Denard Span
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 210LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 1, #20, Minnesota Twins | Catholic HS (Tampa, FL)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 637 572 70 152 11 12 .266 .331 .381 .712
2017 542 497 73 135 12 12 .272 .329 .427 .756
2018 501 437 63 114 11 9 .261 .341 .419 .760
11 Seasons 5,956 5,326 773 1,498 71 185 .281 .347 .398 .745
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .266 11 12 .712
2017 .272 12 12 .756
2018 .261 11 9 .760
11 Seasons .281 71 185 .745
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 31 1006 223 6 2.7 2.2 87.7 109.0 7.0 33.2 .312 .429 .348 .360 .364 32.7 9.5 9.1
2016 32 2449 501 14 2.8 2.2 86.0 108.8 6.6 29.5 .280 .389 .312 .324 .335 29.7 12.4 8.3
2017 33 2032 430 14 3.3 2.6 85.3 108.5 11.0 34.2 .283 .409 .325 .327 .343 25.1 12.7 7.4
2018 34 1935 365 10 2.7 2.0 87.2 108.1 13.3 36.7 .280 .388 .330 .335 .351 29.6 15.8 10.2
Player 7422 1519 44 2.9 2.3 86.3 109.0 9.5 33.1 .285 .400 .325 .333 .346 28.8 12.9 8.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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 51.1 12.6 30.5 5.8 32.7 36.8 30.5 2.2 40.8 17.9 29.6 3.1 2.7 2.2
2016 54.5 15.2 25.9 4.4 35.3 40.9 23.4 4.8 40.9 16.4 27.1 3.2 2.8 2.2
2017 45.8 16.7 29.5 7.9 40.0 35.6 24.2 4.9 35.6 24.0 27.4 3.3 3.3 2.6
2018 41.6 18.6 31.2 8.5 37.0 32.9 29.3 3.0 32.3 25.8 32.6 2.5 2.7 2.0
Player 48.5 16.1 28.9 6.6 36.7 36.9 26.1 4.0 37.3 21.0 28.9 3.0 2.9 2.3
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 -0.7 -5 762 39.4 198 .241 .388 .325 9.6 11.6 11.1 .247 .350 .315 27.3
2018 Sinker 1.1 4 399 20.6 99 .299 .517 .388 8.4 10.1 14.1 .354 .496 .409 36.4
2018 Slider 0.2 0 231 11.9 57 .250 .292 .288 24.1 22.8 14.4 .292 .347 .328 18.9
2018 Changeup 2.5 5 200 10.3 45 .250 .525 .366 27.3 26.7 21.4 .299 .478 .373 42.9
2018 Curveball 1.1 2 177 9.1 58 .236 .345 .280 23.1 20.7 20.0 .278 .375 .307 30.2
2018 Cutter 2.1 2 81 4.2 23 .350 .600 .413 14.7 13.0 14.3 .274 .348 .299 22.2
2018 Split-Finger -3.4 -2 56 2.9 15 .231 .231 .179 40.0 40.0 22.2 .157 .187 .188 12.5
2018 Knuckleball 13.0 2 15 0.8 6 .500 .750 .592 0.0 0.0 0.0 .186 .269 .365 50.0
2018 Sweeper 1.4 0 8 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Slurve 0.0 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -1 908 44.7 237 .286 .452 .359 5.9 5.5 6.6 .313 .468 .375 26.4
2017 Sinker 0.8 3 321 15.8 91 .349 .566 .425 2.0 4.4 7.4 .315 .463 .361 31.3
2017 Curveball 1.2 3 221 10.9 54 .288 .346 .301 18.7 14.8 12.9 .270 .363 .287 18.2
2017 Slider 0.6 1 213 10.5 58 .268 .446 .319 28.1 34.5 23.8 .195 .264 .215 25.0
2017 Changeup -0.5 -1 186 9.2 50 .167 .313 .241 26.0 26.0 20.0 .210 .335 .250 20.0
2017 Cutter -2.0 -2 109 5.4 28 .154 .269 .198 10.0 21.4 16.2 .283 .357 .289 19.0
2017 Split-Finger -3.8 -1 32 1.6 12 .250 .250 .225 26.7 25.0 27.3 .293 .366 .286 22.2
2017 Knuckleball -1.3 0 22 1.1 7 .167 .333 .279 22.2 14.3 14.3 .401 .448 .420 20.0
2017 Sweeper -9.7 -1 10 0.5 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 25.0 50.0 .132 .142 .120 0.0
2017 Slurve 3.6 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 401 1,553 -6 -1 13 8 14
2009 678 2,636 -10 -5 17 13 15
2010 712 2,710 -24 -4 22 12 5
2011 309 1,162 -11 -4 9 4 -3
2012 567 2,211 -11 -1 14 7 10
2013 662 2,435 -18 -9 22 8 4
2014 687 2,525 -16 3 16 7 10
2015 275 1,005 1 1 8 3 13
2016 655 2,518 -20 -16 20 11 -5
2017 541 2,023 -16 -5 15 6 0
2018 501 1,934 -6 -11 16 10 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 1,006 49.8 58.3 93.2 25.5 79.8 44.9 19.6 41.8 10.9 6.1 63.9
2016 2,449 49.1 64.5 91.2 24.7 70.1 42.8 22.6 44.3 14.2 7.3 73.9
2017 2,032 50.5 64.6 91.5 23.4 74.8 41.8 20.8 44.1 11.8 8.0 71.4
2018 1,935 50.7 64.6 88.6 21.5 67.3 42.9 30.3 43.4 15.4 7.4 74.1
Player 7,422 50.0 63.7 90.9 23.6 72.1 42.8 23.7 43.7 13.4 7.4 72.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 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 67 60
2016 48 84 31 15 78 25 15 7 66 17 90 53 93 75 74 17
2017 46 86 39 19 61 23 18 10 64 10 93 35 99 77 64 2
2018 61 88 32 12 85 10 9 23 60 14 79 69 90 83 66 14
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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 22.2 11 11.5 -1 4 9 5 45.5
2017 21.1 12 14.5 -3 7 13 5 41.7
2018 21.2 11 10.8 0 1 9 4 36.4
Player 21.4 34 36.8 -3 12 31 14 41.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 11 12 9 15 13 9 12 15 11 8 10 14 10 10 12 14 8 10 11 14 10 6 16 14 12 9 14 13 13 13 9
2017 12 14 10 21 16 14 17 14 15 11 10 19 14 13 15 18 12 15 14 14 15 10 22 18 13 11 15 18 16 14 8
2018 11 12 7 13 11 9 11 13 9 8 10 13 12 9 11 13 11 10 11 14 12 8 14 13 10 9 10 13 12 9 6
Player 34 38 26 49 40 32 40 42 35 27 30 46 36 32 38 45 31 35 36 42 37 24 52 45 35 29 39 44 41 36 23
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 87.7 86.0 -1.7 85.3 -0.7 87.2 1.9
Launch Angle 7.0 6.6 -0.4 11.0 4.4 13.3 2.3
Barrel % 2.7 2.8 0.1 3.3 0.5 2.7 -0.6
Hard Hit % 32.7 29.7 -3.0 25.1 -4.6 29.6 4.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.2 29.5 -3.7 34.2 4.7 36.7 2.5
xBA .312 .280 -0.032 .283 0.003 .280 -0.003
BA .301 .266 -0.035 .272 0.006 .261 -0.011
xwOBA .360 .324 -0.036 .327 0.003 .335 0.008
wOBA .348 .312 -0.036 .325 0.013 .330 0.005
xSLG .429 .389 -0.040 .409 0.020 .388 -0.021
SLG .431 .381 -0.050 .427 0.046 .419 -0.008
K% 9.5 12.4 2.9 12.7 0.3 15.8 3.1
BB% 9.1 8.3 -0.8 7.4 -0.9 10.2 2.8
Swing % 41.8 44.3 2.5 44.1 -0.2 43.4 -0.7
Whiff% 10.9 14.2 3.3 11.8 -2.4 15.4 3.6
In Zone % 49.8 49.1 -0.7 50.5 1.4 50.7 0.2
Out of Zone % 50.2 50.9 0.7 49.5 -1.4 49.3 -0.2
Out of Zone Swing % 25.5 24.7 -0.8 23.4 -1.3 21.5 -1.9
First Pitch Swing % 19.6 22.6 3.0 20.8 -1.8 30.3 9.5
First Pitch Strike % 56.0 58.9 2.9 56.5 -2.4 62.7 6.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 613 15 2.4 .312 .293
2017 Shifts L 539 13 2.4 .325 .270
2018 Shifts L 500 77 15.4 .332 .325
! 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 1044 17.0 30.6% 2.1% 361 24.0 1.7% 13.9%
2011 384 17.9 25.8% 1.6% 177 25.5 0.6% 20.3%
2012 812 17.9 24.6% 3.4% 340 26.0 0.3% 22.1%
2013 863 19.6 13.7% 3.5% 366 25.9 1.1% 19.9%
2014 934 21.4 8.0% 7.4% 313 28.4 0.3% 37.4%
2015 383 19.5 18.0% 7.8% 146 25.9 6.8% 31.5%
2016 842 19.8 14.7% 6.3% 351 27.0 4.3% 29.9%
2017 768 19.3 13.3% 4.9% 244 26.0 0.4% 23.4%
2018 600 19.3 9.8% 5.3% 331 26.5 0.0% 28.1%
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