Alex Wood
2013–2024 · P

Alex Wood

6' 4", 215 lbs·Lived to 35·Bats R / Throws L
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2024 · 16,425 pitches · 91.0 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.72
Best ERA · 2017
16
Most W · 2017
170
Most K · 2014
1.057
Best WHIP · 2017
Career Arc · OPS
7 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

12 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2013ATL312100.000.0000
2014ATL354102.073.18927
2015ATL325504.164.42058
2016LAD151602.250.54474
2017LAD275204.058.15020
2018LAD334400.045.09113
2019CIN7900.222.44459
2020LAD9000
2021SF263800.000.11616
2022SF26000
2023SF29000
2024ATH9000
Career279276012.083

Career · Pitching

12 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2013ATL3177.7333.13123771.326
2014ATL35171.711112.781351701.142
2015ATL32189.712123.841031391.355
2016LAD1460.3143.73112661.260
2017LAD27152.31632.721601511.057
2018LAD33151.7973.681121351.207
2019CIN735.7135.8077301.402
2020LAD912.7016.3969151.816
2021SF26138.71043.831111521.183
2022SF26130.78125.10781311.240
2023SF2997.7554.33100741.433
2024ATH939.3135.2678331.780
Career2781258.277681173
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 · 16,334 pitches · 2015–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHKCSL
SI · Sinker48.7% · 91.0 mph
CH · Changeup22.7% · 84.6 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve14.5% · 82.2 mph
SL · Slider13.8% · 83.6 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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