Alex Avila
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 228LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 5, #163, Detroit Tigers | Alabama - Tuscaloosa
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 201 164 22 34 9 1 .207 .353 .421 .774
2020 62 49 6 9 1 0 .184 .355 .286 .641
2021 111 89 5 17 1 0 .191 .345 .348 .693
13 Seasons 3,638 3,060 352 714 105 8 .233 .348 .393 .741
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .207 9 1 .774
2020 .184 1 0 .641
2021 .191 1 0 .693
13 Seasons .233 105 8 .741
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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%
2015 28 980 113 12 10.6 5.5 91.2 109.0 13.2 35.4 .235 .428 .294 .358 .453 48.7 30.1 18.3
2016 29 948 92 8 8.7 3.8 91.3 107.5 6.9 38.0 .199 .354 .329 .319 .432 40.2 37.3 18.2
2017 30 1610 193 29 15.0 7.7 91.0 107.9 12.4 49.7 .273 .555 .362 .401 .558 50.8 31.9 16.5
2018 31 995 106 13 12.3 5.6 89.7 110.1 8.6 34.9 .190 .380 .273 .310 .443 46.2 38.5 15.8
2019 32 857 96 18 18.8 9.0 91.4 107.9 9.4 42.7 .230 .499 .323 .360 .511 49.0 33.8 17.9
2020 33 267 27 1 3.7 1.6 85.3 106.2 12.6 51.9 .198 .326 .305 .324 .406 40.7 35.5 17.7
2021 34 470 53 6 11.3 5.4 88.6 108.9 10.8 39.6 .176 .316 .311 .297 .355 43.4 33.3 17.1
Player 6127 680 87 12.8 6.2 90.5 110.1 10.7 41.8 .226 .441 .320 .350 .477 47.1 34.1 17.2
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
2015 43.4 23.9 29.2 3.5 38.1 37.2 24.8 1.8 26.5 17.7 32.7 8.8 10.6 5.5
2016 53.3 16.3 28.3 2.2 37.0 43.5 19.6 2.2 41.3 12.0 27.2 8.7 8.7 3.8
2017 40.4 23.8 34.2 1.6 31.6 40.9 27.5 3.1 24.9 15.0 31.6 9.8 15.0 7.7
2018 50.9 22.6 25.5 0.9 44.3 34.0 20.8 2.8 35.8 17.0 24.5 7.5 12.3 5.6
2019 52.1 24.0 24.0 0.0 40.6 42.7 16.7 2.1 38.5 11.5 24.0 5.2 18.8 9.0
2020 33.3 25.9 37.0 3.7 33.3 37.0 29.6 14.8 14.8 29.6 22.2 14.8 3.7 1.6
2021 43.4 32.1 22.6 1.9 41.5 37.7 20.8 5.7 32.1 24.5 17.0 9.4 11.3 5.4
Player 45.9 23.4 29.0 1.8 37.5 39.4 22.9 3.2 31.2 16.2 27.5 8.7 12.8 6.2
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 3 144 30.6 38 .300 .600 .445 22.2 18.4 15.6 .259 .530 .407 56.5
2021 Slider -2.7 -3 93 19.8 22 .100 .150 .161 51.4 59.1 37.1 .087 .122 .145 42.9
2021 Changeup 0.6 0 68 14.5 11 .143 .143 .336 47.6 27.3 13.6 .177 .204 .362 0.0
2021 Curveball -0.9 -1 67 14.3 11 .000 .000 .127 63.6 63.6 38.9 .014 .015 .139 0.0
2021 Sinker -2.0 -1 54 11.5 15 .333 .500 .427 52.2 20.0 33.3 .272 .392 .370 55.6
2021 Cutter -0.3 0 31 6.6 9 .125 .375 .256 41.2 33.3 37.5 .137 .290 .237 20.0
2021 Split-Finger -6.4 -1 13 2.8 4 .000 .000 .000 25.0 25.0 33.3 .138 .395 .216 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 81 30.3 20 .235 .412 .340 20.6 25.0 26.3 .292 .578 .412 58.3
2020 Sinker 0.6 0 60 22.5 16 .273 .364 .409 26.1 12.5 11.1 .304 .397 .432 44.4
2020 Slider -3.0 -1 41 15.4 11 .100 .100 .145 66.7 63.6 41.2 .030 .040 .092 0.0
2020 Curveball 2.4 1 41 15.4 5 .333 .667 .530 50.0 40.0 20.0 .016 .031 .290 0.0
2020 Changeup 0.0 0 23 8.6 4 .000 .000 .350 71.4 50.0 25.0 -- -- .350 --
2020 Cutter -7.1 -1 18 6.7 4 .000 .000 .000 30.0 75.0 50.0 .023 .024 .021 0.0
2020 Sweeper -21.6 0 1 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 72 312 2 1 2 1 5
2010 331 1,325 -7 -16 7 6 -11
2011 585 2,339 0 -8 16 11 20
2012 461 1,912 -7 -16 15 8 0
2013 419 1,711 -6 -18 15 8 -1
2014 465 1,891 -9 -21 16 9 -5
2015 219 980 -11 -6 9 4 -3
2016 209 948 -8 -7 6 5 -5
2017 375 1,614 -4 -8 18 6 12
2018 231 993 -11 -14 12 3 -9
2019 194 856 -6 -7 10 5 2
2020 62 266 -3 -5 5 1 -2
2021 110 470 -3 -9 7 3 -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 %
2015 980 48.9 66.6 72.1 15.2 27.6 43.4 26.5 40.3 35.4 7.3 79.2
2016 948 48.6 60.3 68.0 14.6 36.6 44.2 26.8 36.8 38.4 6.4 82.0
2017 1,610 52.4 59.2 70.3 12.3 27.7 45.7 24.1 36.8 36.4 7.8 67.2
2018 995 51.1 56.4 69.2 12.8 38.7 42.5 23.2 35.2 36.3 7.7 67.1
2019 857 50.4 57.1 71.5 13.2 23.2 39.0 19.8 35.2 37.4 7.8 65.7
2020 267 46.1 59.3 74.0 14.6 33.3 40.8 24.2 35.2 35.1 5.6 80.0
2021 470 49.6 61.4 66.4 13.1 29.0 39.6 19.8 37.0 39.7 7.4 62.9
Player 6,127 50.3 59.9 70.1 13.5 30.7 43.0 23.8 36.8 36.9 7.4 71.0
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
2015 67 17
2016 54 11
2017 97 76 95 96 98 64 96 95 59 99 3 98 2 100 17
2018 74 8
2019 57 13
2020 34 4
2021 58 10
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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 %
2016 22.6 7 4.7 2 4 3 2 28.6
2017 23.2 14 13.1 1 11 13 3 21.4
2018 23.5 7 5.9 1 5 7 1 14.3
2019 24.7 9 9.9 -1 7 10 3 33.3
2020 24.0 1 1.1 0 2 0 1 100.0
2021 26.9 1 1.4 0 2 1 1 100.0
Player 23.6 39 36.2 3 31 34 11 28.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 7 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 5 8 3 3 5 6 3 3 4 7 3 3 6 5 3 4 5 9 4 6 4
2017 14 12 15 11 15 13 17 11 8 11 13 21 12 11 12 13 10 10 14 13 13 12 17 15 12 11 12 22 14 16 6
2018 7 10 4 6 5 3 8 3 3 3 2 6 9 5 2 8 5 3 8 9 7 8 11 8 6 3 6 9 11 4 2
2019 9 13 7 10 12 9 13 8 10 6 10 13 13 9 9 8 9 7 9 11 10 12 15 9 8 7 8 12 13 11 7
2020 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Player 39 41 35 35 41 32 47 29 28 25 32 54 39 30 31 38 29 25 37 43 35 38 52 40 31 27 34 54 44 39 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.2 91.3 0.1 ↑ 91.0 -0.3 ↓ 89.7 -1.3 ↓ 91.4 1.7 ↑ 85.3 -6.1 ↓ 88.6 3.3 ↑
Launch Angle 13.2 6.9 -6.3 ↓ 12.4 5.5 ↑ 8.6 -3.8 ↓ 9.4 0.8 ↑ 12.6 3.2 ↑ 10.8 -1.8 ↓
Barrel % 10.6 8.7 -1.9 ↓ 15.0 6.3 ↑ 12.3 -2.7 ↓ 18.8 6.5 ↑ 3.7 -15.1 ↓ 11.3 7.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 48.7 40.2 -8.5 ↓ 50.8 10.6 ↑ 46.2 -4.6 ↓ 49.0 2.8 ↑ 40.7 -8.3 ↓ 43.4 2.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.4 38.0 2.6 ↑ 49.7 11.7 ↑ 34.9 -14.8 ↓ 42.7 7.8 ↑ 51.9 9.2 ↑ 39.6 -12.3 ↓
xBA .235 .199 -0.036 ↓ .273 0.074 ↑ .190 -0.083 ↓ .230 0.040 ↑ .198 -0.032 ↓ .176 -0.022 ↓
BA .191 .213 0.022 ↑ .264 0.051 ↑ .165 -0.099 ↓ .207 0.042 ↑ .184 -0.023 ↓ .191 0.007 ↑
xwOBA .358 .319 -0.039 ↓ .401 0.082 ↑ .310 -0.091 ↓ .360 0.050 ↑ .324 -0.036 ↓ .297 -0.027 ↓
wOBA .294 .329 0.035 ↑ .362 0.033 ↑ .273 -0.089 ↓ .323 0.050 ↑ .305 -0.018 ↓ .311 0.006 ↑
xSLG .428 .354 -0.074 ↓ .555 0.201 ↑ .380 -0.175 ↓ .499 0.119 ↑ .326 -0.173 ↓ .316 -0.010 ↓
SLG .287 .373 0.086 ↑ .447 0.074 ↑ .304 -0.143 ↓ .421 0.117 ↑ .286 -0.135 ↓ .348 0.062 ↑
K% 30.1 37.3 7.2 ↑ 31.9 -5.4 ↓ 38.5 6.6 ↑ 33.8 -4.7 ↓ 35.5 1.7 ↑ 33.3 -2.2 ↓
BB% 18.3 18.2 -0.1 ↓ 16.5 -1.7 ↓ 15.8 -0.7 ↓ 17.9 2.1 ↑ 17.7 -0.2 ↓ 17.1 -0.6 ↓
Swing % 40.3 36.8 -3.5 ↓ 36.8 0.0 35.2 -1.6 ↓ 35.2 0.0 35.2 0.0 37.0 1.8 ↑
Whiff% 35.4 38.4 3.0 ↑ 36.4 -2.0 ↓ 36.3 -0.1 ↓ 37.4 1.1 ↑ 35.1 -2.3 ↓ 39.7 4.6 ↑
In Zone % 48.9 48.6 -0.3 ↓ 52.4 3.8 ↑ 51.1 -1.3 ↓ 50.4 -0.7 ↓ 46.1 -4.3 ↓ 49.6 3.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.1 51.4 0.3 ↑ 47.6 -3.8 ↓ 48.9 1.3 ↑ 49.6 0.7 ↑ 53.9 4.3 ↑ 50.4 -3.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 15.2 14.6 -0.6 ↓ 12.3 -2.3 ↓ 12.8 0.5 ↑ 13.2 0.4 ↑ 14.6 1.4 ↑ 13.1 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 26.5 26.8 0.3 ↑ 24.1 -2.7 ↓ 23.2 -0.9 ↓ 19.8 -3.4 ↓ 24.2 4.4 ↑ 19.8 -4.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 56.9 -0.2 ↓ 61.2 4.3 ↑ 58.8 -2.4 ↓ 52.3 -6.5 ↓ 50.0 -2.3 ↓ 55.9 5.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 206 135 65.5 .394 .297
2017 Shifts L 374 213 57.0 .339 .379
2018 Shifts L 232 171 73.7 .265 .276
2019 Shifts L 194 172 88.7 .427 .310
2020 Shifts L 62 57 91.9 .177 .316
2021 Shifts L 110 94 85.5 .326 .309
! 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 %
2010 362 17.0 13.3% 3.6% 271 23.0 0.4% 11.8%
2011 566 19.7 1.4% 3.2% 485 24.4 0.0% 13.0%
2012 598 19.5 3.3% 4.0% 328 23.8 0.0% 13.7%
2013 419 20.6 1.0% 4.1% 341 25.3 0.0% 17.0%
2014 548 21.8 0.5% 4.9% 367 26.8 0.0% 21.8%
2015 328 20.8 8.2% 10.1% 177 26.1 6.2% 25.4%
2016 292 22.2 3.1% 8.2% 210 27.9 1.9% 30.5%
2017 544 22.2 0.7% 6.1% 313 27.0 0.0% 26.5%
2018 322 21.9 0.0% 3.7% 211 27.3 0.0% 22.7%
2019 315 22.0 0.3% 4.8% 154 26.6 0.6% 24.0%
2020 89 23.5 0.0% 7.9% 53 26.7 0.0% 15.1%
2021 140 21.3 0.0% 4.3% 108 26.6 0.0% 23.1%
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