Jacob Barnes
2016–2025 · P

Jacob Barnes

6' 2", 231 lbs·Lived to 36·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Fastball FirstRides the fastball family for the bulk of the arsenal.2016–2025 · 5,881 pitches · 92.7 mph fastball
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Career Highs
4.00
Best ERA · 2017
8
Most W · 2024
80
Most K · 2017
1.250
Best WHIP · 2017
Career Arc · ERA
10 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

10 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2016MIL2726.7012.70155261.125
2017MIL7372.0344.00109801.250
2018MIL4948.7013.33124471.521
2019MIL3332.7157.4460321.776
2020LAA1818.0025.5081241.278
2021NYM2928.7126.2868331.465
2022DET2322.3315.6470121.433
2023STL1313.7015.937381.537
2024WSH6366.0834.3694551.318
2025TOR68.0019.004651.625
Career334336.81621322
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 · 5,842 pitches · 2016–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFFCSLCH
FF · 4-Seam Fastball50.7% · 95.3 mph
FC · Cutter44.0% · 89.6 mph
SL · Slider4.3% · 87.1 mph
CH · Changeup0.8% · 87.3 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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