Kirby Yates
Los Angeles Angels · No. 39 · P

Kirby Yates

5' 10", 205 lbs·Age 39·Bats L / Throws R
↓ ColdL4 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2026 · 7,623 pitches · 93.4 mph fastball
2026 · 25 G
3.74
ERA
0-5
W-L
21.7
IP
1.06
WHIP
28
SO
8
BB
11.6
K/9
3
SV
The Almanac's Take

AI-generated analysis coming soon.

Career Highs
1.17
Best ERA · 2024
7
Most W · 2024
101
Most K · 2019
0.83
Best WHIP · 2024
Career Arc · ERA
14 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 170.66712100L
Jul 10110000S
Jul 90.33321000L
Jul 5100010
Jul 3110020
Jun 27100010S
Jun 26100020
Jun 22110030
Jun 20100020
Jun 190.33300100L

Career · Hitting

7 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201437000
201520000
201641000
201761000
201865200
201960000
202461000
Career345200

Career · Pitching

14 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20143736.0023.75421.33
20152020.1107.97211.48
20164141.1215.23501.45
201711.00018.0012.00
20176155.2453.72871.10
20176256.2453.97881.11
20186563.0532.14900.92
20196060.2051.191010.89
202064.10112.4682.54
202297.0005.1461.57
20236160.1723.28801.19
20246161.2721.17850.83
20255041.1435.23521.33
20262521.2053.74281.06
Career559527.53434739
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 · 7,540 pitches · 2015–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFFSSLKCSICH
FF · 4-Seam Fastball57.5% · 93.4 mph
FS · Split-Finger30.2% · 86.3 mph
SL · Slider8.8% · 85.5 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve1.4% · 78.2 mph
SI · Sinker1.1% · 93.4 mph
CH · Changeup0.8% · 84.3 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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