Alfredo Simon
2008–2016 · P

Alfredo Simon

6' 6", 265 lbs·Lived to 45·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Changeup / OffspeedTurns lineups over with a changeup or splitter as the signature pitch.2015–2016 · 4,179 pitches · 92.5 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.66
Best ERA · 2012
15
Most W · 2014
127
Most K · 2014
1.072
Best WHIP · 2013
Career Arc · OPS
3 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
9 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

9 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2008BAL4000
2009BAL2000
2010BAL49000
2011BAL23000
2012CIN36400.000.0000
2013CIN63700.143.28640
2014CIN325902.119.30343
2015DET31500.000.0000
2016CIN151401.071.25935
Career2558903.101

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2008BAL413.0006.236981.385
2009BAL26.3019.954331.579
2010BAL4949.3424.9383371.541
2011BAL23115.7494.9080831.452
2012CIN3661.0322.66151521.426
2013CIN6387.7642.87134631.072
2014CIN32196.315103.441091271.207
2015DET31187.013125.05781171.439
2016CIN1558.7279.3645392.045
Career255775.04747529
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 · 4,161 pitches · 2015–2016
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FSSIFFFCCU
FS · Split-Finger30.3% · 85.2 mph
SI · Sinker29.7% · 93.4 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball16.3% · 93.4 mph
FC · Cutter12.7% · 89.1 mph
CU · Curveball9.4% · 77.3 mph
Rare or unclassified pitches (1.6%) not mapped.

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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