Alec Burleson
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 2C, #70, St. Louis Cardinals | East Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 53 48 4 9 1 1 .188 .264 .271 .535
2023 347 315 34 77 8 3 .244 .300 .390 .690
2024 369 343 43 99 18 7 .289 .320 .487 .807
3 Seasons 769 706 81 185 27 11 .262 .307 .429 .736
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .188 1 1 .535
2023 .244 8 3 .690
2024 .289 18 7 .807
3 Seasons .262 27 11 .736
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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%
2022 23 190 39 4 10.3 7.5 91.7 109.2 4.0 35.9 .251 .419 .245 .325 .354 48.7 17.0 9.4
2023 24 1238 273 16 5.9 4.6 89.9 110.6 12.4 36.6 .277 .449 .300 .337 .359 41.0 13.0 6.6
2024 25 1305 301 22 7.3 6.0 89.8 109.5 15.3 35.5 .289 .471 .346 .341 .373 41.7 12.8 4.1
Player 2733 613 42 6.9 5.5 90.0 110.6 13.3 36.1 .281 .458 .318 .338 .365 41.8 13.2 5.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2022 48.7 23.1 25.6 2.6 41.0 25.6 33.3 5.1 38.5 15.4 25.6 5.1 10.3 7.5
2023 43.6 24.2 27.5 4.8 37.4 35.2 27.5 5.1 31.1 24.9 24.5 8.4 5.9 4.6
2024 39.9 26.2 26.9 7.0 34.2 39.2 26.6 4.7 25.9 26.6 27.9 7.0 7.3 6.0
Player 42.1 25.1 27.1 5.7 36.1 36.5 27.4 4.9 29.0 25.1 26.3 7.5 6.9 5.5
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 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.

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 -1.4 -6 419 32.1 131 .208 .317 .269 20.4 12.2 12.7 .244 .400 .305 39.6
2024 Slider -0.2 0 207 15.9 51 .178 .400 .309 24.3 21.6 15.5 .183 .293 .237 25.0
2024 Sinker 1.5 3 183 14.0 59 .345 .582 .418 19.8 15.3 23.1 .333 .577 .408 52.2
2024 Curveball -0.3 0 136 10.4 28 .250 .357 .264 16.7 10.7 7.9 .332 .515 .363 68.0
2024 Cutter -1.6 -2 117 9.0 29 .360 .520 .402 7.8 6.9 16.7 .353 .482 .394 58.3
2024 Changeup 10.2 11 105 8.0 36 .500 .944 .611 11.5 2.8 3.6 .372 .647 .430 28.6
2024 Sweeper 3.7 3 82 6.3 18 .333 .722 .442 29.3 16.7 16.7 .322 .575 .377 26.7
2024 Split-Finger 6.1 3 52 4.0 15 .429 .571 .436 30.0 13.3 13.3 .380 .534 .390 38.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 370 29.9 104 .245 .468 .326 19.0 13.5 13.5 .305 .595 .399 42.7
2023 Slider 0.6 1 187 15.1 43 .270 .378 .341 19.8 20.9 18.8 .218 .288 .285 32.1
2023 Changeup -4.0 -7 184 14.9 66 .200 .250 .243 16.5 3.0 4.5 .278 .359 .314 36.2
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 163 13.2 29 .296 .519 .369 19.7 20.7 11.8 .271 .512 .355 33.3
2023 Sinker 0.9 1 139 11.2 46 .317 .537 .393 11.1 10.9 17.2 .306 .485 .369 45.9
2023 Cutter -2.5 -2 100 8.1 33 .258 .355 .292 12.5 9.1 14.3 .279 .355 .300 39.3
2023 Sweeper -6.3 -4 57 4.6 13 .000 .000 .069 31.0 38.5 23.8 .160 .253 .176 50.0
2023 Split-Finger 0.7 0 29 2.3 10 .333 .333 .340 14.3 10.0 11.1 .256 .332 .298 62.5
2023 Slurve -20.4 -1 5 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .221 .336 .229 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -1 61 32.1 14 .167 .250 .254 30.3 28.6 30.8 .149 .317 .268 37.5
2022 Curveball -2.6 -1 41 21.6 9 .000 .000 .100 16.7 22.2 28.6 .248 .279 .233 42.9
2022 Changeup -2.0 -1 33 17.4 8 .143 .143 .200 52.6 25.0 25.0 .135 .146 .196 40.0
2022 Slider 8.3 1 14 7.4 6 .167 .167 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .228 .395 .268 33.3
2022 Cutter 15.2 2 14 7.4 6 .500 .500 .600 10.0 0.0 0.0 .461 .594 .460 50.0
2022 Sinker -5.8 -1 13 6.8 5 .250 .250 .320 12.5 20.0 100.0 .431 .827 .565 100.0
2022 Split-Finger -6.2 -1 9 4.7 4 .000 .000 .175 0.0 0.0 0.0 .210 .397 .369 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 53 190 -2 -1 2 1 0
2023 347 1,238 -18 -6 4 4 -15
2024 367 1,301 1 3 3 4 11
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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 %
2022 190 44.7 78.8 80.6 28.6 60.0 38.4 22.6 51.1 24.7 7.4 92.9
2023 1,238 48.1 71.5 87.6 34.0 70.6 43.8 36.3 52.0 17.7 6.0 83.8
2024 1,305 51.5 78.1 85.5 33.9 67.3 41.4 42.7 56.6 19.8 8.5 83.8
Player 2,733 49.5 75.2 86.0 33.5 68.4 42.2 38.4 54.2 19.2 7.3 84.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 		Swing
Length
2022 51 10
2023 65 85 68 52 58 17 26 60 63 51 95 26 91 19 12 72
2024 71 92 80 64 53 64 44 62 56 60 95 7 76 17 10 4 74 37 36
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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 %
2022 25.1 1 1.4 0 2 0 1 100.0
2023 23.1 8 8.9 -1 6 7 4 50.0
2024 24.0 18 17.3 1 5 16 4 22.2
Player 23.8 27 27.7 -1 13 23 9 33.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2022 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
2023 8 6 8 9 11 9 11 7 10 6 7 12 9 7 9 10 9 7 9 11 8 9 14 10 7 7 10 11 9 9 7
2024 18 15 15 17 17 18 20 18 16 13 18 22 16 15 19 18 16 17 18 21 16 16 20 21 13 17 18 20 19 18 13
Player 27 23 24 29 29 29 32 26 27 20 26 37 26 23 30 30 26 25 28 34 25 26 37 32 21 25 30 33 29 28 21
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.7 89.9 -1.8 ↓ 89.8 -0.1 ↓
Launch Angle 4.0 12.4 8.4 ↑ 15.3 2.9 ↑
Barrel % 10.3 5.9 -4.4 ↓ 7.3 1.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 48.7 41.0 -7.7 ↓ 41.7 0.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.9 36.6 0.7 ↑ 35.5 -1.1 ↓
xBA .251 .277 0.026 ↑ .289 0.012 ↑
BA .188 .244 0.056 ↑ .289 0.045 ↑
xwOBA .325 .337 0.012 ↑ .341 0.004 ↑
wOBA .245 .300 0.055 ↑ .346 0.046 ↑
xSLG .419 .449 0.030 ↑ .471 0.022 ↑
SLG .271 .390 0.119 ↑ .488 0.098 ↑
K% 17.0 13.0 -4.0 ↓ 12.8 -0.2 ↓
BB% 9.4 6.6 -2.8 ↓ 4.1 -2.5 ↓
Swing % 51.1 52.0 0.9 ↑ 56.6 4.6 ↑
Whiff% 24.7 17.7 -7.0 ↓ 19.8 2.1 ↑
In Zone % 44.7 48.1 3.4 ↑ 51.5 3.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.3 51.9 -3.4 ↓ 48.5 -3.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 34.0 5.4 ↑ 33.9 -0.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 22.6 36.3 13.7 ↑ 42.7 6.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 43.4 61.7 18.3 ↑ 62.8 1.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 53 28 52.8 .275 .218
2023 Shades L 346 175 50.6 .331 .272
2024 Shades L 364 145 39.8 .325 .371
! 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 %
2022 42 17.0 31.0% 0.0% 33 21.6 0.0% 3.0%
2023 299 15.1 48.8% 0.0% 204 18.9 4.4% 0.0%
2024 267 15.5 41.2% 1.1% 193 18.4 8.3% 0.0%
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