Year	Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	ERA+	SO	WHIP
2005	KC	15	72.7	3	5	6.19	69	54	1.541
2006	TB	8	42.3	1	3	5.10	89	33	1.559
2007	TB	10	51.0	1	6	7.59	59	49	1.765
2008	TB	64	89.3	6	1	2.22	195	92	1.131
2009	TB	69	66.7	7	5	2.84	152	79	1.200
2011	TB	46	30.7	2	3	6.16	64	26	1.565
2012	TB	55	50.3	1	0	3.04	132	42	1.212
2013	LAD	67	62.0	4	1	2.03	190	54	1.048
2014	LAD	68	49.0	3	3	2.39	156	48	1.143
2015	LAD	65	44.0	6	1	1.43	276	39	1.386
2016	LAD	64	50.7	1	1	4.09	102	44	1.401
2017	TOR	16	11.0	1	1	7.36	59	6	1.818
Career		547	619.7	36	30	—	—	566	—

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 · 1,820 pitches · 2015–2017

SI · Sinker54.8% · 86.5 mph

KC · Knuckle Curve39.7% · 79.6 mph

CH · Changeup5.3% · 81.3 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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