Garrett Richards
2011–2022 · P

Garrett Richards

6' 2", 210 lbs·Lived to 38·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2022 · 9,593 pitches · 95.5 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.61
Best ERA · 2014
15
Most W · 2015
176
Most K · 2015
1.038
Best WHIP · 2014
Career Arc · ERA
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

12 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2011LAA714.0025.796891.643
2012LAA3071.0434.6986471.563
2013LAA47145.0784.16931011.345
2014LAA26168.71342.611431641.038
2015LAA32207.315123.651081761.240
2016LAA634.7132.34179341.327
2017LAA627.7022.28191270.904
2018LAA1676.3543.66113871.284
2019SD38.7018.3154111.846
2020SD1451.3224.03110461.247
2021BOS40136.7784.87871151.595
2022TEX3242.7115.2775361.336
Career259984.15550853
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 · 9,576 pitches · 2015–2022
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLSICUFCCH
FF · 4-Seam Fastball37.2% · 95.3 mph
SL · Slider32.7% · 88.4 mph
SI · Sinker9.7% · 96.0 mph
CU · Curveball7.9% · 79.5 mph
FC · Cutter7.5% · 95.8 mph
CH · Changeup4.8% · 90.0 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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