AJ Pollock
LF | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 35

Draft: 2009 | Rd: 1, #17, Arizona Diamondbacks | Notre Dame

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 527 489 61 120 14 56 3 .245 .292 .389 .681
11 Seasons 4008 3654 560 1010 140 470 122 .276 .332 .469 .801
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .245 14 56 3 .681
11 Seasons .276 140 470 122 .801

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 27 2361 529 30 5.7 4.5 88.9 110.6 8.9 31.2 .292 .442 .371 .347 .371 39.1 13.2 7.9
2016 28 158 33 3 9.1 6.5 88.1 105.0 16.6 18.2 .218 .414 .315 .315 .337 30.3 17.4 10.9
2017 29 1739 354 20 5.6 4.3 88.1 108.7 8.5 35.0 .280 .445 .340 .341 .369 38.4 15.2 7.5
2018 30 1720 321 32 10.0 7.0 89.2 108.6 13.5 31.5 .249 .468 .338 .334 .397 40.6 21.7 6.7
2019 31 1250 238 19 8.0 5.6 90.6 108.1 13.7 29.8 .254 .448 .333 .329 .386 39.9 21.6 6.7
2020 32 746 153 16 10.5 7.6 89.6 110.0 13.0 37.9 .269 .499 .364 .345 .422 43.1 21.4 5.7
2021 33 1465 306 34 11.1 8.1 90.3 111.2 12.0 35.0 .282 .499 .375 .359 .418 47.4 19.0 7.1
2022 34 1837 395 37 9.4 7.0 88.8 110.8 11.6 32.9 .258 .419 .297 .317 .364 42.0 18.6 6.1
Player 11276 2329 191 8.2 6.1 89.2 111.2 11.2 32.7 .270 .454 .344 .338 .384 41.0 18.0 7.0
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 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 51.0 13.6 29.5 5.9 36.1 40.8 23.1 2.6 38.9 17.4 26.5 6.4 5.7 4.5
2016 42.4 42.4 9.1 6.1 48.5 33.3 18.2 3.0 30.3 33.3 15.2 0.0 9.1 6.5
2017 45.2 18.4 29.4 7.1 36.4 43.8 19.8 5.9 34.2 22.3 25.4 5.4 5.6 4.3
2018 42.4 29.0 22.7 5.9 44.5 35.8 19.6 0.6 34.3 27.1 21.5 5.9 10.0 7.0
2019 43.7 26.1 23.1 7.1 42.0 39.5 18.5 2.1 33.2 26.5 24.4 5.9 8.0 5.6
2020 39.2 28.8 26.8 5.2 43.1 30.1 26.8 3.3 29.4 24.8 22.9 7.8 10.5 7.6
2021 39.5 27.8 26.8 5.9 38.2 39.2 22.5 4.6 28.4 24.2 24.2 6.9 11.1 8.1
2022 45.3 22.0 23.0 9.6 40.8 35.7 23.5 4.8 33.4 23.3 23.0 5.8 9.4 7.0
Player 44.8 22.4 26.0 6.8 39.6 38.6 21.8 3.5 33.9 23.0 24.1 6.1 8.2 6.1
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer -0.8 -4 492 26.8 151 .256 .496 .365 25.1 19.2 23.0 .286 .581 .408 52.9
2022 Slider -1.6 -7 459 25.0 125 .176 .252 .212 35.6 26.4 23.2 .195 .290 .235 29.9
2022 Sinker 0.0 0 299 16.3 86 .321 .407 .337 16.3 8.1 12.1 .311 .427 .327 47.4
2022 Changeup -1.5 -3 187 10.2 52 .176 .294 .228 16.5 19.2 17.5 .230 .330 .251 36.6
2022 Curveball -0.9 -1 159 8.7 37 .265 .353 .285 22.5 24.3 20.5 .288 .364 .306 38.5
2022 Cutter 3.3 5 153 8.3 51 .292 .479 .370 14.8 5.9 9.7 .259 .467 .332 42.2
2022 Sweeper 1.2 1 49 2.7 13 .308 .462 .400 30.8 23.1 25.0 .240 .292 .233 20.0
2022 Splitter 7.8 2 21 1.1 7 .333 .667 .457 55.6 57.1 33.3 .246 .299 .307 100.0
2022 Slurve -4.1 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .042 .043 .045 0.0
2021 4-Seamer 3.7 16 432 29.5 136 .336 .681 .463 13.8 11.0 11.4 .332 .682 .461 59.0
2021 Slider 1.1 4 355 24.2 105 .276 .531 .370 31.8 23.8 22.7 .275 .517 .352 40.5
2021 Sinker 2.3 6 248 16.9 78 .361 .556 .436 19.5 12.8 21.7 .315 .449 .358 50.0
2021 Changeup -1.5 -3 173 11.8 39 .158 .211 .174 29.4 33.3 27.1 .156 .186 .163 16.0
2021 Curveball 0.8 1 137 9.4 31 .258 .355 .295 31.8 29.0 18.8 .229 .326 .238 45.5
2021 Cutter 0.4 0 77 5.3 19 .294 .588 .405 23.4 15.8 15.0 .275 .494 .363 42.9
2021 Splitter -1.5 0 31 2.1 6 .167 .500 .267 45.0 50.0 25.0 .160 .245 .174 66.7
2021 Sweeper -9.2 0 5 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 4-Seamer 4.1 10 234 31.4 67 .409 .924 .558 18.8 11.9 12.5 .348 .737 .456 56.9
2020 Slider -0.2 0 168 22.5 47 .167 .333 .273 34.7 31.9 28.3 .196 .347 .266 39.3
2020 Changeup -2.2 -2 103 13.8 24 .190 .333 .283 32.7 25.0 18.2 .150 .253 .240 20.0
2020 Sinker -1.1 -1 101 13.5 33 .233 .467 .311 13.2 21.2 26.9 .252 .403 .324 37.5
2020 Curveball 0.0 0 88 11.8 19 .316 .474 .339 23.3 21.1 16.7 .301 .434 .319 40.0
2020 Cutter -5.8 -3 45 6.0 17 .125 .125 .156 20.7 23.5 26.7 .256 .337 .282 25.0
2020 Splitter -4.3 0 5 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seamer 0.5 2 403 32.2 120 .245 .441 .341 16.8 15.8 17.1 .252 .475 .362 47.1
2019 Sinker -0.2 0 237 19.0 70 .292 .523 .372 11.5 11.4 14.5 .292 .509 .361 40.4
2019 Slider 1.5 3 231 18.5 54 .320 .500 .379 43.5 35.2 27.5 .253 .410 .309 29.0
2019 Curveball -1.0 -1 126 10.1 29 .200 .360 .253 36.2 34.5 24.4 .194 .423 .268 23.5
2019 Changeup -1.1 -1 116 9.3 33 .258 .581 .371 37.7 30.3 20.8 .235 .475 .319 38.1
2019 Cutter -1.2 -1 114 9.1 32 .250 .281 .264 25.9 18.8 18.8 .258 .301 .243 38.5
2019 Splitter -1.6 0 11 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 40.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Sweeper -2.6 0 6 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Knuckleball 20.0 1 5 0.4 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .400 1.181 .632 100.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.2 6 530 30.8 137 .279 .615 .403 17.2 14.6 14.3 .299 .676 .437 52.4
2018 Sinker -0.3 -1 340 19.8 100 .289 .489 .348 14.9 14.0 20.9 .256 .443 .325 38.0
2018 Slider 1.0 3 335 19.5 100 .220 .440 .307 34.8 35.0 27.3 .213 .398 .282 39.0
2018 Curveball -0.7 -2 241 14.0 43 .262 .357 .280 33.0 30.2 18.6 .207 .267 .219 31.0
2018 Changeup 0.5 1 124 7.2 30 .214 .357 .273 35.6 30.0 22.5 .213 .347 .273 31.6
2018 Cutter -2.7 -3 118 6.9 39 .206 .412 .315 23.2 20.5 22.2 .243 .360 .316 30.8
2018 Splitter -4.1 -1 20 1.2 5 .000 .000 .280 22.2 20.0 16.7 .080 .081 .315 0.0
2018 Sweeper 59.6 2 3 0.2 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .407 .461 .366 0.0
2017 4-Seamer 1.7 9 496 28.5 142 .339 .677 .474 10.2 10.6 13.2 .354 .634 .444 44.6
2017 Sinker 1.1 5 403 23.2 118 .315 .528 .404 9.2 7.6 12.2 .314 .488 .370 46.5
2017 Slider -0.9 -3 319 18.3 73 .164 .358 .273 32.8 30.1 20.8 .210 .357 .276 37.8
2017 Curveball -1.7 -3 209 12.0 46 .178 .244 .199 27.8 23.9 18.0 .204 .257 .211 26.5
2017 Changeup 0.3 0 128 7.4 40 .250 .306 .313 24.2 12.5 12.5 .210 .253 .252 16.1
2017 Cutter -1.4 -2 116 6.7 28 .160 .200 .216 24.0 17.9 13.5 .225 .271 .266 35.0
2017 Sweeper 6.3 1 21 1.2 7 .333 .500 .407 37.5 28.6 28.6 .266 .284 .308 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 6.0 1 19 1.1 4 .250 .500 .313 42.9 25.0 25.0 .312 .346 .289 33.3
2017 Splitter -6.5 -1 17 1.0 5 .000 .000 .000 28.6 20.0 25.0 .041 .048 .037 0.0
2017 Slurve -0.3 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 92 361 -1 -4 3 1 -1
2013 481 1,848 -9 -6 9 6 -1
2014 277 1,034 10 -4 4 3 12
2015 673 2,359 15 -6 10 8 28
2016 46 157 1 -2 1 1 0
2017 479 1,785 -9 -4 11 10 8
2018 457 1,714 9 -18 7 7 5
2019 355 1,312 -3 -10 4 7 -2
2020 253 896 6 -15 3 4 -2
2021 453 1,589 12 -2 9 9 27
2022 527 1,837 -6 -15 5 6 -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 %
2015 2,361 50.4 63.5 91.8 28.9 61.5 43.1 29.1 46.3 16.7 8.4 70.7
2016 158 45.6 56.9 87.8 18.6 68.8 52.5 10.9 36.1 17.5 5.7 44.4
2017 1,739 48.7 60.3 89.6 25.3 62.7 41.6 18.3 42.4 18.8 8.3 68.8
2018 1,720 50.4 67.1 87.9 28.9 46.7 43.1 28.8 48.3 24.0 8.5 69.9
2019 1,250 49.6 65.0 84.1 29.1 47.5 42.0 28.7 46.9 26.6 6.0 74.7
2020 746 50.3 65.3 85.3 29.9 53.2 42.4 37.1 47.7 24.4 8.2 67.2
2021 1,465 48.7 73.7 85.7 33.0 54.4 42.1 37.8 52.8 24.2 7.4 87.2
2022 1,837 48.8 74.1 84.8 34.0 55.6 42.1 38.5 53.6 24.7 7.6 80.7
Player 11,276 49.5 66.8 87.5 29.7 55.4 42.5 30.4 48.1 22.2 7.8 73.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 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 80 95 72 51 81 75 57 55 80 68 82 54 79 52 95
2016 41 91
2017 64 83 60 44 65 44 41 50 65 64 79 37 77 62 87 69
2018 60 45 78 81 33 68 75 59 64 68 44 26 51 46 79 89
2019 48 44 52 54 35 29 51 75 58 54 48 25 35 46 76
2020 67 74 82 81 33 78 70 64 71 70 54 17 58 36 82 22 80
2021 79 88 82 76 67 60 73 72 79 82 65 26 53 12 69 43 64
2022 52 69 65 60 34 74 61 47 71 61 67 21 49 17 60 32 78
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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 23.4 2 1.4 1 1 1 1 50.0
2017 21.7 15 15.6 -1 4 14 6 40.0
2018 22.2 21 19.3 2 10 13 9 42.9
2019 23.0 15 13.8 1 4 11 5 33.3
2020 22.8 16 14.8 1 5 12 6 37.5
2021 23.2 23 23.7 -1 5 17 11 47.8
2022 23.7 14 13.4 1 5 13 4 28.6
Player 22.8 106 101.9 4 34 81 42 39.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
2017 15 17 19 18 15 15 14 16 13 14 15 17 13 10 14 18 13 20 9 15 17 14 14 19 19 14 19 15 15 16 20
2018 21 22 24 18 18 20 18 24 19 16 20 19 13 15 18 21 17 22 15 21 19 18 18 21 20 22 21 16 21 14 28
2019 15 17 15 13 14 13 15 16 17 14 13 14 9 10 13 16 11 16 13 14 14 13 12 11 12 15 14 13 16 13 17
2020 16 14 14 12 14 14 0 16 15 17 17 15 11 12 14 16 13 17 14 16 16 14 17 15 16 16 13 11 14 12 21
2021 23 22 24 17 27 29 24 29 26 21 24 25 17 16 19 27 28 24 22 21 26 23 23 24 22 25 28 22 25 20 30
2022 14 16 15 13 15 14 15 11 15 12 14 13 8 8 11 15 16 15 13 13 16 12 14 11 14 16 15 10 11 12 20
Player 106 110 113 92 104 106 87 113 107 96 104 104 72 72 90 115 100 115 87 102 111 95 99 103 104 110 111 88 103 88 138
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.9 88.1 -0.8 88.1 0 89.2 1.1 90.6 1.4 89.6 -1 90.3 0.7 88.8 -1.5
Launch Angle 8.9