Richie Shaffer
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 230LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #25, Tampa Bay Rays | Clemson
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 88 74 11 14 4 0 .189 .307 .392 .699
2016 54 48 5 12 1 0 .250 .315 .438 .753
2 Seasons 142 122 16 26 5 0 .213 .310 .410 .720
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .189 4 0 .699
2016 .250 1 0 .753
2 Seasons .213 5 0 .720
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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 24 364 43 5 11.6 5.7 86.0 110.8 20.2 34.9 .152 .304 .309 .268 .341 30.2 36.4 11.4
2016 25 191 31 1 3.2 1.9 89.0 112.3 15.2 25.8 .169 .260 .321 .224 .279 22.6 33.3 9.3
Player 555 74 6 8.1 4.2 87.3 112.3 18.1 31.1 .159 .286 .314 .252 .315 27.0 35.2 10.6
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
2015 37.2 18.6 23.3 20.9 37.2 32.6 30.2 2.3 27.9 37.2 16.3 2.3 11.6 5.7
2016 45.2 22.6 22.6 9.7 38.7 32.3 29.0 0.0 35.5 35.5 22.6 3.2 3.2 1.9
Player 40.5 20.3 23.0 16.2 37.8 32.4 29.7 1.4 31.1 36.5 18.9 2.7 8.1 4.2
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.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 88 364 2 -7 1 2 -1
2016 54 191 -2 1 1 1 1
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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 364 45.3 55.8 68.5 27.1 38.9 44.0 29.5 40.1 42.5 3.6 61.5
2016 191 55.5 69.8 66.2 30.6 26.9 42.4 48.1 52.4 43.0 5.8 72.7
Player 555 48.8 61.3 67.5 28.2 35.0 43.4 36.6 44.3 42.7 4.3 66.7
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
2015 82 48
2016 87 46
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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 21.2 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 21.2 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 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
Player 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
! 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 86.0 89.0 3.0
Launch Angle 20.2 15.2 -5.0
Barrel % 11.6 3.2 -8.4
Hard Hit % 30.2 22.6 -7.6
Sweet Spot % 34.9 25.8 -9.1
xBA .152 .169 0.017
BA .189 .250 0.061
xwOBA .268 .224 -0.044
wOBA .309 .321 0.012
xSLG .304 .260 -0.044
SLG .392 .438 0.046
K% 36.4 33.3 -3.1
BB% 11.4 9.3 -2.1
Swing % 40.1 52.4 12.3
Whiff% 42.5 43.0 0.5
In Zone % 45.3 55.5 10.2
Out of Zone % 54.7 44.5 -10.2
Out of Zone Swing % 27.1 30.6 3.5
First Pitch Swing % 29.5 48.1 18.6
First Pitch Strike % 61.4 74.1 12.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 54 0 0.0 .321
! 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 %
2015 104 15.9 42.3% 4.8% 70 20.4 11.4% 15.7%
2016 51 20.6 21.6% 5.9% 31 24.2 9.7% 22.6%
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