Ben Paulsen
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 210LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 3, #90, Colorado Rockies | Clemson
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 66 63 8 20 4 0 .317 .348 .571 .919
2015 354 325 42 90 11 1 .277 .326 .462 .788
2016 97 92 8 20 1 0 .217 .258 .304 .562
3 Seasons 517 480 58 130 16 1 .271 .316 .446 .762
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .317 4 0 .919
2015 .277 11 1 .788
2016 .217 1 0 .562
3 Seasons .271 16 1 .762
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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 1283 237 14 5.9 4.0 88.3 112.0 10.7 34.6 .250 .390 .339 .308 .392 34.2 26.0 6.5
2016 28 368 65 3 4.6 3.1 86.5 115.9 8.0 29.2 .206 .311 .243 .240 .312 27.7 27.8 5.2
Player 1651 302 17 5.6 3.8 87.9 115.9 10.1 33.4 .240 .372 .318 .293 .374 32.8 26.4 6.2
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 45.1 11.8 36.3 6.8 38.0 35.4 26.6 1.7 34.2 20.7 28.7 3.8 5.9 4.0
2016 53.8 20.0 20.0 6.2 32.3 36.9 29.2 6.2 38.5 23.1 24.6 3.1 4.6 3.1
Player 47.0 13.6 32.8 6.6 36.8 35.8 27.2 2.6 35.1 21.2 27.8 3.6 5.6 3.8
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
2014 65 244 6 -1 1 1 7
2015 354 1,281 4 -7 4 5 5
2016 96 364 -2 -2 -1 3 -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 1,283 47.2 79.7 71.2 36.4 61.4 46.3 43.5 56.7 32.0 5.5 82.9
2016 368 47.8 76.7 77.8 37.5 62.5 39.7 41.2 56.3 27.1 6.5 95.8
Player 1,651 47.4 79.0 72.6 36.6 61.6 44.8 43.0 56.6 30.9 5.7 86.2
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 43 42 46 47 34 37 59 41 88 45 12 39 5 12 47
2016 98 49
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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 21.0 1 0.8 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 21.0 1 0.8 0 1 1 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
Player 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 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 88.3 86.5 -1.8 ↓
Launch Angle 10.7 8.0 -2.7 ↓
Barrel % 5.9 4.6 -1.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.2 27.7 -6.5 ↓
Sweet Spot % 34.6 29.2 -5.4 ↓
xBA .250 .206 -0.044 ↓
BA .277 .217 -0.060 ↓
xwOBA .308 .240 -0.068 ↓
wOBA .339 .243 -0.096 ↓
xSLG .390 .311 -0.079 ↓
SLG .462 .304 -0.158 ↓
K% 26.0 27.8 1.8 ↑
BB% 6.5 5.2 -1.3 ↓
Swing % 56.7 56.3 -0.4 ↓
Whiff% 32.0 27.1 -4.9 ↓
In Zone % 47.2 47.8 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.8 52.2 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 36.4 37.5 1.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 43.5 41.2 -2.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 64.4 63.9 -0.5 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 93 29 31.2 .246 .231
! 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 %
2014 74 15.2 45.9% 5.4% 18 22.7 5.6% 5.6%
2015 299 17.2 35.1% 5.7% 193 23.4 9.3% 18.1%
2016 97 16.1 42.3% 5.2% 44 21.9 4.5% 22.7%
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