Drew Smyly
2012–2024 · P

Drew Smyly

6' 2", 190 lbs·Lived to 37·Bats L / Throws L
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Career Highs
2.37
Best ERA · 2013
11
Most W · 2023
167
Most K · 2016
1.039
Best WHIP · 2013
Career Arc · ERA
11 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

11 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2012DET23100.000.0000
2013DET63000
2014DET28100.000.0000
2015TB12000
2016TB30200.000.0000
2019PHI251900.000.0507
2020SF7000
2021ATL324100.073.14620
2022CHC22000
2023CHC41000
2024CHC50000
Career3336400.047

Career · Pitching

11 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2012DET2399.3433.99101941.268
2013DET6376.0602.37163811.039
2014DET28153.09103.241151331.163
2015TB1266.7523.11127771.170
2016TB30175.37124.88861671.272
2019PHI25114.0476.24721201.588
2020SF726.3013.42130421.101
2021ATL29126.71144.48951171.374
2022CHC22106.3783.47114911.194
2023CHC41142.311115.00871411.426
2024CHC5058.7483.84106561.398
Career3301144.668661119
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

LHP · 13,913 pitches · 2015–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIKCFFFCCUCH
SI · Sinker30.7% · 92.1 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve29.6% · 78.7 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball16.2% · 90.8 mph
FC · Cutter14.7% · 87.0 mph
CU · Curveball6.7% · 76.4 mph
CH · Changeup2.1% · 81.0 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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