Spencer Horwitz
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 190LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 24, #717, Toronto Blue Jays | Radford
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 44 39 5 10 1 0 .256 .341 .385 .726
2024 381 328 46 87 12 0 .265 .357 .433 .790
2 Seasons 425 367 51 97 13 0 .264 .355 .428 .783
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .256 1 0 .726
2024 .265 12 0 .790
2 Seasons .264 13 0 .783
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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%
2023 25 169 27 2 7.4 4.5 87.0 103.5 1.5 37.0 .219 .354 .322 .296 .352 37.0 27.3 9.1
2024 26 1582 262 21 8.0 5.5 88.2 108.1 13.7 37.4 .254 .419 .344 .338 .364 36.6 18.4 11.0
Player 1751 289 23 8.0 5.4 88.1 108.1 12.5 37.4 .250 .412 .342 .333 .363 36.7 19.3 10.8
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
2023 63.0 18.5 18.5 0.0 48.1 33.3 18.5 7.4 48.1 14.8 22.2 0.0 7.4 4.5
2024 42.0 25.6 24.0 8.4 37.4 32.4 30.2 2.7 31.3 23.3 26.3 8.4 8.0 5.5
Player 43.9 24.9 23.5 7.6 38.4 32.5 29.1 3.1 32.9 22.5 26.0 7.6 8.0 5.4
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 0.4 2 513 32.4 112 .309 .511 .407 18.4 20.5 12.8 .247 .411 .348 38.0
2024 Sinker -0.5 -1 254 16.1 59 .240 .340 .312 16.8 15.3 15.0 .284 .423 .348 37.2
2024 Changeup -0.2 0 206 13.0 58 .192 .269 .253 20.2 19.0 15.9 .247 .326 .296 34.1
2024 Slider 1.5 3 204 12.9 57 .184 .347 .307 25.3 22.8 15.9 .198 .370 .307 38.9
2024 Cutter -1.2 -2 142 9.0 29 .333 .542 .383 20.3 10.3 8.3 .274 .458 .350 30.4
2024 Curveball 4.9 5 105 6.6 22 .450 .900 .580 14.3 13.6 8.6 .329 .707 .459 35.3
2024 Split-Finger 1.8 1 77 4.9 23 .273 .273 .265 18.9 13.0 10.7 .253 .312 .267 31.6
2024 Sweeper -0.4 0 76 4.8 17 .200 .533 .347 23.3 29.4 17.9 .242 .619 .397 60.0
2024 Slurve 30.4 1 3 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .706 .879 .702 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 0 42 24.9 15 .286 .571 .383 16.7 13.3 20.0 .260 .491 .341 25.0
2023 Sinker 1.0 0 37 21.9 10 .375 .375 .410 0.0 30.0 27.3 .266 .306 .343 60.0
2023 Slider -0.7 0 35 20.7 6 .333 .500 .358 40.0 33.3 13.3 .267 .532 .335 50.0
2023 Changeup 0.4 0 28 16.6 5 .000 .000 .140 28.6 20.0 9.1 .207 .230 .290 33.3
2023 Curveball -2.0 0 15 8.9 4 .000 .000 .175 57.1 25.0 16.7 .047 .059 .207 0.0
2023 Sweeper 0.7 0 4 2.4 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Cutter 20.1 1 4 2.4 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 100.0 .093 .093 .085 100.0
2023 Split-Finger -4.6 0 3 1.8 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -15.2 0 1 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 44 169 0 -2 1 1 0
2024 379 1,582 -16 6 10 9 9
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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 %
2023 169 51.5 69.0 83.3 25.6 38.1 40.8 34.1 47.9 28.4 9.5 75.0
2024 1,582 51.1 65.4 84.5 25.7 70.4 46.4 24.7 46.0 19.4 7.4 71.8
Player 1,751 51.2 65.7 84.4 25.7 67.3 45.9 25.7 46.2 20.3 7.6 72.2
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
2023 9 8
2024 74 60 61 58 88 34 51 29 36 28 69 83 79 69 7 77 6 17 72 82
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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 %
2023 26.6 1 1.4 0 0 2 0 0.0
2024 24.5 12 12.2 0 5 10 5 41.7
Player 24.6 13 13.6 -1 5 12 5 38.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
2024 12 13 10 14 11 12 14 12 11 10 11 12 13 11 11 13 9 10 12 14 14 11 17 16 10 10 12 14 16 11 11
Player 13 14 12 16 12 13 15 14 12 11 12 13 15 12 12 15 11 11 14 16 16 12 19 18 11 11 14 16 18 12 11
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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.0 88.2 1.2
Launch Angle 1.5 13.7 12.2
Barrel % 7.4 8.0 0.6
Hard Hit % 37.0 36.6 -0.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.0 37.4 0.4
xBA .219 .254 0.035
BA .256 .265 0.009
xwOBA .296 .338 0.042
wOBA .322 .344 0.022
xSLG .354 .419 0.065
SLG .385 .433 0.048
K% 27.3 18.4 -8.9
BB% 9.1 11.0 1.9
Swing % 47.9 46.0 -1.9
Whiff% 28.4 19.4 -9.0
In Zone % 51.5 51.1 -0.4
Out of Zone % 48.5 48.9 0.4
Out of Zone Swing % 25.6 25.7 0.1
First Pitch Swing % 34.1 24.7 -9.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.9 58.9 -7.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 44 21 47.7 .284 .364
2024 Shades L 379 223 58.8 .373 .324
! 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 %
2023 41 15.8 36.6% 0.0% 32 19.4 3.1% 0.0%
2024 437 15.0 49.4% 0.2% 267 18.2 6.0% 1.5%
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