Descriptive only — these are measured pitch-level distributions, not projections.
MLB pitch types · MLB · as of 2025-09-28
Sweeper (ST)
Historical measurements from this snapshot.
- Pitches thrown
- 52681Percentile rank 78.947368 among 19 measured profilespct 78.947368 of 19 measured
- Share of all pitches
- 7.60%Percentile rank 78.947368 among 19 measured profilespct 78.947368 of 19 measured
- Velocity, 10th percentile
- 78.7 mphPercentile rank 47.368421 among 19 measured profilespct 47.368421 of 19 measured
- Velocity, median
- 82.7 mphPercentile rank 42.105263 among 19 measured profilespct 42.105263 of 19 measured
- Velocity, 90th percentile
- 86.2 mphPercentile rank 47.368421 among 19 measured profilespct 47.368421 of 19 measured
Pitch share by count leverage
| pitcher_ahead | 36.9% |
|---|---|
| even | 44.4% |
| pitcher_behind | 18.7% |
Pitch share by count state
| 0-0 | 24.5% |
|---|---|
| 0-1 | 14.5% |
| 0-2 | 9.6% |
| 1-0 | 7.7% |
| 1-1 | 10.5% |
| 1-2 | 12.7% |
| 2-0 | 1.8% |
| 2-1 | 4.1% |
| 2-2 | 9.5% |
| 3-0 | 0.09% |
| 3-1 | 0.8% |
| 3-2 | 4.2% |
Pitch outcome mix
| strike | 45.6% |
|---|---|
| ball | 38.4% |
| in-play | 16.0% |
Balls in count, Pitch types used, Strikes in count, Most common pitch type, Most common pitch type share, Velocity percentiles by pitch type not applicable to MLB pitch types.
Percentiles are calculated within the MLB pitch types group using each field's measured values; higher is only higher, not a quality judgement.
What stands out
- A putaway-leaning breaker: 36.9% ahead, 18.7% behind, 44.4% even.
- The slowest of the four pitches profiled here: median 82.7 mph across 52,681 thrown (7.6% of all pitches).
- It nearly vanishes on 3-0 (0.09%) and concentrates in two-strike counts like 0-2 (9.58%).
Reading note
Descriptive only, over a single 2025 Statcast pull. The count shares are of this pitch's OWN usage (what share of sweepers fall in each count/leverage class), not the share of any count that is a sweeper. The strike bucket merges called, swinging, and foul strikes (no per-pitch swing/take in this corpus), so it is not a whiff rate. 'Slowest of these four' is scoped to the four pitch types written up in this pack. Not a prediction; descriptive only.