Kyle Hendricks
2014–2025 · P

Kyle Hendricks

6' 3", 190 lbs·Lived to 37·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2025 · 25,884 pitches · 87.3 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.13
Best ERA · 2016
16
Most W · 2016
170
Most K · 2016
0.979
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · OPS
7 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

12 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2014CHC142401.125.34750
2015CHC326001.050.13218
2016CHC325802.138.30541
2017CHC255005.100.22029
2018CHC336001.067.18025
2019CHC315405.148.36048
2020CHC12000
2021CHC325201.115.28339
2022CHC16000
2023CHC24000
2024CHC29000
2025LAA31000
Career311358016.103

Career · Pitching

12 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2014CHC1380.3722.46152471.083
2015CHC32180.0873.951001671.161
2016CHC31190.01682.131961700.979
2017CHC24139.7753.031441231.189
2018CHC33199.014113.441201611.146
2019CHC30177.011103.461301501.130
2020CHC1281.3652.88154640.996
2021CHC32181.01474.77891311.348
2022CHC1684.3464.8082661.292
2023CHC24137.0683.74116931.204
2024CHC29130.74125.9269871.454
2025LAA31164.78104.76871141.275
Career3071745.0105911373
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 · 25,779 pitches · 2015–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHFFCUFC
SI · Sinker42.1% · 87.3 mph
CH · Changeup30.5% · 79.8 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball15.5% · 87.2 mph
CU · Curveball9.1% · 73.4 mph
FC · Cutter2.9% · 88.3 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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