Gift Ngoepe
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 8" 200LBS | Age: 34
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 63 54 10 12 0 0 .222 .323 .296 .619
2018 19 18 2 1 0 0 .056 .105 .056 .161
2 Seasons 82 72 12 13 0 0 .181 .272 .236 .508
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .222 0 0 .619
2018 .056 0 0 .161
2 Seasons .181 0 0 .508
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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%
2017 27 282 29 1 3.4 1.6 84.1 110.4 -4.3 17.2 .152 .204 .281 .223 .296 24.1 41.3 12.7
2018 28 76 6 1 16.7 5.3 87.2 102.7 2.4 33.3 .136 .253 .083 .194 .498 33.3 63.2 5.3
Player 358 35 2 5.7 2.4 84.7 110.4 -3.1 20.0 .148 .216 .235 .216 .331 25.7 46.3 11.0
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
2017 69.0 10.3 17.2 3.4 41.4 34.5 24.1 6.9 55.2 10.3 20.7 0.0 3.4 1.6
2018 50.0 16.7 33.3 0.0 0.0 83.3 16.7 0.0 50.0 0.0 33.3 0.0 16.7 5.3
Player 65.7 11.4 20.0 2.9 34.3 42.9 22.9 5.7 54.3 8.6 22.9 0.0 5.7 2.4
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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -4.0 -1 34 44.7 7 .000 .000 .100 33.3 57.1 33.3 .220 .541 .373 50.0
2018 Curveball -7.1 -1 13 17.1 3 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 60.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slider -8.8 -1 10 13.2 4 .000 .000 .000 75.0 75.0 60.0 .217 .253 .203 0.0
2018 Sinker 13.8 1 5 6.6 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .108 .124 .111 50.0
2018 Split-Finger -4.0 0 4 5.3 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2018 Cutter -5.4 0 4 5.3 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .041 .043 .049 0.0
2018 Changeup -4.8 0 4 5.3 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slurve 6.9 0 2 2.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 2.5 3 110 39.0 20 .375 .563 .463 45.7 45.0 29.0 .222 .359 .337 71.4
2017 Sinker -2.5 -1 59 20.9 18 .133 .133 .241 19.0 22.2 26.7 .115 .129 .177 0.0
2017 Slider -2.6 -1 48 17.0 10 .000 .000 .070 61.1 60.0 35.3 .016 .019 .084 0.0
2017 Curveball -5.5 -1 23 8.2 5 .000 .000 .000 25.0 40.0 33.3 .054 .063 .050 0.0
2017 Changeup 5.0 1 22 7.8 6 .600 .600 .567 36.4 33.3 22.2 .429 .488 .452 66.7
2017 Cutter 3.6 1 18 6.4 3 .333 .667 .417 25.0 66.7 33.3 .120 .132 .108 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -8.3 0 2 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 63 282 -1 -1 2 1 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 %
2017 282 50.7 55.2 62.0 19.4 33.3 40.4 22.2 37.6 41.5 9.2 65.4
2018 76 59.2 48.9 63.6 35.5 18.2 51.3 42.1 43.4 45.5 1.3 100.0
Player 358 52.5 53.7 62.4 22.4 28.9 42.7 26.8 38.8 42.4 7.5 66.7
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
2017 78 85
2018 33 48
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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 0.6 -1 0 1 0 --
2018 -- 0 0.5 -1 0 1 0 --
Player -- 0 1.1 -1 0 2 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
2018 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Player 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 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 2017 2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.1 87.2 3.1
Launch Angle -4.3 2.4 6.7
Barrel % 3.4 16.7 13.3
Hard Hit % 24.1 33.3 9.2
Sweet Spot % 17.2 33.3 16.1
xBA .152 .136 -0.016
BA .222 .056 -0.166
xwOBA .223 .194 -0.029
wOBA .281 .083 -0.198
xSLG .204 .253 0.049
SLG .296 .056 -0.240
K% 41.3 63.2 21.9
BB% 12.7 5.3 -7.4
Swing % 37.6 43.4 5.8
Whiff% 41.5 45.5 4.0
In Zone % 50.7 59.2 8.5
Out of Zone % 49.3 40.8 -8.5
Out of Zone Swing % 19.4 35.5 16.1
First Pitch Swing % 22.2 42.1 19.9
First Pitch Strike % 60.3 78.9 18.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 63 0 0.0 .281
2018 Shifts R 19 2 10.5 .092 .000
! 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 91 17.6 16.5% 1.1% 65 22.5 6.2% 7.7%
2018 18 18.1 5.6% 5.6% 14 20.7 0.0% 14.3%
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