Austin Hedges
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 220LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #82, San Diego Padres | J Serra (CA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 338 294 26 48 7 2 .163 .241 .248 .489
2023 212 185 14 34 1 1 .184 .234 .227 .461
2024 146 132 12 20 2 2 .152 .203 .220 .423
10 Seasons 2,359 2,129 199 397 69 15 .186 .243 .315 .558
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .163 7 2 .489
2023 .184 1 1 .461
2024 .152 2 2 .423
10 Seasons .186 69 15 .558
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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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%
2015 22 536 105 1 1.0 0.7 88.1 108.3 12.8 31.4 .190 .259 .203 .222 .270 24.8 25.0 5.3
2016 23 96 18 1 5.6 3.8 91.2 112.6 18.1 22.2 .172 .281 .143 .204 .254 38.9 26.9 0.0
2017 24 1536 269 18 6.7 4.3 87.8 108.9 17.8 29.0 .196 .344 .278 .253 .332 34.3 29.3 5.5
2018 25 1298 214 14 6.5 4.3 85.6 108.2 16.1 30.8 .203 .345 .301 .260 .332 29.9 27.6 6.4
2019 26 1373 206 17 8.3 4.9 86.7 108.7 21.6 32.0 .195 .347 .242 .265 .346 32.5 31.4 7.8
2020 27 335 52 4 7.7 4.8 90.2 108.8 18.6 26.9 .204 .330 .232 .277 .340 38.5 27.7 7.2
2021 28 1185 209 8 3.8 2.6 85.8 110.0 19.0 28.2 .191 .287 .227 .228 .292 30.1 27.9 4.8
2022 29 1274 229 7 3.1 2.1 84.2 107.1 16.7 31.9 .180 .261 .225 .238 .257 22.3 23.1 7.4
2023 30 741 151 1 0.7 0.5 87.2 108.1 15.4 29.1 .215 .289 .209 .253 .296 31.1 22.2 5.2
2024 31 547 87 1 1.1 0.7 84.8 103.2 21.4 24.1 .127 .179 .191 .166 .208 24.1 34.2 4.1
Player 8921 1540 72 4.7 3.1 86.4 112.6 17.7 29.7 .191 .304 .242 .243 .302 29.8 27.6 6.0
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
2015 46.7 22.9 22.9 7.6 39.0 38.1 22.9 1.0 36.2 33.3 20.0 2.9 1.0 0.7
2016 44.4 33.3 16.7 5.6 33.3 38.9 27.8 0.0 33.3 38.9 11.1 11.1 5.6 3.8
2017 38.3 23.8 22.7 15.2 33.8 41.3 24.5 3.0 26.0 34.2 21.6 5.2 6.7 4.3
2018 39.3 25.7 22.0 13.1 44.9 35.5 19.2 7.5 23.8 32.2 22.9 6.5 6.5 4.3
2019 33.5 29.1 23.3 14.1 46.6 35.4 18.0 1.9 25.2 36.4 20.4 5.8 8.3 4.9
2020 48.1 26.9 15.4 9.6 46.2 38.5 15.4 17.3 25.0 23.1 21.2 5.8 7.7 4.8
2021 38.3 28.2 20.6 12.9 44.0 32.5 23.4 8.1 27.3 34.4 23.0 2.9 3.8 2.6
2022 40.6 24.0 23.6 11.8 41.0 34.9 24.0 9.2 30.1 33.6 19.2 4.4 3.1 2.1
2023 45.7 20.5 23.8 9.9 40.4 38.4 21.2 10.6 24.5 30.5 29.1 4.0 0.7 0.5
2024 36.8 34.5 16.1 12.6 52.9 28.7 18.4 10.3 23.0 42.5 17.2 5.7 1.1 0.7
Player 39.7 25.8 21.9 12.5 42.0 36.2 21.6 6.6 26.8 33.9 21.7 4.9 4.7 3.1
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 -3 193 35.3 46 .244 .341 .279 29.2 28.3 20.6 .206 .281 .240 30.0
2024 Slider -1.7 -2 112 20.5 27 .074 .111 .113 32.1 40.7 25.6 .072 .101 .074 12.5
2024 Sinker -2.1 -2 73 13.3 19 .188 .250 .247 14.6 5.3 8.3 .129 .195 .201 25.0
2024 Cutter -5.8 -3 58 10.6 20 .059 .235 .170 44.7 35.0 50.0 .047 .108 .127 18.2
2024 Curveball -3.2 -1 36 6.6 11 .222 .222 .250 52.6 54.5 42.9 .150 .161 .192 25.0
2024 Sweeper -6.0 -2 33 6.0 12 .000 .000 .058 61.1 66.7 57.1 .030 .039 .087 0.0
2024 Changeup -3.5 -1 33 6.0 6 .167 .167 .150 29.4 33.3 20.0 .257 .359 .265 75.0
2024 Split-Finger -5.9 -1 9 1.6 5 .200 .200 .180 16.7 40.0 50.0 .061 .073 .058 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -4 252 34.0 65 .228 .246 .254 27.3 18.5 20.0 .246 .298 .265 34.7
2023 Slider -5.3 -7 138 18.6 39 .105 .105 .073 40.0 41.0 32.0 .179 .206 .168 13.0
2023 Sinker -1.9 -3 131 17.7 44 .212 .242 .271 11.3 4.5 9.1 .300 .432 .378 41.7
2023 Changeup -0.8 -1 67 9.0 22 .111 .111 .152 37.5 27.3 20.0 .131 .166 .213 28.6
2023 Cutter -2.3 -1 57 7.7 15 .231 .308 .268 28.1 0.0 0.0 .276 .470 .344 14.3
2023 Curveball 3.4 2 48 6.5 11 .300 .700 .523 23.5 45.5 35.7 .148 .289 .231 60.0
2023 Sweeper -2.9 -1 39 5.3 13 .154 .231 .165 39.1 46.2 40.0 .090 .120 .091 28.6
2023 Split-Finger -3.2 0 4 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .104 .104 .096 0.0
2023 Slurve -16.9 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .023 .052 .028 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 151 531 -5 -9 0 1 -13
2017 407 1,518 -11 -13 1 5 -19
2018 323 1,298 -1 -9 2 3 -6
2019 344 1,371 -5 -22 2 8 -16
2020 84 341 -6 -5 2 2 -8
2021 311 1,185 -15 -12 3 4 -20
2022 356 1,358 -12 -27 10 6 -24
2023 213 744 -8 -14 3 2 -17
2024 160 597 -9 -11 1 2 -16
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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 %
2015 536 52.8 67.5 82.2 34.8 50.0 42.0 27.6 52.1 27.2 10.1 68.5
2016 96 51.0 69.4 79.4 42.6 50.0 41.7 53.8 56.3 31.5 9.4 77.8
2017 1,536 48.6 71.4 77.8 35.8 49.5 42.2 33.7 53.1 32.0 7.6 80.9
2018 1,298 49.6 65.4 81.0 33.0 54.2 44.4 27.6 49.1 27.9 6.6 75.6
2019 1,373 45.9 71.1 76.1 34.6 46.7 40.7 29.8 51.3 33.3 6.8 74.2
2020 335 47.2 60.8 84.4 22.6 50.0 40.3 16.9 40.6 24.3 5.7 68.4
2021 1,185 49.6 74.5 77.6 33.8 51.0 41.7 34.1 54.0 29.5 8.5 81.2
2022 1,274 47.7 68.4 80.8 28.5 50.0 42.7 33.4 47.6 27.7 6.7 71.8
2023 741 48.7 72.0 79.6 33.2 54.0 43.5 35.8 52.1 28.0 7.6 82.1
2024 547 54.0 76.0 74.7 29.0 35.6 44.7 45.9 54.5 32.9 8.2 82.2
Player 8,921 48.9 70.2 78.8 32.8 49.7 42.5 32.5 51.1 29.9 7.4 76.9
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
2015 62 44
2016 89 13
2017 1 1 7 31 1 38 54 46 67 41 8 12 7 8 38
2018 61 29
2019 2 1 6 25 1 22 54 12 63 18 4 36 6 16 12
2020 57 3
2021 71 12
2022 29 4
2023 36 4
2024 9 8
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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 23.0 18 12.3 6 3 10 6 33.3
2018 25.2 14 12.0 2 5 7 8 57.1
2019 24.1 11 11.8 -1 2 11 4 36.4
2020 23.6 3 1.9 1 2 1 1 33.3
2021 25.0 10 9.3 1 3 3 7 70.0
2022 25.9 7 6.6 0 3 6 2 28.6
2023 27.5 1 1.4 0 2 2 0 0.0
2024 23.2 2 2.2 0 0 3 0 0.0
Player 24.5 66 57.6 8 20 43 28 42.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 18 12 11 14 15 11 16 11 10 8 12 15 11 11 11 13 9 10 14 14 10 14 17 16 11 9 12 17 14 14 7
2018 14 15 11 10 10 9 13 12 11 9 12 15 14 10 10 13 10 10 13 14 15 14 17 13 9 9 11 12 15 13 11
2019 11 14 8 10 13 12 14 10 12 7 12 12 15 10 12 10 9 11 11 13 13 15 15 13 10 11 11 14 16 12 10
2020 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1
2021 10 10 9 8 11 9 10 9 9 7 9 11 8 7 9 9 7 8 10 10 11 11 11 10 7 9 10 9 10 10 10
2022 7 5 5 6 6 7 10 4 5 4 7 9 7 8 7 9 7 4 7 6 8 6 8 6 4 5 8 9 8 8 6
2023 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2024 2 0 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3
Player 66 59 51 52 60 54 69 52 51 39 58 69 61 51 55 59 49 49 61 63 63 64 75 64 45 47 58 67 70 63 49
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 91.2 3.1 ↑ 87.8 -3.4 ↓ 85.6 -2.2 ↓ 86.7 1.1 ↑ 90.2 3.5 ↑ 85.8 -4.4 ↓ 84.2 -1.6 ↓ 87.2 3.0 ↑ 84.8 -2.4 ↓
Launch Angle 12.8 18.1 5.3 ↑ 17.8 -0.3 ↓ 16.1 -1.7 ↓ 21.6 5.5 ↑ 18.6 -3.0 ↓ 19.0 0.4 ↑ 16.7 -2.3 ↓ 15.4 -1.3 ↓ 21.4 6.0 ↑
Barrel % 1.0 5.6 4.6 ↑ 6.7 1.1 ↑ 6.5 -0.2 ↓ 8.3 1.8 ↑ 7.7 -0.6 ↓ 3.8 -3.9 ↓ 3.1 -0.7 ↓ 0.7 -2.4 ↓ 1.1 0.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 24.8 38.9 14.1 ↑ 34.3 -4.6 ↓ 29.9 -4.4 ↓ 32.5 2.6 ↑ 38.5 6.0 ↑ 30.1 -8.4 ↓ 22.3 -7.8 ↓ 31.1 8.8 ↑ 24.1 -7.0 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.4 22.2 -9.2 ↓ 29.0 6.8 ↑ 30.8 1.8 ↑ 32.0 1.2 ↑ 26.9 -5.1 ↓ 28.2 1.3 ↑ 31.9 3.7 ↑ 29.1 -2.8 ↓ 24.1 -5.0 ↓
xBA .190 .172 -0.018 ↓ .196 0.024 ↑ .203 0.007 ↑ .195 -0.008 ↓ .204 0.009 ↑ .191 -0.013 ↓ .180 -0.011 ↓ .215 0.035 ↑ .127 -0.088 ↓
BA .168 .125 -0.043 ↓ .214 0.089 ↑ .231 0.017 ↑ .176 -0.055 ↓ .145 -0.031 ↓ .178 0.033 ↑ .163 -0.015 ↓ .184 0.021 ↑ .152 -0.032 ↓
xwOBA .222 .204 -0.018 ↓ .253 0.049 ↑ .260 0.007 ↑ .265 0.005 ↑ .277 0.012 ↑ .228 -0.049 ↓ .238 0.010 ↑ .253 0.015 ↑ .166 -0.087 ↓
wOBA .203 .143 -0.060 ↓ .278 0.135 ↑ .301 0.023 ↑ .242 -0.059 ↓ .232 -0.010 ↓ .227 -0.005 ↓ .225 -0.002 ↓ .209 -0.016 ↓ .191 -0.018 ↓
xSLG .259 .281 0.022 ↑ .344 0.063 ↑ .345 0.001 ↑ .347 0.002 ↑ .330 -0.017 ↓ .287 -0.043 ↓ .261 -0.026 ↓ .289 0.028 ↑ .179 -0.110 ↓
SLG .248 .167 -0.081 ↓ .398 0.231 ↑ .429 0.031 ↑ .311 -0.118 ↓ .290 -0.021 ↓ .308 0.018 ↑ .248 -0.060 ↓ .227 -0.021 ↓ .220 -0.007 ↓
K% 25.0 26.9 1.9 ↑ 29.3 2.4 ↑ 27.6 -1.7 ↓ 31.4 3.8 ↑ 27.7 -3.7 ↓ 27.9 0.2 ↑ 23.1 -4.8 ↓ 22.2 -0.9 ↓ 34.2 12.0 ↑
BB% 5.3 0.0 -5.3 ↓ 5.5 5.5 ↑ 6.4 0.9 ↑ 7.8 1.4 ↑ 7.2 -0.6 ↓ 4.8 -2.4 ↓ 7.4 2.6 ↑ 5.2 -2.2 ↓ 4.1 -1.1 ↓
Swing % 52.1 56.3 4.2 ↑ 53.1 -3.2 ↓ 49.1 -4.0 ↓ 51.3 2.2 ↑ 40.6 -10.7 ↓ 54.0 13.4 ↑ 47.6 -6.4 ↓ 52.1 4.5 ↑ 54.5 2.4 ↑
Whiff% 27.2 31.5 4.3 ↑ 32.0 0.5 ↑ 27.9 -4.1 ↓ 33.3 5.4 ↑ 24.3 -9.0 ↓ 29.5 5.2 ↑ 27.7 -1.8 ↓ 28.0 0.3 ↑ 32.9 4.9 ↑
In Zone % 52.8 51.0 -1.8 ↓ 48.6 -2.4 ↓ 49.6 1.0 ↑ 45.9 -3.7 ↓ 47.2 1.3 ↑ 49.6 2.4 ↑ 47.7 -1.9 ↓ 48.7 1.0 ↑ 54.0 5.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.2 49.0 1.8 ↑ 51.4 2.4 ↑ 50.4 -1.0 ↓ 54.1 3.7 ↑ 52.8 -1.3 ↓ 50.4 -2.4 ↓ 52.3 1.9 ↑ 51.3 -1.0 ↓ 46.0 -5.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 34.8 42.6 7.8 ↑ 35.8 -6.8 ↓ 33.0 -2.8 ↓ 34.6 1.6 ↑ 22.6 -12.0 ↓ 33.8 11.2 ↑ 28.5 -5.3 ↓ 33.2 4.7 ↑ 29.0 -4.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 27.6 53.8 26.2 ↑ 33.7 -20.1 ↓ 27.6 -6.1 ↓ 29.8 2.2 ↑ 16.9 -12.9 ↓ 34.1 17.2 ↑ 33.4 -0.7 ↓ 35.8 2.4 ↑ 45.9 10.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.2 76.9 15.7 ↑ 62.0 -14.9 ↓ 56.7 -5.3 ↓ 59.2 2.5 ↑ 54.2 -5.0 ↓ 63.7 9.5 ↑ 65.7 2.0 ↑ 61.8 -3.9 ↓ 63.0 1.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 26 0 0.0 .143
2017 Shifts R 407 15 3.7 .272 .295
2018 Shifts R 323 32 9.9 .312 .206
2019 Shifts R 344 103 29.9 .248 .230
2020 Shifts R 82 35 42.7 .227 .240
2021 Shifts R 308 100 32.5 .224 .227
2022 Shifts R 338 127 37.6 .196 .270
2023 Shades R 212 16 7.5 .208 .222
2024 Shades R 146 21 14.4 .183 .238
! 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 %
2015 136 17.4 31.6% 3.7% 76 23.3 3.9% 18.4%
2016 25 19.6 12.0% 0.0% 10 27.3 0.0% 20.0%
2017 414 16.7 31.9% 1.9% 211 22.9 0.9% 11.8%
2018 357 16.7 27.2% 2.0% 225 23.5 0.9% 6.2%
2019 343 17.6 23.6% 1.7% 222 23.4 0.5% 9.0%
2020 115 17.5 21.7% 1.7% 56 22.6 0.0% 5.4%
2021 296 17.8 18.2% 2.4% 176 22.1 0.6% 8.5%
2022 350 17.7 21.4% 1.7% 223 22.3 0.9% 9.9%
2023 179 14.8 57.5% 0.6% 112 18.5 10.7% 0.9%
2024 119 15.4 42.0% 0.0% 83 18.4 8.4% 0.0%
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