Anthony Alford
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 215LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 3, #112, Toronto Blue Jays | Petal HS (MS)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 29 28 5 6 2 3 .214 .241 .500 .741
2021 148 133 14 31 5 5 .233 .311 .406 .717
2022 4 4 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
6 Seasons 240 220 25 46 8 11 .209 .275 .368 .643
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .214 2 3 .741
2021 .233 5 5 .717
2022 .250 0 0 .500
6 Seasons .209 8 11 .643
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%
2017 22 34 5 1 20.0 12.5 90.8 107.0 3.4 40.0 .331 .588 .154 .382 .611 40.0 37.5 0.0
2018 23 85 10 0 0.0 0.0 86.4 106.4 19.1 40.0 .159 .194 .149 .204 .291 40.0 42.9 9.5
2019 24 124 17 1 5.9 3.3 86.1 107.0 13.6 11.8 .142 .309 .228 .220 .305 29.4 36.7 3.3
2020 25 108 20 1 5.0 3.4 81.3 105.8 4.2 15.0 .176 .320 .306 .228 .296 30.0 27.6 3.4
2021 26 568 75 8 10.7 5.4 89.0 110.9 11.8 36.0 .199 .383 .310 .289 .436 42.7 39.2 8.1
2022 27 15 2 0 0.0 0.0 82.9 90.4 24.8 0.0 .037 .049 .221 .035 .071 0.0 50.0 0.0
Player 934 129 11 8.5 4.6 87.2 110.9 11.3 29.5 .187 .350 .278 .264 .387 38.0 37.9 6.7
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.




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
2017 60.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 40.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 12.5
2018 40.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 0.0 30.0 40.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
2019 52.9 35.3 5.9 5.9 52.9 29.4 17.6 5.9 52.9 29.4 0.0 5.9 5.9 3.3
2020 55.0 35.0 10.0 0.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 15.0 35.0 25.0 15.0 5.0 5.0 3.4
2021 37.3 37.3 24.0 1.3 41.3 36.0 22.7 2.7 28.0 25.3 24.0 9.3 10.7 5.4
2022 50.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 43.4 34.9 19.4 2.3 38.8 38.0 23.3 4.7 34.1 26.4 18.6 7.8 8.5 4.6
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.

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 Sinker -4.6 0 7 46.7 2 .500 .500 .450 16.7 0.0 0.0 .074 .098 .071 0.0
2022 Curveball -4.7 0 5 33.3 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 0 2 13.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 Slider -1.7 0 1 6.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -3 201 35.4 50 .213 .404 .288 45.5 52.0 37.1 .163 .312 .231 42.9
2021 Sinker 1.6 2 119 21.0 34 .357 .643 .474 14.3 14.7 20.0 .282 .680 .452 47.8
2021 Slider 0.4 0 109 19.2 24 .273 .409 .365 37.9 45.8 30.6 .221 .287 .260 54.5
2021 Changeup -3.9 -2 61 10.7 20 .100 .200 .170 45.5 50.0 58.8 .114 .193 .134 20.0
2021 Curveball -4.2 -2 52 9.2 12 .167 .250 .179 37.5 41.7 25.0 .264 .526 .336 57.1
2021 Cutter 6.7 1 21 3.7 6 .250 .250 .533 57.1 16.7 25.0 .145 .169 .325 0.0
2021 Split-Finger 4.5 0 5 0.9 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 36 33.3 7 .143 .571 .286 57.1 42.9 30.0 .076 .180 .106 25.0
2020 Sinker -1.3 0 20 18.5 4 .333 .333 .400 37.5 0.0 0.0 .388 .424 .443 33.3
2020 Curveball -3.0 0 14 13.0 7 .143 .143 .129 30.0 28.6 50.0 .077 .085 .072 40.0
2020 Changeup 1.4 0 12 11.1 5 .200 .200 .360 37.5 20.0 14.3 .073 .087 .076 0.0
2020 Cutter 29.7 3 10 9.3 2 1.000 3.500 1.800 33.3 0.0 0.0 .940 2.473 1.389 100.0
2020 Slider 2.4 0 9 8.3 1 .000 .000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .173 .175 .183 0.0
2020 Sweeper -10.1 -1 7 6.5 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 100.0 .090 .091 .087 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -2 60 48.4 10 .000 .000 .070 56.5 70.0 50.0 .068 .227 .176 50.0
2019 Slider -1.6 -1 32 25.8 9 .333 .333 .300 31.3 22.2 20.0 .147 .173 .140 28.6
2019 Changeup -3.9 -1 13 10.5 6 .167 .667 .333 25.0 16.7 33.3 .240 .729 .386 20.0
2019 Sinker -1.8 0 8 6.5 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 100.0 .123 .126 .111 0.0
2019 Curveball 8.3 0 6 4.8 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .176 .209 .166 50.0
2019 Cutter 8.6 0 5 4.0 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -1 28 32.9 3 .000 .000 .233 41.7 33.3 12.5 .020 .029 .248 0.0
2018 Slider -4.1 -1 18 21.2 6 .167 .167 .150 42.9 50.0 33.3 .296 .374 .291 66.7
2018 Curveball -9.6 -1 11 12.9 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 60.0 60.0 .084 .106 .080 50.0
2018 Cutter -3.5 0 10 11.8 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 50.0 .007 .018 .010 100.0
2018 Sinker 7.9 1 10 11.8 2 .000 .000 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 .152 .167 .419 0.0
2018 Changeup 3.3 0 8 9.4 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .303 .318 .273 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 0 12 35.3 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 25.0 .450 .574 .435 100.0
2017 Sinker -9.7 -1 10 29.4 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 33.3 .068 .077 .061 0.0
2017 Slider 7.5 1 8 23.5 2 .500 1.000 .625 33.3 50.0 33.3 .433 1.279 .693 100.0
2017 Changeup -18.0 0 2 5.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .312 .338 .287 0.0
2017 Curveball -14.5 0 1 2.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .432 .502 .389 0.0
2017 Cutter 0.0 0 1 2.9 -- -- -- 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
2019 30 124 -3 -1 1 1 -2
2020 29 108 3 -2 0 0 2
2021 147 568 -4 -6 3 4 -4
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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 %
2017 34 29.4 70.0 85.7 45.8 63.6 50.0 25.0 52.9 27.8 2.9 100.0
2018 85 45.9 59.0 69.6 26.1 50.0 40.0 33.3 41.2 37.1 9.4 75.0
2019 124 47.6 67.8 62.5 24.6 50.0 41.1 20.0 45.2 41.1 7.3 88.9
2020 108 48.1 71.2 62.2 33.9 42.1 37.0 34.5 51.9 44.6 10.2 81.8
2021 568 47.5 68.9 71.5 28.9 38.4 42.8 34.0 47.9 37.9 6.7 78.9
2022 15 33.3 60.0 100.0 60.0 50.0 46.7 25.0 60.0 33.3 13.3 50.0
Player 934 46.6 68.0 69.6 30.1 43.3 42.0 31.8 47.8 38.6 7.4 79.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2019 49 98
2020 32 97
2021 77 98 35
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2019 20.7 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2020 22.5 2 2.2 0 0 2 1 50.0
2021 23.2 5 6.3 -1 3 3 4 80.0
Player 22.7 8 9.7 -2 4 5 6 75.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2019 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
2020 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 2
2021 5 5 7 8 7 6 7 6 6 5 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 5 8 7 6 5 8 6 5 5 8 8 5 6 7
Player 8 8 11 11 10 9 11 9 9 7 9 11 10 8 9 12 10 8 11 11 9 8 13 9 7 7 11 13 9 11 10
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.8 86.4 -4.4 86.1 -0.3 81.3 -4.8 89.0 7.7 82.9 -6.1
Launch Angle 3.4 19.1 15.7 13.6 -5.5 4.2 -9.4 11.8 7.6 24.8 13.0
Barrel % 20.0 0.0 -20.0 5.9 5.9 5.0 -0.9 10.7 5.7 0.0 -10.7
Hard Hit % 40.0 40.0 0.0 29.4 -10.6 30.0 0.6 42.7 12.7 0.0 -42.7
Sweet Spot % 40.0 40.0 0.0 11.8 -28.2 15.0 3.2 36.0 21.0 0.0 -36.0
xBA .331 .159 -0.172 .142 -0.017 .176 0.034 .199 0.023 .037 -0.162
BA .125 .105 -0.020 .179 0.074 .214 0.035 .233 0.019 .250 0.017
xwOBA .382 .204 -0.178 .220 0.016 .228 0.008 .289 0.061 .035 -0.254
wOBA .154 .149 -0.005 .228 0.079 .306 0.078 .310 0.004 .221 -0.089
xSLG .588 .194 -0.394 .309 0.115 .320 0.011 .383 0.063 .049 -0.334
SLG .250 .105 -0.145 .286 0.181 .500 0.214 .406 -0.094 .250 -0.156
K% 37.5 42.9 5.4 36.7 -6.2 27.6 -9.1 39.2 11.6 50.0 10.8
BB% 0.0 9.5 9.5 3.3 -6.2 3.4 0.1 8.1 4.7 0.0 -8.1
Swing % 52.9 41.2 -11.7 45.2 4.0 51.9 6.7 47.9 -4.0 60.0 12.1
Whiff% 27.8 37.1 9.3 41.1 4.0 44.6 3.5 37.9 -6.7 33.3 -4.6
In Zone % 29.4 45.9 16.5 47.6 1.7 48.1 0.5 47.5 -0.6 33.3 -14.2
Out of Zone % 70.6 54.1 -16.5 52.4 -1.7 51.9 -0.5 52.5 0.6 66.7 14.2
Out of Zone Swing % 45.8 26.1 -19.7 24.6 -1.5 33.9 9.3 28.9 -5.0 60.0 31.1
First Pitch Swing % 25.0 33.3 8.3 20.0 -13.3 34.5 14.5 34.0 -0.5 25.0 -9.0
First Pitch Strike % 100.0 61.9 -38.1 50.0 -11.9 58.6 8.6 61.9 3.3 75.0 13.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 8 1 12.5 .000 1.232
2018 Shifts R 21 0 0.0 .149
2019 Shifts R 30 2 6.7 .244 .000
2020 Shifts R 29 0 0.0 .306
2021 Shifts R 147 7 4.8 .310 .303
2022 Shifts R 4 0 0.0 .221
! 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 %
2017 14 18.4 14.3% 7.1% 2 16.6 0.0% 0.0%
2018 21 19.3 9.5% 4.8% 21 23.6 0.0% 9.5%
2019 41 17.8 14.6% 0.0% 22 20.5 0.0% 4.5%
2020 18 18.0 11.1% 0.0% 28 23.3 0.0% 17.9%
2021 154 17.7 18.2% 0.6% 94 22.9 1.1% 10.6%
2022 6 16.7 16.7% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
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