Sam Dyson
2012–2019 · P

Sam Dyson

6' 1", 212 lbs·Lived to 38·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2019 · 4,886 pitches · 94.4 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.43
Best ERA · 2016
5
Most W · 2019
71
Most K · 2015
1.059
Best WHIP · 2019
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

8 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2012TOR20.70040.501019.000
2013MIA511.0029.004351.909
2014MIA3142.0312.14175331.333
2015MIA7575.3542.63150711.142
2016TEX7370.3322.43172551.223
2017SF5554.74106.0971341.774
2018SF7470.3432.69154561.081
2019SF6162.3513.32135551.059
Career376386.62423310
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 · 4,852 pitches · 2015–2019
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHFFFCSLCU
SI · Sinker53.1% · 95.0 mph
CH · Changeup15.1% · 88.6 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball13.1% · 95.7 mph
FC · Cutter11.4% · 90.2 mph
SL · Slider4.3% · 84.8 mph
CU · Curveball3.0% · 83.8 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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