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Wade Davis

Royals Career team 2013–2021
Number #71
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 6' 5"
Weight 227 lbs
Birth Place Lake Wales, FL
Born Sep 7, 1985

Key Insights

2021
Too much of the contact against him is loud

46.6% of the contact Davis gives up is hit hard, 15th percentile.

783 pitches in 2021. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 687th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Davis projects a .367 average, 15th percentile.

783 pitches in 2021. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 680th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Davis's knuckle curve leaves the bat at 90.7 mph, against 85.8 off his sinker.

153 and 50 of them thrown.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to

Davis's stuff spins at 2,489 rpm, 90th percentile in the league.

783 pitches in 2021. 90th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 78th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

49.6% of the balls put in play against Davis have gone to centre field.

65 of 131 located batted balls allowed.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .391 expected average against them, against .358 on his fastballs.

156 of his breaking balls thrown.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 7, 1985
Birth Place Lake Wales, FL
Height 6' 5"
Weight 227 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right