Paul Skenes

#30 - Starting Pitcher

Pittsburgh Pirates

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	5/29/2002 (22)
Height, Weight	6'6", 235 lb
Hometown	Fullerton, CA

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	10-3	126.0	2.07	0.98	32.2%	6.5%

	39^th W	87^th IP	2^nd - ERA	9^th - WHIP	4^th - K%	61^st - BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	98.8	14.1%	30.4%	56.0%	6.6%	5.20	2.92

	1^st - FB MPH	25^th - SwStr%	23^rd - CSW%	192^nd - Str-ICR	116^th - MTK%	53^rd - PLV	57^th - PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

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
2024	PIT	21	21	126.0	10-3	15	2.07	0.98	2.72	2.58	2.64	2.92	32.2%	6.5%	6.6	0.71	.288	12.2%	85.2%	33.9%	52.0%	14.1%	30.4%	0.64	5.20
SP MLB Percentile		48	48	55	75-83	87	99	95	97	97	98	71	97	68	91	90	53	63	98	92	91	87	86	4	69
SP MLB AVG		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career		21	21	126.0	10-3	15	2.07	0.98	-	-	-	2.92	32.2%	6.5%	6.6	0.71	.288	12.2%	85.2%	33.9%	52.0%	14.1%	30.4%	0.64	5.20

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 39%
Sinker | 28%
Slider | 15%
Curveball | 11%
Changeup | 5%
Sweeper | 1%
All

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
2024	39.5%	98.8	55.4%	26.1%	69.2%	12.5%	18.7%	31.2%	57.2%	43.9%	30.8%	44.9%	15.2%	.236	.373	-4	-0.2	8.2%	5.11
SP MLB Percentile	52	100	81	45	77	82	60	89	87	89	10	30	36	66	10	77	62	-	71
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2024	.222	.285	.346	.424	-	7.5%	44.9%	91.5	89.4	13.4	8.9	6.3	-2.0	5.6	6.4	2,243
SP MLB Percentile	78	87	10	31	-	72	30	41	39	90	98	6	15	32	36	45
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2024	801	200	554	247	30	8	0	5	43	53	48	76	16	1
SP MLB Percentile	68	69	69	37	23	29	43	39	32	-	-	92	38	37
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2024	43.9%	25.2%	30.8%	12.1%	30.8%	35.5%	33.6%	29.0%	8.4%	7.5%	38.3%	-	55.1%	44.9%
SP MLB Percentile	89	31	10	41	48	47	56	21	39	72	47	-	-	30
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2024	.236	.292	.373	.402	-4	.222	.285	.346	.424	91.5	89.4	13.4	15.2
SP MLB Percentile	66	83	10	10	77	78	87	10	31	41	39	90	36
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2024	55.4%	69.2%	50.4%	26.1%	24.8%	24.6%	75.2%	79.4%	61.3%	18.7%	12.5%	31.2%	19.3%	13.4%	63.8%	0.74	57.2%
SP MLB Percentile	81	77	68	45	83	83	83	80	82	60	82	89	96	87	80	6	87
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2024	55.4%	32.8%	23.2%	43.9%	40.3%	31.8%	27.8%	29.5%	47.3%	6.4%
SP MLB Percentile	81	39	3	87	12	91	79	62	71	19
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2024	45.8%	11.0%	43.2%	9.0%	69.3%	60.2%	27.2%	16.8%	22.0%
SP MLB Percentile	4	70	96	4	83	94	88	17	86
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2024	98.8	6.4	14.9	9.8	18.0	-5.0	0.9	2,243	5.11
SP MLB Percentile	100	36	98	5	61	28	50	45	71
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2024	801	5.11	3.20	52.4%	11.2%	36.3%	16.1%	-0.2	-4
SP MLB Percentile	68	71	-	85	1	52	52	62	77
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2024	28.1%	94.0	42.8%	43.6%	69.1%	16.3%	13.5%	29.8%	58.9%	72.1%	13.5%	27.6%	7.1%	.187	.231	-10	-8.3	5.3%	5.37
SP MLB Percentile	64	69	11	97	60	99	11	74	86	92	15	85	65	90	86	98	98	-	92
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2024	.194	.248	.234	.258	-	1.9%	27.6%	87.3	88.4	-5.9	8.6	0.8	-2.1	5.5	6.4	1,760
SP MLB Percentile	90	89	85	88	-	74	85	74	47	97	29	2	12	33	41	1
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2024	570	148	394	176	20	4	0	1	25	27	29	29	13	1
SP MLB Percentile	84	79	85	15	25	31	21	47	29	-	-	87	17	32
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2024	72.1%	15.4%	13.5%	3.8%	58.1%	24.8%	17.1%	20.2%	5.8%	1.9%	20.2%	-	72.1%	27.6%
SP MLB Percentile	92	79	15	40	93	14	14	75	44	74	92	-	-	85
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2024	.187	.232	.231	.238	-10	.194	.248	.234	.258	87.3	88.4	-5.9	7.1
SP MLB Percentile	90	90	86	89	98	90	89	85	88	74	47	97	65
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2024	42.8%	69.1%	55.6%	43.6%	29.3%	20.9%	70.7%	84.0%	54.2%	13.5%	16.3%	29.8%	26.6%	18.4%	64.7%	0.61	58.9%
SP MLB Percentile	11	60	93	97	98	71	98	94	95	11	99	74	83	78	82	19	86
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2024	42.8%	63.0%	25.6%	11.4%	7.7%	22.5%	69.8%	33.2%	41.2%	4.6%
SP MLB Percentile	11	83	48	12	3	8	98	32	71	12
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2024	64.4%	16.1%	19.5%	19.6%	59.6%	44.4%	16.3%	35.1%	26.1%
SP MLB Percentile	56	40	43	54	28	24	13	85	89
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2024	94.0	6.4	14.6	-0.6	15.0	-7.0	0.1	1,760	5.37
SP MLB Percentile	69	41	28	1	6	1	18	1	92
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2024	570	5.37	2.43	50.7%	19.1%	30.2%	20.5%	-8.3	-10
SP MLB Percentile	84	92	-	80	55	81	81	98	98
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2024	14.8%	85.4	42.3%	27.7%	58.3%	12.3%	13.3%	25.7%	52.3%	33.3%	51.3%	23.1%	15.0%	.154	.194	-4	0.9	6.0%	5.31
SP MLB Percentile	33	51	49	27	24	31	39	21	67	18	91	91	40	87	89	96	60	-	64
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2024	.134	.201	.127	.334	-	5.1%	23.1%	84.2	88.1	22.8	-3.4	3.6	-2.1	5.5	6.4	2,352
SP MLB Percentile	92	90	97	64	-	63	91	82	45	12	77	89	17	18	41	41
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2024	300	65	175	125	6	1	0	3	10	16	9	26	0	0
SP MLB Percentile	70	63	66	24	46	59	20	21	48	-	-	77	85	34
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2024	33.3%	15.4%	51.3%	15.4%	53.8%	30.8%	15.4%	5.1%	12.8%	5.1%	28.2%	-	77.0%	23.1%
SP MLB Percentile	18	80	91	81	69	47	27	96	14	63	80	-	-	91
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2024	.154	.195	.194	.256	-4	.134	.201	.127	.334	84.2	88.1	22.8	15.0
SP MLB Percentile	87	91	89	79	96	92	90	97	64	82	45	12	40
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2024	42.3%	58.3%	45.0%	27.7%	27.4%	19.7%	72.6%	81.6%	56.3%	13.3%	12.3%	25.7%	22.3%	13.0%	55.0%	0.42	52.3%
SP MLB Percentile	49	24	30	27	38	83	38	67	22	39	31	21	80	84	32	66	67
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2024	42.3%	23.0%	17.7%	59.3%	19.0%	22.7%	58.3%	17.0%	65.3%	4.7%
SP MLB Percentile	49	76	16	48	67	62	33	28	85	28
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2024	51.3%	4.3%	44.3%	9.1%	56.4%	41.0%	18.8%	21.1%	19.5%
SP MLB Percentile	22	85	87	17	31	15	40	23	49
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2024	85.4	6.4	-7.7	4.7	10.4	-6.8	-0.1	2,352	5.31
SP MLB Percentile	51	41	78	89	86	91	82	41	64
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2024	300	5.31	2.60	47.3%	19.0%	33.7%	13.7%	0.9	-4
SP MLB Percentile	70	64	-	42	53	43	43	60	96
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2024	11.1%	83.0	44.7%	26.4%	61.9%	13.3%	23.9%	37.2%	54.0%	37.0%	40.7%	33.3%	9.1%	.250	.346	+1	1.5	8.0%	5.00
SP MLB Percentile	41	89	70	36	64	64	77	84	80	28	81	74	63	39	29	52	45	-	36
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2024	.226	.300	.295	.383	-	3.7%	33.3%	84.2	84.9	17.0	-3.3	-2.1	-2.3	5.7	6.4	2,508
SP MLB Percentile	47	48	37	42	-	64	74	81	76	27	32	88	9	15	41	52
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2024	226	44	140	86	8	0	1	1	10	13	9	13	1	3
SP MLB Percentile	64	61	66	39	23	67	3	37	35	-	-	65	42	4
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2024	37.0%	22.2%	40.7%	18.5%	59.3%	29.6%	11.1%	29.6%	0.0%	3.7%	29.6%	-	66.6%	33.3%
SP MLB Percentile	28	52	81	92	67	49	35	29	65	64	72	-	-	74
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2024	.250	.308	.346	.370	+1	.226	.300	.295	.383	84.2	84.9	17.0	9.1
SP MLB Percentile	39	41	29	34	52	47	48	37	42	81	76	27	63
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2024	44.7%	61.9%	38.1%	26.4%	34.9%	12.8%	65.1%	81.1%	39.4%	23.9%	13.3%	37.2%	19.3%	11.9%	57.5%	0.74	54.0%
SP MLB Percentile	70	64	34	36	73	38	73	77	78	77	64	84	78	74	66	16	80
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2024	44.7%	33.2%	23.0%	43.8%	12.4%	25.7%	61.9%	31.4%	45.6%	8.0%
SP MLB Percentile	70	51	26	65	32	88	42	61	64	80
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2024	73.9%	2.7%	23.5%	9.0%	55.4%	48.5%	31.1%	30.2%	24.5%
SP MLB Percentile	79	69	28	30	40	43	73	57	79
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2024	83.0	6.4	-7.4	-5.8	9.5	-8.4	-1.3	2,508	5.00
SP MLB Percentile	89	41	34	91	12	94	91	52	36
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2024	226	5.00	3.53	43.8%	19.9%	36.3%	7.5%	1.5	+1
SP MLB Percentile	64	36	-	32	69	47	47	45	52
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2024	5.0%	87.3	13.7%	45.5%	53.9%	25.5%	2.0%	27.5%	48.0%	50.0%	28.6%	21.4%	0.0%	.107	.214	-2	-2.4	2.0%	5.06
SP MLB Percentile	7	75	0	92	23	96	2	78	68	47	56	94	71	94	73	78	89	-	49
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2024	.106	.145	.209	.213	-	0.0%	21.4%	76.4	82.2	10.1	10.6	2.4	-2.4	5.5	6.4	2,038
SP MLB Percentile	97	97	82	92	-	77	94	99	86	44	94	27	6	24	37	82
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2024	102	30	55	47	2	1	0	0	3	3	3	14	2	0
SP MLB Percentile	31	36	31	66	78	56	19	69	83	-	-	68	46	17
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	-

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2024	50.0%	21.4%	28.6%	7.1%	50.0%	35.7%	14.3%	21.4%	0.0%	0.0%	21.4%	-	78.6%	21.4%
SP MLB Percentile	47	52	56	52	37	72	38	66	76	77	89	-	-	94
SP MLB AVG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	-

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2024	.107	.146	.214	.214	-2	.106	.145	.209	.213