Year	Team	G	IP	W	L	ERA	ERA+	SO	WHIP
2012	STL	24	20.0	0	2	5.40	74	18	1.350
2013	STL	13	12.3	1	0	2.19	176	8	1.054
2014	STL	44	38.0	2	0	2.61	143	35	1.395
2015	TEX	54	38.3	0	0	3.05	130	40	1.461
2016	MIL	7	7.7	0	0	12.91	32	8	2.870
2017	ATL	58	60.0	2	0	2.55	171	59	1.250
2018	ATL	63	50.3	3	5	4.29	97	58	1.450
2019	LAA	1	2.0	0	0	4.50	100	0	2.500
2020	WSH	7	5.0	0	0	1.80	247	6	1.800
Career		271	233.6	8	7	—	—	232	—

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 · 2,853 pitches · 2015–2020

FF · 4-Seam Fastball37.4% · 95.0 mph

FS · Split-Finger24.5% · 85.8 mph

SI · Sinker21.5% · 94.6 mph

CU · Curveball13.8% · 83.3 mph

SL · Slider2.8% · 83.4 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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