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Paul Blackburn
Throws R · 2026 player profile
Quality of contact allowed
10-game rolling xwOBA
2026-03-30 — 2026-10-07 · 66 recorded dates. Lower xwOBA means less expected production allowed.
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Inside the repertoire
What he throws, how it moves, and when he uses it.
The arsenal
| Pitch | Usage | Velo | Whiff% | xwOBA | EV | HMov | VMov | Spin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SinkerSI | 34% | 94.3 | 11.4% | 0.358 | 89.8 | -13.6 | 9.8 | 2028 |
| ChangeupCH | 21% | 87.5 | 28.4% | 0.216 | 83.3 | -13.1 | 6.6 | 1794 |
| CutterFC | 19% | 91.8 | 16.2% | 0.372 | 89.3 | 3.6 | 8.5 | 2469 |
| CurveballCU | 15% | 81.1 | 37.0% | 0.187 | 82.9 | 8.1 | -17.2 | 2708 |
| SweeperSW | 7% | 83.8 | 31.9% | 0.240 | 79.7 | 15.3 | -2.9 | 2757 |
| 4-Seam FastballFF | 3% | 94.6 | 7.7% | 0.342 | 87.1 | -5.1 | 17.0 | 2262 |
| SliderSL | 0% | 85.1 | 0.0% | 0.319 | 86.6 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 2648 |
Contact allowed by location
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Data detail
Season & career
Updated 2026-10-13. Seasons are split by team. Innings use baseball notation: .1 is one out, .2 is two outs.
| Season / team | G | GS | IP | K | BB | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · New York Yankees | 62 | 2 | 85.0 | 69 | 33 | 1.59 | 1.08 |
| 2025 · | 15 | 4 | 39.0 | 34 | 12 | 6.23 | 1.51 |
| 2025 · New York Yankees | 8 | 0 | 15.1 | 16 | 4 | 5.28 | 1.30 |
| 2025 · New York Mets | 7 | 4 | 23.2 | 18 | 8 | 6.85 | 1.65 |
| 2024 · | 14 | 14 | 75.1 | 59 | 21 | 4.66 | 1.29 |
| 2024 · New York Mets | 5 | 5 | 24.1 | 21 | 7 | 5.18 | 1.56 |
| 2024 · Oakland Athletics | 9 | 9 | 51.0 | 38 | 14 | 4.41 | 1.16 |
| 2023 · Oakland Athletics | 21 | 20 | 103.2 | 104 | 43 | 4.43 | 1.54 |
| 2022 · Oakland Athletics | 21 | 21 | 111.1 | 89 | 30 | 4.28 | 1.26 |
| 2021 · Oakland Athletics | 9 | 9 | 38.1 | 26 | 10 | 5.87 | 1.62 |
| 2020 · Oakland Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 27.00 | 3.00 |
| 2019 · Oakland Athletics | 4 | 1 | 11.0 | 8 | 4 | 10.64 | 2.09 |
| 2018 · Oakland Athletics | 6 | 6 | 27.2 | 19 | 6 | 7.16 | 1.41 |
| 2017 · Oakland Athletics | 10 | 10 | 58.2 | 22 | 16 | 3.22 | 1.26 |
| Career | 163 | 88 | 552.1 | 432 | 177 | 4.45 | 1.36 |
Recorded game dates 66 dates
Existing chart-builder observations, grouped by date. Not an official box-score game log; missing values stay blank.
| Date | PA* | xwOBA | BA | EV (mph) | Barrel fraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | 5 | 0.210 | 0.000 | 89.9 | 0.000 |
| 2026-10-05 | 3 | 0.181 | 0.000 | 76.4 | 0.000 |
| 2026-10-03 | 6 | 0.303 | 0.000 | 84.0 | 0.000 |
| 2026-09-29 | 5 | 0.371 | 0.200 | 88.2 | 0.200 |
| 2026-09-25 | 6 | 0.300 | 0.400 | 79.9 | 0.000 |
| 2026-09-23 | 3 | 0.173 | 0.250 | 92.0 | 0.000 |
| 2026-09-19 | 6 | 0.254 | 0.333 | 91.1 | 0.000 |
| 2026-09-16 | 3 | 0.445 | 0.000 | 88.8 | 0.000 |
| 2026-09-13 | 4 | 0.230 | 0.250 | 93.5 | 0.000 |
| 2026-09-11 | 4 | 0.603 | 0.500 | 97.3 | 0.000 |
*PA is the count of appearances with a positive wOBA denominator.
How to read these numbers
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