Zack Britton
2011–2022 · P

Zack Britton

6' 1", 200 lbs·Lived to 39·Bats L / Throws L
All-Star
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Power / KOverpowering stuff — premium velocity and whiffs, strikeouts in bunches.2015–2022 · 4,779 pitches · 95.6 mph fastball
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Career Highs
0.54
Best ERA · 2016
11
Most W · 2011
97
Most K · 2011
0.836
Best WHIP · 2016
Career Arc · ERA
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Pitching

12 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2011BAL28154.311114.6185971.451
2012BAL1260.3535.0779531.541
2013BAL840.0234.9578181.725
2014BAL7176.3321.65227620.904
2015BAL6465.7411.92206790.990
2016BAL6967.0210.54774740.836
2017BAL3837.3212.89151291.527
2018NYY4140.7203.10134341.230
2019NYY6661.3311.91235531.141
2020NYY2019.0121.89235161.000
2021NYY2218.3015.8972161.691
2022NYY30.70013.5029110.500
Career442640.93526532
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 · 4,721 pitches · 2015–2022
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SISLFF
SI · Sinker88.5% · 95.6 mph
SL · Slider10.3% · 81.8 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball1.2% · 95.5 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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