Andrew Knizner
C | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 225LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 7, #226, St. Louis Cardinals | North Carolina State
Poor Avg Great

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 202 179 14 39 1 19 0 .218 .303 .268 .571
4 Seasons 462 409 40 83 4 39 2 .203 .291 .271 .562
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .218 1 19 0 .571
4 Seasons .203 4 39 2 .562

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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%
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 27 758 137 3 2.2 1.5 85.7 110.2 18.8 29.2 .215 .286 .265 .271 .288 31.4 21.3 8.9
Player 1697 310 10 3.2 2.2 87.0 110.2 12.2 27.7 .207 .293 .256 .270 .290 34.5 21.9 9.1
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.2 12.1 33.0 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.0 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, 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
2019 61.5 17.9 7.7 12.8 20.5 46.2 33.3 0.0 48.7 28.2 15.4 5.1 2.6 1.7
2020 66.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 50.0 33.3 16.7 0.0 41.7 0.0 33.3 8.3 8.3 5.9
2021 51.6 18.9 20.5 9.0 23.8 41.8 34.4 3.3 41.8 23.8 22.1 4.9 4.1 2.7
2022 43.1 24.1 18.2 14.6 32.1 40.9 27.0 6.6 28.5 32.1 27.0 3.6 2.2 1.5
Player 49.7 20.3 18.4 11.6 28.1 41.6 30.3 4.2 36.8 27.1 23.9 4.5 3.2 2.2
MLB 44.9 23.0 25.0 7.1 36.7 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.1 24.5 24.5 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer -1.1 -3 250 33.0 62 .208 .245 .273 25.4 21.0 17.8 .224 .338 .309 40.0
2022 Slider -0.2 -1 217 28.6 59 .226 .321 .278 27.4 22.0 17.8 .203 .270 .250 17.1
2022 Sinker 0.1 0 129 17.0 40 .265 .324 .325 10.2 25.0 34.5 .220 .265 .286 50.0
2022 Curveball -1.9 -1 56 7.4 13 .083 .083 .123 25.0 23.1 12.5 .228 .274 .256 0.0
2022 Changeup -5.5 -3 56 7.4 14 .143 .143 .129 12.5 7.1 6.3 .133 .161 .127 38.5
2022 Cutter -2.5 -1 32 4.2 7 .167 .167 .229 25.0 28.6 28.6 .254 .306 .312 25.0
2022 Splitter -4.0 0 12 1.6 5 .200 .200 .180 22.2 20.0 16.7 .291 .346 .273 25.0
2022 N/A 24.3 0 2 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .537 .586 .483 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -1.6 -4 229 33.8 57 .119 .119 .263 31.3 33.3 32.2 .186 .236 .319 43.5
2021 Slider -5.0 -7 148 21.9 39 .081 .108 .114 34.2 25.6 17.2 .163 .215 .193 29.6
2021 Sinker 2.4 3 125 18.5 39 .371 .543 .450 14.3 5.1 7.4 .296 .462 .363 48.5
2021 Curveball -2.4 -2 76 11.2 15 .133 .200 .143 15.0 33.3 17.2 .112 .163 .123 10.0
2021 Changeup -10.3 -6 56 8.3 18 .059 .059 .089 19.4 5.6 7.1 .190 .305 .242 31.3
2021 Cutter -1.8 -1 34 5.0 10 .200 .300 .215 5.3 20.0 40.0 .206 .458 .278 37.5
2021 Splitter 6.1 0 6 0.9 4 .250 .500 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0 .323 .396 .318 50.0
2021 N/A 4.0 0 3 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .173 .173 .197 0.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.5 0 25 38.5 6 .400 .400 .300 25.0 33.3 18.2 .346 .382 .427 25.0
2020 Sinker 1.0 0 13 20.0 5 .200 .200 .225 14.3 0.0 0.0 .265 .282 .240 60.0
2020 Curveball -2.4 0 11 16.9 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Cutter -8.5 -1 7 10.8 1 .000 .000 .000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .122 .135 .146 0.0
2020 Changeup 4.5 0 5 7.7 2 .500 1.000 .625 25.0 0.0 0.0 .637 1.008 .698 100.0
2020 Slider -3.4 0 4 6.2 -- -- -- 33.3 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 0.0 0 75 38.1 16 .200 .400 .281 25.7 31.3 25.0 .207 .461 .302 60.0
2019 Slider 7.1 3 45 22.8 14 .385 .692 .475 50.0 35.7 31.3 .163 .219 .202 25.0
2019 Sinker -2.6 -1 27 13.7 12 .200 .300 .371 6.3 0.0 0.0 .202 .318 .305 40.0
2019 Curveball -8.5 -2 25 12.7 7 .000 .000 .000 41.7 42.9 37.5 .072 .085 .069 0.0
2019 Changeup -4.4 -1 17 8.6 6 .200 .200 .267 23.1 0.0 0.0 .185 .220 .260 20.0
2019 Cutter -2.9 0 7 3.6 3 .333 .333 .300 20.0 33.3 33.3 .148 .169 .134 0.0
2019 Splitter -5.2 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 58 197 3 -5 0 1 -1
2021 183 677 -12 -14 6 4 -16
2022 202 758 -1 -13 2 5 -8
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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 51.3 71.3 81.9 34.4 45.5 45.7 32.8 53.3 29.5 6.1 83.3
2020 65 44.6 75.9 77.3 44.4 62.5 30.8 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 758 48.5 63.6 85.5 32.8 62.5 44.6 32.7 47.8 22.1 6.6 66.0
Player 1,697 47.7 66.1 83.6 32.3 61.0 41.8 34.0 48.4 24.1 6.7 71.9
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.4 42.6 29.4 47.1 24.7 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
2019 58 33
2020 65 17
2021 53 24
2022 66 16
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.3 2 2.2 0 3 1 1 50.0
2021 25.3 1 1.9 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2022 22.8 1 1.5 -1 0 1 1 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4
2021 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2
2022 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 94.3 6.2 ↑ 87.5 -6.8 ↓ 85.7 -1.8 ↓
Launch Angle 7.3 -3.8 -11.1 ↓ 7.8 11.6 ↑ 18.8 11 ↑
Barrel % 2.6 8.3 5.7 ↑ 4.1 -4.2 ↓ 2.2 -1.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.3 50 16.7 ↑ 36.9 -13.1 ↓ 31.4 -5.5 ↓
Sweet Spot % 17.9 33.3 15.4 ↑ 28.7 -4.6 ↓ 29.2 0.5 ↑
xBA .172 .279 0.107 ↑ .203 -0.076 ↓ .215 0.012 ↑
BA .226 .25 0.024 ↑ .174 -0.076 ↓ .218 0.044 ↑
xwOBA .237 .317 0.08 ↑ .274 -0.043 ↓ .271 -0.003 ↓
wOBA .289 .229 -0.06 ↓ .238 0.009 ↑ .265 0.027 ↑
xSLG .286 .346 0.06 ↑ .298 -0.048 ↓ .286 -0.012 ↓
SLG .377 .313 -0.064 ↓ .236 -0.077 ↓ .268 0.032 ↑
K% 24.1 29.4 5.3 ↑ 21.1 -8.3 ↓ 21.3 0.2 ↑
BB% 6.9 0 -6.9 ↓ 10.8 10.8 ↑ 8.9 -1.9 ↓
Swing % 53.3 58.5 5.2 ↑ 46.8 -11.7 ↓ 47.8 1 ↑
Whiff% 29.5 28.9 -0.6 ↓ 24 -4.9 ↓ 22.1 -1.9 ↓
In Zone % 51.3 44.6 -6.7 ↓ 45.9 1.3 ↑ 48.5 2.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.7 55.4 6.7 ↑ 54.1 -1.3 ↓ 51.5 -2.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 34.4 44.4 10 ↑ 30.1 -14.3 ↓ 32.8 2.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 35.3 2.5 ↑ 35.7 0.4 ↑ 32.7 -3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 64.7 -0.8 ↓ 62.2 -2.5 ↓ 66.3 4.1 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2019 R 58 3 5.2 .305 .000
2020 R 17 1 5.9 .188 .883
2021 R 183 5 2.7 .240 .176
2022 R 202 1 0.5 .262 .884

Pitch Tempo