Dallas Keuchel
Keuchel's stunning 2020 comeback season stands as one of baseball's great redemption stories. After posting a dismal 5.55 ERA in his White Sox debut the year before, he slashed his ERA to 1.99 across 11 starts, earning an ERA+ of 223 — the best mark of his career and nearly double his lifetime average of 108.
That renaissance caps a career defined by precision over power. His 1254 strikeouts across 1643 innings reflect a pitcher who succeeded through command and guile rather than velocity. Five Gold Gloves speak to his defensive excellence, while his 2015 Cy Young win came during his dominant Houston years when he mastered the art of weak contact.
At 38, Keuchel's career arc tells the story of adaptation. His best season came a decade after breaking in, proving that veteran craftiness can still thrive in today's power-heavy game.
Career · Hitting
13 seasons| Year | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | HOU | 17 | 20 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .236 | 33 |
| 2013 | HOU | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2014 | HOU | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | 36 |
| 2015 | HOU | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .400 | 55 |
| 2016 | HOU | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2017 | HOU | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2018 | HOU | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2019 | ATL | 19 | 38 | 0 | 2 | .132 | .312 | 41 |
| 2020 | CWS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | CWS | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2022 | CWS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | MIN | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | MIL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | 286 | 77 | 0 | 3 | .104 | — | — | |
Career · Pitching
13 seasons| Year | Team | G | IP | W | L | ERA | ERA+ | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | HOU | 16 | 85.3 | 3 | 8 | 5.27 | 76 | 38 | 1.547 |
| 2013 | HOU | 31 | 153.7 | 6 | 10 | 5.15 | 75 | 123 | 1.536 |
| 2014 | HOU | 29 | 200.0 | 12 | 9 | 2.93 | 128 | 146 | 1.175 |
| 2015 | HOU | 33 | 232.0 | 20 | 8 | 2.48 | 159 | 216 | 1.017 |
| 2016 | HOU | 26 | 168.0 | 9 | 12 | 4.55 | 92 | 144 | 1.286 |
| 2017 | HOU | 23 | 145.7 | 14 | 5 | 2.90 | 150 | 125 | 1.119 |
| 2018 | HOU | 34 | 204.7 | 12 | 11 | 3.74 | 111 | 153 | 1.314 |
| 2019 | ATL | 19 | 112.7 | 8 | 8 | 3.75 | 120 | 91 | 1.367 |
| 2020 | CWS | 11 | 63.3 | 6 | 2 | 1.99 | 223 | 42 | 1.089 |
| 2021 | CWS | 32 | 162.0 | 9 | 9 | 5.28 | 81 | 95 | 1.531 |
| 2022 | CWS | 14 | 60.7 | 2 | 9 | 9.20 | 43 | 45 | 2.060 |
| 2023 | MIN | 10 | 37.7 | 2 | 1 | 5.97 | 73 | 25 | 1.673 |
| 2024 | MIL | 4 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 76 | 11 | 1.860 |
| Career | 282 | 1642.5 | 103 | 92 | — | — | 1254 | — | |
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.
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.
Matchups, projections, comps — grounded in Lahman, Retrosheet, and Statcast.