MICHAEL KING

2026-05-02 vs Padres

RHPRank DWhite Sox vs Padres

6.0

R / ER

4/4

Movement

EXT 5.95 ft

avg pfxX
-5.61

avg pfxZ
3.79

Spin
2317

Release Angle
14°

vs LHB

72 tracked pitches

vs RHB

20 tracked pitches

Pitch Frequency / Usage

vs LHB%

32%↑

Changeup 26%

vs RHB%

5%↓

vs LHB%

19%↓

Sinker 26%

vs RHB%

50%↑

vs LHB%

26%↑

Slider 26%

vs RHB%

25%↓

vs LHB%

22%↑

Four-Seam Fastball 22%

vs RHB%

20%↓

Arrows are vs overall usage

Pitch Arsenal

Velocity, shape, command, and outcome by pitch type

4 pitch types

Pitch	#	%	Velo	Spin	Ext	Zone%	Strike%	CSW%	Whiff%	FStuff+
Changeup	24	26.1	85.7	1844	5.98	33.3	16.7	16.7	16.7	87
Sinker	24	26.1	92.0	2282	5.89	50.0	25.0	25.0	0.0	103
Slider	24	26.1	81.4	2778	5.88	41.7	20.8	20.8	4.2	90
Four-Seam Fastball	20	21.7	93.6	2363	6.04	65.0	45.0	45.0	25.0	124
Total	92	100.0	87.9	2315	5.95	46.7	26.1	26.1	10.9	100

Detailed Log

Pitch-by-pitch details

Pitch events from MLB Stats API

#	Inning	Batter	Side	Type	Velo	Count	Call	Result
1	1 Top	Andrew Benintendi	L	Sinker	93.1	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	1 Top	Andrew Benintendi	L	Four-Seam Fastball	95.2	0-2	Foul	Foul
3	1 Top	Andrew Benintendi	L	Four-Seam Fastball	95.1	0-3	Swinging Strike	Andrew Benintendi strikes out swinging.
1	1 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Slider	80.9	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	1 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Changeup	86.2	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	1 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Slider	81.5	2-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	1 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Sinker	93.6	2-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
5	1 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Sinker	93.4	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	1 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Four-Seam Fastball	95.4	2-2	In play, out(s)	Munetaka Murakami grounds out to first baseman Gavin Sheets.
1	1 Top	Miguel Vargas	R	Sinker	93.8	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	1 Top	Miguel Vargas	R	Slider	83.9	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	1 Top	Miguel Vargas	R	Slider	81.9	1-2	Foul	Foul
4	1 Top	Miguel Vargas	R	Sinker	93.1	1-3	Foul Tip	Miguel Vargas strikes out on a foul tip.
1	2 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Slider	78.1	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Slider	78.9	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	2 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Changeup	86.1	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	2 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Sinker	91.6	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	2 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Changeup	86.1	4-1	Ball	Colson Montgomery walks.
1	2 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Sinker	93.2	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Sinker	93.6	1-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	2 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Four-Seam Fastball	95.4	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	2 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Sinker	92.4	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	2 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.5	3-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
6	2 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Sinker	92.8	4-2	Ball	Chase Meidroth walks.
1	2 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Slider	79.7	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Slider	81.8	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	2 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Sinker	91.4	3-0	Ball	Ball
4	2 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.3	3-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
5	2 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Sinker	92.1	3-2	Foul	Foul
6	2 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Sinker	92.3	3-2	In play, out(s)	Sam Antonacci flies out to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	2 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Changeup	85.7	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	2 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Sinker	91.1	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	2 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Changeup	85.9	3-0	Ball In Dirt	Ball In Dirt
4	2 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	3-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
5	2 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.7	3-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
6	2 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.1	3-3	Swinging Strike	Edgar Quero strikes out swinging.
1	3 Top	Jarred Kelenic	L	Four-Seam Fastball	92.4	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	3 Top	Jarred Kelenic	L	Changeup	85.0	0-1	In play, out(s)	Jarred Kelenic lines out sharply to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	3 Top	Tristan Peters	L	Slider	79.7	0-0	In play, no out	Tristan Peters singles on a soft bunt ground ball to pitcher Michael King.
1	3 Top	Andrew Benintendi	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.0	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	3 Top	Andrew Benintendi	L	Changeup	85.5	1-0	In play, out(s)	Andrew Benintendi grounds into a double play, first baseman Gavin Sheets to shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Tristan Peters out at 2nd. Andrew Benintendi out at 1st.
1	4 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Sinker	91.5	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	4 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Slider	79.6	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	4 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Changeup	86.0	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	4 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Four-Seam Fastball	94.7	1-3	Swinging Strike	Munetaka Murakami strikes out swinging.
1	4 Top	Miguel Vargas	R	Sinker	92.2	0-0	In play, out(s)	Miguel Vargas flies out to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr.
1	4 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Sinker	91.1	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	4 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Slider	80.7	1-1	Foul	Foul
3	4 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Changeup	84.9	1-1	In play, out(s)	Colson Montgomery grounds out, second baseman Jake Cronenworth to first baseman Gavin Sheets.
1	5 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Slider	83.4	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Sinker	90.8	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	5 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Sinker	90.7	2-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	5 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Four-Seam Fastball	93.0	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	5 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Changeup	86.2	2-3	Swinging Strike (Blocked)	Chase Meidroth strikes out swinging.
1	5 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Sinker	91.4	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	5 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Slider	83.8	0-2	Called Strike	Called Strike
3	5 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Changeup	86.9	1-2	Ball	Ball
4	5 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Slider	82.5	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	5 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Changeup	86.1	2-2	In play, no out	Sam Antonacci singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	5 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Changeup	84.5	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	5 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Changeup	85.2	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	5 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Slider	80.0	2-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
4	5 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.3	2-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
5	5 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Sinker	91.3	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	5 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.8	3-2	In play, out(s)	Edgar Quero grounds into a double play, second baseman Jake Cronenworth to shortstop Xander Bogaerts to first baseman Gavin Sheets. Sam Antonacci out at 2nd. Edgar Quero out at 1st.
1	6 Top	Jarred Kelenic	L	Slider	80.4	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	6 Top	Jarred Kelenic	L	Changeup	85.7	1-0	In play, out(s)	Jarred Kelenic grounds out, first baseman Gavin Sheets to pitcher Michael King.
1	6 Top	Tristan Peters	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.2	0-1	Foul	Foul
2	6 Top	Tristan Peters	L	Slider	83.3	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	6 Top	Tristan Peters	L	Changeup	85.6	1-2	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
4	6 Top	Tristan Peters	L	Changeup	85.1	2-2	Ball	Ball
5	6 Top	Tristan Peters	L	Changeup	85.8	2-2	Foul	Foul
6	6 Top	Tristan Peters	L	Slider	84.8	3-2	Ball	Ball
7	6 Top	Tristan Peters	L	Sinker	91.7	4-2	Ball	Tristan Peters walks.
1	6 Top	Andrew Benintendi	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.4	0-0	In play, no out	Andrew Benintendi singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Manny Machado. Tristan Peters to 2nd.
1	6 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Changeup	86.3	0-1	Swinging Strike	Swinging Strike
2	6 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Slider	81.7	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	6 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Sinker	91.3	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	6 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Slider	81.4	2-2	Foul	Foul
5	6 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Four-Seam Fastball	93.6	3-2	Ball	Ball
6	6 Top	Munetaka Murakami	L	Changeup	87.2	3-2	In play, out(s)	Munetaka Murakami grounds out softly to first baseman Gavin Sheets. Tristan Peters to 3rd. Andrew Benintendi to 2nd.
1	6 Top	Miguel Vargas	R	Four-Seam Fastball	94.3	1-0	Ball	Ball
2	6 Top	Miguel Vargas	R	Slider	82.1	2-0	Ball	Ball
3	6 Top	Miguel Vargas	R	Slider	81.5	2-0	In play, run(s)	Miguel Vargas singles on a soft line drive to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. Tristan Peters scores. Andrew Benintendi scores.
1	6 Top	Colson Montgomery	L	Changeup	86.3	0-0	In play, out(s)	Colson Montgomery flies out to center fielder Jackson Merrill.
1	7 Top	Chase Meidroth	R	Sinker	89.5	0-0	In play, no out	Chase Meidroth singles on a line drive to left fielder Ramón Laureano.
1	7 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Slider	82.2	0-1	Called Strike	Called Strike
2	7 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Changeup	84.1	1-1	Ball	Ball
3	7 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Changeup	83.9	2-1	Ball	Ball
4	7 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Slider	78.9	3-1	Ball	Ball
5	7 Top	Sam Antonacci	L	Four-Seam Fastball	90.7	3-1	In play, no out	Sam Antonacci doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. Chase Meidroth to 3rd.
1	7 Top	Edgar Quero	L	Changeup	85.4	0-0	In play, run(s)	Edgar Quero singles on a ground ball to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. Chase Meidroth scores. Sam Antonacci to 3rd.

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