Chris Carter
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 245LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 15, #455, Chicago White Sox | Sierra Vista HS, NV
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 460 391 50 78 24 1 .199 .307 .427 .734
2016 644 549 84 122 41 3 .222 .321 .499 .820
2017 208 184 20 37 8 0 .201 .284 .370 .654
8 Seasons 2,853 2,469 334 536 158 12 .217 .312 .456 .768
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .199 24 1 .734
2016 .222 41 3 .820
2017 .201 8 0 .654
8 Seasons .217 158 12 .768
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 28 1963 245 38 15.5 8.3 91.2 113.8 21.0 32.7 .203 .443 .319 .331 .445 46.9 32.9 12.4
2016 29 2744 353 62 17.6 9.6 91.7 114.3 18.6 36.3 .237 .536 .346 .368 .507 46.2 32.0 11.8
2017 30 890 110 13 11.8 6.3 89.8 110.8 22.2 31.8 .195 .414 .284 .300 .429 38.5 36.5 9.6
Player 5597 708 113 16.0 8.6 91.3 114.3 20.0 34.3 .219 .483 .327 .344 .474 45.3 33.0 11.7
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
  • ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 30.6 33.5 24.9 11.0 38.0 38.0 24.1 1.2 24.1 33.5 14.3 10.2 15.5 8.3
2016 31.7 31.2 29.2 7.9 37.4 41.9 20.4 2.3 24.6 28.0 16.4 9.9 17.6 9.6
2017 32.7 34.5 20.9 11.8 47.3 32.7 20.0 4.5 21.8 32.7 20.9 7.3 11.8 6.3
Player 31.5 32.5 26.4 9.6 39.1 39.1 21.6 2.3 24.0 30.6 16.4 9.6 16.0 8.6
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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -4 287 32.2 65 .151 .283 .293 40.8 35.4 29.9 .144 .280 .272 30.0
2017 Slider 0.4 1 206 23.1 46 .262 .452 .343 50.0 43.5 25.0 .242 .531 .349 52.2
2017 Sinker -2.1 -4 173 19.4 52 .234 .340 .292 21.7 25.0 23.2 .206 .427 .305 20.6
2017 Changeup 1.4 1 89 10.0 20 .158 .526 .298 53.3 50.0 29.4 .188 .510 .305 44.4
2017 Curveball -1.0 -1 62 7.0 11 .182 .545 .295 41.7 45.5 31.3 .194 .454 .268 100.0
2017 Cutter -3.0 -2 55 6.2 9 .286 .286 .278 45.8 33.3 16.7 .253 .295 .281 40.0
2017 Slurve -1.8 0 8 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .013 .035 .020 100.0
2017 Split-Finger -3.5 0 5 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sweeper -21.7 0 2 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .377 .879 .509 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
+ View Complete Run Value Leaderboard

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 74 303 -4 -5 3 1 -5
2011 46 204 -3 -3 0 0 -6
2012 259 1,105 0 1 9 6 15
2013 584 2,459 -7 -7 13 10 10
2014 563 2,308 7 -7 6 10 16
2015 477 2,031 -9 -5 11 8 4
2016 643 2,740 -1 -27 17 13 3
2017 207 887 -5 -14 6 4 -9
+ View Complete Swing/Take Leaderboard

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,963 46.2 70.9 70.0 24.4 44.4 42.5 37.5 45.9 37.3 7.4 82.8
2016 2,744 45.4 66.5 71.1 24.7 40.2 41.1 35.6 43.7 38.4 6.4 81.7
2017 890 46.4 71.6 67.5 26.9 40.6 41.1 42.8 47.8 40.5 7.0 90.3
Player 5,597 45.8 68.9 70.1 25.0 41.7 41.6 37.4 45.1 38.4 6.8 83.5
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 65 2 73 91 45 85 98 89 94 96 1 94 1 82 41
2016 90 22 93 98 63 98 100 93 95 93 3 89 1 75 46 89
2017 80 39
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.1 41 36.7 4 12 33 12 29.3
2017 24.0 8 8.9 -1 4 5 4 50.0
Player 24.1 49 45.7 3 16 38 16 32.7
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs

Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 41 41 29 45 37 33 37 38 25 30 34 35 39 34 37 41 23 36 40 39 40 29 50 49 34 37 31 47 45 37 30
2017 8 9 10 7 11 9 11 9 5 8 9 13 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 10 8 9 10 10 8 8 9 11 9 10 7
Player 49 50 39 52 48 42 48 47 30 38 43 48 47 43 45 49 31 44 49 49 48 38 60 59 42 45 40 58 54 47 37
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.
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs By Park

+ View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.2 91.7 0.5 ↑ 89.8 -1.9 ↓
Launch Angle 21.0 18.6 -2.4 ↓ 22.2 3.6 ↑
Barrel % 15.5 17.6 2.1 ↑ 11.8 -5.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 46.9 46.2 -0.7 ↓ 38.5 -7.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.7 36.3 3.6 ↑ 31.8 -4.5 ↓
xBA .203 .237 0.034 ↑ .195 -0.042 ↓
BA .199 .222 0.023 ↑ .201 -0.021 ↓
xwOBA .331 .368 0.037 ↑ .300 -0.068 ↓
wOBA .319 .346 0.027 ↑ .284 -0.062 ↓
xSLG .443 .536 0.093 ↑ .414 -0.122 ↓
SLG .427 .499 0.072 ↑ .370 -0.129 ↓
K% 32.9 32.0 -0.9 ↓ 36.5 4.5 ↑
BB% 12.4 11.8 -0.6 ↓ 9.6 -2.2 ↓
Swing % 45.9 43.7 -2.2 ↓ 47.8 4.1 ↑
Whiff% 37.3 38.4 1.1 ↑ 40.5 2.1 ↑
In Zone % 46.2 45.4 -0.8 ↓ 46.4 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.8 54.6 0.8 ↑ 53.6 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.4 24.7 0.3 ↑ 26.9 2.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 37.5 35.6 -1.9 ↓ 42.8 7.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 62.1 58.7 -3.4 ↓ 60.6 1.9 ↑
+ View Complete Year to Year Changes Leaderboard

Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 624 214 34.3 .304 .415
2017 Shifts R 207 75 36.2 .251 .345
! 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.
Learn more about how positioning is defined here

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 84 14.0 63.1% 2.4% 55 19.0 7.3% 7.3%
2011 57 13.5 73.7% 0.0% 29 23.3 0.0% 10.3%
2012 299 15.2 47.5% 0.7% 203 20.8 1.5% 3.9%
2013 678 15.4 45.0% 1.2% 423 22.1 2.6% 9.2%
2014 623 16.2 36.4% 1.4% 366 22.1 1.4% 7.1%
2015 584 17.3 34.1% 4.8% 308 22.6 9.7% 14.0%
2016 737 16.8 34.5% 2.8% 524 23.4 5.2% 18.5%
2017 195 16.7 30.8% 1.0% 187 21.9 2.1% 6.4%
+ View Complete Pitch Tempo Leaderboard

Statcast Rankings