Aaron Blair Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics

Aaron Blair

P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 220LBS | Age: 32

Draft: 2013 | Rd: CB-A, #36, Arizona Diamondbacks | Marshall

	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	SO	WHIP
2016	2	7	7.59	15	15	70	46	1.66
2017	0	1	15.00	1	1	3	3	3.33
2 Seasons	2	8	7.89	16	16	73	49	1.73

	G	W-L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
2016	15	2-7	7.59	70	46	1.66
2017	1	0-1	15.00	3	3	3.33
2 Seasons	16	2-8	7.89	73	49	1.73

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Standard MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2016	ATL	NL	15	23	21	1	0	9	.048	.048	.048	.096
2017	ATL	NL	1	2	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
2 Seasons	ATL	NL	16	25	22	2	1	9	.091	.130	.091	.221

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Advanced MLB Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	PA	TB	LOB	SAC	BABIP	GIDPO	NP	P/PA	K/PA	HR/PA	BB/K	ISO
2016	ATL	NL	23	1	11	2	.083	3	74	3.217	.391	.000	.---	.000
2017	ATL	NL	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	6	3.000	.000	.000	.---	.000
2 Seasons	ATL	NL	25	2	11	2	.154	3	80	3.200	.360	.000	.111	.000

Standard MLB Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	BF	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2016	ATL	NL	324	2	7	7.59	15	15	70.0	82	61	59	14	34	46	1.66
2017	ATL	NL	19	0	1	15.00	1	1	3.0	5	5	5	1	5	3	3.33
2 Seasons	ATL	NL	343	2	8	7.89	16	16	73.0	87	66	64	15	39	49	1.73

*: All Star Season, Rankings AL/NL: Top 5 10 15 20, Click for Chart.

Standard MLB Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2016	ATL	NL	P	15	15	70.0	14	4	9	1	2	.929
2017	ATL	NL	P	1	1	3.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
2 Seasons	ATL	NL	P	16	16	73.0	15	4	10	1	2	.933

Standard Minor League Batting Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2014	Mobile BayBears	SOU	AA	8	15	14	2	3	0	1	1	1	7	.214	.267	.429	.696
2015	2 Teams		Minors	26	35	26	1	1	1	0	1	3	5	.038	.138	.115	.253
2015	Mobile BayBears	SOU	AA	13	21	15	1	1	1	0	1	3	4	.067	.222	.200	.422
2015	Reno Aces	PCL	AAA	13	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2016	Gwinnett Braves	INT	AAA	13	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2017	Gwinnett Braves	INT	AAA	25	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800
2021	Richmond Flying Squirrels	AA NE	AA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	2 Teams		AAA	52	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200
	2 Teams		AA	30	36	29	3	4	1	1	2	4	11	.138	.242	.310	.552
Career Minors	4 Teams			82	60	49	3	6	1	1	2	4	15	.122	.189	.224	.413

Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2013	2 Teams		Minors	1	3	3.14	11	11	48.2	44	20	17	2	17	41	1.25
2013	Hillsboro Hops	NOR	A(Short)	1	1	2.90	8	8	31.0	25	10	10	2	13	28	1.23
2013	South Bend Silver Hawks	MID	A(Full)	0	2	3.57	3	3	17.2	19	10	7	0	4	13	1.30
2014	3 Teams		Minors	9	5	3.56	27	27	154.1	125	67	61	12	51	171	1.14
2014	South Bend Silver Hawks	MID	A(Full)	1	2	4.04	6	6	35.2	25	19	16	2	14	44	1.09
2014	Visalia Rawhide	CAL	A(Adv)	4	2	4.35	13	13	72.1	70	37	35	6	21	81	1.26
2014	Mobile BayBears	SOU	AA	4	1	1.94	8	8	46.1	30	11	10	4	16	46	0.99
2015	2 Teams		Minors	13	5	2.92	26	25	160.1	137	59	52	13	50	120	1.17
2015	Mobile BayBears	SOU	AA	6	3	2.70	13	13	83.1	70	28	25	8	23	64	1.12
2015	Reno Aces	PCL	AAA	7	2	3.16	13	12	77.0	67	31	27	5	27	56	1.22
2016	Gwinnett Braves	INT	AAA	5	4	4.65	13	13	71.2	77	38	37	4	32	71	1.52
2017	Gwinnett Braves	INT	AAA	7	9	5.02	25	25	127.1	135	72	71	10	56	104	1.50
2018	Gwinnett Stripers	INT	AAA	0	1	0.00	1	1	2.2	1	3	0	0	5	3	2.25
2021	Richmond Flying Squirrels	AA NE	AA	0	3	4.46	9	9	34.1	30	22	17	4	20	23	1.46
	2 Teams		AAA	19	16	4.36	52	51	278.2	280	144	135	19	120	234	1.44
	2 Teams		AA	10	7	2.85	30	30	164.0	130	61	52	16	59	133	1.15
	Visalia Rawhide	CAL	A+	4	2	4.35	13	13	72.1	70	37	35	6	21	81	1.26
	South Bend Cubs	MID	A	1	4	3.88	9	9	53.1	44	29	23	2	18	57	1.16
	Hillsboro Hops	NWL	A(Short)	1	1	2.90	8	8	31.0	25	10	10	2	13	28	1.23
Career Minors	7 Teams			35	30	3.83	112	111	599.1	549	281	255	45	231	533	1.30

Standard Minor League Fielding Statistics

Season	Tm	LG	L	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT%
2013	2 Teams		Minors	P	11	11	48.2	13	6	6	1	1	.923
2013	Hillsboro Hops	NOR	A(Short)	P	8	8	31.0	7	5	2	0	1	1.000
2013	South Bend Silver Hawks	MID	A(Full)	P	3	3	17.2	6	1	4	1	0	.833
2014	3 Teams		Minors	P	27	27	154.1	19	7	9	3	0	.842
2014	South Bend Silver Hawks	MID	A(Full)	P	6	6	35.2	5	1	2	2	0	.600
2014	Visalia Rawhide	CAL	A(Adv)	P	13	13	72.1	6	4	2	0	0	1.000
2014	Mobile BayBears	SOU	AA	P	8	8	46.1	8	2	5	1	0	.875
2015	2 Teams		Minors	P	26	25	160.1	28	10	17	1	3	.964
2015	Mobile BayBears	SOU	AA	P	13	13	83.1	13	4	9	0	1	1.000
2015	Reno Aces	PCL	AAA	P	13	12	77.0	15	6	8	1	2	.933
2016	Gwinnett Braves	INT	AAA	P	13	13	71.2	16	5	10	1	1	.938
2017	Gwinnett Braves	INT	AAA	P	25	25	127.1	17	5	10	2	0	.882
2018	Gwinnett Stripers	INT	AAA	P	1	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2021	Richmond Flying Squirrels	AA NE	AA	P	9	9	34.1	6	1	5	0	0	1.000
	2 Teams		AAA	P	52	51	278.2	48	16	28	4	3	.917
	2 Teams		AA	P	30	30	164.0	27	7	19	1	1	.963
	Visalia Rawhide	CAL	A+	P	13	13	72.1	6	4	2	0	0	1.000
	South Bend Cubs	MID	A	P	9	9	53.1	11	2	6	3	0	.727
	Hillsboro Hops	NWL	A(Short)	P	8	8	31.0	7	5	2	0	1	1.000
Career Minors	7 Teams			P	112	111	599.1	99	34	57	8	5	.919

Rankings

Triples

Year	3B	Rank
2016	5	11th in NL

Awards

INT Pitcher of the Week

Week	Team
04/24/2016

MiLB.com Organization All-Star

Year	Team
2015
2014

SOU Mid-Season All-Star

Year	Team
2015

SOU Pitcher of the Week

Week	Team
07/28/2014

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	06/23/2022	Kentucky Wild Health Genomes released RHP Aaron Blair.
	06/20/2022	Kentucky Wild Health Genomes placed RHP Aaron Blair on the temporarily inactive list.
	04/12/2022	Kentucky Wild Health Genomes signed RHP Aaron Blair.
	11/07/2021	RHP Aaron Blair elected free agency.
	07/23/2021	San Francisco Giants selected the contract of RHP Aaron Blair from West Virginia Power.
	07/23/2021	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to Richmond Flying Squirrels.
	06/04/2021	West Virginia Power placed RHP Aaron Blair on the 7-day injured list.
	06/04/2021	West Virginia Power activated RHP Aaron Blair.
	05/28/2021	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to West Virginia Power.
	05/22/2020	Jackson Generals released RHP Aaron Blair.
	04/01/2020	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to Jackson Generals.
	02/12/2020	Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Aaron Blair to a minor league contract.
	05/31/2018	Atlanta Braves released RHP Aaron Blair.
	05/31/2018	Gwinnett Stripers activated RHP Aaron Blair from the 7-day disabled list.
	04/12/2018	Gwinnett Stripers placed RHP Aaron Blair on the 7-day disabled list.
	03/24/2018	Atlanta Braves optioned RHP Aaron Blair to Gwinnett Stripers.
	10/02/2017	Atlanta Braves recalled Aaron Blair from Gwinnett Braves.
	07/27/2017	Atlanta Braves optioned RHP Aaron Blair to Gwinnett Braves.
	07/26/2017	Atlanta Braves recalled Aaron Blair from Gwinnett Braves.
	06/06/2017	Gwinnett Braves activated RHP Aaron Blair from the 7-day disabled list.
	05/28/2017	Gwinnett Braves placed RHP Aaron Blair on the 7-day disabled list.
	04/23/2017	Atlanta Braves optioned RHP Aaron Blair to Gwinnett Braves.
	04/20/2017	Atlanta Braves recalled Aaron Blair from Gwinnett Braves.
	03/16/2017	Atlanta Braves optioned RHP Aaron Blair to Gwinnett Braves.
	09/18/2016	Aaron Blair roster status changed by Atlanta Braves.
	09/08/2016	Atlanta Braves sent RHP Aaron Blair on a rehab assignment to Gwinnett Braves.
	09/03/2016	Atlanta Braves placed RHP Aaron Blair on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 29, 2016. Left knee strain.
	08/28/2016	Atlanta Braves recalled RHP Aaron Blair from Gwinnett Braves.
	08/18/2016	Gwinnett Braves activated RHP Aaron Blair from the 7-day disabled list.
	08/04/2016	Gwinnett Braves placed RHP Aaron Blair on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to August 3, 2016.
	06/25/2016	Atlanta Braves optioned RHP Aaron Blair to Gwinnett Braves.
	05/28/2016	Atlanta Braves recalled Aaron Blair from Gwinnett Braves.
	05/18/2016	Atlanta Braves optioned RHP Aaron Blair to Gwinnett Braves.
	04/24/2016	Atlanta Braves selected the contract of Aaron Blair from Gwinnett Braves.
	01/07/2016	Atlanta Braves invited non-roster RHP Aaron Blair to spring training.
	01/07/2016	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to Gwinnett Braves.
	12/09/2015	Atlanta Braves traded RHP Shelby Miller and LHP Gabe Speier to Arizona Diamondbacks for RF Ender Inciarte, RHP Aaron Blair and SS Dansby Swanson.
	07/24/2015	Reno Aces activated RHP Aaron Blair from the temporarily inactive list.
	07/04/2015	Reno Aces placed RHP Aaron Blair on the temporarily inactive list.
	06/22/2015	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to SOU South Division All-Stars.
	06/17/2015	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to Reno Aces from Mobile BayBears.
	02/13/2015	Arizona Diamondbacks invited non-roster RHP Aaron Blair to spring training.
	07/15/2014	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to Mobile BayBears from Visalia Rawhide.
	05/06/2014	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to Visalia Rawhide from South Bend Silver Hawks.
	08/14/2013	RHP Aaron Blair assigned to South Bend Silver Hawks from Hillsboro Hops.
	06/29/2013	Aaron Blair assigned to Hillsboro Hops.
	06/28/2013	Arizona Diamondbacks signed RHP Aaron Blair.

Platoon Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Atlanta Braves	MLB	vs Left				1			1.2	11	4			1	2	0	3.60
Atlanta Braves	MLB	vs Right				1			1.1	8	1			0	3	3	3.00

Monthly Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Atlanta Braves	MLB	July	0	1	15.00	1	1	0	3.0	19	5	5	5	1	5	3	3.33
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Post All-Star	0	1	15.00	1	1	0	3.0	19	5	5	5	1	5	3	3.33

Baserunner Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Bases Empty	1	0.2	7	3	0	2	1	7.50
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Runner at 1st	1	0.1	3	0	0	2	0	6.00
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Runners at 1st & 2nd	1	0.2	3	1	0	0	1	1.50
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Runner at 2nd	1	0.2	3	0	0	1	0	1.50
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Runners at 2nd & 3rd	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Runner at 3rd	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	3.00
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Scoring Position	1	2.0	9	2	1	1	2	1.50

Game Type Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Away Games	0	1	15.00	1	1	0	3.0	19	5	5	5	1	5	3	3.33
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Day Games	0	1	15.00	1	1	0	3.0	19	5	5	5	1	5	3	3.33
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Leading Off				1			0.1	3	1			0	1	0	6.00

Outs Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Atlanta Braves	MLB	No Outs	1	1.0	6	1	0	2	1	3.00
Atlanta Braves	MLB	One Out	1	1.0	6	2	1	1	1	3.00
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Two Outs	1	1.0	7	2	0	2	1	4.00

Inning Splits

Team	L	Type	ERA	G	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Atlanta Braves	MLB	First Inning	9.00	1	1.0	6	2	1	1	0	1	0	3.00
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Second Inning	0.00	1	1.0	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	2.00
Atlanta Braves	MLB	Third Inning	36.00	1	1.0	8	2	4	4	1	3	1	5.00

Platoon Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	vs Left				9			17.1	81	15			1	17	11	1.85
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	vs Right				9			16.0	74	15			3	3	12	1.13

Monthly Splits

Team	L	Type	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	July	0	5.40	2	2	5.0	23	5	3	3	0	5	1	2.00
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	August	2	3.60	5	5	20.0	91	16	13	8	3	13	17	1.45
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	September	1	5.79	2	2	9.1	41	9	6	6	1	2	5	1.18

Baserunner Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Bases Empty	9	15.1	81	19	3	13	16	2.09
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Bases Loaded	5	2.0	6	1	0	0	2	0.50
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Runner at 1st	9	7.1	24	3	1	2	3	0.68
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Runners at 1st & 2nd	8	2.0	12	2	0	3	0	2.50
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Runners at 1st & 3rd	3	1.0	5	2	0	0	0	2.00
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Runner at 2nd	8	4.0	17	3	0	1	1	1.00
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Runners at 2nd & 3rd	3	1.1	5	0	0	1	1	0.75
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Runner at 3rd	3	1.1	5	0	0	0	0	0.00
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Scoring Position	9	11.2	50	8	0	5	4	1.11

Game Type Splits

Team	L	Type	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Home Games	0	1	3.10	5	5	0	20.1	91	17	11	7	2	9	16	1.28
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Away Games	0	2	6.43	4	4	0	14.0	64	13	11	10	2	11	7	1.71
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Day Games	0	1	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	21	4	4	3	1	4	4	1.60
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Night Games	0	2	4.30	8	8	0	29.1	134	26	18	14	3	16	19	1.43
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Leading Off				9			6.2	36	6			1	7	6	1.95

Outs Splits

Team	L	Type	G	IP	BF	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	No Outs	9	12.2	62	12	2	12	8	1.89
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	One Out	9	11.0	45	9	1	4	9	1.18
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Two Outs	9	10.2	48	9	1	4	6	1.22

Inning Splits

Team	L	Type	ERA	G	IP	BF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	First Inning	5.00	9	9.0	37	9	6	5	2	2	3	1.22
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Second Inning	2.00	9	9.0	38	5	4	2	1	7	5	1.33
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Third Inning	5.14	8	7.0	37	6	6	4	0	7	8	1.86
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Fourth Inning	3.60	5	5.0	21	5	2	2	1	0	4	1.00
Richmond Flying Squirrels	Double-A	Fifth Inning	8.31	5	4.1	22	5	4	4	0	4	3	2.08

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2017-07-26	Arizona Diamondbacks	Atlanta Braves	0	1	15.00	1	1	0	3.0	5	5	5	1	5	3	3.33
July	Atlanta Braves		0	1	15.00	1	1	0	3.0	5	5	5	1	5	3	3.33

Date	Home Tm	Away Tm	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2021-07-24	Akron RubberDucks	Richmond Flying Squirrels	0	13.50	1	1	2.0	2	3	3	0	3	1	2.50
2021-07-30	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Bowie Baysox	0	5.40	1	1	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.00
July	Richmond Flying Squirrels		0	5.40	2	2	5.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	2.00
2021-08-05	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Reading Fightin Phils	1	3.38	1	1	3.0	4	4	0	0	2	1	2.00
2021-08-11	Bowie Baysox	Richmond Flying Squirrels	1	4.15	1	1	5.0	4	4	3	1	4	4	1.85
2021-08-17	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Erie SeaWolves	0	3.50	1	1	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	5	1.56
2021-08-22	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Erie SeaWolves	0	3.52	1	1	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	7	1.48
2021-08-28	Altoona Curve	Richmond Flying Squirrels	0	3.96	1	1	2.0	1	2	2	0	4	0	1.56
August	Richmond Flying Squirrels		2	3.60	5	5	20.0	16	13	8	3	13	17	1.45
2021-09-10	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Akron RubberDucks	0	4.60	1	1	4.1	3	4	4	0	2	3	1.50
2021-09-16	Erie SeaWolves	Richmond Flying Squirrels	1	4.46	1	1	5.0	6	2	2	1	0	2	1.46
September	Richmond Flying Squirrels		1	5.79	2	2	9.1	9	6	6	1	2	5	1.18

Statcast 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%	ERA	xERA
2016	24	1214	238	17	7.1	5.2	89.1	114.4	13.6	31.5	.269	.473	.383	.354	.371	35.7	14.2	10.5	7.59	5.45
2017	25	75	11	3	27.3	15.8	92.3	105.9	4.8	27.3	.399	.891	.555	.550	.644	54.5	15.8	26.3	15.00	18.50
Player		1289	249	20	8.0	5.8	89.3	114.4	13.3	31.3	.274	.491	.393	.364	.382	36.5	14.3	11.4
MLB					7.0	4.8	88.5	122.4	12.3	33.2	.245	.406	.316	.315	.369	36.5	22.2	8.4

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Blair relies on 5 pitches.

Sinker

(45.9%) ,

Slider

(24.3%) ,

Changeup

(12.2%) ,

Curveball

(10.8%) ,

Four Seamer

(6.8%) ,

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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	41.6	22.7	27.7	8.0	41.6	38.2	20.2	1.7	31.5	26.5	23.9	6.3	7.1	5.2
2017	54.5	27.3	18.2	0.0	36.4	54.5	9.1	9.1	18.2	9.1	27.3	0.0	27.3	15.8
Player	42.2	22.9	27.3	7.6	41.4	39.0	19.7	2.0	30.9	25.7	24.1	6.0	8.0	5.8
MLB	44.5	23.7	24.8	7.1	37.2	37.5	25.2	3.9	32.7	24.8	24.4	5.8	7.0	4.8

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Similar Pitchers to Aaron Blair:

2016 - Clay Buchholz

2016 - James Shields

2016 - Edwin Jackson

2016 - Matt Cain

2016 - Brett Oberholtzer

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.

						Vertical Movement (inches)			Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year	Pitch	Team	Hand	#	MPH	Inches of Drop	vs Avg	% vs Avg	Inches of Break	vs Avg	% Break vs Avg
2017	Changeup	ATL	R	9	84.5	35.8	6.1	20	15.3	1.7	12
2017	Slider	ATL	R	18	81.5	40.0	0.9	2	1.5	-4.8	-76
2017	4-Seam Fastball	ATL	R	5	91.6	18.8	-3.3	-21	8.2	0.5	6
2017	Curveball	ATL	R	8	76.5	53.9	-1.7	-3	1.3	-8.3	-87
2017	Sinker	ATL	R	34	91.6	21.9	0.4	2	10.9	-3.9	-26
2016	4-Seam Fastball	ATL	R	559	91.5	19.7	-2.3	-13	8.3	0.9	13
2016	Curveball	ATL	R	241	78.6	50.6	-4.6	-8	5.5	-4.9	-47
2016	Sinker	ATL	R	131	91.4	25.3	2.2	10	15.0	1.1	8
2016	Changeup	ATL	R	250	84.9	33.0	1.5	5	9.3	-3.6	-28

! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year	Pitch Type	RV/100	Run Value	Pitches	%	PA	BA	SLG	wOBA	Whiff%	K%	PutAway %	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Hard Hit %
2017	Sinker	-0.5	0	34	45.3	10	.500	.667	.572	23.1	0.0	0.0	.479	.770	.592	71.4
2017	Slider	-2.7	0	18	24.0	5	.250	1.000	.540	77.8	60.0	37.5	.220	.841	.475	0.0
2017	Changeup	0.2	0	9	12.0	1	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	.273	.273	.246	0.0
2017	Curveball	-1.7	0	8	10.7	2	--	--	.350	80.0	0.0	0.0	--	--	.358	0.0
2017	4-Seam Fastball	-40.7	-2	5	6.7	1	1.000	3.000	1.600	33.3	0.0	--	.760	2.436	1.285	100.0

! Note: Years are in reverse order.

! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

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Swing/Take

				Runs
Year	Team	PA	Pitches	Heart	Shadow	Chase	Waste	All
2016		320	1,198	-3	-5	-8	-8	-23

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Plate Discipline

Season	Pitches	Zone %	Zone Swing %	Zone Contact %	Chase %	Chase Contact %	Edge %	1st Pitch Strike %	Swing %	Whiff %	Meatball %	Meatball Swing %
2016	1,214	43.2	70.9	86.3	28.3	59.5	40.1	56.5	46.7	21.9	6.1	71.6
2017	75	39.2	75.9	59.1	22.2	40.0	40.5	73.7	42.7	46.9	2.7	100.0
Player	1,289	43.0	71.1	84.8	27.9	58.5	40.1	57.4	46.5	23.2	5.9	72.4
MLB		48.7	67.0	82.0	28.5	57.8	42.6	61.0	47.2	24.9	7.3	76.3

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year	xwOBA / xERA	xBA	xSLG	xISO	xOBP	Brl	Brl%	EV	Hard Hit%	K%	BB%	Whiff%	Chase Rate	FB Velo	FB Spin	CB Spin	Extension
2016	9	20	11	9	6	42	24	32	38	8	15	40	42	28	25	10	90

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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year	Avg HR Trot	Actual HR	xHR	HR-xHR	Doubters	Mostly Gone	No Doubters	No Doubter %
2016	23.9	14	15.0	-1	3	8	9	64.3
2017	14.9	1	0.5	1	1	1	0	0.0
Player	23.2	15	15.6	-1	4	9	9	60.0

Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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.

Standard

Year	Avg HR Trot	Actual HR	xHR	HR-xHR	Doubters	Mostly Gone	No Doubters	No Doubter %
2016	23.9	14	13.3	1	3	7	8	57.1
2017	14.9	1	1.1	0	0	2	0	0.0
Player	23.2	15	14.5	1	3	9	8	53.3

Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Standard" view here accounts for different wall heights and distances but excludes environmental effects. It is based purely on the observed trajectory of the hit.

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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year	HR
2016	14	16	13	15	16	14	15	17	15	11	15	16	13	13	15	18	12	14	15	17	13	11	18	19	16	15	16	18	15	16	14
2017	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0
Player	15	16	13	16	16	14	16	17	16	11	15	17	14	13	16	20	12	14	15	17	13	11	19	21	17	15	16	20	16	17	14

Standard

Year	HR
2016	14	16	12	16	13	14	15	14	14	11	14	15	12	12	15	13	13	14	13	15	11	12	15	13	12	13	12	10	13	14	14
2017	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1
Player	15	17	13	17	13	16	17	16	15	11	15	16	13	13	17	15	14	14	13	17	12	14	17	15	13	14	12	10	14	16	15

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Year to Year Changes

Metric	2016	2017	+/-
Fastball Velocity	91.5	91.6	0.1	↑
Offspeed Velocity	84.9	84.5	-0.4	↓
Breaking Velocity	78.6	80.0	1.4	↑
Exit Velocity	89.1	92.3	3.2	↑
Launch Angle	13.6	4.8	-8.8	↓
Barrel %	7.1	27.3	20.2	↑
Hard Hit %	35.7	54.5	18.8	↑
LA Sweet-Spot %	31.5	27.3	-4.2	↓
xBA	.269	.399	0.130	↑
BA	.299	.417	0.118	↑
xwOBA	.354	.550	0.196	↑
wOBA	.383	.555	0.172	↑
xSLG	.473	.891	0.418	↑
SLG	.540	.917	0.377	↑
K%	14.2	15.8	1.6	↑
BB%	10.5	26.3	15.8	↑
Swing %	46.7	42.7	-4.0	↓
Whiff%	21.9	46.9	25.0	↑
In Zone %	43.2	39.2	-4.0	↓
Out of Zone %	56.8	60.8	4.0	↑
Out of Zone Swing %	28.3	22.2	-6.1	↓
First Pitch Swing %	28.7	42.1	13.4	↑
First Pitch Strike %	56.5	73.7	17.2	↑

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Statcast Fielder Positioning

				vs RHH			vs LHH
Year	Alignment Type	PA	wOBA	PA	Total	%	PA	Total	%
2016	Shifts	315	.381	161	35	21.7	154	53	34.4
2017	Shifts	19	.555	8	1	12.5	11	1	9.1

! 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 Empty				Runners On Base
Season	Team	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %
2016		357	16.9	29.1%	3.6%	182	23.9	2.7%	15.4%
2017		15	17.3	13.3%	6.7%	14	22.6	0.0%	7.1%

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Year	Team	Runner Runs	Advances	Thrown Out	Holds	Advance Opportunities	Advance Attempt %	Est. Attempt %	Attempt % Above Average	Safe on Advances	Safe / Opportunity	Safe / Attempt
			Runs Breakdown			How often does the runner attempt to advance				How often was the runner successful in advancing

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Statcast Running Statistics

Season	Age	Sprint Speed (ft/s)	HP to 1st	Bolts	Pos Rank	Age Rank	Lg Rank	% Rank
2016	24	22.1			86	56	676	2

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