Cole Ragans
Kansas City Royals · No. 55 · P

Cole Ragans

6' 4", 190 lbs·Age 28·Bats L / Throws L
60-DayInjured 60-Day
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2022–2026 · 7,134 pitches · 94.3 mph fastball
2026 · 8 G
4.84
ERA
1-4
W-L
35.3
IP
1.42
WHIP
45
SO
23
BB
11.5
K/9
0
SV
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
2.64
Best ERA · 2023
11
Most W · 2024
223
Most K · 2024
1.07
Best WHIP · 2023
Career Arc · ERA
7 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 8 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
May 6310240
May 15.33344383
Apr 256510111W
Apr 194.33347863L
Apr 14610410
Apr 80.66723120L
Apr 2640180L
Mar 27464453L

Career · Hitting

1 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202317000
Career17000

Career · Pitching

7 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2022940.0034.95271.48
20231724.1235.92241.40
20231271.2522.64891.07
20232996.0753.471131.16
202432186.11193.142231.14
20251361.2334.67981.18
2026835.1144.84451.42
Career120513.72929619
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 · 7,128 pitches · 2022–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCHSLFCKCCU
FF · 4-Seam Fastball44.0% · 95.2 mph
CH · Changeup23.3% · 84.7 mph
SL · Slider11.2% · 85.8 mph
FC · Cutter10.8% · 90.6 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve10.1% · 80.7 mph
CU · Curveball0.5% · 76.2 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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