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Sweeper: Average Spin 2021

How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as sweeper.

Season

At least 100 pitches of this type with a spin measurement 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. Data through December 31, 2021. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Sweeper: Average Spin / 2021

Trevor Bauer

LAD

2962

Season leader

Sweeper: Average Spin2021 season
#	Player	Team	ST spin count	Type coverage	ST rpm
1	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	LAD	311	100.0%	2962
2	B. RaleyBrooks Raley	HOU	250	100.0%	2826
3	G. JaxGriffin Jax	MIN	434	100.0%	2808
4	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	437	100.0%	2800
5	L. McCullers Jr.Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	720	100.0%	2797
6	C. McHughCollin McHugh	TB	514	100.0%	2790
7	J. LawrenceJustin Lawrence	COL	112	100.0%	2786
8	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	630	100.0%	2759
9	A. OttavinoAdam Ottavino	BOS	548	100.0%	2747
10	J. DiekmanJake Diekman	OAK	355	100.0%	2739
11	P. EspinoPaolo Espino	WSH	280	100.0%	2696
12	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	614	100.0%	2688
13	M. KingMichael King	NYY	101	100.0%	2673
14	B. ShawBryan Shaw	CLE	146	100.0%	2666
15	J. LylesJordan Lyles	TEX	420	100.0%	2638
16	S. GraySonny Gray	CIN	339	100.0%	2612
17	R. HillRich Hill	NYM	161	100.0%	2610
18	J. CousinsJake Cousins	MIL	324	100.0%	2584
19	C. GreenChad Green	NYY	231	100.0%	2576
20	S. GreeneShane Greene	LAD	132	100.0%	2576
21	J. PayampsJoel Payamps	KC	242	100.0%	2575
22	T. RogersTaylor Rogers	MIN	347	100.0%	2550
23	C. JavierCristian Javier	HOU	463	100.0%	2541
24	L. AllenLogan Allen	CLE	253	100.0%	2534
25	G. Otto Jr.Glenn Otto Jr.	TEX	158	100.0%	2522
26	J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	HOU	318	100.0%	2487
27	J. WoodfordJake Woodford	STL	215	100.0%	2477
28	A. BummerAaron Bummer	CWS	282	99.1%	2471
29	N. CortesNestor Cortes	NYY	302	100.0%	2451
30	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	252	100.0%	2448
31	Y. RamírezYohan Ramírez	SEA	199	100.0%	2437
32	B. TreinenBlake Treinen	LAD	379	100.0%	2415
33	C. ThielbarCaleb Thielbar	MIN	379	100.0%	2380
34	L. GarciaLuis Garcia	HOU	305	100.0%	2374
35	Y. AlmonteYency Almonte	COL	161	100.0%	2373
36	E. PhillipsEvan Phillips	LAD	108	100.0%	2361
37	C. BassittChris Bassitt	OAK	187	100.0%	2355
38	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAA	445	100.0%	2349
39	B. GarrettBraxton Garrett	MIA	128	100.0%	2338
40	M. WhiteMitch White	LAD	109	100.0%	2328
41	E. FeddeErick Fedde	WSH	125	100.0%	2298
42	B. HandBrad Hand	NYM	458	100.0%	2279
43	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	447	100.0%	2270
44	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	599	100.0%	2264
45	G. CrochetGarrett Crochet	CWS	226	100.0%	2243
46	P. SewaldPaul Sewald	SEA	457	100.0%	2175
47	B. OberBailey Ober	MIN	135	100.0%	2148
48	H. MilnerHoby Milner	MIL	141	100.0%	1865

ST rpm: How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as sweeper.

Understanding Sweeper: Average Spin

How fast the ball spins, measured in turns per minute. Only measured pitches are included. More spin is not always better. Uses pitches recorded as sweeper.

Formula: Sum of recorded spin rates ÷ pitches with spin measurements

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, 10:11 AM UTC.