Adam Ottavino
2010–2025 · P

Adam Ottavino

6' 5", 246 lbs·Lived to 41·Bats B / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2025 · 8,749 pitches · 93.0 mph fastball
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Career Highs
1.90
Best ERA · 2019
7
Most W · 2021
112
Most K · 2018
0.975
Best WHIP · 2022
Career Arc · ERA
13 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

15 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2010STL522.3028.4648122.060
2012COL5379.0514.5688811.392
2013COL5178.3132.64146781.328
2014COL7565.0143.60104701.277
2015COL1010.3100.00130.484
2016COL3427.0132.67157350.926
2017COL6353.3235.0686631.631
2018COL7577.7642.431701120.991
2019NYY7366.3651.90236881.312
2020NYY2418.3235.8975251.582
2021BOS6962.0734.21101711.452
2022NYM6665.7632.06192790.975
2023NYM6661.7173.21135621.216
2024NYM6056.0224.3494701.286
2025NYY31.7000.0032.400
Career727744.64143862
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 · 8,687 pitches · 2015–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)STSIFFFCCHSL
ST · Sweeper42.0% · 80.9 mph
SI · Sinker35.8% · 93.7 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball9.8% · 94.5 mph
FC · Cutter8.0% · 87.9 mph
CH · Changeup3.4% · 88.0 mph
SL · Slider0.8% · 84.0 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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