Chris Rusin
2012–2020 · P

Chris Rusin

6' 2", 200 lbs·Lived to 40·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2020 · 5,580 pitches · 89.2 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.65
Best ERA · 2017
6
Most W · 2015
86
Most K · 2015
1.106
Best WHIP · 2017
Career Arc · OPS
6 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
9 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

9 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2012CHC71200.167.50069
2013CHC131902.105.21130
2014CHC4300.000.0000
2015COL274614.217.50069
2016COL292903.172.41456
2017COL60900.333.66789
2018COL49400.5001.000137
2019COL2000
2020ATL1000
Career19212219.197

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2012CHC729.7236.3763211.652
2013CHC1366.3263.9398361.357
2014CHC412.7007.115381.658
2015COL24131.76105.3374861.603
2016COL2984.3353.74112691.245
2017COL6085.0512.65164711.106
2018COL4954.7236.0968471.500
2019COL21.00036.001206.000
2020ATL13.3008.105532.700
Career189468.72028341
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 · 5,541 pitches · 2015–2020
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFCCHFFCUSL
SI · Sinker31.7% · 90.2 mph
FC · Cutter26.9% · 87.3 mph
CH · Changeup19.6% · 83.1 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball14.3% · 90.6 mph
CU · Curveball6.6% · 80.7 mph
SL · Slider0.8% · 83.1 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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