Bobby Witt Jr.
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 23
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 84 78 18 25 4 4 .321 .369 .628 .997
3 Seasons 1,410 1,310 197 352 54 83 .269 .311 .473 .784
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .254 20 30 .722
2023 .276 30 49 .814
2024 .321 4 4 .997
3 Seasons .269 54 83 .784
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 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 24 354 59 13 22.0 15.5 96.4 113.3 15.3 33.9 .338 .757 .428 .475 .605 66.1 22.6 6.0
Player 5387 1049 114 10.9 8.1 90.6 113.8 16.1 33.6 .278 .498 .334 .350 .415 43.7 19.5 5.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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 32.2 44.1 20.3 3.4 16.9 47.5 35.6 3.4 20.3 23.7 23.7 6.8 22.0 15.5
Player 36.7 31.5 24.1 7.7 33.2 36.8 30.0 2.7 27.8 29.5 22.9 6.0 10.9 8.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 2 112 31.6 21 .300 .850 .521 24.6 28.6 18.2 .323 1.075 .576 78.6
2024 Slider 2.4 2 62 17.5 14 .385 .462 .396 39.3 28.6 22.2 .280 .414 .328 66.7
2024 Sinker -5.1 -3 51 14.4 16 .188 .250 .191 23.3 0.0 0.0 .398 .813 .510 68.8
2024 Cutter 3.6 2 44 12.4 10 .500 1.000 .645 38.1 20.0 18.2 .470 .911 .602 83.3
2024 Sweeper 0.8 0 41 11.6 8 .167 .333 .331 30.8 25.0 16.7 .088 .111 .240 0.0
2024 Changeup -1.6 0 23 6.5 9 .333 .667 .417 35.7 33.3 27.3 .362 .662 .435 50.0
2024 Curveball 6.7 1 20 5.6 5 .400 1.000 .580 30.8 40.0 25.0 .403 .988 .577 100.0
2024 Split-Finger 10.6 0 1 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .323 .328 .295 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 914 33.8 214 .263 .521 .363 22.6 24.3 18.6 .277 .552 .382 53.9
2023 Slider -1.2 -6 488 18.1 121 .219 .386 .272 29.0 16.5 12.7 .254 .457 .313 32.3
2023 Sinker -1.1 -4 398 14.7 119 .315 .432 .347 7.8 6.7 8.5 .352 .528 .392 53.8
2023 Cutter 3.1 7 239 8.8 59 .357 .732 .470 25.8 10.2 11.1 .324 .739 .456 52.0
2023 Changeup 5.2 11 219 8.1 63 .387 .694 .476 24.6 11.1 8.2 .322 .511 .361 34.5
2023 Sweeper -0.4 -1 186 6.9 40 .189 .351 .251 28.0 25.0 12.5 .282 .446 .308 27.6
2023 Curveball 0.6 1 185 6.8 55 .212 .404 .285 26.0 23.6 19.7 .274 .532 .357 46.2
2023 Split-Finger -3.4 -2 58 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 -1.0 -9 879 37.7 212 .227 .402 .299 25.2 28.3 24.2 .230 .427 .315 42.6
2022 Slider 1.5 6 429 18.4 117 .309 .473 .360 26.6 15.4 12.9 .278 .414 .318 32.3
2022 Sinker -1.5 -4 298 12.8 86 .275 .525 .373 19.9 9.3 13.1 .284 .499 .361 54.2
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 0.3 0 117 5.0 36 .286 .314 .279 32.8 38.9 34.1 .169 .217 .185 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 84 354 0 0 3 0 4
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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 354 46.3 75.0 76.4 30.5 56.9 36.2 31.0 51.1 29.8 8.5 90.0
Player 5,387 48.4 71.0 82.3 32.4 61.9 41.8 31.7 51.1 24.3 7.7 81.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
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 99 96 99 100 87 100 100 99 95 100 46 21 26 33 99 97 90
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Expected Home Runs

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 20.8 4 6.7 -3 1 8 2 50.0
Player 21.5 54 57.7 -4 27 39 27 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

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 4 8 5 9 6 7 7 10 6 4 6 7 9 6 8 9 7 7 3 9 5 4 10 10 8 3 6 3 9 6 3
Player 54 45 54 59 57 55 60 59 51 50 53 55 63 55 61 67 58 60 57 59 58 64 75 66 50 49 57 55 70 54 54
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.7 90.7 1.0 ↑ 96.4 5.7 ↑
Launch Angle 16.8 15.7 -1.1 ↓ 15.3 -0.4 ↓
Barrel % 8.7 11.5 2.8 ↑ 22.0 10.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 38.6 45.6 7.0 ↑ 66.1 20.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.5 34.4 1.9 ↑ 33.9 -0.5 ↓
xBA .252 .294 0.042 ↑ .338 0.044 ↑
BA .254 .276 0.022 ↑ .321 0.045 ↑
xwOBA .313 .369 0.056 ↑ .475 0.106 ↑
wOBA .311 .343 0.032 ↑ .428 0.085 ↑
xSLG .427 .533 0.106 ↑ .757 0.224 ↑
SLG .428 .495 0.067 ↑ .628 0.133 ↑
K% 21.4 17.4 -4.0 ↓ 22.6 5.2 ↑
BB% 4.7 5.8 1.1 ↑ 6.0 0.2 ↑
Swing % 51.8 50.5 -1.3 ↓ 51.1 0.6 ↑
Whiff% 25.2 22.8 -2.4 ↓ 29.8 7.0 ↑
In Zone % 48.0 49.1 1.1 ↑ 46.3 -2.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.0 50.9 -1.1 ↓ 53.7 2.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 34.7 30.6 -4.1 ↓ 30.5 -0.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33.2 30.4 -2.8 ↓ 31.0 0.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 62.3 -1.7 ↓ 52.4 -9.9 ↓
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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 84 0 0.0 .428
! 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 89 15.7 37.1% 0.0% 29 19.4 3.4% 0.0%
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