Year	Team	G	AB	RBI	AVG	OPS	OPS+
2008	NYM	3	6	0	.167	.333	44
2009	NYM	5	8	0	.125	.250	33
2010	NYM	31	53	4	.189	.521	72
2011	NYM	29	49	0	.061	.234	33
2012	NYM	30	55	2	.218	.513	71
2013	NYM	24	39	4	.205	.535	75
2014	NYM	31	55	4	.091	.289	41
2015	NYM	33	52	4	.173	.438	61
2016	PIT	30	30	1	.100	.290	39
Career		216	347	19	.150	—	—

Career · Pitching

9 seasons

Year	Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	ERA+	SO	WHIP
2008	NYM	3	14.0	1	1	7.07	61	11	2.000
2009	NYM	5	25.7	1	1	4.21	102	18	1.403
2010	NYM	30	173.7	9	10	4.20	97	148	1.463
2011	NYM	27	157.3	11	11	4.40	90	138	1.411
2012	NYM	30	190.3	13	9	3.40	118	155	1.172
2013	NYM	24	143.0	8	8	3.71	104	105	1.441
2014	NYM	30	187.7	9	11	3.40	110	138	1.268
2015	NYM	33	176.7	9	10	4.13	96	113	1.398
2016	PIT	29	121.0	8	7	5.50	76	88	1.587
Career		211	1189.4	69	68	—	—	914	—

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 · 4,684 pitches · 2015–2016

SI · Sinker28.5% · 89.5 mph

FF · 4-Seam Fastball26.2% · 89.7 mph

FC · Cutter19.3% · 87.1 mph

CU · Curveball12.6% · 74.9 mph

CH · Changeup11.8% · 83.3 mph

SL · Slider1.6% · 80.9 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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