Austin Hedges
Catcher · Cleveland Guardians · #27
- Bats / Throws
- R / R
- Height
- 6′ 0″
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Born
- 1992-08-18
- Birthplace
- San Juan Capistrano, CA, United States
- Debut
- 2015
- ESPN id
- 32168
- Source
- espn
Pitches10354
PA2728
AVG.191
SLG.318
ISO.127
K%26.5%
BRL%4.6%
HH%30.2%
EV84.8
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 3650 | 35.3% | 93.5 | 2286 |
| Slider | 1966 | 19.0% | 84.7 | 2387 |
| Sinker | 1763 | 17.0% | 92.5 | 2167 |
| Changeup | 743 | 7.2% | 84.1 | 1779 |
| Curveball | 737 | 7.1% | 77.9 | 2508 |
| Cutter | 700 | 6.8% | 88.4 | 2385 |
| Sweeper | 328 | 3.2% | 81.9 | 2600 |
| Knuckle Curve | 255 | 2.5% | 81.2 | 2356 |
| Split-Finger | 110 | 1.1% | 84.7 | 1373 |
| Unknown | 56 | 0.5% | 92.4 | 1977 |
| Slurve | 22 | 0.2% | 80.6 | 2413 |
| Knuckleball | 11 | 0.1% | 74.5 | — |
| Other | 7 | 0.1% | 74.3 | 1899 |
| Intentional Ball | 4 | 0.0% | 74.3 | 1928 |
| Pitch Out | 2 | 0.0% | 86.1 | 2197 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 818 | .192 | .329 | .137 | 157 | 104 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 216 |
| Slider | 506 | .158 | .263 | .105 | 80 | 52 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 198 |
| Sinker | 434 | .251 | .382 | .131 | 109 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 69 |
| Changeup | 187 | .193 | .267 | .075 | 36 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 69 |
| Curveball | 148 | .122 | .189 | .068 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 63 |
| Cutter | 169 | .237 | .479 | .243 | 40 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 37 |
| Sweeper | 86 | .070 | .093 | .023 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Knuckle Curve | 53 | .208 | .340 | .132 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Split-Finger | 33 | .152 | .394 | .242 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Unknown | 7 | .286 | 1.143 | .857 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Slurve | 4 | .250 | .250 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Knuckleball | 3 | .333 | .667 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 2 | .500 | .500 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intentional Ball | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 632 | 6.3% | 35.0% | 87.6 | 23.9° | 190 | 30.5% | 23.9% | 29.4% | 16.1% |
| Slider | 316 | 2.5% | 22.2% | 82.8 | 14.6° | 152 | 22.8% | 21.8% | 42.7% | 12.7% |
| Sinker | 377 | 5.0% | 34.5% | 85.6 | 11.1° | 160 | 23.1% | 22.8% | 45.6% | 8.5% |
| Changeup | 124 | 4.0% | 28.2% | 83.3 | 6.7° | 150 | 22.6% | 21.0% | 50.0% | 6.5% |
| Curveball | 89 | 0.0% | 18.0% | 80.2 | 7.7° | 124 | 19.1% | 16.9% | 53.9% | 10.1% |
| Cutter | 142 | 6.3% | 28.9% | 81.3 | 17.4° | 172 | 28.2% | 19.0% | 38.7% | 14.1% |
| Sweeper | 53 | 0.0% | 18.9% | 76.4 | 17.2° | 129 | 22.6% | 11.3% | 47.2% | 18.9% |
| Knuckle Curve | 37 | 0.0% | 27.0% | 84.9 | 0.0° | 121 | 16.2% | 18.9% | 62.2% | 2.7% |
| Split-Finger | 19 | 10.5% | 31.6% | 86.2 | 11.2° | 121 | 15.8% | 10.5% | 57.9% | 15.8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | —° | — | 25.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Slurve | 3 | 0.0% | 33.3% | 86.9 | 32.0° | 291 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Knuckleball | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 106.8 | 15.0° | 346 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.2 | 16.0° | 266 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |