Ken Waldichuk
Washington Nationals · No. 52 · P

Ken Waldichuk

6' 4", 220 lbs·Age 28·Bats L / Throws L
60-DayInjured 60-Day
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Balanced ArsenalA deep, even arsenal without a single dominant tendency.2022–2026 · 3,293 pitches · 93.4 mph fastball
2026 · 5 G
6.75
ERA
0-0
W-L
9.3
IP
1.50
WHIP
8
SO
6
BB
7.7
K/9
0
SV
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Career Highs
5.36
Best ERA · 2023
4
Most W · 2023
132
Most K · 2023
1.56
Best WHIP · 2023
Career Arc · ERA
3 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 5 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Apr 121.66711110
Apr 62.33323222BS
Apr 3211131
Mar 31210000
Mar 281.33332221

Career · Pitching

3 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2022734.2224.93331.21
202335141.0495.361321.56
202659.1006.7581.50
Career47184.3611173
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 · 3,288 pitches · 2022–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSTCHCU
FF · 4-Seam Fastball53.7% · 93.5 mph
ST · Sweeper25.0% · 81.1 mph
CH · Changeup15.5% · 83.9 mph
CU · Curveball4.9% · 77.4 mph
Rare or unclassified pitches (0.9%) not mapped.

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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