Ben Zobrist
2B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 43
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 6, #184, Houston Astros | Dallas Baptist
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 496 435 58 101 12 2 .232 .318 .375 .693
2018 520 455 67 139 9 3 .305 .378 .440 .818
2019 176 150 24 39 1 0 .260 .358 .313 .671
14 Seasons 6,836 5,880 884 1,566 167 116 .266 .357 .426 .783
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .232 12 2 .693
2018 .305 9 3 .818
2019 .260 1 0 .671
14 Seasons .266 167 116 .783
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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%
2015 34 2157 416 15 3.6 2.8 88.6 107.8 8.2 29.3 .260 .382 .349 .324 .315 34.9 10.5 11.6
2016 35 2655 449 20 4.5 3.2 89.2 110.4 9.5 32.5 .276 .418 .360 .357 .351 35.6 13.0 15.2
2017 36 1939 369 17 4.6 3.4 87.2 106.9 9.3 29.0 .258 .399 .302 .324 .333 32.2 14.3 10.9
2018 37 2018 403 12 3.0 2.3 89.9 107.5 9.0 35.0 .275 .390 .355 .333 .333 38.7 11.5 10.6
2019 38 710 128 1 0.8 0.6 85.8 105.1 5.3 25.0 .244 .317 .303 .303 .287 23.4 13.6 13.1
Player 9479 1765 65 3.7 2.8 88.5 110.4 8.7 31.0 .266 .391 .340 .333 .330 34.6 12.4 12.3
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
2015 49.8 18.8 24.5 7.0 43.8 32.5 23.6 1.4 40.6 23.8 23.8 4.8 3.6 2.8
2016 49.0 19.2 26.5 5.3 46.1 36.1 16.9 2.0 37.6 20.7 27.2 4.7 4.5 3.2
2017 50.7 20.1 23.3 6.0 43.6 38.5 17.9 2.4 39.0 22.8 25.5 4.9 4.6 3.4
2018 49.6 21.1 25.8 3.5 44.9 35.0 20.1 1.0 38.7 22.1 28.5 5.7 3.0 2.3
2019 57.0 18.8 18.8 5.5 44.5 37.5 18.0 2.3 46.9 21.1 25.0 3.1 0.8 0.6
Player 50.3 19.7 24.6 5.4 44.6 35.6 19.5 1.8 39.5 22.2 26.2 4.9 3.7 2.8
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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 2 242 34.1 72 .298 .351 .363 4.8 8.3 12.5 .272 .370 .357 30.8
2019 Sinker 1.3 2 158 22.3 35 .357 .464 .415 11.1 8.6 10.3 .312 .417 .397 32.0
2019 Changeup 0.8 1 101 14.2 19 .211 .316 .226 22.9 10.5 10.5 .207 .263 .205 5.9
2019 Curveball -1.7 -2 100 14.1 22 .211 .211 .259 25.8 22.7 17.9 .199 .232 .259 21.4
2019 Slider -2.9 -2 76 10.7 21 .150 .150 .129 37.5 33.3 22.6 .179 .204 .160 7.1
2019 Cutter 0.9 0 23 3.2 4 .000 .000 .000 16.7 25.0 25.0 .064 .074 .059 0.0
2019 Split-Finger 3.2 0 9 1.3 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .304 .352 .277 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 11 707 35.0 212 .331 .537 .426 5.4 8.5 11.0 .288 .451 .379 42.5
2018 Sinker -0.5 -2 442 21.9 113 .303 .364 .348 6.9 3.5 4.9 .305 .399 .353 40.2
2018 Changeup -1.0 -3 312 15.5 65 .213 .246 .237 36.1 18.5 13.5 .212 .284 .242 26.0
2018 Slider 1.5 4 270 13.4 67 .254 .444 .315 23.2 25.4 16.8 .209 .280 .235 44.7
2018 Curveball 2.6 4 164 8.1 31 .367 .433 .365 13.8 16.1 10.9 .304 .378 .310 28.0
2018 Cutter 3.8 3 81 4.0 24 .476 .619 .480 17.5 12.5 11.5 .355 .460 .385 31.6
2018 Split-Finger 0.8 0 37 1.8 4 .250 .250 .225 33.3 0.0 0.0 .378 .663 .443 25.0
2018 Slurve 22.4 0 2 0.1 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2018 Sweeper -22.4 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .200 .336 .202 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 233 884 5 -12 4 7 3
2009 593 2,397 -7 17 19 12 41
2010 676 2,765 -7 -20 11 14 -2
2011 684 2,746 -12 6 15 12 21
2012 661 2,693 -5 -6 21 13 23
2013 714 2,615 -22 -13 22 12 -1
2014 650 2,549 -7 -21 19 10 1
2015 605 2,415 0 -11 23 8 20
2016 697 2,914 -3 -21 25 15 16
2017 521 2,047 -16 -25 16 7 -18
2018 524 2,037 -4 -7 20 7 17
2019 176 710 -6 -8 12 4 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 %
2015 2,157 45.3 55.4 91.1 21.4 77.8 43.9 16.8 36.8 12.6 6.4 66.4
2016 2,655 45.7 55.1 91.5 18.9 73.6 43.6 16.5 35.5 12.8 6.5 68.0
2017 1,939 49.8 58.3 90.7 21.4 70.2 44.5 21.6 39.7 13.9 7.1 67.2
2018 2,018 49.8 60.4 89.8 21.9 72.5 43.2 22.9 41.1 14.2 6.7 71.3
2019 710 41.8 54.5 90.1 20.8 70.9 43.9 16.5 34.9 15.7 4.4 61.3
Player 9,479 47.0 57.0 90.7 20.7 73.5 43.8 19.0 37.8 13.5 6.5 67.9
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
2015 57 60 42 33 80 40 35 49 59 49 94 90 93 95 58
2016 83 79 49 35 97 39 30 53 77 43 87 97 94 97 60 7
2017 44 47 31 29 63 33 31 32 53 31 84 74 95 88 53 17
2018 59 83 34 17 82 14 12 70 56 55 95 75 92 81 46 66
2019 38 45
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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 20.4 18 17.9 0 10 14 7 38.9
2017 20.2 12 16.3 -4 7 11 8 66.7
2018 20.5 9 9.2 0 5 10 2 22.2
2019 21.3 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 20.4 40 44.4 -4 23 36 17 42.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 18 18 13 23 19 18 20 19 18 13 18 25 16 14 19 20 13 18 17 21 14 12 24 22 16 17 19 25 16 19 12
2017 12 17 10 18 17 17 19 18 16 13 16 19 16 16 19 17 16 16 16 17 16 10 20 17 17 15 17 21 15 15 12
2018 9 12 3 10 9 9 11 11 10 5 9 12 11 7 9 11 11 9 9 11 9 7 12 13 7 5 10 8 11 8 6
2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0
Player 40 48 27 52 46 45 51 49 45 31 44 57 45 38 48 49 41 44 43 50 40 30 58 53 41 37 47 55 44 43 30
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.6 89.2 0.6 ↑ 87.2 -2.0 ↓ 89.9 2.7 ↑ 85.8 -4.1 ↓
Launch Angle 8.2 9.5 1.3 ↑ 9.3 -0.2 ↓ 9.0 -0.3 ↓ 5.3 -3.7 ↓
Barrel % 3.6 4.5 0.9 ↑ 4.6 0.1 ↑ 3.0 -1.6 ↓ 0.8 -2.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.9 35.6 0.7 ↑ 32.2 -3.4 ↓ 38.7 6.5 ↑ 23.4 -15.3 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.3 32.5 3.2 ↑ 29.0 -3.5 ↓ 35.0 6.0 ↑ 25.0 -10.0 ↓
xBA .260 .276 0.016 ↑ .258 -0.018 ↓ .275 0.017 ↑ .244 -0.031 ↓
BA .276 .272 -0.004 ↓ .232 -0.040 ↓ .305 0.073 ↑ .260 -0.045 ↓
xwOBA .324 .357 0.033 ↑ .324 -0.033 ↓ .333 0.009 ↑ .303 -0.030 ↓
wOBA .349 .360 0.011 ↑ .302 -0.058 ↓ .355 0.053 ↑ .303 -0.052 ↓
xSLG .382 .418 0.036 ↑ .399 -0.019 ↓ .390 -0.009 ↓ .317 -0.073 ↓
SLG .450 .446 -0.004 ↓ .375 -0.071 ↓ .440 0.065 ↑ .313 -0.127 ↓
K% 10.5 13.0 2.5 ↑ 14.3 1.3 ↑ 11.5 -2.8 ↓ 13.6 2.1 ↑
BB% 11.6 15.2 3.6 ↑ 10.9 -4.3 ↓ 10.6 -0.3 ↓ 13.1 2.5 ↑
Swing % 36.8 35.5 -1.3 ↓ 39.7 4.2 ↑ 41.1 1.4 ↑ 34.9 -6.2 ↓
Whiff% 12.6 12.8 0.2 ↑ 13.9 1.1 ↑ 14.2 0.3 ↑ 15.7 1.5 ↑
In Zone % 45.3 45.7 0.4 ↑ 49.8 4.1 ↑ 49.8 0.0 41.8 -8.0 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.7 54.3 -0.4 ↓ 50.2 -4.1 ↓ 50.2 0.0 58.2 8.0 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 21.4 18.9 -2.5 ↓ 21.4 2.5 ↑ 21.9 0.5 ↑ 20.8 -1.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 16.8 16.5 -0.3 ↓ 21.6 5.1 ↑ 22.9 1.3 ↑ 16.5 -6.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 54.8 56.7 1.9 ↑ 60.2 3.5 ↑ 58.1 -2.1 ↓ 60.8 2.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 451 53 11.8 .362 .333
2016 Shifts R 161 0 0.0 .371
2017 Shifts L 374 45 12.0 .298 .486
2017 Shifts R 120 2 1.7 .238 .438
2018 Shifts L 382 47 12.3 .341 .444
2018 Shifts R 135 12 8.9 .346 .335
2019 Shifts L 148 56 37.8 .249 .395
2019 Shifts R 28 4 14.3 .346 .000
! 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 %
2010 840 16.0 34.9% 3.9% 570 22.0 1.9% 11.1%
2011 823 15.4 45.2% 1.6% 513 22.0 2.7% 10.7%
2012 904 16.5 32.6% 1.1% 494 22.6 1.0% 9.7%
2013 793 16.3 34.3% 1.6% 487 22.9 1.0% 9.4%
2014 929 17.4 20.8% 1.5% 422 23.2 0.5% 11.8%
2015 777 16.9 31.9% 3.7% 426 23.5 8.0% 21.8%
2016 826 17.1 29.8% 3.0% 631 23.8 3.6% 17.0%
2017 628 16.4 36.9% 1.1% 376 22.0 0.5% 9.0%
2018 669 16.6 30.5% 1.3% 364 22.5 2.2% 9.6%
2019 261 17.2 24.1% 1.9% 144 22.8 0.0% 6.9%
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