Andrew Knizner
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 225LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 7, #226, St. Louis Cardinals | North Carolina State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 241 224 30 54 10 2 .241 .288 .424 .712
2024 93 90 5 15 1 0 .167 .183 .211 .394
2025 20 19 2 2 1 0 .105 .150 .263 .413
7 Seasons 907 823 91 171 19 4 .208 .276 .316 .592
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .241 10 2 .712
2024 .167 1 0 .394
2025 .105 1 0 .413
7 Seasons .208 19 4 .592
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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%
2019 24 197 39 1 2.6 1.7 88.1 108.2 7.3 17.9 .172 .286 .289 .237 .263 33.3 24.1 6.9
2020 25 65 12 1 8.3 5.9 94.3 109.5 -3.8 33.3 .279 .346 .229 .317 .460 50.0 29.4 0.0
2021 26 677 122 5 4.1 2.7 87.5 108.0 7.8 28.7 .203 .298 .238 .274 .286 36.9 21.1 10.8
2022 27 1103 199 7 3.5 2.4 86.0 110.2 15.6 28.6 .219 .306 .275 .280 .300 33.2 21.2 8.9
2023 28 831 164 13 7.9 5.4 89.6 110.3 14.3 26.8 .221 .391 .306 .286 .356 40.9 25.7 5.0
2024 29 360 69 3 4.3 3.2 87.3 106.8 11.9 33.3 .232 .324 .174 .248 .314 34.8 23.7 1.1
2025 30 62 17 1 5.9 5.0 87.9 106.5 10.0 17.6 .210 .391 .183 .276 .283 17.6 10.0 5.0
Player 3295 622 31 5.0 3.4 87.7 110.3 12.3 27.8 .216 .331 .263 .275 .314 36.0 22.7 7.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .316 .369 36.7 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 %
2019 61.5 38.5 17.9 7.7 12.8 20.5 46.2 33.3 10.3 33.3 17.9 10.3 12.8 15.4
2020 66.7 33.3 0.0 33.3 0.0 50.0 33.3 16.7 41.7 16.7 8.3 8.3 16.7 8.3
2021 51.6 48.4 18.9 20.5 9.0 23.8 41.8 34.4 18.9 23.8 9.0 4.9 18.0 25.4
2022 45.7 54.3 23.6 17.6 13.1 36.7 39.7 23.6 19.1 24.1 2.5 17.6 15.6 21.1
2023 42.1 57.9 31.7 16.5 9.8 36.0 36.0 28.0 17.1 18.9 6.1 18.9 17.1 22.0
2024 43.5 56.5 17.4 29.0 10.1 31.9 39.1 29.0 15.9 20.3 7.2 15.9 18.8 21.7
2025 58.8 41.2 29.4 5.9 5.9 29.4 41.2 29.4 17.6 29.4 11.8 11.8 11.8 17.6
Player 47.4 52.6 23.5 18.5 10.6 32.5 39.4 28.1 18.0 22.8 6.6 14.5 16.6 21.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 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
2019 0.0 48.7 28.2 15.4 5.1 2.6 1.7
2020 0.0 41.7 0.0 33.3 8.3 8.3 5.9
2021 3.3 41.8 23.8 22.1 4.9 4.1 2.7
2022 5.5 31.7 29.6 26.1 3.5 3.5 2.4
2023 5.5 29.3 30.5 20.1 6.7 7.9 5.4
2024 5.8 34.8 23.2 26.1 5.8 4.3 3.2
2025 0.0 58.8 23.5 11.8 0.0 5.9 5.0
Player 4.5 35.4 27.2 22.8 5.0 5.0 3.4
MLB 3.9 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 3.9 1 32 51.6 10 .222 .556 .360 27.8 20.0 25.0 .270 .629 .410 14.3
2025 Curveball -12.7 -1 9 14.5 5 .000 .000 .000 14.3 0.0 0.0 .110 .130 .103 20.0
2025 Slider -10.7 -1 7 11.3 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .284 .316 .257 33.3
2025 Cutter -1.7 0 5 8.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
2025 Split-Finger -4.7 0 2 3.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Sweeper 3.2 0 2 3.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2025 Sinker -3.9 0 2 3.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -3 115 31.9 27 .192 .192 .193 36.9 37.0 22.7 .235 .292 .245 37.5
2024 Sinker -4.7 -3 60 16.7 16 .133 .133 .156 24.2 18.8 33.3 .265 .353 .297 58.3
2024 Slider -3.2 -2 53 14.7 12 .167 .167 .150 19.2 8.3 5.6 .122 .166 .125 18.2
2024 Changeup -1.7 -1 48 13.3 17 .125 .313 .224 16.7 17.6 17.6 .264 .446 .286 28.6
2024 Sweeper -3.0 -1 38 10.6 5 .000 .000 .000 11.8 40.0 11.8 .307 .357 .292 33.3
2024 Curveball -6.8 -2 24 6.7 6 .000 .000 .000 27.3 0.0 0.0 .183 .204 .173 16.7
2024 Cutter 9.0 2 18 5.0 6 .667 .833 .658 41.7 16.7 12.5 .371 .599 .412 40.0
2024 Split-Finger -20.3 -1 4 1.1 4 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 66.7 .072 .136 .092 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 58 197 1 -4 0 1 -3
2020 17 65 -1 -1 0 0 -2
2021 183 677 -13 -13 7 4 -15
2022 293 1,102 -4 -16 5 6 -10
2023 240 827 -2 -7 3 4 -2
2024 93 360 -5 -7 0 2 -11
2025 20 62 1 -1 0 0 0
Player 904 3,290 -23 -49 15 -23 -42
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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 %
2019 197 50.8 71.0 81.7 35.1 47.1 45.7 32.8 53.3 29.5 6.1 83.3
2020 65 44.6 75.9 77.3 44.4 62.5 32.3 35.3 58.5 28.9 7.7 100.0
2021 677 45.9 66.6 82.6 30.1 63.6 38.7 35.7 46.8 24.0 6.9 72.3
2022 1,103 48.8 65.4 85.2 32.9 61.3 44.7 35.2 48.8 22.7 6.0 68.2
2023 831 50.3 72.1 78.0 37.0 60.5 40.5 46.9 54.8 27.3 9.1 77.3
2024 360 45.6 70.7 80.2 41.8 62.2 41.4 52.7 55.0 27.3 8.1 75.9
2025 62 62.9 59.0 82.6 43.5 80.0 46.8 40.0 53.2 18.2 6.5 100.0
Player 3,295 48.5 68.3 81.8 34.8 61.2 41.9 40.1 51.1 25.2 7.2 74.8
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 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
2019 58 35
2020 65 18
2021 53 24
2022 64 18
2023 61 16
2024 25 5
2025 26 5
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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 %
2019 22.35 2 2.3 0 3 1 1 50.0
2021 25.32 1 1.9 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2022 21.51 4 3.6 0 2 4 1 25.0
2023 21.83 10 12.7 -3 1 11 6 60.0
2024 21.56 1 1.9 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2025 25.39 1 0.1 1 1 0 0 0.0
Player 22.21 19 22.6 -4 9 18 10 52.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2019 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
2022 4 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 6 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 5 2 2 3 4 6 4 5
2023 10 8 12 12 14 14 14 12 14 9 12 15 11 10 15 14 14 10 15 16 11 14 17 16 10 8 15 13 12 13 12
2024 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2
2025 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player 19 18 22 20 23 25 25 22 22 15 21 28 25 20 23 23 23 20 24 26 21 25 31 27 15 14 24 24 25 23 23
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 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 88.1 6.2 ↑ 94.3 -6.8 ↓ 87.5 -1.5 ↓ 86.0 3.6 ↑ 89.6 -2.3 ↓ 87.3 0.6 ↑ 87.9
Launch Angle 7.3 -11.1 ↓ -3.8 11.6 ↑ 7.8 7.8 ↑ 15.6 -1.3 ↓ 14.3 -2.4 ↓ 11.9 -1.9 ↓ 10.0
Barrel % 2.6 5.7 ↑ 8.3 -4.2 ↓ 4.1 -0.6 ↓ 3.5 4.4 ↑ 7.9 -3.6 ↓ 4.3 1.6 ↑ 5.9
Hard Hit % 33.3 16.7 ↑ 50.0 -13.1 ↓ 36.9 -3.7 ↓ 33.2 7.7 ↑ 40.9 -6.1 ↓ 34.8 -17.2 ↓ 17.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 17.9 15.4 ↑ 33.3 -4.6 ↓ 28.7 -0.1 ↓ 28.6 -1.8 ↓ 26.8 6.5 ↑ 33.3 -15.7 ↓ 17.6
xBA .172 0.107 ↑ .279 -0.076 ↓ .203 0.016 ↑ .219 0.002 ↑ .221 0.011 ↑ .232 -0.022 ↓ .210
BA .226 0.024 ↑ .250 -0.076 ↓ .174 0.041 ↑ .215 0.026 ↑ .241 -0.074 ↓ .167 -0.062 ↓ .105
xwOBA .237 0.080 ↑ .317 -0.043 ↓ .274 0.006 ↑ .280 0.006 ↑ .286 -0.038 ↓ .248 0.028 ↑ .276
wOBA .289 -0.060 ↓ .229 0.009 ↑ .238 0.037 ↑ .275 0.031 ↑ .306 -0.132 ↓ .174 0.009 ↑ .183
xSLG .286 0.060 ↑ .346 -0.048 ↓ .298 0.008 ↑ .306 0.085 ↑ .391 -0.067 ↓ .324 0.067 ↑ .391
SLG .377 -0.064 ↓ .313 -0.077 ↓ .236 0.064 ↑ .300 0.124 ↑ .424 -0.213 ↓ .211 0.052 ↑ .263
K% 24.1 5.3 ↑ 29.4 -8.3 ↓ 21.1 0.1 ↑ 21.2 4.5 ↑ 25.7 -2.0 ↓ 23.7 -13.7 ↓ 10.0
BB% 6.9 -6.9 ↓ 0.0 10.8 ↑ 10.8 -1.9 ↓ 8.9 -3.9 ↓ 5.0 -3.9 ↓ 1.1 3.9 ↑ 5.0
Swing % 53.3 5.2 ↑ 58.5 -11.7 ↓ 46.8 2.0 ↑ 48.8 6.0 ↑ 54.8 0.2 ↑ 55.0 -1.8 ↓ 53.2
Whiff% 29.5 -0.6 ↓ 28.9 -4.9 ↓ 24.0 -1.3 ↓ 22.7 4.6 ↑ 27.3 0.0 27.3 -9.1 ↓ 18.2
In Zone % 50.8 -6.2 ↓ 44.6 1.3 ↑ 45.9 2.9 ↑ 48.8 1.5 ↑ 50.3 -4.7 ↓ 45.6 17.3 ↑ 62.9
Out of Zone % 49.2 6.2 ↑ 55.4 -1.3 ↓ 54.1 -2.9 ↓ 51.2 -1.5 ↓ 49.7 4.7 ↑ 54.4 -17.3 ↓ 37.1
Out of Zone Swing % 35.1 9.3 ↑ 44.4 -14.3 ↓ 30.1 2.8 ↑ 32.9 4.1 ↑ 37.0 4.8 ↑ 41.8 1.7 ↑ 43.5
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 2.5 ↑ 35.3 0.4 ↑ 35.7 -0.5 ↓ 35.2 11.7 ↑ 46.9 5.8 ↑ 52.7 -12.7 ↓ 40.0
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 -0.8 ↓ 64.7 -2.5 ↓ 62.2 3.7 ↑ 65.9 3.0 ↑ 68.9 3.1 ↑ 72.0 8.0 ↑ 80.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 58 3 5.2 .305 .000
2020 Shifts R 17 1 5.9 .188 .883
2021 Shifts R 183 5 2.7 .240 .176
2022 Shifts R 290 2 0.7 .270 .442
2023 Shades R 239 7 2.9 .302 .386
2024 Shades R 93 5 5.4 .184 .000
2025 Shades R 20 2 10.0 .154 .445
! 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 %
2019 61 19.4 1.6% 0.0% 19 22.9 0.0% 5.3%
2020 10 21.4 10.0% 10.0% 10 21.3 0.0% 0.0%
2021 180 20.6 3.3% 3.3% 114 24.5 0.9% 17.5%
2022 311 20.2 2.3% 1.6% 163 24.5 0.0% 11.0%
2023 162 15.0 48.1% 0.0% 142 19.2 4.2% 0.7%
2024 92 16.3 30.4% 0.0% 45 18.2 4.4% 0.0%
2025 8 14.7 50.0% 0.0% 7 19.5 0.0% 0.0%
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