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 451 410 83 141 18 23 .344 .390 .593 .983
3 Seasons 1,777 1,642 262 468 68 102 .285 .328 .495 .823
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .254 20 30 .722
2023 .276 30 49 .814
2024 .344 18 23 .983
3 Seasons .285 68 102 .823
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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%
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 1660 343 52 15.2 11.5 92.9 116.9 15.6 36.7 .332 .613 .414 .419 .483 50.7 16.2 6.7
Player 6693 1333 153 11.5 8.6 90.9 116.9 16.0 34.4 .289 .515 .350 .362 .424 44.5 18.5 5.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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 36.7 30.0 26.5 6.7 28.6 42.6 28.9 2.6 24.2 26.8 26.5 4.7 15.2 11.5
Player 36.9 30.5 24.9 7.7 32.7 37.8 29.5 2.6 27.2 29.0 23.8 5.6 11.5 8.6
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 1.0 5 469 28.3 103 .304 .652 .411 19.1 18.4 15.6 .326 .752 .465 63.2
2024 Slider 2.3 8 361 21.7 88 .366 .524 .419 30.4 19.3 17.7 .311 .456 .354 40.9
2024 Sinker 4.5 12 260 15.7 94 .393 .655 .476 10.0 7.4 14.3 .381 .743 .491 62.8
2024 Cutter 0.6 1 148 8.9 32 .407 .556 .442 32.8 21.9 22.6 .299 .466 .362 47.6
2024 Sweeper 2.3 3 130 7.8 30 .333 .704 .462 21.8 10.0 10.3 .375 .800 .512 33.3
2024 Changeup -0.5 -1 129 7.8 47 .261 .348 .294 27.3 21.3 21.7 .314 .431 .330 36.1
2024 Curveball 3.3 4 110 6.6 32 .281 .563 .355 29.8 25.0 20.5 .316 .563 .372 45.8
2024 Split-Finger 16.1 6 39 2.3 17 .438 .875 .559 16.0 11.8 11.8 .291 .525 .364 42.9
2024 Slurve 0.8 0 14 0.8 4 .500 .750 .538 0.0 0.0 0.0 .342 .472 .354 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 -5 479 17.7 118 .225 .396 .279 28.3 15.3 11.5 .261 .469 .321 32.6
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 -0.8 -2 195 7.2 42 .179 .333 .239 30.0 28.6 14.5 .268 .423 .294 27.6
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 447 1,660 4 11 16 7 38
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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 1,660 47.7 71.0 84.3 32.5 64.2 40.9 30.7 50.8 22.4 7.9 78.6
Player 6,693 48.4 70.8 83.2 32.5 62.8 41.9 31.5 51.0 23.6 7.7 80.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
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 96 99 93 94 99 92 82 31 62 24 100 100 78 87 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 18 23.2 -5 9 14 14 77.8
Player 21.4 68 74.2 -6 35 45 39 57.4
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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 18 24 20 25 21 23 25 23 21 17 21 23 26 19 23 24 20 21 26 27 28 23 30 28 21 20 22 26 28 20 20
Player 68 61 69 75 72 71 78 72 66 63 68 71 80 68 76 82 71 74 80 77 81 83 95 84 63 66 73 78 89 68 71
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 92.9 2.2
Launch Angle 16.8 15.7 -1.1 15.6 -0.1
Barrel % 8.7 11.5 2.8 15.2 3.7
Hard Hit % 38.6 45.6 7.0 50.7 5.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.5 34.4 1.9 36.7 2.3
xBA .252 .294 0.042 .332 0.038
BA .254 .276 0.022 .344 0.068
xwOBA .313 .369 0.056 .419 0.050
wOBA .311 .343 0.032 .414 0.071
xSLG .427 .533 0.106 .613 0.080
SLG .428 .495 0.067 .593 0.098
K% 21.4 17.4 -4.0 16.2 -1.2
BB% 4.7 5.8 1.1 6.7 0.9
Swing % 51.8 50.5 -1.3 50.8 0.3
Whiff% 25.2 22.8 -2.4 22.4 -0.4
In Zone % 48.0 49.1 1.1 47.7 -1.4
Out of Zone % 52.0 50.9 -1.1 52.3 1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 34.7 30.6 -4.1 32.5 1.9
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 30.4 -2.8 30.7 0.3
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 62.3 -1.7 59.6 -2.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 629 41 6.5 .322 .158
2023 Shades R 691 34 4.9 .344 .326
2024 Shades R 447 30 6.7 .411 .450
! 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 %
2022 609 18.6 9.9% 3.3% 376 23.3 0.8% 8.8%
2023 732 15.8 34.2% 0.3% 389 19.7 1.0% 0.5%
2024 438 16.1 31.5% 0.5% 202 19.4 1.5% 0.5%
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