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FICTIONAL PLAYER · 2026 SAMPLE SEASON
OUT OF THE BULLPEN / Kansas City Royals

Elliot

Foster.

Available

The velocity. The movement. The command.
There’s more to this player than the stat line.

RPPosition
31Age
LeftBats
LeftThrows
Team profile
ERA3.42Earned run average
WHIP1.30Baserunners / inning
K101Strikeouts
IP70.0Innings pitched
K / 913.0Strikeouts per 9
ROLEReliefBullpen

Fictional player and sample performance. Season stats match the team roster; the analysis below uses 12 recent sample outings.

THE PITCHING PROFILE

How the outs happen.

Sample league reference
Hard-hit rate allowed38.1%
Lower is betterRef. 39%
Whiff rate induced26.5%
Higher is betterRef. 25%
Chase rate induced27.9%
Higher is betterRef. 28%
Strikeouts per 910.0
Higher is betterRef. 8.7

Hard-hit rate is labeled as allowed; chase and whiff rates describe swings induced by the pitcher. All figures use the same recent sample.

THE PITCH REPERTOIRE

The art of the arsenal.

Different shapes. One approach.
Usage and average velocity cover the same 422-pitch sample.
PITCHUSAGEVELOPITCHES
Four-seam51.9%94.8 mph219
Slider33.9%85.2 mph143
Curveball14.2%78.9 mph60
HOW THE PITCHES SEPARATE-20-20-10-100010102020Four-seamSliderCurveballHorizontal movement (in)Vertical movement (in)

Velocity tells you how fast. Movement helps explain why the same swing doesn’t work against every pitch.

THE MATCHUP CHANGES THE STORY

A different angle.

Splits from all 12 recent sample outings. Rates use combined counts, rather than averages of game rates.
SPLITAPPIPHERBBKERAWHIP
Home812.1535132.190.81
Away45.230370.001.06
ONE OUTING AT A TIME

The recent game log.

The details behind the trend.
2026 sample games · fictional results. IP uses baseball notation: 5.2 means five innings and two outs.
DATEOPPIPHERBBKPITCHESERA
Sep 5vsCWS2.00001460.00
Sep 3vsCWS1.21012290.00
Sep 1@CWS1.00001430.00
Aug 30vsTOR2.01112264.50
Aug 28vsTOR1.10001400.00
Aug 26@TOR1.01012230.00
16 of 12 outings
A PLAYER IS PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE

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