Bobby Witt Jr.
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #2, Kansas City Royals | Colleyville Heritage HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 632 591 82 150 20 30 .254 .294 .428 .722
2023 694 641 97 177 30 49 .276 .319 .495 .814
2024 709 636 125 211 32 31 .332 .389 .588 .977
3 Seasons 2,035 1,868 304 538 82 110 .288 .336 .505 .841
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .254 20 30 .722
2023 .276 30 49 .814
2024 .332 32 31 .977
3 Seasons .288 82 110 .841
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%
2022 22 2332 461 40 8.7 6.3 89.7 113.7 16.8 32.5 .252 .427 .311 .313 .377 38.6 21.4 4.7
2023 23 2701 529 61 11.5 8.8 90.7 113.8 15.7 34.4 .294 .533 .343 .369 .427 45.6 17.4 5.8
2024 24 2600 538 77 14.3 10.9 92.7 116.9 15.1 35.7 .321 .594 .410 .413 .465 48.3 15.0 8.0
Player 7633 1528 178 11.6 8.7 91.1 116.9 15.8 34.3 .290 .520 .356 .367 .425 44.4 17.8 6.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2022 36.2 33.4 22.6 7.8 33.2 39.3 27.5 2.2 26.2 34.3 23.6 4.6 8.7 6.3
2023 37.6 28.4 25.9 8.1 35.0 33.5 31.6 3.0 30.1 25.9 22.1 7.2 11.5 8.8
2024 37.5 30.5 25.1 6.9 32.3 39.6 28.1 2.2 25.3 27.7 24.9 5.6 14.3 10.9
Player 37.2 30.6 24.6 7.6 33.5 37.4 29.1 2.5 27.2 29.1 23.6 5.8 11.6 8.7
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 1.9 14 753 29.0 177 .308 .679 .434 19.9 17.5 14.4 .317 .736 .459 58.0
2024 Slider 1.6 9 568 21.8 146 .313 .478 .378 30.7 17.8 15.2 .283 .434 .338 39.4
2024 Sinker 3.2 13 393 15.1 127 .375 .589 .451 8.7 7.9 13.2 .379 .694 .479 59.6
2024 Cutter 0.9 2 224 8.6 55 .388 .551 .427 26.8 18.2 22.7 .328 .580 .406 50.0
2024 Changeup 0.3 1 204 7.8 73 .265 .397 .326 28.2 16.4 17.9 .312 .453 .354 37.5
2024 Curveball 2.5 5 193 7.4 50 .265 .510 .335 25.8 20.0 15.2 .293 .497 .343 41.0
2024 Sweeper 4.0 7 167 6.4 40 .400 .886 .540 23.3 10.0 10.3 .349 .698 .500 31.3
2024 Split-Finger 11.3 9 81 3.1 26 .458 .917 .587 20.9 11.5 9.7 .332 .606 .419 42.9
2024 Slurve 1.9 0 17 0.7 6 .500 .667 .508 0.0 0.0 0.0 .300 .395 .302 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 3 911 33.7 213 .265 .524 .365 22.6 24.4 18.6 .278 .554 .383 54.3
2023 Slider -1.0 -5 476 17.6 117 .227 .400 .281 28.4 15.4 11.6 .259 .467 .320 31.9
2023 Sinker -1.1 -4 399 14.8 119 .315 .432 .347 7.8 6.7 8.5 .352 .528 .392 53.8
2023 Cutter 2.7 6 242 9.0 61 .345 .707 .455 25.4 9.8 11.1 .314 .716 .442 50.0
2023 Changeup 5.2 12 221 8.2 63 .387 .694 .476 24.6 11.1 8.2 .322 .511 .361 34.5
2023 Sweeper -0.9 -2 198 7.3 43 .175 .325 .234 29.7 27.9 14.3 .272 .429 .297 30.0
2023 Curveball 0.6 1 184 6.8 55 .212 .404 .285 26.0 23.6 20.0 .274 .532 .357 46.2
2023 Split-Finger -3.6 -2 56 2.1 19 .235 .412 .284 37.5 26.3 20.0 .277 .482 .349 53.8
2023 Slurve 1.1 0 12 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .171 .200 .161 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -8 883 37.9 213 .231 .410 .303 25.3 28.2 24.0 .233 .431 .317 43.1
2022 Slider 1.5 6 426 18.3 116 .312 .477 .363 26.3 14.7 12.4 .280 .418 .321 32.3
2022 Sinker -1.6 -5 294 12.6 85 .266 .506 .363 19.5 9.4 13.6 .277 .490 .355 53.5
2022 Changeup 0.5 1 199 8.5 69 .224 .433 .316 27.5 20.3 17.9 .260 .425 .307 32.1
2022 Cutter -0.4 -1 195 8.4 50 .224 .327 .253 18.3 10.0 9.3 .283 .455 .326 31.8
2022 Curveball 1.1 2 191 8.2 52 .265 .490 .329 27.7 23.1 19.4 .264 .496 .335 39.5
2022 Sweeper 0.2 0 120 5.1 37 .278 .306 .272 33.9 40.5 34.1 .164 .211 .180 9.5
2022 Split-Finger -4.7 -1 16 0.7 5 .200 .200 .180 60.0 80.0 44.4 .054 .055 .049 0.0
2022 Slurve -1.3 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .571 .970 .641 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 629 2,331 -9 -17 10 10 -5
2023 692 2,700 -7 -8 17 8 10
2024 709 2,626 17 8 22 13 60
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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 %
2022 2,332 48.0 70.4 82.1 34.7 61.0 43.1 33.2 51.8 25.2 7.6 78.0
2023 2,701 49.1 71.0 83.3 30.6 63.5 41.5 30.4 50.5 22.8 7.7 83.6
2024 2,600 47.4 72.3 84.8 32.1 63.3 41.3 31.5 51.2 22.3 7.6 80.2
Player 7,633 48.2 71.2 83.5 32.4 62.6 41.9 31.7 51.1 23.4 7.6 80.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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
2022 47 58 69 68 22 78 59 65 93 43 47 10 45 16 100 1 74
2023 91 95 95 88 68 96 76 74 89 73 79 16 64 35 100 98 76
2024 98 100 98 97 97 99 92 94 98 88 88 51 65 25 100 99 78 86 74 72
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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 %
2022 22.1 20 20.8 -1 12 13 9 45.0
2023 21.1 30 30.2 0 14 18 16 53.3
2024 21.1 32 37.5 -6 11 24 21 65.6
Player 21.3 82 88.5 -7 37 55 46 56.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 20 16 19 22 20 18 21 18 17 18 18 22 25 20 20 23 19 22 22 18 23 24 24 23 19 20 21 23 27 19 22
2023 30 21 30 28 31 30 32 31 28 28 29 26 29 29 33 35 32 31 32 32 30 36 41 33 23 26 30 29 34 29 29
2024 32 36 31 40 35 39 41 38 33 28 34 38 39 33 39 37 34 33 42 46 43 35 50 45 33 35 36 40 44 34 34
Player 82 73 80 90 86 87 94 87 78 74 81 86 93 82 92 95 85 86 96 96 96 95 115 101 75 81 87 92 105 82 85
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.7 90.7 1.0 92.7 2.0
Launch Angle 16.8 15.7 -1.1 15.1 -0.6
Barrel % 8.7 11.5 2.8 14.3 2.8
Hard Hit % 38.6 45.6 7.0 48.3 2.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.5 34.4 1.9 35.7 1.3
xBA .252 .294 0.042 .321 0.027
BA .254 .276 0.022 .332 0.056
xwOBA .313 .369 0.056 .413 0.044
wOBA .311 .343 0.032 .410 0.067
xSLG .427 .533 0.106 .594 0.061
SLG .428 .495 0.067 .588 0.093
K% 21.4 17.4 -4.0 15.0 -2.4
BB% 4.7 5.8 1.1 8.0 2.2
Swing % 51.8 50.5 -1.3 51.2 0.7
Whiff% 25.2 22.8 -2.4 22.3 -0.5
In Zone % 48.0 49.1 1.1 47.4 -1.7
Out of Zone % 52.0 50.9 -1.1 52.6 1.7
Out of Zone Swing % 34.7 30.6 -4.1 32.1 1.5
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 30.4 -2.8 31.5 1.1
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 62.3 -1.7 62.0 -0.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 629 25 4.0 .318 .161
2023 Shades R 691 34 4.9 .344 .326
2024 Shades R 700 46 6.6 .408 .439
! 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