Chris Paddack
2019–2025 · P

Chris Paddack

6' 5", 217 lbs·Lived to 30·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Changeup / OffspeedTurns lineups over with a changeup or splitter as the signature pitch.2019–2026 · 10,546 pitches · 93.5 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.33
Best ERA · 2019
9
Most W · 2019
153
Most K · 2019
0.981
Best WHIP · 2019
Career Arc · ERA
7 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

7 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2019SD264202.119.23831
2020SD12000
2021SD243500.029.11015
2022MIN5000
2023MIN3000
2024MIN17000
2025MIN33000
Career1207702.078

Career · Pitching

7 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2019SD26140.7973.331351530.981
2020SD1259.0454.7394581.220
2021SD23108.3775.0784991.265
2022MIN522.3124.0398201.209
2023MIN35.0105.408081.400
2024MIN1788.3534.9982791.392
2025MIN33158.05125.35781121.285
Career119581.63236529
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 · 10,538 pitches · 2019–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCHCUSLFCSIST
FF · 4-Seam Fastball51.0% · 93.9 mph
CH · Changeup26.7% · 84.3 mph
CU · Curveball11.7% · 77.6 mph
SL · Slider4.8% · 85.7 mph
FC · Cutter3.1% · 87.7 mph
SI · Sinker2.0% · 93.4 mph
ST · Sweeper0.7% · 79.3 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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