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Jacoby Ellsbury
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 1, #23, Boston Red Sox | Oregon State
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2015 501 452 66 116 7 21 .257 .318 .345 .663
2016 626 551 71 145 9 20 .263 .330 .374 .704
2017 409 356 65 94 7 22 .264 .348 .402 .750
11 Seasons 5,375 4,846 749 1,376 104 343 .284 .342 .417 .759
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2015 .257 7 21 .663
2016 .263 9 20 .704
2017 .264 7 22 .750
11 Seasons .284 104 343 .759
20172017 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value4NOT QUALIFIED51Baserunning Run Value4NOT QUALIFIED93Fielding Run Value0NOT QUALIFIED51BattingxwOBA.318NOT QUALIFIED39xBA.263NOT QUALIFIED59xSLG.375NOT QUALIFIED18Avg Exit Velocity85.6NOT QUALIFIED12Barrel %2.7NOT QUALIFIED13Hard-Hit %25.4NOT QUALIFIED11LA Sweet-Spot %33.2NOT QUALIFIED42Chase %20.0NOT QUALIFIED93Whiff %18.2NOT QUALIFIED78K %15.6NOT QUALIFIED75BB %10.1NOT QUALIFIED66FieldingRange (OAA)3NOT QUALIFIED83Arm Value-3NOT QUALIFIED10RunningSprint Speed28.1NOT QUALIFIED77
20172017 Hits Spray Chart
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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 1881 370 11 3.0 2.2 86.5 108.6 11.6 33.2 .250 .339 .294 .298 .324 28.4 17.2 7.0
2016 32 2334 474 8 1.7 1.3 86.9 109.9 10.7 30.8 .267 .360 .308 .307 .317 31.4 13.6 8.8
2017 33 1563 295 8 2.7 2.0 85.6 108.4 10.0 33.2 .263 .375 .326 .318 .330 25.4 15.6 10.1
Player 5778 1139 27 2.4 1.8 86.4 109.9 10.8 32.2 .260 .357 .308 .307 .323 28.9 15.3 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.




Created with Highcharts 6.2.0%Chart context menuJacoby Ellsbury Pitch % by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comFastballBreakingOffspeed20082009201020112012201320142015201620170204060
Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year
Pitch Type
#
%
PA
AB
H
1B
2B
3B
HR
SO
BBE
BA
XBA
SLG
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
EV
LA
Whiff%
PutAway%
2017 Fastball 1,027 65.7 279 243 75 50 16 4 5 34 209 .309 .299 .469 .428 .375 .361 85.6 11 12.8 12.9
2017 Breaking 351 22.5 68 63 10 8 1 0 1 20 43 .159 .187 .222 .270 .202 .231 86.0 7 28.5 17.2
2017 Offspeed 184 11.8 55 50 9 5 3 0 1 9 43 .180 .179 .300 .247 .220 .199 84.2 6 28.0 15.5
2016 Fastball 1,564 67.1 423 371 103 75 19 4 5 43 331 .278 .273 .391 .374 .332 .325 86.9 10 10.5 11.1
2016 Breaking 514 22.1 123 117 27 20 3 1 3 33 87 .231 .240 .350 .320 .250 .246 88.4 12 31.4 17.7
2016 Offspeed 252 10.8 69 63 15 12 2 0 1 8 56 .238 .280 .317 .356 .268 .304 84.5 9 24.4 11.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 46.5 19.5 24.9 9.2 32.4 39.2 26.8 2.2 37.0 25.7 27.0 2.7 3.0 2.2
2016 47.0 17.7 26.2 9.1 38.8 37.8 23.4 3.6 37.1 24.9 27.8 3.2 1.7 1.3
2017 47.5 17.3 27.8 7.5 37.6 31.9 30.2 4.7 34.2 24.7 27.5 4.7 2.7 2.0
Player 47.0 18.2 26.2 8.7 36.4 36.7 26.3 3.4 36.3 25.1 27.5 3.4 2.4 1.8
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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 8 555 35.5 156 .303 .462 .395 11.6 10.9 11.2 .280 .410 .358 24.3
2017 Sinker -0.2 -1 391 25.0 102 .298 .468 .367 12.7 12.7 15.3 .344 .489 .382 34.6
2017 Slider -1.9 -3 177 11.3 37 .167 .194 .179 34.2 35.1 24.5 .156 .219 .174 8.7
2017 Curveball -0.6 -1 163 10.4 31 .148 .259 .242 21.4 22.6 11.9 .226 .336 .296 30.0
2017 Changeup -0.5 -1 163 10.4 47 .190 .310 .247 24.5 12.8 12.0 .180 .250 .216 15.8
2017 Cutter 4.8 4 81 5.2 21 .412 .529 .467 24.1 19.0 14.8 .201 .236 .290 30.8
2017 Split-Finger -0.5 0 21 1.3 8 .125 .250 .269 53.8 37.5 37.5 .171 .230 .168 20.0
2017 Slurve 1.3 0 9 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sweeper 1.3 0 2 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 625 2,237 -23 -12 8 10 -17
2009 692 2,642 -11 -17 18 13 3
2010 81 309 -4 -5 2 2 -5
2011 726 2,804 25 0 19 13 57
2012 323 1,256 -11 -7 10 6 -2
2013 699 2,686 -3 -1 18 10 24
2014 628 2,331 -3 -11 14 9 8
2015 499 1,880 -12 -12 14 5 -5
2016 615 2,330 -8 -17 15 7 -4
2017 413 1,610 -9 -12 17 8 4
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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 1,881 49.9 68.6 87.2 28.1 70.2 45.6 31.3 48.3 17.3 7.2 80.0
2016 2,334 51.2 66.8 90.4 25.2 62.4 44.0 31.2 46.5 16.9 6.9 72.0
2017 1,563 51.6 65.0 88.0 20.0 57.0 42.9 26.5 43.2 18.2 8.1 71.7
Player 5,778 50.9 66.9 88.7 24.8 64.2 44.2 30.0 46.2 17.3 7.3 74.5
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 31 42 15 13 50 27 27 19 64 20 59 46 77 58 66
2016 28 67 16 9 59 9 9 16 74 22 86 60 83 71 75 85
2017 39 59 18 13 69 9 13 12 63 11 75 66 78 93 77 83
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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 9 7.2 2 5 8 1 11.1
2017 21.9 7 5.7 1 3 6 1 14.3
Player 22.3 16 12.9 3 8 14 2 12.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2016 9 11 4 10 7 6 8 11 5 4 7 8 7 6 7 7 2 6 9 7 9 3 11 10 10 6 7 9 10 6 3
2017 7 7 3 8 7 5 6 5 6 5 5 8 5 5 6 7 5 5 6 7 4 5 7 6 5 5 7 7 6 6 2
Player 16 18 7 18 14 11 14 16 11 9 12 16 12 11 13 14 7 11 15 14 13 8 18 16 15 11 14 16 16 12 5
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
+/-
 
Exit Velocity 86.5 86.9 0.4 85.6 -1.3
Launch Angle 11.6 10.7 -0.9 10.0 -0.7
Barrel % 3.0 1.7 -1.3 2.7 1.0
Hard Hit % 28.4 31.4 3.0 25.4 -6.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.2 30.8 -2.4 33.2 2.4
xBA .250 .267 0.017 .263 -0.004
BA .257 .263 0.006 .264 0.001
xwOBA .298 .307 0.009 .318 0.011
wOBA .294 .308 0.014 .326 0.018
xSLG .339 .360 0.021 .375 0.015
SLG .345 .374 0.029 .402 0.028
K% 17.2 13.6 -3.6 15.6 2.0
BB% 7.0 8.8 1.8 10.1 1.3
Swing % 48.3 46.5 -1.8 43.2 -3.3
Whiff% 17.3 16.9 -0.4 18.2 1.3
In Zone % 49.9 51.2 1.3 51.6 0.4
Out of Zone % 50.1 48.8 -1.3 48.4 -0.4
Out of Zone Swing % 28.1 25.2 -2.9 20.0 -5.2
First Pitch Swing % 31.3 31.2 -0.1 26.5 -4.7
First Pitch Strike % 63.1 63.8 0.7 61.4 -2.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 607 18 3.0 .307 .264
2017 Shifts L 402 12 3.0 .324 .382
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2010 101 17.0 30.7% 9.9% 51 21.0 3.9% 7.8%
2011 929 16.6 25.9% 1.6% 372 21.9 2.7% 7.8%
2012 398 16.8 23.1% 1.8% 192 23.8 0.0% 13.0%
2013 835 17.4 20.0% 1.6% 341 24.3 0.9% 16.1%
2014 686 18.3 13.8% 1.2% 415 23.9 0.5% 13.3%
2015 662 17.5 29.3% 4.5% 202 24.7 5.9% 24.3%
2016 754 17.6 27.1% 3.2% 326 24.1 4.9% 20.2%
2017 454 16.6 29.3% 2.2% 315 23.6 1.3% 8.6%
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