Cliff Pennington
SS | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 200LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 1, #21, Oakland Athletics | Texas A&M
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 188 172 18 36 3 1 .209 .265 .308 .573
2017 217 194 23 49 3 3 .253 .306 .330 .636
2018 34 29 1 4 0 0 .138 .265 .138 .403
11 Seasons 3,142 2,799 324 678 36 84 .242 .309 .339 .648
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .209 3 1 .573
2017 .253 3 3 .636
2018 .138 0 0 .403
11 Seasons .242 36 84 .648
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 1021 172 5 2.9 2.0 86.8 104.5 13.1 30.2 .225 .318 .260 .287 .311 26.2 19.7 10.8
2016 32 760 120 3 2.5 1.6 85.0 104.0 14.7 36.7 .199 .295 .253 .245 .311 23.3 29.3 6.9
2017 33 888 142 2 1.4 0.9 86.3 104.1 15.1 34.5 .226 .312 .279 .266 .324 24.6 26.7 7.4
2018 34 155 16 0 0.0 0.0 84.2 99.3 9.3 25.0 .155 .182 .205 .228 .270 18.8 38.2 14.7
Player 2824 450 10 2.2 1.5 86.0 104.5 14.0 33.1 .214 .303 .261 .266 .314 24.7 25.4 8.9
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 49.4 18.6 25.6 6.4 45.9 32.0 22.1 2.9 32.0 22.7 26.2 2.9 2.9 2.0
2016 43.3 24.2 25.8 6.7 33.3 35.0 31.7 5.0 25.8 29.2 29.2 4.2 2.5 1.6
2017 42.3 26.1 23.2 8.5 25.4 43.7 31.0 2.8 29.6 32.4 28.2 4.2 1.4 0.9
2018 50.0 25.0 18.8 6.3 37.5 50.0 12.5 12.5 37.5 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 45.6 22.7 24.7 7.1 35.8 37.1 27.1 3.8 29.8 27.6 27.6 3.6 2.2 1.5
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 0.0 0 56 36.1 8 .167 .167 .288 21.1 25.0 13.3 .174 .191 .296 25.0
2018 Curveball -2.1 -1 27 17.4 4 .333 .333 .400 45.5 25.0 14.3 .220 .258 .332 0.0
2018 Sinker -3.7 -1 26 16.8 8 .167 .167 .288 0.0 25.0 40.0 .271 .336 .376 0.0
2018 Slider 0.1 0 16 10.3 5 .200 .200 .180 44.4 40.0 28.6 .172 .191 .164 33.3
2018 Changeup -9.8 -1 11 7.1 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 16.7 .037 .069 .045 50.0
2018 Cutter -11.0 -1 10 6.5 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 66.7 50.0 .060 .062 .054 0.0
2018 Split-Finger -12.9 -1 9 5.8 3 .000 .000 .000 83.3 100.0 60.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 5 266 30.0 63 .322 .458 .379 16.8 20.6 16.3 .269 .389 .298 27.7
2017 Sinker -0.5 -1 233 26.2 58 .294 .412 .358 13.2 17.2 16.7 .280 .392 .324 35.7
2017 Changeup -1.8 -3 141 15.9 31 .154 .154 .197 41.2 32.3 22.7 .182 .266 .221 15.8
2017 Curveball 0.4 0 94 10.6 19 .353 .353 .358 26.7 21.1 12.5 .253 .294 .284 15.4
2017 Slider -4.0 -3 80 9.0 26 .091 .091 .120 41.0 42.3 30.6 .072 .086 .165 8.3
2017 Cutter -4.4 -2 50 5.6 16 .188 .250 .191 34.8 50.0 50.0 .180 .209 .170 12.5
2017 Split-Finger -1.7 0 14 1.6 3 .000 .000 .233 40.0 33.3 33.3 .040 .103 .277 0.0
2017 Slurve 2.2 0 7 0.8 -- -- -- 25.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sweeper -0.5 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 116 467 -4 -7 4 3 -3
2009 229 914 -2 -9 7 4 2
2010 568 2,278 -13 -19 14 10 -8
2011 564 2,290 -3 -18 15 8 1
2012 469 1,942 -13 -16 9 7 -13
2013 294 1,133 -10 -12 4 5 -12
2014 201 811 -7 -5 8 3 -2
2015 249 1,023 -13 -18 8 7 -16
2016 188 760 -7 -8 3 2 -10
2017 216 887 -8 -4 5 3 -4
2018 34 155 -3 -3 1 0 -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 1,021 44.7 67.9 80.3 24.1 65.4 42.0 26.5 43.6 23.1 5.9 76.7
2016 760 52.1 71.5 78.1 26.9 59.2 47.4 33.0 50.1 25.2 6.8 82.7
2017 888 50.3 62.6 78.5 27.4 63.6 43.0 29.5 45.2 24.7 7.4 72.7
2018 155 41.9 66.2 74.4 24.4 54.5 40.6 26.5 41.9 32.3 6.5 90.0
Player 2,824 48.3 67.1 78.8 25.8 62.6 43.7 29.2 45.8 24.7 6.7 77.7
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 40 57
2016 36 48 86
2017 38 46 18
2018 24 42
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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 21.1 3 2.3 1 1 3 0 0.0
2017 21.9 3 2.6 0 2 3 0 0.0
Player 21.5 6 4.9 1 3 6 0 0.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1
2017 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 0
Player 6 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 6 6 5 4 6 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 6 6 4 7 6 6 1
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 86.8 85.0 -1.8 86.3 1.3 84.2 -2.1
Launch Angle 13.1 14.7 1.6 15.1 0.4 9.3 -5.8
Barrel % 2.9 2.5 -0.4 1.4 -1.1 0.0 -1.4
Hard Hit % 26.2 23.3 -2.9 24.6 1.3 18.8 -5.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.2 36.7 6.5 34.5 -2.2 25.0 -9.5
xBA .225 .199 -0.026 .226 0.027 .155 -0.071
BA .210 .209 -0.001 .253 0.044 .138 -0.115
xwOBA .287 .245 -0.042 .266 0.021 .228 -0.038
wOBA .260 .253 -0.007 .279 0.026 .205 -0.074
xSLG .318 .295 -0.023 .312 0.017 .182 -0.130
SLG .281 .308 0.027 .330 0.022 .138 -0.192
K% 19.7 29.3 9.6 26.7 -2.6 38.2 11.5
BB% 10.8 6.9 -3.9 7.4 0.5 14.7 7.3
Swing % 43.6 50.1 6.5 45.2 -4.9 41.9 -3.3
Whiff% 23.1 25.2 2.1 24.7 -0.5 32.3 7.6
In Zone % 44.7 52.1 7.4 50.3 -1.8 41.9 -8.4
Out of Zone % 55.3 47.9 -7.4 49.7 1.8 58.1 8.4
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 26.9 2.8 27.4 0.5 24.4 -3.0
First Pitch Swing % 26.5 33.0 6.5 29.5 -3.5 26.5 -3.0
First Pitch Strike % 52.6 62.2 9.6 64.5 2.3 55.9 -8.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 157 36 22.9 .280 .268
2016 Shifts R 21 0 0.0 .088
2017 Shifts L 152 11 7.2 .304 .317
2017 Shifts R 64 0 0.0 .222
2018 Shifts L 30 0 0.0 .180
2018 Shifts R 4 0 0.0 .392
! 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 726 14.0 57.3% 1.1% 361 20.9 5.3% 9.7%
2011 735 14.7 53.3% 0.8% 353 21.5 2.0% 6.8%
2012 588 15.3 46.1% 1.0% 276 21.6 1.4% 9.1%
2013 298 16.4 32.6% 2.0% 222 23.0 2.3% 8.6%
2014 269 15.5 43.9% 0.0% 119 23.5 2.5% 13.4%
2015 272 17.7 30.5% 3.7% 201 24.7 7.0% 25.4%
2016 237 16.8 34.6% 5.5% 106 21.3 16.0% 17.9%
2017 311 17.1 28.6% 1.6% 119 24.2 0.0% 14.3%
2018 30 15.2 46.7% 0.0% 42 23.1 0.0% 16.7%
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