Wade Davis
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 225LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 3, #75, Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Lake Wales HS (FL)
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 1 6 8.65 50 0 15 42.2 42 1.88
2020 0 1 20.77 5 0 2 4.1 3 2.77
2021 0 3 6.75 40 0 2 42.2 38 1.48
13 Seasons 63 55 3.94 557 88 141 990.1 929 1.30
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 50 1-6 8.65 42.2 42 1.88
2020 5 0-1 20.77 4.1 3 2.77
2021 40 0-3 6.75 42.2 38 1.48
13 Seasons 557 63-55 3.94 990.1 929 1.30
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 29 1050 153 8 5.2 3.2 86.0 114.1 16.7 30.7 .191 .301 .202 .251 .328 26.1 31.1 8.0 0.94 2.55
2016 30 719 110 2 1.8 1.1 86.6 106.4 12.2 29.1 .202 .269 .250 .258 .293 25.5 26.7 9.1 1.87 2.76
2017 31 1060 132 9 6.8 3.7 85.1 109.3 13.9 37.1 .205 .348 .269 .291 .375 28.5 32.6 11.6 2.30 3.60
2018 32 1110 155 7 4.5 2.7 87.8 110.1 13.0 30.3 .176 .274 .272 .247 .292 32.3 29.9 10.0 4.13 2.54
2019 33 839 133 10 7.5 4.9 89.4 115.9 14.9 39.8 .271 .458 .374 .364 .402 34.6 20.4 14.1 8.65 6.08
2020 34 119 19 4 21.1 16.0 85.5 110.4 15.7 47.4 .323 .789 .569 .478 .531 42.1 12.0 12.0 20.77 11.84
2021 35 769 131 12 9.2 6.3 90.4 114.3 17.1 42.7 .279 .498 .341 .372 .428 46.6 20.0 10.0 6.75 6.15
Player 5666 833 52 6.2 3.8 87.5 115.9 14.7 35.2 .219 .359 .286 .297 .357 32.5 27.0 10.4
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

Davis relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(40.3%) ,
Cutter
(32.0%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(19.6%) ,
Sinker
(6.5%) ,
Changeup
(1.6%) ,


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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 39.2 24.2 26.8 9.8 32.7 36.6 30.7 3.9 32.0 29.4 21.6 4.6 5.2 3.2
2016 48.2 24.5 19.1 8.2 43.6 32.7 23.6 2.7 37.3 25.5 27.3 2.7 1.8 1.1
2017 41.7 20.5 27.3 10.6 31.8 41.7 25.0 4.5 29.5 24.2 26.5 6.1 6.8 3.7
2018 41.9 25.2 24.5 8.4 40.6 36.1 23.2 1.9 36.8 31.0 18.7 6.5 4.5 2.7
2019 39.8 24.8 28.6 6.8 37.6 34.6 27.8 1.5 30.1 25.6 27.8 7.5 7.5 4.9
2020 42.1 36.8 15.8 5.3 63.2 15.8 21.1 10.5 21.1 21.1 15.8 10.5 21.1 16.0
2021 35.9 30.5 26.7 6.9 32.8 38.9 28.2 3.8 26.0 27.5 26.0 7.6 9.2 6.3
Player 40.9 25.2 25.5 8.4 37.0 36.4 26.4 3.2 31.7 27.3 24.1 6.0 6.2 3.8
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 Cutter KC R 246 88.6 28.1 -1.2 -4 5.0 2.1 73
2021 Curveball KC R 151 81.9 52.7 2.1 4 6.2 -0.7 -10
2021 4-Seam Fastball KC R 310 92.7 14.1 0.7 5 3.1 -3.4 -52
2021 Sinker KC R 50 91.4 20.6 -1.2 -6 11.0 -3.3 -23
2021 Changeup KC R 12 84.4 27.5 -2.3 -8 9.3 -4.1 -31
2020 Cutter COL R 26 88.1 29.1 -2.0 -7 5.5 2.4 75
2020 4-Seam Fastball COL R 56 91.4 15.8 -0.1 -1 2.0 -4.0 -66
2020 Changeup COL R 15 85.7 25.6 -2.8 -10 9.1 -3.9 -30
2020 Curveball COL R 22 81.3 50.7 -0.5 -1 6.4 -0.3 -4
2019 Sinker COL R 3 92.9 21.9 -0.3 -1 12.5 -2.2 -15
2019 Curveball COL R 158 82.8 51.2 0.8 2 6.3 -0.1 -2
2019 4-Seam Fastball COL R 374 93.2 16.3 -0.7 -5 2.2 -4.6 -68
2019 Cutter COL R 292 88.9 29.8 -2.9 -11 4.8 2.9 152
2019 Changeup COL R 12 90.6 22.9 -4.4 -16 8.7 -5.4 -38
2018 Changeup COL R 1 87.2 30.6 1.1 4 9.0 -4.7 -34
2018 Curveball COL R 239 83.3 50.8 1.2 2 6.8 -0.2 -3
2018 Cutter COL R 320 89.7 28.6 -2.4 -9 5.4 3.3 156
2018 Sinker COL R 24 92.2 23.2 1.1 5 11.6 -2.8 -20
2018 4-Seam Fastball COL R 521 93.8 15.7 -0.4 -3 1.7 -5.4 -76
2017 Sinker CHC R 42 93.1 20.4 0.6 3 12.3 -2.4 -16
2017 Curveball CHC R 220 83.3 49.3 1.7 4 5.3 -1.2 -18
2017 4-Seam Fastball CHC R 471 94.4 12.3 1.1 8 5.6 -2.2 -29
2017 Cutter CHC R 316 90.5 24.3 -0.8 -4 2.6 0.8 46
2016 Cutter KC R 224 92.3 23.8 -1.3 -6 4.5 1.8 70
2016 4-Seam Fastball KC R 337 95.7 12.9 1.5 11 4.6 -2.5 -36
2016 Slider KC R 2 92.2 24.7 -2.7 -10 1.9 -2.0 -51
2016 Sinker KC R 9 93.7 18.4 -2.4 -12 11.8 -2.0 -14
2016 Curveball KC R 127 84.1 52.0 5.5 12 7.2 -0.7 -8
2015 Curveball KC R 188 85.1 46.9 2.1 5 5.3 -1.9 -27
2015 4-Seam Fastball KC R 553 96.5 11.8 2.2 15 3.5 -3.6 -51
2015 Sinker KC R 10 95.9 16.8 -3.2 -16 13.2 -0.7 -5
2015 Cutter KC R 254 93.2 21.8 -0.7 -3 4.7 1.8 62
! 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 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 310 40.3 68 .293 .534 .378 13.4 13.2 13.8 .312 .567 .402 50.0
2021 Cutter -0.9 -2 246 32.0 67 .264 .434 .363 31.6 25.4 24.3 .234 .423 .359 47.4
2021 Curveball -2.2 -3 151 19.6 41 .263 .421 .328 26.9 24.4 17.2 .282 .506 .360 48.3
2021 Sinker -0.5 0 50 6.5 10 .300 .400 .305 28.0 10.0 9.1 .299 .355 .282 22.2
2021 Changeup 5.1 1 12 1.6 4 .000 .000 .000 20.0 25.0 20.0 .325 .770 .451 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball -7.1 -4 56 47.1 13 .417 1.167 .654 14.3 15.4 12.5 .348 .969 .550 50.0
2020 Cutter -9.2 -2 26 21.8 5 .500 1.000 .640 25.0 0.0 0.0 .287 .600 .437 25.0
2020 Curveball -1.5 0 22 18.5 3 .333 .667 .417 11.1 33.3 12.5 .251 .615 .356 50.0
2020 Changeup 2.7 0 15 12.6 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 0.0 0.0 .346 .493 .362 33.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -3 374 44.6 87 .282 .521 .427 18.1 13.8 14.1 .282 .550 .411 37.3
2019 Cutter -0.4 -1 292 34.8 78 .262 .385 .350 30.8 20.5 22.2 .285 .423 .366 32.7
2019 Curveball -5.1 -8 158 18.8 38 .333 .500 .401 31.7 36.8 22.6 .215 .332 .255 27.3
2019 Changeup -6.3 -1 12 1.4 3 .667 1.000 .717 16.7 0.0 0.0 .400 .540 .402 66.7
2019 Sinker -8.8 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 522 47.0 123 .196 .393 .306 17.8 20.3 22.1 .197 .328 .287 32.9
2018 Cutter 0.8 3 320 28.8 78 .197 .352 .279 37.0 32.1 28.7 .205 .295 .259 37.0
2018 Curveball 0.6 1 239 21.5 58 .151 .245 .216 45.2 46.6 27.6 .100 .146 .157 23.1
2018 Sinker 0.6 0 24 2.2 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 14.3 .076 .079 .070 0.0
2018 Changeup -1.4 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 2.2 10 471 44.4 113 .202 .319 .300 29.7 31.9 23.2 .214 .358 .314 30.5
2017 Cutter 2.3 7 316 29.8 78 .167 .292 .246 36.3 30.8 26.1 .206 .359 .273 25.0
2017 Curveball -0.4 -1 220 20.8 41 .162 .243 .244 44.8 43.9 20.9 .158 .240 .239 21.1
2017 Sinker -2.9 -1 42 4.0 7 .400 1.000 .614 23.5 14.3 11.1 .359 .795 .542 75.0
! 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 12 84.4 87 13.7 12:30 1:30 -60
2021 Cutter 242 88.6 38 7.8 11:30 10:30 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 309 92.7 84 17.4 12:30 12:15 15
2021 Knuckle Curve 149 81.9 72 15.7 6:45 6:45 0
2021 Sinker 48 91.4 76 16.1 12:30 1:30 -60
2020 Changeup 15 85.7 87 13.9 12:45 1:30 -45
2020 Cutter 21 87.8 37 7.7 11:15 9:45 90
2020 4-Seam Fastball 55 91.3 84 16.5 12:30 12:15 15
2020 Knuckle Curve 21 81.2 73 13.4 7:00 7:00 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 146 595 4 3 -2 -3 2
2010 742 2,865 17 20 -20 -13 5
2011 802 2,976 10 17 -22 -13 -8
2012 282 1,227 6 17 -7 -4 12
2013 615 2,461 8 -7 -17 -10 -26
2014 329 1,401 22 18 -8 -6 26
2015 289 1,204 18 19 -3 -3 32
2016 176 719 16 5 -3 -3 15
2017 266 1,176 13 9 -4 -5 13
2018 270 1,153 2 12 -6 -5 3
2019 206 839 -9 5 -6 -3 -13
2020 24 119 -1 -3 -1 -1 -6
2021 190 769 1 7 -8 -6 -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 %
2015 1,050 49.4 66.3 79.1 27.3 54.5 43.8 61.0 46.6 27.0 7.4 70.5
2016 719 47.3 71.5 77.4 27.4 57.7 40.6 52.8 48.3 28.0 8.2 76.3
2017 1,060 43.6 69.6 73.0 30.9 54.6 44.2 58.9 47.6 33.9 6.2 70.8
2018 1,110 41.5 63.6 85.6 28.3 45.4 38.6 49.4 42.9 29.6 6.0 78.8
2019 839 42.8 66.0 86.1 27.5 53.8 43.6 56.3 44.0 24.9 5.2 90.9
2020 119 47.9 63.2 88.9 24.2 60.0 43.7 32.0 42.9 19.6 9.2 54.5
2021 769 46.0 73.2 84.6 27.2 57.5 39.1 54.7 48.4 23.4 7.5 72.4
Player 5,666 45.0 67.9 80.8 28.2 53.4 41.8 55.2 46.0 28.0 6.7 75.1
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 95 95 94 81 94 74 44 93 96 95 41 80 24 93 92 66 35
2016 87 77 57 57
2017 74 89 83 66 64 72 33 93 85 94 10 94 82 70 77 52 53
2018 96 97 97 93 93 89 85 65 73 88 23 78 54 62 90 61 47
2019 5 16 25 34 2 74 39 28 67 29 3 47 30 48 86 59 35
2020 22 97 38
2021 30 85 53 36
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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 -- 0 1.2 -1 0 2 0 --
2017 22.7 8 7.8 0 6 4 4 50.0
2018 22.7 10 7.8 2 2 5 4 40.0
2019 21.8 7 5.8 1 2 4 3 42.9
2020 23.4 3 2.5 1 1 1 2 66.7
2021 23.6 8 8.9 -1 1 8 3 37.5
Player 22.8 36 33.9 2 12 24 16 44.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0
2017 8 8 5 10 8 8 8 9 8 6 8 9 6 5 8 9 6 7 8 8 7 9 12 11 6 6 7 9 9 7 6
2018 10 9 7 7 7 7 9 7 5 7 7 9 10 7 7 9 8 7 8 9 8 9 10 8 6 7 8 9 8 9 6
2019 7 7 4 6 7 5 7 7 4 3 3 5 9 5 5 7 5 5 5 7 6 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 6 3
2020 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
2021 8 10 8 7 9 8 10 9 4 6 8 6 11 9 10 11 9 8 10 9 10 9 11 11 8 9 8 10 10 8 10
Player 36 38 27 34 36 31 38 35 25 24 30 35 39 29 34 39 30 30 35 38 34 36 46 41 30 31 33 39 39 34 27
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.4 94.3 -1.1 92.8 -1.5 92.3 -0.5 91.3 -1.0 90.3 -1.0 90.9 0.6
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 87.2 0.0 90.6 3.4 85.7 -4.9 84.4 -1.3
Breaking Velocity 85.1 84.3 -0.8 83.3 -1.0 83.3 0.0 82.8 -0.5 81.3 -1.5 81.9 0.6
Exit Velocity 86.0 86.6 0.6 85.1 -1.5 87.8 2.7 89.4 1.6 85.5 -3.9 90.4 4.9
Launch Angle 16.7 12.2 -4.5 13.9 1.7 13.0 -0.9 14.9 1.9 15.7 0.8 17.1 1.4
Barrel % 5.2 1.8 -3.4 6.8 5.0 4.5 -2.3 7.5 3.0 21.1 13.6 9.2 -11.9
Hard Hit % 26.1 25.5 -0.6 28.5 3.0 32.3 3.8 34.6 2.3 42.1 7.5 46.6 4.5
Sweet Spot % 30.7 29.1 -1.6 37.1 8.0 30.3 -6.8 39.8 9.5 47.4 7.6 42.7 -4.7
xBA .191 .202 0.011 .205 0.003 .176 -0.029 .271 0.095 .323 0.052 .279 -0.044
BA .144 .210 0.066 .186 -0.024 .185 -0.001 .291 0.106 .409 0.118 .270 -0.139
xwOBA .251 .258 0.007 .291 0.033 .247 -0.044 .364 0.117 .478 0.114 .372 -0.106
wOBA .202 .250 0.048 .269 0.019 .272 0.003 .374 0.102 .569 0.195 .341 -0.228
xSLG .301 .269 -0.032 .348 0.079 .274 -0.074 .458 0.184 .789 0.331 .498 -0.291
SLG .240 .242 0.002 .310 0.068 .343 0.033 .474 0.131 .955 0.481 .454 -0.501
K% 31.1 26.7 -4.4 32.6 5.9 29.9 -2.7 20.4 -9.5 12.0 -8.4 20.0 8.0
BB% 8.0 9.1 1.1 11.6 2.5 10.0 -1.6 14.1 4.1 12.0 -2.1 10.0 -2.0
Swing % 46.6 48.3 1.7 47.6 -0.7 42.9 -4.7 44.0 1.1 42.9 -1.1 48.4 5.5
Whiff% 27.0 28.0 1.0 33.9 5.9 29.6 -4.3 24.9 -4.7 19.6 -5.3 23.4 3.8
In Zone % 49.4 47.3 -2.1 43.6 -3.7 41.5 -2.1 42.8 1.3 47.9 5.1 46.0 -1.9
Out of Zone % 50.6 52.7 2.1 56.4 3.7 58.5 2.1 57.2 -1.3 52.1 -5.1 54.0 1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 27.3 27.4 0.1 30.9 3.5 28.3 -2.6 27.5 -0.8 24.2 -3.3 27.2 3.0
First Pitch Swing % 32.3 33.0 0.7 32.0 -1.0 24.5 -7.5 31.6 7.1 8.0 -23.6 30.0 22.0
First Pitch Strike % 61.0 52.8 -8.2 58.9 6.1 49.4 -9.5 56.3 6.9 32.0 -24.3 54.7 22.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 171 .248 88 0 0.0 83 13 15.7
2017 Shifts 239 .268 130 0 0.0 109 7 6.4
2018 Shifts 260 .266 135 11 8.1 125 54 43.2
2019 Shifts 206 .374 117 13 11.1 89 42 47.2
2020 Shifts 22 .441 7 1 14.3 15 13 86.7
2021 Shifts 190 .341 111 20 18.0 79 43 54.4
! 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 %
2010 867 14.4 54.4% 2.0% 466 24.6 0.4% 12.9%
2011 821 14.2 59.4% 0.9% 484 24.1 1.0% 14.3%
2012 357 16.4 31.7% 2.0% 199 25.9 0.0% 21.1%
2013 699 16.0 38.9% 1.6% 487 24.2 1.0% 10.9%
2014 332 20.5 4.2% 6.3% 206 25.4 0.0% 25.2%
2015 339 20.6 7.7% 7.7% 141 25.8 4.3% 22.7%
2016 177 19.9 15.3% 6.8% 132 24.6 1.5% 19.7%
2017 299 20.5 2.0% 5.0% 146 25.1 0.0% 24.0%
2018 361 20.8 1.7% 5.3% 149 26.6 0.0% 23.5%
2019 222 19.8 5.9% 3.6% 139 24.8 0.0% 16.5%
2020 39 21.8 0.0% 2.6% 17 25.1 0.0% 5.9%
2021 207 20.7 1.4% 3.9% 119 24.7 0.8% 14.3%
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Pitch Distribution