Statcast · 2026 MLB season

Garrett Whitlock Chase Rate 2026

Garrett Whitlock's 2026 chase rate is 42.1%. That leads all qualified players, ranked #1 of 514 qualified pitchers. Source: Baseball Savant Statcast, refreshed nightly by Legends Deck.

Source Baseball Savant · StatcastThrough Oct 9, 2026Refreshed nightly

Garrett Whitlock

Red Sox · 2026 · B:R T:R

ERA1.72

K59

WHIP0.90

Gold

Chase Rate42.1%

Rank#1

Of qualified pitchers514

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Around Whitlock on the Chase Rate board2026 · #1 to #5

Chase Rate: the players ranked next to Garrett Whitlock.
#	Player	Pos	Chase Rate %	Card OVR
1	Garrett Whitlock	RP	42.1%	83	View card ›
2	Josh Hader	CL	41.1%	85	View card ›
3	Tanner Scott	CL	40.7%	90	View card ›
4	Andrew Kittredge	RP	40.4%	65	View card ›
5	Blake Snell	SP	40.0%	87	View card ›

What is chase rate?

Chase rate (O-Chase%) is the percentage of pitches a pitcher throws OUTSIDE the strike zone that the hitter swings at. It measures a pitcher's ability to entice hitters to expand the zone — breaking balls that look like strikes before diving off the plate, two-seamers that run off the inside edge. League average sits around 28-31%; elite zone-manipulators push hitters past 35%. Unlike whiff rate, which rewards pure miss-bats, chase rate rewards pitch design and tunneling — the deception that makes a hitter commit to a pitch he should take. Higher is better for the pitcher, and this is the chase rate pitchers induce, not the chase rate hitters show. Qualified pitchers have at least 3 starts (starters) or 8 appearances (relievers and closers) and have faced at least 100 batters.

Chase rate complements whiff rate: a pitcher with a high chase rate but modest whiff rate is often one sequencing tweak away from a strikeout spike (the swings are already there, they just need to miss). It is one of the stickiest pitcher skills year-over-year and a leading indicator for breakout relievers.

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