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Jake Arrieta

Cubs Career team 2013–2021
Number #49
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 40
Height 6' 4"
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Place Farmington, MO
Born Mar 6, 1986

Key Insights

2021
He handles both hands about the same

Right-handed hitters project to a .328 average against Arrieta and left-handers to .390.

809 pitches to right-handed hitters, 937 to left-handed hitters.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Arrieta projects a .360 average, 19th percentile.

1746 pitches in 2021. 19th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 650th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

45.3% of the contact against Arrieta is on the ground and 29.3% of it is in the air.

331 tracked batted balls allowed.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Arrieta's changeup leaves the bat at 92.2 mph, against 88.0 off his curveball.

142 and 269 of them thrown.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 90.2 mph off the bat against Arrieta, 20th percentile.

1746 pitches in 2021. 20th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 644th in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud

44.3% of the contact Arrieta gives up is hit hard, 21st percentile.

1746 pitches in 2021. 21st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 638th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 6, 1986
Birth Place Farmington, MO
Height 6' 4"
Weight 225 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft TCU