Zack Britton
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 3, #85, Baltimore Orioles | Weatherford HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 1 2 1.89 20 0 8 19 16 1.00
2021 0 1 5.89 22 0 1 18.1 16 1.69
2022 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0.2 1 10.50
12 Seasons 35 26 3.13 442 46 154 641 532 1.26
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 20 1-2 1.89 19 16 1.00
2021 22 0-1 5.89 18.1 16 1.69
2022 3 0-0 13.50 0.2 1 10.50
12 Seasons 442 35-26 3.13 641 532 1.26
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 27 904 159 3 1.9 1.2 89.1 108.7 -8.1 14.5 .167 .234 .242 .209 .275 32.7 31.2 5.5 1.92 1.80
2016 28 1027 162 4 2.5 1.6 88.6 108.8 -8.4 15.4 .167 .226 .191 .201 .249 27.2 29.1 7.1 0.54 1.70
2017 29 587 114 2 1.8 1.2 87.2 110.6 -5.9 20.2 .245 .314 .307 .292 .306 39.5 18.0 11.2 2.89 3.63
2018 30 656 111 3 2.7 1.8 87.9 110.4 -4.7 23.4 .228 .334 .281 .310 .318 37.8 20.0 12.9 3.10 4.07
2019 31 933 159 8 5.0 3.3 88.0 111.8 -8.5 16.4 .199 .300 .247 .276 .288 36.5 21.7 12.7 1.91 3.31
2020 32 289 53 2 3.8 2.6 87.4 108.1 -6.8 20.8 .191 .272 .222 .249 .265 32.1 21.1 9.2 1.90 2.58
2021 33 337 50 2 4.0 2.5 84.7 114.3 -3.4 24.0 .184 .277 .355 .291 .262 31.3 19.8 16.0 5.89 3.55
2022 34 39 2 0 0.0 0.0 77.6 86.3 6.5 50.0 .351 .394 .557 .570 .500 0.0 11.1 66.7 13.50 20.25
Player 4772 810 24 3.0 1.9 87.9 114.3 -7.1 18.1 .194 .274 .255 .256 .282 33.8 24.2 10.3
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

Britton relies on 2 pitches.
Sinker
(82.1%) ,
Slider
(17.9%) ,


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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 81.1 6.9 11.3 0.6 47.2 30.8 20.8 2.5 65.4 4.4 15.7 3.8 1.9 1.2
2016 80.2 6.2 13.0 0.6 38.9 39.5 21.0 1.2 70.4 5.6 14.8 3.1 2.5 1.6
2017 75.4 5.3 18.4 0.9 39.5 38.6 21.9 8.8 55.3 5.3 24.6 3.5 1.8 1.2
2018 73.0 9.0 17.1 0.9 36.0 47.7 16.2 1.8 61.3 6.3 24.3 3.6 2.7 1.8
2019 76.7 8.2 14.5 0.6 30.8 48.4 20.8 2.5 68.6 4.4 17.0 2.5 5.0 3.3
2020 71.7 9.4 17.0 1.9 35.8 37.7 26.4 1.9 60.4 13.2 15.1 1.9 3.8 2.6
2021 68.0 14.0 16.0 2.0 28.0 42.0 30.0 6.0 62.0 14.0 8.0 2.0 4.0 2.5
2022 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 76.7 7.7 14.8 0.9 37.9 40.5 21.2 3.2 64.4 6.2 17.8 3.1 3.0 1.9
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
2022 Sinker NYY L 32 92.6 26.9 5.3 14.6ARM 0.4 5.1 3.8 14.6ARM -0.6
2022 Slider NYY L 7 78.7 50.6 6.4 14.1GLV 4.6 -6.1 8.0 14.1GLV 9.2
2021 Slider NYY L 53 80.2 46.2 4.1 10.5GLV 3.2 -3.4 5.0 10.5GLV 5.7
2021 Sinker NYY L 274 92.6 27.6 5.7 14.2ARM -0.1 4.3 5.2 14.2ARM -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 %
2022 Sinker -8.6 -3 32 82.1 7 1.000 1.000 .729 33.3 0.0 0.0 .949 1.078 .729 0.0
2022 Slider 8.4 1 7 17.9 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .052 .052 .050 0.0
2021 Sinker -0.8 -2 274 81.3 72 .281 .386 .391 24.8 19.4 18.7 .192 .289 .301 34.1
2021 Slider 2.1 1 53 15.7 6 .000 .000 .000 29.4 33.3 7.4 .101 .160 .113 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
2022 Sinker 30 92.6 85 16.1 10:30 9:30 60
2021 Sinker 272 92.6 83 15.3 10:30 9:30 60
2021 Slider 53 80.2 45 12.5 5:00 4:00 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 663 2,499 16 0 -11 -13 -8
2012 267 1,057 2 8 -8 -4 -3
2013 181 662 -3 1 -4 -3 -8
2014 307 1,130 8 11 -4 -3 13
2015 252 899 8 9 1 -1 18
2016 251 1,018 11 22 0 -3 30
2017 160 586 7 8 -4 -3 8
2018 192 723 9 7 -10 -5 0
2019 274 1,043 17 18 -4 -6 26
2020 97 375 4 3 0 -2 4
2021 78 327 1 3 -1 -4 -1
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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 904 47.8 64.1 83.8 37.8 38.2 43.0 64.0 50.3 33.8 8.0 75.0
2016 1,027 43.4 63.2 79.8 35.3 37.1 42.5 55.9 47.4 37.8 5.5 71.4
2017 587 45.6 66.3 80.8 29.2 53.8 41.3 56.3 46.0 28.1 6.3 73.0
2018 656 43.6 60.1 81.4 25.9 43.8 36.7 49.4 40.9 32.1 6.1 62.5
2019 933 42.3 59.5 83.4 29.2 55.4 40.3 56.1 42.0 27.6 6.0 66.1
2020 289 38.8 66.1 85.1 32.2 56.1 42.2 51.3 45.3 26.0 4.5 76.9
2021 337 35.8 68.4 83.8 29.5 62.9 42.8 53.1 43.0 24.8 4.9 56.3
2022 39 23.1 33.3 66.7 6.7 50.0 23.1 33.3 12.8 40.0 2.6 0.0
Player 4,772 43.4 63.0 82.2 31.5 46.5 41.1 56.1 45.1 31.6 6.1 69.4
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 100 99 100 100 100 98 98 20 51 96 81 96 99 93 20 2
2016 99 99 100 100 99 96 96 48 93 90 61 99 97 95 16 4
2017 90 24 9
2018 78 12 15
2019 86 91 97 98 61 87 86 68 50 42 8 65 51 74 5 9
2020 95 88 96 96 91 88 87 65 80 35 43 44 85 75 8 12
2021 32 5 5
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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 20.4 1 1.8 -1 2 1 1 100.0
2017 24.1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2018 22.9 5 3.1 2 1 3 1 20.0
2019 23.9 4 4.3 0 0 2 3 75.0
2021 23.9 2 1.6 0 0 1 1 50.0
Player 23.2 13 11.8 1 3 7 7 53.8
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 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2018 5 3 2 5 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 5 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2
2019 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 4 4
2021 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Player 13 13 9 13 11 10 14 14 9 8 10 13 12 11 13 14 11 13 10 14 12 9 15 14 13 12 9 14 12 11 10
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 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.5 96.9 0.4 ↑ 96.0 -0.9 ↓ 94.8 -1.2 ↓ 94.7 -0.1 ↓ 94.8 0.1 ↑ 92.6 -2.2 ↓ 92.6 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 84.0 82.6 -1.4 ↓ 83.4 0.8 ↑ 81.4 -2.0 ↓ 80.6 -0.8 ↓ 81.1 0.5 ↑ 80.2 -0.9 ↓ 78.7 -1.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 89.1 88.6 -0.5 ↓ 87.2 -1.4 ↓ 87.9 0.7 ↑ 88.0 0.1 ↑ 87.4 -0.6 ↓ 84.7 -2.7 ↓ 77.6 -7.1 ↓
Launch Angle -8.1 -8.4 -0.3 ↓ -5.9 2.5 ↑ -4.7 1.2 ↑ -8.5 -3.8 ↓ -6.8 1.7 ↑ -3.4 3.4 ↑ 6.5 9.9 ↑
Barrel % 1.9 2.5 0.6 ↑ 1.8 -0.7 ↓ 2.7 0.9 ↑ 5.0 2.3 ↑ 3.8 -1.2 ↓ 4.0 0.2 ↑ 0.0 -4.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 32.7 27.2 -5.5 ↓ 39.5 12.3 ↑ 37.8 -1.7 ↓ 36.5 -1.3 ↓ 32.1 -4.4 ↓ 31.3 -0.8 ↓ 0.0 -31.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 14.5 15.4 0.9 ↑ 20.2 4.8 ↑ 23.4 3.2 ↑ 16.4 -7.0 ↓ 20.8 4.4 ↑ 24.0 3.2 ↑ 50.0 26.0 ↑
xBA .167 .167 0.000 .245 0.078 ↑ .228 -0.017 ↓ .199 -0.029 ↓ .191 -0.008 ↓ .184 -0.007 ↓ .351 0.167 ↑
BA .214 .162 -0.052 ↓ .277 0.115 ↑ .201 -0.076 ↓ .182 -0.019 ↓ .174 -0.008 ↓ .262 0.088 ↑ .333 0.071 ↑
xwOBA .209 .201 -0.008 ↓ .292 0.091 ↑ .310 0.018 ↑ .276 -0.034 ↓ .249 -0.027 ↓ .291 0.042 ↑ .570 0.279 ↑
wOBA .242 .191 -0.051 ↓ .307 0.116 ↑ .281 -0.026 ↓ .247 -0.034 ↓ .222 -0.025 ↓ .355 0.133 ↑ .557 0.202 ↑
xSLG .234 .226 -0.008 ↓ .314 0.088 ↑ .334 0.020 ↑ .300 -0.034 ↓ .272 -0.028 ↓ .277 0.005 ↑ .394 0.117 ↑
SLG .286 .209 -0.077 ↓ .333 0.124 ↑ .292 -0.041 ↓ .254 -0.038 ↓ .232 -0.022 ↓ .400 0.168 ↑ .333 -0.067 ↓
K% 31.2 29.1 -2.1 ↓ 18.0 -11.1 ↓ 20.0 2.0 ↑ 21.7 1.7 ↑ 21.1 -0.6 ↓ 19.8 -1.3 ↓ 11.1 -8.7 ↓
BB% 5.5 7.1 1.6 ↑ 11.2 4.1 ↑ 12.9 1.7 ↑ 12.7 -0.2 ↓ 9.2 -3.5 ↓ 16.0 6.8 ↑ 66.7 50.7 ↑
Swing % 50.3 47.4 -2.9 ↓ 46.0 -1.4 ↓ 40.9 -5.1 ↓ 42.0 1.1 ↑ 45.3 3.3 ↑ 43.0 -2.3 ↓ 12.8 -30.2 ↓
Whiff% 33.8 37.8 4.0 ↑ 28.1 -9.7 ↓ 32.1 4.0 ↑ 27.6 -4.5 ↓ 26.0 -1.6 ↓ 24.8 -1.2 ↓ 40.0 15.2 ↑
In Zone % 47.8 43.4 -4.4 ↓ 45.6 2.2 ↑ 43.6 -2.0 ↓ 42.3 -1.3 ↓ 38.8 -3.5 ↓ 35.8 -3.0 ↓ 23.1 -12.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.2 56.6 4.4 ↑ 54.4 -2.2 ↓ 56.4 2.0 ↑ 57.7 1.3 ↑ 61.2 3.5 ↑ 64.2 3.0 ↑ 76.9 12.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 37.8 35.3 -2.5 ↓ 29.2 -6.1 ↓ 25.9 -3.3 ↓ 29.2 3.3 ↑ 32.2 3.0 ↑ 29.5 -2.7 ↓ 6.7 -22.8 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.6 26.4 -5.2 ↓ 31.3 4.9 ↑ 17.6 -13.7 ↓ 20.9 3.3 ↑ 31.6 10.7 ↑ 28.4 -3.2 ↓ 0.0 -28.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 55.9 -8.1 ↓ 56.3 0.4 ↑ 49.4 -6.9 ↓ 56.1 6.7 ↑ 51.3 -4.8 ↓ 53.1 1.8 ↑ 33.3 -19.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 244 .197 184 0 0.0 60 7 11.7
2017 Shifts 158 .301 118 0 0.0 40 1 2.5
2018 Shifts 170 .281 116 7 6.0 54 20 37.0
2019 Shifts 237 .244 173 6 3.5 64 31 48.4
2020 Shifts 76 .222 60 3 5.0 16 8 50.0
2021 Shifts 78 .334 55 3 5.5 23 14 60.9
2022 Shifts 9 .557 4 0 0.0 5 2 40.0
! 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 %
2011 722 14.3 58.9% 0.3% 448 22.2 0.2% 7.4%
2012 303 15.1 48.2% 0.7% 195 22.2 0.5% 9.2%
2013 202 15.7 42.6% 0.0% 120 22.1 0.0% 2.5%
2014 364 20.7 4.7% 3.8% 139 24.7 0.0% 10.1%
2015 257 20.2 10.9% 10.1% 138 25.1 4.3% 24.6%
2016 322 20.7 7.8% 5.0% 138 24.5 1.4% 13.0%
2017 135 21.3 1.5% 6.7% 105 24.1 0.0% 12.4%
2018 201 19.8 0.0% 2.5% 110 24.3 0.0% 7.3%
2019 279 19.7 1.4% 3.2% 156 24.6 0.0% 13.5%
2020 92 20.9 0.0% 4.3% 38 27.7 0.0% 23.7%
2021 86 20.5 1.2% 7.0% 57 25.9 0.0% 26.3%
2022 10 19.6 0.0% 0.0% 14 22.1 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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