John Hicks
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 230LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 4, #123, Seattle Mariners | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 312 288 35 75 9 0 .260 .312 .403 .715
2019 333 319 29 67 13 1 .210 .240 .379 .619
2021 31 31 6 8 4 0 .258 .258 .677 .935
6 Seasons 902 845 97 199 32 4 .236 .279 .401 .680
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .260 9 0 .715
2019 .210 13 1 .619
2021 .258 4 0 .935
6 Seasons .236 32 4 .680
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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 25 144 15 0 0.0 0.0 92.6 106.3 24.7 46.7 .156 .232 .086 .183 .382 46.7 52.9 2.9
2016 26 9 2 0 0.0 0.0 99.7 100.4 -1.9 50.0 .564 .687 .621 .537 .537 100.0 0.0 0.0
2017 27 727 123 11 8.9 5.8 85.7 110.7 8.0 35.0 .259 .428 .328 .325 .412 32.5 26.8 6.8
2018 28 1162 206 12 5.8 3.8 87.9 111.2 14.6 33.0 .222 .367 .311 .282 .355 34.5 26.9 7.1
2019 29 1249 211 14 6.6 4.2 87.9 112.5 16.2 34.1 .201 .350 .259 .248 .349 29.9 32.7 3.9
2021 31 122 23 5 21.7 16.1 90.6 108.0 22.8 30.4 .245 .630 .384 .361 .487 34.8 25.8 0.0
Player 3413 580 42 7.2 4.7 87.7 112.5 14.3 34.1 .221 .378 .290 .278 .372 32.9 29.9 5.4
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 20.0 13.3 53.3 13.3 40.0 26.7 33.3 0.0 13.3 26.7 40.0 13.3 0.0 0.0
2016 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 50.4 18.7 26.8 4.1 50.4 28.5 21.1 10.6 30.1 16.3 26.8 6.5 8.9 5.8
2018 44.2 22.8 23.8 9.2 28.6 41.7 27.7 2.9 35.0 24.3 22.8 7.8 5.8 3.8
2019 40.8 21.3 23.7 14.2 42.7 37.0 20.4 3.8 32.2 30.8 19.9 6.6 6.6 4.2
2021 34.8 43.5 13.0 8.7 52.2 21.7 26.1 4.3 21.7 30.4 17.4 4.3 21.7 16.1
Player 43.3 21.9 24.8 10.0 39.5 36.0 23.8 4.8 31.9 25.2 22.9 7.1 7.2 4.7
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.

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 %
2021 Slider 0.6 0 31 25.4 9 .222 .556 .322 37.5 33.3 21.4 .263 .767 .423 50.0
2021 Sinker -5.0 -1 29 23.8 6 .167 .167 .150 21.1 16.7 14.3 .213 .257 .206 20.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 28 23.0 6 .333 .833 .483 46.7 33.3 18.2 .209 .541 .305 25.0
2021 Changeup 4.7 1 18 14.8 7 .286 1.143 .571 50.0 14.3 12.5 .256 .729 .408 33.3
2021 Cutter -5.8 0 6 4.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .003 .003 .003 0.0
2021 Curveball 20.4 1 6 4.9 2 .500 1.000 .625 50.0 50.0 33.3 .449 1.360 .738 100.0
2021 Sweeper 3.5 0 3 2.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Split-Finger -3.5 0 1 0.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -13 464 37.1 99 .189 .400 .258 30.4 36.4 22.4 .210 .420 .271 38.3
2019 Slider -1.7 -4 258 20.7 85 .214 .405 .267 39.3 29.4 26.6 .183 .263 .196 22.0
2019 Sinker -3.5 -6 161 12.9 43 .175 .175 .237 24.0 23.3 18.2 .147 .186 .186 23.3
2019 Curveball -5.2 -6 115 9.2 29 .103 .103 .124 48.5 48.3 33.3 .139 .186 .139 6.7
2019 Cutter 4.4 5 103 8.2 29 .240 .520 .402 33.9 24.1 17.9 .264 .599 .400 33.3
2019 Changeup 3.1 3 103 8.2 34 .406 .750 .501 42.5 26.5 28.1 .321 .592 .399 43.5
2019 Split-Finger 0.3 0 17 1.4 6 .333 .333 .300 41.7 33.3 22.2 .259 .360 .263 50.0
2019 Sweeper -10.9 -2 15 1.2 6 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 85.7 -- -- .000 --
2019 Slurve -4.9 -1 12 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .293 .323 .279 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 34 142 -3 -3 1 0 -5
2017 190 726 0 -6 1 3 -3
2018 312 1,162 0 -13 6 3 -4
2019 333 1,248 -9 -16 -2 3 -24
2021 31 122 2 -1 0 0 0
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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 144 47.9 69.6 77.1 44.0 42.4 41.0 35.3 56.3 37.0 8.3 83.3
2016 9 55.6 60.0 100.0 50.0 50.0 44.4 0.0 55.6 20.0 11.1 100.0
2017 727 50.7 80.4 69.6 35.8 54.7 42.6 47.9 58.3 34.0 8.4 91.8
2018 1,162 48.0 77.4 74.8 38.1 48.7 42.4 44.6 57.0 34.1 8.6 86.0
2019 1,249 48.6 78.9 73.0 46.1 49.3 39.8 48.6 62.0 35.6 7.5 89.4
2021 122 56.6 81.2 66.1 45.3 50.0 45.9 54.8 65.6 38.8 5.7 85.7
Player 3,413 49.1 78.4 72.7 41.1 49.8 41.6 46.7 59.4 34.9 8.1 88.4
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 49 49
2017 80 57
2018 80 41
2019 86 45
2021 53 33
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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 %
2017 23.2 6 5.7 0 6 5 2 33.3
2018 20.7 9 9.5 -1 3 6 5 55.6
2019 21.8 13 12.0 1 8 6 8 61.5
2021 24.0 4 5.5 -2 1 4 2 50.0
Player 22.0 32 32.7 -1 18 21 17 53.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2017 6 5 4 7 6 6 7 5 5 3 6 8 6 5 6 5 4 3 5 6 7 6 9 7 5 5 5 8 8 5 3
2018 9 12 6 9 10 9 11 8 7 7 10 11 10 8 10 12 10 9 11 11 11 9 12 11 9 6 9 10 11 9 8
2019 13 14 9 13 14 12 14 12 12 9 10 13 15 11 13 13 10 10 11 14 12 12 14 15 11 11 11 12 14 11 9
2021 4 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 5 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 4 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 5
Player 32 37 24 34 35 33 38 31 27 24 32 39 36 30 35 36 30 27 33 37 36 31 41 38 31 27 30 36 38 31 25
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 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.6 99.7 7.1 85.7 -14.0 87.9 2.2 87.9 0.0
Launch Angle 24.7 -1.9 -26.6 8.0 9.9 14.6 6.6 16.2 1.6
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.9 8.9 5.8 -3.1 6.6 0.8
Hard Hit % 46.7 100.0 53.3 32.5 -67.5 34.5 2.0 29.9 -4.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 46.7 50.0 3.3 35.0 -15.0 33.0 -2.0 34.1 1.1
xBA .156 .564 0.408 .259 -0.305 .222 -0.037 .201 -0.021
BA .063 .500 0.437 .266 -0.234 .260 -0.006 .210 -0.050
xwOBA .183 .537 0.354 .325 -0.212 .282 -0.043 .248 -0.034
wOBA .086 .621 0.535 .328 -0.293 .311 -0.017 .259 -0.052
xSLG .232 .687 0.455 .428 -0.259 .367 -0.061 .350 -0.017
SLG .094 1.000 0.906 .439 -0.561 .403 -0.036 .379 -0.024
K% 52.9 0.0 -52.9 26.8 26.8 26.9 0.1 32.7 5.8
BB% 2.9 0.0 -2.9 6.8 6.8 7.1 0.3 3.9 -3.2
Swing % 56.3 55.6 -0.7 58.3 2.7 57.0 -1.3 62.0 5.0
Whiff% 37.0 20.0 -17.0 34.0 14.0 34.1 0.1 35.6 1.5
In Zone % 47.9 55.6 7.7 50.7 -4.9 48.0 -2.7 48.6 0.6
Out of Zone % 52.1 44.4 -7.7 49.3 4.9 52.0 2.7 51.4 -0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 44.0 50.0 6.0 35.8 -14.2 38.1 2.3 46.1 8.0
First Pitch Swing % 35.3 0.0 -35.3 47.9 47.9 44.6 -3.3 48.6 4.0
First Pitch Strike % 55.9 0.0 -55.9 65.3 65.3 64.1 -1.2 71.2 7.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 2 0 0.0 .621
2017 Shifts R 190 2 1.1 .332 .000
2018 Shifts R 311 25 8.0 .313 .302
2019 Shifts R 333 22 6.6 .253 .349
2021 Shifts R 31 4 12.9 .292 1.003
! 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 %
2015 27 17.0 33.3% 0.0% 22 23.0 0.0% 13.6%
2016 2 12.9 50.0% 0.0% 2 18.7 0.0% 0.0%
2017 152 15.8 44.7% 2.0% 106 20.9 0.9% 5.7%
2018 276 16.0 39.5% 0.7% 160 21.8 0.6% 10.0%
2019 261 16.1 40.2% 1.1% 137 21.7 0.7% 2.2%
2021 22 16.9 27.3% 4.5% 16 25.0 0.0% 0.0%
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