Tom Wilhelmsen
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 220LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 7, #199, Milwaukee Brewers | Tucson HS (Ariz High Magnet)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2015 2 2 3.19 53 0 13 62 60 1.37
2016 2 4 6.80 50 0 1 46.1 28 1.71
2017 1 1 4.44 27 0 0 26.1 17 1.41
7 Seasons 14 15 3.53 344 2 68 385 339 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2015 53 2-2 3.19 62 60 1.37
2016 50 2-4 6.80 46.1 28 1.71
2017 27 1-1 4.44 26.1 17 1.41
7 Seasons 344 14-15 3.53 385 339 1.27
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 31 1067 175 5 2.9 1.9 86.5 110.3 14.1 29.1 .209 .302 .304 .272 .300 21.7 22.6 10.9 3.19 3.01
2016 32 808 160 13 8.1 6.2 89.4 110.6 9.8 29.4 .280 .500 .407 .367 .388 39.4 13.4 9.1 6.80 5.93
2017 33 453 83 9 10.8 8.0 87.9 114.2 8.0 33.7 .301 .576 .328 .404 .440 33.7 15.0 10.6 4.44 7.64
Player 2328 418 27 6.5 4.6 87.9 114.2 11.2 30.1 .253 .427 .346 .332 .363 30.9 17.9 10.2
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

Wilhelmsen relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(34.7%) ,
Sinker
(22.3%) ,
Slider
(21.9%) ,
Curveball
(17.7%) ,
Changeup
(3.3%) ,


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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 44.6 22.9 24.0 8.6 36.6 33.7 29.7 3.4 33.1 29.7 22.9 4.0 2.9 1.9
2016 51.2 20.6 21.9 6.3 36.9 42.5 20.6 3.1 38.1 19.4 24.4 5.6 8.1 6.2
2017 49.4 28.9 19.3 2.4 25.3 48.2 26.5 6.0 31.3 21.7 27.7 2.4 10.8 8.0
Player 48.1 23.2 22.2 6.5 34.4 40.0 25.6 3.8 34.7 24.2 24.4 4.3 6.5 4.6
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
2017 Curveball AZ R 80 78.1 55.2 0.6 1 4.9 -2.6 -35
2017 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 157 95.1 18.4 -5.1 -39 3.9 -4.4 -53
2017 Changeup AZ R 15 88.6 27.1 1.1 4 11.0 -2.3 -18
2017 Slider AZ R 99 86.2 36.6 3.5 11 3.8 0.2 5
2017 Sinker AZ R 101 95.1 21.3 2.7 15 13.1 -2.0 -13
2016 Curveball SEA R 152 77.1 59.7 1.9 3 9.5 -0.3 -3
2016 Slider SEA R 196 86.7 35.6 1.7 5 4.7 -0.2 -5
2016 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 293 95.3 17.6 -3.1 -21 2.5 -5.0 -67
2016 Sinker SEA R 109 95.9 22.1 2.2 11 11.7 -2.2 -16
2016 Changeup SEA R 53 88.2 27.4 -0.8 -3 11.0 -1.3 -10
2015 Slider SEA R 273 88.1 33.4 1.2 4 4.4 -0.4 -9
2015 Changeup SEA R 84 88.2 28.1 -0.4 -1 9.7 -2.6 -21
2015 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 461 95.6 18.3 -3.8 -26 2.7 -4.5 -62
2015 Curveball SEA R 110 78.4 58.9 3.1 6 10.2 0.5 6
2015 Sinker SEA R 122 95.9 22.7 2.7 14 11.6 -2.2 -16
! 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 157 34.7 46 .268 .415 .338 17.3 17.4 22.9 .253 .487 .350 36.4
2017 Sinker -0.8 -1 101 22.3 27 .261 .739 .452 4.3 3.7 7.1 .363 .985 .573 31.8
2017 Slider -0.8 -1 99 21.9 20 .333 .333 .305 32.5 25.0 20.0 .353 .414 .350 42.9
2017 Curveball 1.1 1 80 17.7 17 .133 .133 .188 14.3 11.8 8.7 .315 .467 .377 23.1
2017 Changeup 1.1 0 15 3.3 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 16.7 .004 .004 .003 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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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 136 507 2 6 -4 -3 2
2012 313 1,173 18 8 -7 -3 16
2013 240 938 7 6 -10 -3 0
2014 310 1,192 18 11 -2 -5 21
2015 263 1,056 3 6 -7 -5 -2
2016 209 808 -2 1 -6 -6 -11
2017 112 452 -2 8 -3 -3 -1
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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 1,067 46.3 65.4 80.5 27.2 58.3 43.7 53.4 44.9 26.1 5.9 77.8
2016 808 47.4 67.4 88.8 25.2 57.0 43.3 55.0 45.2 20.5 10.0 76.5
2017 453 47.6 68.4 87.1 20.7 67.3 43.4 40.7 43.3 17.3 5.3 91.7
Player 2,328 46.9 66.7 84.8 25.3 59.3 43.5 51.5 44.7 22.5 7.2 79.2
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
2015 83 86 93 93 58 91 92 89 99 65 8 76 23 88 60 66 33
2016 3 8 3 4 8 55 10 26 12 6 32 28 12 85 64 45 27
2017 81 58 25 17
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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 23.0 11 11.8 -1 4 6 8 72.7
2017 23.6 4 6.2 -2 3 4 3 75.0
Player 23.2 15 18.0 -3 7 10 11 73.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 11 12 11 14 11 9 12 14 10 8 10 15 13 11 12 12 8 9 14 12 14 9 15 14 12 10 11 18 15 10 9
2017 4 6 5 8 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 8 6 6 6 7 6 5 7 6 7 4 9 7 7 5 6 10 6 6 3
Player 15 18 16 22 17 15 20 21 14 13 15 23 19 17 18 19 14 14 21 18 21 13 24 21 19 15 17 28 21 16 12
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.7 95.5 -0.2 95.1 -0.4
Offspeed Velocity 88.2 88.2 0.0 88.6 0.4
Breaking Velocity 85.3 82.5 -2.8 82.6 0.1
Exit Velocity 86.5 89.4 2.9 87.9 -1.5
Launch Angle 14.1 9.8 -4.3 8.0 -1.8
Barrel % 2.9 8.1 5.2 10.8 2.7
Hard Hit % 21.7 39.4 17.7 33.7 -5.7
Sweet Spot % 29.1 29.4 0.3 33.7 4.3
xBA .209 .280 0.071 .301 0.021
BA .246 .321 0.075 .253 -0.068
xwOBA .272 .367 0.095 .404 0.037
wOBA .304 .407 0.103 .328 -0.079
xSLG .302 .500 0.198 .576 0.076
SLG .364 .578 0.214 .424 -0.154
K% 22.6 13.4 -9.2 15.0 1.6
BB% 10.9 9.1 -1.8 10.6 1.5
Swing % 44.9 45.2 0.3 43.3 -1.9
Whiff% 26.1 20.5 -5.6 17.3 -3.2
In Zone % 46.3 47.4 1.1 47.6 0.2
Out of Zone % 53.7 52.6 -1.1 52.4 -0.2
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 25.2 -2.0 20.7 -4.5
First Pitch Swing % 25.9 29.2 3.3 16.8 -12.4
First Pitch Strike % 53.4 55.0 1.6 40.7 -14.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 207 .404 135 8 5.9 72 30 41.7
2017 Shifts 106 .302 71 0 0.0 35 11 31.4
! 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 %
2011 126 15.9 36.5% 2.4% 76 19.9 0.0% 6.6%
2012 308 17.3 18.2% 1.3% 186 21.0 3.2% 7.0%
2013 246 19.0 5.3% 1.6% 163 22.2 1.2% 5.5%
2014 319 18.3 9.4% 1.9% 184 23.4 1.1% 16.3%
2015 281 19.3 12.8% 6.4% 202 23.4 7.9% 18.8%
2016 226 18.8 15.5% 5.3% 136 21.8 5.1% 13.2%
2017 119 18.2 13.4% 0.0% 88 21.5 1.1% 9.1%
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Pitch Distribution