David Ortiz
DH | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 48
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 602 518 59 136 35 0 .263 .355 .517 .872
2015 614 528 73 144 37 0 .273 .360 .553 .913
2016 626 537 79 169 38 2 .315 .401 .620 1.021
20 Seasons 10,091 8,640 1,419 2,472 541 17 .286 .380 .552 .932
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .263 35 0 .872
2015 .273 37 0 .913
2016 .315 38 2 1.021
20 Seasons .286 541 17 .932
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 39 2488 442 58 13.1 9.4 93.0 113.6 15.7 34.8 .301 .616 .379 .420 .474 49.1 15.5 12.5
2016 40 2479 458 71 15.5 11.3 93.2 113.4 16.9 39.3 .312 .641 .419 .430 .474 47.2 13.7 12.8
Player 4967 900 129 14.3 10.4 93.1 113.6 16.3 37.1 .307 .628 .399 .425 .474 48.1 14.6 12.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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 37.6 25.6 28.7 8.1 41.9 36.4 21.7 1.6 27.1 24.0 24.9 8.4 13.1 9.4
2016 33.8 28.4 29.0 8.7 47.6 35.8 16.6 0.9 24.5 27.3 20.7 8.1 15.5 11.3
Player 35.7 27.0 28.9 8.4 44.8 36.1 19.1 1.2 25.8 25.7 22.8 8.2 14.3 10.4
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 508 2,056 15 -21 14 16 24
2009 626 2,638 0 -25 22 16 12
2010 588 2,581 9 -13 18 14 28
2011 591 2,388 13 0 17 15 45
2012 370 1,451 7 2 15 8 32
2013 637 2,478 22 0 21 14 57
2014 578 2,326 12 -1 11 12 34
2015 598 2,432 0 0 16 11 27
2016 622 2,466 9 12 20 14 54
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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 2,488 41.2 70.6 82.7 26.5 65.1 41.9 25.7 44.7 23.2 5.7 76.8
2016 2,479 40.7 68.2 87.6 26.7 67.9 41.5 23.3 43.5 19.3 4.4 80.0
Player 4,967 41.0 69.4 85.1 26.6 66.5 41.7 24.5 44.1 21.3 5.1 78.2
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2015 99 98 100 100 97 98 97 100 94 100 74 94 37 67 6
2016 100 98 100 100 98 99 97 99 91 94 85 92 68 63 7
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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 28.7 38 43.7 -6 21 33 19 50.0
Player 28.7 38 43.7 -6 21 33 19 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 38 43 33 50 40 34 47 47 34 32 37 51 48 41 42 52 29 39 42 46 42 36 62 57 48 47 41 55 54 52 29
Player 38 43 33 50 40 34 47 47 34 32 37 51 48 41 42 52 29 39 42 46 42 36 62 57 48 47 41 55 54 52 29
! 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 93.0 93.2 0.2
Launch Angle 15.7 16.9 1.2
Barrel % 13.1 15.5 2.4
Hard Hit % 49.1 47.2 -1.9
Sweet Spot % 34.8 39.3 4.5
xBA .301 .312 0.011
BA .273 .315 0.042
xwOBA .420 .430 0.010
wOBA .379 .419 0.040
xSLG .616 .641 0.025
SLG .553 .620 0.067
K% 15.5 13.7 -1.8
BB% 12.5 12.8 0.3
Swing % 44.7 43.5 -1.2
Whiff% 23.2 19.3 -3.9
In Zone % 41.2 40.7 -0.5
Out of Zone % 58.8 59.3 0.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 26.7 0.2
First Pitch Swing % 25.7 23.3 -2.4
First Pitch Strike % 52.1 51.9 -0.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 588 544 92.5 .473 .418
! 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 618 19.0 14.7% 4.5% 636 23.0 1.3% 13.1%
2011 585 18.0 16.4% 4.6% 497 22.1 1.0% 10.9%
2012 441 18.2 12.7% 3.6% 239 23.4 0.4% 17.6%
2013 525 18.1 17.0% 5.9% 491 23.0 0.0% 12.2%
2014 645 19.3 10.4% 4.8% 450 23.8 0.0% 16.0%
2015 630 19.6 18.7% 8.3% 508 24.1 6.5% 23.2%
2016 691 18.8 24.2% 7.7% 481 24.4 6.4% 23.7%
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