Aaron Hill
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 200LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 2003 | Rd: 1, #13, Toronto Blue Jays | Louisiana State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 353 313 32 72 6 7 .230 .295 .345 .640
2016 429 378 48 99 10 4 .262 .336 .378 .714
2017 80 68 7 9 1 0 .132 .250 .235 .485
13 Seasons 6,217 5,646 736 1,501 162 74 .266 .323 .417 .740
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .230 6 7 .640
2016 .262 10 4 .714
2017 .132 1 0 .485
13 Seasons .266 162 74 .740
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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 33 1291 267 6 2.2 1.7 88.3 105.1 12.3 36.3 .237 .354 .281 .296 .310 29.6 15.3 8.8
2016 34 1667 323 4 1.2 0.9 86.7 105.1 15.9 35.3 .262 .365 .313 .311 .318 26.6 13.8 9.6
2017 35 334 56 2 3.6 2.5 86.3 104.6 23.3 26.8 .219 .327 .225 .307 .302 25.0 16.3 13.8
Player 3292 646 12 1.9 1.4 87.4 105.1 15.1 35.0 .248 .357 .291 .304 .313 27.7 14.7 9.7
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 41.9 20.6 31.5 6.0 42.7 36.0 21.3 1.5 34.1 28.8 24.3 6.4 2.2 1.7
2016 37.8 25.4 28.2 8.7 38.1 36.5 25.1 2.2 29.4 32.2 27.9 5.6 1.2 0.9
2017 30.4 25.0 25.0 19.6 42.9 33.9 21.4 3.6 25.0 37.5 25.0 5.4 3.6 2.5
Player 38.9 23.4 29.3 8.5 40.4 36.1 23.2 2.0 31.0 31.3 26.2 5.9 1.9 1.4
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.

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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 129 38.6 35 .143 .357 .310 7.0 20.0 16.3 .194 .346 .331 27.3
2017 Sinker 0.6 0 74 22.2 18 .214 .286 .325 7.4 0.0 0.0 .337 .499 .436 42.9
2017 Slider -1.6 -1 57 17.1 9 .000 .000 .078 33.3 22.2 9.5 .148 .174 .203 16.7
2017 Curveball -2.4 -1 22 6.6 3 .000 .000 .000 14.3 33.3 14.3 .127 .161 .117 0.0
2017 Changeup -3.8 -1 20 6.0 6 .167 .167 .150 11.1 16.7 20.0 .177 .190 .162 0.0
2017 Cutter -6.1 -1 19 5.7 4 .000 .000 .000 62.5 25.0 12.5 .231 .257 .211 33.3
2017 Split-Finger 17.1 1 5 1.5 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .518 .574 .478 0.0
2017 Slurve -8.8 0 4 1.2 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .087 .197 .124 0.0
2017 Sweeper -8.1 0 3 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 202 712 0 -6 2 3 -1
2009 731 2,534 15 -15 10 13 23
2010 577 2,107 -10 -24 14 8 -13
2011 593 2,208 -9 -27 12 6 -18
2012 661 2,458 13 -5 13 8 30
2013 360 1,376 3 -3 6 7 13
2014 532 2,045 -6 -19 9 7 -8
2015 353 1,291 -3 -20 10 5 -8
2016 426 1,665 -10 -10 16 7 2
2017 80 333 -5 -4 2 2 -5
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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 1,291 50.3 63.1 90.2 24.0 64.3 42.9 24.6 43.7 16.7 8.0 83.5
2016 1,667 52.2 60.0 88.9 23.0 65.6 42.0 22.2 42.3 16.7 7.7 65.1
2017 334 50.2 58.7 90.8 21.7 61.1 39.6 18.8 40.1 16.4 9.9 72.7
Player 3,292 51.3 61.1 89.6 23.3 64.6 42.1 22.9 42.6 16.7 8.1 73.2
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 30 20 24 29 37 12 18 41 44 24 76 65 79 84 71
2016 32 57 18 12 65 5 5 14 41 11 85 70 83 85 60 33
2017 41 57
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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 20.1 10 10.5 -1 2 6 6 60.0
2017 20.9 1 1.3 0 2 0 1 100.0
Player 20.2 11 11.8 -1 4 6 7 63.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 10 10 9 9 12 11 12 10 12 9 12 14 10 10 11 9 8 9 10 12 10 8 12 10 8 11 12 12 10 12 10
2017 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 1
Player 11 11 10 11 14 12 13 11 13 10 13 15 12 11 12 11 9 10 11 13 11 9 13 11 10 12 13 14 13 14 11
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.3 86.7 -1.6 ↓ 86.3 -0.4 ↓
Launch Angle 12.3 15.9 3.6 ↑ 23.3 7.4 ↑
Barrel % 2.2 1.2 -1.0 ↓ 3.6 2.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 29.6 26.6 -3.0 ↓ 25.0 -1.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 36.3 35.3 -1.0 ↓ 26.8 -8.5 ↓
xBA .237 .262 0.025 ↑ .219 -0.043 ↓
BA .230 .262 0.032 ↑ .132 -0.130 ↓
xwOBA .296 .311 0.015 ↑ .307 -0.004 ↓
wOBA .281 .313 0.032 ↑ .225 -0.088 ↓
xSLG .354 .365 0.011 ↑ .327 -0.038 ↓
SLG .345 .378 0.033 ↑ .235 -0.143 ↓
K% 15.3 13.8 -1.5 ↓ 16.3 2.5 ↑
BB% 8.8 9.6 0.8 ↑ 13.8 4.2 ↑
Swing % 43.7 42.3 -1.4 ↓ 40.1 -2.2 ↓
Whiff% 16.7 16.7 0.0 16.4 -0.3 ↓
In Zone % 50.3 52.2 1.9 ↑ 50.2 -2.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.7 47.8 -1.9 ↓ 49.8 2.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.0 23.0 -1.0 ↓ 21.7 -1.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 24.6 22.2 -2.4 ↓ 18.8 -3.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.8 59.7 -0.1 ↓ 65.0 5.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 405 41 10.1 .312 .309
2017 Shifts R 80 5 6.3 .212 .422
! 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 591 16.0 37.7% 5.2% 298 21.0 3.0% 9.7%
2011 662 15.4 44.7% 1.7% 313 21.7 1.9% 7.7%
2012 795 16.3 34.6% 2.0% 398 23.4 0.8% 12.3%
2013 427 16.9 30.4% 2.1% 242 23.0 0.0% 9.9%
2014 625 16.8 29.3% 2.2% 322 24.1 0.6% 15.2%
2015 360 17.8 26.1% 5.3% 256 24.3 4.7% 21.5%
2016 543 17.8 26.3% 2.8% 273 24.0 6.2% 16.5%
2017 106 16.4 32.1% 1.9% 59 22.8 0.0% 13.6%
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