Shane Baz
Baltimore Orioles · No. 34 · P

Shane Baz

6' 3", 200 lbs·Age 27·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL2 games
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2021–2026 · 6,133 pitches · 95.1 mph fastball
2026 · 19 G
4.03
ERA
4-9
W-L
111.7
IP
1.37
WHIP
99
SO
42
BB
8.0
K/9
0
SV
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Career Highs
3.06
Best ERA · 2024
10
Most W · 2025
176
Most K · 2025
1.06
Best WHIP · 2024
Career Arc · ERA
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 124.66771090
Jul 7663330L
Jun 29742460
Jun 23585151L
Jun 18753290L
Jun 12562210W
Jun 75.66771131L
Jun 2742260W
May 26771290W
May 20621361

Career · Pitching

5 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2021313.1202.03180.68
2022627.0125.00301.33
20241479.1433.06691.06
202531166.110124.871761.33
202619111.2494.19991.39
Career73396.52126392
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 · 6,110 pitches · 2021–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFKCFCCHSLSI
FF · 4-Seam Fastball42.4% · 96.4 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve26.0% · 84.7 mph
FC · Cutter10.8% · 90.0 mph
CH · Changeup10.0% · 88.8 mph
SL · Slider8.9% · 87.3 mph
SI · Sinker1.8% · 95.2 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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