Steve Cishek
2010–2022 · P

Steve Cishek

6' 6", 220 lbs·Lived to 40·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2022 · 7,870 pitches · 90.5 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.18
Best ERA · 2018
5
Most W · 2012
84
Most K · 2014
1.016
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · ERA
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

13 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2010FLO34.3000.0030.462
2011FLO4554.7212.63150551.171
2012MIA6863.7522.69149681.304
2013MIA6969.7462.33166741.077
2014MIA6765.3453.17118841.209
2015MIA5955.3263.58110481.482
2016SEA6264.0462.81149761.016
2017TB4944.7322.01216410.896
2018CHC8070.3432.18190781.038
2019CHC7064.0462.95152571.203
2020CWS2220.0005.4082211.500
2021LAA7468.3023.42125641.493
2022WSH6966.3144.2194741.221
Career737710.63343743
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 · 7,807 pitches · 2015–2022
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SISLFFCH
SI · Sinker45.0% · 90.7 mph
SL · Slider41.9% · 78.2 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball12.3% · 89.8 mph
CH · Changeup0.8% · 83.7 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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