Wade LeBlanc
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 195LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 2, #61, San Diego Padres | Alabama - Tuscaloosa
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 6 7 5.71 26 8 0 121.1 92 1.45
2020 1 0 8.06 6 6 0 22.1 13 1.57
2021 0 2 4.41 18 9 0 49 29 1.49
13 Seasons 46 49 4.54 258 129 3 931.1 671 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 26 6-7 5.71 121.1 92 1.45
2020 6 1-0 8.06 22.1 13 1.57
2021 18 0-2 4.41 49 29 1.49
13 Seasons 258 46-49 4.54 931.1 671 1.35
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
2016 31 945 190 16 8.4 6.3 87.3 114.9 16.5 38.9 .257 .478 .325 .326 .396 29.5 20.2 4.4 3.77 4.52
2017 32 1068 211 13 6.2 4.6 86.4 112.6 11.2 33.2 .282 .463 .304 .338 .396 31.8 19.1 6.0 4.50 4.99
2018 33 2448 489 44 9.0 6.6 87.4 111.9 16.1 36.2 .251 .431 .306 .317 .370 34.6 19.6 6.0 3.72 4.27
2019 34 1955 408 32 7.8 6.0 89.4 112.6 13.9 38.5 .280 .491 .359 .343 .394 39.0 17.3 5.8 5.71 5.30
2020 35 367 81 3 3.7 2.9 86.1 109.7 14.6 38.3 .256 .415 .370 .323 .332 29.6 12.6 7.8 8.06 4.45
2021 36 794 171 15 8.8 6.8 87.8 112.8 16.7 39.2 .291 .487 .353 .361 .387 36.8 13.1 7.7 4.41 5.73
Player 7577 1550 123 7.9 6.0 87.8 114.9 14.9 37.2 .268 .462 .330 .333 .383 34.7 18.0 6.0
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

LeBlanc relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(28.0%) ,
Sinker
(23.9%) ,
Changeup
(22.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(15.0%) ,
Curveball
(10.8%) ,


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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
2016 35.3 30.5 26.8 7.4 47.4 30.0 18.4 4.2 24.2 30.5 19.5 6.8 8.4 6.3
2017 47.4 21.8 24.6 6.2 41.2 39.3 19.4 5.7 31.8 19.0 30.3 5.7 6.2 4.6
2018 37.4 27.4 26.4 8.8 41.3 34.2 24.1 3.5 29.0 30.5 21.9 5.3 9.0 6.6
2019 40.9 27.0 25.5 6.6 39.0 35.8 25.2 2.2 31.4 27.0 24.0 7.1 7.8 6.0
2020 38.3 24.7 28.4 8.6 43.2 28.4 28.4 8.6 24.7 35.8 19.8 7.4 3.7 2.9
2021 37.4 25.7 28.7 8.2 43.3 31.0 25.7 4.7 22.8 29.8 26.9 7.0 8.8 6.8
Player 39.5 26.6 26.3 7.6 41.7 34.1 23.5 3.9 28.5 28.2 23.7 6.3 7.9 6.0
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

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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 STL L 119 87.5 19.9 -1.2 7.8ARM 0.3 15.8 -0.3 7.8ARM 0.2
2021 Cutter STL L 222 85.0 27.2 3.0 0.1GLV -2.6 10.4 2.4 0.1GLV -1.6
2021 Changeup STL L 176 79.5 36.1 1.0 14.0ARM 0.2 7.1 0.7 14.0ARM 0.0
2021 Sinker STL L 190 87.6 25.0 -1.2 15.0ARM 0.5 10.6 -1.1 15.0ARM 0.3
2021 Curveball STL L 86 73.3 56.9 -5.9 12.6GLV 1.4 -5.7 -3.0 12.6GLV 4.7
2020 Curveball BAL L 49 72.6 57.6 -6.8 13.1GLV 1.5 -5.2 -3.6 13.1GLV 4.9
2020 Cutter BAL L 102 83.6 29.8 2.4 1.0GLV -2.3 9.1 1.4 1.0GLV -0.9
2020 4-Seam Fastball BAL L 18 86.8 20.7 -1.3 8.9ARM 2.0 15.7 -0.3 8.9ARM 1.4
2020 Sinker BAL L 70 86.9 25.4 -0.6 15.2ARM 1.8 10.9 -2.2 15.2ARM 0.7
2020 Changeup BAL L 128 78.9 36.2 1.0 14.1ARM 0.5 7.7 0.1 14.1ARM 0.5
! 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 Cutter -0.9 -2 222 28.0 51 .311 .556 .401 19.4 17.6 13.4 .277 .552 .383 48.6
2021 Sinker -0.5 -1 190 23.9 59 .360 .620 .461 15.6 15.3 18.8 .347 .561 .434 53.7
2021 Changeup -0.6 -1 177 22.3 48 .283 .391 .309 33.0 12.5 15.8 .288 .380 .307 20.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 3.1 4 119 15.0 40 .189 .351 .254 10.7 10.0 11.8 .276 .518 .352 35.3
2021 Curveball -1.6 -1 86 10.8 20 .200 .400 .298 19.4 5.0 8.3 .217 .344 .241 15.8
2020 Changeup -3.3 -4 128 34.9 40 .270 .459 .341 32.4 10.0 10.3 .215 .340 .272 21.2
2020 Cutter 1.2 1 102 27.8 33 .290 .452 .348 20.8 15.2 16.7 .286 .449 .318 29.6
2020 Sinker -3.3 -2 70 19.1 21 .375 .813 .545 13.0 19.0 17.4 .301 .541 .437 41.7
2020 Curveball 0.5 0 49 13.4 7 .333 .833 .414 30.8 0.0 0.0 .278 .433 .340 57.1
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 0 18 4.9 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .140 .228 .151 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.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 176 79.5 99 15.7 10:00 9:45 15
2021 Curveball 85 73.3 65 15.6 4:30 4:00 30
2021 Cutter 221 85.0 64 9.5 11:00 12:00 -60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 119 87.5 95 17.1 10:45 11:00 -15
2021 Sinker 188 87.6 94 18.3 10:45 10:00 45
2020 Changeup 98 79.0 99 16.3 10:00 9:45 15
2020 Curveball 33 73.4 62 15.5 4:15 4:00 15
2020 Cutter 34 83.7 57 7.8 11:15 12:15 -60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 12 86.8 96 17.5 10:30 11:00 -30
2020 Sinker 50 86.9 95 18.8 10:30 10:00 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 90 341 -2 -3 -1 -1 -7
2009 192 765 4 10 -5 -5 4
2010 619 2,395 20 -2 -14 -9 -5
2011 337 1,318 4 3 -8 -3 -4
2012 283 1,074 3 8 -5 -3 3
2013 256 959 6 -8 -9 -3 -14
2014 119 440 2 5 -3 0 3
2016 252 945 1 3 -5 -1 -2
2017 282 1,066 9 0 -6 -3 -1
2018 661 2,444 2 22 -15 -6 3
2019 531 1,955 -20 19 -16 -7 -24
2020 103 367 0 0 -3 -2 -5
2021 218 794 9 1 -8 -4 -2
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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 %
2016 945 50.7 64.5 81.9 32.6 68.4 48.0 63.1 48.8 22.1 7.2 70.6
2017 1,068 49.5 67.2 82.3 25.5 62.8 45.3 59.9 46.2 22.7 6.8 80.6
2018 2,448 47.4 64.2 82.3 30.1 68.5 43.6 63.1 46.2 21.9 6.9 76.9
2019 1,955 47.0 66.3 84.7 30.1 63.5 44.5 67.3 47.1 22.3 5.0 65.3
2020 367 49.9 62.8 80.0 28.3 59.6 44.1 68.0 45.5 24.6 6.3 65.2
2021 794 47.4 66.8 82.5 28.7 72.5 43.5 61.4 46.7 20.5 7.6 71.7
Player 7,577 48.1 65.4 82.8 29.5 66.5 44.6 63.8 46.8 22.1 6.5 73.1
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
2016 31 36 9 4 80 46 8 80 85 44 95 40 84 2 2 26 69
2017 23 10 18 30 36 54 44 69 61 30 86 37 26 2 2 11 74
2018 38 33 24 20 63 1 10 75 56 31 84 30 76 1 2 15 46
2019 18 9 11 14 41 17 32 28 28 14 83 24 61 1 2 18 37
2020 43 32 43 48 45 74 89 87 88 1 60 35 55 2 1 30
2021 6 4 8 19 9 57 33 72 65 1 58 11 57 2 3 27 34
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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 23.9 14 12.4 2 3 7 7 50.0
2017 23.6 10 10.9 -1 8 5 7 70.0
2018 23.8 24 24.1 0 9 14 13 54.2
2019 22.3 28 25.3 3 9 17 13 46.4
2020 23.5 6 4.9 1 0 4 2 33.3
2021 24.0 8 7.5 1 7 5 3 37.5
Player 23.3 90 85.1 5 36 52 45 50.0
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 14 13 10 12 13 11 14 12 13 9 14 16 11 14 12 10 9 10 13 15 12 11 16 13 11 10 14 15 12 15 11
2017 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 9 8 10 10 15 12 11 9 11 10 9 12 10 11 14 13 12 10 10 9 15 13 11 9
2018 24 29 19 23 24 22 25 25 20 18 22 23 29 20 23 27 21 22 25 25 29 26 31 29 22 19 22 26 31 25 22
2019 28 34 21 24 26 26 28 26 24 18 23 26 25 24 27 22 23 22 26 28 27 28 33 29 20 23 24 26 29 25 22
2020 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 4 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 2 3 5 5 6 5 4
2021 8 7 5 8 9 8 9 8 4 6 5 10 7 6 8 10 6 7 7 9 7 8 10 8 6 7 10 9 7 8 6
Player 90 99 71 82 88 83 94 84 74 64 78 95 88 80 84 85 74 75 89 93 91 93 109 96 71 72 84 96 98 89 74
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 86.4 86.2 -0.2 ↓ 85.0 -1.2 ↓ 85.0 0.0 85.1 0.1 ↑ 86.5 1.4 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 78.4 78.4 0.0 77.7 -0.7 ↓ 78.6 0.9 ↑ 78.9 0.3 ↑ 79.5 0.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 75.9 77.1 1.2 ↑ 72.6 -4.5 ↓ 72.5 -0.1 ↓ 72.6 0.1 ↑ 73.3 0.7 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.3 86.4 -0.9 ↓ 87.4 1.0 ↑ 89.4 2.0 ↑ 86.1 -3.3 ↓ 87.8 1.7 ↑
Launch Angle 16.5 11.2 -5.3 ↓ 16.1 4.9 ↑ 13.9 -2.2 ↓ 14.6 0.7 ↑ 16.7 2.1 ↑
Barrel % 8.4 6.2 -2.2 ↓ 9.0 2.8 ↑ 7.8 -1.2 ↓ 3.7 -4.1 ↓ 8.8 5.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 29.5 31.8 2.3 ↑ 34.6 2.8 ↑ 39.0 4.4 ↑ 29.6 -9.4 ↓ 36.8 7.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 38.9 33.2 -5.7 ↓ 36.2 3.0 ↑ 38.5 2.3 ↑ 38.3 -0.2 ↓ 39.2 0.9 ↑
xBA .257 .282 0.025 ↑ .251 -0.031 ↓ .280 0.029 ↑ .256 -0.024 ↓ .291 0.035 ↑
BA .247 .243 -0.004 ↓ .246 0.003 ↑ .291 0.045 ↑ .293 0.002 ↑ .283 -0.010 ↓
xwOBA .326 .338 0.012 ↑ .317 -0.021 ↓ .343 0.026 ↑ .323 -0.020 ↓ .361 0.038 ↑
wOBA .325 .304 -0.021 ↓ .306 0.002 ↑ .359 0.053 ↑ .370 0.011 ↑ .353 -0.017 ↓
xSLG .478 .463 -0.015 ↓ .431 -0.032 ↓ .491 0.060 ↑ .415 -0.076 ↓ .487 0.072 ↑
SLG .498 .426 -0.072 ↓ .419 -0.007 ↓ .534 0.115 ↑ .533 -0.001 ↓ .480 -0.053 ↓
K% 20.2 19.1 -1.1 ↓ 19.6 0.5 ↑ 17.3 -2.3 ↓ 12.6 -4.7 ↓ 13.1 0.5 ↑
BB% 4.4 6.0 1.6 ↑ 6.0 0.0 5.8 -0.2 ↓ 7.8 2.0 ↑ 7.7 -0.1 ↓
Swing % 48.8 46.2 -2.6 ↓ 46.2 0.0 47.1 0.9 ↑ 45.5 -1.6 ↓ 46.7 1.2 ↑
Whiff% 22.1 22.7 0.6 ↑ 21.9 -0.8 ↓ 22.3 0.4 ↑ 24.6 2.3 ↑ 20.5 -4.1 ↓
In Zone % 50.7 49.5 -1.2 ↓ 47.4 -2.1 ↓ 47.0 -0.4 ↓ 49.9 2.9 ↑ 47.4 -2.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.3 50.5 1.2 ↑ 52.6 2.1 ↑ 53.0 0.4 ↑ 50.1 -2.9 ↓ 52.6 2.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.6 25.5 -7.1 ↓ 30.1 4.6 ↑ 30.1 0.0 28.3 -1.8 ↓ 28.7 0.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.8 28.0 0.2 ↑ 27.5 -0.5 ↓ 30.5 3.0 ↑ 31.1 0.6 ↑ 26.4 -4.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.1 59.9 -3.2 ↓ 63.1 3.2 ↑ 67.3 4.2 ↑ 68.0 0.7 ↑ 61.4 -6.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 234 .324 189 20 10.6 45 21 46.7
2017 Shifts 282 .304 188 15 8.0 94 23 24.5
2018 Shifts 661 .306 490 28 5.7 171 86 50.3
2019 Shifts 531 .359 409 33 8.1 122 59 48.4
2020 Shifts 103 .370 79 17 21.5 24 12 50.0
2021 Shifts 218 .353 147 25 17.0 71 28 39.4
! 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 810 14.0 62.7% 1.7% 365 21.0 3.0% 9.9%
2011 397 14.1 63.5% 1.3% 205 22.0 1.0% 11.7%
2012 347 14.0 60.2% 2.0% 169 22.0 0.0% 5.9%
2013 230 15.6 43.9% 2.6% 181 21.5 1.7% 7.2%
2014 171 17.5 16.4% 4.7% 56 22.5 0.0% 14.3%
2016 317 15.7 40.7% 3.5% 119 22.8 6.7% 18.5%
2017 340 17.1 30.6% 2.1% 154 22.9 0.6% 16.2%
2018 815 17.0 23.9% 2.5% 345 22.2 0.6% 9.6%
2019 621 16.5 32.2% 2.7% 292 22.1 0.7% 10.3%
2020 128 17.9 21.1% 1.6% 44 22.5 0.0% 6.8%
2021 228 16.7 28.9% 1.3% 140 22.6 0.7% 13.6%

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Pitch Distribution

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