Matt Kemp
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 40
Draft: 2003 | Rd: 6, #181, Los Angeles Dodgers | Midwest City HS (OK)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 506 462 62 134 21 0 .290 .338 .481 .819
2019 62 60 4 12 1 0 .200 .210 .283 .493
2020 132 117 18 28 6 1 .239 .326 .419 .745
15 Seasons 6,983 6,365 950 1,808 287 184 .284 .337 .484 .821
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .290 21 0 .819
2019 .200 1 0 .493
2020 .239 6 1 .745
15 Seasons .284 287 184 .821
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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 2534 457 38 8.3 5.9 89.5 109.0 12.0 34.4 .261 .459 .325 .336 .411 40.5 22.7 6.0
2016 31 2434 479 53 11.1 7.9 88.2 110.7 14.5 37.2 .267 .522 .333 .347 .438 38.0 23.2 5.4
2017 32 1676 340 32 9.4 6.9 88.3 111.9 8.4 39.1 .286 .506 .328 .349 .428 38.8 21.2 5.8
2018 33 1833 354 39 11.0 7.7 89.6 111.4 15.8 42.1 .273 .522 .348 .359 .446 39.1 22.7 7.1
2019 34 231 42 1 2.4 1.6 87.3 104.7 13.6 35.7 .176 .288 .208 .200 .283 30.0 30.6 1.6
2020 35 547 76 6 7.9 4.5 85.3 109.6 11.9 38.2 .226 .430 .322 .321 .425 28.9 31.1 11.4
Player 9255 1748 169 9.7 6.8 88.7 111.9 12.8 37.8 .266 .492 .329 .342 .427 38.4 23.2 6.2
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 44.6 23.2 29.5 2.6 38.9 39.2 21.9 2.6 32.2 21.7 24.3 8.8 8.3 5.9
2016 40.5 27.6 26.9 5.0 41.5 34.4 23.8 2.3 29.2 24.8 24.2 7.5 11.1 7.9
2017 49.1 19.4 27.9 3.5 33.8 40.6 25.6 2.9 34.7 18.2 28.5 5.6 9.4 6.9
2018 36.4 26.6 31.6 5.4 40.4 37.0 22.6 2.8 24.6 26.6 25.7 5.9 11.0 7.7
2019 45.2 33.3 19.0 2.4 47.6 33.3 19.0 2.4 35.7 28.6 19.0 7.1 2.4 1.6
2020 40.8 28.9 25.0 5.3 43.4 32.9 23.7 6.6 35.5 19.7 21.1 9.2 7.9 4.5
Player 42.6 24.8 28.5 4.1 39.4 37.3 23.3 2.8 30.5 22.9 25.1 7.2 9.7 6.8
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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -3 184 33.6 44 .263 .447 .358 29.1 34.1 31.9 .230 .445 .341 39.1
2020 Slider -3.2 -3 106 19.4 24 .130 .130 .142 47.7 33.3 21.1 .152 .184 .169 13.3
2020 Changeup 1.5 1 88 16.1 23 .318 .591 .400 34.7 30.4 22.6 .287 .535 .361 33.3
2020 Sinker 1.4 1 63 11.5 15 .167 .417 .333 26.1 6.7 7.7 .269 .572 .418 18.2
2020 Curveball 5.2 3 53 9.7 12 .444 .556 .504 40.9 33.3 17.4 .271 .375 .385 20.0
2020 Cutter 2.7 1 38 6.9 10 .200 .600 .325 47.4 40.0 25.0 .216 .718 .379 50.0
2020 Slurve -1.3 0 7 1.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2020 Sweeper -2.4 0 5 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2020 Split-Finger -8.3 0 3 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -1 73 31.6 14 .077 .308 .193 32.4 14.3 9.5 .187 .440 .284 45.5
2019 Slider -3.6 -1 38 16.5 9 .222 .222 .200 50.0 33.3 37.5 .244 .415 .277 50.0
2019 Curveball -3.2 -1 35 15.2 12 .250 .333 .254 47.4 41.7 55.6 .161 .202 .161 0.0
2019 Sinker -3.5 -1 30 13.0 9 .222 .222 .200 13.3 33.3 25.0 .238 .261 .215 16.7
2019 Changeup -7.0 -2 29 12.6 11 .091 .091 .145 54.5 45.5 50.0 .055 .105 .128 16.7
2019 Cutter 1.3 0 20 8.7 4 .333 .333 .225 60.0 25.0 20.0 .144 .154 .108 33.3
2019 Split-Finger 24.8 0 2 0.9 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .500 .868 .559 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 667 2,486 1 -20 13 8 1
2009 689 2,748 11 -15 14 10 21
2010 656 2,606 5 -26 11 11 0
2011 664 2,617 27 0 18 12 58
2012 441 1,725 16 -7 8 7 23
2013 287 1,082 5 -21 5 4 -6
2014 613 2,347 3 -1 9 9 20
2015 647 2,532 1 2 6 9 19
2016 666 2,411 18 -17 -2 6 5
2017 456 1,660 3 -19 7 6 -3
2018 515 1,875 -1 -4 8 8 11
2019 60 227 -4 -3 1 1 -6
2020 131 547 1 -9 5 3 0
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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 2,534 46.5 69.6 81.0 34.8 60.9 41.7 26.7 50.9 26.3 6.8 81.5
2016 2,434 47.2 73.5 79.5 38.2 55.2 42.5 35.4 54.9 29.4 6.7 82.2
2017 1,676 44.0 79.5 76.4 35.2 59.3 40.6 42.5 54.8 29.8 7.0 89.7
2018 1,833 47.5 72.9 77.0 31.4 56.3 42.6 35.0 50.7 29.4 6.7 79.2
2019 231 46.7 76.4 67.9 34.7 40.5 41.9 33.9 54.1 40.8 6.2 85.7
2020 547 42.0 64.8 71.8 28.7 50.5 41.9 25.0 43.9 36.3 5.7 74.2
Player 9,255 46.2 72.9 78.1 34.7 57.1 41.9 33.8 52.3 29.3 6.7 82.5
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 71 63 79 80 43 85 75 63 67 77 23 29 18 18 31
2016 74 67 90 92 26 95 86 35 78 56 27 13 13 6 23 1
2017 73 88 84 75 48 69 75 55 86 68 43 15 15 9 15 1
2018 85 81 94 94 53 83 84 66 81 58 38 31 17 28 35 10
2019 36 21
2020 43 21 53 67 35 24 50 6 67 10 9 75 5 40 25
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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 24.4 35 36.5 -2 12 20 21 60.0
2017 24.0 19 17.5 2 10 15 7 36.8
2018 24.6 22 19.6 2 11 14 8 36.4
2019 24.0 1 0.1 1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 24.8 6 5.7 0 2 2 4 66.7
Player 24.4 83 79.4 4 36 51 40 48.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 35 38 35 36 38 34 38 34 29 30 38 40 36 35 38 39 25 32 37 40 36 32 44 44 36 37 38 49 39 39 30
2017 19 20 10 19 17 18 24 19 12 11 16 23 18 15 18 20 15 17 19 15 18 18 23 22 17 16 14 23 22 17 8
2018 22 26 16 17 18 15 22 16 13 12 18 21 24 20 17 24 20 17 17 20 22 22 26 25 18 18 15 23 23 24 18
2019 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 5 6 5 5 7 6 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 5
Player 83 90 67 79 80 73 91 75 60 58 77 92 84 74 78 88 66 71 78 81 82 78 101 96 76 76 73 101 90 87 61
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.5 88.2 -1.3 ↓ 88.3 0.1 ↑ 89.6 1.3 ↑ 87.3 -2.3 ↓ 85.3 -2.0 ↓
Launch Angle 12.0 14.5 2.5 ↑ 8.4 -6.1 ↓ 15.8 7.4 ↑ 13.6 -2.2 ↓ 11.9 -1.7 ↓
Barrel % 8.3 11.1 2.8 ↑ 9.4 -1.7 ↓ 11.0 1.6 ↑ 2.4 -8.6 ↓ 7.9 5.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 40.5 38.0 -2.5 ↓ 38.8 0.8 ↑ 39.1 0.3 ↑ 30.0 -9.1 ↓ 28.9 -1.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.4 37.2 2.8 ↑ 39.1 1.9 ↑ 42.1 3.0 ↑ 35.7 -6.4 ↓ 38.2 2.5 ↑
xBA .261 .267 0.006 ↑ .286 0.019 ↑ .273 -0.013 ↓ .176 -0.097 ↓ .226 0.050 ↑
BA .265 .268 0.003 ↑ .276 0.008 ↑ .290 0.014 ↑ .200 -0.090 ↓ .239 0.039 ↑
xwOBA .336 .347 0.011 ↑ .349 0.002 ↑ .359 0.010 ↑ .200 -0.159 ↓ .321 0.121 ↑
wOBA .325 .333 0.008 ↑ .328 -0.005 ↓ .348 0.020 ↑ .208 -0.140 ↓ .322 0.114 ↑
xSLG .459 .522 0.063 ↑ .506 -0.016 ↓ .522 0.016 ↑ .288 -0.234 ↓ .430 0.142 ↑
SLG .443 .499 0.056 ↑ .463 -0.036 ↓ .481 0.018 ↑ .283 -0.198 ↓ .419 0.136 ↑
K% 22.7 23.2 0.5 ↑ 21.2 -2.0 ↓ 22.7 1.5 ↑ 30.6 7.9 ↑ 31.1 0.5 ↑
BB% 6.0 5.4 -0.6 ↓ 5.8 0.4 ↑ 7.1 1.3 ↑ 1.6 -5.5 ↓ 11.4 9.8 ↑
Swing % 50.9 54.9 4.0 ↑ 54.8 -0.1 ↓ 50.7 -4.1 ↓ 54.1 3.4 ↑ 43.9 -10.2 ↓
Whiff% 26.3 29.4 3.1 ↑ 29.8 0.4 ↑ 29.4 -0.4 ↓ 40.8 11.4 ↑ 36.3 -4.5 ↓
In Zone % 46.5 47.2 0.7 ↑ 44.0 -3.2 ↓ 47.5 3.5 ↑ 46.7 -0.8 ↓ 42.0 -4.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 53.5 52.8 -0.7 ↓ 56.0 3.2 ↑ 52.5 -3.5 ↓ 53.3 0.8 ↑ 58.0 4.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 34.8 38.2 3.4 ↑ 35.2 -3.0 ↓ 31.4 -3.8 ↓ 34.7 3.3 ↑ 28.7 -6.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.7 35.4 8.7 ↑ 42.5 7.1 ↑ 35.0 -7.5 ↓ 33.9 -1.1 ↓ 25.0 -8.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.3 63.2 4.9 ↑ 65.0 1.8 ↑ 64.6 -0.4 ↓ 66.1 1.5 ↑ 56.8 -9.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 653 210 32.2 .346 .306
2017 Shifts R 457 55 12.0 .331 .315
2018 Shifts R 491 52 10.6 .343 .326
2019 Shifts R 60 32 53.3 .262 .147
2020 Shifts R 131 61 46.6 .397 .235
! 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 704 17.0 26.7% 3.6% 523 23.0 0.4% 14.0%
2011 657 17.1 26.9% 2.3% 423 22.9 1.7% 11.1%
2012 468 18.8 11.5% 4.5% 293 24.7 1.4% 16.7%
2013 265 18.2 20.4% 3.8% 194 24.5 0.0% 19.6%
2014 591 19.3 12.2% 4.6% 424 25.3 0.7% 18.9%
2015 639 18.6 25.8% 6.7% 436 25.1 3.9% 24.8%
2016 517 19.3 21.9% 7.4% 385 24.9 4.2% 23.1%
2017 356 17.5 28.4% 2.0% 307 23.3 0.3% 11.7%
2018 460 16.3 33.5% 1.5% 273 23.5 0.7% 14.7%
2019 65 17.2 33.8% 4.6% 28 22.9 0.0% 21.4%
2020 160 17.7 22.5% 2.5% 101 23.3 1.0% 13.9%
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