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Joe Thatcher

Padres Career team 2007–2013
Number #54
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 44
Height 6' 2"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Indianapolis, IN
Born Oct 4, 1981

Key Insights

2015
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Thatcher's 4-seam fastball averages 84.1 mph, and has touched 86.3.

282 thrown, 68.6% of his pitches.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count Thatcher throws a fastball 99.3% of the time, against 64.6% when he is ahead.

134 pitches behind in the count, 113 ahead.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Thatcher averages 83.2 mph across his arsenal, 5th percentile in the league.

411 pitches in 2015. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 647th in MLB.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Thatcher goes to the slider: 27.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 10.8% the rest of the time.

124 two-strike pitches in 2015.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Thatcher's cutter leaves the bat at 92.3 mph, against 76.4 off his slider.

64 and 65 of them thrown.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak

Contact against Thatcher is weak: 83.5 mph off the bat on average, 99th percentile.

411 pitches in 2015. 99th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 8th in MLB.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 4, 1981
Birth Place Indianapolis, IN
Height 6' 2"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Indiana State