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Zach Putnam

White Sox Career team 2014–2017
Number #56
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 39
Height 6' 2"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Rochester, MI
Born Jul 3, 1987

Key Insights

2017
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .336 expected average against them, against .187 on his fastballs.

53 of his offspeed pitches thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Putnam's splitter moves 17.0 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

53 thrown, averaging 84.4 mph.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other

Putnam lands 52% of his fastballs in the zone and only 26.4% of his offspeed pitches.

50 of his fastballs, 53 of his offspeed pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Putnam throws the splitter 58.6% of the time against right-handers and 42.2% against left-handers.

58 pitches to right-handers, 45 to left-handers.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

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

Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 3, 1987
Birth Place Rochester, MI
Height 6' 2"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Michigan