Aaron Hicks
CF | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 1, #14, Minnesota Twins | Woodrow Wilson HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 126 108 13 21 4 0 .194 .294 .333 .627
2022 453 384 54 83 8 10 .216 .330 .313 .643
2023 312 269 44 68 8 6 .253 .353 .383 .736
11 Seasons 3,588 3,078 463 716 108 71 .233 .332 .387 .719
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .194 4 0 .627
2022 .216 8 10 .643
2023 .253 8 6 .736
11 Seasons .233 108 71 .719
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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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%
2015 25 1510 288 9 3.1 2.3 88.8 107.8 11.9 34.0 .263 .416 .314 .329 .364 33.3 16.9 8.7
2016 26 1381 263 12 4.6 3.3 89.1 107.6 10.7 28.5 .232 .359 .270 .289 .320 35.0 18.8 8.3
2017 27 1483 240 18 7.5 5.0 86.7 109.3 11.7 30.0 .248 .431 .363 .348 .368 32.5 18.6 14.1
2018 28 2487 377 33 8.8 5.7 89.7 110.0 13.2 34.2 .262 .465 .360 .372 .404 43.0 19.1 15.5
2019 29 1071 152 14 9.2 5.5 89.7 111.0 13.6 26.3 .202 .370 .325 .293 .355 37.1 28.2 12.2
2020 30 918 131 9 6.9 4.3 88.2 109.5 11.1 29.8 .256 .435 .351 .374 .380 38.2 18.0 19.4
2021 31 511 80 8 10.0 6.3 89.3 109.6 19.1 36.3 .240 .421 .279 .333 .386 38.8 23.8 11.1
2022 32 2017 278 16 5.8 3.5 87.9 109.6 14.8 25.2 .218 .336 .292 .303 .334 33.1 24.1 13.7
2023 33 1354 201 8 4.0 2.6 85.3 106.7 12.6 26.4 .207 .304 .326 .282 .294 29.4 22.1 13.5
Player 12732 2010 127 6.3 4.2 88.3 111.0 12.8 30.1 .238 .394 .323 .326 .356 35.6 20.7 13.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
2015 44.4 23.3 24.7 7.6 33.3 38.2 28.5 1.7 31.9 23.6 28.8 6.3 3.1 2.3
2016 46.4 23.2 22.4 8.0 39.5 35.7 24.7 1.1 38.4 27.4 21.7 5.3 4.6 3.3
2017 45.0 24.6 22.1 8.3 40.8 35.4 23.8 5.0 32.9 27.1 18.3 7.5 7.5 5.0
2018 41.4 26.0 24.4 8.2 38.7 43.5 17.5 2.1 32.4 25.7 22.5 7.2 8.8 5.7
2019 42.8 23.7 22.4 11.2 42.1 33.6 24.3 3.3 29.6 28.9 21.1 2.0 9.2 5.5
2020 47.3 23.7 21.4 7.6 51.9 29.8 18.3 4.6 34.4 22.1 25.2 6.1 6.9 4.3
2021 33.8 27.5 25.0 13.8 41.3 40.0 18.8 1.3 27.5 31.3 23.8 6.3 10.0 6.3
2022 44.6 23.7 20.5 11.2 44.2 32.0 23.7 4.0 29.5 30.9 26.3 2.9 5.8 3.5
2023 47.8 23.4 17.9 10.9 43.8 32.3 23.9 6.5 31.3 30.3 23.4 3.5 4.0 2.6
Player 44.2 24.2 22.4 9.2 40.8 36.3 22.9 3.2 32.4 27.2 23.5 5.4 6.3 4.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.3 5 410 30.3 103 .306 .471 .399 22.9 19.4 16.3 .224 .325 .315 35.4
2023 Changeup -0.2 0 235 17.4 53 .224 .224 .244 27.4 22.6 15.0 .220 .260 .248 16.2
2023 Slider 1.2 2 203 15.0 39 .219 .406 .344 34.2 35.9 20.3 .156 .289 .280 27.8
2023 Curveball 2.0 3 167 12.3 30 .222 .556 .335 36.7 33.3 20.4 .142 .236 .200 27.8
2023 Cutter 1.1 1 114 8.4 26 .318 .409 .356 20.4 15.4 13.8 .202 .278 .283 33.3
2023 Sinker -0.3 0 114 8.4 29 .280 .400 .352 7.3 6.9 6.5 .322 .561 .419 47.8
2023 Splitter -2.9 -2 63 4.7 18 .176 .235 .208 20.7 16.7 10.7 .203 .252 .224 21.4
2023 Sweeper -3.2 -1 41 3.0 11 .100 .100 .145 47.1 27.3 17.6 .107 .120 .153 0.0
2023 Slurve -5.9 0 7 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .080 .103 .080 0.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.3 -2 644 31.9 141 .237 .289 .337 17.3 13.5 9.9 .257 .372 .354 40.0
2022 Changeup 0.1 0 379 18.8 76 .176 .311 .234 35.4 27.6 18.3 .192 .304 .227 24.5
2022 Curveball -1.3 -3 262 13.0 59 .135 .192 .239 41.5 47.5 31.8 .112 .170 .190 12.5
2022 Slider -0.5 -1 251 12.4 59 .200 .380 .307 30.2 33.9 22.0 .207 .315 .279 31.3
2022 Sinker -1.6 -4 240 11.9 66 .264 .340 .351 13.5 13.6 15.3 .285 .497 .408 50.0
2022 Cutter -0.1 0 118 5.9 23 .250 .313 .370 22.4 21.7 19.2 .187 .278 .336 16.7
2022 Splitter 1.4 1 57 2.8 11 .300 .300 .309 45.0 45.5 26.3 .177 .206 .219 20.0
2022 Sweeper 2.0 1 49 2.4 11 .273 .273 .245 23.8 18.2 9.5 .203 .231 .193 0.0
2022 Slurve 5.4 0 8 0.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .530 .663 .525 50.0
2022 Knuckleball 2.5 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seamer -0.9 -2 169 33.1 46 .256 .436 .342 17.8 21.7 25.0 .323 .598 .421 56.7
2021 Changeup -2.1 -2 92 18.0 18 .176 .176 .189 56.3 44.4 36.4 .200 .284 .236 33.3
2021 Sinker 0.9 1 72 14.1 24 .250 .300 .319 10.7 4.2 10.0 .275 .382 .356 26.3
2021 Curveball -2.4 -2 66 12.9 9 .000 .000 .078 33.3 33.3 15.0 .155 .184 .208 40.0
2021 Cutter -1.8 -1 51 10.0 12 .100 .200 .221 33.3 8.3 10.0 .114 .181 .219 11.1
2021 Slider -0.9 0 43 8.4 10 .125 .500 .270 41.2 40.0 26.7 .150 .476 .330 40.0
2021 Splitter 9.4 1 9 1.8 2 .500 2.000 1.000 40.0 50.0 100.0 .350 1.162 .609 100.0
2021 Sweeper -8.8 -1 8 1.6 4 .000 .000 .175 50.0 50.0 33.3 .031 .035 .196 0.0
2021 Screwball -6.1 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .106 .116 .095 0.0
2020 4-Seamer 1.4 4 280 30.5 68 .200 .500 .397 24.2 13.2 11.7 .265 .527 .430 46.3
2020 Changeup 0.2 0 187 20.4 38 .125 .156 .214 46.5 31.6 19.7 .167 .261 .268 25.0
2020 Sinker 2.6 4 153 16.7 47 .368 .658 .486 16.9 12.8 27.3 .309 .519 .418 46.9
2020 Curveball -1.4 -1 108 11.8 24 .136 .182 .233 35.0 29.2 17.5 .227 .273 .263 20.0
2020 Slider -0.2 0 94 10.2 14 .000 .000 .200 25.0 21.4 8.8 .171 .203 .318 14.3
2020 Cutter 0.6 0 64 7.0 11 .364 .455 .359 17.6 9.1 6.3 .342 .428 .336 40.0
2020 Splitter 10.6 3 27 2.9 7 .600 1.200 .743 22.2 0.0 0.0 .339 1.077 .605 40.0
2020 Sweeper -4.2 0 5 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .707 .761 .636 100.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.1 0 380 35.5 103 .289 .467 .373 15.0 20.4 19.1 .232 .419 .316 43.3
2019 Sinker -0.3 0 147 13.7 45 .244 .533 .286 19.4 13.3 26.1 .264 .433 .293 34.2
2019 Changeup -0.1 0 144 13.4 34 .111 .222 .270 66.1 47.1 44.4 .088 .169 .212 9.1
2019 Curveball -3.4 -4 131 12.2 25 .048 .048 .148 46.9 52.0 31.7 .073 .111 .177 37.5
2019 Slider 1.2 2 129 12.0 19 .250 .313 .267 38.2 36.8 14.0 .111 .145 .208 12.5
2019 Cutter -1.4 -1 75 7.0 16 .250 .500 .413 25.0 31.3 23.8 .203 .310 .337 42.9
2019 Splitter 9.0 5 52 4.9 11 .500 1.750 .850 68.8 36.4 33.3 .417 1.349 .698 75.0
2019 Knuckleball -5.3 0 8 0.7 2 .000 .000 -- 25.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Sweeper 1.8 0 5 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer 2.1 16 737 29.6 184 .299 .535 .427 9.9 15.2 14.0 .318 .567 .444 50.8
2018 Sinker 0.7 3 531 21.4 140 .256 .521 .397 16.0 11.4 14.5 .290 .545 .413 49.5
2018 Changeup 0.9 4 434 17.5 87 .200 .373 .304 36.6 20.7 15.8 .227 .396 .315 27.1
2018 Slider 3.1 9 289 11.6 70 .236 .473 .387 45.1 35.7 22.7 .174 .335 .310 41.9
2018 Curveball 0.5 1 282 11.3 47 .205 .477 .299 29.5 36.2 17.2 .217 .400 .285 41.4
2018 Cutter -0.4 -1 127 5.1 34 .233 .300 .284 9.7 5.9 5.0 .266 .325 .301 31.0
2018 Splitter -2.4 -2 70 2.8 15 .143 .143 .167 41.9 33.3 20.0 .134 .186 .179 22.2
2018 Knuckleball -4.6 0 6 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2018 Slurve 2.0 0 5 0.2 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2018 Sweeper 2.4 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 0.7 3 413 27.8 114 .305 .474 .392 10.2 9.6 9.6 .318 .543 .410 35.6
2017 Sinker 0.7 2 305 20.6 84 .333 .524 .432 15.6 11.9 19.2 .306 .489 .423 37.0
2017 Changeup 1.5 4 235 15.8 55 .255 .529 .355 38.2 20.0 18.6 .205 .386 .281 22.5
2017 Slider -0.8 -2 213 14.4 45 .179 .359 .274 42.0 33.3 20.3 .134 .227 .231 24.0
2017 Curveball 1.4 3 195 13.1 38 .188 .344 .300 36.1 31.6 20.7 .148 .240 .248 20.0
2017 Cutter 4.4 3 73 4.9 17 .286 .929 .488 33.3 23.5 19.0 .307 .722 .430 63.6
2017 Splitter -2.8 -1 28 1.9 4 .000 .000 .175 66.7 25.0 14.3 .219 .407 .373 50.0
2017 Slurve -5.4 -1 11 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 50.0 .000 .002 .000 0.0
2017 Sweeper -10.2 -1 8 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 57.1 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 313 1,269 -8 -15 7 5 -10
2014 225 952 -11 -5 14 5 2
2015 387 1,500 -9 -11 8 6 -6
2016 360 1,380 -15 -15 12 4 -14
2017 411 1,690 0 -23 19 11 7
2018 589 2,537 -1 -13 32 14 32
2019 261 1,105 1 -17 9 7 0
2020 243 1,044 -14 3 13 8 10
2021 126 511 -7 -8 6 3 -6
2022 454 2,026 -24 -19 25 12 -5
2023 320 1,393 -6 0 10 6 10
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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 %
2015 1,510 49.2 68.3 84.8 22.3 59.6 42.7 31.0 44.9 20.4 6.0 78.0
2016 1,381 47.2 70.7 80.7 23.5 57.3 42.9 36.6 45.8 24.7 7.7 86.0
2017 1,483 46.1 61.8 77.7 20.2 59.6 41.4 23.0 39.4 26.4 6.6 78.6
2018 2,487 46.4 65.1 79.5 18.2 65.0 42.1 24.6 40.0 23.1 6.6 79.9
2019 1,071 43.7 62.5 77.1 22.9 48.5 42.4 24.7 40.9 31.5 7.1 79.5
2020 918 46.9 66.6 77.4 15.4 52.0 42.0 23.3 39.4 27.9 6.6 82.0
2021 511 48.9 62.0 78.7 20.3 43.4 44.0 27.0 40.7 29.3 7.6 71.8
2022 2,017 49.0 62.4 79.7 20.6 56.1 43.7 16.2 41.1 25.8 7.1 75.7
2023 1,354 48.3 61.2 80.5 20.9 55.5 43.5 22.1 40.3 25.6 6.8 69.6
Player 12,732 47.3 64.6 79.9 20.4 57.2 42.7 25.2 41.4 25.3 6.9 78.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2015 63 67 61 54 69 20 29 51 59 39 60 64 55 92 84
2016 14 13 15 27 16 18 31 51 56 40 55 53 35 81 86 43
2017 71 33 50 56 82 38 61 27 70 33 60 94 31 92 83 86
2018 90 67 76 73 95 70 64 67 73 78 63 97 57 96 77 19
2019 77 66
2020 85 58 57 51 96 41 42 39 65 42 75 99 40 98 66 4 87
2021 66 48 73
2022 35 10 10 21 70 20 29 31 57 14 31 95 41 93 66 60 92
2023 25 50 25 95
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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 20.2 8 6.7 1 4 5 3 37.5
2017 21.4 16 16.5 -1 9 13 6 37.5
2018 22.5 27 26.4 1 7 23 9 33.3
2019 24.3 13 11.6 1 1 9 6 46.2
2020 24.8 6 6.0 0 2 3 4 66.7
2021 24.4 4 3.5 1 1 1 3 75.0
2022 23.6 8 10.1 -2 4 5 6 75.0
2023 24.3 9 10.0 -1 3 7 5 55.6
Player 22.9 91 90.7 0 31 66 42 46.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 8 7 4 9 8 6 8 6 7 5 6 10 6 5 6 7 5 6 7 7 7 5 8 9 5 7 6 10 6 6 6
2017 16 17 11 19 18 17 19 19 16 11 17 23 13 16 18 20 17 15 15 17 16 12 21 19 18 13 15 21 14 18 10
2018 27 32 18 27 26 24 27 26 19 19 23 26 34 23 24 34 27 26 22 30 28 26 35 31 27 24 23 32 34 29 16
2019 13 12 11 12 13 14 15 13 11 9 9 14 12 12 13 12 11 12 11 13 11 8 15 10 11 9 10 12 12 12 9