Justin Grimm
2012–2022 · P

Justin Grimm

6' 3", 210 lbs·Lived to 38·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2022 · 3,441 pitches · 94.8 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.78
Best ERA · 2014
7
Most W · 2013
76
Most K · 2013
1.246
Best WHIP · 2014
Career Arc · ERA
9 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2012TEX514.0119.0045131.786
2013TEX2798.0795.9765761.571
2014CHC7369.0523.7899701.246
2015CHC6249.7351.99198671.148
2016CHC6852.7214.10102651.329
2017CHC5055.3125.5379591.337
2018KC2117.31310.3840111.904
2020MIL44.70017.362662.786
2022ATH1515.3004.1196111.630
Career325376.02023378
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.

RHP · 3,407 pitches · 2015–2022
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCUSLSI
FF · 4-Seam Fastball49.2% · 94.8 mph
CU · Curveball39.4% · 82.7 mph
SL · Slider8.8% · 83.5 mph
SI · Sinker2.6% · 94.4 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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