Year	Team	G	AB	RBI	AVG	OPS	OPS+
2006	TB	21	8	0	.375	.750	98
2007	TB	31	6	0	.167	.333	44
2008	TB	34	4	1	.250	.650	87
2009	TB	33	4	0	.000	.200	27
2010	TB	34	2	0	.500	1.000	137
2011	TB	33	8	1	.000	.000	0
2012	TB	33	5	1	.200	.400	55
2013	KC	34	3	0	.333	.667	93
2014	KC	34	7	1	.286	.714	102
2015	SD	36	68	2	.132	.307	43
2016	SD	33	21	0	.190	.381	52
2017	CWS	21	0	0	—	—	—
2018	CWS	34	6	0	.167	.333	46
Career		411	142	6	.169	—	—

Career · Pitching

13 seasons

Year	Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	ERA+	SO	WHIP
2006	TB	21	124.7	6	8	4.84	93	104	1.436
2007	TB	31	215.0	12	8	3.85	116	184	1.107
2008	TB	33	215.0	14	8	3.56	121	160	1.153
2009	TB	33	219.7	11	12	4.14	104	167	1.325
2010	TB	34	203.3	13	15	5.18	79	187	1.461
2011	TB	33	249.3	16	12	2.82	140	225	1.043
2012	TB	33	227.7	15	10	3.52	114	223	1.168
2013	KC	34	228.7	13	9	3.15	123	196	1.238
2014	KC	34	227.0	14	8	3.21	117	180	1.181
2015	SD	33	202.3	13	7	3.91	101	216	1.334
2016	CWS	33	181.7	6	19	5.85	71	135	1.596
2017	CWS	21	117.0	5	7	5.23	83	103	1.444
2018	CWS	34	204.7	7	16	4.53	91	154	1.309
Career		407	2616.1	145	139	—	—	2234	—

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 · 11,745 pitches · 2015–2018

FF · 4-Seam Fastball25.4% · 90.6 mph

FC · Cutter21.1% · 86.4 mph

CH · Changeup18.5% · 84.1 mph

KC · Knuckle Curve18.5% · 78.2 mph

SI · Sinker14.8% · 90.5 mph

Rare or unclassified pitches (1.7%) not mapped.

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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