Vince Velasquez
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 212LBS | Age: 30

Draft: 2010 | Rd: 2, #58, Houston Astros | Garey HS

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 3 4.78 27 9 0 75.1 69 1.23
8 Seasons 34 47 4.93 183 136 0 726.1 785 1.38
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 27 3-3 4.78 75.1 69 1.23
8 Seasons 183 34-47 4.93 726.1 785 1.38

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 23 976 150 9 6.0 3.9 88.3 111.9 17.9 37.3 .231 .394 .315 .311 .373 34.0 25.1 9.1 4.37 3.99
2016 24 2213 353 28 7.9 5.1 88.6 116.3 16.9 37.4 .242 .413 .328 .313 .403 34.0 27.6 8.2 4.12 4.13
2017 25 1269 210 16 7.6 5.1 89.4 115.1 13.3 35.7 .274 .484 .360 .362 .423 41.1 21.6 10.8 5.13 5.85
2018 26 2471 402 21 5.2 3.3 89.4 116.6 16.4 32.3 .227 .350 .325 .296 .352 34.8 25.6 9.4 4.85 3.68
2019 27 2120 334 34 10.2 6.6 90.8 114.5 17.7 34.1 .249 .467 .347 .335 .413 40.1 25.2 8.3 4.91 5.02
2020 28 650 88 7 8.0 4.5 87.9 117.4 12.5 30.7 .232 .390 .349 .319 .403 39.8 29.9 11.0 5.56 4.33
2021 29 1750 262 32 12.2 7.7 90.8 115.3 20.6 37.4 .244 .471 .368 .349 .416 43.5 24.2 11.8 6.30 5.30
2022 30 1286 223 29 13.0 9.1 91.6 114.0 19.7 35.0 .243 .456 .314 .332 .392 44.4 21.6 7.8 4.78 4.65
Player 12735 2022 176 8.7 5.6 89.8 117.4 17.2 35.1 .242 .426 .338 .325 .395 38.5 25.1 9.4
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Velasquez relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(44%) ,
Slider
(22.5%) ,
Curveball
(16.8%) ,
Changeup
(8.7%) ,
Sinker
(8%) ,


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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 31.3 32.0 28.0 8.7 36.7 34.0 29.3 2.0 24.7 32.7 25.3 9.3 6.0 3.9
2016 37.4 24.9 29.5 8.2 32.6 37.1 30.3 5.7 26.1 27.2 26.6 4.5 7.9 5.1
2017 44.8 22.9 25.7 6.7 39.5 34.8 25.7 4.8 29.5 21.9 26.7 8.1 7.6 5.1
2018 40.8 24.6 24.6 10.0 35.8 37.3 25.9 3.2 26.1 30.6 27.9 4.7 5.2 3.3
2019 36.5 30.2 24.9 8.1 37.1 33.5 29.0 1.8 25.1 30.5 22.8 7.2 10.2 6.6
2020 43.2 21.6 22.7 12.5 31.8 42.0 26.1 4.5 28.4 26.1 27.3 5.7 8.0 4.5
2021 32.8 32.1 25.2 9.9 39.7 37.8 22.5 4.2 22.5 30.2 22.9 8.0 12.2 7.7
2022 36.3 35.0 20.2 8.1 40.8 37.2 22.0 2.2 23.8 31.8 20.6 8.1 13.0 9.1
Player 37.8 27.9 25.4 8.8 36.8 36.4 26.6 3.6 25.6 29.1 25.0 6.6 8.7 5.6
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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
2022 Slider CWS R 289 84.7 33.8 -2.6 -7 6.5 0.6 11
2022 Curveball CWS R 216 81.5 50.6 0.6 1 4.4 -4.7 -51
2022 Sinker CWS R 103 91.9 18.5 -4.8 -20 12.3 -2.5 -17
2022 4-Seamer CWS R 565 93.2 13.1 2.4 15 5.1 -2.5 -32
2022 Changeup CWS R 111 88.1 28.4 -1.3 -4 12.2 -2.4 -16
2021 Slider SD R 241 85.0 34.6 -1.5 -4 6.9 1.6 29
2021 Sinker SD R 77 92.0 18.8 -3.7 -17 12.3 -2.5 -17
2021 4-Seamer SD R 874 93.2 13.2 2.0 13 3.6 -3.6 -50
2021 Curveball SD R 291 82.0 51.7 1.5 3 5.8 -2.5 -30
2021 Changeup SD R 267 88.9 27.0 -1.5 -5 12.4 -1.9 -13
2020 Sinker PHI R 35 93.0 19.4 -2.2 -10 12.6 -2.0 -13
2020 Curveball PHI R 105 82.8 50.1 1.3 3 4.4 -3.4 -44
2020 4-Seamer PHI R 338 93.8 12.1 3.0 20 5.3 -2.1 -28
2020 Changeup PHI R 94 88.3 28.5 -0.6 -2 13.9 0.3 2
2020 Slider PHI R 78 86.5 32.6 -2.1 -6 6.2 1.7 38
2019 4-Seamer PHI R 1,324 94.2 13.7 1.7 11 4.1 -3.6 -47
2019 Slider PHI R 424 86.4 35.0 0.6 2 5.8 1.6 38
2019 Curveball PHI R 259 83.1 50.3 1.2 2 4.7 -2.7 -37
2019 Sinker PHI R 112 92.0 23.9 1.0 4 12.7 -1.9 -13
2018 Sinker PHI R 256 92.5 23.8 1.6 7 13.7 -0.9 -6
2018 4-Seamer PHI R 1,342 94.0 13.9 1.6 10 4.4 -3.2 -42
2018 Slider PHI R 368 84.9 38.0 1.6 4 4.7 0.1 2
2018 Curveball PHI R 388 81.4 53.0 1.7 3 6.0 -2.3 -28
2018 Changeup PHI R 117 87.8 28.7 -0.8 -3 12.4 -1.6 -12
2017 Curveball PHI R 181 80.7 50.8 0.9 2 8.5 0.6 8
2017 Sinker PHI R 24 92.5 19.0 -1.9 -9 11.7 -3.1 -21
2017 Slider PHI R 99 84.9 33.6 -1.0 -3 6.6 2.5 62
2017 Changeup PHI R 129 87.6 26.8 -1.0 -3 12.0 -2.2 -15
2017 4-Seamer PHI R 833 93.9 12.0 2.2 15 4.1 -3.9 -49
2016 4-Seamer PHI R 1,240 94.6 11.6 1.7 13 6.7 -0.5 -7
2016 Sinker PHI R 169 93.0 20.5 1.3 7 13.8 0.0 0
2016 Curveball PHI R 307 80.5 51.1 1.3 3 7.6 -2.0 -21
2016 Slider PHI R 193 85.2 34.6 1.3 4 5.0 0.2 4
2016 Changeup PHI R 294 88.0 27.0 -0.1 0 12.7 -0.2 -1
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer -1.1 -6 566 44.0 158 .197 .352 .273 23.2 23.4 20.1 .226 .477 .334 48.6
2022 Slider 1.3 4 289 22.5 69 .230 .443 .335 31.6 21.7 16.1 .191 .360 .283 36.2
2022 Curveball 0.5 1 216 16.8 43 .256 .436 .334 26.8 25.6 16.4 .275 .447 .347 50.0
2022 Changeup 3.4 4 112 8.7 26 .333 .625 .480 30.0 23.1 18.8 .292 .428 .344 38.9
2022 Sinker 2.1 2 103 8.0 23 .348 .565 .391 5.0 0.0 0.0 .385 .630 .437 39.1
2021 4-Seamer 0.8 7 874 49.9 197 .222 .581 .394 26.5 27.9 20.8 .212 .505 .356 48.7
2021 Curveball -1.0 -3 291 16.6 67 .222 .397 .289 21.1 23.9 16.0 .266 .413 .314 42.6
2021 Changeup 3.1 8 267 15.3 73 .306 .532 .409 29.5 19.2 14.1 .250 .408 .343 35.4
2021 Slider 1.9 5 241 13.8 56 .300 .560 .400 32.2 25.0 20.6 .299 .556 .396 50.0
2021 Sinker -0.9 -1 77 4.4 22 .300 .350 .325 24.3 9.1 15.4 .279 .343 .314 22.2
2020 4-Seamer 0.2 1 338 52.0 86 .243 .486 .380 26.0 33.7 23.6 .213 .399 .339 53.7
2020 Curveball 0.6 1 105 16.2 19 .263 .263 .284 17.5 15.8 7.9 .306 .516 .351 37.5
2020 Changeup 1.5 1 94 14.5 23 .364 .591 .422 35.4 30.4 24.1 .256 .408 .304 26.7
2020 Slider 0.7 1 78 12.0 13 .308 .385 .304 31.6 38.5 20.8 .218 .242 .205 0.0
2020 Sinker -4.4 -2 35 5.4 12 .200 .200 .267 17.6 16.7 33.3 .190 .244 .276 37.5
2019 4-Seamer -0.9 -11 1,324 62.5 332 .220 .464 .340 24.6 26.8 19.2 .235 .484 .338 41.3
2019 Slider 2.3 10 424 20.0 96 .341 .602 .438 32.4 19.8 15.6 .294 .469 .347 35.7
2019 Curveball -0.1 0 259 12.2 57 .283 .453 .323 27.0 35.1 22.5 .218 .364 .263 48.6
2019 Sinker 5.5 6 112 5.3 28 .476 .667 .509 14.9 3.6 6.7 .340 .496 .423 28.6
2018 4-Seamer -0.1 -1 1,342 54.3 326 .223 .403 .330 28.1 33.4 24.1 .190 .321 .278 32.6
2018 Curveball 1.2 5 388 15.7 102 .289 .422 .357 20.7 19.6 16.9 .259 .352 .316 40.0
2018 Slider -0.6 -2 368 14.9 99 .207 .359 .268 32.2 23.2 22.8 .227 .326 .270 27.1
2018 Sinker 1.2 3 256 10.4 67 .356 .542 .451 21.3 6.0 10.5 .315 .476 .386 45.5
2018 Changeup 3.5 4 117 4.7 35 .294 .471 .339 22.2 14.3 17.9 .286 .427 .321 34.5
2017 4-Seamer -0.6 -5 833 65.6 186 .220 .440 .339 21.5 27.4 22.0 .252 .457 .347 43.8
2017 Curveball 0.2 0 181 14.3 52 .313 .438 .355 18.7 15.4 12.1 .253 .354 .293 35.0
2017 Changeup 8.0 10 129 10.2 43 .447 .868 .572 15.5 7.0 7.5 .372 .715 .483 45.7
2017 Slider 0.3 0 99 7.8 24 .250 .350 .333 23.4 16.7 9.8 .237 .314 .315 25.0
2017 Sinker 1.7 0 24 1.9 8 .250 .625 .363 30.0 25.0 28.6 .451 1.140 .651 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 94 88.3 96 15.7 1:45 2:15 -30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 336 93.8 89 19.5 12:45 12:30 15
2020 Knuckle Curve 104 82.8 68 13.3 7:15 6:45 30
2020 Sinker 35 93.0 86 17.8 12:45 1:45 -60
2020 Slider 78 86.5 33 7.6 10:30 9:45 45
2021 Changeup 263 88.9 94 14.6 1:30 2:15 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 874 93.2 86 18.2 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Knuckle Curve 291 82.0 71 14.8 7:15 6:45 30
2021 Sinker 77 92.0 80 18.1 12:45 1:30 -45
2021 Slider 241 85.0 34 8.0 10:00 9:30 30
2022 Changeup 107 88.1 92 14.2 1:45 2:15 -30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 564 93.2 86 18.7 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Knuckle Curve 216 81.5 65 12.8 7:30 6:45 45
2022 Sinker 102 91.9 81 18.5 12:45 1:30 -45
2022 Slider 287 84.7 32 8.4 10:15 9:45 30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 231 975 -3 -4 4 3 0
2016 550 2,208 1 -23 18 7 3
2017 313 1,266 0 -5 7 5 6
2018 629 2,471 0 -16 13 13 9
2019 513 2,119 -6 -14 12 12 4
2020 153 650 -1 -5 4 3 2
2021 415 1,750 -3 -2 14 8 16
2022 319 1,286 -1 -7 8 5 5
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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 976 49.1 68.9 83.9 29.4 60.3 42.0 61.0 48.8 23.1 8.1 72.2
2016 2,213 47.7 66.3 78.6 29.6 57.6 41.8 59.9 47.1 27.1 7.4 76.2
2017 1,269 54.7 67.5 84.2 26.0 59.7 42.2 63.8 48.7 20.7 10.2 79.1
2018 2,471 52.3 67.2 77.1 24.6 54.1 41.7 59.4 46.9 26.7 8.5 76.1
2019 2,120 47.8 72.7 79.2 28.4 60.2 40.1 59.7 49.5 25.7 7.7 80.4
2020 650 48.5 68.3 80.0 30.1 57.4 40.8 56.9 48.6 26.6 9.8 82.8
2021 1,750 49.5 69.7 77.5 24.7 57.3 42.3 61.2 47.0 26.9 9.8 76.0
2022 1,286 50.9 69.7 80.5 26.6 59.5 43.8 62.4 48.5 25.0 7.7 85.9
Player 12,735 50.0 68.7 79.5 27.2 58.0 41.8 60.5 48.0 25.6 8.5 78.1
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
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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 42 64 42 24 50 70 26 43 42 79 19 54 49 85 70 63 67
2016 48 58 42 32 61 23 12 48 54 87 43 79 60 75 61 48 79
2017 7 16 10 10 8 44 18 6 3 49 16 23 31 66 77 42 85
2018 62 64 78 79 48 36 72 18 54 70 31 63 14 68 62 42 81
2019 27 43 21 10 38 13 7 6 19 64 46 51 42 67 74 44 84
2020 47 57 54 50 35 38 36 56 31 80 25 50 71 62 82 31 84
2021 14 43 14 5 19 17 3 9 15 56 13 56 16 49 75 47 73
2022 18 43 8 3 49 23 1 1 10 41 49 45 18 42 86 30 77
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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 23.2 21 20.3 1 5 11 11 52.4
2017 22.3 15 13.7 1 3 8 8 53.3
2018 22.8 16 13.6 2 8 10 6 37.5
2019 23.0 26 22.4 4 6 21 8 30.8
2020 24.4 5 3.9 1 1 5 1 20.0
2021 23.4 23 22.7 0 5 13 11 47.8
2022 23.3 11 14.2 -3 11 14 4 36.4
Player 23.1 117 110.7 6 39 82 49 41.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 21 21 20 18 21 21 20 23 19 17 22 23 19 17 20 20 19 24 16 20 23 15 20 23 20 21 24 20 21 20 23
2017 15 15 17 15 12 16 15 11 15 13 15 13 12 11 13 16 13 15 9 13 19 11 12 12 12 14 15 13 13 14 16
2018 16 17 18 12 13 16 13 16 15 10 14 15 11 13 12 15 12 13 10 13 16 14 13 13 14 16 13 9 11 13 17
2019 26 28 23 26 21 23 22 28 27 18 22 21 13 18 18 26 18 28 18 20 26 18 18 22 27 25 26 19 23 20 29
2020 5 4 4 3 4 4 0 6 3 6 3 3 1 3 2 5 5 6 2 3 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 1 5 2 5
2021 23 24 22 22 23 25 22 25 23 21 23 27 21 16 22 23 23 24 19 22 22 24 23 25 24 22 25 21 21 21 27
2022 11 17 15 12 16 20 13 12 13 10 17 13 9 10 12 13 18 18 12 11 19 14 13 13 14 14 19 11 15 9 23
Player 117 126 119 108 110 125 105 121 115 95 116 115 86 88 99 118 108 128 86 102 130 100 103 112 116 117 126 94 109 99 140
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.2 94.4 -0.8 93.8 -0.6 93.8 0 94 0.2 93.7 -0.3 93.1 -0.6 93 -0.1
Offspeed Velocity 87 88 1 87.6 -0.4 87.8 0.2 0 0 88.3 0 88.9 0.6 88.1 -0.8
Breaking Velocity 82.8 82.3 -0.5 82.2 -0.1 83.1 0.9 85.2 2.1 84.4 -0.8 83.4 -1 83.4 0
Exit Velocity 88.3 88.6 0.3 89.4 0.8 89.4 0 90.8 1.4 87.9 -2.9 90.8 2.9 91.6 0.8
Launch Angle 17.9 16.9 -1 13.3 -3.6 16.4 3.1 17.7 1.3 12.5 -5.2 20.6 8.1 19.7 -0.9
Barrel % 6 7.9 1.9 7.6 -0.3 5.2 -2.4 10.2 5 8 -2.2 12.2 4.2 13 0.8
Hard Hit % 34 34 0 41.1 7.1 34.8 -6.3 40.1 5.3 39.8 -0.3 43.5 3.7 44.4 0.9
Sweet Spot % 37.3 37.4 0.1 35.7 -1.7 32.3 -3.4 34.1 1.8 30.7 -3.4 37.4 6.7 35 -2.4
xBA .231 .242 0.011 .274 0.032 .227 -0.047 .249 0.022 .232 -0.017 .244 0.012 .243 -0.001
BA .24 .263 0.023 .27 0.007 .25 -0.02 .262 0.012 .269 0.007 .251 -0.018 .235 -0.016
xwOBA .311 .313 0.002 .362 0.049 .296 -0.066 .335 0.039 .319 -0.016 .349 0.03 .332 -0.017
wOBA .315 .328 0.013 .36 0.032 .325 -0.035 .347 0.022 .349 0.002 .368 0.019 .314 -0.054
xSLG .394 .413 0.019 .484 0.071 .35 -0.134 .467 0.117 .39 -0.077 .471 0.081 .456 -0.015
SLG .404 .442 0.038 .496 0.054 .418 -0.078 .498 0.08 .44 -0.058 .525 0.085 .422 -0.103
K% 25.1 27.6 2.5 21.6 -6 25.6 4 25.2 -0.4 29.9 4.7 24.2 -5.7 21.6 -2.6
BB% 9.1 8.2 -0.9 10.8 2.6 9.4 -1.4 8.3 -1.1 11 2.7 11.8 0.8 7.8 -4
Swing % 48.8 47.1 -1.7 48.7 1.6 46.9 -1.8 49.5 2.6 48.6 -0.9 47 -1.6 48.5 1.5
Whiff% 23.1 27.1 4 20.7 -6.4 26.7 6 25.7 -1 26.6 0.9 26.9 0.3 25 -1.9
In Zone % 49.1 47.7 -1.4 54.7 7 52.3 -2.4 47.8 -4.5 48.5 0.7 49.5 1 50.9 1.4
Out of Zone % 50.9 52.3 1.4 45.3 -7 47.7 2.4 52.2 4.5 51.5 -0.7 50.5 -1 49.1 -1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 29.6 0.2 26 -3.6 24.6 -1.4 28.4 3.8 30.1 1.7 24.7 -5.4 26.6 1.9
First Pitch Swing % 26 24.9 -1.1 30.8 5.9 27.6 -3.2 33.5 5.9 28.8 -4.7 30.7 1.9 30.7 0
First Pitch Strike % 61 59.9 -1.1 63.8 3.9 59.4 -4.4 59.7 0.3 56.9 -2.8 61.2 4.3 62.4 1.2
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 547 .326 276 20 7.2 271 43 15.9
2017 313 .362 162 15 9.3 151 34 22.5
2018 628 .325 320 33 10.3 308 108 35.1
2019 514 .347 292 15 5.1 222 81 36.5
2020 153 .349 90 16 17.8 63 20 31.7
2021 409 .367 242 38 15.7 167 58 34.7
2022 319 .314 178 34 19.1 141 94 66.7

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 268 19.9 9.7% 9.3% 172 25.0 6.4% 30.2%
2016 629 18.8 17.0% 4.8% 405 25.3 2.0% 25.2%
2017 371 17.6 19.4% 4.3% 177 24.9 0.6% 27.1%
2018 714 19.2 12.5% 4.2% 400 27.4 0.0% 30.0%
2019 642 18.7 14.3% 4.0% 280 25.1 0.0% 17.9%
2020 156 19.1 5.8% 2.6% 123 25.6 0.0% 16.3%
2021 516 19.9 5.2% 5.8% 267 27.3 0.0% 29.2%
2022 365 20.2 7.7% 4.4% 219 26.2 0.0% 25.6%
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Pitch Distribution