Yordan Alvarez
Designated Hitter · Houston Astros · #44
- Bats / Throws
- L / R
- Height
- 6′ 4″
- Weight
- 237 lb
- Born
- 1997-06-27
- Birthplace
- Las Tunas, Cuba
- Debut
- 2019
- ESPN id
- 36018
- Source
- espn
Pitches4396
PA1154
AVG.307
SLG.563
ISO.256
K%19.7%
BRL%15.3%
HH%53.4%
EV93.1
Arsenal
| Pitch | Count | Usage | Velo | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 1383 | 31.5% | 93.2 | 2265 |
| Sinker | 934 | 21.2% | 92.8 | 2136 |
| Slider | 852 | 19.4% | 84.7 | 2380 |
| Curveball | 322 | 7.3% | 78.4 | 2480 |
| Sweeper | 281 | 6.4% | 80.6 | 2500 |
| Cutter | 266 | 6.1% | 87.3 | 2336 |
| Changeup | 213 | 4.8% | 83.0 | 1783 |
| Knuckle Curve | 67 | 1.5% | 81.0 | 2303 |
| Slurve | 38 | 0.9% | 80.4 | 2348 |
| Unknown | 26 | 0.6% | — | — |
| Split-Finger | 14 | 0.3% | 84.2 | 1441 |
Outcomes by pitch
| Pitch | AB | AVG | SLG | ISO | H | 1B | 2B | 3B | HR | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 261 | .326 | .651 | .326 | 85 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 51 |
| Sinker | 239 | .285 | .473 | .188 | 68 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 39 |
| Slider | 218 | .358 | .642 | .284 | 78 | 46 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 56 |
| Curveball | 78 | .256 | .500 | .244 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| Sweeper | 68 | .279 | .456 | .176 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| Cutter | 60 | .267 | .500 | .233 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Changeup | 55 | .255 | .564 | .309 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| Knuckle Curve | 18 | .389 | .444 | .056 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Slurve | 9 | .222 | .556 | .333 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Split-Finger | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contact quality by pitch
| Pitch | BBE | BRL% | HH% | EV | LA | DIST | FB% | LD% | GB% | PU% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Seam Fastball | 215 | 21.4% | 67.4% | 96.7 | 16.6° | 211 | 33.5% | 29.8% | 33.0% | 3.7% |
| Sinker | 201 | 9.0% | 53.7% | 93.8 | 1.9° | 125 | 13.9% | 20.9% | 60.7% | 4.5% |
| Slider | 166 | 15.7% | 38.6% | 89.6 | 16.5° | 208 | 32.5% | 29.5% | 34.3% | 3.6% |
| Curveball | 56 | 12.5% | 55.4% | 91.9 | 15.7° | 202 | 35.7% | 25.0% | 35.7% | 3.6% |
| Sweeper | 49 | 18.4% | 32.7% | 88.8 | 19.5° | 191 | 34.7% | 20.4% | 34.7% | 10.2% |
| Cutter | 53 | 11.3% | 56.6% | 92.9 | 14.3° | 192 | 30.2% | 26.4% | 39.6% | 3.8% |
| Changeup | 34 | 20.6% | 55.9% | 92.1 | 17.4° | 227 | 38.2% | 26.5% | 26.5% | 8.8% |
| Knuckle Curve | 13 | 7.7% | 76.9% | 97.9 | 9.1° | 177 | 23.1% | 23.1% | 53.8% | 0.0% |
| Slurve | 8 | 25.0% | 25.0% | 85.9 | 12.4° | 185 | 37.5% | 12.5% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Split-Finger | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 93.2 | 47.0° | 296 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |