Ben Gamel
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 10" 180LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 10, #325, New York Yankees | Bishop Kenny HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 423 371 42 86 9 5 .232 .324 .369 .693
2023 15 15 2 3 0 0 .200 .200 .267 .467
2024 99 81 22 20 1 1 .247 .384 .333 .717
9 Seasons 2,320 2,046 283 516 41 22 .252 .334 .382 .716
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .232 9 5 .693
2023 .200 0 0 .467
2024 .247 1 1 .717
9 Seasons .252 41 22 .716
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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%
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
2024 32 381 57 6 10.5 6.1 89.1 110.5 12.8 47.4 .259 .368 .327 .343 .384 36.8 24.2 18.2
Player 9371 1492 79 5.3 3.4 88.1 111.1 11.3 37.3 .244 .367 .313 .308 .363 34.6 24.6 10.5
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
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
2024 43.9 21.1 33.3 1.8 42.1 35.1 22.8 3.5 31.6 21.1 31.6 1.8 10.5 6.1
Player 43.2 22.5 29.9 4.5 34.8 37.7 27.4 3.5 32.3 23.8 28.6 5.8 5.3 3.4
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 0.4 1 133 34.9 36 .259 .407 .390 31.1 22.2 21.1 .275 .420 .399 42.1
2024 Curveball 0.1 0 54 14.2 8 .167 .167 .288 37.5 37.5 18.8 .068 .073 .224 0.0
2024 Slider -1.4 -1 48 12.6 12 .273 .364 .313 61.9 41.7 38.5 .235 .480 .333 50.0
2024 Changeup 3.2 1 45 11.8 11 .333 .333 .455 47.6 18.2 22.2 .296 .327 .350 42.9
2024 Sinker 2.5 1 31 8.1 13 .250 .333 .288 0.0 7.7 12.5 .391 .507 .413 63.6
2024 Cutter -0.8 0 30 7.9 8 .143 .143 .200 11.1 25.0 40.0 .281 .310 .313 0.0
2024 Sweeper -6.1 -2 26 6.8 6 .000 .000 .117 33.3 33.3 18.2 .132 .150 .217 0.0
2024 Split-Finger 17.1 1 7 1.8 2 .500 1.000 .625 33.3 50.0 33.3 .073 .144 .085 0.0
2024 Slurve -3.3 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -4.1 -1 17 34.7 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 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 Cutter -12.0 0 3 6.1 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
2023 Split-Finger 38.8 0 1 2.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .503 .574 .471 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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
2024 98 381 -5 1 4 2 1
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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 21.1 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 27.2 8.5 81.6
2022 1,713 47.2 64.9 86.7 23.7 48.1 44.6 24.2 43.1 24.1 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
2024 381 50.8 58.8 74.6 17.0 34.4 44.8 25.5 38.3 34.2 5.2 80.0
Player 9,371 49.3 62.4 85.4 23.8 51.2 42.6 19.1 42.8 23.9 7.6 73.5
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
2016 72 78
2017 17 41 20 17 22 28 26 20 64 18 36 24 64 53 82 8
2018 67 81
2019 13 11 6 10 44 6 15 28 77 42 8 79 64 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 54 79 67 8 52
2023 23 55
2024 65 37 73
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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 %
2016 -- 1 0.6 0 1 1 0 0.0
2017 20.9 11 10.1 1 11 9 2 18.2
2018 21.4 1 2.3 -1 6 2 0 0.0
2019 21.0 7 4.2 3 4 6 0 0.0
2020 23.5 3 3.1 0 1 1 2 66.7
2021 23.2 8 6.9 1 7 7 2 25.0
2022 23.2 9 7.7 1 4 8 2 22.2
2023 -- 0 0.1 0 2 0 0 --
2024 22.4 1 0.2 1 3 0 0 0.0
Player 22.2 41 35.2 6 39 34 8 19.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 12 10 9 11 9 12 8 13 14 10 8 7 14 11 9 6
2018 1 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
2019 7 6 2 5 5 4 6 3 2 2 3 7 5 3 3 3 2 3 6 5 5 7 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 4 2
2020 3 3 3 4 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 7 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 8 8 8
2023 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 41 41 20 48 33 33 42 33 22 24 27 47 40 29 35 44 31 31 39 37 37 36 54 43 33 26 34 41 38 31 27
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
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 89.1 -3.6
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 12.8 7.3
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 10.5 2.8
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 36.8 -9.4
LA 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 47.4 16.6
xBA .208 .254 0.046 .253 -0.001 .228 -0.025 .267 0.039 .230 -0.037 .244 0.014 .205 -0.039 .259 0.054
BA .188 .275 0.087 .272 -0.003 .248 -0.024 .237 -0.011 .247 0.010 .232 -0.015 .200 -0.032 .247 0.047
xwOBA .279 .297 0.018 .311 0.014 .297 -0.014 .330 0.033 .315 -0.015 .316 0.001 .252 -0.064 .343 0.091
wOBA .258 .315 0.057 .323 0.008 .308 -0.015 .313 0.005 .322 0.009 .308 -0.014 .201 -0.107 .327 0.126
xSLG .329 .378 0.049 .348 -0.030 .342 -0.006 .407 0.065 .373 -0.034 .372 -0.001 .389 0.017 .368 -0.021
SLG .292 .413 0.121 .370 -0.043 .373 0.003 .404 0.031 .388 -0.016 .369 -0.019 .267 -0.102 .333 0.066
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 24.2 10.9
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 18.2 18.2
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 38.3 -16.8
Whiff% 24.5 20.9 -3.6 21.1 0.2 23.1 2.0 28.6 5.5 27.2 -1.4 24.1 -3.1 18.5 -5.6 34.2 15.7
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 50.8 -14.5
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 49.2 14.5
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 17.0 11.1
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 25.5 -7.8
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 53.1 -20.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 56 1 1.8 .268 .000
2017 Shifts L 547 13 2.4 .317 .220
2018 Shifts L 292 19 6.5 .327 .268
2019 Shifts L 354 26 7.3 .316 .214
2020 Shifts L 127 23 18.1 .346 .161
2021 Shifts L 396 96 24.2 .330 .297
2022 Shifts L 421 194 46.1 .345 .264
2023 Shades L 15 11 73.3 .000 .274
2024 Shades L 98 43 43.9 .315 .341
! 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%
2024 116 15.4 38.8% 0.0% 78 18.3 7.7% 0.0%
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