Patrick Kivlehan
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 4, #131, Seattle Mariners | Rutgers
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 204 178 23 37 9 1 .208 .304 .399 .703
2018 14 13 3 3 0 0 .231 .286 .538 .824
2021 8 4 3 1 0 0 .250 .500 .250 .750
4 Seasons 250 216 34 45 10 1 .208 .308 .398 .706
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .208 9 1 .703
2018 .231 0 0 .824
2021 .250 0 0 .750
4 Seasons .208 10 1 .706
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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 26 101 10 1 10.0 4.2 85.7 110.4 10.4 30.0 .165 .330 .281 .267 .431 20.0 45.8 8.3
2017 27 799 118 9 7.6 4.4 86.6 113.0 10.4 28.8 .201 .369 .303 .293 .362 32.2 29.9 10.8
2018 28 53 7 1 14.3 7.1 89.8 113.6 25.2 14.3 .181 .320 .340 .249 .395 42.9 42.9 0.0
2021 31 46 2 0 0.0 0.0 101.7 107.4 15.1 0.0 .111 .119 .373 .348 .340 100.0 37.5 25.0
Player 999 137 11 8.0 4.4 86.9 113.6 11.3 27.7 .195 .358 .305 .290 .368 32.8 32.4 10.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 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
2016 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 30.0 40.0 30.0 0.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 0.0 10.0 4.2
2017 46.6 22.0 21.2 10.2 33.1 40.7 26.3 8.5 33.9 26.3 19.5 4.2 7.6 4.4
2018 42.9 14.3 14.3 28.6 28.6 42.9 28.6 0.0 14.3 42.9 14.3 14.3 14.3 7.1
2021 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 46.0 22.6 20.4 10.9 32.1 41.6 26.3 7.3 33.6 27.7 19.0 4.4 8.0 4.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 12.4 1 12 26.1 2 1.000 1.000 .800 40.0 0.0 0.0 .445 .476 .557 100.0
2021 Slider 0.4 0 11 23.9 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 20.0 -- -- .350 --
2021 Changeup -6.5 -1 10 21.7 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 20.0 .000 .000 .133 100.0
2021 Sinker 7.3 1 7 15.2 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 Curveball -3.5 0 6 13.0 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -4.2 -1 14 26.4 3 .000 .000 .000 71.4 100.0 42.9 -- -- .000 --
2018 Sinker -5.1 -1 12 22.6 3 .000 .000 .000 28.6 66.7 100.0 .020 .032 .023 0.0
2018 Curveball 5.0 1 11 20.8 2 .500 1.500 .800 28.6 0.0 0.0 .293 .318 .270 50.0
2018 Slider -3.5 0 10 18.9 3 .333 .333 .300 16.7 0.0 0.0 .271 .322 .256 33.3
2018 Sweeper -23.7 -1 3 5.7 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Changeup 39.6 1 2 3.8 1 1.000 3.000 1.600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .887 2.466 1.386 100.0
2018 Cutter 8.4 0 1 1.9 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 2 324 40.6 84 .232 .464 .377 32.4 29.8 26.6 .216 .457 .355 45.5
2017 Sinker 1.3 2 141 17.6 29 .222 .481 .352 33.9 34.5 32.3 .251 .431 .315 35.3
2017 Slider 0.6 1 112 14.0 29 .192 .423 .303 35.3 31.0 19.1 .091 .140 .159 11.8
2017 Curveball -2.5 -2 84 10.5 25 .091 .091 .164 31.7 32.0 29.6 .154 .268 .217 20.0
2017 Changeup 0.2 0 77 9.6 21 .263 .474 .350 35.0 14.3 13.0 .268 .460 .345 18.8
2017 Cutter 2.7 1 48 6.0 13 .231 .308 .235 41.7 46.2 42.9 .225 .294 .226 57.1
2017 Split-Finger -4.2 0 6 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .220 .222 .202 0.0
2017 Sweeper -1.5 0 4 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .138 .153 .128 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 2.2 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 24 101 -1 0 -1 0 -1
2017 203 799 -1 -4 4 5 4
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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 101 40.6 68.3 67.9 41.7 44.0 41.6 37.5 52.5 43.4 2.0 100.0
2017 799 46.2 67.2 75.0 28.1 48.8 42.8 28.9 46.2 33.6 8.5 77.9
2018 53 49.1 84.6 63.6 29.6 50.0 39.6 21.4 56.6 40.0 7.5 100.0
2021 46 39.1 66.7 58.3 17.9 20.0 37.0 37.5 37.0 52.9 8.7 100.0
Player 999 45.4 68.3 72.9 29.2 47.2 42.2 29.6 46.9 35.8 7.8 80.8
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 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
2016 77 83
2017 91 80
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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 19.5 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2017 19.8 9 7.7 1 2 7 2 22.2
2018 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
Player 19.8 10 8.9 1 3 7 3 30.0

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
2017 9 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 4 7 7 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 10 8 9 8 9 10 8 7 7 9 10 7 4
2018 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player 10 10 8 8 8 8 9 9 5 8 8 10 11 9 8 8 8 8 11 9 11 10 10 12 9 8 8 10 12 8 5
! 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 85.7 86.6 0.9 89.8 3.2
Launch Angle 10.4 10.4 0.0 25.2 14.8
Barrel % 10.0 7.6 -2.4 14.3 6.7
Hard Hit % 20.0 32.2 12.2 42.9 10.7
Sweet Spot % 30.0 28.8 -1.2 14.3 -14.5
xBA .165 .201 0.036 .181 -0.020
BA .190 .208 0.018 .231 0.023
xwOBA .267 .293 0.026 .249 -0.044
wOBA .281 .303 0.022 .340 0.037
xSLG .330 .369 0.039 .320 -0.049
SLG .333 .399 0.066 .538 0.139
K% 45.8 29.9 -15.9 42.9 13.0
BB% 8.3 10.8 2.5 0.0 -10.8
Swing % 52.5 46.2 -6.3 56.6 10.4
Whiff% 43.4 33.6 -9.8 40.0 6.4
In Zone % 40.6 46.2 5.6 49.1 2.9
Out of Zone % 59.4 53.8 -5.6 50.9 -2.9
Out of Zone Swing % 41.7 28.1 -13.6 29.6 1.5
First Pitch Swing % 37.5 28.9 -8.6 21.4 -7.5
First Pitch Strike % 66.7 60.8 -5.9 42.9 -17.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 24 0 0.0 .281
2017 Shifts R 203 1 0.5 .301 .723
2018 Shifts R 14 0 0.0 .340
2021 Shifts R 8 0 0.0 .373
! 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 26 16.5 30.8% 0.0% 13 21.2 7.7% 15.4%
2017 206 16.0 40.8% 1.0% 157 20.4 5.1% 5.7%
2018 16 16.0 31.3% 0.0% 4 22.7 0.0% 0.0%
2021 8 12.9 62.5% 12.5% 14 23.2 0.0% 14.3%
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