Vance Worley
2010–2017 · P

Vance Worley

6' 2", 240 lbs·Lived to 39·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2015–2017 · 3,701 pitches · 89.3 mph fastball
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Career Highs
2.85
Best ERA · 2014
11
Most W · 2011
119
Most K · 2011
1.211
Best WHIP · 2014
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

8 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2010PHI5300.000.0000
2011PHI254505.222.48467
2012PHI233702.081.18926
2013MIN10100.000.0000
2014PIT203200.063.18526
2015PIT241700.176.41257
2016BAL35000
2017MIA262203.182.36449
Career168157010.140

Career · Pitching

8 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2010PHI513.0111.38295120.923
2011PHI25131.71133.011311191.230
2012PHI23133.0694.20951071.511
2013MIN1048.7157.2154251.993
2014PIT18110.7842.85131791.211
2015PIT2371.7464.0298491.423
2016BAL3586.7223.53118561.373
2017MIA2471.7266.9163501.800
Career163667.23536497
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 · 3,667 pitches · 2015–2017
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SIFCSLFFKCCH
SI · Sinker47.9% · 89.7 mph
FC · Cutter17.2% · 88.0 mph
SL · Slider15.4% · 85.0 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball12.7% · 89.8 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve5.8% · 76.2 mph
CH · Changeup1.1% · 84.2 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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