Framber Valdez
Detroit Tigers · No. 59 · P

Framber Valdez

5' 11", 230 lbs·Age 32·Bats R / Throws L
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Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2018–2026 · 17,963 pitches · 93.8 mph fastball
2026 · 19 G
4.10
ERA
5-6
W-L
107.7
IP
1.30
WHIP
87
SO
36
BB
7.3
K/9
0
SV
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Career Highs
2.82
Best ERA · 2022
17
Most W · 2022
200
Most K · 2023
1.11
Best WHIP · 2024
Career Arc · ERA
9 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 9731090W
Jul 2595211L
Jun 27684021
Jun 22641280W
Jun 16660360
Jun 10564222L
Jun 5551250W
May 306.66764241L
May 24621251
May 18554430L

Career · Hitting

1 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202122400
Career22400

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2018837.0412.19341.24
20192670.2475.86681.67
20201170.2533.57761.12
202122134.21163.141251.25
202231201.11762.821941.16
202331198.012113.452001.13
202428176.11572.911691.11
202531192.013113.661871.24
202619107.2564.10871.32
Career2071186.086581140
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 · 17,930 pitches · 2018–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICUCHSLFFFC
SI · Sinker47.6% · 93.8 mph
CU · Curveball30.0% · 79.4 mph
CH · Changeup13.6% · 89.3 mph
SL · Slider4.7% · 84.2 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball3.6% · 93.5 mph
FC · Cutter0.6% · 89.1 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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