Austin Romine
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 216LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 2, #94, New York Yankees | El Toro (CA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 135 130 12 31 2 0 .238 .259 .323 .582
2021 62 60 5 13 1 0 .217 .242 .300 .542
2022 136 129 10 20 3 0 .155 .187 .248 .435
11 Seasons 1,449 1,352 141 311 31 4 .230 .268 .348 .616
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .238 2 0 .582
2021 .217 1 0 .542
2022 .155 3 0 .435
11 Seasons .230 31 4 .616
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 26 7 2 0 0.0 0.0 88.6 101.6 9.4 50.0 .466 .621 .000 .462 .462 50.0 0.0 0.0
2016 27 626 138 6 4.3 3.4 86.6 110.6 8.0 28.3 .237 .374 .275 .274 .320 27.5 17.6 4.0
2017 28 951 177 3 1.7 1.2 86.6 107.1 7.9 35.0 .252 .359 .250 .292 .346 36.2 22.6 6.3
2018 29 997 179 9 5.0 3.4 88.6 111.4 9.6 33.5 .229 .367 .307 .285 .350 38.0 25.3 6.4
2019 30 871 180 12 6.7 5.0 88.6 111.4 10.6 29.4 .258 .427 .315 .305 .369 40.6 20.8 4.2
2020 31 525 84 4 4.8 3.0 87.9 111.6 7.7 33.3 .207 .296 .253 .231 .340 47.6 34.8 3.0
2021 32 212 38 2 5.3 3.2 87.3 111.8 9.7 23.7 .159 .235 .237 .187 .271 34.2 35.5 3.2
2022 33 516 85 4 4.7 2.9 87.2 109.7 9.5 22.4 .159 .248 .193 .195 .274 33.3 33.8 2.9
Player 4705 883 40 4.5 3.2 87.6 111.8 9.0 30.7 .227 .351 .271 .269 .337 36.8 25.2 4.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 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 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 47.8 22.5 23.2 6.5 26.1 46.4 26.8 3.6 39.9 25.4 19.6 3.6 4.3 3.4
2017 46.9 16.9 31.1 5.1 22.0 40.1 36.7 5.6 35.0 19.2 28.8 8.5 1.7 1.2
2018 50.3 20.1 22.9 6.7 24.0 44.1 31.8 2.2 38.5 21.2 25.7 6.7 5.0 3.4
2019 48.9 20.0 22.8 8.3 31.1 41.7 27.2 3.3 36.1 21.7 26.1 5.6 6.7 5.0
2020 45.2 14.3 29.8 10.7 26.2 40.5 33.3 11.9 28.6 17.9 27.4 8.3 4.8 3.0
2021 52.6 23.7 18.4 5.3 28.9 42.1 28.9 2.6 42.1 28.9 18.4 0.0 5.3 3.2
2022 55.3 21.2 14.1 9.4 29.4 40.0 30.6 7.1 42.4 22.4 20.0 2.4 4.7 2.9
Player 49.0 19.5 24.2 7.2 26.5 42.2 30.9 4.8 37.1 21.6 24.8 5.8 4.5 3.2
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.

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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 -6 165 32.0 37 .114 .200 .150 36.8 37.8 26.4 .133 .248 .178 27.3
2022 Sinker -3.6 -4 117 22.7 38 .143 .257 .199 13.2 13.2 20.8 .215 .339 .263 41.9
2022 Slider 3.0 3 104 20.2 25 .292 .500 .388 44.2 48.0 27.3 .147 .231 .184 50.0
2022 Curveball -3.8 -2 42 8.1 11 .000 .000 .064 40.0 36.4 25.0 .105 .130 .155 0.0
2022 Changeup -7.7 -2 31 6.0 10 .200 .200 .270 34.8 30.0 25.0 .218 .270 .215 28.6
2022 Cutter -4.7 -1 28 5.4 5 .200 .200 .180 41.7 40.0 25.0 .195 .241 .191 33.3
2022 Sweeper -4.3 -1 20 3.9 8 .125 .125 .113 53.8 62.5 83.3 .051 .059 .048 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.7 -3 92 43.4 28 .192 .192 .211 33.3 28.6 32.0 .183 .264 .229 38.9
2021 Slider -3.1 -2 48 22.6 15 .133 .200 .143 42.9 60.0 47.4 .078 .114 .081 33.3
2021 Sinker 5.3 1 19 9.0 4 .500 .750 .300 0.0 25.0 25.0 .034 .037 .037 0.0
2021 Changeup 2.6 0 19 9.0 7 .286 .286 .257 40.0 28.6 28.6 .124 .141 .120 20.0
2021 Curveball 5.4 1 16 7.5 5 .400 1.000 .580 57.1 40.0 25.0 .338 .666 .418 66.7
2021 Cutter -6.0 -1 14 6.6 1 .000 .000 .000 10.0 0.0 -- .044 .050 .055 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -26.2 -1 2 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .219 .225 .217 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -4 191 36.4 34 .294 .353 .285 33.0 47.1 25.0 .138 .205 .149 77.8
2020 Slider -1.2 -1 121 23.0 37 .250 .389 .268 39.7 37.8 32.6 .254 .427 .286 47.8
2020 Sinker -4.1 -3 84 16.0 24 .136 .136 .178 5.6 25.0 40.0 .178 .200 .215 31.3
2020 Curveball 4.1 2 52 9.9 15 .214 .214 .287 36.0 46.7 31.8 .154 .177 .182 57.1
2020 Changeup 4.6 2 33 6.3 12 .364 .727 .479 26.1 16.7 18.2 .370 .512 .406 44.4
2020 Cutter -3.3 -1 31 5.9 10 .200 .200 .270 15.8 0.0 0.0 .284 .357 .276 20.0
2020 Sweeper -6.8 0 7 1.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 25.0 .006 .011 .008 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -13.1 -1 6 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -7 318 36.5 56 .226 .340 .257 25.4 30.4 19.3 .196 .320 .234 37.8
2019 Slider -0.8 -1 170 19.5 63 .258 .387 .285 24.1 17.5 21.2 .291 .505 .340 41.2
2019 Sinker 6.2 7 108 12.4 33 .419 .742 .528 7.7 6.1 10.0 .313 .471 .347 53.3
2019 Curveball 0.4 0 100 11.5 31 .345 .414 .358 18.9 19.4 14.0 .287 .367 .307 47.8
2019 Changeup 3.9 3 75 8.6 25 .348 .522 .402 23.3 20.0 17.2 .267 .440 .330 27.8
2019 Cutter -2.7 -2 67 7.7 19 .111 .111 .132 29.4 21.1 22.2 .145 .198 .176 14.3
2019 Split-Finger 8.8 1 13 1.5 5 .200 .800 .400 20.0 40.0 18.2 .331 1.179 .592 66.7
2019 Sweeper -15.2 -1 9 1.0 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .155 .190 .150 0.0
2019 Slurve -0.6 0 7 0.8 2 .000 .000 .350 40.0 50.0 25.0 -- -- .350 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 5 334 33.5 72 .292 .708 .442 23.7 27.8 20.4 .276 .596 .399 55.6
2018 Sinker 1.0 3 246 24.7 74 .297 .438 .363 11.3 9.5 13.5 .268 .376 .318 40.7
2018 Slider 0.2 0 175 17.6 45 .186 .233 .232 39.0 37.8 27.4 .153 .198 .179 26.9
2018 Curveball -0.6 -1 85 8.5 23 .238 .238 .226 46.2 30.4 25.0 .223 .283 .244 33.3
2018 Changeup -4.1 -3 84 8.4 31 .172 .276 .210 30.4 22.6 31.8 .188 .247 .208 17.4
2018 Cutter 0.1 0 48 4.8 14 .214 .286 .218 21.1 28.6 26.7 .228 .276 .219 30.0
2018 Slurve -5.8 -1 9 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 33.3 .108 .117 .104 0.0
2018 Sweeper -13.8 -1 7 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 60.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Split-Finger 3.0 0 6 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Knuckleball -7.4 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 345 36.3 69 .220 .305 .304 34.8 33.3 22.8 .219 .336 .295 48.6
2017 Sinker -1.2 -2 189 19.9 51 .250 .295 .318 14.8 15.7 24.2 .349 .416 .362 42.1
2017 Slider -1.1 -2 169 17.8 50 .200 .267 .266 20.9 14.0 14.3 .208 .331 .263 20.0
2017 Curveball -2.9 -3 93 9.8 35 .171 .200 .184 34.7 31.4 36.7 .207 .290 .231 33.3
2017 Changeup -3.6 -2 68 7.2 25 .250 .375 .286 22.7 12.0 15.8 .263 .404 .302 33.3
2017 Cutter -1.1 -1 63 6.6 16 .250 .438 .294 22.2 12.5 13.3 .359 .521 .373 42.9
2017 Split-Finger 1.9 0 18 1.9 5 .200 .200 .180 25.0 40.0 20.0 .154 .180 .147 33.3
2017 Slurve 3.2 0 5 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 148 522 -3 -6 2 2 -6
2016 175 622 -4 -3 1 2 -3
2017 254 955 -5 -14 5 4 -11
2018 265 997 -2 -6 6 5 2
2019 240 871 10 -12 1 3 1
2020 135 525 -2 -5 0 0 -7
2021 62 212 -2 -2 -1 1 -4
2022 134 507 -6 -11 1 3 -14
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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 7 57.1 75.0 100.0 33.3 100.0 42.9 50.0 57.1 0.0 0.0 --
2016 626 51.9 75.1 86.9 34.6 63.5 39.9 38.6 55.6 18.7 7.3 84.8
2017 951 48.8 66.8 82.3 32.4 56.3 42.6 31.0 49.2 26.3 7.0 65.7
2018 997 48.2 66.5 84.4 33.7 53.4 41.0 29.4 49.5 26.3 5.8 72.4
2019 871 49.3 76.2 85.6 38.0 60.7 43.4 40.4 56.8 22.6 7.8 79.4
2020 525 49.0 71.2 79.8 36.6 52.0 41.5 34.1 53.5 29.9 8.2 86.0
2021 212 52.4 69.4 79.2 42.6 44.2 44.8 27.4 56.6 33.3 6.1 92.3
2022 516 49.1 71.1 75.1 38.0 49.0 41.4 36.0 53.9 33.5 8.7 77.3
Player 4,705 49.4 70.7 82.9 35.5 55.6 41.9 34.2 52.9 26.0 7.2 77.3
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
2016 78 39
2017 54 41
2018 81 38
2019 79 28
2020 1 8 2 7 1 11 24 34 84 88 4 2 28 9 15
2021 83 14
2022 59 6
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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 22.5 4 4.5 -1 2 3 2 50.0
2017 22.8 2 2.1 0 2 2 1 50.0
2018 22.7 10 10.0 0 3 7 5 50.0
2019 23.3 8 6.5 2 2 6 3 37.5
2020 23.5 2 3.2 -1 4 4 0 0.0
2021 -- 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2022 23.7 3 2.0 1 1 1 1 33.3
Player 23.0 30 29.3 1 14 23 13 43.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 5 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 4 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 4 4
2017 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 5 4 1 1 2 3 3 1 1
2018 10 15 9 10 11 8 9 12 10 7 9 11 10 7 9 11 12 9 10 10 11 8 13 11 10 7 9 9 12 10 10
2019 8 10 4 5 7 6 9 6 6 4 6 7 7 6 6 5 4 5 5 8 8 8 9 8 6 6 6 9 8 6 6
2020 2 4 1 5 3 4 4 4 2 0 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 3
2021 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
2022 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 30 38 20 30 31 27 33 32 27 19 26 31 31 24 29 30 26 26 27 32 34 29 41 35 26 24 27 34 35 28 27
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.6 86.6 -2.0 86.6 0.0 88.6 2.0 88.6 0.0 87.9 -0.7 87.3 -0.6 87.2 -0.1
Launch Angle 9.4 8.0 -1.4 7.9 -0.1 9.6 1.7 10.6 1.0 7.7 -2.9 9.7 2.0 9.5 -0.2
Barrel % 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.7 -2.6 5.0 3.3 6.7 1.7 4.8 -1.9 5.3 0.5 4.7 -0.6
Hard Hit % 50.0 27.5 -22.5 36.2 8.7 38.0 1.8 40.6 2.6 47.6 7.0 34.2 -13.4 33.3 -0.9
Sweet Spot % 50.0 28.3 -21.7 35.0 6.7 33.5 -1.5 29.4 -4.1 33.3 3.9 23.7 -9.6 22.4 -1.3
xBA .466 .237 -0.229 .252 0.015 .229 -0.023 .258 0.029 .207 -0.051 .159 -0.048 .159 0.000
BA .000 .242 0.242 .218 -0.024 .244 0.026 .281 0.037 .238 -0.043 .217 -0.021 .155 -0.062
xwOBA .462 .274 -0.188 .292 0.018 .285 -0.007 .305 0.020 .231 -0.074 .187 -0.044 .195 0.008
wOBA .000 .275 0.275 .250 -0.025 .307 0.057 .315 0.008 .253 -0.062 .237 -0.016 .193 -0.044
xSLG .621 .374 -0.247 .359 -0.015 .367 0.008 .427 0.060 .296 -0.131 .235 -0.061 .248 0.013
SLG .000 .382 0.382 .293 -0.089 .417 0.124 .439 0.022 .323 -0.116 .300 -0.023 .248 -0.052
K% 0.0 17.6 17.6 22.6 5.0 25.3 2.7 20.8 -4.5 34.8 14.0 35.5 0.7 33.8 -1.7
BB% 0.0 4.0 4.0 6.3 2.3 6.4 0.1 4.2 -2.2 3.0 -1.2 3.2 0.2 2.9 -0.3
Swing % 57.1 55.6 -1.5 49.2 -6.4 49.5 0.3 56.8 7.3 53.5 -3.3 56.6 3.1 53.9 -2.7
Whiff% 0.0 18.7 18.7 26.3 7.6 26.3 0.0 22.6 -3.7 29.9 7.3 33.3 3.4 33.5 0.2
In Zone % 57.1 51.9 -5.2 48.8 -3.1 48.2 -0.6 49.3 1.1 49.0 -0.3 52.4 3.4 49.1 -3.3
Out of Zone % 42.9 48.1 5.2 51.2 3.1 51.8 0.6 50.7 -1.1 51.0 0.3 47.6 -3.4 50.9 3.3
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 34.6 1.3 32.4 -2.2 33.7 1.3 38.0 4.3 36.6 -1.4 42.6 6.0 38.0 -4.6
First Pitch Swing % 50.0 38.6 -11.4 31.0 -7.6 29.4 -1.6 40.4 11.0 34.1 -6.3 27.4 -6.7 36.0 8.6
First Pitch Strike % 100.0 66.5 -33.5 64.3 -2.2 61.5 -2.8 67.9 6.4 60.0 -7.9 71.0 11.0 64.0 -7.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 167 2 1.2 .266 .000
2017 Shifts R 252 0 0.0 .250
2018 Shifts R 265 4 1.5 .305 .392
2019 Shifts R 239 1 0.4 .318 .000
2020 Shifts R 135 14 10.4 .260 .189
2021 Shifts R 62 5 8.1 .242 .176
2022 Shifts R 134 0 0.0 .196
! 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 %
2011 7 15.5 42.9% 0.0% 13 21.8 0.0% 23.1%
2013 127 16.6 29.9% 1.6% 78 22.7 1.3% 10.3%
2014 5 15.5 40.0% 0.0% 5 24.2 0.0% 20.0%
2015 3 14.1 66.7% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
2016 141 18.8 24.1% 5.0% 95 25.1 3.2% 27.4%
2017 242 17.4 15.7% 1.2% 181 22.9 0.6% 8.8%
2018 243 16.2 29.2% 2.5% 179 23.3 0.0% 7.3%
2019 206 17.4 23.8% 2.9% 123 23.7 0.0% 10.6%
2020 130 17.2 21.5% 0.8% 85 23.8 0.0% 8.2%
2021 53 18.7 17.0% 5.7% 28 23.3 3.6% 14.3%
2022 115 17.0 21.7% 2.6% 81 23.5 0.0% 8.6%
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