Ryan Helsley

#56 - Relief Pitcher

St. Louis Cardinals

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/18/1994 (28)
Height, Weight	6'2", 230 lb
Hometown	Tahlequah, OK

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	7	25.0	3.24	1.16	32.0%	10.7%	33.1%

	24^th 1 Sv	88^th 18 IP	127^th 4.48 ERA	114^th 1.39 WHIP	38^th 23.5% K%	208^th 10.2% BB%	57^th 29.3% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	99.6	17.6%	20.4%	43.1%	5.28	2.17

	4^th 93.5 FB MPH	20^th 12.3% SwStr%	90^th 25.1% HC%	201^st 45.7% GB%	51^st 5.06 PLV	18^th 4.41 xERA

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2019	STL	24	0	36.2	2	0	2.95	-	4.24	-	1.25	8.4	20.9%	7.8%	.282	-	-	1.23	-	84.6%	11.6%	26.5%	-
2020	STL	12	0	12.0	1	1	5.25	5.15	7.02	6.51	1.33	6.0	19.2%	15.4%	.167	28.8%	36.4%	2.25	18.8%	70.3%	14.9%	29.4%	4.70
2021	STL	51	0	47.1	6	4	4.56	4.00	4.00	4.54	1.42	7.6	22.8%	13.1%	.283	27.8%	45.0%	0.76	10.0%	70.0%	12.4%	27.3%	4.85
2022	STL	54	0	64.2	9	1	1.25	1.94	2.34	2.64	0.74	3.9	39.3%	8.4%	.185	20.1%	37.6%	0.84	10.2%	93.4%	20.1%	34.4%	5.16
2023	STL	22	0	25.0	3	4	3.24	2.17	2.61	3.86	1.16	6.5	32.0%	10.7%	.298	20.4%	43.1%	0.36	4.0%	69.9%	17.6%	33.1%	5.28
RP MLB Percentile		62	0	73	88	1	63	95	85	60	67	71	89	40	50	74	42	80	82	37	94	83	83
RP MLB AVG		16	0	18.0	1	1	4.48	4.41	4.36	4.25	1.39	8.5	23.5%	10.2%	.294	25.1%	45.7%	-	13.5%	72.2%	12.3%	29.3%	5.06
5 Years		163	0	185.2	21	10	2.96	-	-	-	1.11	6.2	28.7%	10.4%	.250	21.9%	41.2%	0.92	13.6%	78.3%	15.7%	30.4%	5.03

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 56%
Slider | 35%
Curveball | 9%
Changeup | 0%
Cutter | 0%
Sinker | 0%
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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	97.8	28.8%	-	-	12.7%	11.4%	24.1%	72.3%	67.5%	-	-	.186	.227	.219	-	-	-	-	-
2020	96.8	43.8%	22.2%	47.1%	7.1%	11.8%	18.8%	62.4%	56.5%	38.9%	33.3%	.263	.393	.235	16.7%	.273	.377	43.5%	2,446
2021	97.4	55.7%	25.7%	50.4%	8.3%	13.4%	21.7%	63.4%	56.7%	51.1%	23.9%	.283	.332	.307	13.6%	.287	.346	38.8%	2,521
2022	99.6	57.2%	35.9%	50.4%	15.8%	13.3%	29.1%	68.5%	64.9%	41.2%	44.7%	.150	.215	.207	7.9%	.164	.227	22.4%	2,653
2023	99.6	56.0%	31.7%	48.9%	13.2%	13.6%	26.8%	63.8%	59.1%	42.9%	34.3%	.244	.318	.314	0.0%	.216	.299	27.3%	2,661
RP MLB Percentile	99	77	75	48	73	26	41	44	51	66	40	51	56	44	60	63	67	54	99
RP MLB AVG	92.9	42.4%	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.6%	27.8%	63.8%	58.1%	36.5%	39.0%	.259	.353	.297	15.3%	.263	.363	29.3%	2,228

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.273	.377	.259	.325	43.5%	5.6%	44.4%	34.8%	95.0	93.1	13.9	2.1	9.3	-0.6	5.8	6.4	2,446
2021	.287	.346	.308	.362	38.8%	9.8%	41.3%	31.4%	92.5	89.9	8.5	2.2	10.1	-0.5	5.9	6.5	2,521
2022	.164	.227	.236	.279	22.4%	5.9%	35.3%	20.4%	89.4	87.5	20.0	1.8	10.8	-0.4	5.8	6.7	2,653
2023	.216	.299	.276	.291	27.3%	0.0%	40.0%	25.5%	92.4	90.0	12.8	2.0	11.1	-0.2	5.9	6.7	2,661
RP MLB Percentile	63	67	54	78	54	69	59	58	39	54	69	7	92	75	62	70	99
RP MLB AVG	.263	.363	.299	.410	29.3%	10.3%	45.0%	29.1%	90.9	89.2	17.1	5.0	9.1	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,228

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	166	46	4	3	0	1	11	2	0	0	120	46	.186	.326	.227
2020	85	23	2	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	53	32	.263	.526	.393
2021	448	121	22	5	0	3	17	12	0	5	284	164	.283	.415	.332
2022	550	147	15	2	0	3	48	14	0	1	377	173	.150	.233	.215
2023	235	55	7	4	0	0	11	9	0	1	150	85	.244	.333	.318
RP MLB Percentile	92	92	11	3	8	52	82	5	22	2	91	7	51	61	56
RP MLB AVG	100	24	3	1	0	1	6	3	0	0	64	35	.259	.455	.353

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	38.9%	27.8%	33.3%	5.6%	16.7%	50.0%	27.8%	22.2%	22.4%	0.0%	33.3%	22.2%	22.2%	16.7%	33.3%
2021	51.1%	25.0%	23.9%	5.4%	13.6%	30.4%	45.7%	23.9%	21.2%	4.3%	37.0%	17.4%	22.8%	8.7%	35.9%
2022	41.2%	14.1%	44.7%	17.6%	7.9%	30.6%	41.2%	28.2%	24.0%	4.7%	22.4%	37.6%	24.7%	4.7%	27.1%
2023	42.9%	22.9%	34.3%	5.7%	0.0%	28.6%	40.0%	31.4%	22.1%	0.0%	31.4%	28.6%	28.6%	11.4%	37.1%
RP MLB Percentile	66	52	40	38	60	43	64	45	64	0	71	44	35	24	57
RP MLB AVG	36.5%	24.6%	39.0%	11.0%	15.3%	32.8%	35.3%	31.8%	19.7%	4.1%	23.8%	30.1%	24.2%	7.6%	39.4%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2019	-	-	-	-	.186	.227	.219	.242	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	43.5%	5.6%	44.4%	34.8%	.263	.393	.235	.278	.273	.377	.259	.325	95.0	93.1	13.9
2021	38.8%	9.8%	41.3%	31.4%	.283	.332	.307	.330	.287	.346	.308	.362	92.5	89.9	8.5
2022	22.4%	5.9%	35.3%	20.4%	.150	.215	.207	.235	.164	.227	.236	.279	89.4	87.5	20.0
2023	27.3%	0.0%	40.0%	25.5%	.244	.318	.314	.314	.216	.299	.276	.291	92.4	90.0	12.8
RP MLB Percentile	54	69	59	58	51	56	44	55	63	67	54	78	39	54	69
RP MLB AVG	29.3%	10.3%	45.0%	29.1%	.259	.353	.297	.338	.263	.363	.299	.410	90.9	89.2	17.1

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2019	-	-	12.7%	11.4%	24.1%	72.3%	67.5%	20.8%	60.8%	79.2%	-	-	10.5%	-	63.0%	52.2%
2020	22.2%	47.1%	7.1%	11.8%	18.8%	62.4%	56.5%	14.0%	50.6%	86.0%	60.0%	93.9%	14.5%	5.9%	58.3%	37.5%
2021	25.7%	50.4%	8.3%	13.4%	21.7%	63.4%	56.7%	16.5%	50.0%	83.5%	77.2%	85.6%	15.8%	17.2%	55.6%	47.6%
2022	35.9%	50.4%	15.8%	13.3%	29.1%	68.5%	64.9%	28.6%	55.3%	71.4%	57.1%	78.2%	16.4%	26.7%	63.6%	51.9%
2023	31.7%	48.9%	13.2%	13.6%	26.8%	63.8%	59.1%	26.3%	50.2%	73.7%	68.4%	76.3%	16.4%	29.2%	53.5%	42.3%
RP MLB Percentile	75	48	73	26	41	44	51	67	69	67	55	71	24	67	28	27
RP MLB AVG	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.6%	27.8%	63.8%	58.1%	21.8%	46.2%	78.2%	69.4%	81.4%	22.1%	23.9%	60.0%	49.7%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63.3%	9.6%	27.1%	-	19.0%	24.4%
2020	44.7%	36.5%	18.8%	43.5%	25.9%	30.6%	10.6%	34.1%	29.4%	64.7%	15.3%	20.0%	47.1%	16.4%	5.9%
2021	33.7%	31.9%	34.4%	33.3%	23.9%	42.9%	6.7%	31.7%	36.4%	60.7%	18.5%	20.8%	50.4%	16.9%	18.3%
2022	35.6%	34.0%	30.4%	39.1%	25.5%	35.5%	7.5%	33.1%	32.9%	57.6%	12.4%	30.0%	50.4%	17.0%	29.1%
2023	34.9%	32.8%	32.3%	41.7%	27.7%	30.6%	10.6%	23.8%	43.4%	57.0%	15.3%	27.7%	48.9%	13.4%	16.9%
RP MLB Percentile	50	79	35	30	66	73	83	27	55	56	51	47	48	58	46
RP MLB AVG	34.5%	28.1%	37.4%	50.0%	25.8%	24.3%	7.7%	29.6%	42.4%	54.9%	16.1%	29.0%	48.7%	13.1%	18.4%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2019	166	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	85	4.67	397	32.9%	24.7%	42.4%	-9.4%	-0.4	5.50	-1
2021	448	4.86	2,116	38.2%	22.3%	39.5%	-1.4%	-1.6	4.76	+5
2022	550	5.11	2,456	47.4%	17.7%	34.9%	12.5%	-15.9	2.92	-9
2023	235	5.31	1,247	59.1%	9.8%	31.1%	28.1%	1.4	2.85	+3
RP MLB Percentile	92	89	93	94	6	80	80	29	-	10
RP MLB AVG	100	4.83	493	42.9%	17.9%	39.2%	3.7%	-	-	+0

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	89.2	27.0%	40.3%	42.7%	28.5%	14.2%	42.7%	67.3%	64.6%	29.6%	48.1%	.121	.227	.167	23.1%	.151	.258	20.6%	2,472
2023	89.2	35.2%	42.7%	44.6%	26.4%	18.2%	44.6%	72.3%	68.2%	45.0%	55.0%	.158	.197	.263	9.1%	.100	.141	11.9%	2,440
RP MLB Percentile	97	60	91	68	96	69	96	95	96	55	79	70	74	50	47	88	88	76	54
RP MLB AVG	84.1	32.5%	28.6%	40.5%	14.1%	15.3%	29.5%	59.5%	54.3%	41.0%	36.8%	.234	.294	.291	12.9%	.227	.291	21.6%	2,404

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	.151	.258	.223	.475	20.6%	22.2%	48.1%	20.6%	89.6	86.8	27.4	2.5	1.7	-0.4	5.9	6.7	2,472
2023	.100	.141	.150	.224	11.9%	5.0%	20.0%	9.5%	84.8	83.6	19.5	2.5	1.5	-0.4	5.9	6.6	2,440
RP MLB Percentile	88	88	83	80	76	45	90	95	68	71	36	40	58	74	70	67	54
RP MLB AVG	.227	.291	.272	.358	21.6%	6.9%	39.9%	26.9%	86.7	86.6	15.2	3.9	1.1	-0.9	5.6	6.3	2,404

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	-	-