Alec Burleson
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 225LBS | Age: 26
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 595 547 71 147 21 9 .269 .314 .420 .734
3 Seasons 995 910 109 233 30 13 .256 .307 .402 .709
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .188 1 1 .535
2023 .244 8 3 .690
2024 .269 21 9 .734
3 Seasons .256 30 13 .709
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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 2117 478 31 6.5 5.2 89.7 111.0 13.6 34.3 .273 .435 .319 .329 .351 41.7 12.8 5.9
Player 3545 790 51 6.5 5.1 89.9 111.0 12.7 35.2 .273 .439 .308 .332 .354 41.8 13.1 6.3
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
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 42.5 25.5 25.5 6.5 33.5 38.7 27.8 3.1 30.1 26.2 26.6 7.1 6.5 5.2
Player 43.2 24.9 26.2 5.7 35.2 36.8 28.0 3.9 30.9 25.2 25.8 7.5 6.5 5.1
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 -1.2 -9 710 33.5 205 .206 .323 .271 20.4 12.7 12.3 .228 .378 .290 39.4
2024 Slider -1.6 -5 321 15.2 81 .139 .292 .246 19.5 16.0 11.2 .200 .350 .271 34.4
2024 Sinker 1.3 4 284 13.4 92 .357 .524 .402 16.7 12.0 18.0 .306 .492 .366 40.5
2024 Curveball -0.4 -1 205 9.7 46 .209 .349 .270 19.5 15.2 11.9 .288 .446 .341 61.1
2024 Changeup 5.2 10 200 9.4 65 .387 .645 .454 16.2 7.7 9.1 .319 .513 .373 35.1
2024 Cutter -1.8 -3 173 8.2 44 .378 .486 .415 9.4 4.5 8.3 .368 .542 .435 61.1
2024 Sweeper 1.8 2 126 6.0 29 .286 .536 .360 30.0 24.1 21.9 .297 .474 .343 33.3
2024 Split-Finger 4.8 4 88 4.2 30 .379 .483 .378 26.4 13.3 16.7 .384 .495 .383 42.3
2024 Slurve -6.7 0 5 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Screwball 14.4 0 1 0.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .720 .967 .726 100.0
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 1 186 15.0 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 -3 101 8.2 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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

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 594 2,113 -11 -1 8 8 3
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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 25.8 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 2,117 49.4 77.6 86.5 34.5 68.0 41.7 42.5 55.7 19.2 7.3 84.5
Player 3,545 48.7 75.5 86.6 34.0 68.6 42.2 39.3 54.2 19.1 6.9 84.8
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
2022 51 10
2023 65 85 68 52 58 17 26 60 63 51 95 26 91 19 12 72
2024 65 86 69 56 54 58 35 60 72 60 96 19 81 14 10 4 70 38 91 29
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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 7.4 1 6 7 3 37.5
2024 23.9 21 18.9 2 11 18 4 19.0
Player 23.7 30 27.7 2 19 25 8 26.7
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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 5 6 8 9 7 8 6 9 5 6 10 8 5 8 7 7 6 8 10 5 7 12 9 5 6 9 9 8 8 6
2024 21 16 15 20 18 18 22 18 17 14 19 26 18 16 20 18 20 18 21 24 18 17 23 24 14 18 20 19 20 20 15
Player 30 23 22 31 28 27 31 25 27 20 26 39 27 22 30 27 28 25 30 36 24 25 38 34 20 25 31 30 29 29 22
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 ↓ 89.7 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 4.0 12.4 8.4 ↑ 13.6 1.2 ↑
Barrel % 10.3 5.9 -4.4 ↓ 6.5 0.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 48.7 41.0 -7.7 ↓ 41.7 0.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.9 36.6 0.7 ↑ 34.3 -2.3 ↓
xBA .251 .277 0.026 ↑ .273 -0.004 ↓
BA .188 .244 0.056 ↑ .269 0.025 ↑
xwOBA .325 .337 0.012 ↑ .329 -0.008 ↓
wOBA .245 .300 0.055 ↑ .319 0.019 ↑
xSLG .419 .449 0.030 ↑ .435 -0.014 ↓
SLG .271 .390 0.119 ↑ .420 0.030 ↑
K% 17.0 13.0 -4.0 ↓ 12.8 -0.2 ↓
BB% 9.4 6.6 -2.8 ↓ 5.9 -0.7 ↓
Swing % 51.1 52.0 0.9 ↑ 55.7 3.7 ↑
Whiff% 25.8 17.7 -8.1 ↓ 19.2 1.5 ↑
In Zone % 44.7 48.1 3.4 ↑ 49.4 1.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.3 51.9 -3.4 ↓ 50.6 -1.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 34.0 5.4 ↑ 34.5 0.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 22.6 36.3 13.7 ↑ 42.5 6.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 43.4 61.7 18.3 ↑ 63.5 1.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 53 16 30.2 .228 .283
2023 Shades L 346 175 50.6 .331 .272
2024 Shades L 591 232 39.3 .297 .347
! 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 505 15.6 41.2% 1.0% 316 18.7 6.6% 0.0%
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