Paul Blackburn
New York Yankees · No. 58 · P

Paul Blackburn

6' 1", 196 lbs·Age 32·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL6 games
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2017–2026 · 8,460 pitches · 90.4 mph fastball
2026 · 34 G
2.08
ERA
2-1
W-L
52.0
IP
1.06
WHIP
38
SO
17
BB
6.6
K/9
1
SV
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
2.08
Best ERA · 2026
7
Most W · 2022
104
Most K · 2023
1.08
Best WHIP · 2026
Career Arc · ERA
14 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 192.33310110
Jul 17100100
Jul 12200020S
Jul 9221031
Jul 71.33300110
Jul 5110110
Jul 3100020H
Jul 11.66700110
Jun 28210010
Jun 27100000

Career · Hitting

3 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
201710300
20186200
202634000
Career50500

Career · Pitching

14 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20171058.2313.22221.26
2018627.2237.16191.41
2019411.00210.6482.09
202012.10127.0023.00
2021938.1145.87261.62
202221111.1764.28891.26
202321103.2474.431041.54
2024951.0424.41381.16
2024524.1125.18211.56
20241475.1544.66591.29
2025723.2036.85181.65
2025815.1005.28161.30
20251539.0036.23341.51
20263452.0212.08381.08
Career164630.42939494
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 · 8,469 pitches · 2017–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFCCHCUFFSTSL
SI · Sinker30.6% · 91.4 mph
FC · Cutter21.1% · 88.3 mph
CH · Changeup12.9% · 85.8 mph
CU · Curveball12.8% · 79.0 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball11.3% · 91.6 mph
ST · Sweeper9.1% · 81.0 mph
SL · Slider2.2% · 84.0 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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