Alec Burleson
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 2C, #70, St. Louis Cardinals | East Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 53 48 4 9 1 1 .188 .264 .271 .535
2023 347 315 34 77 8 3 .244 .300 .390 .690
2024 118 112 9 32 5 1 .286 .316 .473 .789
3 Seasons 518 475 47 118 14 5 .248 .300 .398 .698
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .188 1 1 .535
2023 .244 8 3 .690
2024 .286 5 1 .789
3 Seasons .248 14 5 .698
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 23 190 39 4 10.3 7.5 91.7 109.2 4.0 35.9 .251 .419 .245 .325 .354 48.7 17.0 9.4
2023 24 1238 273 16 5.9 4.6 89.9 110.6 12.4 36.6 .277 .449 .300 .337 .359 41.0 13.0 6.6
2024 25 425 92 6 6.5 5.1 91.0 107.3 16.2 37.0 .289 .475 .345 .340 .394 46.7 16.9 4.2
Player 1853 404 26 6.4 5.0 90.3 110.6 12.5 36.6 .277 .452 .305 .337 .366 43.1 14.3 6.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 48.7 23.1 25.6 2.6 41.0 25.6 33.3 5.1 38.5 15.4 25.6 5.1 10.3 7.5
2023 43.6 24.2 27.5 4.8 37.4 35.2 27.5 5.1 31.1 24.9 24.5 8.4 5.9 4.6
2024 35.9 27.2 30.4 6.5 32.6 35.9 31.5 3.3 25.0 26.1 31.5 7.6 6.5 5.1
Player 42.3 24.8 28.0 5.0 36.6 34.4 29.0 4.7 30.4 24.3 26.2 7.9 6.4 5.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -3.1 -4 113 26.6 36 .182 .242 .228 23.1 16.7 20.0 .269 .421 .328 48.1
2024 Slider 0.9 1 83 19.5 23 .174 .304 .283 27.1 34.8 23.5 .138 .282 .177 33.3
2024 Sinker 1.1 1 69 16.2 22 .316 .526 .407 20.5 13.6 21.4 .371 .666 .473 68.8
2024 Changeup 11.6 5 45 10.6 13 .538 1.385 .792 17.2 7.7 7.7 .357 .747 .460 41.7
2024 Curveball -0.8 0 36 8.5 4 .000 .000 .000 7.1 0.0 0.0 .306 .400 .310 75.0
2024 Split-Finger 3.3 1 32 7.5 8 .375 .500 .381 31.3 12.5 12.5 .232 .284 .219 14.3
2024 Cutter -4.8 -1 28 6.6 7 .429 .429 .386 11.1 14.3 25.0 .429 .482 .397 66.7
2024 Sweeper 4.0 1 19 4.5 5 .600 .600 .540 0.0 0.0 0.0 .520 .632 .489 20.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 370 29.9 104 .245 .468 .326 19.0 13.5 13.5 .305 .595 .399 42.7
2023 Slider 0.2 0 193 15.6 45 .256 .359 .326 21.3 22.2 20.4 .211 .288 .279 34.5
2023 Changeup -4.0 -7 184 14.9 66 .200 .250 .243 16.5 3.0 4.5 .278 .359 .314 36.2
2023 Curveball -0.6 -1 169 13.7 30 .286 .500 .357 22.4 20.0 11.5 .264 .497 .346 31.8
2023 Sinker 0.9 1 139 11.2 46 .317 .537 .393 11.1 10.9 17.2 .306 .485 .369 45.9
2023 Cutter -2.5 -2 100 8.1 33 .258 .355 .292 12.5 9.1 14.3 .279 .355 .300 39.3
2023 Sweeper -4.7 -2 45 3.6 10 .000 .000 .090 19.0 40.0 21.1 .184 .261 .192 50.0
2023 Split-Finger 0.7 0 29 2.3 10 .333 .333 .340 14.3 10.0 11.1 .256 .332 .298 62.5
2023 Slurve -20.4 -1 5 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .221 .336 .229 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -1 61 32.1 14 .167 .250 .254 30.3 28.6 30.8 .149 .317 .268 37.5
2022 Curveball -2.6 -1 41 21.6 9 .000 .000 .100 16.7 22.2 28.6 .248 .279 .233 42.9
2022 Changeup -2.0 -1 33 17.4 8 .143 .143 .200 52.6 25.0 25.0 .135 .146 .196 40.0
2022 Slider 8.3 1 14 7.4 6 .167 .167 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .228 .395 .268 33.3
2022 Cutter 15.2 2 14 7.4 6 .500 .500 .600 10.0 0.0 0.0 .461 .594 .460 50.0
2022 Sinker -5.8 -1 13 6.8 5 .250 .250 .320 12.5 20.0 100.0 .431 .827 .565 100.0
2022 Split-Finger -6.2 -1 9 4.7 4 .000 .000 .175 0.0 0.0 0.0 .210 .397 .369 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 53 190 -2 -1 2 1 0
2023 347 1,238 -18 -6 4 4 -15
2024 118 425 1 0 2 1 3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 190 44.7 78.8 80.6 28.6 60.0 38.4 22.6 51.1 24.7 7.4 92.9
2023 1,238 48.1 71.5 87.6 34.0 70.6 43.8 36.3 52.0 17.7 6.0 83.8
2024 425 50.1 79.8 84.1 34.4 68.5 39.5 48.3 57.2 20.6 8.5 86.1
Player 1,853 48.2 74.2 86.0 33.5 69.2 42.3 37.6 53.1 19.1 6.7 85.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Swing
Length
2022 51 10
2023 65 85 68 52 58 17 26 60 63 51 95 26 91 19 12 72
2024 68 87 78 69 48 29 38 77 39 78 77 8 70 16 18 49 26
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 25.1 1 1.4 0 2 0 1 100.0
2023 23.1 8 8.9 -1 6 7 4 50.0
2024 23.7 5 4.6 0 2 3 2 40.0
Player 23.4 14 15.0 -1 10 10 7 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
2023 8 6 8 9 11 9 11 7 10 6 7 12 9 7 9 10 9 7 9 11 8 9 14 10 7 7 10 11 9 9 7
2024 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 7 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 6 5
Player 14 12 13 16 17 16 17 13 16 11 13 22 14 12 16 17 14 12 15 18 13 13 22 16 12 12 17 17 15 16 13
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.7 89.9 -1.8 91.0 1.1
Launch Angle 4.0 12.4 8.4 16.2 3.8
Barrel % 10.3 5.9 -4.4 6.5 0.6
Hard Hit % 48.7 41.0 -7.7 46.7 5.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.9 36.6 0.7 37.0 0.4
xBA .251 .277 0.026 .289 0.012
BA .188 .244 0.056 .286 0.042
xwOBA .325 .337 0.012 .340 0.003
wOBA .245 .300 0.055 .345 0.045
xSLG .419 .449 0.030 .475 0.026
SLG .271 .390 0.119 .473 0.083
K% 17.0 13.0 -4.0 16.9 3.9
BB% 9.4 6.6 -2.8 4.2 -2.4
Swing % 51.1 52.0 0.9 57.2 5.2
Whiff% 24.7 17.7 -7.0 20.6 2.9
In Zone % 44.7 48.1 3.4 50.1 2.0
Out of Zone % 55.3 51.9 -3.4 49.9 -2.0
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 34.0 5.4 34.4 0.4
First Pitch Swing % 22.6 36.3 13.7 48.3 12.0
First Pitch Strike % 43.4 61.7 18.3 69.5 7.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 53 28 52.8 .275 .218
2023 Shades L 346 175 50.6 .331 .272
2024 Shades L 118 47 39.8 .376 .300
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 42 17.0 31.0% 0.0% 33 21.6 0.0% 3.0%
2023 299 15.1 48.8% 0.0% 204 18.9 4.4% 0.0%
2024 62 15.6 33.9% 1.6% 63 18.4 12.7% 0.0%
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