Aaron Bummer
2017–2025 · P

Aaron Bummer

6' 3", 215 lbs·Lived to 33·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2017–2026 · 6,946 pitches · 93.2 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.13
Best ERA · 2019
5
Most W · 2023
78
Most K · 2023
0.990
Best WHIP · 2019
Career Arc · ERA
9 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2017CWS3022.0134.5097171.273
2018CWS3731.7014.2697351.579
2019CWS5867.7002.13211600.990
2020CWS99.3100.96463141.071
2021CWS6256.3553.51121751.260
2022CWS3226.7212.36168301.500
2023CWS6158.3556.7964781.526
2024ATL5655.3433.58114691.428
2025ATL4254.3323.81109511.252
Career387381.62120429
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 · 6,875 pitches · 2017–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SISTFCFFCUSLCH
SI · Sinker51.4% · 94.1 mph
ST · Sweeper21.7% · 82.4 mph
FC · Cutter8.2% · 87.9 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball7.6% · 93.3 mph
CU · Curveball6.0% · 80.9 mph
SL · Slider4.2% · 83.2 mph
CH · Changeup0.9% · 87.4 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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