Kyle Gibson
2013–2025 · P

Kyle Gibson

6' 6", 215 lbs·Lived to 39·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2025 · 27,175 pitches · 91.8 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.62
Best ERA · 2018
15
Most W · 2023
179
Most K · 2018
1.220
Best WHIP · 2021
Career Arc · ERA
13 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

13 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2013MIN1051.0246.5359291.745
2014MIN31179.313124.47841071.310
2015MIN32194.711113.841031451.289
2016MIN25147.36115.07821041.561
2017MIN29158.012105.07861211.532
2018MIN32196.710133.621141791.302
2019MIN34160.01374.84931601.444
2020TEX1267.3265.3583581.530
2021TEX31182.01093.711151551.220
2022PHI31167.71085.05781441.336
2023BAL33192.01594.73921571.318
2024STL30169.7884.24961511.350
2025BAL412.30316.7825102.919
Career3341878.01121111520
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 · 27,115 pitches · 2015–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFFSLCHCUFCST
SI · Sinker31.8% · 92.1 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball17.6% · 92.5 mph
SL · Slider14.6% · 84.4 mph
CH · Changeup14.5% · 84.7 mph
CU · Curveball8.8% · 79.8 mph
FC · Cutter7.9% · 89.3 mph
ST · Sweeper4.8% · 81.3 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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