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Austin Davis

Red Sox Career team 2021–2022
Number #48
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 33
Height 6' 4"
Weight 235 lbs
Birth Place Scottsdale, AZ
Born Feb 3, 1993

Key Insights

2024
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Davis's cutter averages 88.6 mph, and has touched 90.5.

54 thrown, 38% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Davis's sinker moves 87.6 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

54 thrown, averaging 92.3 mph.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Davis throws the sinker 60.8% of the time against left-handers and 25.3% against right-handers.

91 pitches to right-handers, 51 to left-handers.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Davis releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 31 degrees above horizontal and 1.4 feet to the first-base side of the rubber.

142 tracked release points, averaging 5.3 feet off the ground.
He lives on one side of the plate

Davis works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 3.6 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.

142 located pitches in 2024.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Davis goes to the sweeper: 28% of his two-strike pitches, against 21.7% the rest of the time.

50 two-strike pitches in 2024.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 3, 1993
Birth Place Scottsdale, AZ
Height 6' 4"
Weight 235 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Cal State Bakersfield