San Diego Padres
Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Cole Hamels threw 39,467 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2020, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2020, they relied primarily on their Cutter (86mph) and Change using a Circle Change grip (81mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (88mph), Curve (76mph) and Sinker (88mph).
In 2020, compared to other LHP:
Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 16 of them in 2020) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters and has little cutting action. Their change using a circle change grip (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2020) is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 8 of them in 2020) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has below average velo and has some natural sinking action. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 8 of them in 2020) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' curves and has a sharp downward bite. Their sinker (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2020) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has slight armside run, has slightly below average velo and has some natural sinking action.