Matthew Liberatore
St. Louis Cardinals · No. 32 · P

Matthew Liberatore

6' 4", 215 lbs·Age 26·Bats L / Throws L
↑ HotL2 games
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Balanced ArsenalA deep, even arsenal without a single dominant tendency.2022–2026 · 6,998 pitches · 93.8 mph fastball
2026 · 19 G
5.00
ERA
5-6
W-L
93.7
IP
1.48
WHIP
88
SO
36
BB
8.5
K/9
0
SV
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Career Highs
4.21
Best ERA · 2025
8
Most W · 2025
122
Most K · 2025
1.27
Best WHIP · 2024
Career Arc · ERA
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 11640160W
Jul 5543230L
Jun 30511490W
Jun 245.33386232L
Jun 181.66775021L
Jun 134.33354143
Jun 64.33343341
May 315.33330140W
May 255732101L
May 194.66774290

Career · Hitting

1 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20229000
Career9000

Career · Pitching

5 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2022934.2225.97281.73
20232261.2365.25461.48
20246086.0344.40761.27
202529151.28124.211221.31
20261993.2565.00881.48
Career139425.82130360
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 · 6,977 pitches · 2022–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLCUSICHFC
FF · 4-Seam Fastball30.8% · 94.2 mph
SL · Slider20.4% · 86.7 mph
CU · Curveball15.9% · 77.4 mph
SI · Sinker14.9% · 94.3 mph
CH · Changeup10.6% · 88.1 mph
FC · Cutter7.3% · 90.6 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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