Luis Avilan
2012–2021 · P

Luis Avilan

6' 2", 235 lbs·Lived to 37·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2021 · 3,698 pitches · 92.3 mph fastball
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Career Highs
1.52
Best ERA · 2013
5
Most W · 2013
49
Most K · 2015
0.954
Best WHIP · 2013
Career Arc · ERA
10 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

10 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2012ATL3136.0102.00200331.028
2013ATL7565.0501.52254380.954
2014ATL6243.3414.5782251.569
2015ATL7353.3254.0598491.181
2016LAD2719.7303.20131281.119
2017LAD6146.0232.93148521.391
2018CWS7045.3213.77110511.368
2019NYM4532.0405.0689301.469
2020NYY108.3004.3210391.680
2021WSH45.00112.603442.000
Career458353.92311319
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 · 3,645 pitches · 2015–2021
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)CHSICUFF
CH · Changeup46.4% · 82.8 mph
SI · Sinker34.3% · 92.1 mph
CU · Curveball10.6% · 74.3 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball8.6% · 93.5 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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