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
Pitches10500
PA2766
AVG.191
SLG.318
ISO.128
K%26.5%
BRL%4.6%
HH%30.3%
EV84.7
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 3692 | 35.2% | 93.5 | 2286 |
| Slider | 1982 | 18.9% | 84.7 | 2388 |
| Sinker | 1793 | 17.1% | 92.5 | 2167 |
| Changeup | 760 | 7.2% | 84.1 | 1777 |
| Curveball | 743 | 7.1% | 77.9 | 2510 |
| Cutter | 720 | 6.9% | 88.5 | 2386 |
| Sweeper | 335 | 3.2% | 81.8 | 2591 |
| Knuckle Curve | 260 | 2.5% | 81.3 | 2356 |
| Split-Finger | 112 | 1.1% | 84.8 | 1368 |
| Unknown | 57 | 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 | 825 | .190 | .326 | .136 | 157 | 104 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 217 |
| Slider | 512 | .160 | .268 | .107 | 82 | 52 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 200 |
| Sinker | 439 | .248 | .378 | .130 | 109 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 70 |
| Changeup | 191 | .194 | .267 | .073 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 71 |
| Curveball | 150 | .127 | .213 | .087 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 64 |
| Cutter | 174 | .241 | .483 | .241 | 42 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 38 |
| Sweeper | 88 | .068 | .091 | .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 | 638 | 6.3% | 35.0% | 87.6 | 24.0° | 190 | 30.9% | 23.8% | 29.3% | 16.0% |
| Slider | 320 | 2.5% | 22.2% | 82.7 | 14.3° | 151 | 22.5% | 21.9% | 43.1% | 12.5% |
| Sinker | 381 | 5.0% | 34.6% | 85.6 | 11.0° | 159 | 23.1% | 22.6% | 45.9% | 8.4% |
| Changeup | 126 | 4.0% | 27.8% | 82.7 | 6.1° | 148 | 22.2% | 20.6% | 50.8% | 6.3% |
| Curveball | 90 | 1.1% | 18.9% | 80.4 | 8.0° | 128 | 20.0% | 16.7% | 53.3% | 10.0% |
| Cutter | 146 | 6.2% | 30.1% | 81.6 | 17.6° | 171 | 27.4% | 19.2% | 39.0% | 14.4% |
| Sweeper | 55 | 0.0% | 18.2% | 75.7 | 19.5° | 126 | 21.8% | 10.9% | 45.5% | 21.8% |
| 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% |