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Slider: Average Vertical Movement without Gravity 2025

Average vertical bend in inches after removing gravity's downward effect. Positive is upward; negative is downward. A positive number does not mean the ball actually rose on its way to the plate. Only measured pitches are included. Uses pitches recorded as slider.

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At least 100 pitches of this type with vertical movement measured with gravity removed in this 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. Movement is in inches. Positive sideways movement is to the pitcher's right when looking toward home plate. Positive vertical movement is upward relative to the initial flight direction. Removing gravity does not mean the pitch literally rises. Larger or smaller movement is not automatically better. Data through December 31, 2025. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Slider: Average Vertical Movement without Gravity / 2025

Tyler Rogers

NYM

13.8

Season leader

Slider: Average Vertical Movement without Gravity2025 season
#	Player	Team	SL no-grav count	Type coverage	SL no-grav in
1	T. RogersTyler Rogers	NYM	249	100.0%	13.8
2	J. SearsJP Sears	SD	161	100.0%	9.6
3	R. RayRobbie Ray	SF	693	100.0%	9.2
4	R. ThompsonRyan Thompson	AZ	264	100.0%	8.9
5	R. PepiotRyan Pepiot	TB	479	100.0%	8.8
6	B. SnellBlake Snell	LAD	114	100.0%	8.5
7	C. KershawClayton Kershaw	LAD	732	99.9%	8.0
8	M. KranickMax Kranick	NYM	211	100.0%	8.0
9	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	LAA	239	100.0%	7.9
10	P. SkenesPaul Skenes	PIT	168	100.0%	7.6
11	N. SandlinNick Sandlin	TOR	141	100.0%	7.6
12	S. OkertSteven Okert	HOU	608	100.0%	7.2
13	Z. LittellZack Littell	CIN	768	100.0%	7.2
14	H. BirdsongHayden Birdsong	SF	291	100.0%	7.1
15	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	580	100.0%	7.1
16	C. MartinCorbin Martin	BAL	108	100.0%	7.1
17	Y. MatsuiYuki Matsui	SD	169	100.0%	6.9
18	L. MeyLuis Mey	CIN	104	98.6%	6.8
19	D. LeeDylan Lee	ATL	612	100.0%	6.7
20	J. RyanJoe Ryan	MIN	258	100.0%	6.7
21	E. OrzeEric Orze	TB	177	100.0%	6.4
22	R. BlancoRonel Blanco	HOU	250	99.9%	6.4
23	J. MisiorowskiJacob Misiorowski	MIL	283	100.0%	6.4
24	B. FalterBailey Falter	KC	354	100.0%	6.4
25	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	406	100.0%	6.4
26	E. De Los SantosEnyel De Los Santos	HOU	397	100.0%	6.3
27	T. BeckTristan Beck	SF	174	100.0%	6.3
28	B. OberBailey Ober	MIN	418	100.0%	6.3
29	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	220	100.0%	6.0
30	L. GilLuis Gil	NYY	250	100.0%	5.9
31	S. Woods RichardsonSimeon Woods Richardson	MIN	510	100.0%	5.8
32	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	252	100.0%	5.7
33	C. ThielbarCaleb Thielbar	CHC	123	100.0%	5.7
34	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	282	100.0%	5.7
35	C. PatrickChad Patrick	MIL	106	100.0%	5.7
36	B. AshcraftBraxton Ashcraft	PIT	344	100.0%	5.6
37	J. CantilloJoey Cantillo	CLE	143	100.0%	5.6
38	E. AlvaradoElvis Alvarado	ATH	245	100.0%	5.5
39	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	SF	607	100.0%	5.5
40	R. SuarezRanger Suarez	PHI	100	100.0%	5.4
41	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	PHI	232	100.0%	5.4
42	A. DíazAlexis Díaz	ATL	146	100.0%	5.3
43	D. AltavillaDan Altavilla	CWS	114	100.0%	5.2
44	W. PeraltaWandy Peralta	SD	189	100.0%	5.2
45	B. BurkeBrock Burke	LAA	280	100.0%	5.1
46	I. HamiltonIan Hamilton	NYY	244	100.0%	5.1
47	B. EisertBrandon Eisert	CWS	434	100.0%	5.1
48	B. WooBryan Woo	SEA	299	100.0%	5.0
49	K. LeahyKyle Leahy	STL	283	100.0%	5.0
50	H. GaddisHunter Gaddis	CLE	563	100.0%	5.0

SL no-grav in: Average vertical bend in inches after removing gravity's downward effect. Positive is upward; negative is downward. A positive number does not mean the ball actually rose on its way to the plate. Only measured pitches are included. Uses pitches recorded as slider.

Understanding Slider: Average Vertical Movement without Gravity

Formula: Sum of recorded vertical movement with gravity removed ÷ pitches with this measurement

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

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, 1:47 PM UTC.