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
2023 566 520 76 143 16 5 .275 .325 .444 .769
2024 255 235 26 60 5 2 .255 .303 .396 .699
2025 75 69 15 21 5 1 .304 .360 .580 .940
8 Seasons 2,279 2,097 292 551 73 18 .263 .314 .437 .751
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .275 16 5 .769
2024 .255 5 2 .699
2025 .304 5 1 .940
8 Seasons .263 73 18 .751
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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
2025 29 266 46 8 17.4 11.3 90.9 108.5 20.1 37.0 .288 .595 .406 .394 .524 45.7 26.8 8.5
Player 8293 1617 119 7.4 5.2 88.6 111.0 11.9 31.8 .243 .404 .323 .306 .361 38.7 21.7 5.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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 %
2017 55.6 44.4 15.6 20.0 8.9 33.3 44.4 22.2 22.2 28.9 4.4 11.1 15.6 17.8
2019 41.8 58.2 25.5 30.9 1.8 36.4 38.2 25.5 18.2 16.4 7.3 18.2 21.8 18.2
2020 49.5 50.5 22.2 23.2 5.1 37.4 41.4 21.2 21.2 23.2 5.1 16.2 18.2 16.2
2021 43.4 56.6 26.8 22.6 7.3 38.4 37.1 24.4 19.0 16.9 7.5 19.5 20.3 16.9
2022 43.6 56.4 22.4 23.6 10.4 40.8 36.3 22.9 21.0 17.7 5.0 19.8 18.6 17.9
2023 44.8 55.2 29.7 20.3 5.2 37.0 38.5 24.5 19.8 20.6 4.4 17.2 18.0 20.1
2024 39.7 60.3 25.7 25.1 9.5 44.7 35.2 20.1 21.2 15.1 3.4 23.5 20.1 16.8
2025 30.4 69.6 37.0 26.1 6.5 41.3 32.6 26.1 17.4 10.9 2.2 23.9 21.7 23.9
Player 43.7 56.3 25.9 22.9 7.5 39.2 37.4 23.4 20.1 18.3 5.3 19.1 19.1 18.1
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 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
2017 4.4 46.7 20.0 17.8 8.9 2.2 1.6
2019 1.8 32.7 23.6 27.3 9.1 5.5 4.0
2020 2.0 42.4 25.3 21.2 4.0 4.0 3.0
2021 4.7 33.0 27.0 21.0 5.2 9.1 6.6
2022 3.3 35.1 25.5 23.3 7.1 5.2 3.8
2023 2.1 32.3 25.5 23.4 7.6 8.9 6.0
2024 3.4 30.7 29.6 21.2 7.8 6.7 4.7
2025 2.2 19.6 26.1 30.4 4.3 17.4 11.3
Player 3.2 33.7 26.1 22.6 6.7 7.4 5.2
MLB 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 %
2025 Slider -0.8 0 57 21.4 19 .235 .412 .321 50.0 31.6 37.5 .153 .364 .266 36.4
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 53 19.9 14 .308 .769 .464 14.3 14.3 14.3 .275 .746 .442 36.4
2025 Sinker 10.9 6 52 19.5 9 .778 1.667 1.022 34.6 11.1 16.7 .630 1.566 .914 75.0
2025 Sweeper -2.8 -1 30 11.3 4 .000 .000 .000 41.7 25.0 9.1 .175 .199 .163 33.3
2025 Curveball -2.5 -1 25 9.4 7 .000 .000 .200 58.3 57.1 40.0 .016 .018 .211 0.0
2025 Changeup 1.1 0 23 8.6 10 .300 .400 .305 53.8 50.0 50.0 .315 .374 .300 40.0
2025 Cutter -8.2 -1 13 4.9 4 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .175 .331 .213 50.0
2025 Split-Finger -0.6 0 3 1.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2025 Slurve 41.0 0 1 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .866 1.155 .867 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 4 236 27.9 76 .309 .485 .382 13.0 17.1 21.3 .269 .453 .349 51.8
2024 Slider -0.5 -1 169 20.0 46 .256 .349 .296 38.1 30.4 28.0 .252 .309 .264 46.7
2024 Sinker -2.0 -3 149 17.6 47 .256 .302 .285 17.1 8.5 16.7 .248 .350 .298 30.8
2024 Changeup 1.6 1 84 9.9 27 .280 .480 .352 54.7 40.7 39.3 .242 .405 .292 40.0
2024 Curveball -4.7 -3 69 8.2 18 .000 .000 .078 36.4 38.9 35.0 .084 .200 .182 33.3
2024 Sweeper 1.9 1 65 7.7 21 .333 .667 .419 34.9 28.6 33.3 .193 .269 .199 33.3
2024 Cutter -4.6 -2 53 6.3 13 .154 .154 .138 25.0 7.7 16.7 .203 .287 .214 16.7
2024 Split-Finger 4.7 1 15 1.8 4 .250 1.000 .500 50.0 50.0 33.3 .239 .856 .452 50.0
2024 Screwball -9.1 0 4 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 63 224 -3 -2 0 0 -5
2019 75 291 -1 3 3 2 6
2020 134 537 1 -4 1 3 0
2021 529 1,957 5 -19 11 11 8
2022 582 2,051 5 -16 8 8 5
2023 565 2,122 4 -12 8 9 9
2024 254 845 0 -7 -1 5 -3
2025 70 266 5 -3 1 1 4
Player 2,272 8,293 15 -59 31 15 25
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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
2025 266 47.7 70.9 73.3 33.1 45.7 38.7 38.0 51.1 36.0 7.5 95.0
Player 8,293 47.7 66.3 84.5 32.9 53.2 41.7 31.7 48.8 26.3 7.4 72.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 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
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 37 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 46 57 14 63 54 52 67 46 30 28 30 33 53 44 83 44 23 71
2024 59 41 86
2025 46 65
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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
2025 21.4 5 4.1 1 2 3 2 40.0
Player 22.9 73 68.8 4 40 48 33 45.2
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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 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 4 7 5 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 6 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 4 3
2025 5 5 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 5 3 5 5 3 4 5 3 6 6 5 4 3 4 6 5 4
Player 73 62 64 66 75 71 76 59 58 54 64 79 72 62 72 69 66 60 70 75 70 74 90 79 58 60 74 79 73 71 63
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 91.0 -4.0 ↓ 87.0 1.8 ↑ 88.8 -1.1 ↓ 87.7 1.7 ↑ 89.4 -0.5 ↓ 88.9 2.0 ↑ 90.9
Launch Angle 11.5 -0.5 ↓ 11.0 1.5 ↑ 12.5 -1.2 ↓ 11.3 -0.9 ↓ 10.4 4.5 ↑ 14.9 5.2 ↑ 20.1
Barrel % 5.5 -1.5 ↓ 4.0 5.1 ↑ 9.1 -3.9 ↓ 5.2 3.7 ↑ 8.9 -2.2 ↓ 6.7 10.7 ↑ 17.4
Hard Hit % 41.8 -10.5 ↓ 31.3 7.9 ↑ 39.2 -1.5 ↓ 37.7 2.4 ↑ 40.1 0.1 ↑ 40.2 5.5 ↑ 45.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 47.3 -20.0 ↓ 27.3 4.9 ↑ 32.2 0.1 ↑ 32.3 -1.3 ↓ 31.0 -0.8 ↓ 30.2 6.8 ↑ 37.0
xBA .288 -0.043 ↓ .245 0.000 .245 -0.005 ↓ .240 0.002 ↑ .242 -0.008 ↓ .234 0.054 ↑ .288
BA .309 -0.030 ↓ .279 -0.023 ↓ .256 -0.006 ↓ .250 0.025 ↑ .275 -0.020 ↓ .255 0.053 ↑ .308
xwOBA .352 -0.060 ↓ .292 0.024 ↑ .316 -0.018 ↓ .298 0.011 ↑ .309 -0.022 ↓ .287 0.107 ↑ .394
wOBA .393 -0.078 ↓ .315 0.013 ↑ .328 -0.014 ↓ .314 0.016 ↑ .330 -0.027 ↓ .303 0.103 ↑ .406
xSLG .468 -0.113 ↓ .355 0.077 ↑ .432 -0.060 ↓ .372 0.048 ↑ .420 -0.057 ↓ .363 0.232 ↑ .595
SLG .574 -0.181 ↓ .393 0.068 ↑ .461 -0.048 ↓ .413 0.031 ↑ .444 -0.048 ↓ .396 0.189 ↑ .585
K% 17.3 1.4 ↑ 18.7 1.5 ↑ 20.2 -0.6 ↓ 19.6 5.3 ↑ 24.9 -1.8 ↓ 23.1 3.7 ↑ 26.8
BB% 9.3 -3.3 ↓ 6.0 -0.7 ↓ 5.3 0.5 ↑ 5.8 0.9 ↑ 6.7 -3.2 ↓ 3.5 5.0 ↑ 8.5
Swing % 46.7 1.0 ↑ 47.7 -1.3 ↓ 46.4 4.6 ↑ 51.0 -4.4 ↓ 46.6 7.8 ↑ 54.4 -3.3 ↓ 51.1
Whiff% 26.5 -6.6 ↓ 19.9 4.7 ↑ 24.6 -1.1 ↓ 23.5 4.9 ↑ 28.4 0.7 ↑ 29.1 6.9 ↑ 36.0
In Zone % 46.0 -1.9 ↓ 44.1 4.4 ↑ 48.5 -1.8 ↓ 46.7 0.8 ↑ 47.5 3.0 ↑ 50.5 -2.8 ↓ 47.7
Out of Zone % 54.0 1.9 ↑ 55.9 -4.4 ↓ 51.5 1.8 ↑ 53.3 -0.8 ↓ 52.5 -3.0 ↓ 49.5 2.8 ↑ 52.3
Out of Zone Swing % 30.6 5.1 ↑ 35.7 -6.2 ↓ 29.5 6.7 ↑ 36.2 -5.3 ↓ 30.9 5.0 ↑ 35.9 -2.8 ↓ 33.1
First Pitch Swing % 28.0 -1.9 ↓ 26.1 -1.0 ↓ 25.1 10.6 ↑ 35.7 -4.9 ↓ 30.8 10.1 ↑ 40.9 -2.9 ↓ 38.0
First Pitch Strike % 68.0 -0.8 ↓ 67.2 -6.7 ↓ 60.5 4.8 ↑ 65.3 -2.5 ↓ 62.8 5.3 ↑ 68.1 -10.4 ↓ 57.7
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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
2025 Shades R 70 5 7.1 .405 .416
! 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%
2025 42 16.3 21.4% 0.0% 41 20.0 7.3% 2.4%
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