Matt Joyce
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 194LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 12, #360, Detroit Tigers | Florida Southern
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 238 200 32 59 7 0 .295 .408 .450 .858
2020 148 127 16 32 2 1 .252 .351 .331 .682
2021 69 55 6 5 2 0 .091 .261 .218 .479
14 Seasons 4,355 3,718 537 898 149 35 .242 .342 .425 .767
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .295 7 0 .858
2020 .252 2 1 .682
2021 .091 2 0 .479
14 Seasons .242 149 35 .767
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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 30 1074 183 6 3.3 2.1 85.7 107.7 16.1 29.5 .198 .297 .255 .270 .294 27.9 23.6 10.6
2016 31 1301 164 15 9.1 5.1 89.0 108.4 13.3 28.7 .230 .430 .375 .364 .399 39.0 22.9 20.1
2017 32 2266 363 32 8.8 5.9 88.2 109.7 15.1 38.3 .254 .480 .343 .356 .404 34.4 20.8 12.1
2018 33 999 157 11 7.0 4.5 87.4 107.9 14.8 38.2 .225 .402 .299 .326 .357 31.8 21.5 14.2
2019 34 999 155 10 6.5 4.2 87.7 106.7 16.8 38.1 .270 .438 .372 .360 .384 33.5 18.9 16.0
2020 35 602 87 3 3.4 2.0 86.7 106.2 12.5 36.8 .227 .337 .310 .310 .368 32.2 27.7 13.5
2021 36 272 40 4 10.0 5.8 85.7 105.7 14.8 25.0 .162 .299 .219 .275 .270 27.5 23.2 17.4
Player 7513 1149 81 7.0 4.4 87.5 109.7 15.0 34.9 .234 .409 .325 .334 .369 33.2 22.1 14.3
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 42.1 21.9 25.7 10.4 39.3 41.0 18.6 4.9 32.2 32.8 22.4 2.2 3.3 2.1
2016 48.2 26.2 18.9 6.7 45.1 31.1 22.6 2.4 34.1 22.6 22.0 3.7 9.1 5.1
2017 38.3 29.5 26.2 6.1 39.1 36.9 24.0 2.8 28.9 27.0 23.7 8.3 8.8 5.9
2018 36.9 24.8 30.6 7.6 42.7 35.7 21.7 3.2 29.9 26.1 24.2 9.6 7.0 4.5
2019 34.8 25.2 31.6 8.4 42.6 30.3 27.1 2.6 25.8 29.0 29.7 6.5 6.5 4.2
2020 41.4 27.6 26.4 4.6 41.4 36.8 21.8 5.7 24.1 26.4 31.0 8.0 3.4 2.0
2021 50.0 30.0 12.5 7.5 55.0 27.5 17.5 5.0 40.0 27.5 12.5 5.0 10.0 5.8
Player 40.3 26.5 25.9 7.3 41.7 35.3 22.6 3.4 29.9 27.4 24.3 6.4 7.0 4.4
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 3.7 3 73 26.8 19 .188 .563 .368 15.6 10.5 10.5 .203 .449 .339 28.6
2021 Sinker -5.5 -3 54 19.9 13 .000 .000 .108 25.0 15.4 22.2 .107 .214 .228 22.2
2021 Changeup 0.2 0 46 16.9 11 .111 .111 .209 52.0 36.4 26.7 .104 .120 .204 20.0
2021 Slider -8.6 -3 33 12.1 11 .000 .000 .127 46.7 45.5 38.5 .181 .324 .299 25.0
2021 Curveball -1.6 0 26 9.6 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .069 .079 .064 0.0
2021 Cutter -3.2 -1 21 7.7 7 .167 .333 .279 20.0 28.6 50.0 .293 .453 .374 75.0
2021 Split-Finger -3.1 0 11 4.0 2 .000 .000 .350 60.0 50.0 100.0 -- -- .350 --
2021 Sweeper 1.7 0 4 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 Slurve -6.7 0 4 1.5 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .051 .057 .056 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 1 162 26.9 40 .313 .469 .433 17.7 15.0 15.4 .249 .422 .366 34.6
2020 Changeup -0.3 0 128 21.3 26 .200 .200 .208 47.1 38.5 24.4 .208 .267 .228 6.7
2020 Curveball -1.1 -1 97 16.1 20 .211 .211 .260 37.8 35.0 28.0 .217 .310 .248 58.3
2020 Slider 3.8 3 78 13.0 22 .278 .500 .407 42.9 27.3 21.4 .183 .379 .344 38.5
2020 Sinker 3.0 2 67 11.1 17 .429 .500 .462 20.0 35.3 66.7 .271 .328 .339 37.5
2020 Split-Finger -5.8 -2 33 5.5 13 .000 .000 .231 60.0 38.5 55.6 .139 .158 .262 40.0
2020 Cutter -1.9 -1 33 5.5 9 .125 .125 .178 18.2 11.1 12.5 .267 .331 .311 14.3
2020 Sweeper -8.1 0 3 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Slurve 60.7 1 1 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .840 .968 .783 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.9 8 291 29.1 81 .384 .658 .469 17.1 11.1 11.8 .332 .625 .426 50.0
2019 Slider -2.0 -3 169 16.9 34 .074 .111 .207 41.0 41.2 21.5 .068 .082 .196 0.0
2019 Sinker 2.6 4 169 16.9 38 .333 .481 .478 12.9 2.6 3.2 .301 .490 .438 26.9
2019 Changeup 0.9 1 128 12.8 29 .292 .292 .338 36.7 20.7 20.0 .276 .319 .334 5.6
2019 Curveball 0.5 1 122 12.2 20 .333 .333 .340 36.1 25.0 19.2 .278 .325 .305 23.1
2019 Cutter -0.2 0 68 6.8 21 .235 .588 .410 25.7 19.0 19.0 .239 .416 .356 46.2
2019 Split-Finger 3.7 1 34 3.4 10 .300 .300 .270 38.9 30.0 27.3 .403 .593 .423 42.9
2019 Slurve -3.4 0 7 0.7 4 .000 .000 .175 50.0 50.0 50.0 .038 .039 .201 0.0
2019 Sweeper -1.5 0 4 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 2 317 31.7 87 .313 .522 .420 12.2 9.2 10.0 .310 .521 .425 36.1
2018 Sinker 1.0 2 164 16.4 42 .243 .459 .367 16.0 14.3 15.4 .261 .547 .383 45.2
2018 Curveball -1.9 -3 159 15.9 29 .037 .037 .079 34.0 37.9 20.8 .092 .160 .147 31.3
2018 Changeup -0.8 -1 143 14.3 32 .179 .393 .284 32.8 28.1 22.0 .227 .455 .328 15.0
2018 Slider -1.2 -1 118 11.8 30 .160 .200 .248 49.1 43.3 24.5 .163 .290 .278 50.0
2018 Split-Finger -4.1 -2 48 4.8 14 .071 .143 .089 51.9 28.6 19.0 .064 .076 .062 0.0
2018 Cutter 0.6 0 46 4.6 9 .125 .125 .178 27.3 22.2 13.3 .182 .206 .227 0.0
2018 Sweeper 2.3 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 10 674 29.7 177 .293 .671 .448 16.7 13.6 13.3 .305 .670 .458 46.7
2017 Sinker -1.9 -9 476 21.0 125 .264 .391 .316 11.7 13.6 16.8 .285 .482 .362 32.3
2017 Curveball -0.8 -3 319 14.1 58 .164 .255 .207 35.6 34.5 20.0 .153 .249 .196 20.0
2017 Changeup 1.5 4 284 12.5 68 .258 .532 .369 39.0 23.5 20.0 .260 .476 .341 23.9
2017 Slider -0.2 0 283 12.5 56 .146 .292 .262 41.2 37.5 19.4 .148 .260 .248 37.0
2017 Cutter 0.1 0 96 4.2 27 .304 .522 .404 29.8 14.8 17.4 .334 .562 .425 47.4
2017 Split-Finger 2.1 2 73 3.2 21 .200 .550 .326 40.5 28.6 22.2 .224 .399 .281 7.1
2017 Sweeper -7.9 -2 24 1.1 6 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 33.3 .014 .018 .013 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 0.8 0 19 0.8 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 50.0 14.3 -- -- .350 --
2017 Slurve 1.5 0 4 0.2 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 33.3 .486 .518 .445 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 269 1,064 -2 0 6 5 9
2009 37 142 4 -4 -1 1 0
2010 268 1,117 -7 4 12 5 14
2011 522 2,134 1 -7 11 9 14
2012 456 1,861 -7 1 7 12 13
2013 488 2,025 -13 -18 20 8 -2
2014 489 1,998 -10 -11 12 12 4
2015 283 1,072 -15 -9 4 4 -16
2016 289 1,284 0 -10 17 7 14
2017 544 2,257 -16 -15 20 13 2
2018 244 999 -7 -16 12 7 -3
2019 249 1,048 -3 -6 13 7 10
2020 161 660 -5 -4 7 3 1
2021 67 272 -3 -5 2 2 -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 1,074 48.0 71.7 79.1 23.6 52.3 41.7 33.8 46.6 27.3 7.2 84.4
2016 1,301 45.7 63.8 74.4 15.6 45.5 42.9 24.9 37.6 31.9 6.1 87.3
2017 2,266 48.8 66.7 79.3 19.0 60.9 42.3 25.2 42.3 24.9 7.1 83.2
2018 999 46.6 73.4 78.4 22.5 62.5 40.1 32.0 46.2 25.5 8.1 87.7
2019 999 46.3 66.1 79.7 22.8 61.5 42.3 27.7 42.8 25.5 6.5 81.5
2020 602 44.2 66.5 75.7 25.6 47.7 43.4 34.5 43.7 32.7 6.6 85.0
2021 272 48.9 69.2 73.9 21.6 56.7 39.3 23.9 44.9 30.3 6.6 72.2
Player 7,513 47.2 67.8 78.0 20.7 56.2 42.0 28.4 42.9 27.4 6.9 84.3
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 58 39
2016 63 33
2017 78 41 75 79 70 69 70 51 73 42 47 84 39 95 40 57
2018 58 34
2019 47 31
2020 32 22 10 11 57 6 12 17 34 20 22 84 14 58 21 18
2021 39 35
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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 24.2 13 10.7 2 4 7 5 38.5
2017 22.5 25 26.1 -1 8 25 8 32.0
2018 23.3 7 7.9 -1 6 7 3 42.9
2019 23.0 7 8.1 -1 7 7 2 28.6
2020 21.6 2 1.5 1 0 3 0 0.0
2021 24.4 2 2.1 0 1 0 2 100.0
Player 23.1 56 56.4 0 26 49 20 35.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 13 12 9 12 13 10 10 12 10 9 11 12 11 8 10 11 8 10 9 12 8 10 14 11 14 10 12 14 13 10 7
2017 25 26 21 29 26 24 32 27 18 19 25 30 27 24 24 28 23 22 29 25 30 27 33 33 28 23 22 34 32 24 17
2018 7 9 6 8 9 6 10 7 9 6 7 11 10 7 8 9 6 7 7 10 6 7 12 9 6 6 7 10 9 8 5
2019 7 10 5 10 9 9 10 9 7 3 5 11 10 9 7 8 8 5 9 9 10 8 11 11 7 6 8 9 9 7 5
2020 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 0
2021 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 56 61 45 63 60 54 65 60 47 39 50 67 64 50 53 61 48 48 57 60 58 55 76 67 58 47 53 71 68 52 36
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 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.7 89.0 3.3 ↑ 88.2 -0.8 ↓ 87.4 -0.8 ↓ 87.7 0.3 ↑ 86.7 -1.0 ↓ 85.7 -1.0 ↓
Launch Angle 16.1 13.3 -2.8 ↓ 15.1 1.8 ↑ 14.8 -0.3 ↓ 16.8 2.0 ↑ 12.5 -4.3 ↓ 14.8 2.3 ↑
Barrel % 3.3 9.1 5.8 ↑ 8.8 -0.3 ↓ 7.0 -1.8 ↓ 6.5 -0.5 ↓ 3.4 -3.1 ↓ 10.0 6.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 27.9 39.0 11.1 ↑ 34.4 -4.6 ↓ 31.8 -2.6 ↓ 33.5 1.7 ↑ 32.2 -1.3 ↓ 27.5 -4.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.5 28.7 -0.8 ↓ 38.3 9.6 ↑ 38.2 -0.1 ↓ 38.1 -0.1 ↓ 36.8 -1.3 ↓ 25.0 -11.8 ↓
xBA .198 .230 0.032 ↑ .254 0.024 ↑ .225 -0.029 ↓ .270 0.045 ↑ .227 -0.043 ↓ .162 -0.065 ↓
BA .174 .242 0.068 ↑ .243 0.001 ↑ .208 -0.035 ↓ .295 0.087 ↑ .252 -0.043 ↓ .091 -0.161 ↓
xwOBA .270 .364 0.094 ↑ .356 -0.008 ↓ .326 -0.030 ↓ .360 0.034 ↑ .310 -0.050 ↓ .275 -0.035 ↓
wOBA .255 .375 0.120 ↑ .343 -0.032 ↓ .299 -0.044 ↓ .372 0.073 ↑ .310 -0.062 ↓ .219 -0.091 ↓
xSLG .297 .430 0.133 ↑ .480 0.050 ↑ .402 -0.078 ↓ .438 0.036 ↑ .337 -0.101 ↓ .299 -0.038 ↓
SLG .291 .463 0.172 ↑ .473 0.010 ↑ .353 -0.120 ↓ .450 0.097 ↑ .331 -0.119 ↓ .218 -0.113 ↓
K% 23.6 22.9 -0.7 ↓ 20.8 -2.1 ↓ 21.5 0.7 ↑ 18.9 -2.6 ↓ 27.7 8.8 ↑ 23.2 -4.5 ↓
BB% 10.6 20.1 9.5 ↑ 12.1 -8.0 ↓ 14.2 2.1 ↑ 16.0 1.8 ↑ 13.5 -2.5 ↓ 17.4 3.9 ↑
Swing % 46.6 37.6 -9.0 ↓ 42.3 4.7 ↑ 46.2 3.9 ↑ 42.8 -3.4 ↓ 43.7 0.9 ↑ 44.9 1.2 ↑
Whiff% 27.3 31.9 4.6 ↑ 24.9 -7.0 ↓ 25.5 0.6 ↑ 25.5 0.0 32.7 7.2 ↑ 30.3 -2.4 ↓
In Zone % 48.0 45.7 -2.3 ↓ 48.8 3.1 ↑ 46.6 -2.2 ↓ 46.3 -0.3 ↓ 44.2 -2.1 ↓ 48.9 4.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.0 54.3 2.3 ↑ 51.2 -3.1 ↓ 53.4 2.2 ↑ 53.7 0.3 ↑ 55.8 2.1 ↑ 51.1 -4.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 23.6 15.6 -8.0 ↓ 19.0 3.4 ↑ 22.5 3.5 ↑ 22.8 0.3 ↑ 25.6 2.8 ↑ 21.6 -4.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33.8 24.9 -8.9 ↓ 25.2 0.3 ↑ 32.0 6.8 ↑ 27.7 -4.3 ↓ 34.5 6.8 ↑ 23.9 -10.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.6 54.9 -5.7 ↓ 54.4 -0.5 ↓ 55.3 0.9 ↑ 54.2 -1.1 ↓ 57.4 3.2 ↑ 56.7 -0.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 272 105 38.6 .364 .375
2017 Shifts L 544 250 46.0 .317 .373
2018 Shifts L 244 178 73.0 .250 .317
2019 Shifts L 238 166 69.7 .302 .402
2020 Shifts L 148 89 60.1 .236 .358
2021 Shifts L 67 46 68.7 .158 .246
! 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 288 15.0 45.5% 1.0% 251 22.0 1.2% 7.6%
2011 525 14.7 53.1% 1.5% 402 20.7 4.2% 5.0%
2012 562 16.3 33.8% 2.0% 336 22.8 2.4% 12.2%
2013 628 16.0 37.9% 1.3% 350 22.3 0.9% 7.1%
2014 543 16.9 26.3% 1.7% 370 23.0 0.8% 10.5%
2015 278 16.9 36.7% 4.3% 196 22.6 7.7% 19.4%
2016 395 17.9 28.4% 4.3% 254 23.6 5.1% 16.5%
2017 731 16.5 30.4% 1.9% 358 22.9 0.3% 8.1%
2018 306 16.8 31.0% 0.7% 145 22.9 0.0% 11.0%
2019 295 17.9 21.7% 2.0% 193 23.2 2.1% 8.3%
2020 156 18.2 16.0% 2.6% 125 24.1 0.0% 16.0%
2021 69 17.9 17.4% 0.0% 54 21.8 1.9% 7.4%
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