Colby Rasmus
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 195LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 1, #28, St. Louis Cardinals | Russell County HS, AL
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 417 369 38 76 15 4 .206 .286 .355 .641
2017 129 121 17 34 9 1 .281 .318 .579 .897
2018 49 45 5 6 1 0 .133 .204 .222 .426
10 Seasons 4,119 3,704 536 891 166 35 .241 .310 .436 .746
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .206 15 4 .641
2017 .281 9 1 .897
2018 .133 1 0 .426
10 Seasons .241 166 35 .746
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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 28 2011 282 27 9.6 5.6 89.5 110.3 21.1 36.2 .213 .414 .339 .310 .416 35.5 31.8 9.7
2016 29 1680 253 21 8.3 5.0 88.5 109.4 18.2 30.8 .223 .406 .282 .313 .401 36.8 29.0 10.3
2017 30 478 77 12 15.6 9.3 89.1 108.5 15.2 41.6 .256 .538 .365 .351 .539 44.2 34.9 5.4
2018 31 198 26 2 7.7 4.1 86.5 104.2 19.0 23.1 .159 .288 .196 .233 .332 30.8 38.8 6.1
Player 4367 638 62 9.7 5.7 88.9 110.3 19.2 34.2 .220 .420 .313 .312 .422 36.8 31.4 9.3
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 30.9 33.0 27.0 9.2 49.6 30.1 20.2 2.8 19.5 34.0 24.1 7.4 9.6 5.6
2016 39.5 33.6 20.6 6.3 49.4 31.6 19.0 2.0 24.5 31.6 24.1 5.5 8.3 5.0
2017 33.8 31.2 29.9 5.2 46.8 36.4 16.9 6.5 16.9 23.4 26.0 9.1 15.6 9.3
2018 42.3 34.6 11.5 11.5 34.6 50.0 15.4 0.0 34.6 34.6 19.2 3.8 7.7 4.1
Player 35.1 33.1 24.1 7.7 48.6 32.3 19.1 2.8 21.8 31.8 24.1 6.7 9.7 5.7
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 -0.2 0 56 28.3 16 .200 .467 .303 32.3 31.3 33.3 .242 .558 .362 50.0
2018 Curveball -3.3 -1 43 21.7 7 .000 .000 .100 33.3 57.1 36.4 .000 .000 .100 0.0
2018 Sinker -2.3 -1 22 11.1 7 .167 .167 .229 0.0 14.3 25.0 .137 .152 .207 20.0
2018 Changeup -1.7 0 20 10.1 6 .200 .200 .267 50.0 33.3 50.0 .216 .258 .291 33.3
2018 Slider 1.3 0 19 9.6 4 .250 .250 .225 50.0 50.0 25.0 .257 .288 .239 0.0
2018 Cutter -6.6 -1 15 7.6 4 .000 .000 .000 16.7 25.0 20.0 .102 .257 .154 33.3
2018 Split-Finger -8.3 -1 12 6.1 3 .000 .000 .000 62.5 66.7 66.7 .063 .074 .057 0.0
2018 Slurve -4.0 0 6 3.0 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2018 Sweeper -4.5 0 5 2.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 4.0 6 140 29.3 39 .417 1.000 .600 27.3 23.1 25.0 .295 .744 .460 60.7
2017 Sinker 3.3 4 108 22.6 26 .400 .760 .504 31.3 19.2 22.7 .423 .778 .511 35.0
2017 Slider -2.7 -2 72 15.1 18 .176 .235 .208 57.1 50.0 42.9 .202 .357 .260 12.5
2017 Curveball 0.9 1 60 12.6 12 .167 .250 .179 44.8 58.3 38.9 .081 .149 .094 40.0
2017 Changeup -4.1 -2 58 12.1 17 .125 .313 .212 34.5 23.5 30.8 .295 .621 .400 41.7
2017 Cutter -4.4 -1 30 6.3 8 .125 .250 .156 52.6 75.0 60.0 .082 .147 .094 50.0
2017 Split-Finger -11.0 -1 10 2.1 7 .143 .143 .129 77.8 71.4 62.5 .048 .050 .045 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 523 1,907 -7 -13 9 6 -5
2010 522 2,115 -5 3 10 12 20
2011 524 2,012 -8 -8 6 10 0
2012 619 2,326 -18 -11 14 9 -6
2013 458 1,902 8 -10 11 8 18
2014 374 1,507 1 -10 2 6 -1
2015 507 2,108 -3 -5 13 9 13
2016 417 1,680 -3 -25 10 6 -11
2017 127 478 -1 3 1 0 3
2018 49 198 -2 -4 0 1 -5
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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 2,011 44.8 69.6 75.6 27.5 51.0 43.5 37.3 46.3 32.1 6.2 85.6
2016 1,680 46.6 70.4 75.9 27.2 41.4 43.5 41.2 47.3 33.5 5.9 82.8
2017 478 50.6 74.0 70.9 35.2 38.6 43.9 38.8 54.8 38.5 7.1 88.2
2018 198 46.5 71.7 74.2 28.3 30.0 42.4 42.9 48.5 37.5 7.6 93.3
Player 4,367 46.2 70.5 75.0 28.2 44.9 43.5 39.3 47.7 33.7 6.3 85.3
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 45 5 59 82 21 68 86 63 78 52 1 77 5 61 77
2016 35 5 40 58 25 42 66 40 71 50 8 78 5 60 77 82
2017 64 56
2018 38 29
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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 22.4 15 14.1 1 4 7 8 53.3
2017 21.3 9 6.9 2 3 7 2 22.2
2018 23.0 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 22.0 25 22.0 3 8 15 10 40.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 15 14 12 16 14 14 15 15 14 13 13 14 15 13 15 14 11 14 14 14 15 14 16 18 14 15 14 16 15 14 9
2017 9 6 7 8 8 6 8 6 5 5 6 10 6 6 6 7 5 5 9 9 6 7 10 9 5 5 6 10 9 7 4
2018 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Player 25 22 19 24 22 21 24 22 19 19 20 25 23 20 22 23 17 20 24 24 22 22 27 28 20 21 21 27 26 22 14
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 89.5 88.5 -1.0 ↓ 89.1 0.6 ↑ 86.5 -2.6 ↓
Launch Angle 21.1 18.2 -2.9 ↓ 15.2 -3.0 ↓ 19.0 3.8 ↑
Barrel % 9.6 8.3 -1.3 ↓ 15.6 7.3 ↑ 7.7 -7.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.5 36.8 1.3 ↑ 44.2 7.4 ↑ 30.8 -13.4 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.2 30.8 -5.4 ↓ 41.6 10.8 ↑ 23.1 -18.5 ↓
xBA .213 .223 0.010 ↑ .256 0.033 ↑ .159 -0.097 ↓
BA .238 .206 -0.032 ↓ .281 0.075 ↑ .133 -0.148 ↓
xwOBA .310 .313 0.003 ↑ .351 0.038 ↑ .233 -0.118 ↓
wOBA .339 .282 -0.057 ↓ .365 0.083 ↑ .196 -0.169 ↓
xSLG .414 .406 -0.008 ↓ .538 0.132 ↑ .288 -0.250 ↓
SLG .475 .355 -0.120 ↓ .579 0.224 ↑ .222 -0.357 ↓
K% 31.8 29.0 -2.8 ↓ 34.9 5.9 ↑ 38.8 3.9 ↑
BB% 9.7 10.3 0.6 ↑ 5.4 -4.9 ↓ 6.1 0.7 ↑
Swing % 46.3 47.3 1.0 ↑ 54.8 7.5 ↑ 48.5 -6.3 ↓
Whiff% 32.1 33.5 1.4 ↑ 38.5 5.0 ↑ 37.5 -1.0 ↓
In Zone % 44.8 46.6 1.8 ↑ 50.6 4.0 ↑ 46.5 -4.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.2 53.4 -1.8 ↓ 49.4 -4.0 ↓ 53.5 4.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 27.5 27.2 -0.3 ↓ 35.2 8.0 ↑ 28.3 -6.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 37.3 41.2 3.9 ↑ 38.8 -2.4 ↓ 42.9 4.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.1 65.7 2.6 ↑ 57.4 -8.3 ↓ 59.2 1.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 403 299 74.2 .273 .275
2017 Shifts L 126 83 65.9 .367 .369
2018 Shifts L 49 44 89.8 .176 .198
! 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 547 16.0 34.7% 1.8% 415 21.9 2.2% 7.0%
2011 509 15.6 41.1% 1.2% 328 20.8 1.2% 6.4%
2012 662 17.4 18.9% 1.1% 368 22.6 0.3% 8.7%
2013 586 17.5 14.8% 1.0% 327 22.3 1.5% 9.5%
2014 443 18.0 16.9% 2.3% 230 22.2 0.4% 10.4%
2015 544 18.7 19.3% 4.2% 360 24.1 6.1% 20.6%
2016 453 20.0 11.7% 5.5% 303 25.6 4.0% 29.4%
2017 120 19.3 5.0% 3.3% 71 24.6 0.0% 16.9%
2018 67 19.5 7.5% 0.0% 20 24.2 0.0% 15.0%
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