Chris Tillman

Texas Rangers

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chris Tillman threw 19,904 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2018, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2018, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (83mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph), Sinker (89mph) and Curve using a Knuckle Curve grip (76mph).


In 2018, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball has much less armside movement than typical, has below average velo and has some natural sinking action. Their slider is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders and has some two-plane movement. Their change is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, has surprising cut action and has a lot of backspin. Their sinker is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has surprisingly little armside run, has below average velo, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers and has little sinking action compared to a true sinker. Their curve using a knuckle curve grip has an exceptional bite, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' curves, has primarily 12-6 movement, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has slightly below average velo.