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Austin Slater
CF | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 204LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 8, #238, San Francisco Giants | Stanford
Poor Avg Great

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 306 274 39 66 12 32 15 .241 .320 .423 .744
5 Seasons 954 843 113 213 26 99 31 .253 .338 .400 .738
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2021 .241 12 32 15 .744
5 Seasons .253 26 99 31 .738

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2017 25 466 88 3 3.4 87.6 110.6 1.3 27.3 .230 .346 .323 .282 .328 31.8 22.8 6.3
2018 26 923 131 3 2.3 87.3 108.2 2.6 25.2 .208 .276 .287 .263 .325 35.1 30.7 8.9
2019 27 803 109 11 10.1 88.7 109.1 3.5 35.8 .231 .437 .320 .328 .429 49.1 30.7 11.5
2020 28 431 64 9 14.1 89.2 109.1 10.9 45.3 .303 .540 .395 .416 .480 45.3 21.2 15.4
2021 29 1188 190 18 9.5 87.1 109.9 7.8 37.4 .254 .435 .321 .335 .426 41.6 27.5 9.2
3811 582 44 7.6 87.7 110.6 5.2 33.7 .240 .396 .321 .318 .395 40.4 27.6 9.9
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .242 .402 .317 .312 .363 35.6 22 8.4




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # % PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Fastballs 731 61.6 168 147 40 23 7 1 9 35 112 .272 .296 .517 .523 .376 .393 89.4 10 25.0 16.7
2021 Breaking 287 24.2 77 72 15 10 3 0 2 32 40 .208 .193 .333 .317 .260 .252 80.7 0 38.1 32.0
2021 Offspeed 169 14.2 59 55 11 8 2 0 1 17 38 .200 .222 .291 .354 .243 .278 83.9 6 37.8 28.3
2020 Fastballs 253 59.0 54 41 11 6 2 1 2 10 31 .268 .321 .512 .582 .415 .456 92.1 12 19.8 15.6
2020 Breaking 128 29.8 36 32 11 9 0 0 2 8 25 .344 .332 .531 .548 .400 .402 84.6 12 28.4 16.7
2020 Offspeed 48 11.2 13 11 2 1 0 0 1 4 7 .182 .172 .455 .398 .330 .312 84.1 5 37.5 21.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2017 61.4 15.9 19.3 3.4 26.1 43.2 30.7 5.7 46.6 17 23.9 3.4 3.4
2018 63.4 9.2 22.9 4.6 23.7 36.6 39.7 0.8 51.9 13 30.5 0.8 2.3
2019 54.1 14.7 28.4 2.8 29.4 36.7 33.9 3.7 40.4 11.9 26.6 6.4 10.1
2020 40.6 20.3 35.9 3.1 32.8 40.6 26.6 4.7 28.1 17.2 31.3 4.7 14.1
2021 51.6 22.6 24.2 1.6 34.7 39.5 25.8 6.8 35.3 15.3 26.8 6.3 9.5
55 16.8 25.3 2.9 29.7 39 31.3 4.5 40.9 14.6 27.7 4.5 7.6
45.1 22.5 25.4 7.1 36.6 37.8 25.5 3.7 33.2 24.4 24.4 5.7 6.6

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 %
2021 N/A -11.2 0 2 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .406 .45 .365 100
2021 Splitter -3.1 0 8 0.7 2 0 0 0 50 50 25 .011 .049 .025 100
2021 Cutter 4 4 91 7.7 22 .444 1 .62 36.4 13.6 11.1 .396 .829 .55 60
2021 Curveball -3.1 -4 119 10 35 .171 .314 .206 31.3 42.9 33.3 .165 .266 .186 25
2021 Sinker -2.2 -5 203 17.1 37 .242 .273 .28 18.1 10.8 8 .345 .438 .381 55.2
2021 Slider -1.5 -3 169 14.2 42 .243 .351 .311 42.9 40.5 30.4 .22 .365 .307 35
2021 Changeup -1.7 -3 159 13.4 56 .212 .308 .275 37.9 28.6 28.6 .226 .363 .285 25
2021 4-Seamer 1.5 7 437 36.8 109 .25 .51 .373 25.8 25.7 21.2 .26 .496 .366 45.6
2020 Cutter 2.4 0 14 3.2 3 .333 .333 .3 16.7 0 0 .507 .761 .538 66.7
2020 Changeup 2 1 48 11.1 13 .182 .455 .331 37.5 30.8 21.1 .172 .398 .31 28.6
2020 Curveball -1.6 -1 59 13.7 14 .231 .231 .243 33.3 21.4 13 .231 .3 .266 50
2020 Sinker 2 1 66 15.3 16 .364 .636 .509 0 6.3 6.3 .377 .554 .492 50
2020 Slider 2.7 2 71 16.5 23 .4 .7 .491 25 21.7 18.5 .385 .688 .476 25
2020 4-Seamer -0.3 0 173 40.1 35 .222 .481 .387 27.1 25.7 20 .277 .573 .431 61.1
2019 Splitter -16.2 -1 9 1.1 5 0 0 0 85.7 100 71.4 0
2019 Cutter -3.6 -2 52 6.5 12 .25 .5 .313 20.8 8.3 12.5 .37 .846 .501 54.5
2019 Changeup 5.6 4 74 9.2 19 .353 .529 .508 27.8 10.5 9.5 .348 .675 .454 40
2019 Curveball -2.1 -2 102 12.7 19 .158 .316 .237 35.1 31.6 20.7 .15 .364 .246 30.8
2019 Slider 1.8 2 124 15.4 36 .265 .471 .333 37.1 36.1 26 .254 .425 .308 52.4
2019 Sinker 1.2 2 152 18.9 37 .219 .344 .328 14.8 27 30.3 .273 .419 .348 50
2019 4-Seamer 0.2 1 289 36 62 .25 .458 .39 39.3 35.5 25 .172 .356 .328 57.7
2018 Splitter -6.5 0 3 0.3 1 0 0 0 50 100 50 0
2018 Cutter -1.2 -1 65 7 18 .25 .25 .278 36.8 44.4 38.1 .177 .197 .224 37.5
2018 Curveball -2.3 -2 101 10.9 23 .048 .048 .139 37.5 30.4 21.9 .143 .184 .195 21.4
2018 Changeup -1.6 -1 82 8.9 27 .222 .296 .226 32.7 29.6 23.5 .208 .313 .224 21.1
2018 Slider 0.8 1 165 17.9 41 .286 .343 .361 36.4 39 23.2 .151 .176 .227 15.8
2018 Sinker -0.8 -1 184 19.9 42 .282 .308 .294 17.6 19 16.3 .236 .276 .26 45.2
2018 4-Seamer 0 0 322 34.9 71 .3 .4 .357 25.3 29.6 21.4 .258 .376 .336 47.5
2017 Splitter -2.4 0 3 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .168 .17 .153 0
2017 Changeup -2.9 -1 28 6 7 .286 .286 .257 50 42.9 42.9 .12 .142 .115 25
2017 Cutter -0.2 0 25 5.4 9 .333 .444 .339 40 33.3 42.9 .397 .506 .387 16.7
2017 Curveball -1.1 -1 55 11.8 14 .286 .286 .257 29.4 21.4 27.3 .139 .164 .134 9.1
2017 Sinker 3.8 3 72 15.5 25 .273 .5 .372 20 24 33.3 .222 .33 .292 37.5
2017 Slider -2.2 -2 97 20.8 33 .161 .258 .239 49 39.4 40.6 .158 .239 .202 22.2
2017 4-Seamer 1.7 3 186 39.9 38 .394 .545 .447 11.1 2.6 2.1 .322 .537 .409 46.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 127 466 3 -6 4 2 2
2018 223 922 -5 -8 3 5 -5
2019 190 802 1 -7 6 3 3
2020 104 431 -1 -3 5 3 3
2021 309 1202 -3 -13 7 5 -4
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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 466 51.7 66 84.9 26.7 41.7 42.5 34.6 47 26.9 8.2 89.5
2018 923 50 65.9 79.9 28 51.2 42.6 24 47 28.6 8.6 67.1
2019 803 50 60.8 74.6 23.2 47.3 44 22.9 42.1 32.8 8.5 79.4
2020 431 49 63.5 82.8 20 50 40.4 30.8 41.3 25.3 9 74.4
2021 1188 52.3 66.3 75.7 22.6 48.4 42 34.6 45.5 30 7.5 75.3
3811 50.8 64.8 78.5 24.2 48.2 42.5 29.4 44.8 29.3 8.2 75.7
48.5 66.8 82 28.3 58.5 42.6 29.2 47 24.6 7.2 76

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% Speed OAA
2017 84
2018 75
2019 81
2020 73
2021 84 80
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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 21.5 5 6.7 -2 3 9 0 0
2020 20.6 5 3.3 2 3 2 2 40
2021 21.2 12 10 2 7 6 5 41.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 5 8 6 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 9 8 1 5 6 9 3 7 6 9 1 7 6 7 6 8 9 7 7 6 9
2020 5 4 5 2 5 3 3 5 4 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 4
2021 12 10 13 11 13 10 9 12 8 9 14 11 6 7 9 12 5 10 10 11 6 10 9 12 11 9 11 8 9 11 13
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.6 87.3 -0.3 ↓ 88.7 1.4 ↑ 89.2 0.5 ↑ 87.1 -2.1 ↓
Launch Angle 1.3 2.6 1.3 ↑ 3.5 0.9 ↑ 10.9 7.4 ↑ 7.8 -3.1 ↓
Barrel % 3.4 2.3 -1.1 ↓ 10.1 7.8 ↑ 14.1 4 ↑ 9.5 -4.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.8 35.1 3.3 ↑ 49.1 14 ↑ 45.3 -3.8 ↓ 41.6 -3.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 27.3 25.2 -2.1 ↓ 35.8 10.6 ↑ 45.3 9.5 ↑ 37.4 -7.9 ↓
xBA .23 .208 -0.022 ↓ .231 0.023 ↑ .303 0.072 ↑ .254 -0.049 ↓
BA .282 .251 -0.031 ↓ .238 -0.013 ↓ .282 0.044 ↑ .241 -0.041 ↓
xwOBA .282 .263 -0.019 ↓ .328 0.065 ↑ .416 0.088 ↑ .335 -0.081 ↓
wOBA .323 .287 -0.036 ↓ .32 0.033 ↑ .395 0.075 ↑ .321 -0.074 ↓
xSLG .346 .276 -0.07 ↓ .437 0.161 ↑ .54 0.103 ↑ .435 -0.105 ↓
SLG .402 .307 -0.095 ↓ .417 0.11 ↑ .506 0.089 ↑ .423 -0.083 ↓
K% 22.8 30.7 7.9 ↑ 30.7 0 21.2 -9.5 ↓ 27.5 6.3 ↑
BB% 6.3 8.9 2.6 ↑ 11.5 2.6 ↑ 15.4 3.9 ↑ 9.2 -6.2 ↓
Swing % 47 47 0 42.1 -4.9 ↓ 41.3 -0.8 ↓ 45.5 4.2 ↑
Whiff% 26.9 28.6 1.7 ↑ 32.8 4.2 ↑ 25.3 -7.5 ↓ 30 4.7 ↑
In Zone % 51.7 50 -1.7 ↓ 50 0 49 -1 ↓ 52.3 3.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.3 50 1.7 ↑ 50 0 51 1 ↑ 47.7 -3.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.7 28 1.3 ↑ 23.2 -4.8 ↓ 20 -3.2 ↓ 22.6 2.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 34.6 24 -10.6 ↓ 22.9 -1.1 ↓ 30.8 7.9 ↑ 34.6 3.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.8 61.3 -2.5 ↓ 55.2 -6.1 ↓ 69.2 14 ↑ 66.7 -2.5 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2017 R 127 0 0.0 .323
2018 R 223 0 0.0 .287
2019 R 191 4 2.1 .322 .217
2020 R 104 9 8.7 .402 .318
2021 R 304 19 6.3 .312 .444