Wade Davis
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 225LBS | Age: 39
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
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 2.57
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 .457 .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 .497 .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 .356 32.5 27.0 10.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 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 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2021 4-Seam Fastball KC R 310 92.7 14.1 0.7 3.1ARM -3.4 17.6 1.4 3.1ARM -4.1
2021 Sinker KC R 50 91.4 20.6 -1.2 11.0ARM -3.3 12.0 -3.2 11.0ARM -3.8
2021 Curveball KC R 151 81.9 52.7 1.9 6.2GLV -0.7 -11.8 1.7 6.2GLV -3.0
2021 Changeup KC R 12 84.4 27.5 -2.3 9.3ARM -4.1 10.7 -4.4 9.3ARM -4.6
2021 Cutter KC R 246 88.6 28.1 -1.2 5.0GLV 2.1 6.4 -1.6 5.0GLV 2.1
2020 Cutter COL R 26 88.1 29.1 -2.0 5.5GLV 2.4 5.5 -2.7 5.5GLV 2.7
2020 4-Seam Fastball COL R 56 91.4 15.8 -0.1 2.0ARM -4.0 16.7 0.7 2.0ARM -5.3
2020 Curveball COL R 22 81.3 50.7 -0.7 6.4GLV -0.3 -9.8 0.1 6.4GLV -2.8
2020 Changeup COL R 15 85.7 25.6 -2.8 9.1ARM -3.9 11.1 -4.7 9.1ARM -4.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 .566 .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 .505 .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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

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 Curveball 149 81.9 72 15.7 6:45 6:45 0
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 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 Curveball 21 81.2 73 13.4 7:00 7:00 0
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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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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 25.2 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 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 79 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 21 97 38
2021 30 86 52 36
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

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 6.7 1 7 4 3 37.5
2018 22.7 10 7.7 2 2 5 4 40.0
2019 21.8 7 5.7 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 32.7 3 13 24 15 41.7
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 7 4 9 7 7 7 8 7 5 7 8 5 4 7 8 5 6 7 7 6 8 11 10 5 5 6 8 8 6 4
2018 10 9 7 7 6 7 9 7 5 6 7 8 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 6 7 4 3 3 5 9 5 5 7 5 5 5 7 6 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 5 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 9 10 10 8 10
Player 36 37 26 33 34 30 36 34 24 22 29 33 38 28 33 38 29 29 34 37 33 35 45 40 29 30 33 38 37 32 25
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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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
LA 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 .457 0.183 .789 0.332 .497 -0.292
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 25.2 -4.4 19.6 -5.6 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 3 3.6
2017 Shifts 239 .268 130 0 0.0 109 6 5.5
2018 Shifts 260 .266 135 10 7.4 125 42 33.6
2019 Shifts 206 .374 117 12 10.3 89 30 33.7
2020 Shifts 22 .441 7 1 14.3 15 8 53.3
2021 Shifts 190 .341 111 12 10.8 79 38 48.1
! 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