Jerry Sands
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 25, #757, Los Angeles Dodgers | Catawba
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 22 21 1 4 1 0 .190 .227 .333 .560
2015 133 123 11 29 4 0 .236 .286 .390 .676
2016 58 55 2 13 1 0 .236 .276 .291 .567
5 Seasons 464 420 36 100 10 3 .238 .303 .367 .670
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .190 1 0 .560
2015 .236 4 0 .676
2016 .236 1 0 .567
5 Seasons .238 10 3 .670
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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
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 27 535 88 5 5.7 3.8 90.8 110.3 10.1 30.7 .224 .358 .294 .281 .356 40.9 27.1 6.8
2016 28 228 31 1 3.2 1.7 86.2 109.1 2.6 22.6 .204 .249 .252 .223 .355 25.8 41.4 5.2
Player 763 119 6 5.0 3.1 89.7 110.3 8.2 28.6 .218 .324 .281 .264 .356 37.0 31.4 6.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 46.6 18.2 25.0 10.2 27.3 40.9 30.7 1.1 34.1 26.1 25.0 6.8 5.7 3.8
2016 61.3 3.2 25.8 9.7 54.8 32.3 12.9 0.0 48.4 9.7 35.5 0.0 3.2 1.7
Player 50.4 14.3 25.2 10.1 34.5 38.7 26.1 0.8 37.8 21.8 27.7 5.0 5.0 3.1
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.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 226 916 -2 -3 5 3 2
2015 133 535 -6 2 2 2 0
2016 58 228 -4 0 1 0 -2
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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 535 47.5 63.4 76.4 27.4 58.4 41.9 30.1 44.5 29.4 6.9 81.1
2016 228 54.4 63.7 64.6 34.6 44.4 50.0 43.1 50.4 41.7 5.7 100.0
Player 763 49.5 63.5 72.5 29.4 54.0 44.3 34.0 46.3 33.4 6.6 86.0
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
2015 78 33
2016 68 21
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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 18.3 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 18.3 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
Player 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.8 86.2 -4.6
Launch Angle 10.1 2.6 -7.5
Barrel % 5.7 3.2 -2.5
Hard Hit % 40.9 25.8 -15.1
Sweet Spot % 30.7 22.6 -8.1
xBA .224 .204 -0.020
BA .236 .236 0.000
xwOBA .281 .223 -0.058
wOBA .294 .252 -0.042
xSLG .358 .249 -0.109
SLG .390 .291 -0.099
K% 27.1 41.4 14.3
BB% 6.8 5.2 -1.6
Swing % 44.5 50.4 5.9
Whiff% 29.4 41.7 12.3
In Zone % 47.5 54.4 6.9
Out of Zone % 52.5 45.6 -6.9
Out of Zone Swing % 27.4 34.6 7.2
First Pitch Swing % 30.1 43.1 13.0
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 81.0 20.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 57 4 7.0 .226 .439
! 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 253 14.7 54.5% 1.2% 164 21.8 2.4% 7.9%
2012 18 15.3 44.4% 0.0% 10 22.0 0.0% 10.0%
2014 15 17.5 33.3% 0.0% 21 22.6 0.0% 9.5%
2015 160 18.4 16.3% 5.0% 91 25.1 6.6% 19.8%
2016 43 19.3 4.7% 4.7% 47 24.5 2.1% 27.7%
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