Joey Wentz

#34 - Relief Pitcher

Pittsburgh Pirates

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	10/6/1997 (26)
Height, Weight	6'5", 220 lb
Hometown	Lawrence, KS

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	1	67.1	4.68	1.47	24.0%	10.9%

	112^th 3 Sv	38^th 45 IP	255^th 4.00 ERA	263^rd 1.28 WHIP	149^th 23.7% K%	246^th 9.1% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	93.7	14.1%	29.0%	-	5.4%	4.99	4.01

	238^th 94.6 FB MPH	98^th 12.7% SwStr%	184^th 29.2% CSW%	- Str-ICR	153^rd - MTK%	270^th 5.13 PLV	297^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2022	DET	7	7	32.2	2-2	0	0	3.03	1.10	3.84	3.55	4.53	4.09	20.0%	9.6%	6.3	0.55	.228	5.7%	70.2%	34.0%	36.6%	9.7%	25.2%	0.38	4.85
2023	DET	25	19	105.2	3-13	0	0	6.90	1.68	5.58	5.82	5.14	4.76	19.9%	9.6%	11.2	2.13	.329	18.2%	63.6%	42.4%	37.8%	12.2%	27.9%	0.47	4.87
2024	DET/PIT	46	0	67.1	1-2	1	2	4.68	1.47	3.82	4.20	4.33	4.01	24.0%	10.9%	8.8	1.07	.314	11.9%	71.9%	37.1%	42.8%	14.1%	29.0%	0.51	4.99
RP MLB Percentile		53	0	89	14-38	43	30	26	20	53	37	34	14	56	28	30	39	29	49	47	48	42	71	46	-	20
RP MLB AVG		41	0	45.0	3-2	3	7	4.00	1.28	4.11	4.05	4.01	3.18	23.7%	9.1%	8.0	1.07	.288	12.5%	72.5%	36.8%	44.8%	12.7%	29.2%	0.53	5.13
Career		78	26	205.2	6-17	1	2	5.56	1.52	-	-	-	4.41	21.3%	10.0%	9.6	1.53	.309	14.6%	67.3%	39.5%	39.1%	12.4%	27.9%	0.47	4.90

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 37%
Cutter | 31%
Changeup | 19%
Curveball | 13%
All

2022 2023 2024 All

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 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
2022	55.0%	92.4	49.5%	24.7%	62.6%	6.2%	16.4%	22.6%	48.9%	31.6%	45.6%	36.2%	0.0%	.209	.241	-2	-4.4	8.9%	4.75
2023	41.6%	93.4	53.1%	26.5%	67.4%	9.1%	19.4%	28.5%	49.7%	38.5%	40.6%	49.7%	22.4%	.374	.415	+19	23.1	9.5%	4.84
2024	36.5%	93.7	49.0%	27.2%	65.5%	8.5%	17.0%	25.5%	49.9%	36.6%	43.9%	42.7%	11.1%	.316	.351	+5	3.6	5.8%	4.95
RP MLB Percentile	40	31	35	57	47	28	57	29	67	55	56	40	43	17	25	9	15	51	49
RP MLB AVG	40.1%	94.6	51.0%	26.4%	65.5%	11.1%	16.7%	27.8%	52.3%	35.7%	41.1%	41.0%	12.9%	.244	.295	+0	-0.3	6.5%	4.95

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.239	.341	.249	.333	-	7.0%	36.2%	91.0	87.7	20.8	7.1	9.8	0.6	6.2	6.2	2,267
2023	.317	.432	.328	.495	-	14.7%	49.7%	93.6	90.5	17.3	7.3	9.1	1.0	6.0	6.4	2,219
2024	.269	.389	.272	.392	-	8.5%	42.7%	91.1	89.9	21.9	4.8	10.4	0.8	6.3	6.5	2,235
RP MLB Percentile	31	23	60	41	-	50	40	40	42	33	44	83	77	94	48	35
RP MLB AVG	.242	.337	.289	.386	-	9.1%	41.0%	90.2	88.6	18.6	5.0	9.0	-0.8	5.6	6.4	2,291

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	305	81	191	114	7	5	2	0	14	16	21	11	11	1
2023	803	204	541	262	39	14	1	13	67	94	71	36	25	0
2024	447	128	293	154	24	3	0	4	31	39	35	21	22	3
RP MLB Percentile	86	89	86	12	2	25	19	11	4	-	-	74	2	1
RP MLB AVG	246	61	163	83	8	2	0	2	12	16	15	15	7	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	31.6%	22.8%	45.6%	17.5%	31.0%	32.8%	36.2%	21.1%	8.8%	7.0%	31.6%	-	63.2%	36.2%
2023	38.5%	21.0%	40.6%	9.8%	34.3%	39.9%	25.9%	29.4%	5.6%	14.7%	39.9%	-	50.4%	49.7%
2024	36.6%	19.5%	43.9%	17.1%	28.0%	32.9%	39.0%	29.3%	4.9%	8.5%	32.9%	-	57.3%	42.7%
RP MLB Percentile	55	63	56	70	35	40	77	28	64	50	73	-	-	40
RP MLB AVG	35.7%	23.2%	41.1%	13.1%	31.6%	35.5%	32.9%	25.1%	6.9%	9.1%	37.7%	-	58.9%	41.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.209	.296	.241	.241	-2	.239	.341	.249	.333	91.0	87.7	20.8	0.0
2023	.374	.475	.415	.469	+19	.317	.432	.328	.495	93.6	90.5	17.3	22.4
2024	.316	.397	.351	.383	+5	.269	.389	.272	.392	91.1	89.9	21.9	11.1
RP MLB Percentile	17	21	25	26	9	31	23	60	41	40	42	33	43
RP MLB AVG	.244	.333	.295	.331	+0	.242	.337	.289	.386	90.2	88.6	18.6	12.9

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	49.5%	62.6%	46.2%	24.7%	13.5%	21.0%	86.5%	92.2%	71.1%	16.4%	6.2%	22.6%	30.4%	19.0%	58.0%	0.33	48.9%
2023	53.1%	67.4%	47.9%	26.5%	19.0%	21.0%	81.0%	87.7%	62.0%	19.4%	9.1%	28.5%	26.4%	17.8%	59.0%	0.56	49.7%
2024	49.0%	65.5%	48.5%	27.2%	17.5%	21.7%	82.5%	85.8%	74.2%	17.0%	8.5%	25.5%	28.0%	18.3%	58.6%	0.45	49.9%
RP MLB Percentile	35	47	46	57	24	51	24	29	26	57	28	29	23	27	35	69	67
RP MLB AVG	51.0%	65.5%	48.7%	26.4%	22.5%	21.6%	77.5%	81.5%	66.3%	16.7%	11.1%	27.8%	-	-	60.2%	0.54	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	49.5%	30.5%	28.5%	41.0%	46.9%	27.5%	25.6%	34.4%	37.0%	6.9%
2023	53.1%	32.8%	29.3%	38.0%	50.6%	27.9%	21.5%	31.8%	39.0%	8.5%
2024	49.0%	29.1%	26.6%	44.3%	47.2%	21.5%	31.3%	31.1%	42.3%	6.3%
RP MLB Percentile	35	23	37	80	35	11	88	67	43	23
RP MLB AVG	51.0%	35.1%	27.8%	37.1%	51.1%	26.7%	22.3%	28.8%	43.4%	7.9%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	54.4%	15.4%	30.2%	13.9%	60.5%	50.0%	23.5%	26.1%	12.0%
2023	57.9%	13.6%	28.5%	14.8%	67.6%	57.5%	26.2%	22.7%	15.7%
2024	50.8%	21.0%	28.2%	15.0%	57.6%	43.5%	18.9%	23.0%	16.7%
RP MLB Percentile	26	7	37	66	27	15	29	65	40
RP MLB AVG	54.4%	14.1%	31.5%	13.2%	62.0%	51.1%	21.8%	20.6%	18.5%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	92.4	6.2	12.7	15.3	20.0	-5.4	0.4	2,267	4.75
2023	93.4	6.4	12.7	14.6	19.4	-5.2	0.5	2,219	4.84
2024	93.7	6.5	8.2	16.6	18.6	-5.5	0.4	2,235	4.95
RP MLB Percentile	31	48	49	77	75	4	9	35	49
RP MLB AVG	94.6	6.4	-	-	-	-	-	2,291	4.95

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2022	305	4.75	4.35	40.0%	18.4%	41.6%	-1.6%	-4.4	-2
2023	803	4.84	4.85	42.3%	18.2%	39.5%	2.9%	23.1	+19
2024	447	4.95	4.14	47.4%	17.0%	35.6%	11.9%	3.6	+5
RP MLB Percentile	86	49	-	54	52	55	55	15	9
RP MLB AVG	246	4.95	1.17	46.1%	17.0%	36.9%	9.1%	-0.3	+0

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	20.5%	83.8	44.7%	31.7%	63.2%	17.5%	19.3%	36.8%	52.6%	40.0%	33.3%	40.0%	40.0%	.174	.154	-1	-0.3	6.1%	5.22
2023	25.1%	86.0	49.1%	30.0%	68.5%	15.1%	17.5%	32.6%	53.6%	32.6%	46.3%	37.9%	13.6%	.271	.292	+1	2.8	9.5%	5.08
2024	31.4%	85.9	45.3%	34.3%	65.1%	18.8%	13.5%	32.3%	54.7%	48.4%	28.1%	31.3%	16.7%	.204	.262	+2	0.3	5.7%	5.14
RP MLB Percentile	77	8	38	69	50	90	34	76	39	61	34	76	40	68	60	29	50	49	51
RP MLB AVG	22.3%	89.3	47.0%	27.6%	63.1%	10.8%	15.9%	26.7%	48.3%	41.9%	34.4%	44.8%	14.1%	.277	.291	+1	0.7	6.4%	5.11

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.191	.238	.248	.366	-	0.0%	40.0%	87.9	87.3	9.4	-0.4	3.0	0.9	6.0	6.2	2,267
2023	.253	.344	.273	.375	-	11.6%	37.9%	89.8	86.6	22.2	-0.3	3.6	1.4	5.8	6.5	2,358
2024	.187	.245	.242	.313	-	6.3%	31.3%	83.6	88.3	10.3	-1.2	2.7	1.1	6.1	6.5	2,456
RP MLB Percentile	79	78	70	63	-	40	76	84	49	69	65	17	78	88	57	65
RP MLB AVG	.288	.366	.298	.385	-	6.9%	44.8%	88.3	86.7	14.9	-0.5	4.4	-0.9	5.7	6.3	2,374

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	114	23	72	42	1	1	0	2	4	8	6	8	0	0
2023	485	134	332	153	17	9	0	6	32	44	36	24	15	0
2024	384	99	250	134	13	3	0	3	19	25	20	29	5	1
RP MLB Percentile	95	96	96	5	6	9	8	4	6	-	-	97	11	4
RP MLB AVG	105	25	68	37	4	1	0	1	6	8	7	4	2	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	40.0%	26.7%	33.3%	13.3%	66.7%	26.7%	6.7%	26.7%	13.3%	0.0%	33.3%	-	60.1%	40.0%
2023	32.6%	21.1%	46.3%	17.9%	42.1%	30.5%	27.4%	23.2%	3.2%	11.6%	33.7%	-	62.1%	37.9%
2024	48.4%	23.4%	28.1%	7.8%	50.0%	29.7%	20.3%	18.8%	6.3%	6.3%	34.4%	-	68.7%	31.3%
RP MLB Percentile	61	48	34	49	56	41	42	69	42	40	55	-	-	76
RP MLB AVG	41.9%	23.7%	34.4%	11.3%	44.3%	32.2%	23.6%	26.5%	6.8%	6.9%	36.7%	-	59.7%	44.8%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.174	.273	.154	.267	-1	.191	.238	.248	.366	87.9	87.3	9.4	40.0
2023	.271	.363	.292	.337	+1	.253	.344	.273	.375	89.8	86.6	22.2	13.6
2024	.204	.258	.262	.297	+2	.187	.245	.242	.313	83.6	88.3	10.3	16.7
RP MLB Percentile	68	69	60	58	29	79	78	70	63	84	49	69	40
RP MLB AVG	.277	.347	.291	.323	+1	.288	.366	.298	.385	88.3	86.7	14.9	14.1

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	44.7%	63.2%	43.9%	31.7%	40.0%	13.2%	60.0%	70.0%	45.0%	19.3%	17.5%	36.8%	20.8%	13.2%	59.6%	0.74	52.6%
2023	49.1%	68.5%	50.9%	30.0%	29.6%	16.3%	70.4%	81.5%	44.6%	17.5%	15.1%	32.6%	28.6%	19.6%	61.9%	0.63	53.6%
2024	45.3%	65.1%	51.6%	34.3%	36.4%	16.1%	63.6%	80.2%	34.7%	13.5%	18.8%	32.3%	25.6%	16.7%	60.2%	0.62	54.7%
RP MLB Percentile	38	50	65	69	87	33	88	70	89	34	90	76	57	53	54	27	39
RP MLB AVG	47.0%	63.1%	47.2%	27.6%	22.9%	18.9%	77.1%	85.0%	60.4%	15.9%	10.8%	26.7%	-	-	57.5%	0.45	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	44.7%	27.2%	21.9%	50.9%	21.9%	24.6%	53.5%	23.7%	54.4%	6.1%
2023	49.1%	29.5%	26.2%	44.3%	22.3%	30.3%	47.4%	26.8%	47.0%	7.6%
2024	45.3%	12.2%	28.1%	59.6%	9.4%	17.7%	72.9%	21.9%	50.0%	8.3%
RP MLB Percentile	38	24	70	60	8	13	93	22	70	65
RP MLB AVG	47.0%	21.2%	24.1%	54.7%	32.2%	26.1%	41.7%	33.9%	42.1%	7.1%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	69.3%	12.3%	18.4%	8.9%	52.6%	42.1%	20.3%	33.3%	38.1%
2023	63.5%	12.2%	24.3%	17.2%	61.3%	53.5%	23.1%	26.3%	20.3%
2024	62.0%	12.5%	25.5%	14.7%	64.7%	54.6%	15.5%	25.5%	29.6%
RP MLB Percentile	33	48	70	49	56	67	31	41	86
RP MLB AVG	65.8%	12.9%	21.2%	15.0%	60.5%	47.8%	19.5%	27.6%	15.4%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	83.8	6.2	-1.4	4.1	5.9	-7.6	-0.8	2,267	5.22
2023	86.0	6.5	-1.4	4.7	5.7	-7.0	-0.4