Vince Velasquez
Historical · P

Vince Velasquez

6' 3", 212 lbs·Lived to 34·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2026 · 13,454 pitches · 93.9 mph fastball
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Career Highs
4.12
Best ERA · 2016
9
Most W · 2018
161
Most K · 2018
1.235
Best WHIP · 2022
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
9 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

9 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2015HOU19000
2016PHI244000.200.44560
2017PHI162401.250.53071
2018PHI324001.225.47565
2019PHI353013.233.61581
2020PHI9000
2021PHI262303.087.24734
2022CWS27000
2023PIT8000
Career19615718.204

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2015HOU1955.7114.3790581.275
2016PHI24131.0864.121011521.328
2017PHI1572.0275.1385681.500
2018PHI31146.79124.85851611.343
2019PHI33117.3784.91911301.389
2020PHI934.0115.5680461.559
2021PHI2594.3396.30681011.484
2022CWS2775.3334.7883691.235
2023PIT837.3443.86112371.313
Career191763.63851822
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 · 13,418 pitches · 2015–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLKCCHSICU
FF · 4-Seam Fastball55.7% · 94.0 mph
SL · Slider15.3% · 85.0 mph
KC · Knuckle Curve10.8% · 81.9 mph
CH · Changeup8.7% · 88.2 mph
SI · Sinker5.9% · 92.5 mph
CU · Curveball3.6% · 81.1 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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