R.A. Dickey

Atlanta Braves

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, R.A. Dickey threw 27,937 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2008 and 2017, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2017, they relied primarily on their Knuckleball (77mph), also mixing in a Sinker (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (84mph). He also rarely threw a Change (72mph), Slider (79mph) and Curve (72mph).


In 2017, compared to other RHP:
Their knuckleball flutters and floats unpredictably toward the plate. Their sinker is so slow that it is substantially gravitational, has slight armside run and has some natural sinking action. Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, has heavy sinking action, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slight armside run. Their change comes in below hitting speed, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, has slight armside fade and has some natural sink to it. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 4 of them in 2017) comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has less than expected depth. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 3 of them in 2017) comes in below hitting speed, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves, has little depth and has primarily 12-6 movement.