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Scott Atchison

Red Sox Career team 2010–2012
Number #48
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 50
Height 6' 2"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place Denton, TX
Born Mar 29, 1976

Key Insights

2015
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Atchison's 4-seam fastball averages 90.1 mph, and has touched 91.8.

114 thrown, 33.7% of his pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .469 expected average against them, against .376 on his breaking balls.

114 of his fastballs thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out

With two strikes Atchison goes to the curveball: 18.8% of his two-strike pitches, against 5.8% the rest of the time.

112 two-strike pitches in 2015.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Atchison projects a .404 average, 9th percentile.

338 pitches in 2015. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 623rd in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together

Atchison works with 3 pitches: Slider, 4-Seam Fastball and Curveball. The slider is 56.2% of everything he throws.

338 classified pitches in 2015.
His ball is straighter than it should be

Atchison's stuff spins at 1,369 rpm, 10th percentile in the league.

338 pitches in 2015. 10th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 616th in MLB.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 29, 1976
Birth Place Denton, TX
Height 6' 2"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft TCU