T. J. McFarland
Historical · P

T. J. McFarland

6' 3", 200 lbs·Lived to 37·Bats L / Throws L
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2025 · 6,423 pitches · 90.1 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.00
Best ERA · 2018
4
Most W · 2017
58
Most K · 2013
1.194
Best WHIP · 2018
Career Arc · ERA
13 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

13 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2013BAL3874.7414.2291581.487
2014BAL3758.7422.76136341.415
2015BAL3040.3224.9180261.736
2016BAL1624.7226.936071.743
2017AZ4354.0455.3382291.519
2018AZ4772.0222.00207421.194
2019AZ5156.0004.8293351.625
2020ATH2320.7204.3510291.500
2021STL3838.7412.56166211.060
2022STL2832.7006.6160161.622
2023NYM31.7015.408023.000
2024ATH7956.7243.81107391.235
2025ATH2715.7006.896071.851
Career460546.62620325
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 · 6,320 pitches · 2015–2025
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SICHSLSTFF
SI · Sinker64.2% · 90.0 mph
CH · Changeup14.7% · 82.7 mph
SL · Slider12.4% · 80.6 mph
ST · Sweeper7.1% · 78.2 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball1.6% · 91.9 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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