Alec Burleson
1B | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 225LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 2C, #70, St. Louis Cardinals | East Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 347 315 34 77 8 3 .244 .300 .390 .690
2024 595 547 71 147 21 9 .269 .314 .420 .734
2025 316 290 31 85 11 4 .293 .340 .466 .806
4 Seasons 1,311 1,200 140 318 41 17 .265 .315 .418 .733
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .244 8 3 .690
2024 .269 21 9 .734
2025 .293 11 4 .806
4 Seasons .265 41 17 .733
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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
2025 26 1143 251 23 9.2 7.3 91.1 111.1 17.4 33.5 .288 .476 .347 .354 .385 43.4 13.3 7.0
Player 4688 1041 74 7.1 5.6 90.2 111.1 13.8 34.8 .277 .448 .318 .337 .362 42.2 13.1 6.5
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 48.7 51.3 23.1 25.6 2.6 41.0 25.6 33.3 25.6 12.8 10.3 15.4 12.8 23.1
2023 43.6 56.4 24.2 27.5 4.8 37.4 35.2 27.5 20.5 16.8 6.2 16.8 18.3 21.2
2024 42.5 57.5 25.5 25.5 6.5 33.5 38.7 27.8 19.2 16.3 6.9 14.2 22.4 20.9
2025 39.4 60.6 27.1 24.7 8.8 36.3 40.6 23.1 20.3 13.1 6.0 15.9 27.5 17.1
Player 42.3 57.7 25.5 25.8 6.4 35.4 37.8 26.8 20.1 15.6 6.6 15.4 22.2 20.2
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 5.1 38.5 15.4 25.6 5.1 10.3 7.5
2023 5.1 31.1 24.9 24.5 8.4 5.9 4.6
2024 3.1 30.1 26.2 26.6 7.1 6.5 5.2
2025 3.6 25.1 28.3 25.9 6.8 9.2 7.3
Player 3.8 29.5 25.9 25.8 7.3 7.1 5.6
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 4 358 31.3 99 .293 .511 .361 14.7 12.1 13.3 .300 .535 .387 50.6
2025 Sinker -1.7 -3 176 15.4 49 .295 .341 .343 8.9 2.0 2.3 .263 .363 .305 34.1
2025 Changeup 3.3 5 147 12.9 39 .343 .543 .407 17.1 15.4 14.3 .286 .450 .352 40.0
2025 Slider 3.0 4 142 12.4 34 .310 .655 .474 21.3 17.6 11.3 .296 .495 .390 52.2
2025 Curveball 1.1 1 104 9.1 29 .286 .429 .322 19.1 17.2 16.7 .323 .483 .356 47.8
2025 Cutter -3.5 -3 97 8.5 28 .214 .357 .243 10.3 7.1 15.4 .264 .463 .307 38.5
2025 Sweeper 2.0 1 55 4.8 17 .353 .529 .382 30.0 23.5 36.4 .359 .715 .451 46.2
2025 Split-Finger -0.9 0 47 4.1 18 .250 .250 .278 29.2 33.3 37.5 .195 .235 .244 20.0
2025 Slurve -2.2 0 12 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .060 .066 .054 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -10 718 33.9 210 .206 .320 .269 21.0 13.3 13.0 .227 .376 .288 38.7
2024 Slider -1.1 -3 305 14.4 79 .155 .310 .255 20.4 17.7 12.8 .194 .339 .259 35.6
2024 Sinker 1.4 4 267 12.6 84 .368 .553 .419 15.0 10.7 16.1 .317 .517 .382 44.1
2024 Changeup 4.9 10 201 9.5 65 .387 .645 .454 16.2 7.7 8.9 .319 .513 .373 35.1
2024 Curveball -0.6 -1 199 9.4 44 .220 .366 .282 20.3 15.9 12.5 .300 .465 .354 64.7
2024 Cutter 0.4 1 180 8.5 45 .368 .474 .406 10.9 4.4 8.7 .362 .531 .428 59.5
2024 Sweeper -0.5 -1 139 6.6 31 .233 .467 .308 24.6 19.4 14.6 .297 .478 .345 29.2
2024 Split-Finger 2.9 3 96 4.5 34 .375 .469 .380 25.9 11.8 16.0 .366 .469 .374 37.9
2024 Slurve -8.4 0 5 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Knuckleball -0.3 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Screwball 37.3 0 1 0.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .720 .967 .726 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 53 190 -2 -3 2 1 -2
2023 347 1,238 -14 -4 8 4 -6
2024 594 2,113 -11 -4 9 8 1
2025 315 1,143 -3 -2 11 3 9
Player 1,309 4,684 -30 -13 30 -30 2
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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
2025 1,143 51.1 70.5 88.1 29.5 72.1 45.1 35.8 50.5 16.1 8.0 73.9
Player 4,688 49.3 74.3 86.9 32.9 69.3 43.0 38.4 53.3 18.4 7.2 81.8
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 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
2025 73 88 70 59 61 61 52 73 70 51 91 34 89 37 7 18 73 57 93 28
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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 25.11 1 1.5 -1 3 0 1 100.0
2023 23.07 8 7.4 1 4 6 4 50.0
2024 23.92 21 18.8 2 12 18 4 19.0
2025 24.91 11 11.8 -1 7 7 5 45.5
Player 24.05 41 39.5 2 26 31 14 34.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2022 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1
2023 8 5 7 8 9 7 8 6 9 5 6 8 8 5 8 7 7 6 8 10 5 8 12 10 5 6 9 9 8 8 6
2024 21 16 15 19 18 18 22 18 17 13 19 26 18 16 20 18 19 17 20 24 18 18 25 24 14 18 20 18 20 20 15
2025 11 12 9 12 12 12 12 13 11 10 9 13 15 16 12 11 14 12 10 13 10 11 13 12 10 10 11 11 15 12 11
Player 41 35 32 42 40 39 43 38 38 29 35 51 42 38 42 37 41 36 39 49 34 38 53 47 30 35 42 41 44 41 33
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

2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .188 +.056 ↑ .244 +.025 ↑ .269 +.024 ↑ .293
xBA .251 +.026 ↑ .277 -.004 ↓ .273 +.015 ↑ .288
OBP .264 +.036 ↑ .300 +.014 ↑ .314 +.026 ↑ .340
xOBP .322 +.009 ↑ .331 -.011 ↓ .320 +.019 ↑ .339
SLG .271 +.119 ↑ .390 +.030 ↑ .420 +.046 ↑ .466
xSLG .419 +.030 ↑ .449 -.014 ↓ .435 +.041 ↑ .476
ISO .083 +.063 ↑ .146 +.006 ↑ .152 +.020 ↑ .172
xISO .167 +.006 ↑ .173 -.011 ↓ .162 +.026 ↑ .188
BABIP .211 +.050 ↑ .261 +.015 ↑ .276 +.032 ↑ .308
wOBA .245 +.055 ↑ .300 +.019 ↑ .319 +.028 ↑ .347
xwOBA .325 +.012 ↑ .337 -.008 ↓ .329 +.025 ↑ .354
wOBACON .244 +.068 ↑ .312 +.027 ↑ .339 +.037 ↑ .376
xwOBACON .354 +.005 ↑ .359 -.008 ↓ .351 +.034 ↑ .385
BACON .231 +.052 ↑ .283 +.025 ↑ .308 +.031 ↑ .339
xBACON .309 +.013 ↑ .322 -.007 ↓ .315 +.023 ↑ .338
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 48.7 -7.7 ↓ 41.0 +0.7 ↑ 41.7 +1.7 ↑ 43.4
Avg Exit Velocity 91.7 -1.8 ↓ 89.9 -0.2 ↓ 89.7 +1.4 ↑ 91.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 35.9 +0.7 ↑ 36.6 -2.3 ↓ 34.3 -0.8 ↓ 33.5
Barrel % 10.3 -4.4 ↓ 5.9 +0.6 ↑ 6.5 +2.7 ↑ 9.2
Avg Launch Angle 4.0 +8.4 ↑ 12.4 +1.2 ↑ 13.6 +3.8 ↑ 17.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- 70.4 +0.8 ↑ 71.2 +1.2 ↑ 72.4
Attack Angle -- -- 11° -1° ↓ 10° +1° ↑ 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- 53.6 +1.3 ↑ 54.9 +3.9 ↑ 58.8
Attack Direction -- -- 0° +1° ↑ 1° -2° ↓ -1°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- 32° +1° ↑ 33° -3° ↓ 31°
Swing Length -- -- 7.6 -0.1 ↓ 7.5 0.0 7.5
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.7 -1.7 ↓ 93.0 +0.3 ↑ 93.3 +0.1 ↑ 93.4
Breaking Velocity 80.0 +3.0 ↑ 83.0 0.0 83.0 -0.2 ↓ 82.8
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 -0.2 ↓ 86.3 +0.3 ↑ 86.6 +0.2 ↑ 86.8
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 +12 ↑ 16 +15 ↑ 31 -8 ↓ 23
Popup % 2.6 +2.2 ↑ 4.8 +1.7 ↑ 6.5 +2.3 ↑ 8.8
Flyball % 23.1 +1.1 ↑ 24.2 +1.3 ↑ 25.5 +1.6 ↑ 27.1
Line Drive % 25.6 +1.9 ↑ 27.5 -2.0 ↓ 25.5 -0.8 ↓ 24.7
Groundball % 48.7 -5.1 ↓ 43.6 -1.1 ↓ 42.5 -3.1 ↓ 39.4
Pull % 41.0 -3.6 ↓ 37.4 -3.9 ↓ 33.5 +2.8 ↑ 36.3
Straight Away % 25.6 +9.6 ↑ 35.2 +3.5 ↑ 38.7 +1.9 ↑ 40.6
Opposite Field % 33.3 -5.8 ↓ 27.5 +0.3 ↑ 27.8 -4.7 ↓ 23.1
Weak Contact % 5.1 0.0 5.1 -2.0 ↓ 3.1 +0.5 ↑ 3.6
Pull Airball % 15.4 +1.4 ↑ 16.8 -2.6 ↓ 14.2 +1.7 ↑ 15.9
Topped Contact % 38.5 -7.4 ↓ 31.1 -1.0 ↓ 30.1 -5.0 ↓ 25.1
Under Contact % 15.4 +9.5 ↑ 24.9 +1.3 ↑ 26.2 +2.1 ↑ 28.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 25.6 -1.1 ↓ 24.5 +2.1 ↑ 26.6 -0.7 ↓ 25.9
Solid Contact % 5.1 +3.3 ↑ 8.4 -1.3 ↓ 7.1 -0.3 ↓ 6.8
HR/FB % 11.1 +1.0 ↑ 12.1 +5.1 ↑ 17.2 -1.0 ↓ 16.2
Popups 1 +12 ↑ 13 +18 ↑ 31 -9 ↓ 22
Flyballs 9 +57 ↑ 66 +56 ↑ 122 -54 ↓ 68
Line Drives 10 +65 ↑ 75 +47 ↑ 122 -60 ↓ 62
Groundballs 19 +100 ↑ 119 +84 ↑ 203 -104 ↓ 99
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 44.7 +3.4 ↑ 48.1 +1.3 ↑ 49.4 +1.7 ↑ 51.1
Out of Zone % 55.3 -3.4 ↓ 51.9 -1.3 ↓ 50.6 -1.7 ↓ 48.9
Edge % 38.4 +5.4 ↑ 43.8 -2.1 ↓ 41.7 +3.4 ↑ 45.1
Zone Swing % 78.8 -7.3 ↓ 71.5 +6.1 ↑ 77.6 -7.1 ↓ 70.5
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 +5.4 ↑ 34.0 +0.5 ↑ 34.5 -5.0 ↓ 29.5
In Zone Contact % 80.6 +7.0 ↑ 87.6 -1.1 ↓ 86.5 +1.6 ↑ 88.1
Out of Zone Contact % 60.0 +10.6 ↑ 70.6 -2.6 ↓ 68.0 +4.1 ↑ 72.1
Whiff % 25.8 -8.1 ↓ 17.7 +1.5 ↑ 19.2 -3.1 ↓ 16.1
First Strike % 43.4 +18.3 ↑ 61.7 +1.8 ↑ 63.5 -1.2 ↓ 62.3
First Pitch Swing % 22.6 +13.7 ↑ 36.3 +6.2 ↑ 42.5 -6.7 ↓ 35.8
Swing % 51.1 +0.9 ↑ 52.0 +3.7 ↑ 55.7 -5.2 ↓ 50.5
Meatball Swing % 92.9 -9.1 ↓ 83.8 +0.7 ↑ 84.5 -10.6 ↓ 73.9
Meatball % 7.4 -1.4 ↓ 6.0 +1.3 ↑ 7.3 +0.7 ↑ 8.0
Zone Swing & Miss % 19.4 -7.7 ↓ 11.7 +1.6 ↑ 13.3 -1.9 ↓ 11.4
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 40.0 -10.6 ↓ 29.4 +2.6 ↑ 32.0 -4.1 ↓ 27.9
In Zone 85 +511 ↑ 596 +447 ↑ 1,043 -459 ↓ 584
Out of Zone 105 +537 ↑ 642 +428 ↑ 1,070 -511 ↓ 559
Edge 73 +469 ↑ 542 +339 ↑ 881 -365 ↓ 516
In Zone Swings 67 +359 ↑ 426 +383 ↑ 809 -397 ↓ 412
Out of Zone Swings 30 +188 ↑ 218 +151 ↑ 369 -204 ↓ 165
In Zone Swing & Misses 13 +37 ↑ 50 +58 ↑ 108 -61 ↓ 47
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 12 +52 ↑ 64 +54 ↑ 118 -72 ↓ 46
Basic
Pitches 190 +1,048 ↑ 1,238 +879 ↑ 2,117 -974 ↓ 1,143
PA 53 +294 ↑ 347 +248 ↑ 595 -279 ↓ 316
AB 48 +267 ↑ 315 +232 ↑ 547 -257 ↓ 290
Hits 9 +68 ↑ 77 +70 ↑ 147 -62 ↓ 85
Singles 7 +41 ↑ 48 +58 ↑ 106 -49 ↓ 57
Doubles 1 +19 ↑ 20 0 20 -3 ↓ 17
Triples 0 +1 ↑ 1 -1 ↓ 0 0 0
Home Runs 1 +7 ↑ 8 +13 ↑ 21 -10 ↓ 11
Walks 5 +18 ↑ 23 +12 ↑ 35 -13 ↓ 22
Strikeouts 9 +36 ↑ 45 +31 ↑ 76 -34 ↓ 42
K% 17.0 -4.0 ↓ 13.0 -0.2 ↓ 12.8 +0.5 ↑ 13.3
BB% 9.4 -2.8 ↓ 6.6 -0.7 ↓ 5.9 +1.1 ↑ 7.0
HBP 0 +3 ↑ 3 +1 ↑ 4 -4 ↓ 0
Batted Balls 39 +234 ↑ 273 +205 ↑ 478 -227 ↓ 251
Number of Fastballs 88 +522 ↑ 610 +555 ↑ 1,165 -534 ↓ 631
Number of Offspeed 42 +171 ↑ 213 +85 ↑ 298 -104 ↓ 194
Number of Breaking 54 +294 ↑ 348 +156 ↑ 504 -258 ↓ 246
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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
2025 Shades L 315 163 51.7 .370 .326
! 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%
2025 277 15.3 44.8% 0.7% 194 18.5 7.2% 0.5%
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