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
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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%
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 .315 .577 .410 .407 .458 48.3 15.0 8.0
Player 7633 1528 178 11.6 8.7 91.1 116.9 15.8 34.3 .288 .514 .356 .365 .423 44.4 17.8 6.2
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

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 %
2022 36.2 63.8 33.4 22.6 7.8 33.2 39.3 27.5 17.1 15.6 3.5 16.1 23.6 24.1
2023 37.6 62.4 28.4 25.9 8.1 35.0 33.5 31.6 18.1 14.7 4.7 16.8 18.7 26.8
2024 37.5 62.5 30.5 25.1 6.9 32.3 39.6 28.1 15.2 16.9 5.4 17.1 22.7 22.7
Player 37.2 62.8 30.6 24.6 7.6 33.5 37.4 29.1 16.8 15.8 4.6 16.7 21.6 24.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 16.6 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
2022 2.2 26.2 34.3 23.6 4.6 8.7 6.3
2023 3.0 30.1 25.9 22.1 7.2 11.5 8.8
2024 2.2 25.3 27.7 24.9 5.6 14.3 10.9
Player 2.5 27.2 29.1 23.6 5.8 11.6 8.7
MLB 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 1.7 13 757 29.1 177 .302 .648 .421 19.9 18.1 14.8 .304 .685 .437 57.7
2024 Slider 1.4 8 555 21.3 142 .326 .492 .385 29.7 16.9 14.5 .279 .428 .335 39.4
2024 Sinker 3.5 14 388 14.9 127 .384 .634 .469 8.6 7.1 12.0 .380 .707 .487 60.0
2024 Cutter 0.6 1 229 8.8 57 .340 .500 .393 28.2 21.1 25.0 .300 .507 .378 48.7
2024 Changeup 0.5 1 205 7.9 73 .265 .397 .326 28.2 16.4 17.9 .305 .441 .349 37.5
2024 Curveball 1.2 2 192 7.4 49 .271 .521 .342 26.0 20.4 15.4 .300 .499 .348 42.1
2024 Sweeper 5.4 10 176 6.8 43 .405 .865 .540 24.7 9.3 9.8 .344 .712 .508 32.4
2024 Split-Finger 9.7 8 81 3.1 26 .458 .917 .587 20.9 11.5 9.7 .320 .589 .413 42.9
2024 Slurve 4.9 1 17 0.7 6 .500 .667 .508 0.0 0.0 0.0 .317 .419 .319 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 4 909 33.7 210 .271 .521 .367 22.8 24.8 18.5 .280 .545 .380 55.1
2023 Slider -1.3 -6 472 17.5 113 .208 .358 .258 28.5 15.9 11.9 .248 .444 .307 31.1
2023 Sinker -0.7 -3 401 14.8 122 .304 .438 .343 7.7 6.6 8.7 .348 .544 .398 52.8
2023 Cutter 3.0 7 241 8.9 62 .356 .712 .462 26.0 9.7 11.1 .325 .723 .450 49.1
2023 Changeup 3.8 8 222 8.2 64 .397 .698 .483 24.4 10.9 8.1 .322 .508 .360 33.9
2023 Sweeper -0.1 0 202 7.5 45 .190 .405 .268 29.1 26.7 13.8 .282 .478 .319 34.4
2023 Curveball 0.7 1 184 6.8 55 .212 .404 .285 26.0 23.6 20.0 .274 .532 .357 46.2
2023 Split-Finger -1.2 -1 56 2.1 19 .235 .412 .284 37.5 26.3 20.0 .277 .482 .349 53.8
2023 Slurve 0.0 0 12 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .171 .200 .161 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 629 2,331 -6 -12 12 10 3
2023 692 2,700 -7 -10 19 9 11
2024 700 2,600 13 8 21 15 57
Player 2,021 7,631 0 -15 52 0 72
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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 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
2022 47 58 69 68 22 78 59 65 93 43 47 10 46 16 100 1 74
2023 91 95 95 88 68 96 76 74 89 73 79 16 64 35 100 98 77 88 67 80
2024 98 99 98 97 96 99 92 94 98 88 88 51 65 25 100 99 78 86 72 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 20.5 -1 11 13 9 45.0
2023 21.1 30 28.9 1 14 17 15 50.0
2024 21.1 32 38.3 -6 13 23 22 68.8
Player 21.3 82 87.6 -6 38 53 46 56.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2022 20 16 19 21 19 18 20 18 17 18 18 22 24 20 20 22 19 22 22 18 23 24 24 23 18 20 20 23 25 19 22
2023 30 20 27 26 29 29 31 29 27 27 28 25 28 28 31 33 30 29 31 31 29 34 40 32 22 24 29 28 33 28 28
2024 32 38 32 40 36 39 41 39 35 28 35 40 40 33 40 38 34 34 42 46 43 36 52 46 35 36 34 41 45 35 35
Player 82 74 78 87 84 86 92 86 79 73 81 87 92 81 91 93 83 85 95 95 95 94 116 101 75 80 83 92 103 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 ↑ .315 0.021 ↑
BA .254 .276 0.022 ↑ .332 0.056 ↑
xwOBA .313 .369 0.056 ↑ .407 0.038 ↑
wOBA .311 .343 0.032 ↑ .410 0.067 ↑
xSLG .427 .533 0.106 ↑ .577 0.044 ↑
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

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 704 16.0 33.1% 0.4% 334 19.1 2.1% 0.3%
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