Year	Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	ERA+	SO	WHIP
2013	SEA	4	24.0	3	0	1.50	257	21	0.917
2014	SEA	13	74.0	6	4	3.04	123	59	1.203
2015	SEA	13	67.0	3	4	3.90	101	56	1.433
2016	SEA	20	121.0	6	7	3.79	110	117	1.306
2017	SEA	24	136.0	12	5	2.98	146	156	1.103
2018	SEA	28	160.3	11	6	3.76	110	208	1.098
2019	NYY	29	150.7	15	6	3.82	118	186	1.281
2020	NYY	5	20.3	1	1	6.64	67	26	1.475
2021	SEA	1	1.3	0	0	6.75	63	2	0.750
2023	BOS	19	96.0	7	5	4.50	96	101	1.313
2024	LAD	21	100.3	9	3	4.40	93	73	1.445
Career		177	950.9	73	41	—	—	1005	—

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 · 14,348 pitches · 2015–2024

FF · 4-Seam Fastball60.8% · 95.3 mph

KC · Knuckle Curve20.1% · 81.1 mph

FC · Cutter13.3% · 88.3 mph

CH · Changeup4.4% · 85.6 mph

SI · Sinker1.4% · 93.4 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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