Joe Kelly
2012–2024 · P

Joe Kelly

6' 1", 174 lbs·Lived to 38·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2024 · 9,082 pitches · 97.5 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.69
Best ERA · 2013
10
Most W · 2015
110
Most K · 2015
1.190
Best WHIP · 2017
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
13 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

13 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2012STL293302.152.36450
2013STL403302.152.35349
2014STL171600.250.60787
2015BOS25501.200.40055
2016BOS20000
2017BOS54000
2018BOS73000
2019LAD55200.000.0000
2020LAD12000
2021LAD48300.000.0000
2022CWS43000
2023CWS42000
2024LAD35000
Career4939205.163

Career · Pitching

13 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2012STL24107.0573.53114751.383
2013STL37124.01052.69143791.355
2014BOS1796.3644.2089661.349
2015BOS25134.31064.82821101.444
2016BOS2040.0405.1881481.700
2017BOS5458.0412.79156521.190
2018BOS7365.7424.3994681.355
2019LAD5551.3544.5698621.383
2020LAD1210.0001.8024791.500
2021LAD4844.0202.86149500.977
2022CWS4337.0136.0865531.595
2023CWS4239.3254.12105601.195
2024LAD3532.0114.7885351.469
Career485838.95438767
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 · 9,044 pitches · 2015–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSIKCSLCHCU
FF · 4-Seam Fastball28.8% · 97.5 mph
SI · Sinker26.9% · 97.4 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve17.8% · 86.6 mph
SL · Slider13.6% · 88.5 mph
CH · Changeup9.7% · 86.9 mph
CU · Curveball3.2% · 80.7 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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