Descriptive only — no edge claimed. These are measured pitch-level distributions, not projections.
MLB pitch types · MLB · as of 2025-09-28
Sweeper (ST)
Descriptive card · conservative measured rates.
n pitches
52681
Higher than 83% of 61 in pack
% of all pitches
7.6
Higher than 66% of 61 in pack
velo p10
78.7
velo p50
82.7
velo p90
86.2
Bars show where this card sits within its own pack (61 mlb pitch types), by simple rank of the measured value. Higher is only higher -- no quality judgement is implied.
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; no edge claim.