Hideki Okajima

Baltimore Orioles

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Hideki Okajima threw 3,829 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2013, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and the MLB Postseason. In 2013, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (87mph), Change (83mph) and Curve (77mph).


In 2013, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is straight as an arrow, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has some added backspin. Their change (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 19 of them in 2013) is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups and has surprising cut action. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 16 of them in 2013) 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 primarily 12-6 movement.