Zac Gallen
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 189LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 3, #106, St. Louis Cardinals | North Carolina
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Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 2 2.92 13 13 0 71.0 71 1.01
4 Seasons 14 20 3.35 63 63 0 344.1 388 1.18
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 13 4-2 2.92 71.0 71 1.01
4 Seasons 63 14-20 3.35 344.1 388 1.18

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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
2019 23 1387 198 11 5.6 3.3 87.0 112.6 13.7 32.8 .213 .354 .287 .290 .352 35.9 28.7 10.8 2.81 3.67
2020 24 1117 181 13 7.2 4.5 87.0 109.5 12.4 33.7 .225 .369 .275 .296 .371 32.6 28.2 8.6 2.75 3.68
2021 25 2102 330 26 7.9 5 89.2 111.3 12.3 32.7 .230 .382 .313 .306 .373 43.0 26.6 9.4 4.30 3.95
2022 26 1189 191 16 8.4 5.5 87.1 111.3 10.8 31.4 .223 .380 .278 .303 .356 33.0 24.5 6.6 2.92 3.35
Player 5795 900 66 7.3 4.6 87.8 112.6 12.3 32.7 .224 .373 .292 .300 .365 37.2 27.0 9.0
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.2 12.1 32.9 .246 .410 .317 .317 .370 35.7 22.0 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Gallen relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(47.2%) ,
Changeup
(19.1%) ,
Curveball
(18.8%) ,
Cutter
(12.8%) ,
Slider
(2.1%) ,
Sinker
(0.1%) ,


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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
2019 39.9 28.3 25.3 6.6 36.4 34.3 29.3 2.5 29.8 28.8 24.7 8.6 5.6 3.3
2020 47.0 21.0 24.3 7.7 45.3 31.5 23.2 3.3 31.5 26.0 29.3 1.1 7.2 4.5
2021 44.8 25.8 23.3 6.1 35.8 40.9 23.3 4.8 32.1 24.5 23.6 6.7 7.9 5.0
2022 47.6 23.6 21.5 7.3 37.2 35.1 27.7 3.1 37.2 26.2 21.5 3.7 8.4 5.5
Player 44.8 24.9 23.6 6.8 38.1 36.3 25.6 3.7 32.6 26.1 24.6 5.3 7.3 4.6
MLB 45.0 22.9 25.1 7.1 36.7 37.8 25.4 3.8 33.1 24.5 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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
2022 Changeup ARI R 227 87.1 32.5 2.5 8 12.6 -1.8 -12
2022 Slider ARI R 25 86.8 35.7 1.7 5 7.7 2.7 55
2022 Sinker ARI R 1 94.7 16.3 -4.5 -21 14.4 -0.9 -6
2022 4-Seamer ARI R 561 94.2 12.8 1.6 11 3.6 -3.4 -49
2022 Curveball ARI R 223 81.2 53.8 2.8 5 6.4 -1.9 -23
2022 Cutter ARI R 152 90.0 27.0 -1.6 -6 5.9 3.5 146
2021 Curveball ARI R 262 79.7 55.1 2.1 4 8.3 -1.0 -11
2021 Slider ARI R 179 86.1 36.9 2.3 7 7.7 2.7 54
2021 4-Seamer ARI R 1,127 93.4 14.1 0.7 5 3.4 -3.6 -52
2021 Cutter ARI R 175 90.3 22.8 1.9 8 3.2 1.0 46
2021 Sinker ARI R 9 93.3 13.5 -7.4 -36 9.8 -4.8 -33
2021 Changeup ARI R 350 86.1 33.4 3.1 10 12.7 -1.4 -10
2020 Changeup ARI R 212 84.9 34.7 3.2 10 13.3 0.0 0
2020 Slider ARI R 12 87.1 35.3 1.5 4 7.1 2.7 63
2020 Sinker ARI R 2 92.9 16.4 -5.1 -24 13.8 -0.8 -6
2020 4-Seamer ARI R 436 93.2 14.0 1.2 8 3.6 -3.5 -49
2020 Curveball ARI R 180 81.2 50.9 0.4 1 6.3 -2.4 -28
2020 Cutter ARI R 275 87.0 32.8 -3.5 -12 6.5 3.4 112
2019 4-Seamer ARI R 660 92.9 14.5 1.5 9 5.4 -1.9 -26
2019 Sinker ARI R 30 92.8 20.0 -2.3 -10 13.8 -0.7 -5
2019 Changeup ARI R 221 85.0 32.8 2.1 7 11.7 -2.1 -15
2019 Cutter ARI R 214 87.0 32.9 -4.1 -14 7.1 4.8 218
2019 Curveball ARI R 262 79.2 54.4 0.2 0 9.1 -0.5 -5
! 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 -0.9 -5 561 47.2 119 .179 .311 .264 15.2 24.4 17.2 .221 .390 .314 39.7
2022 Changeup -1.1 -2 227 19.1 63 .281 .404 .335 31.2 22.2 18.2 .264 .431 .332 30.2
2022 Curveball -2.4 -5 223 18.8 59 .155 .293 .198 32.7 37.3 23.2 .166 .271 .194 30.6
2022 Cutter -0.3 0 152 12.8 45 .243 .432 .360 12.7 11.1 13.5 .242 .381 .342 21.9
2022 Slider -0.3 0 25 2.1 3 .000 .000 .000 12.5 33.3 7.7 .388 1.173 .634 50.0
2022 Sinker 73.5 1 1 0.1 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 4-Seamer -1.0 -11 1,127 53.6 271 .218 .368 .316 15.4 25.5 21.6 .234 .388 .316 47.4
2021 Changeup 0.4 1 350 16.7 94 .232 .378 .327 32.0 22.3 17.2 .231 .334 .303 29.5
2021 Curveball 0.3 1 262 12.5 63 .210 .355 .262 37.4 44.4 25.9 .205 .316 .231 50.0
2021 Slider 4.4 8 179 8.5 54 .250 .667 .438 36.0 33.3 22.0 .201 .452 .320 36.7
2021 Cutter -0.4 -1 175 8.3 37 .343 .543 .399 15.3 8.1 12.0 .278 .469 .339 43.8
2021 Sinker 16.4 1 9 0.4 3 .500 .500 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 .483 .551 .537 50.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.1 -5 436 39.0 108 .185 .250 .272 17.0 25.9 24.6 .212 .352 .305 26.2
2020 Cutter 0.7 2 275 24.6 67 .328 .516 .391 28.1 19.4 21.7 .311 .516 .369 27.5
2020 Changeup -0.9 -2 212 19.0 71 .206 .397 .305 43.8 29.6 30.9 .216 .327 .285 47.6
2020 Curveball -3.4 -6 180 16.1 42 .098 .171 .129 37.9 45.2 27.1 .143 .256 .181 36.4
2020 Slider -5.8 -1 12 1.1 3 .000 .000 .233 25.0 33.3 50.0 .206 .234 .362 0.0
2020 Sinker -5.6 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer -1.5 -10 660 47.6 150 .192 .308 .307 23.5 30.0 22.2 .213 .357 .326 40.8
2019 Curveball -0.7 -2 262 18.9 61 .203 .424 .289 32.6 24.6 16.5 .185 .364 .256 27.3
2019 Changeup -2.9 -6 221 15.9 57 .157 .196 .212 40.7 35.1 23.3 .190 .261 .247 29.0
2019 Cutter 0.7 2 214 15.4 62 .300 .517 .388 27.2 22.6 19.2 .269 .436 .307 41.3
2019 Sinker 3.1 1 30 2.2 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 66.7 28.6 .015 .019 .014 0.0
! 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 190 84.9 92 14.1 2:00 2:45 -45
2020 Curveball 172 81.3 66 13.5 7:45 7:00 45
2020 Cutter 257 86.9 45 8.2 10:30 9:30 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 423 93.2 86 17.6 12:45 12:30 15
2020 Slider 12 87.1 44 8.1 10:00 9:00 60
2021 Changeup 305 86.1 89 13.6 1:45 2:45 -60
2021 Curveball 262 79.7 74 16.8 7:30 7:00 30
2021 Cutter 175 90.3 61 10.8 12:00 11:15 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,124 93.4 83 17.2 12:45 12:30 15
2021 Slider 179 86.1 43 8.8 9:45 8:45 60
2022 Changeup 192 87.2 80 13.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 Curveball 222 81.2 70 16.1 7:15 6:45 30
2022 Cutter 152 90.0 47 8.9 11:15 10:15 60
2022 4-Seam Fastball 560 94.2 83 18.2 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Slider 25 86.8 43 9.0 9:45 8:45 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 333 1,387 -12 -14 6 4 -15
2020 291 1,117 -7 -13 6 2 -12
2021 522 2,102 -11 -12 14 8 0
2022 290 1,189 -14 -8 6 3 -13
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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 %
2019 1,387 46.3 61.1 81.6 33.6 52.0 43.3 67.4 46.3 29.3 6.2 66.3
2020 1,117 45.1 60.3 79.3 29.4 51.7 48.5 64.9 43.3 30.2 4.7 69.8
2021 2,102 47.6 64.8 84.3 25.7 56.2 43.1 61.6 44.3 23.3 5.2 78.9
2022 1,189 45.6 65.5 87.0 32.0 61.4 45.1 60.0 47.3 22.2 5.9 71.4
Player 5,795 46.4 63.2 83.3 29.6 55.3 44.6 63.3 45.2 25.8 5.5 72.3
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.3 58.4 42.6 60.7 47.0 24.6 7.2 76.0
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% xERA FB Velo FB Spin CB Spin
2019 76 81 82 76 59 69 76 86 55 81 17 75 76 29 71 33
2020 67 64 63 61 67 11 48 73 78 73 50 74 67 21 72 37
2021 57 61 59 56 54 29 48 38 18 70 34 28 57 46 67 45
2022 70 76 75 66 70 12 37 81 84 63 68 25 70 49 93 43
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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 22.9 8 8.1 0 5 7 4 50.0
2020 22.8 9 9.3 0 1 7 5 55.6
2021 23.4 19 17.1 2 5 12 8 42.1
2022 23.2 7 7.4 0 2 6 2 28.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 8 11 9 8 7 9 7 10 9 7 9 7 6 6 6 7 7 12 6 6 8 6 6 9 9 10 12 6 9 7 12
2020 9 10 9 9 9 8 0 8 9 10 9 9 6 8 7 12 9 10 9 10 11 11 9 9 10 10 9 7 8 11 12
2021 19 17 20 13 18 19 17 19 18 15 16 19 12 13 16 18 19 16 16 16 18 17 19 16 17 19 19 16 17 15 22
2022 7 9 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 6 8 9 6 5 7 8 8 9 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 9 7 7 6 9
! 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 91.5 90.8 -0.7 ↓ 93 2.2 ↑ 93.3 0.3 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85 84.9 -0.1 ↓ 86.1 1.2 ↑ 87.1 1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 79.2 81.6 2.4 ↑ 82.3 0.7 ↑ 81.7 -0.6 ↓
Exit Velocity 87 87 0 89.2 2.2 ↑ 87.1 -2.1 ↓
Launch Angle 13.7 12.4 -1.3 ↓ 12.3 -0.1 ↓ 10.8 -1.5 ↓
Barrel % 5.6 7.2 1.6 ↑ 7.9 0.7 ↑ 8.4 0.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 35.9 32.6 -3.3 ↓ 43 10.4 ↑ 33 -10 ↓
Sweet Spot % 32.8 33.7 0.9 ↑ 32.7 -1 ↓ 31.4 -1.3 ↓
xBA .213 .225 0.012 ↑ .23 0.005 ↑ .223 -0.007 ↓
BA .212 .21 -0.002 ↓ .233 0.023 ↑ .203 -0.03 ↓
xwOBA .29 .296 0.006 ↑ .306 0.01 ↑ .303 -0.003 ↓
wOBA .287 .275 -0.012 ↓ .313 0.038 ↑ .278 -0.035 ↓
xSLG .354 .369 0.015 ↑ .382 0.013 ↑ .38 -0.002 ↓
SLG .355 .336 -0.019 ↓ .413 0.077 ↑ .341 -0.072 ↓
K% 28.7 28.2 -0.5 ↓ 26.6 -1.6 ↓ 24.5 -2.1 ↓
BB% 10.8 8.6 -2.2 ↓ 9.4 0.8 ↑ 6.6 -2.8 ↓
Swing % 46.3 43.3 -3 ↓ 44.3 1 ↑ 47.3 3 ↑
Whiff% 29.3 30.2 0.9 ↑ 23.3 -6.9 ↓ 22.2 -1.1 ↓
In Zone % 46.3 45.1 -1.2 ↓ 47.6 2.5 ↑ 45.6 -2 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.7 54.9 1.2 ↑ 52.4 -2.5 ↓ 54.4 2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.6 29.4 -4.2 ↓ 25.7 -3.7 ↓ 32 6.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 30.2 0.9 ↑ 32.5 2.3 ↑ 30.3 -2.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 67.4 64.9 -2.5 ↓ 61.6 -3.3 ↓ 60 -1.6 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 333 .287 166 29 17.5 167 95 56.9
2020 291 .275 155 51 32.9 136 70 51.5
2021 522 .313 252 51 20.2 270 133 49.3
2022 290 .278 152 31 20.4 138 75 54.3

Pitch Tempo