Cole Gillespie
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 3, #92, Milwaukee Brewers | Oregon State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 81 74 9 18 1 2 .243 .300 .311 .611
2015 157 145 17 42 2 4 .290 .333 .428 .761
2016 55 51 7 12 0 0 .235 .273 .373 .646
6 Seasons 482 439 52 110 6 7 .251 .305 .367 .672
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .243 1 2 .611
2015 .290 2 4 .761
2016 .235 0 0 .646
6 Seasons .251 6 7 .672
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 31 598 120 3 2.5 1.9 86.3 105.6 6.5 24.2 .251 .349 .330 .289 .322 33.3 17.2 6.4
2016 32 238 38 2 5.3 3.6 91.7 105.4 15.8 44.7 .218 .345 .274 .266 .332 42.1 25.5 5.5
Player 836 158 5 3.2 2.4 87.6 105.6 8.8 29.1 .242 .348 .315 .283 .324 35.4 19.3 6.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 55.8 14.2 20.8 9.2 22.5 45.8 31.7 5.0 40.0 20.0 26.7 2.5 2.5 1.9
2016 31.6 28.9 34.2 5.3 13.2 44.7 42.1 0.0 21.1 42.1 28.9 0.0 5.3 3.6
Player 50.0 17.7 24.1 8.2 20.3 45.6 34.2 3.8 35.4 25.3 27.2 1.9 3.2 2.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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
2010 112 455 -2 -4 4 2 -1
2013 68 269 -1 -5 1 1 -4
2014 81 339 -4 1 4 1 1
2015 156 597 1 -3 3 2 2
2016 55 238 -3 -2 1 1 -2
+ 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 598 52.6 63.7 88.5 22.3 60.3 40.7 19.1 44.1 17.0 10.4 74.2
2016 238 53.4 61.4 84.6 19.8 27.3 39.1 10.9 42.0 28.0 11.3 74.1
Player 836 52.8 63.0 87.4 21.6 51.8 40.2 17.0 43.5 20.1 10.7 74.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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 45 80
2016 44 74
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 -- 0 0.6 -1 1 1 0 --
Player -- 0 0.6 -1 1 1 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0
Player 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0
! 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.
+View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.3 91.7 5.4
Launch Angle 6.5 15.8 9.3
Barrel % 2.5 5.3 2.8
Hard Hit % 33.3 42.1 8.8
Sweet Spot % 24.2 44.7 20.5
xBA .251 .218 -0.033
BA .290 .235 -0.055
xwOBA .289 .266 -0.023
wOBA .330 .274 -0.056
xSLG .349 .345 -0.004
SLG .428 .373 -0.055
K% 17.2 25.5 8.3
BB% 6.4 5.5 -0.9
Swing % 44.1 42.0 -2.1
Whiff% 17.0 28.0 11.0
In Zone % 52.6 53.4 0.8
Out of Zone % 47.4 46.6 -0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 22.3 19.8 -2.5
First Pitch Swing % 19.1 10.9 -8.2
First Pitch Strike % 52.9 49.1 -3.8
+ View Complete Year to Year Changes Leaderboard

Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 51 0 0.0 .296
! 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 146 15.1 43.8% 2.7% 89 22.0 1.1% 3.4%
2011 5 16.3 40.0% 0.0% 10 16.4 10.0% 0.0%
2013 80 16.7 35.0% 1.3% 52 22.5 1.9% 7.7%
2014 100 17.7 31.0% 0.0% 64 22.1 0.0% 9.4%
2015 209 16.7 35.4% 4.8% 88 21.5 8.0% 13.6%
2016 90 16.2 43.3% 0.0% 35 24.9 2.9% 11.4%
+ View Complete Pitch Tempo Leaderboard