David Lough
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 10" 175LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 11, #336, Kansas City Royals | Mercyhurst
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 197 174 31 43 4 8 .247 .309 .385 .694
2015 144 134 14 27 4 2 .201 .241 .313 .554
2016 79 67 6 16 0 1 .239 .342 .313 .655
5 Seasons 820 749 95 190 13 17 .254 .300 .371 .671
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .247 4 8 .694
2015 .201 4 2 .554
2016 .239 0 1 .655
5 Seasons .254 13 17 .671
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 29 501 101 2 2.0 1.4 84.6 107.9 13.4 26.7 .206 .280 .245 .237 .292 20.8 25.0 3.5
2016 30 290 60 0 0.0 0.0 84.8 104.9 13.7 31.7 .227 .281 .292 .282 .249 23.3 10.1 11.4
Player 791 161 2 1.2 0.9 84.7 107.9 13.5 28.6 .213 .280 .262 .253 .276 21.7 19.7 6.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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 46.5 15.8 25.7 11.9 29.7 39.6 30.7 3.0 37.6 26.7 24.8 3.0 2.0 1.4
2016 43.3 20.0 25.0 11.7 41.7 35.0 23.3 5.0 33.3 33.3 23.3 1.7 0.0 0.0
Player 45.3 17.4 25.5 11.8 34.2 37.9 28.0 3.7 36.0 29.2 24.2 2.5 1.2 0.9
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.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 65 225 -2 -3 0 1 -4
2013 335 1,192 -2 -8 5 3 -3
2014 198 684 -2 -6 5 4 1
2015 143 500 0 -6 1 2 -3
2016 78 286 -1 -3 2 1 -1
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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 501 49.0 62.9 85.1 36.9 56.4 44.2 30.6 49.7 24.5 8.4 76.2
2016 290 42.8 62.9 91.0 33.1 70.9 41.4 29.1 45.9 16.5 3.1 88.9
Player 791 46.7 62.9 87.1 35.4 61.7 43.2 30.0 48.3 21.7 6.5 78.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 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 60 95
2016 40 66
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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 -- 0 0.7 -1 0 1 0 --
Player -- 0 0.7 -1 0 1 0 --
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Player 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.6 84.8 0.2
Launch Angle 13.4 13.7 0.3
Barrel % 2.0 0.0 -2.0
Hard Hit % 20.8 23.3 2.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.7 31.7 5.0
xBA .206 .227 0.021
BA .201 .239 0.038
xwOBA .237 .282 0.045
wOBA .245 .292 0.047
xSLG .280 .281 0.001
SLG .313 .313 0.000
K% 25.0 10.1 -14.9
BB% 3.5 11.4 7.9
Swing % 49.7 45.9 -3.8
Whiff% 24.5 16.5 -8.0
In Zone % 49.0 42.8 -6.2
Out of Zone % 51.0 57.2 6.2
Out of Zone Swing % 36.9 33.1 -3.8
First Pitch Swing % 30.6 29.1 -1.5
First Pitch Strike % 61.8 62.0 0.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 77 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.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2012 70 15.6 41.4% 0.0% 30 20.6 0.0% 0.0%
2013 314 16.9 22.0% 1.6% 208 23.4 0.5% 12.5%
2014 182 17.2 21.4% 1.1% 107 24.6 0.9% 7.5%
2015 160 18.4 20.6% 3.8% 60 25.1 10.0% 26.7%
2016 105 17.0 22.9% 4.8% 30 25.2 6.7% 20.0%
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