Jason Grilli
2000–2017 · P

Jason Grilli

6' 5", 235 lbs·Lived to 50·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2017 · 2,463 pitches · 93.3 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.70
Best ERA · 2013
7
Most W · 2016
90
Most K · 2012
1.060
Best WHIP · 2013
Career Arc · ERA
15 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

15 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2000FLO16.7105.408831.950
2001FLO626.7226.0873171.538
2004CWS845.0237.4060261.600
2005DET316.0113.3812751.250
2006DET5162.0234.21107311.387
2007DET5779.7534.7494621.418
2008COL6075.0333.00144691.400
2009TEX5245.7235.3281491.686
2011PIT2832.7212.48159371.194
2012PIT6458.7162.91138901.142
2013PIT5450.0022.70143741.060
2014LAA6254.0154.0094571.333
2015ATL3633.7342.94134451.129
2016TOR6759.0764.12101811.288
2017TOR4640.0256.3069481.600
Career595684.93447694
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 · 2,453 pitches · 2015–2017
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLSICH
FF · 4-Seam Fastball61.5% · 93.3 mph
SL · Slider34.1% · 81.5 mph
SI · Sinker2.4% · 92.8 mph
CH · Changeup1.9% · 85.3 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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