Tim Hudson
1999–2015 · P

Tim Hudson

6' 1", 175 lbs·Lived to 51·Bats R / Throws R
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2015 · 1,854 pitches · 87.0 mph fastball
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
2.70
Best ERA · 2003
20
Most W · 2000
181
Most K · 2001
1.075
Best WHIP · 2003
Career Arc · OPS
14 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
17 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

17 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
1999ATH24400.250.65084
2000ATH33300.000.0000
2001ATH36800.000.0000
2002ATH34500.200.73398
2003ATH34301.333.66788
2004ATH27300.000.0000
2005ATL296506.138.37650
2006ATL356303.095.23430
2007ATL347609.263.59478
2008ATL234102.146.33745
2009ATL71212.3331.012135
2010ATL357704.195.44261
2011ATL336914.116.33847
2012ATL295506.218.52372
2013ATL213813.158.50170
2014SF315301.038.12718
2015SF243811.184.52172
Career489613442.160

Career · Pitching

17 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
1999ATH21136.31123.231461321.342
2000ATH32202.32064.141151691.241
2001ATH35235.01893.371311811.221
2002ATH34238.31592.981431521.255
2003ATH34240.01672.701631621.075
2004ATH27188.71263.531261031.261
2005ATL29192.01493.521221151.349
2006ATL35218.313124.86931411.438
2007ATL34224.316103.331341321.221
2008ATL23142.01173.17136851.162
2009ATL742.3213.61119301.465
2010ATL34228.71792.831441391.150
2011ATL33215.016103.221221581.140
2012ATL28179.01673.621111021.207
2013ATL21131.3873.9797951.188
2014SF31189.39133.571051201.231
2015SF24123.7894.4489641.383
Career4823126.52221332080
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 · 1,848 pitches · 2015–2015
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFCCUFSFF
SI · Sinker47.3% · 88.7 mph
FC · Cutter22.8% · 83.0 mph
CU · Curveball11.6% · 75.8 mph
FS · Split-Finger11.2% · 80.9 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball7.0% · 88.5 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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