Tony Watson
2011–2021 · P

Tony Watson

6' 3", 224 lbs·Lived to 41·Bats L / Throws L
All-Star
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Career Highs
1.63
Best ERA · 2014
10
Most W · 2014
81
Most K · 2014
0.879
Best WHIP · 2013
Career Arc · ERA
11 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

11 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2011PIT4341.0223.95100371.317
2012PIT6853.3523.38119531.125
2013PIT6771.7312.39162540.879
2014PIT7877.31021.63229811.022
2015PIT7775.3411.91207620.956
2016PIT7067.7253.06137581.064
2017PIT7166.7743.38129531.380
2018SF7266.0462.59160721.030
2019SF6054.0224.17108411.259
2020SF2118.0102.50178150.889
2021LAA6257.3743.92109441.012
Career689648.34729570
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 · 6,051 pitches · 2015–2021
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHSLFF
SI · Sinker54.9% · 93.4 mph
CH · Changeup27.7% · 85.7 mph
SL · Slider13.5% · 84.2 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball3.9% · 92.4 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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