Austin Hays
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 200LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 3, #91, Baltimore Orioles | Jacksonville
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 582 535 66 134 16 2 .250 .306 .413 .719
2023 566 520 76 143 16 5 .275 .325 .444 .769
2024 255 235 26 60 5 2 .255 .303 .396 .699
7 Seasons 2,204 2,028 277 530 68 17 .261 .313 .432 .745
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .250 16 2 .719
2023 .275 16 5 .769
2024 .255 5 2 .699
7 Seasons .261 68 17 .745
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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%
2017 21 224 45 1 2.2 1.6 84.8 105.7 8.3 24.4 .208 .307 .237 .241 .307 28.9 25.4 3.2
2019 23 291 55 3 5.5 4.0 91.0 108.5 11.5 47.3 .288 .468 .393 .352 .392 41.8 17.3 9.3
2020 24 537 99 4 4.0 3.0 87.0 106.9 11.0 27.3 .245 .355 .315 .292 .324 31.3 18.7 6.0
2021 25 1957 385 35 9.1 6.6 88.8 110.3 12.5 32.2 .245 .432 .328 .316 .368 39.2 20.2 5.3
2022 26 2051 424 22 5.2 3.8 87.7 109.0 11.3 32.3 .240 .372 .314 .298 .337 37.7 19.6 5.8
2023 27 2122 384 34 8.9 6.0 89.4 111.0 10.4 31.0 .242 .420 .330 .309 .381 40.1 24.9 6.7
2024 28 845 179 12 6.7 4.7 88.9 109.9 14.9 30.2 .234 .363 .303 .287 .344 40.2 23.1 3.5
Player 8027 1571 111 7.1 5.0 88.5 111.0 11.7 31.7 .242 .398 .321 .304 .356 38.4 21.6 5.7
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
2017 55.6 15.6 20.0 8.9 33.3 44.4 22.2 4.4 46.7 20.0 17.8 8.9 2.2 1.6
2019 41.8 25.5 30.9 1.8 36.4 38.2 25.5 1.8 32.7 23.6 27.3 9.1 5.5 4.0
2020 49.5 22.2 23.2 5.1 37.4 41.4 21.2 2.0 42.4 25.3 21.2 4.0 4.0 3.0
2021 43.4 26.8 22.6 7.3 38.4 37.1 24.4 4.7 33.0 27.0 21.0 5.2 9.1 6.6
2022 43.6 22.4 23.6 10.4 40.8 36.3 22.9 3.3 35.1 25.5 23.3 7.1 5.2 3.8
2023 44.8 29.7 20.3 5.2 37.0 38.5 24.5 2.1 32.3 25.5 23.4 7.6 8.9 6.0
2024 39.7 25.7 25.1 9.5 44.7 35.2 20.1 3.4 30.7 29.6 21.2 7.8 6.7 4.7
Player 44.0 25.5 22.9 7.6 39.1 37.6 23.3 3.2 34.1 26.1 22.4 6.7 7.1 5.0
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 4 244 28.9 77 .290 .464 .365 14.2 18.2 22.6 .263 .445 .343 50.0
2024 Slider -1.6 -3 175 20.7 46 .279 .395 .323 38.0 30.4 27.5 .264 .328 .276 50.0
2024 Sinker -1.6 -2 142 16.8 46 .286 .333 .311 15.5 6.5 13.0 .258 .362 .308 33.3
2024 Changeup 1.9 2 84 9.9 27 .280 .480 .352 54.7 40.7 39.3 .242 .405 .292 40.0
2024 Curveball -3.6 -3 70 8.3 19 .059 .118 .139 35.3 36.8 33.3 .095 .213 .188 30.0
2024 Cutter -5.7 -3 56 6.6 15 .133 .133 .120 22.6 6.7 16.7 .210 .288 .218 14.3
2024 Sweeper 1.9 1 54 6.4 18 .278 .556 .350 38.9 33.3 37.5 .154 .212 .158 33.3
2024 Split-Finger 5.1 1 15 1.8 4 .250 1.000 .500 50.0 50.0 33.3 .239 .856 .452 50.0
2024 Screwball -16.1 -1 4 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 5 581 27.4 154 .311 .568 .420 20.1 22.1 20.1 .249 .502 .364 45.5
2023 Slider -0.8 -4 455 21.4 115 .234 .364 .283 37.3 29.6 22.8 .250 .427 .303 42.7
2023 Sinker 0.5 2 379 17.9 98 .352 .440 .384 20.6 15.3 19.2 .322 .468 .364 42.9
2023 Changeup -0.3 -1 220 10.4 55 .226 .377 .296 34.2 29.1 22.2 .203 .353 .252 32.4
2023 Cutter -2.9 -5 162 7.6 51 .220 .280 .228 24.1 27.5 32.6 .190 .303 .220 30.6
2023 Curveball 0.3 0 154 7.3 46 .222 .422 .282 30.4 21.7 17.9 .190 .269 .207 25.7
2023 Sweeper 0.4 0 117 5.5 30 .286 .607 .395 46.6 36.7 33.3 .199 .433 .293 47.1
2023 Split-Finger 2.6 1 39 1.8 13 .250 .500 .346 37.5 53.8 43.8 .192 .468 .305 80.0
2023 Slurve 0.4 0 15 0.7 3 .500 .500 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .208 .228 .131 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 63 224 -3 -1 0 0 -3
2019 75 291 0 0 5 1 6
2020 134 537 1 -5 0 3 -1
2021 529 1,957 1 -15 13 10 9
2022 582 2,051 4 -20 7 8 -2
2023 578 2,164 -1 -16 8 9 0
2024 258 857 2 -8 -2 3 -5
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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 %
2017 224 52.7 70.3 71.1 34.0 44.4 42.4 28.6 53.1 37.0 8.5 68.4
2019 291 46.0 65.7 84.1 30.6 54.2 42.3 28.0 46.7 26.5 4.1 75.0
2020 537 44.1 62.9 87.9 35.7 65.4 41.5 26.1 47.7 19.9 6.0 68.8
2021 1,957 48.5 64.4 87.1 29.5 50.2 41.1 25.1 46.4 24.6 7.5 70.1
2022 2,051 46.7 67.7 87.7 36.2 57.8 42.2 35.7 51.0 23.5 6.2 75.6
2023 2,122 47.5 63.8 82.6 30.9 50.6 42.1 30.8 46.6 28.4 7.6 72.0
2024 845 50.5 72.6 81.9 35.9 48.0 42.0 40.9 54.4 29.1 10.9 70.7
Player 8,027 47.7 66.1 84.9 32.8 53.4 41.8 31.5 48.7 25.9 7.4 71.9
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
2017 46 92
2019 61 86
2020 16 42 16 11 22 11 17 20 39 16 70 19 81 10 74 57 94
2021 34 36 53 59 14 63 58 38 73 37 58 8 49 35 58 42 97
2022 27 37 33 33 26 38 26 25 48 35 58 18 57 11 62 8 92
2023 28 30 45 57 14 63 54 52 67 46 30 28 30 33 53 44 83
2024 59 41 86
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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 %
2017 22.4 1 1.2 0 2 1 0 0.0
2019 22.1 4 2.5 2 3 2 1 25.0
2020 22.3 4 3.0 1 1 1 2 50.0
2021 22.4 22 20.4 2 8 13 11 50.0
2022 24.0 16 14.7 1 8 8 9 56.3
2023 23.1 16 18.4 -2 12 17 6 37.5
2024 23.3 5 4.5 1 4 3 2 40.0
Player 23.0 68 64.8 3 38 45 31 45.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
2019 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 1 2
2020 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
2021 22 23 20 20 23 21 23 20 16 14 18 21 21 16 19 24 18 17 23 23 20 22 26 23 17 18 23 23 20 21 19
2022 16 10 13 14 17 17 18 12 13 13 15 19 14 14 16 15 13 12 14 16 13 17 17 13 12 12 17 19 15 16 16
2023 16 12 17 16 21 19 21 13 18 16 18 22 19 15 21 18 19 16 18 22 17 18 28 24 12 16 21 21 19 20 16
2024 5 4 6 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 4 7 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 6 4 5 4 6 4 4 4 5 4 3
Player 68 57 62 62 72 67 73 56 55 51 61 76 67 56 67 67 61 55 68 71 65 71 84 72 53 56 71 75 67 66 59
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.0 87.0 -4.0 ↓ 88.8 1.8 ↑ 87.7 -1.1 ↓ 89.4 1.7 ↑ 88.9 -0.5 ↓
Launch Angle 11.5 11.0 -0.5 ↓ 12.5 1.5 ↑ 11.3 -1.2 ↓ 10.4 -0.9 ↓ 14.9 4.5 ↑
Barrel % 5.5 4.0 -1.5 ↓ 9.1 5.1 ↑ 5.2 -3.9 ↓ 8.9 3.7 ↑ 6.7 -2.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 41.8 31.3 -10.5 ↓ 39.2 7.9 ↑ 37.7 -1.5 ↓ 40.1 2.4 ↑ 40.2 0.1 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 47.3 27.3 -20.0 ↓ 32.2 4.9 ↑ 32.3 0.1 ↑ 31.0 -1.3 ↓ 30.2 -0.8 ↓
xBA .288 .245 -0.043 ↓ .245 0.000 .240 -0.005 ↓ .242 0.002 ↑ .234 -0.008 ↓
BA .309 .279 -0.030 ↓ .256 -0.023 ↓ .250 -0.006 ↓ .275 0.025 ↑ .255 -0.020 ↓
xwOBA .352 .292 -0.060 ↓ .316 0.024 ↑ .298 -0.018 ↓ .309 0.011 ↑ .287 -0.022 ↓
wOBA .393 .315 -0.078 ↓ .328 0.013 ↑ .314 -0.014 ↓ .330 0.016 ↑ .303 -0.027 ↓
xSLG .468 .355 -0.113 ↓ .432 0.077 ↑ .372 -0.060 ↓ .420 0.048 ↑ .363 -0.057 ↓
SLG .574 .393 -0.181 ↓ .461 0.068 ↑ .413 -0.048 ↓ .444 0.031 ↑ .396 -0.048 ↓
K% 17.3 18.7 1.4 ↑ 20.2 1.5 ↑ 19.6 -0.6 ↓ 24.9 5.3 ↑ 23.1 -1.8 ↓
BB% 9.3 6.0 -3.3 ↓ 5.3 -0.7 ↓ 5.8 0.5 ↑ 6.7 0.9 ↑ 3.5 -3.2 ↓
Swing % 46.7 47.7 1.0 ↑ 46.4 -1.3 ↓ 51.0 4.6 ↑ 46.6 -4.4 ↓ 54.4 7.8 ↑
Whiff% 26.5 19.9 -6.6 ↓ 24.6 4.7 ↑ 23.5 -1.1 ↓ 28.4 4.9 ↑ 29.1 0.7 ↑
In Zone % 46.0 44.1 -1.9 ↓ 48.5 4.4 ↑ 46.7 -1.8 ↓ 47.5 0.8 ↑ 50.5 3.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.0 55.9 1.9 ↑ 51.5 -4.4 ↓ 53.3 1.8 ↑ 52.5 -0.8 ↓ 49.5 -3.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.6 35.7 5.1 ↑ 29.5 -6.2 ↓ 36.2 6.7 ↑ 30.9 -5.3 ↓ 35.9 5.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.0 26.1 -1.9 ↓ 25.1 -1.0 ↓ 35.7 10.6 ↑ 30.8 -4.9 ↓ 40.9 10.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 68.0 67.2 -0.8 ↓ 60.5 -6.7 ↓ 65.3 4.8 ↑ 62.8 -2.5 ↓ 68.1 5.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 63 14 22.2 .208 .338
2019 Shifts R 75 9 12.0 .391 .405
2020 Shifts R 134 28 20.9 .289 .410
2021 Shifts R 525 82 15.6 .326 .345
2022 Shifts R 575 104 18.1 .313 .317
2023 Shades R 565 48 8.5 .332 .303
2024 Shades R 254 16 6.3 .315 .134
! 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 %
2017 72 17.2 13.9% 0.0% 21 25.1 0.0% 9.5%
2019 95 18.6 14.7% 2.1% 37 22.7 0.0% 5.4%
2020 176 20.0 7.4% 2.3% 69 23.6 1.4% 11.6%
2021 559 19.2 10.7% 4.1% 338 25.1 0.6% 13.6%
2022 516 19.1 14.5% 4.7% 347 23.6 0.0% 9.8%
2023 566 15.5 43.5% 0.7% 361 19.6 1.4% 1.1%
2024 211 15.5 43.6% 0.0% 120 19.3 0.0% 0.8%
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