Brett Gardner
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 195LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 3, #109, New York Yankees | College of Charleston
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 550 491 86 123 28 10 .251 .325 .503 .828
2020 158 130 20 29 5 3 .223 .354 .392 .746
2021 461 387 47 86 10 4 .222 .327 .362 .689
14 Seasons 6,614 5,737 943 1,470 139 274 .256 .342 .398 .740
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .251 28 10 .828
2020 .223 5 3 .746
2021 .222 10 4 .689
14 Seasons .256 139 274 .740
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%
2015 31 2732 447 18 4.0 2.7 88.8 109.7 11.1 32.0 .258 .394 .327 .332 .376 34.9 20.6 10.4
2016 32 2591 450 11 2.4 1.7 86.5 107.2 7.4 27.8 .252 .345 .317 .311 .318 24.0 16.7 11.0
2017 33 2890 480 18 3.8 2.6 86.4 107.9 10.3 34.4 .269 .404 .336 .333 .360 31.0 17.9 10.6
2018 34 2581 432 12 2.8 2.0 88.0 110.1 9.4 30.6 .226 .334 .305 .293 .301 32.9 17.6 10.7
2019 35 2381 386 16 4.1 2.9 87.8 109.7 13.8 29.5 .235 .367 .344 .299 .326 32.7 19.6 9.5
2020 36 653 96 5 5.2 3.2 89.2 107.9 15.0 35.4 .226 .370 .332 .327 .342 36.5 22.2 16.5
2021 37 2096 298 10 3.4 2.2 86.7 108.6 12.5 29.2 .219 .322 .305 .296 .312 33.2 21.7 13.0
Player 15924 2589 90 3.5 2.4 87.4 110.1 10.7 30.9 .244 .364 .323 .313 .334 31.5 19.0 11.0
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

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 48.3 21.9 25.3 4.5 30.9 36.7 30.4 2.9 34.2 21.0 26.0 6.3 4.0 2.7
2016 52.9 18.9 22.4 5.8 30.0 43.1 26.9 4.0 39.6 22.2 27.8 2.2 2.4 1.7
2017 45.8 20.2 27.7 6.3 30.6 41.9 27.3 5.6 32.5 23.1 28.1 5.4 3.8 2.6
2018 49.8 21.3 22.9 6.0 31.3 41.9 26.2 3.9 39.4 26.6 21.3 5.1 2.8 2.0
2019 45.1 20.7 23.1 11.1 44.0 36.5 19.4 3.4 32.4 29.5 23.6 6.0 4.1 2.9
2020 38.5 22.9 33.3 5.2 31.3 41.7 27.1 7.3 30.2 30.2 18.8 8.3 5.2 3.2
2021 46.0 21.8 21.5 10.7 33.6 37.6 28.9 6.7 33.6 25.5 22.8 6.4 3.4 2.2
Player 47.8 20.8 24.4 7.0 33.0 39.9 26.6 4.4 35.2 24.7 24.9 5.3 3.5 2.4
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 4 898 42.8 183 .272 .483 .385 15.7 19.1 14.3 .241 .378 .335 42.7
2021 Sinker 1.6 5 312 14.9 69 .373 .510 .474 9.6 14.5 13.0 .287 .430 .406 34.9
2021 Slider -1.1 -3 244 11.6 68 .167 .267 .246 25.0 25.0 16.8 .206 .291 .278 34.1
2021 Changeup -1.7 -4 212 10.1 45 .140 .186 .187 20.7 17.8 9.8 .159 .191 .180 11.4
2021 Curveball -1.0 -2 185 8.8 41 .158 .211 .183 18.9 24.4 15.4 .228 .290 .247 24.1
2021 Cutter -4.7 -7 147 7.0 34 .065 .065 .094 28.6 32.4 21.6 .158 .199 .184 28.6
2021 Split-Finger 2.7 1 36 1.7 5 .200 .800 .400 18.2 20.0 7.1 .295 .685 .410 25.0
2021 Sweeper -4.6 -1 30 1.4 9 .000 .000 .175 41.7 55.6 31.3 .015 .016 .185 0.0
2021 Slurve 3.6 0 12 0.6 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 50.0 25.0 -- -- .350 --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -3 228 34.9 45 .216 .324 .317 22.2 24.4 21.6 .217 .393 .335 57.7
2020 Sinker 1.7 2 114 17.5 28 .429 .667 .529 5.9 3.6 5.0 .348 .598 .477 40.0
2020 Slider -2.7 -2 77 11.8 22 .100 .100 .145 27.0 22.7 18.5 .197 .297 .256 33.3
2020 Changeup 1.1 1 76 11.6 18 .267 .667 .436 32.1 22.2 26.7 .224 .286 .300 27.3
2020 Curveball 1.6 1 75 11.5 19 .200 .600 .368 32.3 31.6 25.0 .190 .403 .306 30.0
2020 Cutter -4.5 -3 57 8.7 14 .000 .000 .200 40.0 35.7 62.5 .094 .115 .265 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 9.0 2 22 3.4 8 .375 .500 .494 20.0 12.5 12.5 .262 .321 .249 14.3
2020 Sweeper -30.9 -1 3 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 33.3 .271 .321 .260 0.0
2020 Slurve -26.6 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 139 539 -3 -6 2 2 -5
2009 294 1,189 -11 2 8 4 3
2010 597 2,756 -15 -13 18 14 4
2011 603 2,531 -17 -16 20 12 0
2012 45 188 2 -1 1 1 2
2013 607 2,570 -6 -9 19 10 14
2014 636 2,821 -1 -19 15 15 10
2015 658 2,746 -7 -10 22 12 18
2016 634 2,591 -17 -24 21 13 -6
2017 738 3,150 -20 -13 26 15 8
2018 621 2,646 -22 -25 25 15 -7
2019 587 2,541 -12 -15 19 12 4
2020 182 767 -5 -8 6 7 1
2021 459 2,090 -19 -23 24 11 -7
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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 2,732 47.5 54.7 86.2 21.8 59.1 42.7 14.2 37.4 21.4 7.6 59.6
2016 2,591 47.0 53.7 88.7 22.7 73.4 44.4 13.6 37.3 15.4 6.3 59.3
2017 2,890 47.5 52.6 89.2 21.7 70.8 42.7 11.3 36.3 15.5 7.3 58.1
2018 2,581 48.1 52.8 91.5 21.0 72.2 41.6 10.7 36.3 13.7 7.6 55.3
2019 2,381 48.6 55.6 88.3 22.6 59.1 40.1 14.9 38.7 19.9 8.0 64.2
2020 653 49.2 58.9 82.5 16.6 49.1 38.6 18.4 37.4 24.6 6.4 64.3
2021 2,096 51.4 56.1 85.8 17.5 65.3 40.8 11.1 37.5 18.4 7.8 67.1
Player 15,924 48.3 54.4 88.0 21.2 66.3 42.0 12.9 37.2 17.7 7.4 60.5
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
2015 67 58 49 43 79 47 38 51 73 49 36 84 51 93 92
2016 32 41 9 8 76 17 12 12 53 7 71 85 89 86 90 83
2017 56 68 35 25 76 38 22 22 59 24 64 69 90 86 90 91
2018 17 15 7 12 39 14 10 33 74 27 71 77 95 85 94 69
2019 15 17 9 18 28 19 17 22 69 18 65 62 79 84 91 78
2020 49 21 22 31 76 16 29 57 48 35 51 95 57 96 84 42 53
2021 16 7 5 10 51 8 10 11 57 16 46 92 86 97 87 33 52
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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 20.2 7 7.4 0 5 6 3 42.9
2017 19.8 22 16.2 6 4 12 7 31.8
2018 20.5 12 10.7 1 4 12 2 16.7
2019 21.4 29 19.4 10 7 21 3 10.3
2020 22.3 6 4.9 1 1 6 1 16.7
2021 21.5 10 8.3 2 2 7 3 30.0
Player 20.9 86 67.0 19 23 64 19 22.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 7 7 4 8 7 5 7 8 5 6 6 9 9 7 7 9 5 6 8 7 9 6 10 11 9 8 6 11 9 9 5
2017 22 15 12 23 17 17 19 18 14 13 14 17 16 15 18 18 17 17 17 16 16 13 21 17 15 15 15 19 18 16 8
2018 12 12 6 14 8 8 14 15 8 7 9 13 13 8 11 13 11 10 12 13 11 9 15 15 9 8 10 11 14 9 5
2019 29 22 14 26 20 21 21 23 17 14 17 21 22 17 21 20 21 18 18 21 18 17 27 23 18 18 19 21 20 18 9
2020 6 6 5 6 6 7 6 5 3 2 3 6 4 5 5 6 5 5 4 6 6 4 8 4 6 3 4 6 5 5 2
2021 10 10 7 9 8 9 9 9 7 5 6 8 9 6 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 9 11 10 10 7 7 8 9 7 7
Player 86 72 48 86 66 67 76 78 54 47 55 74 73 58 71 75 68 66 68 71 69 58 92 80 67 59 61 76 75 64 36
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 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.8 86.5 -2.3 86.4 -0.1 88.0 1.6 87.8 -0.2 89.2 1.4 86.7 -2.5
Launch Angle 11.1 7.4 -3.7 10.3 2.9 9.4 -0.9 13.8 4.4 15.0 1.2 12.5 -2.5
Barrel % 4.0 2.4 -1.6 3.8 1.4 2.8 -1.0 4.1 1.3 5.2 1.1 3.4 -1.8
Hard Hit % 34.9 24.0 -10.9 31.0 7.0 32.9 1.9 32.7 -0.2 36.5 3.8 33.2 -3.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.0 27.8 -4.2 34.4 6.6 30.6 -3.8 29.5 -1.1 35.4 5.9 29.2 -6.2
xBA .258 .252 -0.006 .269 0.017 .226 -0.043 .235 0.009 .226 -0.009 .219 -0.007
BA .259 .261 0.002 .264 0.003 .236 -0.028 .251 0.015 .223 -0.028 .222 -0.001
xwOBA .332 .311 -0.021 .333 0.022 .293 -0.040 .299 0.006 .327 0.028 .296 -0.031
wOBA .327 .317 -0.010 .336 0.019 .305 -0.031 .344 0.039 .332 -0.012 .305 -0.027
xSLG .394 .345 -0.049 .404 0.059 .334 -0.070 .367 0.033 .370 0.003 .322 -0.048
SLG .399 .362 -0.037 .428 0.066 .368 -0.060 .503 0.135 .392 -0.111 .362 -0.030
K% 20.6 16.7 -3.9 17.9 1.2 17.6 -0.3 19.6 2.0 22.2 2.6 21.7 -0.5
BB% 10.4 11.0 0.6 10.6 -0.4 10.7 0.1 9.5 -1.2 16.5 7.0 13.0 -3.5
Swing % 37.4 37.3 -0.1 36.3 -1.0 36.3 0.0 38.7 2.4 37.4 -1.3 37.5 0.1
Whiff% 21.4 15.4 -6.0 15.5 0.1 13.7 -1.8 19.9 6.2 24.6 4.7 18.4 -6.2
In Zone % 47.5 47.0 -0.5 47.5 0.5 48.1 0.6 48.6 0.5 49.2 0.6 51.4 2.2
Out of Zone % 52.5 53.0 0.5 52.5 -0.5 51.9 -0.6 51.4 -0.5 50.8 -0.6 48.6 -2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 21.8 22.7 0.9 21.7 -1.0 21.0 -0.7 22.6 1.6 16.6 -6.0 17.5 0.9
First Pitch Swing % 14.2 13.6 -0.6 11.3 -2.3 10.7 -0.6 14.9 4.2 18.4 3.5 11.1 -7.3
First Pitch Strike % 52.3 52.4 0.1 52.3 -0.1 55.0 2.7 53.5 -1.5 53.8 0.3 52.9 -0.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 623 4 0.6 .320 .220
2017 Shifts L 679 5 0.7 .336 .277
2018 Shifts L 609 12 2.0 .307 .205
2019 Shifts L 540 77 14.3 .340 .348
2020 Shifts L 158 41 25.9 .324 .354
2021 Shifts L 454 143 31.5 .282 .345
! 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 898 18.0 14.7% 1.9% 670 24.0 1.2% 12.4%
2011 916 19.2 7.9% 2.7% 424 24.9 0.5% 15.6%
2012 57 20.8 3.5% 7.0% 22 26.1 0.0% 22.7%
2013 1005 18.6 10.7% 1.5% 336 25.7 0.0% 14.0%
2014 1142 19.1 9.3% 2.5% 431 25.7 0.5% 20.6%
2015 974 19.1 15.2% 4.0% 490 26.3 6.1% 30.6%
2016 957 19.8 13.2% 6.9% 420 26.8 3.1% 31.2%
2017 1159 19.6 7.4% 3.2% 480 25.3 0.0% 17.1%
2018 1055 19.1 9.0% 2.3% 406 25.8 0.0% 17.2%
2019 877 19.8 5.9% 2.9% 420 25.7 0.0% 18.8%
2020 214 19.1 6.5% 0.5% 142 25.2 0.0% 10.6%
2021 737 21.0 2.8% 4.9% 399 26.9 0.0% 26.3%
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Statcast Rankings