David Price
Price's 2012 Cy Young campaign gets overshadowed by what came after, but that season represents one of the most dominant pitching performances of the 2010s. His 2.56 ERA and 205 strikeouts anchored Tampa Bay's surprise playoff run, proving a tall lefty could thrive in the AL East's launching pads.
The Detroit years showcased Price at his peak velocity, touching 97 mph while maintaining pinpoint command. That 2015 season — 18 wins, 2.45 ERA — demonstrated how electric stuff translates when paired with run support. His 161 ERA+ that year ranks among the decade's best.
Boston fans remember the October struggles, but the regular season numbers tell a different story. Price's 133 career ERA+ over 15 seasons places him firmly in elite company, with 2,076 strikeouts serving as testament to sustained excellence in an era when power arms burned out young.
Career · Hitting
14 seasons| Year | Team | G | AB | HR | RBI | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | TB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | TB | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .667 | 89 |
| 2010 | TB | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .286 | 39 |
| 2011 | TB | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | 28 |
| 2012 | TB | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | 28 |
| 2013 | TB | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2014 | TB | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2015 | DET | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 2016 | BOS | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .091 | 12 |
| 2017 | BOS | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 267 |
| 2018 | BOS | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | BOS | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | 132 |
| 2021 | LAD | 39 | 15 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .583 | 80 |
| 2022 | LAD | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | 400 | 65 | 0 | 3 | .123 | — | — | |
Career · Pitching
14 seasons| Year | Team | G | IP | W | L | ERA | ERA+ | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | TB | 5 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 224 | 12 | 0.929 |
| 2009 | TB | 23 | 128.3 | 10 | 7 | 4.42 | 98 | 102 | 1.348 |
| 2010 | TB | 32 | 208.7 | 19 | 6 | 2.72 | 150 | 188 | 1.193 |
| 2011 | TB | 34 | 224.3 | 12 | 13 | 3.49 | 113 | 218 | 1.137 |
| 2012 | TB | 31 | 211.0 | 20 | 5 | 2.56 | 157 | 205 | 1.100 |
| 2013 | TB | 27 | 186.7 | 10 | 8 | 3.33 | 116 | 151 | 1.098 |
| 2014 | TB | 34 | 248.3 | 15 | 12 | 3.26 | 115 | 271 | 1.079 |
| 2015 | DET | 32 | 220.3 | 18 | 5 | 2.45 | 161 | 225 | 1.076 |
| 2016 | BOS | 35 | 230.0 | 17 | 9 | 3.99 | 105 | 228 | 1.204 |
| 2017 | BOS | 16 | 74.7 | 6 | 3 | 3.38 | 129 | 76 | 1.192 |
| 2018 | BOS | 30 | 176.0 | 16 | 7 | 3.58 | 116 | 177 | 1.142 |
| 2019 | BOS | 22 | 107.3 | 7 | 5 | 4.28 | 105 | 128 | 1.314 |
| 2021 | LAD | 39 | 73.7 | 5 | 2 | 4.03 | 106 | 58 | 1.425 |
| 2022 | LAD | 40 | 40.3 | 2 | 0 | 2.45 | 162 | 37 | 1.165 |
| Career | 400 | 2143.6 | 157 | 82 | — | — | 2076 | — | |
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.