Brandon Moss
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 8, #238, Boston Red Sox | Loganville HS (Monroe, Ga)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 526 469 47 106 19 0 .226 .304 .407 .711
2016 464 413 66 93 28 1 .225 .300 .484 .784
2017 401 362 41 75 22 2 .207 .279 .428 .707
11 Seasons 3,521 3,133 419 742 160 11 .237 .314 .452 .766
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .226 19 0 .711
2016 .225 28 1 .784
2017 .207 22 2 .707
11 Seasons .237 160 11 .766
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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 31 2056 324 38 11.7 7.2 89.1 113.7 19.8 34.9 .232 .464 .308 .336 .440 39.5 28.1 9.3
2016 32 1826 277 37 13.4 8.0 88.5 113.5 22.5 37.2 .232 .484 .329 .337 .454 39.0 30.4 8.4
2017 33 1648 236 35 14.8 8.7 89.6 112.8 17.8 36.4 .237 .506 .301 .343 .474 41.9 31.9 9.2
Player 5530 837 110 13.1 7.9 89.0 113.7 20.2 36.1 .233 .483 .313 .338 .454 40.0 30.0 9.0
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
2015 34.0 30.2 25.9 9.9 45.7 34.0 20.4 5.2 19.8 29.0 21.3 8.3 11.7 7.2
2016 30.3 32.5 26.4 10.8 45.1 31.4 22.7 3.2 19.5 33.6 19.5 10.1 13.4 8.0
2017 32.6 33.1 28.0 6.4 49.2 29.7 21.2 4.7 22.0 31.4 20.3 6.8 14.8 8.7
Player 32.4 31.8 26.6 9.2 46.5 31.9 21.4 4.4 20.3 31.2 20.4 8.5 13.1 7.9
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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 4 504 30.6 100 .259 .518 .383 30.0 30.0 18.2 .247 .516 .374 45.5
2017 Sinker 1.6 5 309 18.8 80 .273 .667 .435 19.3 17.5 15.1 .331 .833 .511 50.9
2017 Changeup -0.3 -1 245 14.9 62 .241 .431 .302 47.8 32.3 29.9 .233 .452 .304 28.2
2017 Curveball -2.8 -7 238 14.4 64 .143 .270 .183 45.7 39.1 30.1 .241 .507 .315 52.6
2017 Slider -3.8 -7 199 12.1 56 .113 .264 .186 48.9 48.2 34.2 .131 .261 .192 30.8
2017 Cutter -3.4 -3 90 5.5 27 .160 .240 .211 19.6 18.5 16.7 .223 .352 .278 35.0
2017 Split-Finger -1.2 -1 48 2.9 10 .200 .500 .290 54.2 60.0 46.2 .151 .323 .195 25.0
2017 Slurve -10.1 -1 8 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 20.0 .044 .053 .040 0.0
2017 Sweeper -3.7 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 246 993 1 -15 4 5 -5
2009 417 1,561 -8 -16 4 9 -12
2012 312 1,245 9 0 4 4 17
2013 523 2,104 16 -5 7 9 27
2014 578 2,349 23 -24 8 11 17
2015 526 2,050 -10 -23 7 5 -21
2016 461 1,816 9 -17 5 7 4
2017 401 1,647 -7 -17 8 6 -10
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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 2,056 45.8 71.0 80.5 30.9 50.3 44.5 33.7 49.3 29.6 7.2 86.5
2016 1,826 45.3 73.2 76.4 32.2 42.4 42.1 39.0 50.8 35.3 6.4 84.6
2017 1,648 47.1 71.6 72.5 27.6 45.4 42.0 32.9 48.3 35.6 6.7 80.2
Player 5,530 46.0 71.9 76.7 30.3 46.2 42.9 35.2 49.5 33.3 6.8 84.0
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
2015 71 16 80 90 47 85 94 58 94 71 6 74 12 39 52
2016 63 13 81 92 28 76 94 40 92 61 4 55 3 28 38 52
2017 68 18 84 95 25 76 96 84 90 84 3 59 3 47 38
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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 21.8 28 25.9 2 12 18 12 42.9
2017 21.5 22 22.2 0 5 16 9 40.9
Player 21.7 50 48.1 2 17 34 21 42.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 28 29 21 26 27 21 29 27 22 17 25 29 25 25 25 23 18 22 30 29 27 25 33 33 22 26 28 32 31 28 23
2017 22 22 22 22 23 21 24 25 17 20 21 27 24 22 23 25 19 21 22 23 23 21 25 25 22 19 23 26 24 22 12
Player 50 51 43 48 50 42 53 52 39 37 46 56 49 47 48 48 37 43 52 52 50 46 58 58 44 45 51 58 55 50 35
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.1 88.5 -0.6 89.6 1.1
Launch Angle 19.8 22.5 2.7 17.8 -4.7
Barrel % 11.7 13.4 1.7 14.8 1.4
Hard Hit % 39.5 39.0 -0.5 41.9 2.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.9 37.2 2.3 36.4 -0.8
xBA .232 .232 0.000 .237 0.005
BA .226 .225 -0.001 .207 -0.018
xwOBA .336 .337 0.001 .343 0.006
wOBA .308 .329 0.021 .301 -0.028
xSLG .464 .484 0.020 .506 0.022
SLG .407 .484 0.077 .428 -0.056
K% 28.1 30.4 2.3 31.9 1.5
BB% 9.3 8.4 -0.9 9.2 0.8
Swing % 49.3 50.8 1.5 48.3 -2.5
Whiff% 29.6 35.3 5.7 35.6 0.3
In Zone % 45.8 45.3 -0.5 47.1 1.8
Out of Zone % 54.2 54.7 0.5 52.9 -1.8
Out of Zone Swing % 30.9 32.2 1.3 27.6 -4.6
First Pitch Swing % 33.7 39.0 5.3 32.9 -6.1
First Pitch Strike % 58.0 62.1 4.1 59.9 -2.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 457 363 79.4 .258 .346
2017 Shifts L 401 304 75.8 .291 .304
! 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 22 14.0 68.2% 0.0% 20 18.1 5.0% 0.0%
2011 4 17.9 25.0% 0.0% 2 20.8 0.0% 0.0%
2012 288 15.9 41.0% 1.7% 203 21.8 2.0% 8.9%
2013 536 16.5 36.6% 1.5% 304 23.1 1.0% 9.2%
2014 611 17.5 26.4% 1.3% 418 23.6 1.2% 14.1%
2015 530 17.2 34.2% 3.6% 355 22.7 9.3% 14.1%
2016 482 17.1 33.6% 3.9% 276 24.2 5.1% 19.6%
2017 439 16.2 37.6% 2.7% 293 22.8 0.3% 8.9%
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