Derek Hill
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 206LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #23, Detroit Tigers | Elk Grove (CA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 92 83 8 19 1 3 .229 .270 .289 .559
2023 50 47 3 8 0 1 .170 .220 .191 .411
2024 172 162 19 39 7 6 .241 .271 .420 .691
5 Seasons 476 442 52 103 11 16 .233 .276 .353 .629
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .229 1 3 .559
2023 .170 0 1 .411
2024 .241 7 6 .691
5 Seasons .233 11 16 .629
MLB Percentile Rankings
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%
2020 24 49 5 0 0.0 0.0 96.6 104.3 8.8 20.0 .116 .159 .132 .167 .261 60.0 50.0 8.3
2021 25 529 97 5 5.2 3.3 86.9 106.6 9.2 40.2 .245 .350 .305 .289 .368 29.9 28.0 6.7
2022 26 332 59 2 3.4 2.2 85.2 110.3 6.6 33.9 .193 .242 .249 .230 .305 30.5 30.4 5.4
2023 27 190 36 0 0.0 0.0 84.1 106.2 7.0 27.8 .196 .240 .190 .219 .247 22.2 22.0 6.0
2024 28 609 109 12 11.0 7.0 88.3 111.3 9.8 37.6 .241 .396 .296 .294 .421 36.7 32.6 2.9
Player 1709 306 19 6.2 4.0 86.9 111.3 8.7 36.3 .225 .330 .275 .269 .359 32.0 30.0 5.0
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
2020 60.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 60.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 40.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 45.4 17.5 30.9 6.2 35.1 38.1 26.8 10.3 28.9 20.6 29.9 4.1 5.2 3.3
2022 54.2 16.9 23.7 5.1 28.8 45.8 25.4 20.3 30.5 22.0 20.3 3.4 3.4 2.2
2023 55.6 19.4 19.4 5.6 27.8 44.4 27.8 16.7 38.9 27.8 13.9 2.8 0.0 0.0
2024 48.6 25.7 22.9 2.8 27.5 45.9 26.6 6.4 33.9 15.6 28.4 4.6 11.0 7.0
Player 49.7 20.6 25.2 4.6 30.7 42.8 26.5 11.4 32.4 20.3 25.5 3.9 6.2 4.0
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.1 5 146 24.0 39 .297 .568 .428 32.4 38.5 34.1 .266 .479 .337 63.6
2024 Slider -3.2 -4 119 19.5 34 .176 .265 .218 39.7 38.2 38.2 .204 .364 .241 23.8
2024 Sinker -4.1 -5 110 18.1 34 .226 .355 .264 11.1 11.8 18.2 .305 .428 .333 44.8
2024 Changeup -1.0 -1 68 11.2 19 .176 .471 .311 61.1 47.4 40.9 .102 .199 .187 25.0
2024 Cutter 5.4 3 52 8.5 13 .273 .818 .554 33.3 23.1 23.1 .352 .823 .530 25.0
2024 Sweeper -3.3 -2 51 8.4 12 .167 .167 .150 40.0 33.3 25.0 .189 .226 .181 12.5
2024 Curveball 1.5 1 42 6.9 14 .429 .429 .386 45.8 42.9 33.3 .238 .277 .225 37.5
2024 Split-Finger -3.0 -1 19 3.1 6 .200 .400 .208 50.0 33.3 33.3 .270 .299 .317 0.0
2024 Knuckleball -3.9 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .277 .284 .275 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -1 56 29.5 13 .273 .273 .315 17.9 15.4 15.4 .147 .178 .225 22.2
2023 Slider -6.6 -3 46 24.2 14 .071 .071 .064 34.6 42.9 42.9 .167 .185 .154 25.0
2023 Sinker -9.5 -3 35 18.4 13 .083 .083 .192 5.9 0.0 0.0 .279 .384 .317 25.0
2023 Curveball 0.6 0 21 11.1 2 .500 1.000 .625 60.0 0.0 0.0 .520 .611 .495 0.0
2023 Changeup -0.6 0 17 8.9 6 .167 .167 .150 40.0 50.0 50.0 .093 .096 .086 33.3
2023 Split-Finger 6.7 0 6 3.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .147 .156 .137 0.0
2023 Cutter 0.7 0 5 2.6 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Sweeper 3.0 0 4 2.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 150 529 -4 1 1 2 0
2022 92 332 -2 -7 2 0 -6
2023 50 190 -4 -3 0 1 -7
2024 172 609 3 -10 2 1 -3
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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 %
2020 49 51.0 64.0 75.0 25.0 16.7 49.0 50.0 44.9 40.9 12.2 83.3
2021 529 51.8 70.8 79.4 30.2 45.5 42.7 40.7 51.2 27.7 7.8 70.7
2022 332 46.1 66.7 77.5 37.4 43.3 41.3 33.7 50.9 31.4 5.7 84.2
2023 190 46.8 67.4 81.7 30.7 54.8 46.8 32.0 47.9 25.3 6.3 83.3
2024 609 52.4 71.2 77.5 35.5 36.9 44.2 36.6 54.2 35.2 10.0 75.4
Player 1,709 50.3 69.7 78.5 33.5 42.3 43.6 37.2 51.7 31.3 8.1 76.3
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
2021 43 100 86
2022 66 97 85
2023 22 97 23
2024 76 95 79
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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 %
2021 19.8 3 3.0 0 3 1 2 66.7
2022 23.7 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0.0
2024 23.4 7 6.9 0 3 6 2 28.6
Player 22.7 11 10.4 1 6 8 4 36.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 2
2022 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
2024 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 6 4 6 6 7 10 7 6 6 6 6 7 10 8 8 10 8 7 6 5 9 8 6 6
Player 11 10 9 9 9 10 12 9 7 8 9 11 15 9 10 10 9 9 11 14 11 12 15 11 10 9 10 13 12 9 9
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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 96.6 86.9 -9.7 85.2 -1.7 84.1 -1.1 88.3 4.2
Launch Angle 8.8 9.2 0.4 6.6 -2.6 7.0 0.4 9.8 2.8
Barrel % 0.0 5.2 5.2 3.4 -1.8 0.0 -3.4 11.0 11.0
Hard Hit % 60.0 29.9 -30.1 30.5 0.6 22.2 -8.3 36.7 14.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 20.0 40.2 20.2 33.9 -6.3 27.8 -6.1 37.6 9.8
xBA .116 .245 0.129 .193 -0.052 .196 0.003 .241 0.045
BA .091 .259 0.168 .229 -0.030 .170 -0.059 .241 0.071
xwOBA .167 .289 0.122 .230 -0.059 .219 -0.011 .294 0.075
wOBA .132 .305 0.173 .249 -0.056 .190 -0.059 .296 0.106
xSLG .159 .350 0.191 .242 -0.108 .240 -0.002 .396 0.156
SLG .091 .388 0.297 .289 -0.099 .191 -0.098 .420 0.229
K% 50.0 28.0 -22.0 30.4 2.4 22.0 -8.4 32.6 10.6
BB% 8.3 6.7 -1.6 5.4 -1.3 6.0 0.6 2.9 -3.1
Swing % 44.9 51.2 6.3 50.9 -0.3 47.9 -3.0 54.2 6.3
Whiff% 40.9 27.7 -13.2 31.4 3.7 25.3 -6.1 35.2 9.9
In Zone % 51.0 51.8 0.8 46.1 -5.7 46.8 0.7 52.4 5.6
Out of Zone % 49.0 48.2 -0.8 53.9 5.7 53.2 -0.7 47.6 -5.6
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 30.2 5.2 37.4 7.2 30.7 -6.7 35.5 4.8
First Pitch Swing % 50.0 40.7 -9.3 33.7 -7.0 32.0 -1.7 36.6 4.6
First Pitch Strike % 75.0 67.3 -7.7 60.9 -6.4 60.0 -0.9 65.7 5.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 12 0 0.0 .132
2021 Shifts R 150 1 0.7 .308 .000
2022 Shifts R 92 7 7.6 .255 .180
2023 Shades R 50 6 12.0 .200 .116
2024 Shades R 171 2 1.2 .296 .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 %
2020 12 19.1 0.0% 0.0% 9 25.4 0.0% 33.3%
2021 141 16.6 33.3% 1.4% 67 24.0 0.0% 11.9%
2022 110 17.7 19.1% 3.6% 36 24.1 0.0% 16.7%
2023 42 14.0 54.8% 2.4% 30 20.2 3.3% 0.0%
2024 128 15.2 49.2% 0.0% 94 18.6 5.3% 0.0%
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