David Bednar
New York Yankees · No. 53 · P

David Bednar

6' 1", 250 lbs·Age 31·Bats L / Throws R
↑ HotL3 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2019–2026 · 5,935 pitches · 96.7 mph fastball
2026 · 37 G
2.70
ERA
3-3
W-L
40.0
IP
1.10
WHIP
45
SO
12
BB
10.1
K/9
18
SV
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
2.00
Best ERA · 2023
6
Most W · 2025
86
Most K · 2025
0.97
Best WHIP · 2021
Career Arc · ERA
10 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 11110010S
Jul 10200000W
Jul 6100010
Jul 3100030S
Jun 28210010
Jun 24110010S
Jun 231.33300000S
Jun 19100020
Jun 14120000
Jun 13100030S

Career · Hitting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201913000
202161100
202245000
202638000
Career157100

Career · Pitching

10 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20191311.0026.55141.36
202046.1007.1152.05
20216160.2312.23770.97
20224551.2342.61691.12
20236667.1332.00801.10
20246257.2385.77581.42
20254238.0252.37511.11
20252224.2402.19350.93
20256462.2652.30861.04
20263841.2432.59471.08
Career417418.42831522
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 · 5,884 pitches · 2019–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCUFS
FF · 4-Seam Fastball51.8% · 96.7 mph
CU · Curveball26.1% · 77.4 mph
FS · Split-Finger22.1% · 90.9 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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