 0.0
2019 25.4 3 3.5 -1 1 3 1 33.3
2020 18.5 1 1.4 0 2 2 0 0.0
2021 21.0 3 3.0 0 2 3 0 0.0
Player 23.0 9 10.7 -2 11 12 1 11.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 2 3 0 3 3 2 4 4 3 1 3 6 2 2 3 4 1 2 2 3 3 2 6 4 3 2 3 4 5 2 1
2019 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3
2020 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1
2021 3 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 0 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3
Player 9 12 6 12 13 10 13 11 10 7 10 12 10 10 11 14 8 9 11 12 11 8 17 13 10 8 10 14 13 9 8
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 92.3 -0.7 90.9 -1.4
Offspeed Velocity 87.3 86.5 -0.8 87.0 0.5
Breaking Velocity 78.8 77.8 -1.0 77.7 -0.1
Exit Velocity 87.7 89.0 1.3 90.5 1.5
Launch Angle 9.0 13.5 4.5 15.1 1.6
Barrel % 3.8 1.4 -2.4 6.0 4.6
Hard Hit % 40.0 39.7 -0.3 45.2 5.5
Sweet Spot % 30.0 32.9 2.9 22.6 -10.3
xBA .254 .258 0.004 .257 -0.001
BA .204 .229 0.025 .333 0.104
xwOBA .314 .303 -0.011 .344 0.041
wOBA .250 .283 0.033 .386 0.103
xSLG .421 .352 -0.069 .384 0.032
SLG .310 .344 0.034 .495 0.151
K% 26.8 21.1 -5.7 14.5 -6.6
BB% 6.5 8.3 1.8 10.3 2.0
Swing % 45.8 45.0 -0.8 43.4 -1.6
Whiff% 24.3 22.1 -2.2 15.4 -6.7
In Zone % 49.0 47.5 -1.5 48.4 0.9
Out of Zone % 51.0 52.5 1.5 51.6 -0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 28.2 28.0 -0.2 19.7 -8.3
First Pitch Swing % 25.4 25.2 -0.2 25.4 0.2
First Pitch Strike % 60.7 58.9 -1.8 54.4 -4.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 62 .482 36 11 30.6 26 6 23.1
2019 Shifts 122 .250 77 19 24.7 45 29 64.4
2020 Shifts 105 .283 73 23 31.5 32 20 62.5
2021 Shifts 114 .386 77 12 15.6 37 27 73.0
! 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 %
2017 84 19.1 1.2% 1.2% 47 20.8 0.0% 2.1%
2019 155 19.7 0.0% 0.6% 71 23.2 0.0% 5.6%
2020 107 18.8 0.0% 0.9% 82 22.6 0.0% 9.8%
2021 99 18.0 0.0% 3.0% 83 20.6 0.0% 4.8%
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Pitch Distribution