Chris Heisey
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 220LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 17, #504, Cincinnati Reds | Messiah College
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 72 55 8 10 2 0 .182 .347 .327 .674
2016 155 139 18 30 9 0 .216 .290 .446 .736
2017 79 74 8 12 1 0 .162 .215 .270 .485
8 Seasons 1,758 1,594 218 380 62 25 .238 .296 .413 .709
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .182 2 0 .674
2016 .216 9 0 .736
2017 .162 1 0 .485
8 Seasons .238 62 25 .709
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 30 300 40 1 2.5 1.4 87.7 111.9 30.2 25.0 .155 .267 .298 .278 .262 27.5 23.6 20.8
2016 31 636 96 9 9.4 5.8 86.7 110.3 18.9 31.3 .212 .373 .315 .291 .367 27.1 28.4 8.4
2017 32 340 52 3 5.8 3.8 85.0 108.4 13.4 28.8 .193 .328 .213 .251 .318 24.5 27.8 6.3
Player 1276 188 13 6.9 4.2 86.4 111.9 19.9 29.3 .195 .338 .284 .277 .330 26.5 27.1 10.8
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
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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 22.5 27.5 25.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 12.5 57.5 15.0 10.0 2.5 1.4
2016 32.3 26.0 27.1 14.6 40.6 37.5 21.9 2.1 25.0 33.3 19.8 2.1 9.4 5.8
2017 38.5 38.5 13.5 9.6 34.6 48.1 17.3 1.9 32.7 32.7 17.3 3.8 5.8 3.8
Player 31.9 29.8 22.9 15.4 41.0 37.8 21.3 1.6 24.5 38.3 18.1 4.3 6.9 4.2
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.

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 -4.6 -6 131 38.5 36 .147 .235 .193 19.4 19.4 15.6 .198 .350 .256 29.6
2017 Slider -0.3 0 60 17.6 13 .231 .308 .235 22.2 30.8 19.0 .332 .511 .361 33.3
2017 Sinker -5.0 -2 43 12.6 8 .000 .000 .175 30.0 12.5 14.3 .071 .161 .244 0.0
2017 Curveball -6.6 -2 38 11.2 8 .125 .125 .113 42.1 37.5 18.8 .163 .177 .149 0.0
2017 Changeup 2.4 1 27 7.9 4 .250 1.000 .500 33.3 75.0 37.5 .200 .555 .303 100.0
2017 Cutter -9.4 -2 18 5.3 3 .000 .000 .000 44.4 66.7 66.7 .036 .041 .032 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -5.5 -1 12 3.5 4 .000 .000 .175 71.4 50.0 33.3 .000 .000 .175 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 227 859 -5 -6 5 4 -3
2011 305 1,133 1 -6 7 3 6
2012 378 1,382 -8 -5 6 4 -3
2013 245 848 1 -10 1 3 -5
2014 298 1,071 -4 -13 1 3 -12
2015 70 294 1 -2 3 1 2
2016 160 658 2 -11 3 3 -3
2017 76 329 -6 -10 3 0 -13
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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 300 46.7 65.0 78.0 20.6 60.6 35.0 26.4 41.3 25.0 12.3 75.7
2016 636 53.9 59.5 78.4 21.2 45.2 42.5 23.2 41.8 28.2 9.1 67.2
2017 340 50.2 68.5 75.2 28.0 56.5 44.7 17.7 48.2 28.0 8.2 81.5
Player 1,276 51.2 63.0 77.5 22.9 52.5 41.3 22.5 43.4 27.4 9.6 73.0
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 87 74
2016 76 78
2017 62 65
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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 19.8 10 10.2 0 0 5 7 70.0
2017 20.3 1 1.4 0 2 0 1 100.0
Player 19.9 11 11.5 -1 2 5 8 72.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 9 10 9 10 10 11 8 10 12 8 10 10 10 8 8 12 12 10 12 10 12 11 12 10
2017 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Player 11 12 12 11 11 11 12 10 11 10 11 11 12 9 11 13 9 11 13 11 10 11 13 15 11 13 11 13 14 13 11
! 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 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.7 86.7 -1.0 85.0 -1.7
Launch Angle 30.2 18.9 -11.3 13.4 -5.5
Barrel % 2.5 9.4 6.9 5.8 -3.6
Hard Hit % 27.5 27.1 -0.4 24.5 -2.6
Sweet Spot % 25.0 31.3 6.3 28.8 -2.5
xBA .155 .212 0.057 .193 -0.019
BA .182 .216 0.034 .162 -0.054
xwOBA .278 .291 0.013 .251 -0.040
wOBA .298 .315 0.017 .213 -0.102
xSLG .267 .373 0.106 .328 -0.045
SLG .327 .446 0.119 .270 -0.176
K% 23.6 28.4 4.8 27.8 -0.6
BB% 20.8 8.4 -12.4 6.3 -2.1
Swing % 41.3 41.8 0.5 48.2 6.4
Whiff% 25.0 28.2 3.2 28.0 -0.2
In Zone % 46.7 53.9 7.2 50.2 -3.7
Out of Zone % 53.3 46.1 -7.2 49.8 3.7
Out of Zone Swing % 20.6 21.2 0.6 28.0 6.8
First Pitch Swing % 26.4 23.2 -3.2 17.7 -5.5
First Pitch Strike % 61.1 60.0 -1.1 63.3 3.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 144 12 8.3 .326 .177
2017 Shifts R 76 0 0.0 .194
! 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 226 16.0 36.7% 0.4% 140 22.0 1.4% 7.9%
2011 284 16.0 37.7% 0.4% 151 21.8 1.3% 9.9%
2012 355 16.4 33.2% 2.5% 195 22.8 1.5% 9.2%
2013 213 15.8 37.1% 1.9% 106 23.8 0.9% 14.2%
2014 267 16.3 38.6% 1.1% 146 22.2 0.7% 6.8%
2015 80 16.9 28.7% 2.5% 58 22.7 15.5% 13.8%
2016 184 17.7 26.6% 3.8% 128 23.5 4.7% 25.0%
2017 80 16.9 25.0% 1.3% 67 22.1 0.0% 4.5%
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