Nick Williams
OF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 2, #93, Texas Rangers | Galveston Ball HS (TX)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 448 407 53 104 17 3 .256 .324 .425 .749
2019 112 106 9 16 2 0 .151 .196 .245 .441
2021 13 10 2 0 0 0 .000 .231 .000 .231
4 Seasons 916 836 109 210 31 4 .251 .312 .415 .727
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .256 17 3 .749
2019 .151 2 0 .441
2021 .000 0 0 .231
4 Seasons .251 31 4 .727
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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
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2017 23 1217 220 17 7.7 5.0 88.1 109.2 7.8 37.3 .269 .434 .344 .330 .432 41.4 28.3 5.8
2018 24 1704 296 20 6.8 4.5 88.8 113.3 10.5 37.2 .275 .454 .324 .346 .430 38.0 24.8 7.1
2019 25 455 63 4 6.3 3.6 86.7 109.9 10.9 41.3 .219 .367 .193 .270 .414 30.2 38.4 3.6
2021 27 46 6 0 0.0 0.0 86.0 104.6 13.9 33.3 .129 .186 .164 .270 .229 33.3 30.8 7.7
Player 3422 585 41 7.0 4.5 88.3 113.3 9.6 37.6 .264 .432 .313 .330 .427 38.4 27.8 6.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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 50.0 20.0 27.7 2.3 26.8 45.0 28.2 4.5 38.6 16.4 26.4 6.4 7.7 5.0
2018 45.3 23.0 27.7 4.1 34.8 37.8 27.0 2.0 33.8 19.3 30.4 7.4 6.8 4.5
2019 41.3 20.6 34.9 3.2 38.1 39.7 22.2 4.8 33.3 23.8 27.0 4.8 6.3 3.6
2021 50.0 16.7 16.7 16.7 33.3 16.7 50.0 16.7 33.3 33.3 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 46.7 21.5 28.4 3.4 32.1 40.5 27.2 3.4 35.6 18.8 28.4 6.7 7.0 4.5
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 0 24 52.2 5 .000 .000 .280 75.0 60.0 50.0 -- -- .280 --
2021 Curveball -1.4 0 8 17.4 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 0.0 0.0 .483 .762 .613 100.0
2021 Sinker -10.5 -1 6 13.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .381 .411 .354 100.0
2021 Changeup -12.3 0 3 6.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .160 .183 .163 0.0
2021 Slider -17.4 0 2 4.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .087 .200 .121 0.0
2021 Cutter 45.2 1 2 4.3 1 .000 .000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .096 .108 .090 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -38.5 0 1 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 146 32.1 35 .250 .375 .331 21.1 28.6 20.4 .271 .480 .344 31.8
2019 Sinker -6.0 -5 81 17.8 18 .118 .118 .139 9.3 16.7 15.0 .294 .406 .320 35.7
2019 Slider -2.4 -2 67 14.7 17 .125 .313 .212 39.4 47.1 26.7 .210 .422 .290 12.5
2019 Changeup -4.8 -3 57 12.5 19 .105 .263 .153 50.0 63.2 44.4 .169 .319 .204 28.6
2019 Curveball -1.5 -1 47 10.3 8 .143 .143 .200 30.0 37.5 21.4 .153 .177 .217 25.0
2019 Cutter -4.7 -2 36 7.9 9 .111 .111 .100 25.0 44.4 30.8 .119 .190 .127 40.0
2019 Split-Finger -10.9 -2 21 4.6 6 .000 .000 .000 43.8 50.0 37.5 .131 .142 .128 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 343 1,212 16 -9 5 4 15
2018 445 1,699 -3 -15 10 7 -2
2019 112 455 -2 -14 -1 2 -15
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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 1,217 47.8 81.5 72.5 38.5 52.5 42.2 48.1 59.1 34.5 6.4 84.4
2018 1,704 49.2 68.8 83.8 30.5 48.7 41.3 31.6 49.3 27.0 7.1 76.0
2019 455 46.4 71.1 84.0 37.3 50.5 45.7 25.0 53.0 28.6 6.8 74.2
2021 46 43.5 65.0 69.2 23.1 33.3 47.8 30.8 41.3 42.1 6.5 66.7
Player 3,422 48.2 73.5 79.3 34.2 50.3 42.3 37.0 53.2 30.3 6.8 78.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2017 51 68 52 44 47 33 63 50 69 81 10 15 4 4 94
2018 73 83 71 58 71 33 47 48 91 52 24 31 31 33 83 7
2019 70 67
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 21.7 12 10.2 2 4 11 2 16.7
2018 22.1 17 14.8 2 4 14 5 29.4
2019 21.7 2 2.2 0 4 1 1 50.0
Player 21.9 31 27.2 4 12 26 8 25.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2017 12 12 11 8 10 10 12 10 6 7 9 11 11 9 10 10 8 9 11 10 12 12 13 11 10 8 9 16 13 12 6
2018 17 19 11 13 14 12 19 12 10 9 13 19 17 16 14 17 14 12 17 16 17 16 21 18 14 13 12 17 17 14 10
2019 2 2 1 5 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 4 2 2
Player 31 33 23 26 27 24 33 24 17 18 24 32 30 27 26 29 24 23 30 28 31 31 36 32 27 23 22 35 34 28 18
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 88.8 0.7 86.7 -2.1
Launch Angle 7.8 10.5 2.7 10.9 0.4
Barrel % 7.7 6.8 -0.9 6.3 -0.5
Hard Hit % 41.4 38.0 -3.4 30.2 -7.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.3 37.2 -0.1 41.3 4.1
xBA .269 .275 0.006 .219 -0.056
BA .288 .256 -0.032 .151 -0.105
xwOBA .330 .346 0.016 .270 -0.076
wOBA .344 .324 -0.020 .193 -0.131
xSLG .434 .454 0.020 .367 -0.087
SLG .473 .425 -0.048 .245 -0.180
K% 28.3 24.8 -3.5 38.4 13.6
BB% 5.8 7.1 1.3 3.6 -3.5
Swing % 59.1 49.3 -9.8 53.0 3.7
Whiff% 34.5 27.0 -7.5 28.6 1.6
In Zone % 47.8 49.2 1.4 46.4 -2.8
Out of Zone % 52.2 50.8 -1.4 53.6 2.8
Out of Zone Swing % 38.5 30.5 -8.0 37.3 6.8
First Pitch Swing % 48.1 31.6 -16.5 25.0 -6.6
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 64.3 -0.7 56.3 -8.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 343 12 3.5 .344 .350
2018 Shifts L 442 35 7.9 .327 .311
2019 Shifts L 112 48 42.9 .199 .185
2021 Shifts L 13 1 7.7 .178 .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 236 15.9 44.5% 2.1% 177 22.1 2.8% 10.2%
2018 477 17.0 31.0% 1.5% 249 21.8 1.6% 8.4%
2019 106 17.9 20.8% 2.8% 79 22.5 1.3% 6.3%
2021 17 19.8 35.3% 0.0% 5 26.2 0.0% 20.0%
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