Austin Slater
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 8, #238, San Francisco Giants | Stanford
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 207 185 24 50 5 2 .270 .348 .400 .748
2024 212 177 24 37 2 3 .209 .321 .266 .587
2025 74 64 10 15 2 0 .234 .329 .406 .735
9 Seasons 1,772 1,546 220 388 42 48 .251 .342 .386 .728
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .270 5 2 .748
2024 .209 2 3 .587
2025 .234 2 0 .735
9 Seasons .251 42 48 .728
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%
2017 24 466 88 3 3.4 2.4 87.5 110.6 1.6 28.4 .231 .348 .323 .283 .329 31.8 22.8 6.3
2018 25 923 131 3 2.3 1.3 87.3 108.2 2.6 25.2 .209 .277 .287 .264 .327 35.1 30.7 8.9
2019 26 803 109 11 10.1 5.7 88.7 109.1 3.5 35.8 .233 .440 .320 .330 .433 49.1 30.7 11.5
2020 27 431 64 9 14.1 8.7 89.2 109.1 10.9 45.3 .303 .540 .395 .416 .480 45.3 21.2 15.4
2021 28 1188 190 18 9.5 5.9 87.1 109.9 7.8 37.4 .256 .439 .321 .335 .426 41.6 27.5 9.2
2022 29 1326 190 20 10.5 6.2 89.0 109.4 6.6 43.2 .259 .429 .344 .351 .432 39.5 27.4 12.3
2023 30 808 127 15 11.8 7.2 91.1 109.6 7.5 34.6 .255 .443 .330 .338 .429 46.5 28.0 9.7
2024 31 882 121 4 3.3 1.9 88.2 105.4 7.2 37.2 .232 .319 .273 .303 .353 37.2 28.3 12.3
2025 32 320 40 7 17.5 9.5 92.1 109.3 6.4 42.5 .243 .482 .326 .353 .501 55.0 33.8 12.2
Player 7147 1060 90 8.5 5.1 88.6 110.6 6.0 36.3 .245 .404 .321 .327 .406 41.2 27.9 10.7
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 61.4 38.6 15.9 19.3 3.4 26.1 43.2 30.7 19.3 27.3 14.8 6.8 15.9 15.9
2018 63.4 36.6 9.2 22.9 4.6 23.7 36.6 39.7 22.1 26.7 14.5 1.5 9.9 25.2
2019 54.1 45.9 14.7 28.4 2.8 29.4 36.7 33.9 22.9 20.2 11.0 6.4 16.5 22.9
2020 40.6 59.4 21.9 34.4 3.1 32.8 40.6 26.6 18.8 18.8 3.1 14.1 21.9 23.4
2021 51.6 48.4 22.6 24.2 1.6 34.7 39.5 25.8 22.1 22.6 6.8 12.6 16.8 18.9
2022 53.7 46.3 19.5 25.3 1.6 31.1 42.6 26.3 23.7 23.2 6.8 7.4 19.5 19.5
2023 49.6 50.4 26.0 22.0 2.4 33.1 33.1 33.9 23.6 15.7 10.2 9.4 17.3 23.6
2024 52.1 47.9 15.7 30.6 1.7 29.8 35.5 34.7 21.5 20.7 9.9 8.3 14.9 24.8
2025 47.5 52.5 27.5 25.0 0.0 47.5 40.0 12.5 35.0 10.0 2.5 12.5 30.0 10.0
Player 53.5 46.5 18.8 25.4 2.4 31.0 38.6 30.4 22.6 21.6 9.2 8.4 17.0 21.1
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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 5.7 46.6 17.0 23.9 3.4 3.4 2.4
2018 0.8 51.9 13.0 30.5 0.8 2.3 1.3
2019 3.7 40.4 11.9 26.6 6.4 10.1 5.7
2020 4.7 28.1 17.2 31.3 4.7 14.1 8.7
2021 6.8 35.3 15.3 26.8 6.3 9.5 5.9
2022 5.8 33.7 14.2 28.9 6.8 10.5 6.2
2023 3.9 33.9 18.9 26.8 4.7 11.8 7.2
2024 7.4 33.1 15.7 33.9 6.6 3.3 1.9
2025 2.5 30.0 12.5 25.0 10.0 17.5 9.5
Player 4.9 37.5 15.1 28.4 5.4 8.5 5.1
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 Sinker 0.4 0 86 26.9 24 .227 .409 .381 23.4 33.3 28.6 .285 .475 .356 50.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -1 69 21.6 15 .167 .250 .254 38.2 46.7 26.9 .214 .297 .289 33.3
2025 Slider 5.0 3 60 18.8 15 .455 .909 .607 45.8 33.3 17.2 .304 .864 .540 83.3
2025 Sweeper 0.2 0 30 9.4 3 .000 .000 .300 36.4 0.0 0.0 .408 1.105 .626 100.0
2025 Curveball -3.3 -1 26 8.1 4 .000 .000 .000 30.8 50.0 13.3 .096 .247 .143 50.0
2025 Changeup -0.5 0 24 7.5 7 .286 .286 .257 7.7 14.3 14.3 .153 .173 .143 33.3
2025 Cutter 3.5 1 16 5.0 3 .500 1.000 .650 28.6 33.3 16.7 .262 .691 .495 100.0
2025 Split-Finger -7.8 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2025 Slurve -11.1 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .061 .065 .058 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 320 36.3 72 .246 .351 .351 33.8 38.9 24.8 .179 .276 .300 55.2
2024 Sinker -1.1 -2 167 18.9 47 .265 .265 .336 20.9 8.5 16.0 .287 .382 .381 40.6
2024 Changeup -0.5 -1 109 12.4 29 .179 .286 .248 31.3 20.7 14.6 .249 .350 .275 18.2
2024 Slider -2.6 -3 96 10.9 21 .100 .100 .119 33.3 42.9 24.3 .195 .320 .245 36.4
2024 Cutter 0.6 0 82 9.3 18 .333 .333 .328 21.9 22.2 18.2 .287 .336 .314 33.3
2024 Sweeper -2.3 -1 45 5.1 9 .000 .000 .100 31.3 44.4 19.0 .242 .264 .222 20.0
2024 Curveball 1.1 0 43 4.9 12 .200 .300 .238 46.7 33.3 22.2 .239 .277 .250 42.9
2024 Split-Finger -0.6 0 13 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 14.3 .273 .311 .253 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 127 466 0 -7 3 2 -2
2018 223 922 -6 -6 4 5 -4
2019 190 802 -2 -8 7 3 1
2020 104 431 -1 -2 5 4 6
2021 304 1,188 -4 -11 10 5 -1
2022 325 1,326 0 -8 7 8 7
2023 207 808 4 -11 7 4 4
2024 212 882 -13 -5 8 5 -5
2025 74 320 0 -2 3 1 2
Player 1,766 7,145 -23 -61 54 -23 7
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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 66.0 84.9 26.7 41.7 42.3 34.6 47.0 26.9 8.2 89.5
2018 923 50.1 66.0 80.0 27.8 50.8 42.6 24.0 47.0 28.6 8.6 67.1
2019 803 49.9 61.0 74.6 23.1 47.3 44.0 22.9 42.1 32.8 8.5 79.4
2020 431 49.0 63.0 82.7 20.5 51.1 40.4 30.8 41.3 25.3 9.0 74.4
2021 1,188 52.1 66.4 75.7 22.7 48.8 42.0 34.8 45.5 30.2 7.5 75.3
2022 1,326 45.9 67.3 75.6 26.5 51.1 41.2 37.5 45.2 31.5 6.7 77.5
2023 808 48.3 63.8 77.9 22.2 47.3 43.8 37.2 42.3 29.8 7.7 77.4
2024 882 51.2 66.2 73.9 18.6 51.2 39.1 34.9 43.0 29.8 7.3 82.8
2025 320 50.0 70.6 76.1 24.4 51.3 43.1 44.6 47.5 30.3 6.6 76.2
Player 7,147 49.6 65.5 77.2 23.8 49.2 42.0 33.1 44.5 29.9 7.7 77.0
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 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 79 84
2018 61 74
2019 65 81
2020 61 73
2021 70 83 82 78
2022 54 73 75 94
2023 52 60 45
2024 18 74 66
2025 51 63 89
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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 23.62 3 2.3 1 2 2 1 33.3
2018 21.59 1 1.5 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2019 21.53 5 6.0 -1 5 5 1 20.0
2020 20.57 5 3.7 1 5 2 2 40.0
2021 21.24 12 10.3 2 3 8 4 33.3
2022 21.26 7 5.7 1 5 7 1 14.3
2023 21.86 5 4.5 1 3 4 1 20.0
2024 22.20 2 1.7 0 2 2 0 0.0
2025 22.50 2 2.8 -1 4 1 2 100.0
Player 21.56 42 38.5 4 30 32 13 31.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2017 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 3 1 2 4 3 3 1
2018 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
2019 5 10 4 7 6 7 6 9 5 4 6 7 8 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 4 7 9 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 3
2020 5 6 2 7 4 5 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 5 3 4 4 3 7 3 3 3 4 4 5 3 2
2021 12 12 7 10 8 10 12 11 7 6 9 12 10 10 12 14 12 9 12 10 11 8 13 12 11 9 12 12 10 8 9
2022 7 9 5 7 5 6 7 6 1 3 2 5 8 6 7 8 8 7 5 4 7 5 7 6 4 4 5 5 8 5 7
2023 5 3 4 6 6 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 8 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4
2024 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2
2025 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3
Player 42 48 30 46 38 40 41 41 26 24 30 40 43 35 41 44 42 39 38 38 41 35 55 42 36 32 36 43 43 36 32
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 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 87.5 -0.2 87.3 1.4 88.7 0.5 89.2 -2.1 87.1 1.9 89.0 2.1 91.1 -2.9 88.2 3.9 92.1
Launch Angle 1.6 1.0 2.6 0.9 3.5 7.4 10.9 -3.1 7.8 -1.2 6.6 0.9 7.5 -0.3 7.2 -0.8 6.4
Barrel % 3.4 -1.1 2.3 7.8 10.1 4.0 14.1 -4.6 9.5 1.0 10.5 1.3 11.8 -8.5 3.3 14.2 17.5
Hard Hit % 31.8 3.3 35.1 14.0 49.1 -3.8 45.3 -3.7 41.6 -2.1 39.5 7.0 46.5 -9.3 37.2 17.8 55.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.4 -3.2 25.2 10.6 35.8 9.5 45.3 -7.9 37.4 5.8 43.2 -8.6 34.6 2.6 37.2 5.3 42.5
xBA .231 -0.022 .209 0.024 .233 0.070 .303 -0.047 .256 0.003 .259 -0.004 .255 -0.023 .232 0.011 .243
BA .282 -0.031 .251 -0.013 .238 0.044 .282 -0.041 .241 0.023 .264 0.006 .270 -0.061 .209 0.025 .234
xwOBA .283 -0.019 .264 0.066 .330 0.086 .416 -0.081 .335 0.016 .351 -0.013 .338 -0.035 .303 0.050 .353
wOBA .323 -0.036 .287 0.033 .320 0.075 .395 -0.074 .321 0.023 .344 -0.014 .330 -0.057 .273 0.053 .326
xSLG .348 -0.071 .277 0.163 .440 0.100 .540 -0.101 .439 -0.010 .429 0.014 .443 -0.124 .319 0.163 .482
SLG .402 -0.095 .307 0.110 .417 0.089 .506 -0.083 .423 -0.015 .408 -0.008 .400 -0.134 .266 0.140 .406
K% 22.8 7.9 30.7 0.0 30.7 -9.5 21.2 6.3 27.5 -0.1 27.4 0.6 28.0 0.3 28.3 5.5 33.8
BB% 6.3 2.6 8.9 2.6 11.5 3.9 15.4 -6.2 9.2 3.1 12.3 -2.6 9.7 2.6 12.3 -0.1 12.2
Swing % 47.0 0.0 47.0 -4.9 42.1 -0.8 41.3 4.2 45.5 -0.3 45.2 -2.9 42.3 0.7 43.0 4.5 47.5
Whiff% 26.9 1.7 28.6 4.2 32.8 -7.5 25.3 4.9 30.2 1.3 31.5 -1.7 29.8 0.0 29.8 0.5 30.3
In Zone % 51.7 -1.6 50.1 -0.2 49.9 -0.9 49.0 3.1 52.1 -6.2 45.9 2.4 48.3 2.9 51.2 -1.2 50.0
Out of Zone % 48.3 1.6 49.9 0.2 50.1 0.9 51.0 -3.1 47.9 6.2 54.1 -2.4 51.7 -2.9 48.8 1.2 50.0
Out of Zone Swing % 26.7 1.1 27.8 -4.7 23.1 -2.6 20.5 2.2 22.7 3.8 26.5 -4.3 22.2 -3.6 18.6 5.8 24.4
First Pitch Swing % 34.6 -10.6 24.0 -1.1 22.9 7.9 30.8 4.0 34.8 2.7 37.5 -0.3 37.2 -2.3 34.9 9.7 44.6
First Pitch Strike % 63.8 -2.5 61.3 -6.1 55.2 14.0 69.2 -2.3 66.9 -0.4 66.5 -4.2 62.3 -0.5 61.8 12.5 74.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 127 0 0.0 .323
2018 Shifts R 223 0 0.0 .287
2019 Shifts R 191 4 2.1 .322 .217
2020 Shifts R 104 9 8.7 .402 .318
2021 Shifts R 304 19 6.3 .312 .443
2022 Shifts R 323 9 2.8 .341 .435
2023 Shades R 206 3 1.5 .326 .709
2024 Shades R 209 11 5.3 .257 .499
2025 Shades R 74 0 0.0 .326
! 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 126 18.8 3.2% 1.6% 71 23.3 0.0% 9.9%
2018 269 18.1 11.5% 0.7% 138 23.4 0.0% 10.1%
2019 244 18.3 7.8% 0.8% 146 23.7 0.0% 8.2%
2020 140 18.0 7.1% 4.3% 73 23.1 0.0% 6.8%
2021 387 18.8 8.3% 0.8% 162 24.1 0.0% 13.6%
2022 379 17.8 11.6% 1.1% 218 22.9 0.9% 7.3%
2023 262 15.4 42.0% 0.8% 125 18.9 4.0% 1.6%
2024 257 15.3 43.2% 0.4% 144 19.0 7.6% 0.0%
2025 60 15.7 36.7% 1.7% 62 18.8 9.7% 1.6%
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