Kevin Plawecki
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 208LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2012 | Rd: C-A, #35, New York Mets | Purdue
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 89 82 8 28 1 1 .341 .393 .463 .856
2021 173 157 15 45 3 0 .287 .349 .389 .738
2022 186 168 15 37 1 0 .220 .286 .286 .572
8 Seasons 1,426 1,268 119 298 22 2 .235 .313 .341 .654
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .341 1 1 .856
2021 .287 3 0 .738
2022 .220 1 0 .572
8 Seasons .235 22 2 .654
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 24 956 177 6 3.4 2.3 88.6 112.8 10.1 33.9 .224 .324 .252 .266 .316 32.2 23.3 6.6
2016 25 568 99 2 2.0 1.3 84.9 107.8 3.9 25.3 .177 .241 .255 .240 .242 24.2 21.9 11.3
2017 26 479 84 3 3.6 2.5 87.1 110.5 8.8 33.3 .275 .422 .331 .348 .355 33.3 14.4 11.9
2018 27 1068 175 8 4.6 2.9 86.9 111.6 11.6 28.0 .223 .353 .302 .305 .340 35.6 23.5 10.1
2019 28 650 128 6 4.7 3.4 85.6 109.4 15.3 26.6 .221 .358 .273 .284 .305 32.0 17.8 6.9
2020 29 324 68 3 4.4 3.4 88.9 106.6 12.7 33.8 .269 .386 .373 .315 .340 30.9 15.7 5.6
2021 30 622 132 8 6.1 4.6 87.3 110.1 13.4 34.1 .258 .428 .325 .327 .349 34.8 15.0 6.9
2022 31 698 138 0 0.0 0.0 89.3 109.2 11.4 28.3 .228 .299 .259 .268 .281 37.7 17.2 7.5
Player 5365 1001 36 3.6 2.5 87.4 112.8 11.1 30.3 .230 .347 .288 .291 .316 33.1 19.5 8.3
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
2015 47.5 19.2 26.6 6.8 36.2 37.3 26.0 3.4 36.7 26.6 26.6 2.8 3.4 2.3
2016 56.6 10.1 24.2 9.1 42.4 31.3 25.3 6.1 50.5 22.2 13.1 3.0 2.0 1.3
2017 48.8 17.9 26.2 7.1 34.5 48.8 16.7 2.4 40.5 19.0 29.8 4.8 3.6 2.5
2018 48.0 24.0 20.6 7.4 38.3 42.3 18.3 5.1 32.0 28.6 21.1 6.9 4.6 2.9
2019 42.2 23.4 20.3 14.1 40.6 35.9 23.4 4.7 32.8 29.7 24.2 3.9 4.7 3.4
2020 44.1 19.1 26.5 10.3 27.9 42.6 29.4 4.4 33.8 25.0 30.9 1.5 4.4 3.4
2021 40.2 25.0 25.8 9.1 34.1 34.8 31.1 5.3 31.1 28.0 22.7 6.8 6.1 4.6
2022 47.8 21.0 25.4 5.8 37.7 40.6 21.7 2.2 36.2 27.5 26.8 6.5 0.0 0.0
Player 46.8 20.6 24.2 8.5 37.0 38.9 23.8 4.2 36.1 26.5 24.1 4.8 3.6 2.5
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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -5 264 37.8 78 .229 .257 .256 15.2 15.4 19.4 .219 .287 .262 37.3
2022 Slider -0.2 0 113 16.2 29 .185 .222 .216 26.5 20.7 17.6 .210 .266 .237 38.1
2022 Sinker -1.7 -2 97 13.9 29 .227 .318 .336 10.6 6.9 10.0 .260 .341 .354 52.4
2022 Changeup -0.9 -1 66 9.5 12 .182 .273 .238 40.0 25.0 12.0 .127 .157 .170 12.5
2022 Curveball -0.4 0 55 7.9 6 .167 .167 .150 35.7 33.3 13.3 .166 .240 .175 50.0
2022 Cutter 0.5 0 51 7.3 18 .278 .333 .285 12.9 22.2 28.6 .303 .402 .302 42.9
2022 Sweeper 1.9 1 41 5.9 11 .182 .273 .195 27.8 18.2 11.8 .292 .359 .284 11.1
2022 Slurve 3.9 0 4 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Split-Finger -2.6 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -3 240 38.6 75 .254 .358 .319 13.2 17.3 24.5 .254 .475 .343 38.2
2021 Slider 1.1 1 120 19.3 30 .357 .393 .358 30.6 23.3 14.0 .187 .245 .219 23.8
2021 Sinker 0.1 0 79 12.7 21 .316 .474 .376 6.5 9.5 15.4 .340 .538 .407 52.9
2021 Cutter -0.2 0 64 10.3 16 .333 .533 .394 11.8 12.5 15.4 .378 .628 .448 38.5
2021 Changeup 0.1 0 61 9.8 19 .176 .235 .234 25.0 5.3 5.3 .227 .315 .285 12.5
2021 Curveball 0.2 0 43 6.9 9 .375 .500 .417 12.5 11.1 8.3 .243 .382 .315 28.6
2021 Sweeper -4.2 -1 13 2.1 2 .500 .500 .450 12.5 0.0 0.0 .191 .203 .178 50.0
2021 Split-Finger -10.7 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .006 .010 .006 100.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 2 126 38.9 36 .353 .588 .443 3.2 8.3 13.6 .283 .438 .329 29.0
2020 Sinker -2.6 -2 75 23.1 19 .118 .118 .168 21.6 26.3 26.3 .126 .149 .182 33.3
2020 Slider 3.2 2 51 15.7 10 .333 .444 .375 40.9 40.0 21.1 .228 .465 .327 40.0
2020 Curveball 1.1 0 29 9.0 5 .200 .200 .180 14.3 20.0 12.5 .265 .289 .242 25.0
2020 Changeup 8.7 2 19 5.9 7 .667 .833 .664 18.2 0.0 0.0 .421 .575 .469 33.3
2020 Cutter 16.2 2 13 4.0 8 .625 .625 .563 0.0 0.0 -- .396 .466 .384 25.0
2020 Sweeper 6.4 1 9 2.8 3 .500 .500 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .623 .712 .630 50.0
2020 Split-Finger -4.7 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -6 276 42.5 72 .210 .371 .313 13.2 15.3 16.9 .218 .408 .317 34.6
2019 Sinker -0.4 0 101 15.5 32 .300 .467 .381 9.3 15.6 19.2 .247 .374 .292 32.0
2019 Slider -0.5 0 89 13.7 23 .227 .227 .226 41.5 30.4 26.9 .201 .241 .213 26.7
2019 Curveball -1.1 -1 67 10.3 14 .083 .083 .164 14.8 14.3 6.9 .224 .410 .328 30.0
2019 Changeup -0.5 0 55 8.5 19 .167 .222 .197 23.3 5.3 6.3 .218 .318 .254 35.3
2019 Cutter 0.6 0 40 6.2 11 .364 .636 .423 27.8 27.3 27.3 .268 .370 .271 25.0
2019 Slurve -4.7 -1 11 1.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 12.5 .006 .018 .009 0.0
2019 Sweeper -4.6 0 10 1.5 1 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Split-Finger 0.0 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 370 34.6 92 .200 .412 .315 19.6 22.8 19.1 .239 .464 .349 39.0
2018 Slider -1.8 -4 208 19.5 55 .106 .191 .222 31.9 32.7 20.9 .156 .198 .229 29.0
2018 Sinker -0.2 0 204 19.1 56 .289 .378 .388 10.5 10.7 14.3 .244 .300 .330 28.2
2018 Curveball 0.5 1 109 10.2 24 .190 .381 .298 32.6 29.2 21.2 .202 .376 .302 57.1
2018 Changeup -2.5 -2 85 8.0 24 .182 .318 .252 36.0 29.2 21.2 .292 .367 .319 26.7
2018 Cutter 3.3 2 58 5.4 17 .375 .688 .518 17.2 23.5 23.5 .271 .446 .329 58.3
2018 Split-Finger 2.9 0 13 1.2 2 .000 .000 .450 57.1 50.0 20.0 .022 .022 .031 0.0
2018 Knuckleball -11.4 -1 7 0.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .110 .147 .114 0.0
2018 Slurve 15.9 0 3 0.3 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .127 .247 .159 0.0
2018 Sweeper -3.7 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -2 140 29.2 31 .320 .400 .419 15.1 6.5 4.9 .318 .484 .412 52.2
2017 Sinker 2.3 3 125 26.1 40 .243 .351 .314 12.7 10.0 12.5 .265 .380 .309 27.3
2017 Slider -1.4 -1 91 19.0 19 .188 .250 .271 34.3 15.8 8.6 .245 .289 .305 23.1
2017 Curveball 3.0 1 39 8.1 8 .286 .714 .450 36.4 25.0 14.3 .278 .621 .407 40.0
2017 Cutter -3.1 -1 29 6.1 5 .000 .000 .140 37.5 40.0 33.3 .037 .042 .204 0.0
2017 Changeup 0.3 0 27 5.6 6 .200 .200 .267 41.7 16.7 10.0 .197 .234 .273 25.0
2017 Knuckleball 9.0 1 13 2.7 3 .333 1.333 .667 12.5 33.3 16.7 .327 1.228 .615 50.0
2017 Split-Finger 10.3 1 7 1.5 4 .500 .750 .538 25.0 50.0 100.0 .450 .514 .424 0.0
2017 Sweeper -0.1 0 6 1.3 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 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 254 938 -2 -10 2 3 -7
2016 149 560 -2 -10 4 3 -5
2017 116 478 2 -6 3 3 2
2018 274 1,059 -2 -14 9 5 -2
2019 174 650 -3 -14 5 3 -9
2020 89 324 0 4 2 1 6
2021 181 650 -3 -8 4 4 -3
2022 186 698 -5 -11 6 4 -6
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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 956 55.8 59.7 86.8 26.3 46.8 41.3 23.6 44.9 23.1 9.6 69.6
2016 568 48.8 65.3 86.7 29.6 64.0 47.7 29.1 47.0 20.2 8.1 78.3
2017 479 49.8 68.5 84.0 25.8 62.9 44.1 19.7 47.0 21.8 6.3 80.0
2018 1,068 50.1 64.8 85.8 25.2 51.1 41.7 25.3 44.9 23.5 8.0 76.5
2019 650 50.5 68.9 86.7 23.9 63.6 40.6 27.0 46.6 19.1 8.6 80.4
2020 324 48.5 65.6 94.2 28.7 62.5 42.9 20.2 46.6 15.9 6.5 61.9
2021 622 51.8 66.5 88.8 24.7 68.9 45.5 24.3 46.3 16.3 9.2 70.2
2022 698 49.9 64.9 87.2 28.6 62.0 42.7 22.6 46.7 19.9 9.5 71.2
Player 5,365 51.1 64.9 87.0 26.4 58.8 43.0 24.4 46.0 20.6 8.5 73.7
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 91 53
2016 57 41
2017 79 33
2018 82 32
2019 66 32
2020 37 19
2021 72 22
2022 51 6
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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 19.8 1 1.8 -1 0 1 1 100.0
2017 21.9 3 3.0 0 0 1 2 66.7
2018 22.8 7 7.1 0 3 1 6 85.7
2019 21.9 3 4.9 -2 2 3 3 100.0
2020 22.2 1 1.1 0 0 2 0 0.0
2021 24.4 3 4.9 -2 4 3 3 100.0
2022 24.0 1 1.6 -1 3 2 0 0.0
Player 22.7 19 24.3 -5 12 13 15 78.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
2017 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2018 7 8 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 9 7 6 8 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 7 7 9 7 7
2019 3 7 3 5 5 4 6 4 4 3 3 4 6 5 4 5 5 4 7 5 7 6 6 7 4 5 4 4 7 5 4
2020 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 0
2021 3 6 4 5 5 6 7 4 3 4 4 5 6 4 3 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 8 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 5
2022 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 1
Player 19 29 20 23 22 23 28 18 19 18 21 26 30 23 20 26 23 21 27 25 29 26 33 28 22 22 23 28 30 25 21
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.6 84.9 -3.7 87.1 2.2 86.9 -0.2 85.6 -1.3 88.9 3.3 87.3 -1.6 89.3 2.0
Launch Angle 10.1 3.9 -6.2 8.8 4.9 11.6 2.8 15.3 3.7 12.7 -2.6 13.4 0.7 11.4 -2.0
Barrel % 3.4 2.0 -1.4 3.6 1.6 4.6 1.0 4.7 0.1 4.4 -0.3 6.1 1.7 0.0 -6.1
Hard Hit % 32.2 24.2 -8.0 33.3 9.1 35.6 2.3 32.0 -3.6 30.9 -1.1 34.8 3.9 37.7 2.9
Sweet Spot % 33.9 25.3 -8.6 33.3 8.0 28.0 -5.3 26.6 -1.4 33.8 7.2 34.1 0.3 28.3 -5.8
xBA .224 .177 -0.047 .275 0.098 .223 -0.052 .221 -0.002 .269 0.048 .258 -0.011 .228 -0.030
BA .219 .197 -0.022 .260 0.063 .210 -0.050 .222 0.012 .341 0.119 .287 -0.054 .220 -0.067
xwOBA .266 .240 -0.026 .348 0.108 .305 -0.043 .284 -0.021 .315 0.031 .327 0.012 .268 -0.059
wOBA .252 .255 0.003 .331 0.076 .302 -0.029 .273 -0.029 .373 0.100 .325 -0.048 .259 -0.066
xSLG .324 .241 -0.083 .422 0.181 .353 -0.069 .358 0.005 .386 0.028 .428 0.042 .299 -0.129
SLG .296 .265 -0.031 .400 0.135 .370 -0.030 .342 -0.028 .463 0.121 .389 -0.074 .286 -0.103
K% 23.3 21.9 -1.4 14.4 -7.5 23.5 9.1 17.8 -5.7 15.7 -2.1 15.0 -0.7 17.2 2.2
BB% 6.6 11.3 4.7 11.9 0.6 10.1 -1.8 6.9 -3.2 5.6 -1.3 6.9 1.3 7.5 0.6
Swing % 44.9 47.0 2.1 47.0 0.0 44.9 -2.1 46.6 1.7 46.6 0.0 46.3 -0.3 46.7 0.4
Whiff% 23.1 20.2 -2.9 21.8 1.6 23.5 1.7 19.1 -4.4 15.9 -3.2 16.3 0.4 19.9 3.6
In Zone % 55.8 48.8 -7.0 49.8 1.0 50.1 0.3 50.5 0.4 48.5 -2.0 51.8 3.3 49.9 -1.9
Out of Zone % 44.2 51.2 7.0 50.2 -1.0 49.9 -0.3 49.5 -0.4 51.5 2.0 48.2 -3.3 50.1 1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 26.3 29.6 3.3 25.8 -3.8 25.2 -0.6 23.9 -1.3 28.7 4.8 24.7 -4.0 28.6 3.9
First Pitch Swing % 23.6 29.1 5.5 19.7 -9.4 25.3 5.6 27.0 1.7 20.2 -6.8 24.3 4.1 22.6 -1.7
First Pitch Strike % 63.6 61.6 -2.0 54.7 -6.9 61.7 7.0 62.1 0.4 48.3 -13.8 63.0 14.7 61.8 -1.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 145 0 0.0 .262
2017 Shifts R 116 3 2.6 .340 .000
2018 Shifts R 270 8 3.0 .295 .156
2019 Shifts R 174 28 16.1 .303 .118
2020 Shifts R 89 5 5.6 .374 .353
2021 Shifts R 173 6 3.5 .330 .207
2022 Shifts R 184 19 10.3 .269 .159
! 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 252 18.4 29.8% 4.4% 178 23.8 3.9% 20.2%
2016 146 17.4 28.8% 0.7% 103 24.1 3.9% 18.4%
2017 127 17.0 34.6% 0.8% 91 21.4 4.4% 6.6%
2018 287 17.1 26.8% 0.7% 198 22.9 1.0% 10.1%
2019 180 17.1 23.3% 1.1% 109 22.3 0.9% 6.4%
2020 78 17.4 15.4% 2.6% 73 23.8 1.4% 5.5%
2021 187 18.2 13.9% 3.2% 97 24.1 0.0% 11.3%
2022 186 17.6 15.1% 1.1% 131 22.9 1.5% 5.3%
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