John Bale

Detroit Tigers

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, John Bale threw 1,376 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2009, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2009, they relied primarily on their Curve (72mph), Fourseam Fastball (89mph) and Sinker (88mph), also mixing in a Change (81mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (89mph).


In 2009, compared to other LHP:
Their curve has sweeping glove-side movement and has below average velo. Their fourseam fastball results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has slight armside run and has slightly below average velo. Their sinker has heavy sinking action, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has slight armside run and has slightly below average velo. Their change is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2009) is thrown extremely hard, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, has much less depth than expected, has primarily 12-6 movement and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders.