Justin Morneau
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 1999 | Rd: 3, #89, Minnesota Twins | New Westminster HS (New Westminster, BC)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 550 502 62 160 17 0 .319 .364 .496 .860
2015 182 168 19 52 3 0 .310 .363 .458 .821
2016 218 203 16 53 6 0 .261 .303 .429 .732
14 Seasons 6,392 5,699 772 1,603 247 5 .281 .348 .481 .829
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .319 17 0 .860
2015 .310 3 0 .821
2016 .261 6 0 .732
14 Seasons .281 247 5 .829
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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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 34 637 143 8 5.6 4.4 88.7 109.6 9.9 31.5 .248 .418 .353 .316 .341 39.2 13.7 7.1
2016 35 843 153 6 3.9 2.8 90.2 110.6 9.3 37.3 .238 .355 .311 .280 .343 35.9 23.9 5.5
Player 1480 296 14 4.7 3.5 89.5 110.6 9.6 34.5 .243 .383 .330 .296 .342 37.5 19.3 6.3
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 48.3 17.5 29.4 4.9 28.7 44.8 26.6 3.5 39.2 21.0 19.6 6.3 5.6 4.4
2016 48.4 17.0 29.4 5.2 39.9 32.7 27.5 0.7 42.5 20.9 23.5 7.8 3.9 2.8
Player 48.3 17.2 29.4 5.1 34.5 38.5 27.0 2.0 40.9 20.9 21.6 7.1 4.7 3.5
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 683 2,464 24 -11 18 10 41
2009 570 2,107 9 -6 9 9 21
2010 340 1,331 8 1 14 7 30
2011 286 1,099 -6 -16 6 6 -10
2012 562 2,087 -11 -10 13 11 4
2013 656 2,483 -3 -8 11 12 12
2014 545 1,901 16 0 10 8 34
2015 180 629 -1 2 2 2 6
2016 217 839 -5 -3 3 3 -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 637 45.2 74.7 87.9 33.5 65.0 40.2 36.8 52.1 19.9 5.2 87.9
2016 843 42.8 78.8 85.9 37.9 58.2 45.1 37.6 55.2 24.9 4.5 89.5
Player 1,480 43.8 77.0 86.7 36.1 60.9 43.0 37.3 53.9 22.8 4.8 88.7
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 72 23
2016 78 20
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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 22.4 6 6.2 0 5 8 0 0.0
Player 22.4 6 6.2 0 5 8 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 6 4 9 9 7 8 7 7 3 5 12 4 4 6 7 3 4 4 8 4 4 10 7 5 5 8 12 6 7 0
Player 6 6 4 9 9 7 8 7 7 3 5 12 4 4 6 7 3 4 4 8 4 4 10 7 5 5 8 12 6 7 0
! 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 88.7 90.2 1.5 ↑
Launch Angle 9.9 9.3 -0.6 ↓
Barrel % 5.6 3.9 -1.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.2 35.9 -3.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.5 37.3 5.8 ↑
xBA .248 .238 -0.010 ↓
BA .310 .261 -0.049 ↓
xwOBA .316 .280 -0.036 ↓
wOBA .353 .311 -0.042 ↓
xSLG .418 .355 -0.063 ↓
SLG .458 .429 -0.029 ↓
K% 13.7 23.9 10.2 ↑
BB% 7.1 5.5 -1.6 ↓
Swing % 52.1 55.2 3.1 ↑
Whiff% 19.9 24.9 5.0 ↑
In Zone % 45.2 42.8 -2.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.8 57.2 2.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.5 37.9 4.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 37.6 0.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 59.2 0.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 215 36 16.7 .320 .283
! 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 305 16.0 40.3% 2.0% 302 20.2 3.0% 5.6%
2011 260 14.9 51.2% 1.2% 187 20.6 1.1% 9.1%
2012 466 15.6 45.1% 0.9% 338 20.7 2.7% 8.3%
2013 530 15.8 40.9% 0.6% 470 20.9 1.9% 5.5%
2014 444 16.0 39.0% 0.9% 268 22.3 0.7% 9.3%
2015 171 18.5 26.9% 4.7% 100 23.1 8.0% 16.0%
2016 173 16.3 35.3% 4.0% 152 22.3 3.9% 11.8%
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