Alex Call
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 189LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 3, #86, Chicago White Sox | Ball State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 131 114 18 27 5 3 .237 .336 .412 .748
2023 439 375 43 75 8 9 .200 .307 .307 .614
2 Seasons 570 489 61 102 13 12 .209 .314 .331 .645
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .237 5 3 .748
2023 .200 8 9 .614
2 Seasons .209 13 12 .645
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 27 570 84 1 1.2 0.8 86.3 108.8 18.4 29.8 .212 .294 .332 .281 .299 31.0 22.9 11.5
2023 28 1832 302 16 5.3 3.6 86.8 108.5 17.0 30.5 .214 .335 .280 .296 .294 30.1 17.8 12.1
Player 2402 386 17 4.4 3.0 86.7 108.8 17.3 30.3 .214 .325 .292 .293 .295 30.3 18.9 11.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 38.1 31.0 22.6 8.3 48.8 34.5 16.7 4.8 27.4 34.5 26.2 6.0 1.2 0.8
2023 39.4 28.8 20.2 11.6 43.0 34.4 22.5 7.9 27.5 34.8 19.2 5.0 5.3 3.6
Player 39.1 29.3 20.7 10.9 44.3 34.5 21.2 7.3 27.5 34.7 20.7 5.2 4.4 3.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.5 -3 528 28.8 140 .202 .342 .312 14.5 14.3 12.6 .225 .381 .331 34.4
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 386 21.1 107 .247 .371 .345 10.8 10.3 12.4 .245 .387 .338 31.6
2023 Slider -1.5 -5 359 19.6 71 .127 .175 .226 20.7 19.7 12.5 .200 .278 .257 24.0
2023 Changeup 1.7 3 168 9.2 37 .250 .375 .353 28.2 24.3 15.0 .222 .337 .300 47.8
2023 Cutter -1.5 -2 151 8.2 39 .212 .333 .312 23.0 20.5 25.8 .190 .301 .268 19.2
2023 Curveball -3.1 -4 115 6.3 19 .158 .211 .161 30.0 47.4 19.6 .096 .110 .088 0.0
2023 Sweeper -1.1 -1 95 5.2 21 .190 .238 .198 16.1 19.0 11.1 .242 .351 .253 29.4
2023 Splitter -0.2 0 21 1.1 3 .000 .000 .233 62.5 66.7 15.4 -- -- .233 --
2023 Forkball -8.0 0 6 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -17.7 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .006 .009 .005 0.0
2023 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 1.7 3 169 29.6 46 .243 .541 .400 24.7 19.6 17.3 .210 .319 .320 32.1
2022 Sinker -1.2 -2 127 22.3 25 .227 .364 .308 18.9 24.0 15.8 .211 .283 .272 31.3
2022 Slider 0.4 0 103 18.1 19 .294 .353 .329 36.6 31.6 13.3 .272 .336 .315 27.3
2022 Curveball 0.6 0 64 11.2 18 .235 .471 .319 10.7 11.1 6.5 .166 .217 .199 26.7
2022 Cutter 6.8 3 37 6.5 8 .429 .571 .469 26.3 25.0 14.3 .194 .244 .255 40.0
2022 Changeup -2.4 -1 37 6.5 7 .143 .143 .129 31.6 28.6 12.5 .264 .373 .275 40.0
2022 Sweeper -3.4 -1 26 4.6 5 .000 .000 .140 33.3 60.0 21.4 .127 .128 .232 0.0
2022 Splitter -4.1 0 2 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .366 .447 .333 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 131 570 1 -7 6 3 3
2023 439 1,832 -18 -21 18 8 -13
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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 570 50.9 62.4 80.7 26.1 57.5 42.8 32.1 44.6 24.8 8.6 63.3
2023 1,832 49.3 61.3 85.9 19.8 61.4 43.6 23.2 40.3 18.3 6.6 70.2
Player 2,402 49.7 61.6 84.6 21.3 60.3 43.4 25.3 41.3 20.0 7.1 68.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2022 46 78 63
2023 15 7 5 14 43 17 20 13 39 8 77 86 86 91 87 94 78
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 22.7 5 3.9 1 0 5 1 20.0
2023 23.8 8 9.0 -1 5 8 3 37.5
Player 23.4 13 12.9 0 5 13 4 30.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 5 1 5 3 6 5 6 3 4 3 4 6 3 3 5 4 2 2 4 6 3 3 6 2 2 2 5 6 3 5 5
2023 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 9 7 9 12 9 7 11 9 11 9 9 10 9 6 12 10 8 6 9 10 11 8 9
Player 13 9 13 11 15 14 15 13 13 10 13 18 12 10 16 13 13 11 13 16 12 9 18 12 10 8 14 16 14 13 14
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.3 86.8 0.5 ↑
Launch Angle 18.4 17.0 -1.4 ↓
Barrel % 1.2 5.3 4.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 31.0 30.1 -0.9 ↓
Sweet Spot % 29.8 30.5 0.7 ↑
xBA .212 .214 0.002 ↑
BA .237 .200 -0.037 ↓
xwOBA .281 .296 0.015 ↑
wOBA .332 .280 -0.052 ↓
xSLG .294 .335 0.041 ↑
SLG .412 .307 -0.105 ↓
K% 22.9 17.8 -5.1 ↓
BB% 11.5 12.1 0.6 ↑
Swing % 44.6 40.3 -4.3 ↓
Whiff% 24.8 18.3 -6.5 ↓
In Zone % 50.9 49.3 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.1 50.7 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.1 19.8 -6.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 32.1 23.2 -8.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 66.4 56.7 -9.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 131 5 3.8 .309 .906
2023 Shades R 439 23 5.2 .275 .380
! 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

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