Justin Ruggiano
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 25, #748, Los Angeles Dodgers | Texas A&M
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 141 125 20 31 6 5 .248 .333 .472 .805
2016 26 24 4 8 2 0 .333 .385 .625 1.010
2017 63 60 2 13 2 1 .217 .238 .333 .571
9 Seasons 1,479 1,340 164 343 53 40 .256 .318 .434 .752
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .248 6 5 .805
2016 .333 2 0 1.010
2017 .217 2 1 .571
9 Seasons .256 53 40 .752
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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 33 550 84 12 14.3 8.5 92.0 107.5 13.9 32.1 .249 .527 .349 .372 .492 42.9 29.1 9.9
2016 34 105 14 2 14.3 7.7 90.6 107.7 16.8 28.6 .215 .514 .425 .333 .552 42.9 38.5 7.7
2017 35 228 44 2 4.5 3.2 84.8 105.3 17.6 31.8 .221 .381 .244 .271 .358 25.0 27.0 1.6
Player 883 142 16 11.3 7.0 89.7 107.7 15.3 31.7 .237 .484 .329 .340 .456 37.3 29.6 7.4
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 41.7 26.2 28.6 3.6 52.4 29.8 17.9 0.0 33.3 22.6 22.6 7.1 14.3 8.5
2016 35.7 28.6 28.6 7.1 35.7 50.0 14.3 0.0 28.6 21.4 14.3 7.1 14.3 7.7
2017 38.6 38.6 18.2 4.5 40.9 43.2 15.9 2.3 25.0 29.5 27.3 9.1 4.5 3.2
Player 40.1 30.3 25.4 4.2 47.2 35.9 16.9 0.7 30.3 24.6 23.2 7.7 11.3 7.0
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 -3.7 -3 92 40.4 29 .222 .444 .296 28.0 27.6 28.6 .214 .523 .322 35.0
2017 Slider -3.9 -2 40 17.5 8 .125 .125 .113 50.0 25.0 15.4 .186 .199 .168 0.0
2017 Curveball -3.4 -1 28 12.3 6 .000 .000 .000 50.0 16.7 9.1 .200 .231 .188 20.0
2017 Changeup -2.5 -1 27 11.8 9 .250 .250 .278 35.7 33.3 42.9 .232 .274 .273 0.0
2017 Sinker -4.8 -1 19 8.3 4 .250 .250 .225 36.4 50.0 50.0 .179 .192 .164 0.0
2017 Cutter 11.9 1 11 4.8 4 .750 1.000 .763 44.4 0.0 0.0 .496 .663 .495 75.0
2017 Knuckleball -11.8 -1 10 4.4 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 33.3 .070 .093 .066 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 81 322 -2 -6 1 2 -5
2011 111 408 3 -5 3 1 2
2012 318 1,265 -1 3 3 8 13
2013 470 1,872 -4 -23 10 7 -9
2014 250 992 3 -10 4 3 1
2015 145 568 -4 5 1 3 5
2016 26 105 2 -1 0 0 2
2017 63 227 -4 -6 1 1 -7
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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 550 47.5 70.9 73.0 25.6 43.2 43.1 34.0 47.1 35.1 6.5 72.2
2016 105 51.4 72.2 74.4 27.5 28.6 41.0 38.5 50.5 37.7 9.5 80.0
2017 228 53.5 77.9 68.4 29.2 41.9 42.5 41.3 55.3 38.1 9.6 86.4
Player 883 49.5 73.0 71.8 26.7 41.2 42.7 36.5 49.6 36.3 7.7 77.9
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 57 43
2016 56 43
2017 44 31
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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 2 1.8 0 0 1 1 50.0
2017 23.9 2 2.2 0 2 2 0 0.0
Player 23.2 4 4.0 0 2 3 1 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 3 2
Player 4 4 5 2 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 6 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 6 5 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 92.0 90.6 -1.4 84.8 -5.8
Launch Angle 13.9 16.8 2.9 17.6 0.8
Barrel % 14.3 14.3 0.0 4.5 -9.8
Hard Hit % 42.9 42.9 0.0 25.0 -17.9
Sweet Spot % 32.1 28.6 -3.5 31.8 3.2
xBA .249 .215 -0.034 .221 0.006
BA .248 .333 0.085 .217 -0.116
xwOBA .372 .333 -0.039 .271 -0.062
wOBA .349 .425 0.076 .244 -0.181
xSLG .527 .514 -0.013 .381 -0.133
SLG .472 .625 0.153 .333 -0.292
K% 29.1 38.5 9.4 27.0 -11.5
BB% 9.9 7.7 -2.2 1.6 -6.1
Swing % 47.1 50.5 3.4 55.3 4.8
Whiff% 35.1 37.7 2.6 38.1 0.4
In Zone % 47.5 51.4 3.9 53.5 2.1
Out of Zone % 52.5 48.6 -3.9 46.5 -2.1
Out of Zone Swing % 25.6 27.5 1.9 29.2 1.7
First Pitch Swing % 34.0 38.5 4.5 41.3 2.8
First Pitch Strike % 63.1 76.9 13.8 60.3 -16.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 24 0 0.0 .387
2017 Shifts R 63 0 0.0 .244
! 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 %
2011 115 15.2 47.0% 1.7% 59 20.8 0.0% 6.8%
2012 348 15.4 43.4% 2.0% 198 21.2 4.0% 7.6%
2013 523 15.8 42.6% 0.8% 294 20.9 2.7% 11.6%
2014 270 15.8 43.0% 2.2% 161 22.8 1.9% 9.3%
2015 195 17.2 35.9% 5.1% 59 24.5 3.4% 18.6%
2016 23 16.7 34.8% 0.0% 21 27.8 0.0% 23.8%
2017 49 15.9 38.8% 2.0% 32 20.9 0.0% 15.6%
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