Sam Hentges
San Francisco Giants · No. 31 · P

Sam Hentges

6' 8", 255 lbs·Age 30·Bats L / Throws L
↑ HotL4 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Breaking-Ball FirstLeads with the slider, sweeper, or curve — spin over speed.2021–2026 · 3,674 pitches · 95.0 mph fastball
2026 · 24 G
1.93
ERA
1-2
W-L
18.7
IP
1.61
WHIP
22
SO
16
BB
10.6
K/9
0
SV
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Career Highs
2.32
Best ERA · 2022
3
Most W · 2023
72
Most K · 2022
0.97
Best WHIP · 2022
Career Arc · ERA
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 18110110
Jul 101.33310030
Jul 50.33300010H
Jul 4100010H
Jun 290.33310200
Jun 27100010
Jun 260.66710010
Jun 240.33300000
Jun 190.33322000L
Jun 17110010H

Career · Hitting

2 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202130100
202625000
Career55100

Career · Pitching

5 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
20213068.2146.68681.78
20225762.0322.32720.97
20235652.1323.61561.36
20242523.2003.04270.97
20262519.2121.83221.53
Career193224.7810245
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 · 3,681 pitches · 2021–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFCUSLSI
FF · 4-Seam Fastball34.0% · 95.1 mph
CU · Curveball26.7% · 80.4 mph
SL · Slider19.7% · 87.1 mph
SI · Sinker19.5% · 94.8 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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