Austin Slater
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 204LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 8, #238, San Francisco Giants | Stanford
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 325 277 49 73 7 12 .264 .366 .408 .774
2023 207 185 24 50 5 2 .270 .348 .400 .748
2024 212 177 24 37 2 3 .209 .321 .266 .587
8 Seasons 1,698 1,482 210 373 40 48 .252 .342 .385 .727
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .264 7 12 .774
2023 .270 5 2 .748
2024 .209 2 3 .587
8 Seasons .252 40 48 .727
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
Player 6827 1020 83 8.1 4.9 88.4 110.6 6.0 36.1 .245 .400 .321 .325 .402 40.6 27.7 10.6
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
2017 61.4 15.9 19.3 3.4 26.1 43.2 30.7 5.7 46.6 17.0 23.9 3.4 3.4 2.4
2018 63.4 9.2 22.9 4.6 23.7 36.6 39.7 0.8 51.9 13.0 30.5 0.8 2.3 1.3
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 5.7
2020 40.6 21.9 34.4 3.1 32.8 40.6 26.6 4.7 28.1 17.2 31.3 4.7 14.1 8.7
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 5.9
2022 53.7 19.5 25.3 1.6 31.1 42.6 26.3 5.8 33.7 14.2 28.9 6.8 10.5 6.2
2023 49.6 26.0 22.0 2.4 33.1 33.1 33.9 3.9 33.9 18.9 26.8 4.7 11.8 7.2
2024 52.1 15.7 30.6 1.7 29.8 35.5 34.7 7.4 33.1 15.7 33.9 6.6 3.3 1.9
Player 53.7 18.4 25.4 2.5 30.4 38.5 31.1 5.0 37.7 15.2 28.5 5.2 8.1 4.9
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 -0.8 -2 317 35.9 71 .236 .291 .337 33.3 38.0 23.7 .180 .251 .301 53.6
2024 Sinker 0.3 1 170 19.3 48 .278 .361 .356 22.1 10.4 20.8 .280 .414 .377 42.4
2024 Changeup -1.3 -1 109 12.4 29 .179 .286 .248 31.3 20.7 14.6 .249 .350 .275 18.2
2024 Slider -2.2 -2 98 11.1 22 .100 .100 .114 31.1 40.9 23.7 .195 .320 .241 33.3
2024 Cutter 0.7 1 80 9.1 17 .333 .333 .347 25.0 23.5 19.0 .287 .336 .323 36.4
2024 Curveball 3.9 2 46 5.2 12 .200 .300 .238 46.7 33.3 20.0 .239 .277 .250 42.9
2024 Sweeper -3.8 -2 42 4.8 9 .000 .000 .100 31.3 44.4 21.1 .242 .264 .222 20.0
2024 Split-Finger 1.4 0 13 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 14.3 .273 .311 .253 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 2 279 34.5 75 .308 .415 .391 23.4 21.3 18.4 .290 .458 .368 63.3
2023 Sinker -1.1 -1 129 16.0 39 .212 .242 .301 16.7 28.2 34.4 .158 .247 .253 27.3
2023 Slider -1.8 -2 115 14.2 26 .174 .174 .219 38.6 30.8 20.0 .259 .430 .339 26.7
2023 Changeup -0.1 0 103 12.7 20 .278 .278 .295 46.2 30.0 20.7 .182 .215 .227 8.3
2023 Curveball 2.4 2 82 10.1 19 .263 .526 .332 48.8 52.6 32.3 .202 .494 .288 66.7
2023 Cutter 1.3 1 55 6.8 15 .267 .733 .410 24.1 26.7 30.8 .362 .825 .494 54.5
2023 Sweeper 11.2 4 34 4.2 8 .500 1.000 .631 8.3 12.5 10.0 .424 .875 .543 57.1
2023 Split-Finger -4.1 0 9 1.1 4 .000 .000 .175 33.3 50.0 25.0 .075 .075 .226 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 2 5 -5
2019 190 802 1 -7 6 3 3
2020 104 431 -2 -4 5 3 3
2021 309 1,202 -3 -14 7 5 -5
2022 325 1,326 2 -10 8 8 8
2023 207 808 5 -10 6 4 5
2024 214 889 -13 -7 9 5 -6
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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
Player 6,827 49.6 65.3 77.2 23.8 49.1 41.9 32.6 44.4 29.9 7.7 77.1
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
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
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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 23.6 3 2.3 1 2 2 1 33.3
2018 21.6 1 1.5 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2019 21.5 5 6.0 -1 5 5 1 20.0
2020 20.6 5 3.7 1 5 2 2 40.0
2021 21.2 12 10.3 2 3 8 4 33.3
2022 21.3 7 5.7 1 5 7 1 14.3
2023 21.9 5 4.5 1 3 4 1 20.0
2024 22.2 2 1.7 0 2 2 0 0.0
Player 21.5 40 35.7 4 26 31 11 27.5
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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 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2
Player 40 46 27 43 34 37 39 39 24 22 28 38 40 30 38 42 39 36 36 35 38 30 52 39 33 29 34 40 40 33 29
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.5 87.3 -0.2 88.7 1.4 89.2 0.5 87.1 -2.1 89.0 1.9 91.1 2.1 88.2 -2.9
Launch Angle 1.6 2.6 1.0 3.5 0.9 10.9 7.4 7.8 -3.1 6.6 -1.2 7.5 0.9 7.2 -0.3
Barrel % 3.4 2.3 -1.1 10.1 7.8 14.1 4.0 9.5 -4.6 10.5 1.0 11.8 1.3 3.3 -8.5
Hard Hit % 31.8 35.1 3.3 49.1 14.0 45.3 -3.8 41.6 -3.7 39.5 -2.1 46.5 7.0 37.2 -9.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.4 25.2 -3.2 35.8 10.6 45.3 9.5 37.4 -7.9 43.2 5.8 34.6 -8.6 37.2 2.6
xBA .231 .209 -0.022 .233 0.024 .303 0.070 .256 -0.047 .259 0.003 .255 -0.004 .232 -0.023
BA .282 .251 -0.031 .238 -0.013 .282 0.044 .241 -0.041 .264 0.023 .270 0.006 .209 -0.061
xwOBA .283 .264 -0.019 .330 0.066 .416 0.086 .335 -0.081 .351 0.016 .338 -0.013 .303 -0.035
wOBA .323 .287 -0.036 .320 0.033 .395 0.075 .321 -0.074 .344 0.023 .330 -0.014 .273 -0.057
xSLG .348 .277 -0.071 .440 0.163 .540 0.100 .439 -0.101 .429 -0.010 .443 0.014 .319 -0.124
SLG .402 .307 -0.095 .417 0.110 .506 0.089 .423 -0.083 .408 -0.015 .400 -0.008 .266 -0.134
K% 22.8 30.7 7.9 30.7 0.0 21.2 -9.5 27.5 6.3 27.4 -0.1 28.0 0.6 28.3 0.3
BB% 6.3 8.9 2.6 11.5 2.6 15.4 3.9 9.2 -6.2 12.3 3.1 9.7 -2.6 12.3 2.6
Swing % 47.0 47.0 0.0 42.1 -4.9 41.3 -0.8 45.5 4.2 45.2 -0.3 42.3 -2.9 43.0 0.7
Whiff% 26.9 28.6 1.7 32.8 4.2 25.3 -7.5 30.2 4.9 31.5 1.3 29.8 -1.7 29.8 0.0
In Zone % 51.7 50.1 -1.6 49.9 -0.2 49.0 -0.9 52.1 3.1 45.9 -6.2 48.3 2.4 51.2 2.9
Out of Zone % 48.3 49.9 1.6 50.1 0.2 51.0 0.9 47.9 -3.1 54.1 6.2 51.7 -2.4 48.8 -2.9
Out of Zone Swing % 26.7 27.8 1.1 23.1 -4.7 20.5 -2.6 22.7 2.2 26.5 3.8 22.2 -4.3 18.6 -3.6
First Pitch Swing % 34.6 24.0 -10.6 22.9 -1.1 30.8 7.9 34.8 4.0 37.5 2.7 37.2 -0.3 34.9 -2.3
First Pitch Strike % 63.8 61.3 -2.5 55.2 -6.1 69.2 14.0 66.9 -2.3 66.5 -0.4 62.3 -4.2 61.8 -0.5
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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
! 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%
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