Brian Dozier
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 200LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 8, #252, Minnesota Twins | Southern Mississippi
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 632 553 81 119 21 12 .215 .305 .391 .696
2019 482 416 54 99 20 3 .238 .340 .430 .770
2020 16 15 1 2 0 0 .133 .188 .133 .321
9 Seasons 4,900 4,316 664 1,055 192 105 .244 .325 .441 .766
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .215 21 12 .696
2019 .238 20 3 .770
2020 .133 0 0 .321
9 Seasons .244 192 105 .766
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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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%
2015 28 2833 488 29 5.9 4.1 87.2 108.9 19.1 34.2 .220 .380 .323 .299 .338 31.1 21.0 8.7
2016 29 2788 484 40 8.3 5.8 88.1 107.7 18.8 31.2 .235 .460 .370 .329 .376 36.2 20.0 8.8
2017 30 2827 478 40 8.4 5.7 87.9 111.8 16.7 32.0 .244 .468 .362 .342 .384 34.7 20.0 11.1
2018 31 2643 429 27 6.3 4.3 86.8 104.8 17.5 30.5 .204 .343 .304 .288 .306 29.4 20.4 11.1
2019 32 2045 312 21 6.7 4.4 88.5 106.6 19.0 32.4 .235 .426 .329 .330 .368 35.4 21.8 12.7
2020 33 50 10 0 0.0 0.0 88.0 99.2 33.0 40.0 .218 .325 .154 .262 .350 10.0 31.3 6.3
Player 13186 2201 157 7.1 4.9 87.6 111.8 18.2 32.1 .228 .416 .338 .317 .354 33.2 20.6 10.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 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 35.2 26.6 26.2 11.9 56.6 28.1 15.2 3.7 25.6 33.4 23.0 6.4 5.9 4.1
2016 37.0 30.8 19.8 12.4 51.2 31.6 16.5 3.9 25.0 33.1 20.2 7.4 8.3 5.8
2017 38.9 28.9 22.4 9.8 44.6 38.7 16.7 4.6 27.2 29.3 22.2 7.5 8.4 5.7
2018 40.8 28.2 19.8 11.2 45.5 38.0 16.6 3.3 28.4 31.7 20.7 6.5 6.3 4.3
2019 35.9 29.8 24.0 10.3 51.0 29.2 19.9 3.8 22.4 32.7 26.9 7.1 6.7 4.4
2020 20.0 30.0 30.0 20.0 50.0 40.0 10.0 0.0 10.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
Player 37.5 28.8 22.4 11.2 49.8 33.3 16.7 3.9 25.9 32.0 22.4 7.0 7.1 4.9
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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 %
2020 Sinker -8.1 -1 18 36.0 6 .167 .167 .150 12.5 16.7 33.3 .254 .428 .291 20.0
2020 Cutter -0.3 0 11 22.0 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2020 4-Seamer -4.9 0 10 20.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .150 .334 .206 0.0
2020 Changeup -3.5 0 6 12.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2020 Slider -1.5 0 3 6.0 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 66.7 100.0 .316 .361 .296 0.0
2020 Curveball -18.8 0 2 4.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .254 .280 .228 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.1 1 746 36.5 194 .230 .448 .353 20.2 16.0 14.9 .235 .472 .352 38.1
2019 Slider 0.1 1 426 20.8 81 .230 .365 .305 31.0 27.2 17.2 .236 .373 .295 25.0
2019 Sinker 0.3 1 328 16.0 79 .328 .552 .428 20.3 16.5 16.3 .301 .550 .402 45.5
2019 Curveball -2.4 -5 209 10.2 43 .122 .220 .192 25.7 39.5 28.3 .147 .225 .183 20.8
2019 Changeup 1.1 2 162 7.9 39 .235 .382 .321 25.4 20.5 12.9 .200 .237 .255 26.9
2019 Cutter 3.4 4 125 6.1 31 .333 .625 .473 31.0 29.0 22.5 .264 .516 .408 40.0
2019 Splitter -2.4 -1 26 1.3 5 .000 .000 .140 50.0 60.0 21.4 .030 .106 .183 0.0
2019 Sweeper -5.8 -1 9 0.4 3 .000 .000 .233 66.7 33.3 50.0 .038 .041 .257 0.0
2019 Slurve -8.7 -1 7 0.3 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 25.0 .328 .379 .310 100.0
2018 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 877 33.2 222 .245 .489 .375 21.8 19.4 20.2 .207 .385 .319 41.4
2018 Slider -0.1 -1 533 20.2 114 .196 .271 .234 27.1 23.7 14.6 .199 .285 .238 20.0
2018 Sinker -0.3 -1 451 17.1 117 .212 .374 .345 15.9 16.2 15.0 .233 .421 .336 32.9
2018 Curveball -1.6 -4 275 10.4 60 .109 .164 .154 21.2 25.0 18.1 .192 .270 .234 14.3
2018 Changeup 2.4 5 209 7.9 49 .295 .545 .399 17.1 8.2 6.5 .224 .316 .284 10.0
2018 Cutter 0.5 1 179 6.8 38 .219 .563 .363 26.6 26.3 17.5 .155 .306 .268 34.8
2018 Sweeper -1.2 0 23 0.9 6 .000 .000 .233 75.0 50.0 30.0 .000 .000 .233 0.0
2018 Splitter -0.6 0 21 0.8 7 .167 .167 .229 50.0 57.1 36.4 .257 .292 .305 50.0
2018 Slurve -7.1 0 6 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .150 .323 .197 100.0
2018 Screwball -16.1 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0
2017 4-Seamer 1.6 17 1,061 37.5 275 .307 .655 .442 20.6 12.7 13.1 .261 .586 .394 42.2
2017 Slider -0.4 -2 543 19.2 120 .208 .377 .295 32.5 35.0 21.5 .181 .313 .259 20.0
2017 Sinker 0.6 3 458 16.2 120 .280 .477 .386 17.4 19.2 21.1 .279 .539 .380 39.3
2017 Curveball 0.2 0 276 9.8 59 .278 .315 .315 23.9 20.3 14.0 .267 .356 .302 31.0
2017 Cutter -0.6 -1 225 8.0 59 .241 .370 .301 31.1 23.7 20.9 .194 .296 .250 17.5
2017 Changeup 1.2 3 213 7.5 46 .250 .450 .337 37.6 23.9 14.3 .276 .484 .370 44.8
2017 Splitter -2.8 -1 32 1.1 12 .182 .182 .208 33.3 33.3 33.3 .159 .177 .193 0.0
2017 Sweeper -0.6 0 11 0.4 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .250 .271 .228 0.0
2017 Slurve 4.9 0 3 0.1 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .350 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 340 1,255 -17 -10 8 2 -17
2013 622 2,593 -13 -5 16 10 8
2014 705 2,950 -26 3 25 13 15
2015 702 2,823 -12 -15 20 11 5
2016 685 2,766 7 -13 15 11 21
2017 702 2,851 -4 -15 22 17 20
2018 639 2,679 -16 -28 26 15 -3
2019 486 2,077 -7 -25 22 11 2
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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 2,833 48.0 62.6 82.7 29.1 64.1 43.0 27.4 45.2 22.0 7.1 77.1
2016 2,788 46.9 61.2 81.8 28.2 65.6 43.1 21.4 43.7 23.2 6.9 69.4
2017 2,827 47.3 59.6 79.8 25.7 64.7 43.3 19.5 41.7 24.6 7.3 71.5
2018 2,643 47.4 57.4 82.7 23.5 64.3 41.9 16.3 39.8 22.6 7.4 59.9
2019 2,045 46.3 62.2 82.5 19.6 55.3 41.0 21.4 39.3 24.1 6.8 69.8
2020 50 48.0 62.5 93.3 15.4 75.0 48.0 31.3 38.0 10.5 6.0 33.3
Player 13,186 47.2 60.6 81.9 25.5 63.6 42.6 21.4 42.1 23.2 7.1 69.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2015 33 7 39 58 24 73 59 26 67 29 34 64 46 51 73
2016 55 18 68 83 31 81 66 33 56 46 48 60 45 55 71 94
2017 67 28 70 77 58 85 66 47 86 45 53 76 40 59 52 98
2018 11 2 10 31 20 56 41 14 40 13 51 83 60 76 47 3
2019 49 18 37 51 65 33 37 34 46 31 46 90 55 94 50 18
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 42 41.5 1 14 22 25 59.5
2017 23.5 35 35.4 0 17 21 19 54.3
2018 25.2 21 17.8 3 13 13 10 47.6
2019 26.1 20 18.2 2 9 9 11 55.0
2020 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 24.0 118 113.0 5 54 65 65 55.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 42 45 39 40 42 37 45 42 40 31 44 53 38 37 40 42 27 33 46 46 43 38 49 48 35 39 43 56 45 45 37
2017 35 35 35 41 40 35 39 32 33 28 34 48 32 32 32 37 27 31 38 38 34 38 43 36 30 29 37 46 37 39 27
2018 21 26 19 14 20 16 21 13 15 13 15 26 19 13 13 21 14 12 17 22 19 20 25 17 15 12 16 23 21 22 15
2019 20 22 19 15 16 18 19 18 16 13 17 22 19 18 19 16 17 16 19 20 20 21 22 22 15 16 16 21 22 18 14
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 118 128 112 110 118 106 124 105 104 85 110 150 108 100 104 116 85 92 120 126 116 117 139 123 95 96 112 146 125 124 93
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.2 88.1 0.9 ↑ 87.9 -0.2 ↓ 86.8 -1.1 ↓ 88.5 1.7 ↑ 88.0 -0.5 ↓
Launch Angle 19.1 18.8 -0.3 ↓ 16.7 -2.1 ↓ 17.5 0.8 ↑ 19.0 1.5 ↑ 33.0 14.0 ↑
Barrel % 5.9 8.3 2.4 ↑ 8.4 0.1 ↑ 6.3 -2.1 ↓ 6.7 0.4 ↑ 0.0 -6.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.1 36.2 5.1 ↑ 34.7 -1.5 ↓ 29.4 -5.3 ↓ 35.4 6.0 ↑ 10.0 -25.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 34.2 31.2 -3.0 ↓ 32.0 0.8 ↑ 30.5 -1.5 ↓ 32.4 1.9 ↑ 40.0 7.6 ↑
xBA .220 .235 0.015 ↑ .244 0.009 ↑ .204 -0.040 ↓ .235 0.031 ↑ .218 -0.017 ↓
BA .236 .268 0.032 ↑ .271 0.003 ↑ .215 -0.056 ↓ .238 0.023 ↑ .133 -0.105 ↓
xwOBA .299 .329 0.030 ↑ .342 0.013 ↑ .288 -0.054 ↓ .330 0.042 ↑ .262 -0.068 ↓
wOBA .323 .370 0.047 ↑ .362 -0.008 ↓ .304 -0.058 ↓ .329 0.025 ↑ .154 -0.175 ↓
xSLG .380 .460 0.080 ↑ .468 0.008 ↑ .343 -0.125 ↓ .426 0.083 ↑ .325 -0.101 ↓
SLG .444 .546 0.102 ↑ .498 -0.048 ↓ .391 -0.107 ↓ .430 0.039 ↑ .133 -0.297 ↓
K% 21.0 20.0 -1.0 ↓ 20.0 0.0 20.4 0.4 ↑ 21.8 1.4 ↑ 31.3 9.5 ↑
BB% 8.7 8.8 0.1 ↑ 11.1 2.3 ↑ 11.1 0.0 12.7 1.6 ↑ 6.3 -6.4 ↓
Swing % 45.2 43.7 -1.5 ↓ 41.7 -2.0 ↓ 39.8 -1.9 ↓ 39.3 -0.5 ↓ 38.0 -1.3 ↓
Whiff% 22.0 23.2 1.2 ↑ 24.6 1.4 ↑ 22.6 -2.0 ↓ 24.1 1.5 ↑ 10.5 -13.6 ↓
In Zone % 48.0 46.9 -1.1 ↓ 47.3 0.4 ↑ 47.4 0.1 ↑ 46.3 -1.1 ↓ 48.0 1.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.0 53.1 1.1 ↑ 52.7 -0.4 ↓ 52.6 -0.1 ↓ 53.7 1.1 ↑ 52.0 -1.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.1 28.2 -0.9 ↓ 25.7 -2.5 ↓ 23.5 -2.2 ↓ 19.6 -3.9 ↓ 15.4 -4.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 27.4 21.4 -6.0 ↓ 19.5 -1.9 ↓ 16.3 -3.2 ↓ 21.4 5.1 ↑ 31.3 9.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.5 59.3 -1.2 ↓ 57.6 -1.7 ↓ 56.6 -1.0 ↓ 56.0 -0.6 ↓ 68.8 12.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 675 257 38.1 .363 .370
2017 Shifts R 696 262 37.6 .342 .391
2018 Shifts R 618 284 46.0 .271 .345
2019 Shifts R 479 264 55.1 .339 .323
2020 Shifts R 16 14 87.5 .000 .176
! 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 %
2012 302 15.1 48.0% 1.7% 245 20.4 4.1% 4.1%
2013 882 15.4 44.6% 1.1% 440 22.2 1.1% 9.3%
2014 929 16.5 32.3% 2.2% 539 22.6 0.6% 8.0%
2015 917 18.2 23.4% 6.4% 395 23.9 6.3% 23.3%
2016 843 18.3 25.0% 4.4% 517 24.2 5.4% 17.8%
2017 912 17.1 23.1% 1.8% 512 23.8 0.2% 10.2%
2018 861 17.9 17.5% 3.3% 484 23.0 0.8% 9.3%
2019 645 17.7 20.2% 1.2% 414 22.9 0.2% 8.0%
2020 11 17.4 18.2% 0.0% 12 19.5 0.0% 8.3%
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