Zach Duke
2005–2019 · P

Zach Duke

6' 2", 210 lbs·Lived to 43·Bats L / Throws L
All-Star
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Career Highs
1.81
Best ERA · 2005
11
Most W · 2009
117
Most K · 2006
1.125
Best WHIP · 2014
Career Arc · OPS
8 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
15 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

15 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2005PIT142801.143.33645
2006PIT346807.191.43857
2007PIT213203.250.50066
2008PIT325701.158.34446
2009PIT336005.200.47964
2010PIT324800.063.20428
2011AZ212026.300.933130
2012WSH8100.000.0000
2013WSH262001.0002.000280
2014MIL74100.000.0000
2015CWS71000
2016CWS81000
2017STL27000
2018MIN72100.000.0000
2019CIN30000
Career576318223.179

Career · Pitching

15 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2005PIT1484.7821.81236581.205
2006PIT34215.310154.471011171.500
2007PIT20107.3385.5381411.733
2008PIT31185.05144.8290871.497
2009PIT32213.011164.061061061.315
2010PIT29159.08155.7271961.654
2011AZ2176.7344.9380321.565
2012WSH813.7101.32304101.098
2013WSH2631.3126.0364181.564
2014MIL7458.7512.45153741.125
2015CWS7160.7363.41116661.302
2016CWS8161.0212.36177681.262
2017STL2718.3113.93111121.036
2018MIN7252.0554.15100511.500
2019CIN3023.3315.0190181.671
Career5701360.06991854
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 · 3,618 pitches · 2015–2019
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICUSLCHFF
SI · Sinker49.5% · 89.4 mph
CU · Curveball20.4% · 75.1 mph
SL · Slider17.5% · 80.8 mph
CH · Changeup7.3% · 84.6 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball5.4% · 89.0 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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