Gerrit Cole
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #1, Pittsburgh Pirates | UCLA
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 16 8 3.23 30 30 0 181.1 243 1.06
2022 13 8 3.50 33 33 0 200.2 257 1.02
2023 15 4 2.63 33 33 0 209 222 0.98
11 Seasons 145 75 3.17 300 300 0 1,859 2,152 1.09
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 30 16-8 3.23 181.1 243 1.06
2022 33 13-8 3.50 200.2 257 1.02
2023 33 15-4 2.63 209 222 0.98
11 Seasons 300 145-75 3.17 1,859 2,152 1.09
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 24 3238 576 25 4.3 3.0 88.2 114.8 8.7 34.7 .241 .370 .274 .294 .362 34.7 24.3 5.3 2.60 3.54
2016 25 1938 366 11 3.0 2.2 87.7 110.8 8.0 36.1 .268 .378 .326 .308 .351 31.0 19.4 7.1 3.88 3.99
2017 26 3298 594 45 7.6 5.3 86.3 111.7 11.1 34.0 .257 .427 .315 .317 .387 34.4 23.1 6.5 4.26 4.33
2018 27 3257 452 28 6.2 3.5 89.1 110.8 15.8 35.8 .198 .337 .265 .271 .371 39.8 34.5 8.0 2.88 3.06
2019 28 3362 440 26 5.9 3.2 87.6 115.2 14.0 33.2 .181 .315 .246 .237 .361 35.5 39.9 5.9 2.50 2.43
2020 29 1203 175 16 9.1 5.6 90.4 114.0 16.4 32.0 .198 .381 .279 .274 .376 44.6 32.6 5.9 2.84 3.13
2021 30 2969 440 43 9.8 5.9 88.7 114.1 12.5 33.0 .209 .369 .276 .274 .384 38.6 33.5 5.6 3.23 3.13
2022 31 3274 483 46 9.5 5.8 89.4 112.4 12.6 32.5 .214 .383 .283 .284 .394 40.2 32.4 6.3 3.50 3.31
2023 32 3281 543 41 7.6 5.0 89.2 114.9 14.8 33.7 .233 .379 .256 .289 .366 39.2 27.0 5.8 2.63 3.48
Player 25820 4069 281 6.9 4.4 88.4 115.2 12.4 34.0 .222 .370 .278 .283 .373 37.1 29.8 6.3
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Cole relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(53.0%) ,
Slider
(20.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(12.1%) ,
Changeup
(7.1%) ,
Cutter
(7.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 49.0 19.3 27.6 4.2 32.8 41.5 25.3 3.3 39.2 19.8 25.7 5.4 4.3 3.0
2016 47.8 17.5 29.2 5.5 32.5 39.9 27.6 3.0 35.2 21.3 30.1 4.6 3.0 2.2
2017 46.6 20.7 25.1 7.6 35.2 35.2 29.3 5.7 30.8 22.4 27.1 4.0 7.6 5.3
2018 37.6 26.5 26.5 9.3 29.4 42.5 27.0 3.1 28.3 28.8 23.5 9.3 6.2 3.5
2019 40.7 26.8 24.3 8.2 31.4 39.5 29.1 3.0 31.8 27.7 22.0 8.9 5.9 3.2
2020 37.7 30.3 25.1 6.9 40.0 34.9 25.1 3.4 29.1 29.1 15.4 12.0 9.1 5.6
2021 42.7 28.2 22.5 6.6 31.4 42.5 26.1 3.6 31.1 26.8 24.5 3.9 9.8 5.9
2022 42.0 28.6 22.2 7.2 33.1 37.5 29.4 3.1 30.6 24.8 22.8 7.7 9.5 5.8
2023 40.3 27.4 24.9 7.4 32.4 43.5 24.1 3.7 26.9 28.2 27.1 5.9 7.6 5.0
Player 43.2 24.6 25.2 7.0 32.7 39.9 27.1 3.6 31.7 25.0 24.9 6.4 6.9 4.4
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 Curveball NYY R 396 82.9 53.9 5.0 10 10.1 2.6 35
2023 Cutter NYY R 230 92.7 20.8 1.4 6 2.8 0.8 37
2023 Slider NYY R 682 89.1 32.6 0.7 2 4.7 0.8 20
2023 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 1,738 96.7 12.0 1.6 12 8.4 0.5 6
2023 Changeup NYY R 233 89.1 24.4 -4.8 -16 14.2 -0.5 -3
2022 Slider NYY R 739 88.7 34.2 2.1 7 5.0 1.1 28
2022 Curveball NYY R 353 83.0 53.0 4.3 9 10.2 2.6 34
2022 Changeup NYY R 276 89.7 24.7 -4.0 -14 14.0 -0.7 -5
2022 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 1,698 97.8 10.5 2.4 19 10.4 2.2 27
2022 Cutter NYY R 208 92.0 24.4 -1.5 -6 0.5 -1.5 -75
2021 Slider NYY R 659 88.4 34.4 2.4 8 5.3 1.5 38
2021 Sinker NYY R 25 97.7 14.3 -4.1 -22 16.8 1.6 11
2021 Changeup NYY R 421 89.8 24.0 -4.0 -14 15.8 1.3 9
2021 Curveball NYY R 465 83.4 51.6 3.1 6 10.5 2.7 34
2021 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 1,399 97.7 10.9 2.1 16 12.0 3.5 42
2020 Sinker NYY R 3 96.0 14.1 -6.1 -30 16.3 1.1 7
2020 4-Seam Fastball NYY R 632 96.7 11.5 2.2 16 12.2 4.1 51
2020 Curveball NYY R 205 83.4 50.9 2.8 6 9.5 1.7 21
2020 Changeup NYY R 67 88.3 24.5 -4.9 -17 15.5 1.8 13
2020 Slider NYY R 296 88.7 31.0 -0.8 -2 5.0 1.4 39
2019 Sinker HOU R 80 97.1 13.8 -5.7 -29 15.1 0.2 1
2019 Slider HOU R 778 89.2 31.8 0.5 2 4.9 1.7 52
2019 Curveball HOU R 519 82.6 55.6 5.5 11 11.7 4.1 54
2019 Changeup HOU R 250 88.6 22.9 -5.3 -19 15.3 1.0 7
2019 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 1,733 97.1 10.9 2.9 21 11.4 3.6 45
2018 Slider HOU R 649 88.7 31.5 -0.5 -2 5.2 1.3 35
2018 Sinker HOU R 197 96.3 16.3 -3.5 -18 15.6 0.6 4
2018 4-Seam Fastball HOU R 1,639 96.5 12.5 2.0 14 11.1 3.1 39
2018 Changeup HOU R 145 87.7 24.5 -5.4 -18 14.5 0.2 1
2018 Curveball HOU R 626 82.5 52.8 3.2 6 12.4 4.0 48
2017 Sinker PIT R 429 95.6 19.8 0.1 0 17.8 2.4 16
2017 Curveball PIT R 397 80.4 50.2 -0.2 0 11.7 2.9 32
2017 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 1,543 95.9 14.0 -0.3 -2 13.4 4.4 49
2017 Changeup PIT R 338 88.5 26.2 -1.8 -6 16.5 1.8 12
2017 Slider PIT R 569 88.1 32.1 0.8 3 2.6 0.0 -1
2016 Curveball PIT R 188 81.7 50.5 0.7 1 16.8 7.2 75
2016 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 904 95.9 15.5 -0.4 -2 9.3 1.7 22
2016 Sinker PIT R 366 96.0 19.3 -0.9 -4 13.8 -0.3 -2
2016 Slider PIT R 346 88.2 33.5 1.6 5 6.3 2.2 55
2016 Changeup PIT R 108 88.8 25.4 -4.3 -15 12.5 -0.4 -3
2015 Sinker PIT R 524 96.2 20.8 0.6 3 14.1 -0.1 -1
2015 Curveball PIT R 256 82.2 47.6 -1.5 -3 16.2 6.2 62
2015 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 1,624 96.3 16.6 -1.6 -11 11.0 3.2 42
2015 Slider PIT R 686 87.7 37.2 4.3 13 7.0 2.7 63
2015 Changeup PIT R 116 88.8 27.5 -2.2 -7 12.3 -0.3 -2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 29 1,739 53.0 429 .201 .332 .275 22.7 28.2 21.6 .224 .401 .303 45.7
2023 Slider 1.4 10 683 20.8 176 .185 .250 .219 32.9 29.5 18.6 .232 .317 .254 32.5
2023 Curveball 1.0 4 396 12.1 97 .215 .269 .243 24.4 27.8 19.3 .223 .305 .242 40.3
2023 Changeup 0.7 2 233 7.1 54 .235 .510 .343 28.6 13.0 11.3 .279 .556 .358 26.7
2023 Cutter 0.0 0 230 7.0 63 .271 .390 .318 30.8 22.2 23.3 .268 .375 .303 28.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 8 1,698 51.9 399 .221 .420 .313 28.9 33.8 24.8 .216 .398 .300 47.6
2022 Slider 1.4 10 739 22.6 208 .160 .280 .219 44.2 37.0 24.8 .195 .320 .241 32.5
2022 Curveball -0.9 -3 353 10.8 72 .261 .391 .304 36.9 31.9 24.0 .221 .406 .287 32.6
2022 Changeup -1.0 -3 276 8.4 65 .194 .435 .282 30.7 24.6 20.0 .219 .391 .282 32.6
2022 Cutter -1.2 -2 208 6.4 49 .267 .578 .390 31.8 12.2 18.2 .264 .500 .359 38.5
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 17 1,399 47.1 312 .225 .398 .292 27.6 34.0 24.1 .223 .421 .295 49.5
2021 Slider 1.6 10 659 22.2 178 .177 .287 .235 40.4 40.4 27.5 .169 .292 .240 32.3
2021 Curveball 0.0 0 465 15.7 90 .299 .483 .358 32.1 25.6 18.7 .280 .481 .336 40.6
2021 Changeup 0.6 3 421 14.2 137 .211 .320 .267 33.6 29.2 25.6 .179 .263 .225 21.6
2021 Sinker -7.1 -2 25 0.8 9 .444 .778 .522 29.4 22.2 28.6 .245 .534 .324 28.6
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 4 632 52.5 157 .226 .466 .323 25.9 22.3 19.9 .228 .476 .322 47.7
2020 Slider 1.3 4 296 24.6 77 .130 .261 .235 43.3 41.6 23.4 .143 .194 .204 35.1
2020 Curveball 0.5 1 205 17.0 42 .214 .405 .283 48.0 52.4 30.6 .179 .348 .223 45.0
2020 Changeup 1.5 1 67 5.6 12 .167 .500 .271 36.7 41.7 26.3 .222 .427 .274 42.9
2020 Sinker 2.1 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 36 1,733 51.5 401 .166 .348 .264 37.5 44.4 32.8 .165 .316 .245 40.0
2019 Slider 1.4 11 778 23.1 236 .187 .317 .232 39.9 38.1 27.4 .182 .302 .217 28.6
2019 Curveball 0.1 1 519 15.4 114 .218 .364 .273 31.9 36.8 25.6 .203 .340 .244 38.2
2019 Changeup 0.0 0 250 7.4 46 .238 .381 .291 41.2 28.3 16.5 .211 .298 .239 29.0
2019 Sinker 1.6 1 80 2.4 19 .294 .353 .308 14.3 10.5 7.7 .282 .375 .308 43.8
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 22 1,639 50.3 366 .185 .348 .276 29.6 33.9 25.0 .205 .391 .299 41.4
2018 Slider 0.8 5 649 19.9 192 .209 .311 .267 35.8 37.5 24.7 .188 .271 .236 35.8
2018 Curveball -0.3 -2 626 19.2 153 .229 .368 .294 33.6 41.2 29.2 .196 .293 .247 40.2
2018 Sinker 3.0 6 197 6.0 59 .176 .216 .225 16.8 18.6 18.6 .174 .259 .251 34.1
2018 Changeup 1.6 2 145 4.5 28 .160 .320 .255 31.3 17.9 15.2 .236 .509 .355 55.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 8 1,543 46.8 362 .269 .474 .363 19.6 24.0 20.0 .278 .495 .362 39.6
2017 Slider -0.3 -1 569 17.3 155 .235 .396 .291 34.3 32.9 21.6 .214 .339 .246 35.0
2017 Sinker 0.6 2 429 13.0 139 .264 .416 .353 9.9 9.4 12.3 .283 .422 .341 32.1
2017 Curveball -1.5 -6 397 12.0 91 .253 .402 .300 25.4 30.8 22.6 .198 .307 .237 23.7
2017 Changeup 0.7 2 338 10.2 96 .232 .432 .288 20.2 16.7 19.3 .273 .463 .312 29.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 233 89.1 99 17.6 1:45 2:00 -15
2023 Cutter 230 92.7 54 10.6 12:15 11:30 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,738 96.7 94 19.1 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Knuckle Curve 396 82.9 77 19.6 7:15 7:00 15
2023 Slider 683 89.1 27 5.7 10:30 9:00 90
2022 Changeup 274 89.7 98 17.0 2:00 2:00 0
2022 Cutter 207 92.0 42 7.5 12:00 11:45 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1,694 97.8 97 20.9 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Knuckle Curve 352 83.0 76 19.0 7:15 7:15 0
2022 Slider 735 88.7 24 5.9 10:00 8:45 75
2021 Changeup 418 89.9 99 18.9 2:00 2:00 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,396 97.7 98 21.5 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Knuckle Curve 465 83.4 74 18.3 7:15 7:15 0
2021 Sinker 25 97.7 99 22.5 1:15 1:45 -30
2021 Slider 656 88.4 26 6.3 9:45 8:45 60
2020 Changeup 67 88.3 99 18.8 2:00 2:00 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 630 96.7 98 21.6 1:15 1:15 0
2020 Knuckle Curve 203 83.3 70 17.0 7:30 7:15 15
2020 Slider 296 88.7 31 6.5 11:00 9:45 75
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 507 1,882 6 15 -4 -6 11
2014 570 2,192 4 14 -8 -5 5
2015 852 3,310 16 26 -4 -10 28
2016 502 1,926 6 11 -9 -6 2
2017 843 3,276 10 19 -14 -10 5
2018 850 3,444 15 44 -14 -10 35
2019 954 3,911 36 48 -14 -9 61
2020 361 1,499 5 18 -4 -6 13
2021 738 3,019 13 36 -12 -12 25
2022 870 3,581 3 34 -16 -10 11
2023 819 3,281 39 31 -16 -10 45
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 3,238 50.4 66.4 85.3 30.1 55.1 42.0 61.7 48.3 22.8 8.1 81.7
2016 1,938 51.2 66.0 88.5 29.6 62.5 42.8 60.3 48.2 18.8 7.1 79.6
2017 3,298 51.1 66.5 82.6 25.6 64.9 41.8 63.5 46.5 21.7 8.4 79.4
2018 3,257 53.4 67.5 74.9 29.2 52.3 43.8 63.6 49.6 30.8 8.3 79.6
2019 3,362 52.2 66.0 71.4 32.3 43.0 43.5 64.3 49.9 37.2 9.1 78.4
2020 1,203 48.5 67.1 75.3 33.1 47.3 43.0 63.5 49.6 34.2 7.6 78.3
2021 2,969 48.6 66.8 75.2 32.0 53.8 42.4 66.8 48.9 31.9 8.4 77.1
2022 3,274 47.1 65.8 76.8 32.4 46.2 42.9 61.5 48.2 33.9 7.5 78.7
2023 3,281 49.6 70.5 80.6 29.9 57.9 42.8 67.7 50.1 26.0 7.5 76.7
Player 25,820 50.3 67.0 78.8 30.3 53.2 42.8 63.8 48.8 28.7 8.1 78.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 66 52 61 63 71 19 70 46 34 74 83 51 57 91 41 75 64
2016 53 21 62 88 33 65 93 71 76 38 61 17 60 88 37 77 55
2017 45 35 35 39 62 2 18 71 39 61 81 31 27 88 34 79 56
2018 88 91 83 62 90 22 55 25 13 95 53 83 64 93 85 92 57
2019 98 97 96 84 99 30 70 75 59 99 81 98 81 95 97 92 65
2020 82 84 57 34 95 4 25 16 14 89 82 87 89 92 95 81 70
2021 86 83 65 49 95 5 16 53 51 95 88 85 87 97 93 87 72
2022 71 76 47 22 89 3 15 25 29 92 75 92 80 96 92 86 61
2023 79 65 68 66 86 10 54 43 49 76 87 48 63 90 87 86 36
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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 21.4 7 5.9 1 7 4 2 28.6
2017 21.9 31 30.9 0 15 26 11 35.5
2018 23.0 20 17.9 2 9 14 8 40.0
2019 22.1 33 25.5 8 13 20 11 33.3
2020 22.9 18 16.8 1 3 12 8 44.4
2021 23.9 26 26.1 0 11 18 12 46.2
2022 24.3 36 33.4 3 10 21 17 47.2
2023 24.2 20 19.5 1 8 17 7 35.0
Player 23.1 191 176.1 15 76 132 76 39.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 7 7 3 8 5 4 7 6 4 3 6 8 5 5 6 7 4 6 5 6 7 4 11 7 7 5 4 11 6 6 4
2017 31 35 25 29 35 26 37 31 25 25 28 36 32 29 31 36 27 27 32 30 32 27 40 38 30 28 25 42 37 34 18
2018 20 21 13 21 18 16 20 19 14 15 15 23 21 16 14 21 19 17 16 19 19 16 23 19 18 15 15 19 22 17 15
2019 33 30 18 28 32 24 29 25 22 16 20 30 31 26 23 25 23 20 25 31 28 28 32 31 22 20 22 28 34 24 19
2020 18 19 16 19 18 18 19 16 12 14 14 17 18 16 16 16 19 16 15 18 17 18 22 17 18 15 17 17 18 17 13
2021 26 28 21 26 29 25 28 27 19 21 23 30 31 22 28 30 26 27 24 27 24 27 31 29 26 23 28 30 26 22 26
2022 36 31 31 35 35 35 35 32 24 29 30 37 37 32 33 36 34 35 29 32 33 33 43 34 31 30 35 37 37 35 33
2023 20 19 17 17 23 19 19 16 16 18 18 18 21 16 20 21 23 16 21 23 19 22 29 24 16 15 21 20 22 20 16
Player 191 190 144 183 195 167 194 172 136 141 154 199 196 162 171 192 175 164 167 186 179 175 231 199 168 151 167 204 202 175 144
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.3 95.9 -0.4 95.8 -0.1 96.5 0.7 97.1 0.6 96.7 -0.4 97.7 1.0 97.1 -0.6 96.2 -0.9
Offspeed Velocity 88.8 88.8 0.0 88.5 -0.3 87.7 -0.8 88.6 0.9 88.3 -0.3 89.8 1.5 89.7 -0.1 89.1 -0.6
Breaking Velocity 86.2 85.9 -0.3 84.9 -1.0 85.7 0.8 86.6 0.9 86.5 -0.1 86.3 -0.2 86.8 0.5 86.8 0.0
Exit Velocity 88.2 87.7 -0.5 86.3 -1.4 89.1 2.8 87.6 -1.5 90.4 2.8 88.7 -1.7 89.4 0.7 89.2 -0.2
Launch Angle 8.7 8.0 -0.7 11.1 3.1 15.8 4.7 14.0 -1.8 16.4 2.4 12.5 -3.9 12.6 0.1 14.8 2.2
Barrel % 4.3 3.0 -1.3 7.6 4.6 6.2 -1.4 5.9 -0.3 9.1 3.2 9.8 0.7 9.5 -0.3 7.6 -1.9
Hard Hit % 34.7 31.0 -3.7 34.4 3.4 39.8 5.4 35.5 -4.3 44.6 9.1 38.6 -6.0 40.2 1.6 39.2 -1.0
Sweet Spot % 34.7 36.1 1.4 34.0 -2.1 35.8 1.8 33.2 -2.6 32.0 -1.2 33.0 1.0 32.5 -0.5 33.7 1.2
xBA .241 .268 0.027 .257 -0.011 .198 -0.059 .181 -0.017 .198 0.017 .209 0.011 .214 0.005 .233 0.019
BA .239 .289 0.050 .254 -0.035 .198 -0.056 .186 -0.012 .197 0.011 .223 0.026 .209 -0.014 .206 -0.003
xwOBA .294 .308 0.014 .317 0.009 .271 -0.046 .237 -0.034 .274 0.037 .274 0.000 .284 0.010 .289 0.005
wOBA .274 .326 0.052 .315 -0.011 .265 -0.050 .246 -0.019 .279 0.033 .276 -0.003 .283 0.007 .256 -0.027
xSLG .370 .378 0.008 .427 0.049 .337 -0.090 .315 -0.022 .381 0.066 .369 -0.012 .383 0.014 .379 -0.004
SLG .336 .410 0.074 .434 0.024 .332 -0.102 .343 0.011 .405 0.062 .372 -0.033 .390 0.018 .322 -0.068
K% 24.3 19.4 -4.9 23.1 3.7 34.5 11.4 39.9 5.4 32.6 -7.3 33.5 0.9 32.4 -1.1 27.0 -5.4
BB% 5.3 7.1 1.8 6.5 -0.6 8.0 1.5 5.9 -2.1 5.9 0.0 5.6 -0.3 6.3 0.7 5.8 -0.5
Swing % 48.3 48.2 -0.1 46.5 -1.7 49.6 3.1 49.9 0.3 49.6 -0.3 48.9 -0.7 48.2 -0.7 50.1 1.9
Whiff% 22.8 18.8 -4.0 21.7 2.9 30.8 9.1 37.2 6.4 34.2 -3.0 31.9 -2.3 33.9 2.0 26.0 -7.9
In Zone % 50.4 51.2 0.8 51.1 -0.1 53.4 2.3 52.2 -1.2 48.5 -3.7 48.6 0.1 47.1 -1.5 49.6 2.5
Out of Zone % 49.6 48.8 -0.8 48.9 0.1 46.6 -2.3 47.8 1.2 51.5 3.7 51.4 -0.1 52.9 1.5 50.4 -2.5
Out of Zone Swing % 30.1 29.6 -0.5 25.6 -4.0 29.2 3.6 32.3 3.1 33.1 0.8 32.0 -1.1 32.4 0.4 29.9 -2.5
First Pitch Swing % 29.8 28.5 -1.3 28.6 0.1 31.2 2.6 32.7 1.5 31.6 -1.1 33.7 2.1 29.6 -4.1 37.1 7.5
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 60.3 -1.4 63.5 3.2 63.6 0.1 64.3 0.7 63.5 -0.8 66.8 3.3 61.5 -5.3 67.7 6.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 496 .322 263 14 5.3 233 52 22.3
2017 Shifts 846 .314 442 27 6.1 404 109 27.0
2018 Shifts 799 .265 410 153 37.3 389 265 68.1
2019 Shifts 817 .246 400 107 26.8 417 369 88.5
2020 Shifts 287 .280 166 37 22.3 121 67 55.4
2021 Shifts 716 .276 402 49 12.2 314 160 51.0
2022 Shifts 793 .283 438 34 7.8 355 266 74.9
2023 Shades 819 .256 434 0 0.0 385 191 49.6
! 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 %
2013 544 14.3 57.4% 0.7% 220 22.0 2.3% 6.4%
2014 706 15.8 39.8% 1.0% 322 22.3 0.3% 14.9%
2015 996 16.3 39.2% 4.0% 446 22.8 9.2% 22.9%
2016 525 15.8 42.1% 3.2% 328 22.6 5.8% 18.3%
2017 996 15.6 42.4% 0.9% 521 21.5 1.3% 6.9%
2018 946 16.5 28.4% 1.8% 472 21.8 3.0% 10.8%
2019 1074 16.7 26.5% 1.5% 400 21.3 1.0% 7.2%
2020 391 16.5 27.4% 1.0% 143 22.0 0.0% 9.1%
2021 918 17.1 26.9% 2.4% 410 24.4 0.2% 13.2%
2022 1040 17.6 21.3% 3.4% 437 23.2 0.2% 14.2%
2023 992 14.9 52.7% 0.4% 396 19.2 3.3% 0.8%
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