Jeff Locke
2011–2017 · P

Jeff Locke

6' 0", 200 lbs·Lived to 39·Bats L / Throws L
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2017 · 5,457 pitches · 91.9 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.52
Best ERA · 2013
10
Most W · 2013
129
Most K · 2015
1.272
Best WHIP · 2014
Career Arc · OPS
6 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
7 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

7 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2011PIT4500.000.0000
2012PIT81100.091.18225
2013PIT304700.106.24935
2014PIT214500.111.26037
2015PIT304502.067.19527
2016PIT313200.125.27737
2017MIA71000.000.09112
Career13119502.092

Career · Pitching

7 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2011PIT416.7036.486151.860
2012PIT834.3135.5073341.369
2013PIT30166.31073.521101251.383
2014PIT21131.3763.9196891.272
2015PIT30168.38114.49881291.420
2016PIT30127.3985.4477731.531
2017MIA732.0058.1653261.781
Career130676.23543481
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 · 5,411 pitches · 2015–2017
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHKCFF
SI · Sinker57.2% · 91.9 mph
CH · Changeup26.5% · 82.2 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve10.4% · 79.6 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball5.9% · 91.6 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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