Max Manning
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Max Manning

6' 4", 180 lbs·Lived to 85·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Finesse / CommandBeats hitters with location and sequencing rather than velocity.2021–2024 · 4,032 pitches · 93.4 mph fastball
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Career Highs
1.75
Best ERA · 1948
12
Most W · 1947
80
Most K · 1941
1.038
Best WHIP · 1942
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

8 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
1939NE81500.133.32144
1940NE224703.255
1941NE245004.180
1942NE154103.122.31747
1943NE1300.333
1946NE255119.275
1947NE265401.148
1948NE2249110.204
Career143310230.197

Career · Pitching

8 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
1939NE842.0134.29100151.738
1940NE22109.71064.6092681.468
1941NE22113.7854.5187801.425
1942NE15104.0752.77129521.038
1943NE19.0016.005881.444
1946NE19120.31122.99120671.155
1947NE20130.01242.98133771.123
1948NE15113.3941.75235731.112
Career122742.05830440
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 · 4,031 pitches · 2021–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSTCUSICHSL
FF · 4-Seam Fastball46.5% · 93.4 mph
ST · Sweeper18.1% · 82.9 mph
CU · Curveball12.7% · 79.5 mph
SI · Sinker8.7% · 93.4 mph
CH · Changeup7.3% · 87.2 mph
SL · Slider6.2% · 85.3 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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