Tanner Houck
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 226LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #24, Boston Red Sox | Missouri
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 5 4 3.15 32 4 8 60 56 1.18
2023 6 10 5.01 21 21 0 106 99 1.37
2024 3 3 1.99 7 7 0 45.1 46 0.97
5 Seasons 18 22 3.57 81 48 9 297.1 309 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 32 5-4 3.15 60 56 1.18
2023 21 6-10 5.01 106 99 1.37
2024 7 3-3 1.99 45.1 46 0.97
5 Seasons 81 18-22 3.57 297.1 309 1.19
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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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
2020 24 265 32 2 6.3 3.2 87.7 106.3 8.9 34.4 .185 .329 .218 .296 .363 34.4 33.3 14.3 0.53 3.68
2021 25 1149 171 14 8.2 4.9 87.2 113.6 10.0 31.0 .213 .337 .271 .277 .354 35.1 30.5 7.4 3.52 3.20
2022 26 918 163 8 4.9 3.2 89.7 112.5 4.5 33.7 .241 .355 .274 .305 .351 39.3 22.7 8.9 3.15 3.86
2023 27 1740 317 21 6.6 4.5 90.2 110.6 6.5 31.2 .245 .399 .323 .316 .358 43.8 21.4 8.9 5.01 4.21
2024 28 659 125 6 4.8 3.3 90.3 112.8 4.9 32.0 .249 .370 .242 .289 .362 44.0 25.4 3.9 1.99 3.25
Player 4731 808 51 6.3 4.1 89.4 113.6 6.7 31.9 .235 .368 .284 .300 .357 40.7 24.9 8.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Houck relies on 5 pitches.
Slider
(41.6%) ,
Sinker
(30.2%) ,
Split Finger
(22.5%) ,
Cutter
(5.6%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.2%) ,


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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 46.9 21.9 21.9 9.4 31.3 34.4 34.4 3.1 40.6 21.9 15.6 12.5 6.3 3.2
2021 49.1 20.5 22.2 8.2 38.0 36.8 25.1 5.3 38.0 20.5 22.2 5.8 8.2 4.9
2022 52.1 19.6 25.2 3.1 38.7 37.4 23.9 3.1 41.7 17.2 27.0 4.9 4.9 3.2
2023 53.3 20.8 21.5 4.4 47.6 38.2 14.2 3.2 41.0 20.2 23.3 5.7 6.6 4.5
2024 55.2 16.8 24.8 3.2 46.4 32.8 20.8 3.2 40.8 14.4 29.6 7.2 4.8 3.3
Player 52.2 19.9 22.9 5.0 42.9 36.8 20.3 3.6 40.5 18.8 24.5 6.1 6.3 4.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2024 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 1 91.6 26.4 -10.3 -64 11.5 4.1 55
2024 Cutter BOS R 37 87.1 35.2 -6.4 -22 0.5 -2.7 -85
2024 Split-Finger BOS R 148 88.1 37.8 4.2 12 13.8 2.0 17
2024 Sinker BOS R 199 93.4 31.3 8.1 35 16.7 1.2 8
2024 Slider BOS R 274 83.2 40.3 2.3 6 16.4 8.8 118
2023 Cutter BOS R 185 91.3 25.5 -1.3 -5 3.4 -4.5 -418
2023 Sinker BOS R 507 93.4 32.6 8.6 36 15.4 0.1 1
2023 Slider BOS R 667 83.9 41.5 3.7 10 11.2 4.8 77
2023 Split-Finger BOS R 197 87.7 34.6 1.8 6 14.2 1.3 10
2023 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 172 93.9 22.1 -5.9 -36 8.3 -0.4 -5
2022 Slider BOS R 375 85.4 37.0 0.9 2 11.1 5.8 109
2022 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 216 95.2 20.9 -5.6 -37 10.4 1.1 12
2022 Sinker BOS R 272 94.5 31.6 8.6 38 16.6 0.9 6
2022 Split-Finger BOS R 55 87.6 34.1 2.6 8 14.8 2.8 24
2021 Split-Finger BOS R 85 85.8 34.2 1.2 3 13.1 1.9 16
2021 Slider BOS R 426 84.4 37.7 0.7 2 13.6 7.2 113
2021 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 443 94.5 22.7 -6.8 -43 6.3 -2.6 -29
2021 Sinker BOS R 195 93.2 32.4 9.3 40 14.6 -0.4 -2
2020 Sinker BOS R 58 91.6 31.0 7.9 34 15.0 0.1 1
2020 Slider BOS R 94 82.2 40.7 0.6 2 13.9 7.5 118
2020 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 94 92.8 23.7 -7.6 -47 5.4 -2.5 -32
2020 Split-Finger BOS R 19 87.7 33.9 3.0 10 14.8 3.4 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 %
2024 Slider 2.2 6 274 41.6 72 .186 .229 .210 31.4 37.5 27.8 .202 .292 .225 32.6
2024 Sinker 0.9 2 199 30.2 54 .260 .340 .311 15.1 14.8 17.8 .346 .572 .414 50.0
2024 Split-Finger 1.3 2 148 22.5 50 .208 .229 .215 27.8 22.0 30.6 .215 .282 .234 51.4
2024 Cutter -2.8 -1 37 5.6 5 .333 .667 .530 26.7 0.0 0.0 .234 .266 .413 33.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slider 1.2 8 667 38.3 166 .178 .301 .259 38.7 29.5 22.4 .206 .359 .283 32.0
2023 Sinker -0.1 0 514 29.5 150 .306 .507 .395 18.7 14.0 20.4 .269 .430 .337 50.9
2023 Split-Finger -2.9 -6 198 11.4 43 .310 .452 .340 40.4 30.2 19.4 .267 .396 .293 37.9
2023 Cutter 0.1 0 187 10.7 54 .229 .354 .305 21.6 18.5 25.6 .237 .380 .309 46.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -3 173 9.9 50 .325 .550 .425 15.7 12.0 11.1 .291 .468 .389 57.1
2022 Slider 1.7 7 375 40.8 86 .152 .253 .221 37.3 33.7 24.0 .219 .320 .266 35.3
2022 Sinker 0.7 2 272 29.6 79 .288 .301 .301 26.6 15.2 24.0 .251 .323 .286 41.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 216 23.5 71 .246 .351 .341 19.3 16.9 20.3 .274 .466 .393 41.3
2022 Split-Finger 0.3 0 55 6.0 8 .250 .250 .225 36.4 37.5 21.4 .149 .207 .149 40.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 443 38.6 124 .257 .321 .307 20.7 24.2 22.9 .241 .396 .315 39.5
2021 Slider 1.1 4 426 37.1 90 .159 .232 .216 42.4 45.6 25.3 .143 .189 .194 19.5
2021 Sinker 0.8 2 195 17.0 51 .313 .458 .355 31.8 17.6 22.5 .272 .418 .319 43.6
2021 Split-Finger 1.1 1 85 7.4 19 .059 .235 .179 36.8 36.8 25.0 .205 .445 .317 30.0
2020 Slider 3.1 3 94 35.5 18 .000 .000 .117 47.2 55.6 28.6 .059 .118 .179 20.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 2 94 35.5 29 .231 .385 .309 20.4 27.6 21.6 .270 .502 .366 44.4
2020 Sinker 3.3 2 58 21.9 13 .000 .000 .162 18.5 23.1 23.1 .133 .205 .275 28.6
2020 Split-Finger -3.8 -1 19 7.2 3 .000 .000 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .290 .291 .409 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
2024 Cutter 37 87.1 15 2.9 8:15 6:15 120
2024 Split-Finger 139 88.0 83 15.1 2:30 3:30 -60
2024 Sinker 193 93.4 77 17.7 2:15 3:15 -60
2024 Slider 274 83.2 63 17.5 8:00 8:45 -45
2023 Cutter 160 91.3 41 7.6 1:45 1:00 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 165 93.8 65 11.8 2:00 1:30 30
2023 Split-Finger 162 87.6 73 15.0 2:00 3:00 -60
2023 Sinker 396 93.4 71 16.5 2:00 3:15 -75
2023 Slider 652 83.9 63 12.7 8:15 8:15 0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 215 95.2 74 13.8 2:15 1:45 30
2022 Split-Finger 50 87.5 76 15.9 2:15 3:00 -45
2022 Sinker 230 94.5 80 17.7 2:15 3:15 -60
2022 Slider 374 85.4 50 12.0 8:15 8:45 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 428 94.5 62 9.6 2:00 1:30 30
2021 Split-Finger 82 85.7 78 14.8 2:00 2:45 -45
2021 Sinker 150 93.1 71 15.6 2:00 3:15 -75
2021 Slider 420 84.4 55 14.4 8:15 8:45 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 89 92.9 62 9.2 1:45 1:15 30
2020 Split-Finger 14 87.7 72 15.4 2:00 3:00 -60
2020 Sinker 46 91.6 68 15.3 1:45 3:00 -75
2020 Slider 94 82.2 61 14.7 8:00 8:45 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 63 265 3 6 -1 -2 6
2021 322 1,296 6 16 -6 -7 9
2022 244 918 7 14 -6 -7 7
2023 463 1,739 -4 20 -9 -9 -1
2024 181 659 3 8 -1 -2 9
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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 265 41.5 70.0 84.4 26.5 51.2 40.8 54.0 44.5 27.1 5.3 71.4
2021 1,149 47.1 66.9 79.8 28.8 46.9 41.6 60.7 46.7 30.9 7.4 69.4
2022 918 45.8 68.1 81.5 29.1 49.7 44.6 52.0 46.9 29.2 6.6 73.8
2023 1,740 48.3 66.5 81.2 29.3 50.0 43.2 61.3 47.3 28.7 6.3 70.0
2024 659 54.5 64.3 79.7 31.0 59.1 42.9 64.1 49.2 25.6 6.8 66.7
Player 4,731 48.0 66.7 80.9 29.2 50.4 42.9 59.4 47.2 28.8 6.7 70.2
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 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
2020 35 13 60
2021 85 81 83 81 80 61 43 82 76 87 63 81 58 62 21 38
2022 50 46 67 82 22 87 86 18 36 49 34 74 47 66 18 44
2023 47 47 53 57 45 42 73 18 17 34 42 69 56 40 27 54
2024 70 41 60 70 73 25 77 21 24 65 91 50 74 41 37 21
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 23.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2021 24.4 7 7.2 0 1 12 0 0.0
2022 22.4 3 2.2 1 0 4 0 0.0
2023 22.9 14 12.4 2 5 8 6 42.9
2024 25.6 1 2.5 -2 3 2 1 100.0
Player 23.3 26 25.4 1 9 26 8 30.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 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
2021 7 10 4 6 8 7 9 7 3 3 6 5 7 4 7 10 5 6 9 8 8 8 12 9 7 6 8 9 8 8 9
2022 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 2 1 3 3 3
2023 14 11 11 16 10 10 14 11 12 10 11 13 13 11 14 15 13 10 14 15 12 11 17 15 12 11 13 13 14 11 9
2024 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 5 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2
Player 26 28 19 29 23 23 28 26 19 18 21 27 25 21 28 32 24 21 28 29 26 23 38 30 23 21 26 26 29 26 24
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.3 94.1 1.8 ↑ 94.8 0.7 ↑ 93.0 -1.8 ↓ 92.4 -0.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.7 85.8 -1.9 ↓ 87.6 1.8 ↑ 87.6 0.0 88.1 0.5 ↑
Breaking Velocity 82.2 84.4 2.2 ↑ 85.4 1.0 ↑ 83.9 -1.5 ↓ 83.2 -0.7 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.7 87.2 -0.5 ↓ 89.7 2.5 ↑ 90.2 0.5 ↑ 90.3 0.1 ↑
Launch Angle 8.9 10.0 1.1 ↑ 4.5 -5.5 ↓ 6.5 2.0 ↑ 4.9 -1.6 ↓
Barrel % 6.3 8.2 1.9 ↑ 4.9 -3.3 ↓ 6.6 1.7 ↑ 4.8 -1.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.4 35.1 0.7 ↑ 39.3 4.2 ↑ 43.8 4.5 ↑ 44.0 0.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 34.4 31.0 -3.4 ↓ 33.7 2.7 ↑ 31.2 -2.5 ↓ 32.0 0.8 ↑
xBA .185 .213 0.028 ↑ .241 0.028 ↑ .245 0.004 ↑ .249 0.004 ↑
BA .113 .223 0.110 ↑ .226 0.003 ↑ .254 0.028 ↑ .216 -0.038 ↓
xwOBA .296 .277 -0.019 ↓ .305 0.028 ↑ .316 0.011 ↑ .289 -0.027 ↓
wOBA .218 .271 0.053 ↑ .274 0.003 ↑ .323 0.049 ↑ .242 -0.081 ↓
xSLG .329 .337 0.008 ↑ .355 0.018 ↑ .399 0.044 ↑ .370 -0.029 ↓
SLG .189 .313 0.124 ↑ .295 -0.018 ↓ .415 0.120 ↑ .269 -0.146 ↓
K% 33.3 30.5 -2.8 ↓ 22.7 -7.8 ↓ 21.4 -1.3 ↓ 25.4 4.0 ↑
BB% 14.3 7.4 -6.9 ↓ 8.9 1.5 ↑ 8.9 0.0 3.9 -5.0 ↓
Swing % 44.5 46.7 2.2 ↑ 46.9 0.2 ↑ 47.3 0.4 ↑ 49.2 1.9 ↑
Whiff% 27.1 30.9 3.8 ↑ 29.2 -1.7 ↓ 28.7 -0.5 ↓ 25.6 -3.1 ↓
In Zone % 41.5 47.1 5.6 ↑ 45.8 -1.3 ↓ 48.3 2.5 ↑ 54.5 6.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 58.5 52.9 -5.6 ↓ 54.2 1.3 ↑ 51.7 -2.5 ↓ 45.5 -6.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 28.8 2.3 ↑ 29.1 0.3 ↑ 29.3 0.2 ↑ 31.0 1.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 26.7 -1.9 ↓ 29.9 3.2 ↑ 31.5 1.6 ↑ 27.1 -4.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 54.0 60.7 6.7 ↑ 52.0 -8.7 ↓ 61.3 9.3 ↑ 64.1 2.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 63 .218 41 2 4.9 22 6 27.3
2021 Shifts 284 .271 148 24 16.2 136 91 66.9
2022 Shifts 244 .274 146 9 6.2 98 60 61.2
2023 Shades 463 .323 223 1 0.4 240 148 61.7
2024 Shades 181 .242 77 4 5.2 104 54 51.9
! 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 80 17.6 12.5% 1.3% 47 24.8 0.0% 6.4%
2021 333 16.5 33.9% 2.7% 191 21.7 0.0% 6.8%
2022 256 20.3 2.0% 1.2% 163 23.6 0.0% 8.6%
2023 500 13.8 69.6% 0.0% 306 19.4 0.7% 0.0%
2024 197 13.2 79.7% 0.5% 101 18.1 2.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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