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 69 64 5 16 0 2 .250 .304 .297 .601
4 Seasons 1,064 974 114 249 30 15 .256 .307 .395 .702
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .244 8 3 .690
2024 .269 21 9 .734
2025 .250 0 2 .601
4 Seasons .256 30 15 .702
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Hits Spray Chart

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 26 226 53 0 0.0 0.0 90.2 110.4 16.0 15.1 .202 .274 .270 .236 .233 37.7 10.8 7.7
Player 3771 843 51 6.0 4.8 89.9 111.0 12.9 33.9 .269 .429 .306 .326 .346 41.6 12.9 6.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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 47.2 52.8 20.8 17.0 15.1 34.0 32.1 34.0 24.5 17.0 5.7 9.4 15.1 28.3
Player 43.4 56.6 24.7 25.6 6.3 35.1 36.5 28.4 20.3 16.4 6.8 14.8 20.2 21.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 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 3.8 34.0 34.0 20.8 7.5 0.0 0.0
Player 3.9 31.1 25.7 25.5 7.5 6.0 4.8
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -1 78 34.5 20 .250 .400 .278 15.8 15.0 13.6 .176 .318 .209 35.3
2025 Changeup 1.6 1 37 16.4 9 .375 .375 .378 5.0 0.0 0.0 .243 .270 .279 25.0
2025 Curveball 2.6 1 32 14.2 11 .400 .400 .391 25.0 18.2 20.0 .203 .232 .236 50.0
2025 Sinker -3.6 -1 26 11.5 7 .167 .167 .229 17.6 0.0 0.0 .138 .169 .217 33.3
2025 Cutter -11.4 -2 18 8.0 6 .000 .000 .000 9.1 0.0 0.0 .158 .179 .145 33.3
2025 Slider -6.7 -1 13 5.8 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .347 .423 .339 66.7
2025 Split-Finger -0.6 0 13 5.8 4 .000 .000 .175 75.0 50.0 40.0 .037 .044 .200 0.0
2025 Sweeper 3.9 0 9 4.0 4 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .430 .524 .413 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -10 716 33.8 210 .206 .320 .269 21.0 13.3 13.0 .227 .376 .288 38.7
2024 Slider -1.1 -4 311 14.7 80 .153 .306 .252 20.1 17.5 12.3 .191 .335 .256 35.0
2024 Sinker 1.4 4 269 12.7 84 .368 .553 .419 14.9 10.7 16.1 .317 .517 .382 44.1
2024 Changeup 4.9 10 200 9.4 65 .387 .645 .454 16.2 7.7 9.1 .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 1 181 8.5 45 .368 .474 .406 10.9 4.4 8.3 .362 .531 .428 59.5
2024 Sweeper -0.4 -1 133 6.3 30 .241 .483 .318 25.4 20.0 16.7 .306 .493 .355 30.4
2024 Split-Finger 2.8 3 98 4.6 34 .375 .469 .380 25.4 11.8 15.4 .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 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 64 226 -4 -1 1 1 -3
Player 1,058 3,767 -31 -12 20 -31 -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 %
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 226 52.2 71.2 89.3 33.3 72.2 43.4 36.9 53.1 15.8 9.3 66.7
Player 3,771 48.9 75.2 86.7 33.9 68.8 42.3 39.2 54.1 18.9 7.0 83.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2025 7 13 8 9 14 1 1 56 75 37 95 41 91 21 4 50 52 89 21
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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 18.7 2 11 18 4 19.0
2025 -- 0 0.7 -1 1 1 0 --
Player 23.7 30 28.3 2 20 26 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 13 19 26 18 16 20 18 18 18 20 24 18 17 23 24 14 18 19 19 20 20 15
2025 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0
Player 30 23 22 32 29 29 32 25 28 19 26 41 28 23 31 28 26 26 29 37 24 26 39 35 20 25 31 32 30 30 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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 91.7 -1.8 89.9 -0.2 89.7 0.5 90.2
Launch Angle 4.0 8.4 12.4 1.2 13.6 2.4 16.0
Barrel % 10.3 -4.4 5.9 0.6 6.5 -6.5 0.0
Hard Hit % 48.7 -7.7 41.0 0.7 41.7 -4.0 37.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.9 0.7 36.6 -2.3 34.3 -19.2 15.1
xBA .251 0.026 .277 -0.004 .273 -0.071 .202
BA .188 0.056 .244 0.025 .269 -0.019 .250
xwOBA .325 0.012 .337 -0.008 .329 -0.093 .236
wOBA .245 0.055 .300 0.019 .319 -0.049 .270
xSLG .419 0.030 .449 -0.014 .435 -0.161 .274
SLG .271 0.119 .390 0.030 .420 -0.120 .300
K% 17.0 -4.0 13.0 -0.2 12.8 -2.0 10.8
BB% 9.4 -2.8 6.6 -0.7 5.9 1.8 7.7
Swing % 51.1 0.9 52.0 3.7 55.7 -2.6 53.1
Whiff% 25.8 -8.1 17.7 1.5 19.2 -3.4 15.8
In Zone % 44.7 3.4 48.1 1.3 49.4 2.8 52.2
Out of Zone % 55.3 -3.4 51.9 -1.3 50.6 -2.8 47.8
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 5.4 34.0 0.5 34.5 -1.2 33.3
First Pitch Swing % 22.6 13.7 36.3 6.2 42.5 -5.6 36.9
First Pitch Strike % 43.4 18.3 61.7 1.8 63.5 -2.0 61.5
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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 64 33 51.6 .264 .276
! 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 37 15.4 45.9% 0.0% 49 18.7 4.1% 2.0%
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