DH | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 260 lbs | Age: 39
Draft: 2004 | Rd. 1, No. 14, Kansas City Royals | Wolfson Senior HS (FL)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 603 549 57 149 9 0 .271 .323 .379 .702
2015 601 538 63 135 15 0 .251 .323 .390 .713
2016 274 250 27 71 5 0 .284 .336 .416 .752
10 Seasons 5,686 5,105 592 1,479 147 5 .290 .354 .441 .795
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .271 9 0 .702
2015 .251 15 0 .713
2016 .284 5 0 .752
10 Seasons .290 147 5 .795
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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 29 2248 441 33 7.5 5.5 89.4 110.0 8.5 30.8 .249 .441 .311 .335 .369 40.6 16.8 8.7
2016 30 1057 211 17 8.1 6.2 90.3 112.4 8.7 40.3 .312 .525 .324 .377 .424 41.7 15.3 7.7
Player 3305 652 50 7.7 5.7 89.7 112.4 8.5 33.9 .269 .468 .315 .348 .387 41.0 16.3 8.3
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, Sinker, Cutter Offspeed: Change, Split, 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 %
2015 51.7 48.3 19.0 24.5 4.8 34.5 34.0 30.8 26.3 17.9 7.3 8.2 16.1 23.6
2016 43.1 56.9 19.9 32.7 4.3 28.4 43.6 28.0 17.5 17.1 8.5 10.9 26.5 19.4
Player 48.9 51.1 19.3 27.1 4.6 32.5 37.1 29.9 23.5 17.6 7.7 9.0 19.5 22.2
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 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
2015 1.8 42.4 16.3 21.5 7.7 7.5 5.5
2016 1.9 32.7 19.0 28.0 8.1 8.1 6.2
Player 1.8 39.3 17.2 23.6 7.8 7.7 5.7
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 471 1,696 -7 -16 10 5 -7
2009 665 2,570 5 -2 12 11 26
2010 667 2,521 1 -2 14 11 24
2011 657 2,462 -14 9 17 7 18
2012 668 2,556 12 -2 14 10 34
2013 655 2,564 -4 -4 17 10 19
2014 597 2,120 1 -22 11 7 -2
2015 597 2,232 -6 -11 7 10 0
2016 273 1,054 8 -12 6 3 5
Player 5,250 19,775 -3 -62 107 -3 116
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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 2,248 50.0 60.4 89.7 28.9 63.3 42.2 23.3 44.7 18.8 7.5 73.2
2016 1,057 47.4 60.9 87.2 31.5 64.6 42.6 23.4 45.4 21.0 6.3 73.1
Player 3,305 49.2 60.6 88.9 29.7 63.7 42.3 23.3 44.9 19.5 7.1 73.2
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 30.1 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
2015 69 40 71 78 58 79 69 62 75 77 61 64 65 52 9
2016 88 7
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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 24.28 5 8.2 -3 4 8 3 60.0
Player 24.28 5 8.2 -3 4 8 3 60.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 5 11 8 6 8 5 9 8 5 6 7 9 10 6 8 10 5 6 10 7 9 7 11 12 10 8 7 11 12 7 7
Player 5 11 8 6 8 5 9 8 5 6 7 9 10 6 8 10 5 6 10 7 9 7 11 12 10 8 7 11 12 7 7
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's batted balls 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

2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .284 +.033 ↑ .251
xBA .312 +.063 ↑ .249
OBP .336 +.013 ↑ .323
xOBP .364 +.039 ↑ .325
SLG .416 +.026 ↑ .390
xSLG .525 +.084 ↑ .441
ISO .132 -.007 ↓ .139
xISO .213 +.021 ↑ .192
BABIP .320 +.038 ↑ .282
wOBA .324 +.013 ↑ .311
xwOBA .377 +.042 ↑ .335
wOBACON .354 +.019 ↑ .335
xwOBACON .424 +.055 ↑ .369
BACON .336 +.030 ↑ .306
xBACON .374 +.066 ↑ .308
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 41.7 +1.1 ↑ 40.6
Avg Exit Velocity 90.3 +0.9 ↑ 89.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 40.3 +9.5 ↑ 30.8
Barrel % 8.1 +0.6 ↑ 7.5
Avg Launch Angle 8.7 +0.2 ↑ 8.5
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- --
Attack Angle 0° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- --
Attack Direction 0° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 0° -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.7 0.0 91.7
Breaking Velocity 81.2 -0.7 ↓ 81.9
Offspeed Velocity 83.7 -0.3 ↓ 84.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 17 -16 ↓ 33
Popup % 4.3 -0.5 ↓ 4.8
Flyball % 19.9 +0.9 ↑ 19.0
Line Drive % 32.7 +8.2 ↑ 24.5
Groundball % 43.1 -8.6 ↓ 51.7
Pull % 28.4 -6.1 ↓ 34.5
Straight Away % 43.6 +9.6 ↑ 34.0
Opposite Field % 28.0 -2.8 ↓ 30.8
Weak Contact % 1.9 +0.1 ↑ 1.8
Pull Airball % 10.9 +2.7 ↑ 8.2
Topped Contact % 32.7 -9.7 ↓ 42.4
Under Contact % 19.0 +2.7 ↑ 16.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 28.0 +6.5 ↑ 21.5
Solid Contact % 8.1 +0.4 ↑ 7.7
HR/FB % 11.9 -6.0 ↓ 17.9
Popups 9 -12 ↓ 21
Flyballs 42 -42 ↓ 84
Line Drives 69 -39 ↓ 108
Groundballs 91 -137 ↓ 228
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.4 -2.6 ↓ 50.0
Out of Zone % 52.6 +2.6 ↑ 50.0
Edge % 42.6 +0.4 ↑ 42.2
Zone Swing % 60.9 +0.5 ↑ 60.4
Out of Zone Swing % 31.5 +2.6 ↑ 28.9
In Zone Contact % 87.2 -2.5 ↓ 89.7
Out of Zone Contact % 64.6 +1.3 ↑ 63.3
Whiff % 21.0 +2.2 ↑ 18.8
First Strike % 58.8 -3.4 ↓ 62.2
First Pitch Swing % 23.4 +0.1 ↑ 23.3
Swing % 45.4 +0.7 ↑ 44.7
Meatball Swing % 73.1 -0.1 ↓ 73.2
Meatball % 6.3 -1.2 ↓ 7.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 12.8 +2.5 ↑ 10.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 35.4 -1.3 ↓ 36.7
In Zone 501 -624 ↓ 1,125
Out of Zone 556 -567 ↓ 1,123
Edge 450 -499 ↓ 949
In Zone Swings 305 -375 ↓ 680
Out of Zone Swings 175 -149 ↓ 324
In Zone Swing & Misses 39 -31 ↓ 70
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 62 -57 ↓ 119
Basic
Pitches 1,057 -1,191 ↓ 2,248
PA 274 -327 ↓ 601
AB 250 -288 ↓ 538
Hits 71 -64 ↓ 135
Singles 48 -43 ↓ 91
Doubles 18 -10 ↓ 28
Triples 0 -1 ↓ 1
Home Runs 5 -10 ↓ 15
Walks 21 -31 ↓ 52
Strikeouts 42 -59 ↓ 101
K% 15.3 -1.5 ↓ 16.8
BB% 7.7 -1.0 ↓ 8.7
HBP 0 -7 ↓ 7
Batted Balls 211 -230 ↓ 441
Number of Fastballs 627 -682 ↓ 1,309
Number of Offspeed 120 -127 ↓ 247
Number of Breaking 292 -343 ↓ 635
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 264 25 9.5 .332 .266
! 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 695 16.0 31.7% 1.3% 537 22.0 0.7% 8.0%
2011 664 16.2 33.1% 1.8% 482 22.4 0.8% 9.8%
2012 768 16.9 23.3% 2.5% 468 22.6 0.4% 10.7%
2013 791 16.4 33.8% 2.0% 445 22.8 1.3% 10.1%
2014 636 17.2 22.6% 1.7% 337 23.1 0.9% 10.1%
2015 646 16.9 34.2% 4.6% 418 22.8 5.5% 17.0%
2016 320 17.9 27.5% 5.3% 188 22.7 6.4% 18.1%
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