Brandon McCarthy

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/7/1983 (41)
Height, Weight	6'8", 200 lb
Hometown	Glendale, CA

2018 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	-	-	-	-	-	-

	7 W	122 IP	4.35 ERA	1.31 WHIP	21.1% K%	8.1% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	92.4 FB MPH	10.9% SwStr%	28.1% CSW%	- Str-ICR	- MTK%	- PLV	- PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2005	CWS	12	10	67.0	3-2	5	4.03	1.18	-	4.96	-	-	17.3%	6.1%	8.3	1.75	.250	-	81.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	CWS	53	2	84.2	4-7	0	4.68	1.30	-	5.31	-	-	19.5%	9.3%	8.2	1.81	.259	-	76.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	TEX	23	22	101.2	5-10	9	4.87	1.56	-	4.74	-	-	12.9%	10.5%	9.8	0.80	.303	-	66.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	TEX	5	5	22.0	1-1	2	4.09	1.27	-	5.22	-	-	10.8%	8.6%	8.2	1.23	.239	-	72.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	TEX	17	17	97.1	7-4	7	4.62	1.36	-	4.70	-	-	15.5%	8.6%	8.9	1.20	.274	-	68.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	OAK	25	25	170.2	9-9	16	3.32	1.13	-	2.86	-	-	17.8%	3.6%	8.9	0.58	.298	-	67.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	OAK	18	18	111.0	8-6	13	3.24	1.25	-	3.76	-	-	15.6%	5.1%	9.3	0.81	.299	-	77.1%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	ARI	22	22	135.0	5-11	10	4.53	1.35	-	3.75	-	-	13.2%	3.6%	10.7	0.87	.325	-	68.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	ARI/NYY	32	32	200.0	10-15	16	4.05	1.28	-	3.55	-	-	20.9%	3.9%	10.0	1.13	.330	-	70.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	LAD	4	4	23.0	3-0	1	5.87	1.22	-	6.22	-	-	30.9%	4.3%	9.4	3.52	.288	-	84.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	LAD	10	9	40.0	2-3	2	4.95	1.38	-	3.70	-	-	25.7%	15.2%	6.5	0.45	.281	-	60.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	LAD	19	16	92.2	6-4	8	3.98	1.25	-	3.28	-	-	18.8%	7.0%	8.6	0.49	.308	-	67.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	ATL	15	15	78.2	6-3	3	4.92	1.46	-	4.80	-	-	19.2%	6.2%	10.8	1.72	.338	-	74.5%	-	-	8.1%	26.9%	0.46	-
SP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG		22	22	122.0	7-7	10	4.35	1.31	-	4.35	-	-	21.1%	8.1%	8.7	1.26	.292	-	72.8%	-	-	10.9%	28.1%	0.47	-
Career		255	197	1,223.2	69-75	92	4.20	1.30	-	-	-	-	17.6%	6.3%	9.3	1.07	.301	-	70.8%	-	-	8.1%	26.9%	0.46	-

Repertoire

Sinker | 31%
Cutter | 26%
Curveball | 19%
Slider | 6%
Four-Seamer | 1%
All

2018 All

Hide 2018 MLB Percentile | Hide 2018 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	30.6%	92.5	-	-	69.1%	5.6%	21.5%	27.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.333	.348	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	11.9%	91.7	-	-	63.5%	5.9%	18.4%	24.3%	-	-	-	-	-	.310	.321	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	372	94	257	115	20	4	0	4	28	36	0	11	7	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	135	37	87	48	6	2	0	1	9	11	0	5	3	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.333	.391	.348	.384	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.310	.377	.321	.351	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	69.1%	47.6%	-	11.9%	21.5%	88.1%	-	-	21.5%	5.6%	27.2%	29.6%	20.4%	61.6%	0.52	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	63.5%	45.1%	-	13.0%	18.1%	87.0%	-	-	18.4%	5.9%	24.3%	-	-	56.1%	0.33	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	71.2%	12.1%	16.7%	18.1%	71.7%	55.2%	26.0%	-	17.7%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	63.4%	16.4%	20.2%	17.5%	58.7%	45.7%	22.4%	-	13.6%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	92.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	91.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	135	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	26.3%	91.4	-	-	65.5%	10.7%	14.7%	25.4%	-	-	-	-	-	.274	.311	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	7.0%	88.0	-	-	63.2%	11.0%	13.5%	24.5%	-	-	-	-	-	.277	.320	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	319	94	209	110	16	2	1	4	23	32	0	19	10	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	103	28	67	37	4	1	0	1	7	8	0	5	2	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.274	.353	.311	.354	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.277	.336	.320	.346	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	65.5%	50.8%	-	21.0%	19.7%	79.0%	-	-	14.7%	10.7%	25.4%	31.1%	20.4%	58.3%	0.41	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	63.2%	49.7%	-	21.5%	19.9%	78.5%	-	-	13.5%	11.0%	24.5%	-	-	56.7%	0.38	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	62.4%	9.7%	27.9%	20.6%	57.7%	45.1%	19.1%	-	21.3%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	59.3%	12.3%	28.4%	16.5%	61.3%	48.3%	17.0%	-	19.1%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	91.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	88.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	319	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	103	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	19.0%	80.2	-	-	65.4%	8.7%	22.9%	31.6%	-	-	-	-	-	.367	.452	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	6.4%	77.9	-	-	59.0%	11.6%	18.9%	30.5%	-	-	-	-	-	.258	.322	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	231	61	151	80	14	5	0	3	22	28	0	15	1	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	82	20	50	33	3	1	0	1	4	7	0	6	1	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.367	.415	.452	.489	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.258	.312	.322	.355	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	65.4%	42.4%	-	20.4%	14.3%	79.6%	-	-	22.9%	8.7%	31.6%	29.8%	19.5%	55.8%	0.55	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	59.0%	40.1%	-	29.0%	12.7%	71.0%	-	-	18.9%	11.6%	30.5%	-	-	53.6%	0.48	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	53.2%	8.7%	38.1%	16.3%	69.2%	61.5%	35.0%	-	15.9%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	63.3%	3.7%	33.0%	12.2%	55.4%	47.8%	26.7%	-	18.9%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	80.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	77.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	231	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	5.9%	85.1	-	-	62.5%	16.7%	5.6%	22.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.280	.400	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	8.7%	84.0	-	-	61.5%	14.6%	14.6%	29.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.256	.319	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	72	25	45	27	2	4	0	1	7	9	0	9	0	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	102	27	65	37	3	1	0	1	5	7	0	9	1	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.280	.351	.400	.438	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.256	.309	.319	.347	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	62.5%	56.9%	-	29.3%	18.1%	70.7%	-	-	5.6%	16.7%	22.2%	35.6%	22.2%	52.8%	0.25	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	61.5%	46.9%	-	30.7%	14.9%	69.3%	-	-	14.6%	14.6%	29.2%	-	-	55.5%	0.47	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	45.8%	6.9%	47.2%	18.2%	42.9%	42.9%	9.1%	-	26.5%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	56.3%	7.2%	36.6%	14.2%	58.8%	49.2%	21.0%	-	18.6%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	85.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	84.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	0.7%	92.1	-	-	62.5%	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	-	-	-	-	-	.000	.000	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	17.0%	92.4	-	-	64.3%	8.2%	19.2%	27.3%	-	-	-	-	-	.282	.311	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	8	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	222	53	145	77	7	3	0	2	12	16	0	10	6	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018