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Bruce Zimmermann

2026
Cardinals· LHP · throws L· 5.0 IP· 5.40 ERA· 1.40 WHIP· 21 BF

Grade

How good he's been, and at what

Too few batters faced to grade

Bruce Zimmermann has faced 21 batters this season. A rate built on that few swings wildly on a single result, so this page shows no grade and no comparison to the league average or the league best — there is nothing here those numbers could honestly be put next to.

A grade needs 40 batters faced. League averages and percentiles are measured over pitchers with at least 100 batters faced. What follows is what actually happened, with no grade attached to it.

Arsenal

What he throws, and what it does

Pitch mix & swing-and-miss

Sinker
32%
89.5 mph
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Slider
not charted
17%
83.1 mph
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Splitter
not charted
15%
83.7 mph
—
Curveball
not charted
13%
80.7 mph
—
Cutter
not charted
13%
85.9 mph
—
Four-Seam Fastball
not charted
11%
89.8 mph
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Only his sinker is in the charts below — the rest were tracked too rarely to plot.

How to read this chart
What they throw, how hard, and what misses bats — from pitch tracking, regular season only.

Contact allowed

What hitters do when they connect

Batters go up the middle off him most often, but the hardest contact goes to the pull side.

Pull and oppo are relative to each batter's stance, so this pools all the hitters he faced.

Batted balls allowed

Where every ball hit off Bruce Zimmermann landed this season.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Jake BauersDouble
EV 108 mph · LA 14° · EB 2.1
07/07 vs Brewers
vs Joey OrtizDouble
EV 102 mph · LA 19° · EB 1.6
07/07 vs Brewers
vs Jake BauersDouble
EV 93 mph · LA 25° · EB 1.4
07/07 vs Brewers
vs Garrett MitchellSingle
EV 76 mph · LA 21° · EB 1.0
07/07 vs Brewers
vs Christian YelichSingle
EV 102 mph · LA -3° · EB 0.7
07/07 vs Brewers
How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB) — what the contact was worth, regardless of what the defense did with it. So a dark hollow ring in the outfield is a crushed ball his defense ran down. Tap or hover a dot or a row to link the two, and use the ▶ links to watch a play on Baseball Savant.

Times through order

What happens the third time they see him

Best games

His biggest outings this year

Best games

His best outings this season by bases saved vs a replacement arm.

Multi-season trends · Bruce Zimmermann

HR allowed% down, BB% up, K% down vs his previous season

Actual rates — what happened on the field, season by season.