George Springer
Designated Hitter · Toronto Blue Jays · #4
- Bats / Throws
- R / R
- Height
- 6′ 1″
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Born
- 1989-09-19
- Birthplace
- New Britain, CT, United States
- Debut
- 2014
- ESPN id
- 32078
- Source
- espn
Pitches24868
PA6353
AVG.268
SLG.475
ISO.207
K%19.6%
BRL%10.4%
HH%40.8%
EV88.9
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 7604 | 30.6% | 93.8 | 2290 |
| Sinker | 4943 | 19.9% | 93.1 | 2167 |
| Slider | 4369 | 17.6% | 85.4 | 2376 |
| Changeup | 2504 | 10.1% | 84.3 | 1763 |
| Cutter | 1920 | 7.7% | 88.8 | 2365 |
| Curveball | 1314 | 5.3% | 78.8 | 2520 |
| Sweeper | 1035 | 4.2% | 82.1 | 2554 |
| Knuckle Curve | 445 | 1.8% | 81.2 | 2447 |
| Split-Finger | 437 | 1.8% | 86.2 | 1428 |
| Unknown | 127 | 0.5% | 91.7 | 2258 |
| Slurve | 75 | 0.3% | 82.4 | 2650 |
| Knuckleball | 47 | 0.2% | 75.3 | 944 |
| Eephus | 10 | 0.0% | 54.7 | 1503 |
| Other | 9 | 0.0% | 78.2 | 2024 |
| Slow Curve | 8 | 0.0% | 67.8 | 2268 |
| Intentional Ball | 8 | 0.0% | 75.4 | 1762 |
| Forkball | 8 | 0.0% | 86.0 | 1424 |
| Pitch Out | 5 | 0.0% | 88.0 | 2105 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 1600 | .293 | .583 | .290 | 469 | 259 | 80 | 6 | 124 | 354 |
| Sinker | 1154 | .285 | .427 | .142 | 329 | 240 | 49 | 5 | 35 | 171 |
| Slider | 1010 | .232 | .404 | .172 | 234 | 147 | 40 | 7 | 40 | 294 |
| Changeup | 579 | .245 | .406 | .161 | 142 | 94 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 143 |
| Cutter | 425 | .249 | .419 | .169 | 106 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 101 |
| Curveball | 277 | .307 | .606 | .300 | 85 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 53 |
| Sweeper | 243 | .226 | .428 | .202 | 55 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 57 |
| Knuckle Curve | 88 | .295 | .545 | .250 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Split-Finger | 109 | .202 | .358 | .156 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 44 |
| Unknown | 22 | .227 | .409 | .182 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Slurve | 21 | .286 | .429 | .143 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Knuckleball | 12 | .333 | .667 | .333 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eephus | 3 | .333 | .333 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slow Curve | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intentional Ball | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forkball | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pitch Out | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contact quality by pitch
| Pitch | BBE | BRL% | HH% | EV | LA | DIST | FB% | LD% | GB% | PU% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 1260 | 16.0% | 49.4% | 92.0 | 18.3° | 200 | 31.3% | 25.2% | 34.0% | 9.6% |
| Sinker | 988 | 7.3% | 42.3% | 89.1 | 4.7° | 135 | 15.7% | 23.6% | 56.6% | 4.1% |
| Slider | 718 | 8.1% | 33.0% | 86.8 | 12.5° | 166 | 24.7% | 22.1% | 45.8% | 7.4% |
| Changeup | 446 | 8.5% | 37.0% | 86.9 | 8.9° | 149 | 21.5% | 20.9% | 50.4% | 6.5% |
| Cutter | 329 | 9.1% | 36.2% | 87.9 | 10.3° | 163 | 21.6% | 26.1% | 46.2% | 5.8% |
| Curveball | 226 | 9.3% | 39.8% | 87.3 | 10.6° | 173 | 29.2% | 19.9% | 45.6% | 5.3% |
| Sweeper | 188 | 10.1% | 29.3% | 85.0 | 18.5° | 174 | 30.9% | 18.6% | 37.8% | 12.2% |
| Knuckle Curve | 72 | 5.6% | 40.3% | 89.6 | 5.2° | 150 | 20.8% | 25.0% | 51.4% | 2.8% |
| Split-Finger | 66 | 7.6% | 34.8% | 85.1 | 10.6° | 153 | 24.2% | 21.2% | 48.5% | 6.1% |
| Unknown | 20 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 89.5 | -15.0° | 6 | 25.0% | 30.0% | 45.0% | 0.0% |
| Slurve | 11 | 9.1% | 27.3% | 87.2 | 7.7° | 187 | 18.2% | 45.5% | 36.4% | 0.0% |
| Knuckleball | 12 | 16.7% | 58.3% | 93.2 | 9.9° | 224 | 16.7% | 33.3% | 41.7% | 8.3% |
| Eephus | 2 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 93.1 | -2.5° | 78 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 97.5 | -10.0° | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Slow Curve | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 58.8 | -43.0° | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Forkball | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 56.8 | 20.0° | 74 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |