Andre Ethier
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 210LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 2003 | Rd: 2, #62, Oakland Athletics | Arizona State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 445 395 54 116 14 2 .294 .366 .486 .852
2016 26 24 2 5 1 0 .208 .269 .375 .644
2017 38 34 3 8 2 0 .235 .316 .441 .757
12 Seasons 5,425 4,800 641 1,367 162 29 .285 .359 .463 .822
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .294 14 2 .852
2016 .208 1 0 .644
2017 .235 2 0 .757
12 Seasons .285 162 29 .822
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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 1709 323 19 5.9 4.3 86.3 110.9 11.0 37.5 .286 .471 .366 .365 .405 32.5 16.9 9.7
2016 34 103 18 1 5.6 3.8 87.6 107.7 15.6 27.8 .161 .321 .263 .223 .272 22.2 23.1 7.7
2017 35 139 24 2 8.3 5.3 83.9 108.2 6.9 37.5 .258 .435 .315 .327 .421 34.8 26.3 10.5
Player 1951 365 22 6.0 4.3 86.3 110.9 11.0 37.0 .277 .460 .357 .355 .400 32.1 17.9 9.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .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 39.6 19.5 35.3 5.6 39.3 37.8 22.6 4.6 30.0 21.7 27.9 6.5 5.9 4.3
2016 38.9 22.2 27.8 11.1 44.4 27.8 27.8 0.0 38.9 38.9 16.7 0.0 5.6 3.8
2017 54.2 12.5 33.3 0.0 41.7 33.3 25.0 4.2 37.5 16.7 29.2 0.0 8.3 5.3
Player 40.5 19.2 34.8 5.5 39.7 37.0 23.0 4.4 31.0 22.2 27.4 5.8 6.0 4.3
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 -1.0 -1 64 46.0 17 .214 .286 .303 21.9 11.8 11.1 .266 .342 .341 25.0
2017 Sinker 3.9 1 25 18.0 7 .429 .857 .543 8.3 14.3 16.7 .287 .501 .336 33.3
2017 Slider -5.1 -1 15 10.8 4 .000 .000 .000 37.5 75.0 60.0 .190 .232 .181 100.0
2017 Changeup 1.8 0 13 9.4 4 .250 1.000 .500 42.9 50.0 66.7 .342 1.097 .576 50.0
2017 Curveball 1.5 0 13 9.4 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 16.7 .270 .306 .249 100.0
2017 Split-Finger -10.4 0 3 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Cutter -7.6 0 2 1.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .124 .137 .116 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 617 2,542 2 -12 17 13 21
2009 704 2,855 5 -16 19 16 23
2010 571 2,151 9 -7 6 10 19
2011 541 2,064 -4 -7 10 8 8
2012 612 2,345 10 2 8 11 31
2013 567 2,220 -18 1 12 13 7
2014 373 1,427 4 -8 8 7 11
2015 461 1,778 6 -4 8 7 18
2016 32 130 0 -3 0 1 -2
2017 51 190 2 -4 2 0 0
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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 1,709 46.6 68.6 89.6 29.9 61.2 43.2 29.4 47.9 19.9 5.9 82.0
2016 103 42.7 68.2 83.3 28.8 70.6 40.8 19.2 45.6 21.3 7.8 62.5
2017 139 57.0 66.2 74.5 24.1 64.3 48.1 32.4 48.2 26.9 7.4 80.0
Player 1,951 47.1 68.4 88.0 29.5 61.8 43.5 29.1 47.8 20.5 6.1 80.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 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 89 92 82 73 91 49 59 15 83 35 60 77 58 45 62
2016 56 30
2017 61 29
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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 22.0 2 1.1 1 2 0 1 50.0
2017 22.8 3 2.7 0 0 1 2 66.7
Player 22.5 5 3.8 1 2 1 3 60.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2017 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Player 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
! 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 86.3 87.6 1.3 ↑ 83.9 -3.7 ↓
Launch Angle 11.0 15.6 4.6 ↑ 6.9 -8.7 ↓
Barrel % 5.9 5.6 -0.3 ↓ 8.3 2.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.5 22.2 -10.3 ↓ 34.8 12.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 37.5 27.8 -9.7 ↓ 37.5 9.7 ↑
xBA .286 .161 -0.125 ↓ .258 0.097 ↑
BA .294 .208 -0.086 ↓ .235 0.027 ↑
xwOBA .365 .223 -0.142 ↓ .327 0.104 ↑
wOBA .366 .263 -0.103 ↓ .315 0.052 ↑
xSLG .471 .321 -0.150 ↓ .435 0.114 ↑
SLG .486 .375 -0.111 ↓ .441 0.066 ↑
K% 16.9 23.1 6.2 ↑ 26.3 3.2 ↑
BB% 9.7 7.7 -2.0 ↓ 10.5 2.8 ↑
Swing % 47.9 45.6 -2.3 ↓ 48.2 2.6 ↑
Whiff% 19.9 21.3 1.4 ↑ 26.9 5.6 ↑
In Zone % 46.6 42.7 -3.9 ↓ 57.0 14.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.4 57.3 3.9 ↑ 43.0 -14.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.9 28.8 -1.1 ↓ 24.1 -4.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 29.4 19.2 -10.2 ↓ 32.4 13.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 57.7 -0.7 ↓ 64.9 7.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 25 7 28.0 .167 .512
2017 Shifts L 36 12 33.3 .384 .204
! 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 571 18.0 17.9% 4.0% 375 23.0 0.5% 10.1%
2011 522 16.3 33.0% 4.0% 365 22.6 1.1% 9.0%
2012 603 18.0 14.9% 1.8% 403 23.5 0.5% 11.4%
2013 526 18.6 11.6% 2.1% 422 24.3 0.0% 10.7%
2014 380 19.0 5.8% 2.4% 257 24.1 0.0% 12.8%
2015 459 18.9 19.4% 5.7% 322 24.8 3.4% 25.8%
2016 20 19.5 15.0% 5.0% 26 25.4 7.7% 15.4%
2017 50 16.6 28.0% 2.0% 12 23.2 0.0% 16.7%
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