Xavier Scruggs
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 215LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 19, #575, St. Louis Cardinals | Nevada - Las Vegas
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 18 15 0 3 0 0 .200 .333 .267 .600
2015 43 42 5 11 0 1 .262 .279 .310 .589
2016 69 62 1 13 1 0 .210 .290 .306 .596
3 Seasons 130 119 6 27 1 1 .227 .292 .303 .595
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .200 0 0 .600
2015 .262 0 1 .589
2016 .210 1 0 .596
3 Seasons .227 1 1 .595
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 27 157 32 0 0.0 0.0 89.5 102.9 7.6 31.3 .237 .304 .259 .247 .312 34.4 23.3 0.0
2016 28 271 42 2 4.8 2.9 90.8 110.7 8.1 35.7 .218 .334 .269 .285 .356 45.2 29.0 7.2
Player 428 74 2 2.7 1.8 90.2 110.7 7.9 33.8 .226 .322 .265 .270 .337 40.5 26.8 4.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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 56.3 9.4 28.1 6.3 34.4 46.9 18.8 0.0 46.9 15.6 31.3 3.1 0.0 0.0
2016 52.4 23.8 23.8 0.0 42.9 40.5 16.7 4.8 33.3 21.4 21.4 7.1 4.8 2.9
Player 54.1 17.6 25.7 2.7 39.2 43.2 17.6 2.7 39.2 18.9 25.7 5.4 2.7 1.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 43 157 0 -1 0 1 -1
2016 69 271 -1 -2 1 1 -2
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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 157 49.0 68.8 79.2 32.5 73.1 47.1 37.2 50.3 22.8 5.1 87.5
2016 271 52.8 62.2 73.0 18.0 60.9 41.3 27.5 41.3 29.5 8.5 65.2
Player 428 51.4 64.5 75.4 23.6 67.3 43.5 31.3 44.6 26.7 7.2 71.0
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2015 34 37
2016 78 36
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.4 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 22.4 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.5 90.8 1.3 ↑
Launch Angle 7.6 8.1 0.5 ↑
Barrel % 0.0 4.8 4.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.4 45.2 10.8 ↑
Sweet Spot % 31.3 35.7 4.4 ↑
xBA .237 .218 -0.019 ↓
BA .262 .210 -0.052 ↓
xwOBA .247 .285 0.038 ↑
wOBA .259 .269 0.010 ↑
xSLG .304 .334 0.030 ↑
SLG .310 .306 -0.004 ↓
K% 23.3 29.0 5.7 ↑
BB% 0.0 7.2 7.2 ↑
Swing % 50.3 41.3 -9.0 ↓
Whiff% 22.8 29.5 6.7 ↑
In Zone % 49.0 52.8 3.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.0 47.2 -3.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.5 18.0 -14.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 37.2 27.5 -9.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.5 55.1 -5.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 64 1 1.6 .294 .000
! 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 %
2014 21 19.4 9.5% 9.5% 16 20.9 0.0% 18.8%
2015 31 17.4 29.0% 3.2% 32 22.5 15.6% 25.0%
2016 84 17.5 28.6% 6.0% 55 26.3 5.5% 25.5%
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