Rick Porcello

Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	12/27/1988 (35)
Height, Weight	6'5", 205 lb
Hometown	Morristown, NJ

2020 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

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

	2 W	41 IP	4.87 ERA	1.37 WHIP	22.3% K%	8.7% BB%

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

	92.7 FB MPH	11.7% SwStr%	28.5% CSW%	- Str-ICR	- MTK%	5.00 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
2009	DET	31	31	170.2	14-9	11	3.96	1.34	-	4.78	-	-	12.4%	7.2%	9.3	1.21	.279	-	75.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	DET	27	27	162.2	10-12	13	4.92	1.39	-	4.32	-	-	12.0%	5.4%	10.4	1.00	.308	-	65.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	DET	31	31	182.0	14-9	19	4.75	1.41	-	4.06	-	-	13.3%	5.9%	10.4	0.89	.318	-	67.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	DET	31	31	176.1	10-12	13	4.59	1.53	-	3.91	-	-	13.7%	5.6%	11.5	0.82	.345	-	69.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	DET	32	29	177.0	13-8	18	4.32	1.28	-	3.53	-	-	19.3%	5.7%	9.4	0.92	.317	-	69.8%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	DET	32	31	204.2	15-13	21	3.43	1.23	-	3.68	-	-	15.4%	4.9%	9.3	0.79	.299	-	72.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	BOS	28	28	172.0	9-15	15	4.92	1.36	-	4.13	-	-	20.2%	5.2%	10.3	1.31	.333	-	67.5%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	BOS	33	33	223.0	22-4	26	3.15	1.01	-	3.40	-	-	21.2%	3.6%	7.8	0.93	.269	-	74.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	BOS	33	33	203.1	11-17	19	4.65	1.40	-	4.61	-	-	20.5%	5.4%	10.4	1.68	.324	-	69.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	BOS	33	33	191.1	17-7	16	4.28	1.18	-	4.01	-	-	23.5%	5.9%	8.3	1.27	.286	-	70.9%	-	-	9.6%	28.7%	0.54	-
2019	BOS	32	32	174.1	14-12	13	5.52	1.39	-	4.77	-	-	18.6%	5.9%	10.2	1.60	.310	-	65.7%	-	-	8.9%	26.5%	0.48	-
2020	NYM	12	12	59.0	1-7	4	5.64	1.51	4.42	3.33	4.42	4.16	20.7%	5.7%	11.3	0.76	.373	7.9%	59.5%	45.8%	41.0%	7.5%	25.1%	0.44	4.99
SP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG		8	8	41.0	2-3	3	4.87	1.37	4.83	4.84	4.70	4.04	22.3%	8.7%	8.9	1.56	.290	17.2%	72.5%	38.0%	44.2%	11.7%	28.5%	0.49	5.00
Career		355	351	2,096.1	150-125	188	4.40	1.32	-	-	-	0.02	17.5%	5.5%	9.7	1.12	.310	100.0%	69.4%	6.6%	41.0%	9.0%	27.3%	0.50	4.99

Repertoire

Sinker | 44%
Slider | 29%
Changeup | 13%
Four-Seamer | 9%
Curveball | 5%
All

2018 2019 2020 All

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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	7.2%	90.1	-	-	72.1%	5.9%	32.4%	38.3%	-	-	-	-	-	.117	.179	-	-	-	-
2019	13.1%	89.7	-	-	73.5%	5.9%	29.4%	35.3%	-	-	-	-	-	.330	.380	-	-	-	-
2020	44.2%	90.1	54.6%	26.9%	69.6%	4.1%	26.3%	30.4%	53.0%	43.8%	32.5%	43.9%	11.5%	.321	.392	+5	0.4	14.5%	4.81
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	26.1%	92.2	46.8%	26.6%	63.5%	6.7%	18.9%	25.6%	47.1%	51.6%	25.9%	42.3%	20.5%	.325	.330	+1	0.6	9.9%	4.75

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.266	.325	.325	.375	-	7.5%	43.9%	88.5	86.5	13.0	9.2	6.9	-1.1	6.1	6.0	2,161
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.310	.393	.316	.407	-	8.8%	42.3%	89.1	86.6	6.9	8.6	6.4	-0.7	5.7	6.3	2,175

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	222	68	160	62	6	1	0	0	7	7	0	21	5	3
2019	388	105	285	102	20	7	0	5	32	42	0	21	5	1
2020	434	116	302	132	24	6	1	3	34	41	36	24	8	2
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	133	36	86	47	6	2	0	1	9	11	11	5	3	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	43.8%	23.8%	32.5%	8.8%	31.7%	41.5%	26.8%	30.0%	7.5%	7.5%	35.0%	-	55.1%	43.9%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	51.6%	22.6%	25.9%	5.2%	37.5%	39.0%	23.5%	26.5%	6.0%	8.8%	36.1%	-	58.9%	42.3%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.117	.178	.179	.179	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.330	.386	.380	.421	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.321	.372	.392	.415	+5	.266	.325	.325	.375	88.5	86.5	13.0	11.5
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.325	.402	.330	.374	+1	.310	.393	.316	.407	89.1	86.6	6.9	20.5

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	72.1%	39.6%	-	14.8%	16.2%	85.2%	-	-	32.4%	5.9%	38.3%	24.4%	17.6%	68.9%	0.86	-
2019	-	73.5%	44.1%	-	13.5%	18.3%	86.5%	-	-	29.4%	5.9%	35.3%	27.0%	19.8%	65.2%	0.78	-
2020	54.6%	69.6%	43.3%	26.9%	9.6%	20.3%	90.4%	91.1%	88.7%	26.3%	4.1%	30.4%	27.2%	18.9%	61.8%	0.62	53.0%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	46.8%	63.5%	44.6%	26.6%	14.9%	18.0%	85.1%	88.2%	77.5%	18.9%	6.7%	25.6%	-	-	56.3%	0.38	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	54.6%	36.9%	26.5%	36.6%	38.7%	30.4%	30.9%	33.9%	39.6%	9.2%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	46.8%	51.1%	23.9%	25.0%	26.3%	28.2%	45.4%	37.5%	38.6%	6.8%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	58.1%	6.8%	35.1%	14.7%	79.2%	67.5%	38.0%	-	26.9%
2019	69.6%	9.5%	20.9%	19.6%	69.7%	54.6%	31.5%	-	25.9%
2020	66.6%	9.9%	23.5%	18.0%	71.1%	53.5%	30.1%	14.7%	23.5%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	62.5%	16.7%	20.8%	17.3%	59.0%	46.3%	22.2%	24.0%	16.4%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	90.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	89.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	90.1	6.0	16.3	9.7	19.1	-6.2	-0.1	2,161	4.81
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	92.2	6.3	-	-	-	-	-	2,175	4.75

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	222	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	388	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	434	4.81	4.74	38.0%	22.6%	39.4%	-1.4%	0.4	+5
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	133	4.75	0.90	38.8%	19.7%	41.5%	-2.7%	0.6	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	5.7%	86.3	-	-	71.4%	10.9%	8.6%	19.4%	-	-	-	-	-	.204	.211	-	-	-	-
2019	9.3%	84.5	-	-	63.5%	13.5%	11.3%	24.8%	-	-	-	-	-	.237	.269	-	-	-	-
2020	28.9%	86.2	44.4%	29.7%	64.1%	11.3%	11.3%	22.5%	47.2%	36.4%	36.4%	43.6%	5.0%	.296	.370	+7	3.2	8.5%	5.28
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	22.7%	84.2	39.9%	32.7%	61.4%	15.3%	14.8%	30.1%	48.5%	43.2%	36.0%	40.4%	19.8%	.235	.279	+0	0.3	8.1%	5.16

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.266	.291	.322	.361	-	7.3%	43.6%	84.8	80.5	19.4	-0.9	4.8	-1.3	6.1	5.9	2,355
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.229	.307	.275	.375	-	7.0%	40.4%	86.4	86.5	13.9	-2.3	1.7	-0.8	5.8	6.2	2,410

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	175	52	125	50	5	2	1	2	10	15	0	10	2	0
2019	274	87	174	100	6	8	0	4	18	26	0	20	9	2
2020	284	73	182	102	15	5	0	1	21	23	24	16	2	0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	116	29	73	43	3	1	0	1	6	7	6	9	2	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	36.4%	27.3%	36.4%	20.0%	38.2%	38.2%	23.6%	30.9%	5.5%	7.3%	41.8%	-	56.4%	43.6%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	43.2%	21.1%	36.0%	10.2%	46.9%	34.0%	19.1%	25.4%	5.1%	7.0%	35.2%	-	62.7%	40.4%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.204	.268	.211	.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.237	.349	.269	.321	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.296	.312	.370	.382	+7	.266	.291	.322	.361	84.8	80.5	19.4	5.0
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	.235	.313	.279	.327	+0	.229	.307	.275	.375	86.4	86.5	13.9	19.8

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	71.4%	62.9%	-	17.3%	29.1%	82.7%	-	-	8.6%	10.9%	19.4%	32.0%	22.9%	65.7%	0.36	-
2019	-	63.5%	52.2%	-	25.9%	18.2%	74.1%	-	-	11.3%	13.5%	24.8%	32.2%	20.4%	56.9%	0.36	-
2020	44.4%	64.1%	52.8%	29.7%	21.3%	22.2%	78.7%	83.5%	68.1%	11.3%	11.3%	22.5%	30.2%	19.4%	56.7%	0.35	47.2%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	39.9%	61.4%	46.6%	32.7%	32.7%	15.4%	67.3%	82.1%	48.3%	14.8%	15.3%	30.1%	-	-	56.0%	0.51	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	44.4%	10.9%	20.1%	69.0%	42.3%	27.8%	29.9%	35.6%	44.4%	8.5%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	39.9%	16.7%	21.4%	61.9%	16.2%	20.5%	63.3%	27.3%	51.3%	5.8%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	50.9%	9.7%	39.4%	24.7%	72.7%	45.5%	14.6%	-	14.5%
2019	50.7%	9.5%	39.8%	17.3%	63.2%	54.4%	19.4%	-	18.3%
2020	54.6%	10.9%	34.5%	16.1%	60.7%	48.2%	15.5%	23.5%	16.3%
SP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SP MLB AVG	56.0%	8.6%	35.4%	12.9%	59.6%	51.5%	21.5%	28.8%	20.1%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	86.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019