Matt Barnes
2014–2024 · P

Matt Barnes

6' 4", 208 lbs·Lived to 36·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
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Career Highs
3.65
Best ERA · 2018
7
Most W · 2017
110
Most K · 2019
1.116
Best WHIP · 2021
Career Arc · ERA
11 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

11 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2014BOS59.0004.009481.444
2015BOS3243.0345.4473391.651
2016BOS6266.7434.05103711.395
2017BOS7069.7733.88112831.220
2018BOS6261.7643.65113961.265
2019BOS7064.3543.781191101.383
2020BOS2423.0134.30103311.391
2021BOS6054.7653.79112841.116
2022BOS4439.7044.3192341.437
2023MIA2421.3105.4879201.641
2024WSH1413.3006.7560101.500
Career467466.43330586
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 · 8,304 pitches · 2015–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFKCCHSLFS
FF · 4-Seam Fastball53.6% · 95.9 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve38.5% · 83.9 mph
CH · Changeup3.2% · 87.6 mph
SL · Slider2.9% · 88.4 mph
FS · Split-Finger1.5% · 87.8 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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