Andrew Knizner
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 225LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 7, #226, St. Louis Cardinals | North Carolina State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 293 260 28 56 4 0 .215 .301 .300 .601
2023 241 224 30 54 10 2 .241 .288 .424 .712
2024 93 90 5 15 1 0 .167 .183 .211 .394
6 Seasons 887 804 89 169 18 4 .210 .279 .317 .596
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .215 4 0 .601
2023 .241 10 2 .712
2024 .167 1 0 .394
6 Seasons .210 18 4 .596
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%
2019 24 197 39 1 2.6 1.7 88.1 108.2 7.3 17.9 .172 .286 .289 .237 .263 33.3 24.1 6.9
2020 25 65 12 1 8.3 5.9 94.3 109.5 -3.8 33.3 .279 .346 .229 .317 .460 50.0 29.4 0.0
2021 26 677 122 5 4.1 2.7 87.5 108.0 7.8 28.7 .203 .298 .238 .274 .286 36.9 21.1 10.8
2022 27 1103 199 7 3.5 2.4 86.0 110.2 15.6 28.6 .219 .306 .275 .280 .300 33.2 21.2 8.9
2023 28 831 164 13 7.9 5.4 89.6 110.3 14.3 26.8 .221 .391 .306 .286 .356 40.9 25.7 5.0
2024 29 360 69 3 4.3 3.2 87.3 106.8 11.9 33.3 .232 .324 .174 .248 .314 34.8 23.7 1.1
Player 3233 605 30 5.0 3.4 87.7 110.3 12.3 28.1 .216 .330 .265 .275 .315 36.5 23.0 7.1
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
2019 61.5 17.9 7.7 12.8 20.5 46.2 33.3 0.0 48.7 28.2 15.4 5.1 2.6 1.7
2020 66.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 50.0 33.3 16.7 0.0 41.7 0.0 33.3 8.3 8.3 5.9
2021 51.6 18.9 20.5 9.0 23.8 41.8 34.4 3.3 41.8 23.8 22.1 4.9 4.1 2.7
2022 45.7 23.6 17.6 13.1 36.7 39.7 23.6 5.5 31.7 29.6 26.1 3.5 3.5 2.4
2023 42.1 31.7 16.5 9.8 36.0 36.0 28.0 5.5 29.3 30.5 20.1 6.7 7.9 5.4
2024 43.5 17.4 29.0 10.1 31.9 39.1 29.0 5.8 34.8 23.2 26.1 5.8 4.3 3.2
Player 47.1 23.3 18.8 10.7 32.6 39.3 28.1 4.6 34.7 27.3 23.1 5.1 5.0 3.4
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 -2.3 -3 118 32.8 30 .172 .172 .173 36.8 36.7 24.4 .227 .279 .236 38.9
2024 Sinker -2.9 -2 57 15.8 13 .167 .167 .192 23.3 15.4 25.0 .291 .401 .331 60.0
2024 Slider -2.3 -1 55 15.3 12 .167 .167 .150 19.2 8.3 5.6 .122 .166 .125 18.2
2024 Changeup 0.9 0 48 13.3 17 .125 .313 .224 16.7 17.6 17.6 .264 .446 .286 28.6
2024 Sweeper -3.8 -1 36 10.0 5 .000 .000 .000 11.8 40.0 11.8 .307 .357 .292 33.3
2024 Curveball -8.4 -2 24 6.7 6 .000 .000 .000 27.3 0.0 0.0 .183 .204 .173 16.7
2024 Cutter 8.7 2 18 5.0 6 .667 .833 .658 41.7 16.7 12.5 .370 .599 .412 40.0
2024 Split-Finger -21.1 -1 4 1.1 4 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 66.7 .072 .136 .092 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -3.6 -9 255 30.7 72 .152 .258 .212 26.0 31.9 29.5 .188 .389 .273 45.5
2023 Slider 0.1 0 172 20.7 44 .268 .585 .381 39.3 31.8 27.5 .233 .442 .313 44.4
2023 Sinker 3.4 4 124 14.9 38 .500 .667 .518 12.9 15.8 26.1 .312 .392 .324 56.7
2023 Curveball -2.8 -2 74 8.9 23 .143 .143 .187 35.7 21.7 19.2 .216 .291 .239 23.5
2023 Changeup -5.6 -4 72 8.7 23 .000 .000 .030 38.5 21.7 23.8 .101 .127 .125 5.9
2023 Cutter 6.4 4 64 7.7 15 .538 1.231 .730 11.1 0.0 0.0 .454 1.064 .638 53.8
2023 Sweeper -6.9 -3 37 4.5 14 .077 .077 .114 29.4 35.7 27.8 .138 .165 .171 25.0
2023 Split-Finger 9.8 2 19 2.3 8 .375 .750 .475 10.0 12.5 11.1 .121 .198 .130 42.9
2023 Slurve -8.5 -1 6 0.7 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 58 197 3 -5 0 1 -1
2021 183 677 -12 -14 6 4 -16
2022 293 1,102 -2 -19 3 6 -12
2023 240 827 -4 -9 3 5 -5
2024 93 360 -3 -6 0 1 -8
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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 %
2019 197 50.8 71.0 81.7 35.1 47.1 45.7 32.8 53.3 29.5 6.1 83.3
2020 65 44.6 75.9 77.3 44.4 62.5 32.3 35.3 58.5 28.9 7.7 100.0
2021 677 45.9 66.6 82.6 30.1 63.6 38.7 35.7 46.8 24.0 6.9 72.3
2022 1,103 48.8 65.4 85.2 32.9 61.3 44.7 35.2 48.8 22.7 6.0 68.2
2023 831 50.3 72.1 78.0 37.0 60.5 40.5 46.9 54.8 27.3 9.1 77.3
2024 360 45.6 70.7 80.2 41.8 62.2 41.4 52.7 55.0 27.3 8.1 75.9
Player 3,233 48.3 68.5 81.7 34.7 60.9 41.8 40.1 51.1 25.3 7.2 74.4
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
2019 58 35
2020 65 18
2021 53 24
2022 64 18
2023 61 16
2024 25 5
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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 %
2019 22.3 2 2.3 0 3 1 1 50.0
2021 25.3 1 1.9 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2022 21.5 4 3.6 0 2 4 1 25.0
2023 21.8 10 12.7 -3 1 11 6 60.0
2024 21.6 1 1.9 -1 1 1 1 100.0
Player 22.0 18 22.4 -4 8 18 10 55.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
2022 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 6 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 5 2 2 3 4 6 4 5
2023 10 8 12 12 14 14 14 12 14 9 12 15 11 10 15 14 14 10 15 16 11 14 17 16 10 8 15 13 12 13 12
2024 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2
Player 18 17 22 20 23 25 25 22 22 15 21 28 24 20 23 23 23 19 24 26 21 25 31 27 15 14 24 24 24 23 23
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 94.3 6.2 87.5 -6.8 86.0 -1.5 89.6 3.6 87.3 -2.3
Launch Angle 7.3 -3.8 -11.1 7.8 11.6 15.6 7.8 14.3 -1.3 11.9 -2.4
Barrel % 2.6 8.3 5.7 4.1 -4.2 3.5 -0.6 7.9 4.4 4.3 -3.6
Hard Hit % 33.3 50.0 16.7 36.9 -13.1 33.2 -3.7 40.9 7.7 34.8 -6.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 17.9 33.3 15.4 28.7 -4.6 28.6 -0.1 26.8 -1.8 33.3 6.5
xBA .172 .279 0.107 .203 -0.076 .219 0.016 .221 0.002 .232 0.011
BA .226 .250 0.024 .174 -0.076 .215 0.041 .241 0.026 .167 -0.074
xwOBA .237 .317 0.079 .274 -0.043 .280 0.006 .286 0.006 .248 -0.038
wOBA .289 .229 -0.060 .238 0.009 .275 0.037 .306 0.031 .174 -0.132
xSLG .286 .346 0.060 .298 -0.048 .306 0.008 .391 0.085 .324 -0.067
SLG .377 .313 -0.064 .236 -0.077 .300 0.064 .424 0.124 .211 -0.213
K% 24.1 29.4 5.3 21.1 -8.3 21.2 0.1 25.7 4.5 23.7 -2.0
BB% 6.9 0.0 -6.9 10.8 10.8 8.9 -1.9 5.0 -3.9 1.1 -3.9
Swing % 53.3 58.5 5.2 46.8 -11.7 48.8 2.0 54.8 6.0 55.0 0.2
Whiff% 29.5 28.9 -0.6 24.0 -4.9 22.7 -1.3 27.3 4.6 27.3 0.0
In Zone % 50.8 44.6 -6.2 45.9 1.3 48.8 2.9 50.3 1.5 45.6 -4.7
Out of Zone % 49.2 55.4 6.2 54.1 -1.3 51.2 -2.9 49.7 -1.5 54.4 4.7
Out of Zone Swing % 35.1 44.4 9.3 30.1 -14.3 32.9 2.8 37.0 4.1 41.8 4.8
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 35.3 2.5 35.7 0.4 35.2 -0.5 46.9 11.7 52.7 5.8
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 64.7 -0.8 62.2 -2.5 65.9 3.7 68.9 3.0 72.0 3.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 58 3 5.2 .305 .000
2020 Shifts R 17 1 5.9 .188 .883
2021 Shifts R 183 5 2.7 .240 .176
2022 Shifts R 290 2 0.7 .270 .442
2023 Shades R 239 7 2.9 .302 .386
2024 Shades R 93 5 5.4 .184 .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 %
2019 61 19.4 1.6% 0.0% 19 22.9 0.0% 5.3%
2020 10 21.4 10.0% 10.0% 10 21.3 0.0% 0.0%
2021 180 20.6 3.3% 3.3% 114 24.5 0.9% 17.5%
2022 311 20.2 2.3% 1.6% 163 24.5 0.0% 11.0%
2023 162 15.0 48.1% 0.0% 142 19.2 4.2% 0.7%
2024 92 16.3 30.4% 0.0% 45 18.2 4.4% 0.0%
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