Steve Pearce
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 200LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 8, #241, Pittsburgh Pirates | U South Carolina Columbia, SC
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 348 313 38 79 13 0 .252 .319 .438 .757
2018 251 215 35 61 11 0 .284 .378 .512 .890
2019 99 89 9 16 1 0 .180 .245 .258 .503
13 Seasons 2,555 2,256 290 572 91 13 .254 .332 .440 .772
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .252 13 0 .757
2018 .284 11 0 .890
2019 .180 1 0 .503
13 Seasons .254 91 13 .772
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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 32 1216 226 12 5.3 3.7 86.9 108.3 19.5 30.5 .209 .363 .308 .286 .321 31.9 21.2 7.1
2016 33 1178 211 19 9.0 6.3 89.8 112.5 15.4 29.9 .275 .500 .371 .369 .410 40.3 17.9 11.3
2017 34 1372 248 17 6.9 4.9 87.2 108.6 13.8 35.1 .245 .415 .323 .314 .351 35.9 19.5 7.8
2018 35 1047 176 19 10.8 7.6 89.3 109.0 11.8 35.2 .283 .527 .382 .393 .427 39.2 16.3 11.6
2019 36 441 59 3 5.1 3.0 88.5 107.3 12.8 35.6 .200 .329 .224 .260 .337 33.9 31.3 7.1
Player 5254 920 70 7.6 5.3 88.2 112.5 15.1 32.8 .246 .435 .334 .331 .371 36.4 19.8 9.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 35.0 29.2 23.5 12.4 48.2 31.0 20.8 5.8 26.5 32.7 19.9 8.4 5.3 3.7
2016 43.6 26.5 20.4 9.5 42.7 35.5 20.9 3.8 30.8 25.6 26.1 4.3 9.0 6.3
2017 41.1 22.6 26.2 10.1 37.9 36.7 24.6 6.0 29.8 28.2 23.4 5.6 6.9 4.9
2018 43.8 23.3 26.1 6.8 48.3 34.7 17.0 4.0 31.3 18.8 25.6 9.1 10.8 7.6
2019 42.4 22.0 27.1 8.5 40.7 30.5 28.8 3.4 33.9 25.4 20.3 11.9 5.1 3.0
Player 40.8 25.2 24.2 9.8 43.7 34.2 21.6 4.9 29.8 26.7 23.4 7.1 7.6 5.3
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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -3 134 30.4 27 .130 .217 .230 15.0 18.5 11.9 .178 .252 .261 22.2
2019 Slider -2.0 -2 95 21.5 22 .150 .200 .211 52.3 54.5 27.3 .096 .181 .142 11.1
2019 Sinker -2.7 -2 68 15.4 18 .133 .133 .317 13.3 16.7 23.1 .235 .418 .341 33.3
2019 Cutter -0.6 0 57 12.9 13 .333 .417 .358 30.3 30.8 19.0 .247 .369 .293 50.0
2019 Changeup -7.0 -3 43 9.8 9 .000 .000 .000 60.9 55.6 33.3 .025 .032 .027 25.0
2019 Curveball 0.1 0 30 6.8 8 .250 .250 .225 31.3 25.0 14.3 .515 .814 .564 66.7
2019 Split-Finger 5.0 0 4 0.9 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Slurve 8.8 0 4 0.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .493 .554 .444 100.0
2019 Knuckleball 56.9 2 3 0.7 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .460 1.781 .861 100.0
2019 Sweeper 0.3 0 3 0.7 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.8 10 372 35.5 99 .268 .549 .414 13.3 13.1 13.5 .310 .690 .467 47.8
2018 Slider 2.4 5 209 20.0 53 .319 .617 .416 34.1 18.9 13.7 .285 .502 .362 36.8
2018 Sinker 1.7 3 175 16.7 47 .341 .488 .388 8.5 4.3 6.9 .302 .448 .383 42.5
2018 Changeup 1.7 2 147 14.0 27 .261 .261 .370 48.4 18.5 12.2 .255 .292 .309 11.1
2018 Curveball 3.1 2 61 5.8 6 .333 .833 .483 28.6 50.0 15.8 .222 .542 .316 33.3
2018 Cutter 0.8 0 54 5.2 12 .200 .500 .358 30.3 41.7 35.7 .165 .390 .309 40.0
2018 Split-Finger -3.0 0 14 1.3 5 .000 .000 .320 71.4 60.0 50.0 .056 .061 .180 0.0
2018 Slurve 0.9 0 10 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .487 .519 .439 0.0
2018 Sweeper -1.7 0 5 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .113 .165 .122 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 428 31.2 120 .318 .582 .404 13.7 12.5 12.7 .282 .542 .364 40.2
2017 Sinker 0.7 2 276 20.1 80 .261 .406 .356 5.4 6.3 7.0 .284 .402 .349 40.6
2017 Slider 0.6 2 261 19.0 56 .231 .385 .326 34.1 32.1 19.4 .194 .287 .238 26.5
2017 Curveball -2.3 -4 170 12.4 31 .071 .071 .126 40.3 48.4 24.6 .152 .189 .200 23.1
2017 Changeup -2.7 -3 110 8.0 28 .120 .240 .211 30.9 28.6 21.1 .161 .297 .246 23.5
2017 Cutter 6.9 5 78 5.7 21 .400 .800 .512 22.0 14.3 12.5 .328 .681 .429 47.1
2017 Split-Finger -3.2 -1 32 2.3 9 .000 .000 .078 50.0 44.4 30.8 .044 .069 .132 0.0
2017 Sweeper 2.4 0 11 0.8 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .593 .635 .536 0.0
2017 Slurve 1.4 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 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 104 416 -2 -3 2 2 -1
2009 185 777 -6 -8 5 3 -6
2010 37 179 -2 0 1 1 1
2011 105 418 -8 -3 3 2 -7
2012 187 733 0 -6 6 2 3
2013 136 555 -3 -1 4 3 4
2014 412 1,623 18 -5 7 7 27
2015 324 1,213 7 -19 7 5 0
2016 300 1,170 -2 -1 8 4 10
2017 347 1,372 -6 -10 12 7 3
2018 298 1,230 21 -8 11 7 30
2019 99 441 -3 -10 3 2 -8
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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 1,216 52.6 67.1 83.4 25.3 60.3 45.8 28.6 47.4 22.4 8.7 75.5
2016 1,178 51.7 64.7 85.8 23.9 45.6 42.9 27.5 45.0 24.5 7.6 76.4
2017 1,372 48.8 71.9 84.2 23.9 62.5 41.1 31.7 47.4 21.4 7.0 83.3
2018 1,047 48.0 66.4 83.5 21.3 52.6 44.6 23.9 43.0 24.4 7.4 82.1
2019 441 50.1 68.8 75.0 26.8 52.5 42.4 28.3 47.8 31.3 7.3 87.5
Player 5,254 50.3 67.8 83.5 23.9 55.5 43.4 28.2 46.0 23.7 7.6 79.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 62 51
2016 88 46
2017 35 30 41 47 30 33 55 32 65 52 56 42 61 73 49 6
2018 66 34
2019 52 40
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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 23.6 13 12.3 1 8 6 6 46.2
2017 23.3 13 10.8 2 5 6 6 46.2
2018 22.5 15 13.8 1 10 4 11 73.3
2019 24.7 1 1.0 0 1 0 1 100.0
Player 23.1 42 38.0 4 24 16 24 57.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 13 17 11 11 12 11 11 15 9 10 12 10 11 11 13 12 9 11 13 12 15 14 15 17 12 12 11 12 17 12 11
2017 13 9 9 10 13 13 12 10 9 11 11 14 10 11 10 10 10 10 12 11 11 10 13 10 8 10 11 13 11 12 10
2018 15 16 11 13 13 12 15 12 13 11 14 16 19 12 13 16 12 13 15 15 14 17 15 15 11 13 13 13 16 14 13
2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 42 43 32 35 39 37 39 38 32 33 38 41 41 35 37 39 32 35 41 39 41 43 44 43 32 36 36 39 45 39 35
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 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.9 89.8 2.9 ↑ 87.2 -2.6 ↓ 89.3 2.1 ↑ 88.5 -0.8 ↓
Launch Angle 19.5 15.4 -4.1 ↓ 13.8 -1.6 ↓ 11.8 -2.0 ↓ 12.8 1.0 ↑
Barrel % 5.3 9.0 3.7 ↑ 6.9 -2.1 ↓ 10.8 3.9 ↑ 5.1 -5.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.9 40.3 8.4 ↑ 35.9 -4.4 ↓ 39.2 3.3 ↑ 33.9 -5.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.5 29.9 -0.6 ↓ 35.1 5.2 ↑ 35.2 0.1 ↑ 35.6 0.4 ↑
xBA .209 .275 0.066 ↑ .245 -0.030 ↓ .283 0.038 ↑ .200 -0.083 ↓
BA .218 .288 0.070 ↑ .252 -0.036 ↓ .284 0.032 ↑ .180 -0.104 ↓
xwOBA .286 .369 0.083 ↑ .314 -0.055 ↓ .393 0.079 ↑ .260 -0.133 ↓
wOBA .308 .371 0.063 ↑ .323 -0.048 ↓ .382 0.059 ↑ .224 -0.158 ↓
xSLG .363 .500 0.137 ↑ .415 -0.085 ↓ .527 0.112 ↑ .329 -0.198 ↓
SLG .422 .492 0.070 ↑ .438 -0.054 ↓ .512 0.074 ↑ .258 -0.254 ↓
K% 21.2 17.9 -3.3 ↓ 19.5 1.6 ↑ 16.3 -3.2 ↓ 31.3 15.0 ↑
BB% 7.1 11.3 4.2 ↑ 7.8 -3.5 ↓ 11.6 3.8 ↑ 7.1 -4.5 ↓
Swing % 47.4 45.0 -2.4 ↓ 47.4 2.4 ↑ 43.0 -4.4 ↓ 47.8 4.8 ↑
Whiff% 22.4 24.5 2.1 ↑ 21.4 -3.1 ↓ 24.4 3.0 ↑ 31.3 6.9 ↑
In Zone % 52.6 51.7 -0.9 ↓ 48.8 -2.9 ↓ 48.0 -0.8 ↓ 50.1 2.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.4 48.3 0.9 ↑ 51.2 2.9 ↑ 52.0 0.8 ↑ 49.9 -2.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.3 23.9 -1.4 ↓ 23.9 0.0 21.3 -2.6 ↓ 26.8 5.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 27.5 -1.1 ↓ 31.7 4.2 ↑ 23.9 -7.8 ↓ 28.3 4.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 57.2 59.3 2.1 ↑ 61.7 2.4 ↑ 54.6 -7.1 ↓ 59.6 5.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 293 68 23.2 .341 .493
2017 Shifts R 346 112 32.4 .285 .395
2018 Shifts R 251 44 17.5 .393 .329
2019 Shifts R 99 39 39.4 .290 .120
! 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 69 16.0 44.9% 2.9% 31 22.0 0.0% 0.0%
2011 113 15.7 37.2% 0.9% 95 21.3 4.2% 8.4%
2012 243 15.3 45.7% 0.4% 133 22.2 2.3% 16.5%
2013 169 15.5 46.2% 3.0% 95 22.8 0.0% 15.8%
2014 467 17.7 24.6% 3.2% 238 23.2 0.4% 13.0%
2015 353 17.0 32.9% 5.4% 194 23.4 9.8% 15.5%
2016 329 18.1 19.5% 6.4% 216 23.9 6.9% 24.5%
2017 424 16.8 30.0% 1.7% 191 22.5 0.5% 12.6%
2018 330 16.8 27.3% 0.9% 188 22.7 0.0% 6.4%
2019 109 17.0 31.2% 0.0% 82 24.0 0.0% 13.4%
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