Player stats

Sinker: Pitches 2018

Number of delivered pitches with this recorded type. Zero means no pitch was recorded with this label. Uses pitches recorded as sinker.

Season

Recorded pitch types. Usage divides by all delivered pitches, including unknown types. Speed is in mph, spin in rpm and extension in feet. Averages use measured pitches only. Whiffs divide misses by swings. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Sinker: Pitches / 2018

Derek Holland

1651

Season leader

Sinker: Pitches2018 season
#	Player	Team	SI pitches
1	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	1651
2	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	1602
3	S. MatzSteven Matz	NYM	1600
4	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	1539
5	S. RomanoSal Romano	CIN	1525
6	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	1483
7	B. ColonBartolo Colon	TEX	1389
8	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	1360
9	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	1353
10	C. RichardClayton Richard	SD	1331
11	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	1318
12	J. LucchesiJoey Lucchesi	SD	1309
13	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	1256
14	D. CoveyDylan Covey	CWS	1235
15	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	1164
16	S. GaviglioSam Gaviglio	TOR	1115
17	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	1112
18	T. BlachTy Blach	SF	1082
19	A. WoodAlex Wood	LAD	1049
20	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	1039
21	J. HaderJosh Hader	MIL	1038
22	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	1005
23	F. LirianoFrancisco Liriano	DET	979
24	J. HicksJordan Hicks	STL	975
25	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	970
26	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	965
27	L. LynnLance Lynn	NYY	953
28	R. BoruckiRyan Borucki	TOR	928
29	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	920
30	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BAL	918
31	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	907
32	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	898
33	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	895
34	J. HughesJared Hughes	CIN	879
35	M. CastroMiguel Castro	BAL	852
36	F. HernándezFélix Hernández	SEA	828
37	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	817
38	S. AlexanderScott Alexander	LAD	806
39	J. HammelJason Hammel	KC	803
40	R. GsellmanRobert Gsellman	NYM	787
41	B. ZieglerBrad Ziegler	AZ	780
42	B. KintzlerBrandon Kintzler	CHC	780
43	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	778
44	T. McFarlandT.J. McFarland	AZ	776
45	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	776
46	M. HarveyMatt Harvey	CIN	771
47	L. McCullers Jr.Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	767
48	C. StammenCraig Stammen	SD	764
49	M. FulmerMichael Fulmer	DET	759
50	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	TOR	749

SI pitches: Number of delivered pitches with this recorded type. Zero means no pitch was recorded with this label. Uses pitches recorded as sinker.

Understanding Sinker: Pitches

Number of delivered pitches with this recorded type. Zero means no pitch was recorded with this label. Uses pitches recorded as sinker.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC.