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%
	6	24.0	3.38	1.21	31.0%	11.0%	33.0%

	28^th 1 Sv	88^th 18 IP	141^st 4.47 ERA	130^th 1.39 WHIP	51^st 23.5% K%	215^th 10.1% BB%	60^th 29.4% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	99.6	17.4%	21.0%	43.9%	5.27	2.32

	4^th 93.5 FB MPH	23^rd 12.3% SwStr%	95^th 25.1% HC%	193^rd 45.7% GB%	53^rd 5.06 PLV	22^nd 4.40 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	21	0	24.0	3	4	3.38	2.32	2.74	3.97	1.21	6.8	31.0%	11.0%	.304	21.0%	43.9%	0.38	4.2%	69.9%	17.4%	33.0%	5.27
RP MLB Percentile		61	0	71	88	1	58	94	83	58	61	68	85	37	44	73	44	79	81	36	93	82	83
RP MLB AVG		16	0	18.0	1	1	4.47	4.40	4.34	4.27	1.39	8.5	23.5%	10.1%	.294	25.1%	45.7%	-	13.6%	72.1%	12.3%	29.4%	5.06
5 Years		162	0	184.2	21	10	2.97	-	-	-	1.12	6.2	28.5%	10.4%	.251	22.0%	41.3%	0.93	13.7%	78.3%	15.6%	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	56.2%	31.7%	47.8%	13.5%	13.5%	27.0%	63.5%	58.7%	42.9%	34.3%	.244	.318	.314	0.0%	.216	.299	27.3%	2,661
RP MLB Percentile	99	78	74	43	75	25	43	43	52	66	41	53	55	44	60	63	67	53	99
RP MLB AVG	92.8	42.1%	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.4%	27.6%	63.7%	58.0%	36.6%	38.8%	.260	.356	.299	15.3%	.264	.364	29.4%	2,226

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	1.9	11.1	-0.2	5.9	6.7	2,661
RP MLB Percentile	63	67	54	78	53	67	59	59	40	55	69	6	92	75	62	71	99
RP MLB AVG	.264	.364	.301	.412	29.4%	10.4%	45.9%	29.5%	91.0	89.2	17.3	5.0	9.1	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,226

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	230	55	7	4	0	0	11	9	0	1	146	84	.244	.333	.318
RP MLB Percentile	93	93	10	2	8	52	84	4	22	2	92	6	53	63	55
RP MLB AVG	96	23	3	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	62	34	.260	.459	.356

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%	21.3%	0.0%	31.4%	28.6%	28.6%	11.4%	37.1%
RP MLB Percentile	66	51	41	39	60	42	63	45	58	0	73	47	36	25	56
RP MLB AVG	36.6%	24.8%	38.8%	10.9%	15.3%	33.4%	35.3%	31.3%	19.8%	4.0%	23.6%	29.9%	24.7%	7.4%	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	53	67	59	59	53	55	44	54	63	67	54	78	40	55	69
RP MLB AVG	29.4%	10.4%	45.9%	29.5%	.260	.356	.299	.341	.264	.364	.301	.412	91.0	89.2	17.3

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%	47.8%	13.5%	13.5%	27.0%	63.5%	58.7%	27.0%	50.0%	73.0%	68.4%	75.3%	16.2%	29.7%	52.2%	40.6%
RP MLB Percentile	74	43	75	25	43	43	52	69	66	69	55	73	24	69	26	26
RP MLB AVG	25.6%	48.7%	10.2%	17.4%	27.6%	63.7%	58.0%	21.8%	46.2%	78.2%	69.2%	81.5%	21.8%	23.9%	60.0%	49.6%

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	35.2%	32.6%	32.2%	42.2%	27.0%	30.9%	10.4%	24.3%	43.0%	56.5%	15.7%	27.8%	47.8%	13.8%	17.2%
RP MLB Percentile	50	78	36	31	63	74	80	27	54	54	47	48	43	59	46
RP MLB AVG	34.5%	28.2%	37.3%	50.0%	25.9%	24.2%	7.8%	29.5%	42.3%	55.0%	16.1%	28.9%	48.7%	13.2%	18.2%

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	230	5.30	1,219	59.1%	9.1%	31.7%	27.4%	1.5	2.91	+4
RP MLB Percentile	93	88	94	93	4	77	77	28	-	9
RP MLB AVG	96	4.83	472	42.6%	18.0%	39.4%	3.3%	-	-	+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	35.0%	40.5%	44.8%	25.2%	18.9%	44.1%	71.3%	67.1%	47.4%	52.6%	.171	.212	.278	10.0%	.108	.151	12.8%	2,437
RP MLB Percentile	97	59	85	69	94	73	95	93	95	59	77	65	69	47	46	86	87	71	53
RP MLB AVG	84.1	32.6%	28.9%	40.4%	14.2%	15.3%	29.5%	59.6%	54.5%	41.2%	36.7%	.229	.290	.286	13.2%	.223	.286	21.1%	2,400

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	.108	.151	.158	.236	12.8%	5.3%	21.1%	10.3%	84.3	82.5	17.4	2.5	1.6	-0.4	5.9	6.6	2,437
RP MLB Percentile	86	87	81	77	71	44	90	94	70	77	43	40	59	74	70	67	53
RP MLB AVG	.223	.286	.268	.354	21.1%	6.8%	39.7%	26.5%	86.5	86.4	15.0	4.0	1.2	-0.9	5.6	6.3	2,400

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