Year	Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	ERA+	SO	WHIP
2009	NYY	13	16.3	0	1	3.86	112	10	1.408
2010	HOU	22	21.3	2	0	4.22	96	22	1.266
2011	HOU	71	74.3	8	4	2.78	142	66	1.224
2012	BOS	41	45.0	0	2	6.20	65	41	1.267
2013	PIT	72	71.0	3	2	1.39	278	70	0.958
2014	PIT	72	71.0	3	5	1.90	197	71	0.873
2015	PIT	78	76.7	3	2	2.23	177	62	0.926
2016	PIT	75	71.3	2	2	1.64	255	65	0.897
2017	SF	32	30.0	1	2	4.50	97	29	1.433
2018	SF	41	39.0	1	4	3.23	128	31	1.590
2019	SF	66	67.3	5	2	3.61	124	68	1.322
2020	ATL	23	22.7	2	1	2.78	160	14	1.279
2021	SD	64	64.7	4	3	2.23	191	59	1.222
2022	AZ	62	56.0	3	10	4.66	85	35	1.500
Career		732	726.6	37	40	—	—	643	—

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 · 6,580 pitches · 2015–2022

FC · Cutter59.9% · 91.4 mph

KC · Knuckle Curve29.7% · 81.9 mph

FF · 4-Seam Fastball8.7% · 92.0 mph

FS · Split-Finger1.4% · 83.4 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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