Yovani Gallardo
2007–2018 · P

Yovani Gallardo

6' 2", 205 lbs·Lived to 40·Bats R / Throws R
Silver SluggerAll-Star
Pitcher archetype· SP· CONTEXTUAL
Breaking-Ball FirstLeads with the slider, sweeper, or curve — spin over speed.2015–2018 · 9,309 pitches · 91.4 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.42
Best ERA · 2015
17
Most W · 2011
207
Most K · 2011
1.215
Best WHIP · 2011
Career Arc · OPS
11 seasons
Career Arc · ERA
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

12 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2007MIL204026.250.74398
2008MIL4900.111.33344
2009MIL315828.172.50768
2010MIL3363410.254.837115
2011MIL336814.221.57780
2012MIL336719.164.41858
2013MIL335724.211.56179
2014MIL335401.111.25737
2015TEX33400.5001.250173
2016BAL24400.5001.100149
2017SEA28200.5001.000133
2018TEX21100.000.0000
Career3264271242.201

Career · Pitching

12 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2007MIL20110.3953.671221011.269
2008MIL424.0001.88230201.250
2009MIL30185.713123.731162041.314
2010MIL31185.01473.841062001.368
2011MIL33207.317103.521122071.215
2012MIL33204.01693.661102041.304
2013MIL31180.712104.18921441.362
2014MIL32192.38113.511071461.295
2015TEX33184.313113.421151211.416
2016BAL23118.0685.4277851.585
2017SEA28130.75105.7276941.515
2018TEX2194.3886.3965581.633
Career3191816.61211011584
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 · 9,272 pitches · 2015–2018
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSLSICUCH
FF · 4-Seam Fastball28.7% · 91.5 mph
SL · Slider27.4% · 88.0 mph
SI · Sinker21.4% · 91.3 mph
CU · Curveball13.6% · 79.4 mph
CH · Changeup8.9% · 85.8 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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