Tom Gorzelanny
2005–2016 · P

Tom Gorzelanny

6' 3", 218 lbs·Lived to 44·Bats R / Throws L
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Career Highs
2.88
Best ERA · 2012
14
Most W · 2007
135
Most K · 2007
1.266
Best WHIP · 2013
Career Arc · OPS
8 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

12 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2005PIT3100.000.0000
2006PIT111901.000.0507
2007PIT326303.063.17022
2008PIT212803.107.27437
2009CHC221402.143.34346
2010CHC294002.125.25034
2011WSH302801.107.27438
2012WSH45601.333.762105
2013MIL431700.059.11817
2014MIL23100.000.0000
2015DET48000
2016CLE7000
Career314217013.092

Career · Pitching

12 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2005PIT36.00112.003632.167
2006PIT1161.7253.79119401.314
2007PIT32201.714103.881151351.398
2008PIT21105.3696.6665671.804
2009CHC2247.0735.5578471.319
2010CHC29136.3794.091001191.496
2011WSH30105.0464.0398951.286
2012WSH4572.0422.88139621.319
2013MIL4385.3363.9099831.266
2014MIL2321.0000.86435231.429
2015DET4839.3225.9566361.729
2016CLE73.01021.002043.000
Career314883.65053714
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 · 735 pitches · 2015–2016
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SISLFFCH
SI · Sinker45.0% · 91.3 mph
SL · Slider30.7% · 79.5 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball14.0% · 91.3 mph
CH · Changeup10.2% · 85.1 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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