Brandon Phillips
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 211LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 1999 | Rd: 2, #57, Montreal Expos | Redan HS (Stone Mountain, GA)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 584 550 74 160 11 14 .291 .320 .416 .736
2017 604 572 81 163 13 11 .285 .319 .416 .735
2018 27 23 4 3 1 0 .130 .259 .261 .520
17 Seasons 7,992 7,378 1,005 2,029 211 209 .275 .320 .420 .740
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .291 11 14 .736
2017 .285 13 11 .735
2018 .130 1 0 .520
17 Seasons .275 211 209 .740
MLB Percentile Rankings
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 34 2168 524 12 2.3 1.9 86.2 108.2 10.7 32.6 .290 .390 .315 .316 .336 26.0 10.9 4.3
2016 35 2092 490 13 2.7 2.2 86.4 108.9 10.3 35.1 .262 .373 .315 .289 .310 25.5 11.6 3.1
2017 36 2108 502 12 2.4 2.0 84.6 108.4 8.2 31.1 .272 .380 .316 .300 .322 25.1 12.1 3.5
2018 37 112 16 1 6.3 3.7 82.2 108.5 3.5 6.3 .139 .311 .243 .262 .270 12.5 25.9 14.8
Player 6480 1532 38 2.5 2.1 85.7 108.9 9.7 32.6 .273 .380 .314 .301 .322 25.4 11.8 3.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 45.6 15.8 32.1 6.5 32.4 36.6 30.5 2.9 35.7 22.5 29.8 3.2 2.3 1.9
2016 47.1 16.3 30.2 6.3 30.2 39.4 30.2 2.0 39.4 24.9 25.3 4.1 2.7 2.2
2017 50.2 16.3 26.7 6.8 28.3 37.8 33.7 4.6 38.6 20.9 28.7 3.0 2.4 2.0
2018 75.0 12.5 0.0 12.5 37.5 43.8 18.8 6.3 62.5 12.5 6.3 6.3 6.3 3.7
Player 47.9 16.1 29.4 6.6 30.4 38.0 31.3 3.2 38.1 22.7 27.7 3.5 2.5 2.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 1 51 45.5 11 .222 .556 .391 31.3 27.3 23.1 .172 .516 .355 16.7
2018 Slider 5.9 2 28 25.0 5 .000 .000 .500 45.5 20.0 7.7 .098 .107 .213 0.0
2018 Sinker -5.0 -1 20 17.9 7 .167 .167 .229 20.0 14.3 16.7 .092 .103 .180 0.0
2018 Curveball -5.2 0 7 6.3 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 25.0 .236 .487 .300 50.0
2018 Sweeper 2.6 0 3 2.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Changeup -1.5 0 3 2.7 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 5 645 30.6 159 .347 .527 .403 11.8 8.2 7.8 .339 .499 .377 30.7
2017 Sinker -0.5 -2 496 23.5 160 .338 .437 .363 7.4 3.8 5.8 .290 .374 .307 31.5
2017 Slider -1.8 -7 393 18.6 111 .222 .361 .264 31.7 18.0 14.4 .230 .336 .254 18.0
2017 Curveball -0.9 -2 210 10.0 54 .208 .340 .260 31.7 18.5 13.0 .207 .325 .234 11.6
2017 Changeup -0.6 -1 204 9.7 66 .226 .339 .271 35.8 21.2 19.2 .236 .312 .264 20.8
2017 Cutter 1.4 2 117 5.6 35 .226 .290 .294 22.9 14.3 15.6 .231 .305 .273 18.5
2017 Split-Finger -1.0 0 9 0.4 4 .250 .250 .225 57.1 50.0 66.7 .152 .152 .138 0.0
2017 Sweeper -7.6 -1 9 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 42.9 0.0 0.0 .270 .284 .246 0.0
2017 Slurve 2.8 0 3 0.1 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 591 2,115 -3 -14 4 11 -1
2009 623 2,288 5 -17 9 13 9
2010 697 2,507 -5 -9 12 10 8
2011 671 2,486 -3 -2 13 9 18
2012 646 2,369 9 -13 12 8 15
2013 664 2,409 -13 7 6 12 12
2014 497 1,842 4 -13 6 4 0
2015 622 2,163 5 -18 10 9 7
2016 581 2,080 -9 -7 7 9 0
2017 593 2,086 5 -23 1 11 -6
2018 27 112 -1 1 0 0 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 2,168 48.8 74.0 89.0 35.4 64.4 41.2 33.1 54.2 18.9 8.0 74.6
2016 2,092 48.7 75.4 87.6 40.7 68.6 42.1 35.3 57.6 19.0 7.6 74.2
2017 2,108 46.2 75.6 86.8 39.4 68.3 40.1 33.2 56.3 20.2 7.9 74.5
2018 112 50.0 75.0 73.8 30.4 52.9 44.6 22.2 52.7 32.2 9.8 63.6
Player 6,480 47.9 75.0 87.6 38.3 67.0 41.2 33.6 56.0 19.6 7.9 74.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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 49 94 46 20 58 30 18 14 61 16 92 8 65 14 29
2016 13 57 22 17 15 21 15 11 67 10 92 2 70 3 34 1
2017 20 74 21 11 26 18 9 6 62 10 95 2 69 2 30 2
2018 62 34
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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 24.0 11 10.6 0 9 6 5 45.5
2017 25.5 13 15.7 -3 3 5 12 92.3
2018 25.8 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 24.8 25 27.3 -2 12 11 18 72.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 11 11 8 11 10 9 10 11 8 9 10 13 12 10 11 11 8 10 10 11 11 10 12 13 10 11 10 12 13 12 10
2017 13 17 16 13 17 15 17 15 15 13 17 20 14 17 14 14 12 12 17 17 17 17 18 17 12 14 17 18 17 17 16
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 25 29 25 25 28 25 28 27 24 23 28 34 27 28 26 26 21 23 28 29 29 28 31 31 23 26 28 31 31 30 27
! 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 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.2 86.4 0.2 84.6 -1.8 82.2 -2.4
Launch Angle 10.7 10.3 -0.4 8.2 -2.1 3.5 -4.7
Barrel % 2.3 2.7 0.4 2.4 -0.3 6.3 3.9
Hard Hit % 26.0 25.5 -0.5 25.1 -0.4 12.5 -12.6
Sweet Spot % 32.6 35.1 2.5 31.1 -4.0 6.3 -24.8
xBA .290 .262 -0.028 .272 0.010 .139 -0.133
BA .294 .291 -0.003 .285 -0.006 .130 -0.155
xwOBA .316 .289 -0.027 .300 0.011 .262 -0.038
wOBA .315 .315 0.000 .316 0.001 .243 -0.073
xSLG .390 .373 -0.017 .380 0.007 .311 -0.069
SLG .395 .416 0.021 .416 0.000 .261 -0.155
K% 10.9 11.6 0.7 12.1 0.5 25.9 13.8
BB% 4.3 3.1 -1.2 3.5 0.4 14.8 11.3
Swing % 54.2 57.6 3.4 56.3 -1.3 52.7 -3.6
Whiff% 18.9 19.0 0.1 20.2 1.2 32.2 12.0
In Zone % 48.8 48.7 -0.1 46.2 -2.5 50.0 3.8
Out of Zone % 51.2 51.3 0.1 53.8 2.5 50.0 -3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 35.4 40.7 5.3 39.4 -1.3 30.4 -9.0
First Pitch Swing % 33.1 35.3 2.2 33.2 -2.1 22.2 -11.0
First Pitch Strike % 62.3 65.8 3.5 64.7 -1.1 63.0 -1.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 567 7 1.2 .316 .354
2017 Shifts R 593 2 0.3 .309 1.054
2018 Shifts R 27 1 3.7 .252 .000
! 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 665 18.0 9.0% 3.9% 361 23.9 0.0% 15.0%
2011 611 19.4 1.1% 2.6% 350 25.0 0.3% 12.3%
2012 487 20.3 2.7% 2.9% 360 26.2 0.3% 18.1%
2013 476 21.3 1.5% 4.6% 440 26.2 0.2% 19.1%
2014 493 21.3 3.0% 4.9% 251 25.9 0.4% 17.5%
2015 565 19.4 19.3% 6.9% 293 26.2 2.7% 31.7%
2016 464 20.2 13.6% 6.0% 300 26.1 3.0% 30.3%
2017 520 18.8 4.2% 1.5% 260 25.1 0.0% 11.2%
2018 30 19.7 6.7% 3.3% 14 24.3 0.0% 7.1%
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