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Ian Thomas

Dodgers Career team 2015
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 39
Height 6' 4"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Norfolk, VA
Born Apr 20, 1987

Key Insights

2015
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Thomas's 4-seam fastball averages 90.0 mph, and has touched 92.7.

217 thrown, 53.3% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .377 expected average against them, against .257 on his offspeed pitches.

253 of his fastballs thrown.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Thomas averages 84.9 mph across his arsenal, 13th percentile in the league.

407 pitches in 2015. 13th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 593rd in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work

16.4 mph separates Thomas's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 90.0 against 73.6.

217 and 44 of them respectively.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Thomas goes to the changeup: 35.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 23% the rest of the time.

125 two-strike pitches in 2015.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Thomas throws a fastball 73.3% of the time, against 56.1% when he is ahead.

101 pitches behind in the count, 123 ahead.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 20, 1987
Birth Place Norfolk, VA
Height 6' 4"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft VCU