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Colton Gordon

2026
Brewers· LHP · throws L· 14.1 IP· 8.79 ERA· 2.02 WHIP· 70 batters faced

Grade

His grade shows how good he has been, and at what.
Fbetter than 19% of qualified pitchers at limiting bases
StarterCommand Artist

Rarely walks anyone and lets the defense work.

Gordon allows more bases than most pitchers

The simulator expects him to allow 0.474 bases per batter faced, better than 19% of qualified pitchers. His best skill is limiting walks (75th percentile). His weakest skill is limiting home runs (1st percentile).

His grade rests on 70 batters faced, with data through 2026-09-27.

How to read this chart
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size, not a raw season stat, and farther out is better. A ↓ marks a stat where a lower number is better, and its spoke is flipped so farther out still means better. The middle ring marks the league median and the outer ring the league best. Percentiles compare him with 517 qualified pitchers, those with 100+ batters faced, starters and relievers together. He has not reached that bar himself, so he is measured against them rather than counted among them.

Plays like…

Each of these pitchers shares his archetype and sits closest to him in xEB/PA.

Matthew LiberatoreCardinalsBailey OberTwinsTim HillYankeesShaun AndersonAngels

Pitcher type

This map shows what kind of pitcher he is, next to the league.

Arsenal

These cards show what he throws and what each pitch does.

Colton Gordon mixes his four-seam fastball (28%) and sweeper (28%). His best pitch has been the sinker, saving 1.1 bases per 100 thrown against league average.

Pitch mix & swing-and-miss

−4 bases worse than a replacement arm this season

He allowed about 45 estimated bases, against a replacement arm's 41 over the same batters faced.

Replacement level is per-batter and can't be split by pitch type, so the bars below use league average.

All pitches

He cost 9.6 bases against league average across 211 pitches, or 4.5 per 100 pitches.

Four-Seam Fastball
28%
91.3 mph · LHP median 93.5
17% whiffs · Lg median 21%
cost 10.7 per 1008.2 total
Sweeper
28%
81.5 mph · LHP median 81.2
15% whiffs · Lg median 31%
cost 2.8 per 1002.1 total
Sinker
21%
91.5 mph · LHP median 92.9
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saved 1.1 per 1000.7 total
Changeup
not charted
14%
84.0 mph · LHP median 85.1
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Slider
not charted
6%
84.6 mph · LHP median 85.6
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His changeup and slider aren't in the charts below, because too few of each were tracked this season.

He rarely throws his curveball (2% of his pitches).

How to read this chart
Each row is a pitch he throws at least 3% of the time, from pitch tracking in the regular season. The bar is how often he throws it, then its average velocity and its whiff rate, the share of swings that miss. Beside the velocity and the whiff rate is the median for that pitch, among pitchers of his hand for velocity and across the league for whiffs. More whiffs are better for a pitcher, while usage and velocity describe how he pitches. The Bases vs average bars score each pitch against a league-average pitch in the same count, and a bar to the left (saved) is better.

Mix by batter side

Four-Seam Fastball
19% vs LHH · LHP median 34%
38% vs RHH · LHP median 41%
How to read this chart
Each row shows how often he throws a pitch to left-handed hitters (LHH) and right-handed hitters (RHH), next to the median for pitchers of his hand (LHP median). Medians come from the 149 left-handed pitchers who throw that pitch at least 3% of the time. A mix is a plan, so a higher or lower share is neither better nor worse. Overall results by batter side are under Platoon splits.

By appearance

These charts follow his velocity, movement and mix from outing to outing.

These charts follow his velocity, movement and pitch mix one outing at a time, and each pitch keeps the same color in every chart. The velocity and movement charts also shade the middle of the league for scale. His changeup and slider aren't in these charts, because too few of each were tracked this season.

Platoon splits

This section splits his results against lefties and righties.

Platoon splits (EB/PA allowed)

He handles lefty bats better than righty bats, by 0.038 EB/PA allowed.

50% probable range: +0.030 to +0.047

vs LHB37 PA0.452

vs LHB: shrunk estimate 0.452 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.429 to 0.475, based on 37 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.564 EB/PA. League median vs LHB: 0.451 EB/PA.

His raw rate vs LHB (0.564) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.

vs RHB34 PA0.490

vs RHB: shrunk estimate 0.490 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.467 to 0.512, based on 34 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.686 EB/PA. League median vs RHB: 0.435 EB/PA.

His raw rate vs RHB (0.686) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.

0.4190.4450.4710.4960.522
← betterworse →
Below league medianAbove50% probable rangeHis raw rateMiddle half of the league

His split is about typical for a lefty arm (median 0.038). Against righty bats he allows more than the league median, which is a real platoon weakness.

How to read this chart
  • Each dot is his estimate against that side, with its 50% probable range as the bar. These are bases allowed, so lower is better.
  • The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
  • The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of pitchers with 100 or more batters faced.
  • The two splits average back to his modeled overall EB/PA allowed, not the xEB/PA headline.
  • Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHB and RHB are left- and right-handed batters. More on the About page

Contact allowed

These cards show what hitters do when they make contact.

Batters go to the pull side off him most often, and that's also where they do the most damage.

Pull side and opposite field depend on which side each batter hits from, so this pools every hitter he faced.

Batted balls allowed

Every ball hit off Colton Gordon this season is drawn where it landed.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Alec BurlesonHome run
107 mph · 33° · worth 3.9 bases
04/18 vs Cardinals
vs Ben RiceHome run
106 mph · 32° · worth 3.9 bases
04/24 vs Yankees
vs Hunter GoodmanHome run
108 mph · 40° · worth 3.8 bases
04/14 vs Rockies
vs José FermínHome run
99 mph · 33° · worth 3.7 bases
04/18 vs Cardinals
vs Jordan BeckHome run
98 mph · 31° · worth 2.3 bases
04/14 vs Rockies

Luck check

How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB), what the contact was worth no matter what the defense did with it. Darker means more bases, 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.

Deserved vs. actual

Batters have been credited with about 7 more bases than their contact off Colton Gordon deserved, so his results have been unlucky so far.

Deserved by the contact he allowed39
Actually credited to batters46

Both bars count 52 balls in play, with walks and strikeouts left out.

How to read this chart
Every ball in play is worth the bases its exit velocity, launch angle and direction usually produce. If batters were credited with more than that, his results have been unlucky, and fewer means lucky. BABIP against is the batting average on balls in play he allows, next to the league median.

ERA 8.79 · WHIP 2.02 · BABIP against 0.391 (Lg median 0.286)

Times through the order

These charts show what happens as hitters see him a second and third time.

Best games

These are his biggest outings this season.

Best games

These are his best outings this season, ranked by bases saved against a replacement arm.

Multi-season trends · Colton Gordon

Compared with last season, his HR allowed% is up, his BB% is up, his Barrel% against is down, his Hard-hit% against is up, his GB% against is up and his Pull% against is up.

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