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Brooks Brown

Rockies Career team 2014–2015
Number #50
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 6' 3"
Weight 205 lbs
Birth Place Statesboro, GA
Born Jun 20, 1985

Key Insights

2015
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Brown throws a fastball 62.2% of the time, against 31% when he is ahead.

185 pitches behind in the count, 126 ahead.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .389 expected average against them, against .275 on his offspeed pitches.

73 of his breaking balls thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Brown's sinker leaves the bat at 90.3 mph, against 80.9 off his slider.

305 and 59 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Brown throws the changeup 47.3% of the time against left-handers and 24.1% against right-handers.

345 pitches to right-handers, 224 to left-handers.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits

The quality of contact against Brown projects a .317 average, 90th percentile.

569 pitches in 2015. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 70th in MLB.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Brown goes to the slider: 18.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 7.2% the rest of the time.

155 two-strike pitches in 2015.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 20, 1985
Birth Place Statesboro, GA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 205 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft Georgia