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Matt Stites

Diamondbacks Career team 2014–2015
Number #37
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 36
Height 5' 11"
Weight 195 lbs
Birth Place Festus, MO
Born May 28, 1990

Key Insights

2015
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Stites projects a .460 average, 1st percentile.

172 pitches in 2015. 1st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 673rd in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

48.3% of the contact against Stites is on the ground and 27.6% of it is in the air.

29 tracked batted balls allowed.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 90.2 mph off the bat against Stites, 22nd percentile.

172 pitches in 2015. 22nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 536th in MLB.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league

Stites averages 90.9 mph across his arsenal, 82nd percentile in the league.

172 pitches in 2015. 82nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 125th in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 91.2 mph off the bat against Stites and left-handers 88.9.

17 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 12 from left-handers.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to

Stites's stuff spins at 1,795 rpm, 65th percentile in the league.

172 pitches in 2015. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 239th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 28, 1990
Birth Place Festus, MO
Height 5' 11"
Weight 195 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft Missouri