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Sam LeCure

Reds Career team 2010–2015
Number #63
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 42
Height 6' 0"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Jefferson City, MO
Born May 4, 1984

Key Insights

2015
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

LeCure's sinker averages 87.3 mph, and has touched 89.6.

130 thrown, 42.9% of his pitches.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes LeCure goes to the sinker: 61.4% of his two-strike pitches, against 37.3% the rest of the time.

70 two-strike pitches in 2015.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

LeCure averages 83.1 mph across his arsenal, 5th percentile in the league.

303 pitches in 2015. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 650th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off LeCure's sinker leaves the bat at 94.3 mph, against 84.0 off his changeup.

130 and 63 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .348 expected average against them, against .269 on his offspeed pitches.

70 of his breaking balls thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming

Behind in the count LeCure throws a fastball 70.5% of the time, against 55.2% when he is ahead.

88 pitches behind in the count, 87 ahead.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB May 4, 1984
Birth Place Jefferson City, MO
Height 6' 0"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Texas