José Bautista
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 44
Draft: 2000 | Rd: 20, #599, Pittsburgh Pirates | Chipola Junior College
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 517 423 68 99 22 2 .234 .366 .452 .818
2017 686 587 92 119 23 6 .203 .308 .366 .674
2018 399 325 52 66 13 4 .203 .348 .378 .726
15 Seasons 7,244 6,051 1,022 1,496 344 70 .247 .361 .475 .836
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .234 22 2 .818
2017 .203 23 6 .674
2018 .203 13 4 .726
15 Seasons .247 344 70 .836
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 34 2741 445 56 12.6 8.4 92.0 116.3 16.9 29.9 .260 .514 .389 .390 .408 45.6 15.9 16.5
2016 35 2195 324 27 8.3 5.2 91.5 115.3 14.8 30.6 .252 .432 .355 .360 .384 45.7 19.9 16.8
2017 36 2977 424 28 6.6 4.1 88.3 112.9 17.0 29.7 .210 .380 .295 .306 .346 35.6 24.8 12.2
2018 37 1728 215 17 7.9 4.3 90.8 111.9 19.4 34.9 .222 .389 .324 .338 .396 43.2 27.8 16.8
Player 9641 1408 128 9.1 5.6 90.6 116.3 16.8 30.8 .236 .432 .341 .349 .382 42.2 21.6 15.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 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 37.5 28.1 23.6 10.8 49.0 32.4 18.4 1.6 28.5 31.7 19.1 5.2 12.6 8.4
2016 39.5 22.2 25.0 13.3 46.0 39.2 14.8 2.8 27.8 27.8 24.4 8.3 8.3 5.2
2017 38.7 27.1 21.2 13.0 35.1 42.5 22.2 5.0 26.4 33.7 21.0 6.8 6.6 4.1
2018 35.3 25.1 25.1 14.4 44.7 34.4 19.5 1.9 23.7 31.6 24.2 9.8 7.9 4.3
Player 38.0 26.0 23.4 12.6 43.5 37.3 18.9 2.9 27.0 31.4 21.7 7.1 9.1 5.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 0.9 5 613 35.5 121 .253 .516 .404 26.1 28.9 17.7 .266 .507 .407 53.3
2018 Slider -1.0 -3 352 20.4 81 .127 .282 .236 47.6 40.7 22.8 .165 .313 .264 34.2
2018 Sinker 0.8 2 253 14.6 77 .246 .393 .401 8.8 7.8 9.5 .327 .491 .418 41.1
2018 Curveball 1.7 3 192 11.1 28 .167 .250 .318 31.7 35.7 16.1 .178 .276 .268 50.0
2018 Changeup 0.5 1 169 9.8 42 .182 .303 .335 31.8 21.4 16.7 .183 .351 .329 41.7
2018 Cutter -2.9 -3 109 6.3 32 .111 .111 .216 38.2 34.4 37.9 .119 .184 .243 31.3
2018 Split-Finger 7.8 2 27 1.6 9 .125 .500 .300 68.8 66.7 35.3 .100 .166 .178 100.0
2018 Slurve 10.9 1 6 0.3 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .254 .302 .242 0.0
2018 Sweeper 1.1 0 3 0.2 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 100.0 -- -- .350 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -6 958 32.2 203 .216 .374 .320 21.7 24.6 17.7 .213 .411 .323 44.7
2017 Slider -1.6 -10 633 21.3 146 .162 .285 .247 43.6 35.6 27.1 .177 .295 .250 26.6
2017 Sinker -0.9 -5 516 17.3 148 .234 .367 .309 14.7 11.5 14.4 .253 .441 .340 38.1
2017 Curveball 0.9 3 350 11.8 71 .217 .517 .396 35.3 32.4 20.0 .169 .308 .266 25.6
2017 Changeup 0.5 1 255 8.6 58 .188 .354 .312 35.9 25.9 19.2 .198 .351 .325 21.2
2017 Cutter -1.8 -3 147 4.9 29 .154 .192 .209 30.8 17.2 14.7 .271 .465 .354 47.6
2017 Split-Finger 4.0 2 58 1.9 13 .300 .900 .538 33.3 23.1 13.6 .217 .444 .372 42.9
2017 Sweeper 5.0 1 22 0.7 9 .222 .556 .250 20.0 22.2 20.0 .275 .726 .412 28.6
2017 Slurve -1.3 0 8 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 404 1,677 -6 -18 5 8 -11
2009 397 1,660 -9 -11 12 8 0
2010 678 2,856 14 -4 31 16 57
2011 630 2,721 3 12 28 19 61
2012 396 1,696 -4 -1 17 9 21
2013 526 2,229 -2 -6 20 11 23
2014 662 2,708 1 7 27 13 48
2015 712 2,936 6 10 25 15 56
2016 555 2,376 -2 -17 23 12 16
2017 683 2,972 -26 -29 25 14 -16
2018 395 1,726 -1 -19 17 11 9
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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 2,741 47.0 61.6 84.4 19.6 66.2 43.4 22.2 39.3 20.4 7.2 65.5
2016 2,195 47.4 56.5 86.4 18.8 57.6 42.6 21.9 36.7 21.2 6.3 71.7
2017 2,977 45.6 62.9 78.1 22.7 56.3 42.1 24.2 41.0 28.4 7.2 68.7
2018 1,728 44.8 63.0 80.3 20.2 41.1 40.4 29.3 39.5 30.6 7.2 72.0
Player 9,641 46.3 61.1 82.1 20.5 56.5 42.3 24.0 39.3 25.0 7.0 69.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 96 60 94 96 97 98 96 96 99 93 69 99 55 97 27
2016 84 41 57 54 95 57 66 91 98 92 48 99 56 98 23 17
2017 26 2 21 49 36 60 53 55 91 51 20 85 21 82 23 5
2018 65 10 33 46 88 26 58 83 84 79 9 99 10 90 25 7
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.7 24 21.7 2 7 16 11 45.8
2017 22.9 23 22.0 1 17 11 13 56.5
2018 22.9 13 13.2 0 9 11 5 38.5
Player 22.8 60 57.0 3 33 38 29 48.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 24 26 21 18 23 19 24 20 20 14 23 26 21 22 21 20 14 16 25 24 22 20 26 27 21 20 21 28 26 25 19
2017 23 25 18 23 22 22 25 20 20 18 21 27 23 17 19 23 17 17 26 21 24 25 26 23 21 18 21 33 26 24 16
2018 13 18 11 13 14 13 15 12 13 9 15 19 13 9 12 14 10 11 14 16 12 15 18 13 8 9 14 15 16 13 12
Player 60 69 50 54 59 54 64 52 53 41 59 72 57 48 52 57 41 44 65 61 58 60 70 63 50 47 56 76 68 62 47
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.0 91.5 -0.5 88.3 -3.2 90.8 2.5
Launch Angle 16.9 14.8 -2.1 17.0 2.2 19.4 2.4
Barrel % 12.6 8.3 -4.3 6.6 -1.7 7.9 1.3
Hard Hit % 45.6 45.7 0.1 35.6 -10.1 43.2 7.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.9 30.6 0.7 29.7 -0.9 34.9 5.2
xBA .260 .252 -0.008 .210 -0.042 .222 0.012
BA .250 .234 -0.016 .203 -0.031 .203 0.000
xwOBA .390 .360 -0.030 .306 -0.054 .338 0.032
wOBA .389 .355 -0.034 .295 -0.060 .324 0.029
xSLG .514 .432 -0.082 .380 -0.052 .389 0.009
SLG .536 .452 -0.084 .366 -0.086 .378 0.012
K% 15.9 19.9 4.0 24.8 4.9 27.8 3.0
BB% 16.5 16.8 0.3 12.2 -4.6 16.8 4.6
Swing % 39.3 36.7 -2.6 41.0 4.3 39.5 -1.5
Whiff% 20.4 21.2 0.8 28.4 7.2 30.6 2.2
In Zone % 47.0 47.4 0.4 45.6 -1.8 44.8 -0.8
Out of Zone % 53.0 52.6 -0.4 54.4 1.8 55.2 0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 19.6 18.8 -0.8 22.7 3.9 20.2 -2.5
First Pitch Swing % 22.2 21.9 -0.3 24.2 2.3 29.3 5.1
First Pitch Strike % 53.0 56.1 3.1 56.3 0.2 58.9 2.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 510 83 16.3 .364 .263
2017 Shifts R 682 131 19.2 .286 .333
2018 Shifts R 393 161 41.0 .318 .330
! 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 948 16.0 42.9% 6.3% 492 21.0 3.7% 11.4%
2011 829 15.3 46.0% 1.9% 509 21.2 5.1% 10.0%
2012 570 15.5 44.9% 1.8% 316 21.3 2.8% 12.7%
2013 727 15.5 44.0% 1.7% 425 21.8 2.6% 13.2%
2014 880 16.9 33.1% 2.2% 501 22.5 1.2% 9.6%
2015 863 17.2 32.6% 4.1% 530 23.1 9.6% 22.6%
2016 768 16.7 35.8% 5.5% 408 23.2 6.4% 19.4%
2017 1057 16.8 31.7% 2.7% 444 22.4 1.1% 9.2%
2018 549 16.6 35.3% 2.6% 305 21.6 2.6% 5.9%
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