John Gant
2016–2021 · P

John Gant

6' 4", 200 lbs·Lived to 34·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2016–2021 · 6,455 pitches · 92.3 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.47
Best ERA · 2018
11
Most W · 2019
95
Most K · 2018
1.281
Best WHIP · 2019
Career Arc · ERA
6 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

6 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2016ATL20700.000.0000
2017STL7300.000.0000
2018STL283123.065.32344
2019STL64300.000.0000
2020STL17000
2021STL391300.000.0000
Career1755723.035

Career · Pitching

6 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2016ATL2050.0144.8686491.500
2017STL717.3014.6793111.558
2018STL26114.0763.47119951.298
2019STL6466.31113.66123601.281
2020STL1715.0032.40185181.067
2021STL39110.05114.09104921.509
Career173372.62426325
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 · 6,396 pitches · 2016–2021
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHFFCUFCSL
SI · Sinker31.1% · 93.1 mph
CH · Changeup24.0% · 81.3 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball23.2% · 93.1 mph
CU · Curveball10.6% · 75.9 mph
FC · Cutter8.0% · 86.6 mph
SL · Slider3.2% · 82.9 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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