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
Pitches7017
PA1849
AVG.193
SLG.327
ISO.134
K%26.7%
BRL%4.5%
HH%28.6%
EV84.5
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 2427 | 34.6% | 94.0 | 2295 |
| Slider | 1574 | 22.4% | 84.8 | 2400 |
| Sinker | 1199 | 17.1% | 92.7 | 2182 |
| Cutter | 516 | 7.4% | 88.8 | 2429 |
| Curveball | 458 | 6.5% | 78.6 | 2505 |
| Sweeper | 265 | 3.8% | 82.2 | 2621 |
| Changeup | 250 | 3.6% | 84.7 | 1797 |
| Knuckle Curve | 183 | 2.6% | 81.3 | 2444 |
| Split-Finger | 79 | 1.1% | 85.2 | 1395 |
| Unknown | 30 | 0.4% | 89.5 | 1864 |
| Slurve | 12 | 0.2% | 80.8 | 2259 |
| Knuckleball | 11 | 0.2% | 74.5 | — |
| Other | 7 | 0.1% | 74.3 | 1899 |
| Intentional Ball | 4 | 0.1% | 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 | 528 | .206 | .369 | .163 | 109 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 135 |
| Slider | 407 | .165 | .248 | .084 | 67 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 148 |
| Sinker | 296 | .267 | .429 | .162 | 79 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 49 |
| Cutter | 124 | .226 | .419 | .194 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| Curveball | 104 | .087 | .154 | .067 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
| Sweeper | 70 | .043 | .071 | .029 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Changeup | 74 | .162 | .270 | .108 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| Knuckle Curve | 37 | .216 | .324 | .108 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Split-Finger | 22 | .091 | .273 | .182 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Unknown | 3 | .667 | 2.667 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Slurve | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 412 | 6.8% | 33.5% | 87.5 | 22.8° | 195 | 32.0% | 24.3% | 29.6% | 14.1% |
| Slider | 266 | 1.1% | 20.3% | 82.5 | 14.7° | 151 | 22.9% | 21.8% | 42.5% | 12.8% |
| Sinker | 257 | 5.8% | 34.2% | 85.2 | 10.2° | 160 | 22.6% | 22.2% | 47.1% | 8.2% |
| Cutter | 103 | 5.8% | 28.2% | 80.6 | 17.7° | 161 | 23.3% | 20.4% | 39.8% | 16.5% |
| Curveball | 62 | 0.0% | 19.4% | 81.5 | 11.2° | 141 | 21.0% | 17.7% | 46.8% | 14.5% |
| Sweeper | 42 | 0.0% | 19.0% | 78.0 | 23.3° | 137 | 28.6% | 7.1% | 40.5% | 23.8% |
| Changeup | 39 | 5.1% | 23.1% | 83.1 | 14.2° | 183 | 33.3% | 17.9% | 38.5% | 10.3% |
| Knuckle Curve | 28 | 0.0% | 21.4% | 82.5 | -3.7° | 102 | 10.7% | 17.9% | 67.9% | 3.6% |
| Split-Finger | 11 | 9.1% | 36.4% | 85.3 | 16.1° | 112 | 18.2% | 0.0% | 54.5% | 27.3% |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | —° | — | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Slurve | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 74.4 | 25.0° | 243 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 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% |