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Wade LeBlanc
Popularity: ↑ 36%
P | B/T: L/L | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 2, #61, San Diego Padres | Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Poor Avg Great

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 1 0 8.06 6 6 0 22.1 13 1.57
12 Seasons 46 47 4.55 240 120 3 882.1 642 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 6 1-0 8.06 22.1 13 1.57
12 Seasons 240 46-47 4.55 882.1 642 1.35

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Statcast Statistics

Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON Hard Hit % K % BB % ERA xERA
2016 945 190 17 8.9 87.4 16.6 38.9 .270 .500 .325 .342 .419 30.0 20.2 4.4 3.77 4.80
2017 1068 211 13 6.2 86.4 11.2 33.2 .288 .470 .304 .346 .408 31.9 19.1 6.0 4.50 5.02
2018 2448 489 44 9.0 87.4 16.1 36.2 .254 .440 .306 .324 .378 34.6 19.6 6.0 3.72 4.29
2019 1955 408 32 7.8 89.4 13.9 38.5 .282 .500 .359 .348 .401 39.0 17.3 5.8 5.71 5.26
2020 367 81 3 3.7 86.1 14.6 38.3 .255 .411 .364 .307 .314 29.6 12.6 7.8 8.06 4.30
ALL 6783 1379 109 7.9 87.8 14.7 36.9 .270 .469 .327 .336 .391 34.5 18.6 5.8
MLB 43640 6.4 88.3 11.9 32.8 .250 .414 .317 .321 .376 34.9 21.8 8.3

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

LeBlanc relies on 5 pitches.
Changeup
(34.9%) ,
Cutter
(27.8%) ,
Sinker
(19.1%) ,
Curveball
(13.4%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(4.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # # RHB # LHB % MPH PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Spin Whiff% PutAway%
2020 Changeup 128 107 21 35.1 78.9 40 37 10 7 1 0 2 4 33 .270 .214 .459 .333 .332 .261 81.4 16 1595 33.3 10.3
2020 Cutter 102 81 21 27.9 83.6 33 31 9 6 2 0 1 5 27 .290 .283 .452 .445 .312 .297 85.9 13 1927 20.8 16.7
2020 Sinker 70 42 28 19.2 86.9 21 16 6 3 1 0 2 4 12 .375 .303 .813 .551 .531 .423 91.3 11 1865 13.6 17.4
2020 Curveball 47 36 11 12.9 73.0 7 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 7 .333 .273 .833 .406 .401 .312 92.1 6 2269 30.8 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 18 10 8 4.9 86.8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .150 .000 .244 .000 .155 86.5 29 1968 0.0 0.0
2019 Changeup 608 576 32 31.1 78.6 165 160 38 21 9 1 7 20 141 .238 .252 .438 .440 .287 .301 85.7 8 1544 30.3 13.4
2019 Cutter 591 454 137 30.2 84.1 182 164 45 26 9 1 9 40 125 .274 .308 .506 .547 .353 .388 92.4 17 2005 16.5 19.3
2019 Sinker 432 311 121 22.1 86.1 128 122 45 29 11 0 5 26 96 .369 .294 .582 .498 .410 .350 90.9 13 1888 13.5 21.0
2019 Curveball 213 116 97 10.9 72.5 33 32 13 5 4 0 4 3 29 .406 .286 .906 .548 .535 .354 89.7 23 2272 34.3 11.5
2019 4-Seam Fastball 111 65 46 5.7 86.3 23 20 4 1 0 0 3 3 17 .200 .220 .650 .527 .381 .354 89.7 33 1935 16.1 15.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitch Movement

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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
2020 Changeup BAL L 128 78.9 36.2 0.9 3 14.1 0.6 5
2020 4-Seamer BAL L 18 86.8 20.7 -1.4 -7 8.9 2.6 41
2020 Sinker BAL L 70 86.9 25.4 0 0 15.2 2 15
2020 Curveball BAL L 49 72.6 57.6 -6.8 -11 13.1 1.5 13
2020 Cutter BAL L 102 83.6 29.8 3.1 9 1 -2.4 -72
2019 Changeup SEA L 608 78.6 37.6 1.7 5 14.1 0.1 0
2019 Sinker SEA L 432 86.1 26.1 -0.4 -1 15.3 1.1 8
2019 Cutter SEA L 591 84.1 28.1 4.9 15 0.3 -3.4 -109
2019 Curveball SEA L 213 72.5 61.6 -2.9 -4 13.2 1 8
2019 4-Seamer SEA L 111 86.3 21.6 -1 -5 10.4 3.3 47
2018 Slider SEA L 2 77.7 45.4 -0.8 -2 5.9 -3.9 -40
2018 Curveball SEA L 220 72.5 61.2 -2.9 -5 11.8 0.1 1
2018 4-Seamer SEA L 186 86.2 21.4 -1 -5 9.2 2.2 31
2018 Changeup SEA L 729 77.7 39 2 5 13.9 1.2 9
2018 Sinker SEA L 680 86.3 25.9 -0.7 -3 15 0.7 5
2018 Cutter SEA L 626 83.4 29.4 2.8 9 1.2 -2.1 -64
2017 Slider PIT L 70 80.4 36.8 -4.5 -11 7.2 -0.1 -2
2017 Cutter PIT L 281 84.9 25.9 3.7 13 2.3 0.1 3
2017 Changeup PIT L 291 78.4 37.1 3.5 10 11.3 -0.5 -4
2017 Sinker PIT L 141 87.1 23.5 -1.2 -5 13.8 0.6 4
2017 Curveball PIT L 55 72.9 56.7 -5.4 -9 9.3 -2 -18
2017 4-Seamer PIT L 227 87.2 20.4 -1.5 -8 9.2 1.5 19
2016 Cutter PIT L 225 85 25.6 3.4 12 0.7 -2.1 -149
2016 4-Seamer PIT L 103 87.4 19.5 -0.9 -5 9.1 1.1 14
2016 Changeup PIT L 261 78.4 37.2 2.9 8 14.2 1.1 8
2016 Sinker PIT L 219 87.5 22.5 -1.2 -5 14.2 -0.2 -2
2016 Slider PIT L 12 81.4 34.1 -4.8 -12 4.4 -0.2 -3
2016 Curveball PIT L 61 74.7 56.9 -2.3 -4 7.6 -2.3 -23
! 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 %
2020 4-Seamer -1.4 0 18 4.9 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .150 .244 .155 0.0
2020 Curveball -0.4 0 49 13.4 7 .333 .833 .414 30.8 0.0 0.0 .273 .406 .312 57.1
2020 Sinker 3.6 3 70 19.1 21 .375 .813 .545 13.6 19.0 17.4 .303 .551 .425 41.7
2020 Cutter -1.1 -1 102 27.8 33 .290 .452 .348 20.8 15.2 16.7 .283 .445 .297 29.6
2020 Changeup 2.9 4 128 34.9 40 .270 .459 .341 33.3 10.0 10.3 .214 .333 .261 21.2
2019 4-Seamer 1.7 2 111 5.7 23 .200 .650 .391 16.1 13.0 15.0 .220 .527 .355 35.3
2019 Curveball 4.0 9 213 10.9 33 .406 .906 .552 34.3 9.1 11.5 .286 .548 .355 44.8
2019 Sinker 1.3 5 432 22.1 128 .369 .582 .415 13.5 20.3 21.0 .294 .498 .350 43.8
2019 Changeup 0.3 2 608 31.1 165 .238 .438 .307 30.3 12.1 13.4 .252 .440 .301 26.2
2019 Cutter 0.7 4 591 30.2 182 .274 .506 .363 16.5 22.0 19.3 .308 .547 .389 48.8
2018 Slider 41.9 1 2 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 .428 .471 .392 0.0
2018 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 186 7.6 25 .238 .286 .281 26.4 12.0 12.0 .250 .436 .366 27.8
2018 Curveball 0.8 2 220 9.0 42 .220 .463 .302 30.4 21.4 32.1 .194 .342 .241 40.6
2018 Cutter -1.6 -10 626 25.6 179 .198 .333 .268 20.7 26.8 25.0 .214 .364 .290 38.3
2018 Sinker 0.9 6 680 27.8 194 .283 .543 .376 11.9 18.0 19.3 .297 .580 .405 43.3
2018 Changeup 0.1 1 729 29.8 220 .255 .384 .294 27.3 15.9 15.0 .261 .403 .292 25.3
2017 Slider 0.9 1 70 6.6 10 .400 .800 .595 34.6 0.0 0.0 .437 .694 .479 40.0
2017 Curveball -1.1 -1 55 5.1 11 .182 .182 .164 18.2 9.1 11.1 .338 .485 .359 20.0
2017 Sinker -0.4 -1 141 13.2 40 .250 .375 .406 20.9 25.0 24.4 .341 .569 .437 47.8
2017 4-Seamer -1.7 -4 227 21.3 70 .200 .400 .278 9.8 24.3 27.9 .228 .393 .289 34.7
2017 Cutter 0.8 2 281 26.3 71 .242 .500 .339 15.0 11.3 11.4 .334 .595 .417 27.6
2017 Changeup 1.4 4 291 27.2 79 .256 .385 .285 35.9 22.8 18.6 .251 .357 .269 28.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Observed Spin-Based Gap Observed Spin-Based
2020 Curveball 40 72.8 66 15.7 4:00 4:30 30
2020 4-Seam Fastball 13 86.7 96 17.5 11:00 10:30 -30
2020 Sinker 59 86.9 93 18.8 10:00 10:45 45
2020 Changeup 110 79.0 98 16.2 9:45 10:00 15
2020 Cutter 72 83.7 61 8.1 12:15 11:30 -45
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 236 879 0 -3 5 1 4
2017 281 1061 -9 1 7 3 2
2018 657 2433 -2 -22 16 6 -2
2019 530 1951 20 -22 16 7 22
2020 102 363 0 0 3 1 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 %
2016 945 50.9 64.2 82.2 32.3 68.7 48.0 63.1 48.6 22.2 7.3 68.1
2017 1068 49.6 66.5 83.0 25.3 63.2 45.7 59.7 45.8 22.5 6.8 80.6
2018 2448 47.5 63.9 82.7 29.8 69.1 43.7 63.1 45.9 21.9 7.0 76.5
2019 1955 47.1 66.1 85.1 29.9 63.4 44.5 67.3 47.0 22.2 5.0 65.3
2020 367 49.9 61.2 82.1 28.3 59.6 44.1 68.0 44.7 25.0 6.3 60.9
ALL 6783 48.3 64.8 83.3 29.4 66.1 44.9 64.1 46.5 22.3 6.4 72.5
MLB 48.4 66.1 82.8 28.2 59.4 42.6 60.6 46.6 24.5 7.2 75.1

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2016 35.3 30.5 26.8 7.4 48.4 31.1 20.5 4.2 24.2 30.0 19.5 6.8 8.9
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
2018 37.4 27.4 26.4 8.8 41.5 34.2 24.3 3.3 29.0 30.5 21.9 5.3 9.0
2019 40.9 27.0 25.5 6.6 39.0 35.8 25.2 2.0 31.4 27.0 24.0 7.1 7.8
2020 38.3 21.0 32.1 8.6 43.2 28.4 28.4 8.6 24.7 35.8 19.8 7.4 3.7
ALL 39.7 26.5 26.3 7.5 41.8 34.7 23.6 3.7 29.2 27.9 23.4 6.2 7.9
MLB 45.3 22.0 25.7 7.1 36.6 38.0 25.5 3.2 33.6 24.3 24.6 5.6 6.4

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2016 24 26 4 3 72 42 6 78 82 44 95 40 24 1 3 29
2017 22 8 18 30 35 54 44 69 61 30 86 36 22 2 3 13
2018 36 34 24 18 62 1 10 75 56 31 84 29 36 0 2 17
2019 19 11 10 12 45 18 33 28 28 14 83 23 19 0 2 19
2020 47 34 46 51 46 74 89 87 88 1 60 37 47 0 1 20
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.3 28 24.7 3.3 5 16 13 46.4
2020 23.5 6 4.6 1.4 1 4 2 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 28 22 26 27 29 21 23 30 25 27 26 25 17 22 24 29 22 22 24 27 19 22 23 29 25 30 24 24 27 20 29
2020 6 4 5 5 5 4 4 6 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 6 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 6 2 6
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 86.4 86.2 -0.2 ↓ 85 -1.2 ↓ 85 0 85.1 0.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 78.4 78.4 0 77.7 -0.7 ↓ 78.6 0.9 ↑ 78.9 0.3 ↑
Breaking Velocity 76 77.1 1.1 ↑ 72.6 -4.5 ↓ 72.5 -0.1 ↓ 72.6 0.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.4 86.4 -1 ↓ 87.4 1 ↑ 89.4 2 ↑ 86.1 -3.3 ↓
Launch Angle 16.6 11.2 -5.4 ↓ 16.1 4.9 ↑ 13.9 -2.2 ↓ 14.6 0.7 ↑
Barrel % 8.9 6.2 -2.7 ↓ 9 2.8 ↑ 7.8 -1.2 ↓ 3.7 -4.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 30 31.9 1.9 ↑ 34.6 2.7 ↑ 39 4.4 ↑ 29.6 -9.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 38.9 33.2 -5.7 ↓ 36.2 3 ↑ 38.5 2.3 ↑ 38.3 -0.2 ↓
xBA .27 .288 0.018 ↑ .254 -0.034 ↓ .282 0.028 ↑ .255 -0.027 ↓
BA .247 .243 -0.004 ↓ .246 0.003 ↑ .291 0.045 ↑ .293 0.002 ↑
xwOBA .342 .346 0.004 ↑ .324 -0.022 ↓ .348 0.024 ↑ .307 -0.041 ↓
wOBA .325 .304 -0.021 ↓ .306 0.002 ↑ .359 0.053 ↑ .364 0.005 ↑
xSLG .5 .47 -0.03 ↓ .44 -0.03 ↓ .5 0.06 ↑ .411 -0.089 ↓
SLG .498 .426 -0.072 ↓ .419 -0.007 ↓ .534 0.115 ↑ .533 -0.001 ↓
K% 20.2 19.1 -1.1 ↓ 19.6 0.5 ↑ 17.3 -2.3 ↓ 12.6 -4.7 ↓
BB% 4.4 6 1.6 ↑ 6 0 5.8 -0.2 ↓ 7.8 2 ↑
Swing % 48.6 45.8 -2.8 ↓ 45.9 0.1 ↑ 47 1.1 ↑ 44.7 -2.3 ↓
Whiff% 22.2 22.5 0.3 ↑ 21.9 -0.6 ↓ 22.2 0.3 ↑ 25 2.8 ↑
In Zone Swing % 50.9 49.6 -1.3 ↓ 47.5 -2.1 ↓ 47.1 -0.4 ↓ 49.9 2.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 49.1 50.4 1.3 ↑ 52.5 2.1 ↑ 52.9 0.4 ↑ 50.1 -2.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 27 26.9 -0.1 ↓ 27.2 0.3 ↑ 30.3 3.1 ↑ 29.1 -1.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.1 59.7 -3.4 ↓ 63.1 3.4 ↑ 67.3 4.2 ↑ 68 0.7 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 234 .320 190 21 11.1 44 21 47.7
2017 281 .305 187 15 8.0 94 23 24.5
2018 659 .307 489 28 5.7 170 85 50.0
2019 531 .359 409 33 8.1 122 59 48.4
2020 103 .364 79 17 21.5 24 12 50.0

Pitch Distribution

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