Kelly Johnson
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 2000 | Rd: C, #38, Atlanta Braves | Westwood HS (Austin, TX)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 297 265 29 57 7 2 .215 .296 .362 .658
2015 335 310 38 82 14 2 .265 .314 .435 .749
2016 333 304 25 75 10 4 .247 .306 .391 .697
11 Seasons 5,139 4,543 632 1,140 155 87 .251 .330 .422 .752
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .215 7 2 .658
2015 .265 14 2 .749
2016 .247 10 4 .697
11 Seasons .251 155 87 .752
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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%
2015 33 1296 230 19 8.3 5.7 87.0 108.7 12.6 33.9 .236 .401 .323 .301 .373 33.9 24.2 6.9
2016 34 1253 241 13 5.4 3.9 87.6 109.0 11.4 32.0 .261 .402 .301 .316 .362 33.6 19.5 7.5
Player 2549 471 32 6.8 4.8 87.3 109.0 12.0 32.9 .249 .402 .312 .308 .367 33.8 21.9 7.2
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
2015 44.8 22.2 26.1 7.0 37.4 38.3 23.0 4.8 32.6 24.3 24.3 3.0 8.3 5.7
2016 48.5 19.9 24.9 6.6 38.6 38.6 22.8 2.1 37.3 23.2 26.1 5.0 5.4 3.9
Player 46.7 21.0 25.5 6.8 38.0 38.4 22.9 3.4 35.0 23.8 25.3 4.0 6.8 4.8
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.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 595 2,258 -6 -3 11 8 10
2009 338 1,256 -7 -13 4 6 -10
2010 668 2,753 5 -5 14 10 23
2011 611 2,474 5 -26 13 10 1
2012 577 2,324 -4 -22 8 9 -9
2013 409 1,695 3 -15 10 7 6
2014 298 1,152 -3 -8 8 5 2
2015 343 1,330 5 -14 8 5 4
2016 331 1,246 -5 -7 7 7 1
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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 %
2015 1,296 45.4 64.5 85.8 31.4 56.8 43.7 23.9 46.4 24.8 6.6 72.9
2016 1,253 47.0 67.4 85.1 29.7 64.0 42.0 27.9 47.4 21.7 7.4 73.1
Player 2,549 46.2 65.9 85.4 30.5 60.1 42.8 25.9 46.9 23.3 7.0 73.0
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
2015 65 67
2016 67 52 12
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.5 10 7.9 2 5 6 3 30.0
Player 22.5 10 7.9 2 5 6 3 30.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 10 9 6 12 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 10 7 5 8 10 5 7 8 8 6 7 11 10 7 8 8 11 9 8 5
Player 10 9 6 12 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 10 7 5 8 10 5 7 8 8 6 7 11 10 7 8 8 11 9 8 5
! 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 2015 2016 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.0 87.6 0.6 ↑
Launch Angle 12.6 11.4 -1.2 ↓
Barrel % 8.3 5.4 -2.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.9 33.6 -0.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.9 32.0 -1.9 ↓
xBA .236 .261 0.025 ↑
BA .265 .247 -0.018 ↓
xwOBA .301 .316 0.015 ↑
wOBA .323 .301 -0.022 ↓
xSLG .401 .402 0.001 ↑
SLG .435 .391 -0.044 ↓
K% 24.2 19.5 -4.7 ↓
BB% 6.9 7.5 0.6 ↑
Swing % 46.4 47.4 1.0 ↑
Whiff% 24.8 21.7 -3.1 ↓
In Zone % 45.4 47.0 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.6 53.0 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 29.7 -1.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 23.9 27.9 4.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 56.4 56.5 0.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 327 97 29.7 .315 .255
! 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 %
2010 869 14.0 57.9% 1.2% 415 21.0 5.5% 9.6%
2011 716 14.3 58.2% 0.8% 384 20.9 3.6% 7.6%
2012 723 14.7 53.7% 0.4% 311 20.3 3.2% 4.2%
2013 504 14.8 52.6% 1.2% 293 21.0 3.1% 5.8%
2014 320 15.6 46.6% 1.6% 220 21.5 1.4% 6.8%
2015 368 15.3 49.2% 1.9% 239 21.9 7.1% 10.9%
2016 333 16.2 41.7% 2.1% 246 22.3 4.1% 13.4%
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