Chris Carpenter

Cincinnati Reds

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Chris Carpenter threw 321 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2012, all of them occuring in the MLB Regular Season. In 2012, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Curve (85mph), also mixing in a Change (87mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (86mph).


In 2012, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action, has slight armside run and has slightly above average velo. Their curve is thrown extremely hard, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' curves, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves and has primarily 12-6 movement. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 9 of them in 2012) results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and is slightly firmer than usual. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2012) has heavy sink, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' cutters, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has slightly below average velo and has strong cutting action.