Matt Strahm
Kansas City Royals · No. 25 · P

Matt Strahm

6' 2", 190 lbs·Age 34·Bats R / Throws L
↓ ColdL5 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Fastball FirstRides the fastball family for the bulk of the arsenal.2016–2026 · 8,922 pitches · 91.6 mph fastball
2026 · 35 G
7.18
ERA
3-3
W-L
31.3
IP
1.50
WHIP
25
SO
13
BB
7.2
K/9
0
SV
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Career Highs
1.87
Best ERA · 2024
9
Most W · 2023
118
Most K · 2019
0.75
Best WHIP · 2024
Career Arc · ERA
11 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 120.33345110L
Jul 10122021L
Jul 80.33300010
Jul 7121100
Jul 5110110H
Jul 1100000
Jun 28100000H
Jun 25100010
Jun 23100110
Jun 21110100

Career · Hitting

6 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201621000
201724000
201841800
2019472101
202019000
20216000
Career1582901

Career · Pitching

11 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20162122.0221.23301.09
20172434.2255.45371.50
20184161.1342.05690.98
201946114.26114.711181.25
20201920.2012.61150.87
202166.2018.1042.40
20225044.2443.83521.23
20235687.2953.291081.02
20246662.2621.87790.75
20256662.1232.74701.07
20263632.1337.24261.48
Career431545.73741608
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 · 8,879 pitches · 2016–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFFCSLSICUCH
FF · 4-Seam Fastball46.3% · 93.1 mph
FC · Cutter16.3% · 86.8 mph
SL · Slider11.4% · 82.4 mph
SI · Sinker10.0% · 93.0 mph
CU · Curveball8.4% · 80.1 mph
CH · Changeup7.5% · 85.0 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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