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Burke Badenhop

Nationals Career team 2010–2011
Number #72
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 43
Height 6' 5"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Atlanta, GA
Born Feb 8, 1983

Key Insights

2015
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Badenhop's sinker averages 88.6 mph, and has touched 91.2.

614 thrown, 58.6% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .386 expected average against them, against .180 on his breaking balls.

615 of his fastballs thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Badenhop throws a fastball 68% of the time, against 42.7% when he is ahead.

281 pitches behind in the count, 274 ahead.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Badenhop throws the splitter 48.7% of the time against left-handers and 5.1% against right-handers.

574 pitches to right-handers, 474 to left-handers.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Badenhop goes to the splitter: 34.1% of his two-strike pitches, against 21.8% the rest of the time.

255 two-strike pitches in 2015.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 91.4 mph off the bat against Badenhop, 9th percentile.

1048 pitches in 2015. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 619th in MLB.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 8, 1983
Birth Place Atlanta, GA
Height 6' 5"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Bowling Green