Austin Barnes
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 187LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 9, #283, Florida Marlins | Arizona State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 225 200 28 43 6 1 .215 .299 .345 .644
2022 212 179 31 38 8 2 .212 .324 .380 .704
2023 200 178 15 32 2 2 .180 .256 .242 .498
9 Seasons 1,557 1,334 190 292 34 20 .219 .323 .343 .666
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .215 6 1 .644
2022 .212 8 2 .704
2023 .180 2 2 .498
9 Seasons .219 34 20 .666
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%
2015 25 160 24 0 0.0 0.0 90.7 111.2 9.7 20.8 .247 .311 .302 .331 .308 45.8 16.2 16.2
2016 26 149 23 0 0.0 0.0 89.1 108.3 24.5 21.7 .139 .192 .222 .218 .199 21.7 24.3 13.5
2017 27 1068 175 10 5.7 3.8 88.2 109.6 9.5 34.9 .283 .429 .386 .368 .377 36.8 16.4 14.9
2018 28 1022 134 5 3.7 2.1 87.6 108.1 5.6 26.1 .184 .256 .281 .265 .293 31.5 28.2 13.0
2019 29 940 158 7 4.4 2.9 87.2 108.9 16.4 27.8 .191 .297 .272 .256 .277 29.1 23.1 9.5
2020 30 390 65 1 1.5 1.0 86.9 105.4 16.2 21.5 .193 .279 .306 .274 .277 35.4 23.1 12.5
2021 31 890 145 6 4.1 2.7 85.2 109.0 13.5 29.7 .213 .311 .285 .274 .313 31.7 24.9 8.9
2022 32 850 145 7 4.8 3.3 87.4 107.8 13.6 31.0 .210 .329 .315 .298 .292 35.2 17.5 12.7
2023 33 778 138 4 2.9 2.0 84.8 105.5 6.1 28.3 .214 .309 .229 .273 .300 25.4 21.5 8.5
Player 6247 1007 40 4.0 2.6 86.9 111.2 11.6 28.9 .214 .317 .296 .289 .306 32.1 21.9 11.6
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 54.2 16.7 20.8 8.3 25.0 50.0 25.0 4.2 33.3 25.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 34.8 30.4 17.4 17.4 39.1 39.1 21.7 0.0 26.1 47.8 13.0 8.7 0.0 0.0
2017 44.6 18.9 32.0 4.6 28.0 48.0 24.0 3.4 37.1 18.9 28.0 6.3 5.7 3.8
2018 56.0 15.7 20.9 7.5 39.6 38.8 21.6 4.5 45.5 20.1 18.7 1.5 3.7 2.1
2019 41.8 25.3 20.3 12.7 33.5 39.2 27.2 3.2 33.5 33.5 20.9 3.8 4.4 2.9
2020 46.2 24.6 18.5 10.8 33.8 47.7 18.5 7.7 29.2 33.8 23.1 4.6 1.5 1.0
2021 43.4 30.3 20.0 6.2 37.9 41.4 20.7 9.0 29.7 26.9 24.1 6.2 4.1 2.7
2022 43.4 29.0 20.0 7.6 33.8 35.2 31.0 6.2 33.1 31.7 18.6 5.5 4.8 3.3
2023 51.4 21.7 19.6 7.2 37.7 40.6 21.7 10.1 35.5 22.5 23.9 5.1 2.9 2.0
Player 46.4 23.5 22.0 8.0 34.6 41.4 24.0 5.9 35.0 26.6 22.6 4.8 4.0 2.6
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 278 35.7 62 .245 .327 .339 15.3 16.1 12.2 .289 .475 .398 35.0
2023 Sinker -2.9 -4 149 19.2 47 .163 .186 .224 18.0 19.1 28.1 .226 .264 .254 20.0
2023 Slider -4.2 -6 149 19.2 39 .108 .216 .147 41.1 28.2 27.5 .138 .223 .176 18.5
2023 Cutter -1.9 -2 81 10.4 22 .190 .238 .211 19.5 18.2 18.2 .174 .231 .198 29.4
2023 Changeup -3.2 -2 51 6.6 13 .083 .083 .123 22.2 23.1 14.3 .100 .122 .143 22.2
2023 Sweeper -1.5 0 32 4.1 9 .222 .222 .200 16.7 44.4 26.7 .171 .232 .172 0.0
2023 Curveball 0.1 0 30 3.9 5 .200 .400 .250 9.1 20.0 8.3 .363 .553 .389 50.0
2023 Slurve 9.1 0 3 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .863 .978 .825 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -10.7 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 278 32.7 56 .240 .460 .339 13.9 23.2 15.1 .217 .396 .308 43.2
2022 Sinker -1.2 -3 217 25.5 60 .216 .333 .307 14.7 11.7 14.0 .219 .290 .294 43.2
2022 Slider 1.8 3 151 17.8 32 .200 .400 .368 32.1 28.1 16.4 .130 .191 .249 17.6
2022 Curveball -3.2 -2 73 8.6 24 .136 .318 .231 20.0 20.8 18.5 .249 .418 .319 23.5
2022 Changeup -1.3 -1 72 8.5 26 .143 .190 .234 16.2 7.7 6.9 .201 .326 .302 25.0
2022 Cutter 3.4 1 38 4.5 8 .400 1.000 .538 0.0 0.0 0.0 .145 .235 .311 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -1.8 0 15 1.8 4 .333 .333 .400 33.3 25.0 25.0 .301 .329 .385 0.0
2022 Sweeper 27.1 1 4 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .454 .454 .409 0.0
2022 Slurve -18.2 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .529 .813 .566 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -2 292 32.8 69 .210 .355 .301 22.2 21.7 19.7 .209 .301 .267 36.2
2021 Sinker -1.2 -2 207 23.3 62 .214 .304 .279 12.8 17.7 26.8 .184 .241 .227 23.9
2021 Slider 0.3 1 171 19.2 43 .211 .368 .300 41.3 30.2 26.0 .278 .446 .354 40.0
2021 Curveball -0.9 -1 89 10.0 21 .167 .222 .245 31.4 42.9 23.1 .173 .262 .261 22.2
2021 Cutter 4.2 2 48 5.4 6 .400 1.000 .600 26.7 33.3 18.2 .304 .684 .457 66.7
2021 Changeup 0.0 0 48 5.4 13 .333 .417 .358 37.9 23.1 17.6 .195 .237 .226 22.2
2021 Sweeper -2.5 -1 25 2.8 5 .000 .000 .140 53.8 40.0 28.6 .009 .030 .152 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -10.0 -1 7 0.8 4 .250 .500 .313 20.0 25.0 33.3 .324 .354 .308 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -3 179 45.9 51 .250 .275 .313 23.1 13.7 16.7 .220 .300 .306 34.3
2020 Slider -0.2 0 66 16.9 14 .167 .250 .254 25.0 42.9 28.6 .172 .251 .254 50.0
2020 Sinker -0.4 0 42 10.8 14 .333 .333 .421 15.0 21.4 42.9 .193 .207 .252 55.6
2020 Curveball -2.1 -1 42 10.8 6 .000 .000 .000 55.6 66.7 25.0 .042 .054 .042 0.0
2020 Changeup -1.3 0 30 7.7 12 .400 .500 .423 33.3 25.0 30.0 .212 .235 .243 25.0
2020 Cutter -2.8 -1 29 7.4 6 .000 .000 .117 20.0 16.7 11.1 .017 .018 .130 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 73.0 1 2 0.5 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .953 3.751 1.869 100.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 325 34.6 83 .229 .343 .311 15.7 15.7 15.7 .222 .378 .304 37.3
2019 Slider -0.6 -1 193 20.5 48 .217 .435 .298 30.1 33.3 20.8 .158 .255 .196 26.7
2019 Sinker -2.0 -4 180 19.1 41 .176 .324 .317 12.9 12.2 11.1 .219 .320 .312 27.6
2019 Curveball -4.3 -4 101 10.7 25 .120 .120 .108 38.9 48.0 44.4 .117 .139 .112 15.4
2019 Cutter -7.5 -4 60 6.4 19 .053 .053 .047 16.1 21.1 25.0 .168 .195 .156 13.3
2019 Changeup 6.8 4 60 6.4 18 .429 .643 .514 33.3 16.7 13.0 .258 .349 .357 27.3
2019 Sweeper -3.6 0 11 1.2 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Slurve -4.2 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Split-Finger -39.5 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -2 353 34.5 80 .200 .277 .315 17.6 30.0 21.6 .170 .247 .280 31.7
2018 Sinker -3.8 -8 199 19.5 42 .143 .229 .250 11.3 26.2 22.9 .161 .230 .261 45.8
2018 Slider -0.5 -1 124 12.1 30 .115 .115 .213 37.5 50.0 23.4 .093 .117 .173 27.3
2018 Curveball 1.7 2 116 11.4 25 .333 .458 .432 18.9 24.0 15.4 .247 .346 .274 33.3
2018 Cutter -3.4 -3 92 9.0 22 .200 .250 .255 13.5 27.3 23.1 .256 .293 .284 28.6
2018 Changeup -1.2 -1 86 8.4 23 .286 .524 .333 22.0 13.0 12.5 .230 .357 .272 21.1
2018 Split-Finger 3.0 0 12 1.2 3 .500 .500 .533 33.3 0.0 0.0 .579 .642 .592 0.0
2018 Knuckleball -10.7 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .093 .188 .107 0.0
2018 Sweeper 1.4 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 2.4 10 415 38.9 113 .318 .545 .442 8.1 15.0 14.4 .318 .487 .421 43.7
2017 Sinker -1.6 -3 176 16.5 43 .229 .314 .322 6.8 4.7 5.4 .261 .354 .345 33.3
2017 Slider 2.8 5 166 15.5 37 .286 .486 .349 28.6 32.4 20.3 .208 .297 .241 34.8
2017 Cutter 0.8 1 95 8.9 23 .263 .316 .333 16.1 21.7 17.2 .277 .338 .342 14.3
2017 Curveball 1.2 1 93 8.7 12 .455 .636 .492 20.0 25.0 12.0 .404 .520 .420 50.0
2017 Changeup 5.2 4 84 7.9 21 .263 .789 .498 18.2 4.8 4.8 .328 .744 .469 33.3
2017 Split-Finger -4.4 -1 20 1.9 8 .125 .125 .113 45.5 37.5 30.0 .125 .136 .114 40.0
2017 Sweeper -4.6 -1 15 1.4 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .039 .040 .259 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 37 160 -2 -2 2 1 -1
2016 38 154 -2 -2 1 1 -3
2017 312 1,276 -7 -1 14 8 13
2018 261 1,126 -18 -10 7 6 -16
2019 239 939 -9 -13 7 4 -11
2020 133 514 -5 -6 4 2 -4
2021 227 901 -7 -13 9 5 -5
2022 215 861 -12 0 9 3 0
2023 201 779 -20 -6 6 3 -16
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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 160 48.8 61.5 89.6 23.2 68.4 38.8 18.9 41.9 16.4 8.1 69.2
2016 149 51.0 76.3 79.3 21.9 50.0 47.7 37.8 49.7 25.7 4.7 100.0
2017 1,068 51.7 57.3 90.2 13.8 64.8 42.9 12.2 36.4 14.4 8.6 75.0
2018 1,022 54.5 50.4 85.7 18.5 64.3 44.8 11.0 35.6 18.7 8.6 72.1
2019 940 51.7 57.1 84.8 20.9 53.7 43.3 20.7 39.6 22.3 8.3 60.3
2020 390 52.6 71.7 76.9 16.2 63.3 39.0 32.7 45.4 24.9 7.9 74.2
2021 890 50.3 67.4 77.8 20.6 57.1 44.4 24.9 44.2 26.7 8.5 69.7
2022 850 53.1 65.9 86.2 15.3 59.0 41.5 25.5 42.1 17.6 7.1 76.7
2023 778 54.0 64.5 81.2 19.8 60.6 45.4 33.5 44.0 22.2 8.4 86.2
Player 6,247 52.4 61.1 83.8 18.2 59.9 43.4 21.9 40.6 20.7 8.2 73.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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 84 59
2016 62 49
2017 72 58
2018 60 59
2019 64 57
2020 28 44
2021 59 48
2022 37 34
2023 18 29
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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 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
2017 21.3 9 9.0 0 2 7 3 33.3
2018 21.6 4 4.1 0 1 0 4 100.0
2019 21.3 5 5.0 0 1 3 3 60.0
2020 21.4 2 2.1 0 2 0 2 100.0
2021 23.1 6 6.8 -1 0 6 3 50.0
2022 23.5 8 7.0 1 1 5 3 37.5
2023 24.1 2 3.0 -1 4 3 0 0.0
Player 22.2 36 37.2 -1 11 25 18 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
2017 9 9 4 10 9 9 10 11 7 8 9 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 10 9 9 9 10 11 8 9 8 10 10 9 7
2018 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2019 5 7 5 3 5 4 6 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 5 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 5 4
2020 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 6 7 5 4 9 8 9 6 6 4 9 7 5 5 9 7 5 5 7 9 6 7 9 7 4 6 8 9 6 9 8
2022 8 3 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 5 7 8 8 8 7 7
2023 2 0 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 6 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 3
Player 36 33 29 34 40 37 41 36 34 31 39 40 36 34 40 38 33 33 41 42 37 41 45 43 29 35 38 44 38 40 35
! 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 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.7 89.1 -1.6 88.2 -0.9 87.6 -0.6 87.2 -0.4 86.9 -0.3 85.2 -1.7 87.4 2.2 84.8 -2.6
Launch Angle 9.7 24.5 14.8 9.5 -15.0 5.6 -3.9 16.4 10.8 16.2 -0.2 13.5 -2.7 13.6 0.1 6.1 -7.5
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 5.7 3.7 -2.0 4.4 0.7 1.5 -2.9 4.1 2.6 4.8 0.7 2.9 -1.9
Hard Hit % 45.8 21.7 -24.1 36.8 15.1 31.5 -5.3 29.1 -2.4 35.4 6.3 31.7 -3.7 35.2 3.5 25.4 -9.8
Sweet Spot % 20.8 21.7 0.9 34.9 13.2 26.1 -8.8 27.8 1.7 21.5 -6.3 29.7 8.2 31.0 1.3 28.3 -2.7
xBA .247 .139 -0.108 .283 0.144 .184 -0.099 .191 0.007 .193 0.002 .213 0.020 .210 -0.003 .214 0.004
BA .207 .156 -0.051 .289 0.133 .205 -0.084 .203 -0.002 .244 0.041 .215 -0.029 .212 -0.003 .180 -0.032
xwOBA .331 .218 -0.113 .368 0.150 .265 -0.103 .256 -0.009 .274 0.018 .274 0.000 .298 0.024 .273 -0.025
wOBA .302 .222 -0.080 .386 0.164 .281 -0.105 .272 -0.009 .306 0.034 .285 -0.021 .315 0.030 .229 -0.086
xSLG .311 .192 -0.119 .429 0.237 .256 -0.173 .297 0.041 .279 -0.018 .311 0.032 .329 0.018 .309 -0.020
SLG .276 .188 -0.088 .486 0.298 .290 -0.196 .340 0.050 .314 -0.026 .345 0.031 .380 0.035 .242 -0.138
K% 16.2 24.3 8.1 16.4 -7.9 28.2 11.8 23.1 -5.1 23.1 0.0 24.9 1.8 17.5 -7.4 21.5 4.0
BB% 16.2 13.5 -2.7 14.9 1.4 13.0 -1.9 9.5 -3.5 12.5 3.0 8.9 -3.6 12.7 3.8 8.5 -4.2
Swing % 41.9 49.7 7.8 36.4 -13.3 35.6 -0.8 39.6 4.0 45.4 5.8 44.2 -1.2 42.1 -2.1 44.0 1.9
Whiff% 16.4 25.7 9.3 14.4 -11.3 18.7 4.3 22.3 3.6 24.9 2.6 26.7 1.8 17.6 -9.1 22.2 4.6
In Zone % 48.8 51.0 2.2 51.7 0.7 54.5 2.8 51.7 -2.8 52.6 0.9 50.3 -2.3 53.1 2.8 54.0 0.9
Out of Zone % 51.2 49.0 -2.2 48.3 -0.7 45.5 -2.8 48.3 2.8 47.4 -0.9 49.7 2.3 46.9 -2.8 46.0 -0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 23.2 21.9 -1.3 13.8 -8.1 18.5 4.7 20.9 2.4 16.2 -4.7 20.6 4.4 15.3 -5.3 19.8 4.5
First Pitch Swing % 18.9 37.8 18.9 12.2 -25.6 11.0 -1.2 20.7 9.7 32.7 12.0 24.9 -7.8 25.5 0.6 33.5 8.0
First Pitch Strike % 70.3 62.2 -8.1 55.3 -6.9 53.4 -1.9 63.5 10.1 53.8 -9.7 56.9 3.1 64.6 7.7 65.0 0.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 36 0 0.0 .194
2017 Shifts R 259 2 0.8 .385 .438
2018 Shifts R 229 4 1.7 .281 .220
2019 Shifts R 239 14 5.9 .261 .451
2020 Shifts R 104 11 10.6 .328 .127
2021 Shifts R 224 14 6.3 .278 .378
2022 Shifts R 211 4 1.9 .319 .172
2023 Shades R 200 4 2.0 .234 .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 %
2015 55 17.1 29.1% 1.8% 26 24.5 7.7% 26.9%
2016 33 19.5 15.2% 9.1% 29 25.0 3.4% 13.8%
2017 346 17.3 26.9% 2.3% 226 24.4 0.4% 16.4%
2018 311 17.2 27.0% 2.6% 220 23.3 2.7% 8.6%
2019 325 17.0 31.7% 1.2% 163 23.3 0.0% 12.3%
2020 109 16.3 27.5% 0.0% 68 23.5 0.0% 10.3%
2021 233 17.9 21.0% 1.3% 175 24.3 1.7% 14.3%
2022 246 17.0 24.4% 2.4% 165 22.6 0.0% 6.7%
2023 228 14.5 55.3% 0.0% 142 19.1 6.3% 0.0%
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