Austin Meadows
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 1, #9, Pittsburgh Pirates | Grayson (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 591 518 79 121 27 4 .234 .315 .458 .773
2022 147 128 9 32 0 0 .250 .347 .328 .675
2023 21 21 0 5 0 0 .238 .238 .286 .524
6 Seasons 1,693 1,507 209 390 70 23 .259 .333 .472 .805
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .234 27 4 .773
2022 .250 0 0 .675
2023 .238 0 0 .524
6 Seasons .259 70 23 .805
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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%
2018 23 772 140 9 6.4 4.7 88.2 108.6 13.7 34.3 .266 .424 .332 .316 .382 39.3 20.9 5.2
2019 24 2497 399 50 12.5 8.5 90.4 115.4 16.7 38.1 .282 .545 .380 .375 .454 42.9 22.2 9.1
2020 25 657 84 6 7.1 3.9 90.3 108.6 24.2 28.6 .186 .344 .292 .278 .356 44.0 32.9 11.2
2021 26 2366 404 35 8.7 5.9 89.3 110.3 21.7 36.1 .240 .425 .327 .326 .369 37.9 20.6 10.0
2022 27 590 111 7 6.3 4.8 87.8 108.2 17.2 34.2 .308 .460 .307 .380 .384 39.6 11.6 10.9
2023 28 79 18 0 0.0 0.0 90.5 108.8 16.7 22.2 .229 .275 .227 .220 .256 50.0 14.3 0.0
Player 6961 1156 107 9.3 6.3 89.5 115.4 18.6 35.6 .259 .461 .340 .341 .399 40.6 21.4 9.2
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
2018 42.1 27.9 22.9 7.1 32.9 42.1 25.0 3.6 28.6 22.1 30.7 8.6 6.4 4.7
2019 35.1 29.6 27.6 7.8 41.1 38.6 20.3 2.8 25.3 25.6 27.1 6.8 12.5 8.5
2020 27.4 40.5 21.4 10.7 41.7 39.3 19.0 1.2 15.5 40.5 21.4 11.9 7.1 3.9
2021 28.7 36.9 23.8 10.6 40.3 34.2 25.5 2.5 20.8 37.1 22.5 7.9 8.7 5.9
2022 37.8 24.3 27.0 10.8 36.0 38.7 25.2 3.6 19.8 31.5 31.5 6.3 6.3 4.8
2023 44.4 22.2 16.7 16.7 27.8 38.9 33.3 5.6 27.8 33.3 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 33.6 32.1 25.0 9.3 39.2 37.5 23.3 2.8 22.9 31.0 26.0 7.6 9.3 6.3
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -1 29 36.7 8 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .173 .209 .167 62.5
2023 Cutter -3.5 0 11 13.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .224 .284 .206 100.0
2023 Curveball -9.8 -1 10 12.7 2 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .058 .087 .058 0.0
2023 Changeup 2.7 0 10 12.7 3 .333 .333 .300 57.1 33.3 33.3 .181 .207 .171 0.0
2023 Slider 0.9 0 9 11.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 25.0 0.0 0.0 .317 .452 .328 50.0
2023 Sinker 14.0 1 4 5.1 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 50.0 50.0 .494 .550 .463 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -7.0 0 3 3.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .469 .533 .441 100.0
2023 Sweeper -11.3 0 3 3.8 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 100.0 .230 .246 .210 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -4 200 33.9 44 .209 .302 .232 7.7 4.5 4.3 .259 .412 .298 29.3
2022 Changeup -1.1 -1 88 14.9 25 .182 .273 .256 9.1 16.0 14.8 .320 .444 .375 55.6
2022 Slider 4.9 4 78 13.2 25 .421 .526 .484 14.3 8.0 7.7 .352 .531 .460 41.2
2022 Sinker -3.1 -2 76 12.9 21 .176 .176 .262 13.5 9.5 15.4 .400 .654 .500 60.0
2022 Curveball 0.1 0 65 11.0 13 .231 .308 .304 20.0 30.8 19.0 .292 .361 .288 44.4
2022 Cutter 2.3 1 40 6.8 7 .429 .571 .358 17.6 14.3 11.1 .260 .458 .307 33.3
2022 Sweeper 14.5 3 19 3.2 7 .667 .667 .657 16.7 0.0 0.0 .584 .663 .638 0.0
2022 Split-Finger 0.3 0 13 2.2 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 0.0 0.0 .283 .305 .479 0.0
2022 Slurve -5.5 -1 11 1.9 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 40.0 .015 .015 .015 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 189 772 -3 -2 5 3 3
2019 611 2,616 3 -10 20 10 23
2020 205 877 -12 -7 5 3 -11
2021 597 2,405 7 -18 23 12 24
2022 147 590 -4 -7 9 3 0
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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 %
2018 772 51.4 65.0 88.0 23.5 56.8 42.2 18.9 44.8 19.9 7.3 80.4
2019 2,497 48.2 61.0 84.7 24.7 57.7 42.4 15.5 42.2 23.5 7.3 68.3
2020 657 47.3 67.5 76.2 26.9 51.6 46.0 24.3 46.1 31.4 6.1 60.0
2021 2,366 47.1 70.9 83.5 25.1 55.4 42.6 25.3 46.7 24.4 6.9 81.6
2022 590 47.8 62.8 91.5 21.1 73.8 42.4 17.7 41.0 13.2 8.5 68.0
2023 79 53.2 66.7 89.3 43.2 75.0 35.4 23.8 55.7 15.9 15.2 50.0
Player 6,961 48.1 65.6 84.5 24.8 57.7 42.7 20.4 44.4 23.3 7.2 72.8
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
2018 64 88
2019 88 86 90 89 80 90 88 73 97 74 42 56 60 76 78 34
2020 9 3 12 40 10 24 43 75 55 75 5 73 22 53 40 37
2021 48 29 49 55 48 63 53 48 73 32 55 66 52 66 62 49
2022 42 47 32
2023 43 17
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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 %
2018 21.1 6 6.3 0 4 7 1 16.7
2019 20.7 33 30.7 2 16 28 9 27.3
2020 21.2 6 5.8 0 4 6 1 16.7
2021 21.9 28 24.7 3 11 17 11 39.3
2022 -- 0 1.9 -2 0 4 0 --
Player 21.3 73 69.4 4 35 62 22 30.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 6 9 4 7 7 6 7 7 6 5 5 7 8 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 8 9 5 5 6 6 8 5 2
2019 33 41 21 34 34 28 36 35 22 15 23 28 40 25 29 33 27 24 29 34 33 38 44 42 31 23 27 36 46 25 17
2020 6 6 5 8 4 7 6 6 3 4 5 6 7 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 7 9 6 6 4 5 8 7 6 4
2021 28 27 20 30 25 24 27 28 19 17 19 27 27 22 26 29 24 26 28 24 25 24 31 29 24 22 27 26 23 22 18
2022 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 4 1 4 4 2 0 1 2 4 1 1
Player 73 85 52 81 71 66 77 79 50 41 52 69 86 59 68 79 68 63 72 71 75 77 96 90 68 54 66 78 88 59 42
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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.2 90.4 2.2 90.3 -0.1 89.3 -1.0 87.8 -1.5 90.5 2.7
Launch Angle 13.7 16.7 3.0 24.2 7.5 21.7 -2.5 17.2 -4.5 16.7 -0.5
Barrel % 6.4 12.5 6.1 7.1 -5.4 8.7 1.6 6.3 -2.4 0.0 -6.3
Hard Hit % 39.3 42.9 3.6 44.0 1.1 37.9 -6.1 39.6 1.7 50.0 10.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.3 38.1 3.8 28.6 -9.5 36.1 7.5 34.2 -1.9 22.2 -12.0
xBA .266 .282 0.016 .186 -0.096 .240 0.054 .308 0.068 .229 -0.079
BA .287 .291 0.004 .205 -0.086 .234 0.029 .250 0.016 .238 -0.012
xwOBA .316 .375 0.059 .278 -0.097 .326 0.048 .380 0.054 .220 -0.160
wOBA .332 .380 0.048 .292 -0.088 .327 0.035 .307 -0.020 .227 -0.080
xSLG .424 .545 0.121 .344 -0.201 .425 0.081 .460 0.035 .275 -0.185
SLG .461 .558 0.097 .371 -0.187 .458 0.087 .328 -0.130 .286 -0.042
K% 20.9 22.2 1.3 32.9 10.7 20.6 -12.3 11.6 -9.0 14.3 2.7
BB% 5.2 9.1 3.9 11.2 2.1 10.0 -1.2 10.9 0.9 0.0 -10.9
Swing % 44.8 42.2 -2.6 46.1 3.9 46.7 0.6 41.0 -5.7 55.7 14.7
Whiff% 19.9 23.5 3.6 31.4 7.9 24.4 -7.0 13.2 -11.2 15.9 2.7
In Zone % 51.4 48.2 -3.2 47.3 -0.9 47.1 -0.2 47.8 0.7 53.2 5.4
Out of Zone % 48.6 51.8 3.2 52.7 0.9 52.9 0.2 52.2 -0.7 46.8 -5.4
Out of Zone Swing % 23.5 24.7 1.2 26.9 2.2 25.1 -1.8 21.1 -4.0 43.2 22.1
First Pitch Swing % 18.9 15.5 -3.4 24.3 8.8 25.3 1.0 17.7 -7.6 23.8 6.1
First Pitch Strike % 59.5 61.3 1.8 64.5 3.2 59.0 -5.5 61.2 2.2 81.0 19.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts L 189 56 29.6 .369 .243
2019 Shifts L 585 298 50.9 .361 .398
2020 Shifts L 152 89 58.6 .319 .273
2021 Shifts L 582 436 74.9 .402 .304
2022 Shifts L 147 110 74.8 .268 .321
2023 Shades L 21 8 38.1 .231 .221
! 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 %
2018 245 17.3 24.1% 1.2% 131 22.6 0.0% 10.7%
2019 843 18.7 16.3% 2.7% 419 24.6 0.5% 16.0%
2020 210 18.1 19.5% 2.9% 95 23.9 1.1% 11.6%
2021 623 17.8 19.7% 3.2% 421 24.4 1.0% 13.3%
2022 187 17.8 23.5% 3.7% 114 24.7 0.9% 14.9%
2023 23 16.0 39.1% 0.0% 8 19.6 0.0% 0.0%
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