Jaime Garcia
2008–2018 · P

Jaime Garcia

6' 2", 215 lbs·Lived to 40·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2018 · 8,271 pitches · 90.6 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.43
Best ERA · 2015
13
Most W · 2011
156
Most K · 2011
1.049
Best WHIP · 2015
Career Arc · OPS
8 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
10 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

10 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2008STL10100.000.66789
2010STL315402.185.41857
2011STL326216.097.25636
2012STL204013.250.68695
2013STL92100.000.0000
2014STL81200.250.55880
2015STL204101.098.23733
2016STL324104.171.37551
2017ATL273317.152.44960
2018TOR33400.000.0000
Career222309323.146

Career · Pitching

10 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2008STL1016.0115.637781.375
2010STL28163.31382.701511321.316
2011STL32194.71373.561111561.320
2012STL20121.7773.92102981.364
2013STL955.3523.58108431.301
2014STL743.7314.1291391.053
2015STL20129.71062.43163971.049
2016STL32171.710134.67901501.375
2017ATL27157.05104.41991291.408
2018TOR3382.0375.8271731.537
Career2181135.17062925
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 · 8,212 pitches · 2015–2018
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFFCHSLCUFC
SI · Sinker31.3% · 90.6 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball28.7% · 90.6 mph
CH · Changeup16.8% · 82.9 mph
SL · Slider14.8% · 82.6 mph
CU · Curveball6.1% · 74.3 mph
FC · Cutter2.3% · 90.7 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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