Jake Petricka
2013–2021 · P

Jake Petricka

6' 4", 218 lbs·Lived to 38·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2021 · 2,475 pitches · 94.6 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.96
Best ERA · 2014
4
Most W · 2015
55
Most K · 2014
1.370
Best WHIP · 2014
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

8 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2013CWS1619.3113.26118101.552
2014CWS6773.0162.96126551.370
2015CWS6252.0433.63109331.423
2016CWS98.0004.509372.000
2017CWS2725.7117.0162261.753
2018TOR4145.7314.5391411.642
2019MIL68.0003.3813331.500
2021LAA76.00115.002882.167
Career235237.71013183
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 · 2,449 pitches · 2015–2021
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHSLFF
SI · Sinker66.8% · 94.6 mph
CH · Changeup17.9% · 87.2 mph
SL · Slider12.8% · 86.2 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball2.4% · 94.2 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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