Cole Irvin
2019–2024 · P

Cole Irvin

6' 4", 217 lbs·Lived to 32·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Finesse / CommandBeats hitters with location and sequencing rather than velocity.2019–2024 · 9,076 pitches · 90.5 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.98
Best ERA · 2022
10
Most W · 2021
128
Most K · 2022
1.160
Best WHIP · 2022
Career Arc · ERA
6 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

6 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2019PHI1641.7215.8377311.392
2020PHI33.70117.182643.273
2021ATH32178.310154.241001251.329
2022ATH30181.09133.98991281.160
2023BAL2477.3144.4298681.280
2024BAL29111.0665.1180781.450
Career134593.02840434
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 · 9,053 pitches · 2019–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCHSICUSLFC
FF · 4-Seam Fastball35.3% · 91.0 mph
CH · Changeup19.5% · 83.9 mph
SI · Sinker19.3% · 90.9 mph
CU · Curveball14.1% · 77.4 mph
SL · Slider6.7% · 82.7 mph
FC · Cutter5.1% · 85.8 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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