Norichika Aoki
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 180LBS | Age: 42
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 392 355 42 102 5 14 .287 .353 .380 .733
2016 467 417 63 118 4 7 .283 .349 .388 .737
2017 374 336 48 93 5 10 .277 .335 .393 .728
6 Seasons 3,044 2,716 377 774 33 98 .285 .350 .387 .737
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .287 5 14 .733
2016 .283 4 7 .737
2017 .277 5 10 .728
6 Seasons .285 33 98 .737
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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 33 1452 331 3 0.9 0.8 85.4 104.9 1.8 24.8 .250 .315 .326 .292 .270 19.6 6.4 7.7
2016 34 1688 378 3 0.8 0.6 87.2 104.8 3.0 23.5 .237 .306 .325 .279 .264 24.9 9.7 7.3
2017 35 1460 298 3 1.0 0.8 86.1 106.6 4.5 28.2 .256 .341 .315 .292 .293 24.8 11.8 7.8
Player 4600 1007 9 0.9 0.7 86.3 106.6 3.1 25.3 .247 .320 .322 .287 .275 23.1 9.3 7.5
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 62.5 11.2 21.8 4.5 31.1 36.0 32.9 3.6 52.3 16.0 21.8 2.1 0.9 0.8
2016 62.2 11.6 21.4 4.8 30.2 38.9 30.7 3.4 47.4 16.9 24.9 1.3 0.8 0.6
2017 58.4 16.4 21.1 4.0 23.5 43.3 32.9 4.7 46.0 18.8 25.8 3.4 1.0 0.8
Player 61.2 12.9 21.4 4.5 28.5 39.2 32.1 3.9 48.6 17.2 24.1 2.2 0.9 0.7
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 -1.5 -7 491 33.6 114 .263 .389 .333 13.7 11.4 10.7 .281 .395 .341 38.8
2017 Sinker -0.5 -2 371 25.4 98 .253 .391 .336 10.4 10.2 13.0 .247 .349 .300 29.5
2017 Curveball 2.4 4 162 11.1 38 .361 .556 .411 27.8 18.4 10.9 .248 .318 .269 13.8
2017 Changeup -1.7 -3 155 10.6 44 .295 .318 .274 9.2 6.8 7.3 .262 .301 .245 4.9
2017 Slider 1.3 2 140 9.6 43 .293 .439 .316 15.3 18.6 11.4 .199 .248 .204 20.6
2017 Cutter 0.8 1 92 6.3 23 .350 .350 .350 14.6 4.3 2.9 .317 .381 .342 20.0
2017 Split-Finger -6.8 -2 23 1.6 9 .111 .222 .139 20.0 11.1 12.5 .302 .402 .304 12.5
2017 Knuckleball -5.1 -1 11 0.8 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .092 .164 .100 0.0
2017 Sweeper 0.8 0 7 0.5 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Slurve 3.2 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 587 2,285 -15 -2 13 12 8
2013 673 2,433 -11 -12 20 10 6
2014 595 2,258 -6 -15 13 10 3
2015 391 1,447 -7 -2 8 7 6
2016 466 1,688 -11 -11 10 7 -4
2017 372 1,455 -8 -13 8 6 -7
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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 1,452 50.6 63.5 94.2 26.6 81.6 43.9 22.7 45.2 9.3 8.2 71.4
2016 1,688 54.0 66.3 90.1 26.4 74.6 44.6 24.7 47.9 12.5 9.1 75.2
2017 1,460 51.1 66.4 90.9 24.9 69.5 43.6 24.1 46.2 14.4 7.1 68.3
Player 4,600 52.0 65.5 91.6 26.0 75.3 44.1 23.9 46.5 12.1 8.2 72.1
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 25 42 7 3 53 4 5 5 42 5 100 53 99 66 47
2016 8 22 3 4 31 3 4 19 39 9 98 38 95 65 58 25
2017 13 44 6 3 39 2 2 17 51 9 95 42 93 67 55
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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 20.2 4 3.6 0 1 4 1 25.0
2017 21.3 5 4.7 0 7 3 2 40.0
Player 20.8 9 8.3 1 8 7 3 33.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 4 4 3 6 3 2 4 5 4 1 2 6 3 4 4 4 1 2 4 5 4 1 6 5 4 2 5 6 3 3 2
2017 5 5 4 7 6 4 5 5 4 3 3 9 5 5 4 5 3 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 6 5 4 3
Player 9 9 7 13 9 6 9 10 8 4 5 15 8 9 8 9 4 6 9 10 9 5 11 10 8 6 10 12 8 7 5
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.4 87.2 1.8 ↑ 86.1 -1.1 ↓
Launch Angle 1.8 3.0 1.2 ↑ 4.5 1.5 ↑
Barrel % 0.9 0.8 -0.1 ↓ 1.0 0.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 19.6 24.9 5.3 ↑ 24.8 -0.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.8 23.5 -1.3 ↓ 28.2 4.7 ↑
xBA .250 .237 -0.013 ↓ .256 0.019 ↑
BA .287 .283 -0.004 ↓ .277 -0.006 ↓
xwOBA .292 .279 -0.013 ↓ .292 0.013 ↑
wOBA .326 .325 -0.001 ↓ .315 -0.010 ↓
xSLG .315 .306 -0.009 ↓ .341 0.035 ↑
SLG .380 .388 0.008 ↑ .393 0.005 ↑
K% 6.4 9.7 3.3 ↑ 11.8 2.1 ↑
BB% 7.7 7.3 -0.4 ↓ 7.8 0.5 ↑
Swing % 45.2 47.9 2.7 ↑ 46.2 -1.7 ↓
Whiff% 9.3 12.5 3.2 ↑ 14.4 1.9 ↑
In Zone % 50.6 54.0 3.4 ↑ 51.1 -2.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.4 46.0 -3.4 ↓ 48.9 2.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.6 26.4 -0.2 ↓ 24.9 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 22.7 24.7 2.0 ↑ 24.1 -0.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.2 62.4 1.2 ↑ 61.0 -1.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 448 1 0.2 .328 .000
2017 Shifts L 371 0 0.0 .314
! 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 %
2012 825 15.3 46.7% 1.9% 338 21.8 2.1% 12.4%
2013 975 15.4 45.2% 2.1% 270 23.1 3.3% 14.8%
2014 658 16.2 38.6% 1.7% 309 23.3 1.6% 20.1%
2015 545 17.3 36.0% 4.6% 167 24.7 5.4% 24.0%
2016 554 16.7 35.7% 2.2% 210 23.8 3.8% 14.8%
2017 447 16.3 38.5% 1.6% 232 22.8 0.9% 10.8%
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