Ben Gamel
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 10" 180LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 10, #325, New York Yankees | Bishop Kenny HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 400 340 43 84 8 3 .247 .347 .388 .735
2022 423 371 42 86 9 5 .232 .324 .369 .693
2023 15 15 2 3 0 0 .200 .200 .267 .467
8 Seasons 2,221 1,965 261 496 40 21 .252 .332 .384 .716
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .247 8 3 .735
2022 .232 9 5 .693
2023 .200 0 0 .467
8 Seasons .252 40 21 .716
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2016 24 222 35 1 2.9 1.8 90.0 109.6 7.8 28.6 .208 .329 .258 .279 .342 40.0 28.1 10.5
2017 25 2188 391 16 4.1 2.9 86.3 108.5 10.9 33.2 .254 .378 .315 .297 .353 29.3 22.2 6.5
2018 26 1193 197 6 3.0 2.0 88.7 109.1 7.2 36.0 .253 .348 .323 .311 .342 33.5 20.8 10.6
2019 27 1512 209 8 3.8 2.2 88.2 111.1 9.9 35.4 .228 .342 .308 .297 .368 38.0 29.2 11.2
2020 28 513 75 5 6.7 3.9 87.9 108.2 11.5 49.3 .267 .407 .313 .330 .438 32.0 30.7 10.2
2021 29 1600 241 19 7.9 4.8 89.0 108.5 16.7 41.5 .230 .373 .322 .315 .371 36.5 26.3 12.8
2022 30 1713 274 17 6.2 4.0 88.8 109.2 11.3 38.0 .244 .372 .308 .316 .362 37.6 23.2 11.3
2023 31 49 13 1 7.7 6.7 92.7 106.3 5.5 30.8 .205 .389 .201 .252 .291 46.2 13.3 0.0
Player 8990 1435 73 5.1 3.3 88.1 111.1 11.2 36.9 .243 .367 .313 .307 .362 34.5 24.6 10.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
2016 51.4 14.3 28.6 5.7 40.0 34.3 25.7 5.7 28.6 22.9 20.0 11.4 2.9 1.8
2017 46.3 20.2 27.4 6.1 33.0 37.1 29.9 3.3 35.3 23.3 28.6 4.6 4.1 2.9
2018 48.7 17.3 32.0 2.0 33.0 36.5 29.9 1.5 39.6 20.3 32.0 3.6 3.0 2.0
2019 44.0 23.9 29.2 2.9 29.7 38.3 32.1 2.4 34.9 21.1 29.2 6.7 3.8 2.2
2020 37.3 13.3 42.7 6.7 36.0 40.0 24.0 2.7 26.7 21.3 38.7 4.0 6.7 3.9
2021 32.4 29.0 33.2 5.4 39.0 38.2 22.8 5.0 24.1 31.1 23.2 8.7 7.9 4.8
2022 43.4 25.9 26.3 4.4 36.1 38.7 25.2 4.4 29.6 24.1 28.8 6.2 6.2 4.0
2023 53.8 30.8 15.4 0.0 38.5 46.2 15.4 7.7 46.2 23.1 7.7 7.7 7.7 6.7
Player 43.1 22.5 29.8 4.6 34.5 37.8 27.6 3.5 32.3 23.9 28.4 5.9 5.1 3.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 -4.6 -1 19 38.8 3 .000 .000 .000 22.2 33.3 25.0 .271 .933 .490 100.0
2023 Slider 19.2 2 11 22.4 4 .250 .500 .538 20.0 25.0 20.0 .153 .314 .197 33.3
2023 Changeup -10.0 -1 10 20.4 4 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .219 .232 .200 75.0
2023 Curveball -7.6 0 6 12.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .003 .003 .003 0.0
2023 Split-Finger 38.8 0 1 2.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .503 .574 .471 0.0
2023 Cutter -17.3 0 1 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .046 .048 .046 0.0
2023 Sinker -5.3 0 1 2.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .227 .229 .209 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 6 563 32.9 144 .270 .429 .359 13.5 18.8 15.9 .277 .432 .355 41.4
2022 Slider -1.7 -4 261 15.2 61 .179 .250 .216 38.8 41.0 26.6 .141 .190 .182 28.1
2022 Sinker 2.1 5 236 13.8 71 .268 .411 .391 12.6 9.9 13.2 .314 .527 .433 46.9
2022 Changeup 1.5 3 230 13.4 60 .293 .500 .351 39.8 30.0 27.3 .248 .397 .293 37.5
2022 Curveball -0.9 -2 178 10.4 28 .077 .115 .159 33.9 35.7 18.2 .165 .230 .210 18.8
2022 Cutter -2.7 -5 171 10.0 36 .125 .281 .234 16.7 16.7 15.8 .230 .289 .279 38.5
2022 Split-Finger -2.8 -1 35 2.0 9 .125 .125 .178 27.3 33.3 23.1 .226 .253 .266 20.0
2022 Sweeper 11.8 4 31 1.8 10 .429 .571 .515 30.0 20.0 22.2 .314 .412 .433 20.0
2022 Slurve -8.4 -1 8 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .070 .081 .064 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 7 581 36.3 152 .268 .447 .388 11.2 14.5 12.6 .262 .455 .377 36.3
2021 Slider -2.1 -6 281 17.6 66 .125 .179 .188 40.8 40.9 26.5 .107 .161 .178 18.8
2021 Sinker 0.7 2 227 14.2 58 .380 .500 .416 11.2 10.3 11.5 .360 .512 .421 46.7
2021 Changeup -2.6 -6 225 14.1 59 .151 .208 .211 47.2 42.4 31.6 .150 .222 .214 39.3
2021 Curveball 0.4 1 152 9.5 29 .333 .593 .414 44.4 55.2 37.2 .209 .375 .277 63.6
2021 Cutter 1.3 1 88 5.5 23 .250 .600 .384 27.9 13.0 13.0 .260 .526 .363 33.3
2021 Split-Finger 1.6 0 29 1.8 6 .333 .333 .300 46.7 66.7 25.0 .293 .322 .271 0.0
2021 Sweeper -3.9 0 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 33.3 .244 .277 .224 0.0
2021 Slurve -8.9 0 5 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 25.0 .038 .039 .034 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 159 31.0 37 .226 .258 .318 20.0 29.7 28.9 .249 .316 .318 40.0
2020 Sinker -0.3 0 87 17.0 15 .250 .250 .320 6.7 13.3 8.7 .284 .309 .351 10.0
2020 Slider -2.3 -2 87 17.0 23 .136 .318 .211 32.6 52.2 33.3 .184 .330 .238 20.0
2020 Curveball -2.2 -2 72 14.0 14 .214 .286 .218 25.9 21.4 15.8 .258 .298 .244 18.2
2020 Changeup 6.2 3 52 10.1 20 .400 .850 .523 41.2 20.0 25.0 .357 .753 .460 50.0
2020 Cutter 4.5 2 43 8.4 11 .333 .778 .500 50.0 36.4 36.4 .338 .522 .424 60.0
2020 Split-Finger -12.2 -1 10 1.9 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 40.0 50.0 .300 .348 .291 0.0
2020 Sweeper 4.4 0 3 0.6 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 50.0 -- -- .350 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 5 571 37.8 127 .313 .402 .380 13.2 18.9 15.0 .275 .366 .325 40.9
2019 Sinker 0.7 2 243 16.1 72 .300 .500 .392 16.5 25.0 29.5 .289 .480 .392 51.2
2019 Slider 0.2 0 214 14.2 43 .184 .316 .253 35.6 41.9 22.0 .155 .248 .222 38.1
2019 Curveball -1.9 -4 194 12.8 31 .138 .138 .161 28.1 48.4 21.1 .138 .183 .173 21.4
2019 Changeup -0.2 0 125 8.3 41 .189 .378 .284 46.8 39.0 41.0 .235 .417 .314 28.6
2019 Cutter -0.3 0 99 6.5 24 .190 .333 .283 15.0 25.0 24.0 .137 .206 .214 20.0
2019 Split-Finger 5.2 1 20 1.3 4 .250 .500 .538 40.0 25.0 8.3 .098 .158 .106 0.0
2019 Sweeper -5.1 0 8 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 20.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 Slurve 10.2 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 3 466 39.1 96 .316 .447 .400 10.4 10.4 8.1 .286 .409 .378 40.3
2018 Sinker 0.3 1 201 16.8 49 .277 .298 .274 5.5 6.1 6.8 .322 .407 .335 38.6
2018 Slider -1.7 -3 175 14.7 48 .239 .348 .273 33.7 41.7 29.9 .180 .250 .208 26.9
2018 Changeup 1.5 2 126 10.6 46 .256 .372 .299 33.8 21.7 33.3 .238 .325 .277 24.2
2018 Curveball 0.1 0 125 10.5 29 .174 .304 .305 36.6 41.4 24.5 .182 .262 .297 18.2
2018 Cutter -0.2 0 54 4.5 11 .333 .333 .373 28.0 36.4 20.0 .280 .361 .354 60.0
2018 Split-Finger 2.2 1 26 2.2 9 .444 .556 .439 23.1 0.0 0.0 .305 .468 .334 22.2
2018 Sweeper -5.6 -1 13 1.1 4 .000 .000 .000 22.2 50.0 25.0 .050 .055 .046 0.0
2018 Slurve -1.5 0 5 0.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 13 739 33.8 164 .380 .514 .436 16.5 18.3 15.0 .329 .489 .395 44.2
2017 Sinker -0.3 -2 452 20.7 103 .300 .367 .380 11.6 13.6 15.2 .276 .376 .332 28.9
2017 Slider -3.4 -10 309 14.1 84 .133 .229 .152 30.1 38.1 27.8 .138 .233 .154 15.4
2017 Curveball -2.0 -6 289 13.2 74 .181 .319 .206 30.3 37.8 26.9 .212 .314 .223 26.1
2017 Changeup 0.0 0 208 9.5 58 .259 .397 .312 29.2 10.3 11.3 .249 .317 .245 13.5
2017 Split-Finger 1.8 2 90 4.1 34 .188 .406 .275 24.1 14.7 13.2 .170 .252 .210 14.8
2017 Cutter 8.6 7 79 3.6 27 .481 .926 .593 9.3 22.2 22.2 .393 .739 .471 52.4
2017 Sweeper -3.7 0 10 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 33.3 .020 .050 .032 0.0
2017 Slurve 0.7 0 5 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .073 .091 .073 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 57 222 -2 -3 1 2 -2
2017 547 2,183 -4 -15 14 7 3
2018 292 1,191 -6 -6 8 6 3
2019 345 1,477 1 -16 11 6 3
2020 128 517 1 -6 2 1 -2
2021 398 1,600 -4 -17 12 8 -1
2022 421 1,713 -14 1 12 7 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 %
2016 222 49.5 63.6 82.9 25.0 50.0 43.2 14.0 44.1 24.5 6.8 60.0
2017 2,188 50.8 62.3 85.3 26.6 63.2 42.1 16.2 44.7 20.9 7.2 71.5
2018 1,193 48.6 59.9 86.7 23.2 58.5 42.5 12.3 41.0 20.9 7.6 74.4
2019 1,512 48.5 59.3 88.0 22.5 50.9 42.8 11.5 40.1 23.1 7.5 70.3
2020 513 50.3 59.3 88.2 25.1 31.3 39.8 21.3 42.3 28.6 6.8 68.6
2021 1,600 49.8 65.7 83.0 23.5 41.3 41.9 27.3 44.5 27.0 8.5 81.6
2022 1,713 47.2 64.9 86.7 23.7 48.1 44.6 24.2 43.1 23.8 7.7 70.5
2023 49 65.3 81.3 84.6 5.9 0.0 26.5 33.3 55.1 18.5 18.4 88.9
Player 8,990 49.3 62.6 85.8 24.1 51.6 42.5 18.8 43.0 23.4 7.7 73.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2016 72 78
2017 17 40 20 17 22 28 26 20 64 18 36 24 63 53 82 8
2018 67 81
2019 13 11 6 10 44 6 15 28 77 42 8 79 63 85 79
2020 53 71 43 25 64 16 41 34 52 19 11 65 36 61 54 73
2021 32 16 21 29 58 26 45 43 56 28 19 90 33 77 70 1 55
2022 51 45 33 31 73 23 33 46 51 34 37 86 55 79 67 8 52
2023 23 55
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 -- 1 0.6 0 1 1 0 0.0
2017 20.9 11 10.2 1 10 10 2 18.2
2018 21.4 1 2.3 -1 6 2 0 0.0
2019 21.0 7 4.3 3 5 6 0 0.0
2020 23.5 3 3.1 0 2 1 2 66.7
2021 23.2 8 7.0 1 6 8 2 25.0
2022 23.2 9 7.7 1 4 8 2 22.2
2023 -- 0 0.2 0 2 0 0 --
Player 22.2 40 35.4 5 36 36 8 20.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
2017 11 10 4 14 10 9 12 10 7 8 9 16 9 10 11 13 10 9 12 10 12 8 13 14 10 8 8 15 11 9 6
2018 1 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 3 5 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
2019 7 6 2 5 6 4 6 3 2 2 3 7 5 3 3 4 2 3 6 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 4 2
2020 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
2021 8 9 7 10 4 6 9 7 2 4 3 6 10 4 7 11 7 7 8 8 5 7 12 7 8 5 9 7 7 5 8
2022 9 8 3 9 8 8 9 6 6 5 7 8 9 7 8 10 7 6 9 9 9 6 12 9 6 5 9 8 9 8 8
2023 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 40 41 20 48 34 33 42 33 22 24 27 45 42 29 35 46 31 31 40 39 37 35 53 42 33 26 35 42 39 31 27
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.0 86.3 -3.7 88.7 2.4 88.2 -0.5 87.9 -0.3 89.0 1.1 88.8 -0.2 92.7 3.9
Launch Angle 7.8 10.9 3.1 7.2 -3.7 9.9 2.7 11.5 1.6 16.7 5.2 11.3 -5.4 5.5 -5.8
Barrel % 2.9 4.1 1.2 3.0 -1.1 3.8 0.8 6.7 2.9 7.9 1.2 6.2 -1.7 7.7 1.5
Hard Hit % 40.0 29.3 -10.7 33.5 4.2 38.0 4.5 32.0 -6.0 36.5 4.5 37.6 1.1 46.2 8.6
Sweet Spot % 28.6 33.2 4.6 36.0 2.8 35.4 -0.6 49.3 13.9 41.5 -7.8 38.0 -3.5 30.8 -7.2
xBA .208 .254 0.046 .253 -0.001 .228 -0.025 .267 0.039 .230 -0.037 .244 0.014 .205 -0.039
BA .188 .275 0.087 .272 -0.003 .248 -0.024 .237 -0.011 .247 0.010 .232 -0.015 .200 -0.032
xwOBA .279 .297 0.018 .311 0.014 .297 -0.014 .330 0.033 .315 -0.015 .316 0.001 .252 -0.064
wOBA .258 .315 0.057 .323 0.008 .308 -0.015 .313 0.005 .322 0.009 .308 -0.014 .201 -0.107
xSLG .329 .378 0.049 .348 -0.030 .342 -0.006 .407 0.065 .373 -0.034 .372 -0.001 .389 0.017
SLG .292 .413 0.121 .370 -0.043 .373 0.003 .404 0.031 .388 -0.016 .369 -0.019 .267 -0.102
K% 28.1 22.2 -5.9 20.8 -1.4 29.2 8.4 30.7 1.5 26.3 -4.4 23.2 -3.1 13.3 -9.9
BB% 10.5 6.5 -4.0 10.6 4.1 11.2 0.6 10.2 -1.0 12.8 2.6 11.3 -1.5 0.0 -11.3
Swing % 44.1 44.7 0.6 41.0 -3.7 40.1 -0.9 42.3 2.2 44.5 2.2 43.1 -1.4 55.1 12.0
Whiff% 24.5 20.9 -3.6 20.9 0.0 23.1 2.2 28.6 5.5 27.0 -1.6 23.8 -3.2 18.5 -5.3
In Zone % 49.5 50.8 1.3 48.6 -2.2 48.5 -0.1 50.3 1.8 49.8 -0.5 47.2 -2.6 65.3 18.1
Out of Zone % 50.5 49.2 -1.3 51.4 2.2 51.5 0.1 49.7 -1.8 50.2 0.5 52.8 2.6 34.7 -18.1
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 26.6 1.6 23.2 -3.4 22.5 -0.7 25.1 2.6 23.5 -1.6 23.7 0.2 5.9 -17.8
First Pitch Swing % 14.0 16.2 2.2 12.3 -3.9 11.5 -0.8 21.3 9.8 27.3 6.0 24.2 -3.1 33.3 9.1
First Pitch Strike % 42.1 59.6 17.5 56.3 -3.3 58.9 2.6 58.3 -0.6 60.7 2.4 57.7 -3.0 73.3 15.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 56 4 7.1 .284 .000
2017 Shifts L 547 31 5.7 .320 .233
2018 Shifts L 292 33 11.3 .344 .154
2019 Shifts L 354 75 21.2 .329 .231
2020 Shifts L 127 51 40.2 .307 .322
2021 Shifts L 396 124 31.3 .329 .306
2022 Shifts L 421 220 52.3 .335 .283
2023 Shades L 15 11 73.3 .000 .274
! 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 %
2016 71 15.5 40.8% 4.2% 38 19.5 18.4% 5.3%
2017 697 16.0 35.0% 1.3% 345 21.4 1.4% 5.5%
2018 423 16.4 33.8% 0.9% 189 22.2 0.5% 4.8%
2019 491 16.4 31.4% 0.6% 262 21.5 0.4% 7.6%
2020 179 17.1 22.3% 1.7% 84 22.7 0.0% 9.5%
2021 531 17.1 27.9% 1.1% 227 22.6 0.9% 7.0%
2022 518 17.1 23.9% 1.4% 329 22.4 0.9% 5.8%
2023 15 16.0 40.0% 0.0% 6 15.4 33.3% 0.0%
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