Tyler Clippard

Washington Nationals

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Tyler Clippard threw 14,432 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2022, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2022, they relied primarily on their Change using a Circle Change grip (77mph) and Sinker (87mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (87mph) and Splitter (80mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (74mph) and Slider (82mph).


In 2022, compared to other RHP:
Their change using a circle change grip comes in below hitting speed, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' changeups, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, has a lot of backspin and has slight armside fade. Their sinker is so slow that it is substantially gravitational, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sinkers, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has less armside run than typical and has little sinking action compared to a true sinker. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 19 of them in 2022) comes in below hitting speed, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has slightly less natural movement than typical and has some added backspin. Their splitter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 17 of them in 2022) comes in below hitting speed, has dives down out of the zone, has surprising cut action, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' splitters and generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' splitters. Their curve (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2022) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, has below average velo and results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 1 of them in 2022) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders and has less than expected depth.