Ryan Schimpf
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 180LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 5, #160, Toronto Blue Jays | Louisiana State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 330 276 48 60 20 1 .217 .336 .533 .869
2017 197 165 24 26 14 0 .158 .284 .424 .708
2018 7 5 2 1 1 0 .200 .429 .800 1.229
3 Seasons 534 446 74 87 35 1 .195 .318 .496 .814
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .217 20 1 .869
2017 .158 14 0 .708
2018 .200 1 0 1.229
3 Seasons .195 35 1 .814
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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%
2016 28 1458 174 29 16.7 8.8 90.3 109.4 29.7 30.5 .196 .474 .362 .344 .456 41.4 31.8 12.7
2017 29 846 97 16 16.5 8.1 86.1 108.0 29.8 33.0 .170 .407 .304 .305 .403 30.9 35.5 13.7
2018 30 35 2 1 50.0 14.3 70.2 99.2 -5.2 50.0 .172 .462 .487 .389 .672 50.0 42.9 28.6
Player 2339 273 46 16.8 8.6 88.6 109.4 29.5 31.5 .186 .449 .342 .330 .439 37.7 33.3 13.3
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
2016 20.1 42.0 21.8 16.1 41.4 33.9 24.1 1.7 13.8 43.7 14.4 8.0 16.7 8.8
2017 20.6 42.3 17.5 19.6 43.3 29.9 25.8 6.2 17.5 41.2 14.4 4.1 16.5 8.1
2018 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 14.3
Player 20.5 42.1 20.1 17.2 41.8 32.6 24.9 3.7 15.0 42.5 14.3 6.6 16.8 8.6
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 %
2018 Sinker -7.2 -1 13 37.1 3 .000 .000 .233 33.3 33.3 33.3 .152 .153 .325 0.0
2018 Slider -7.1 0 7 20.0 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Changeup 2.7 0 6 17.1 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Curveball 19.1 1 5 14.3 2 .500 2.000 1.000 50.0 50.0 33.3 .277 1.002 .535 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 0 2 5.7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Cutter 14.8 0 2 5.7 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -4 267 31.6 65 .113 .283 .263 30.8 43.1 33.3 .124 .306 .274 28.0
2017 Sinker 1.8 4 219 25.9 53 .195 .585 .422 18.2 20.8 18.3 .237 .638 .433 43.3
2017 Slider -0.1 0 124 14.7 35 .161 .548 .294 33.3 48.6 35.4 .144 .445 .251 37.5
2017 Curveball -3.1 -3 111 13.1 16 .063 .250 .125 33.3 50.0 30.8 .069 .162 .095 12.5
2017 Changeup 5.1 3 54 6.4 10 .333 .667 .450 30.0 30.0 15.8 .291 .515 .376 50.0
2017 Cutter 1.4 1 44 5.2 11 .250 .375 .386 15.8 9.1 10.0 .300 .330 .390 0.0
2017 Knuckleball -3.9 -1 14 1.7 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .341 .381 .315 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -9.8 -1 7 0.8 3 .333 .333 .300 25.0 33.3 33.3 .028 .029 .028 0.0
2017 Sweeper -11.1 0 3 0.4 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
2016 327 1,445 7 -8 12 8 18
2017 197 845 -3 -10 7 4 -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 %
2016 1,458 47.1 64.6 78.6 23.5 54.7 41.7 21.8 42.9 28.3 7.2 69.5
2017 846 48.4 59.7 76.6 18.8 57.3 45.6 22.3 38.5 27.0 6.3 69.8
2018 35 51.4 50.0 55.6 5.9 0.0 37.1 28.6 28.6 50.0 2.9 0.0
Player 2,339 47.6 62.6 77.6 21.6 55.3 43.0 22.1 41.1 28.1 6.8 69.2
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
2016 71 82 56
2017 60 68
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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 20.4 20 21.8 -2 9 21 6 30.0
2017 21.2 14 10.5 4 2 9 3 21.4
2018 20.4 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 20.7 35 33.2 2 11 31 9 25.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 20 22 17 27 20 18 23 23 14 17 21 26 23 20 19 25 13 17 25 25 24 18 32 29 21 20 21 30 25 22 17
2017 14 11 10 12 12 9 11 10 10 10 10 12 11 10 10 12 10 9 11 11 10 8 12 12 10 9 12 12 13 10 7
2018 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 35 34 27 40 33 27 35 34 24 28 32 38 35 31 30 38 24 27 37 37 35 27 45 42 32 30 34 43 39 33 24
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.3 86.1 -4.2 70.2 -15.9
Launch Angle 29.7 29.8 0.1 -5.2 -35.0
Barrel % 16.7 16.5 -0.2 50.0 33.5
Hard Hit % 41.4 30.9 -10.5 50.0 19.1
Sweet Spot % 30.5 33.0 2.5 50.0 17.0
xBA .196 .170 -0.026 .172 0.002
BA .217 .158 -0.059 .200 0.042
xwOBA .344 .305 -0.039 .389 0.084
wOBA .362 .304 -0.058 .487 0.183
xSLG .474 .407 -0.067 .462 0.055
SLG .533 .424 -0.109 .800 0.376
K% 31.8 35.5 3.7 42.9 7.4
BB% 12.7 13.7 1.0 28.6 14.9
Swing % 42.9 38.5 -4.4 28.6 -9.9
Whiff% 28.3 27.0 -1.3 50.0 23.0
In Zone % 47.1 48.4 1.3 51.4 3.0
Out of Zone % 52.9 51.6 -1.3 48.6 -3.0
Out of Zone Swing % 23.5 18.8 -4.7 5.9 -12.9
First Pitch Swing % 21.8 22.3 0.5 28.6 6.3
First Pitch Strike % 55.5 57.9 2.4 57.1 -0.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 323 105 32.5 .366 .338
2017 Shifts L 196 138 70.4 .365 .280
2018 Shifts L 7 0 0.0 .487
! 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 %
2016 462 17.6 27.9% 4.1% 231 23.7 4.8% 18.6%
2017 298 17.1 30.9% 3.0% 132 24.3 0.0% 13.6%
2018 16 15.9 43.8% 6.3% 5 25.5 0.0% 0.0%
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