Bubba Starling
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #5, Kansas City Royals | Gardner Edgerton (KS) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 197 186 26 40 4 2 .215 .255 .317 .572
2020 64 59 5 10 1 0 .169 .219 .237 .456
2 Seasons 261 245 31 50 5 2 .204 .246 .298 .544
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .215 4 2 .572
2020 .169 1 0 .456
2 Seasons .204 5 2 .544
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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%
2019 26 684 131 3 2.3 1.5 81.8 106.9 12.1 36.6 .210 .303 .247 .243 .315 17.6 28.4 4.6
2020 27 259 33 1 3.0 1.6 84.2 109.4 8.1 36.4 .191 .250 .204 .223 .348 30.3 42.2 6.3
Player 943 164 4 2.4 1.5 82.3 109.4 11.3 36.6 .206 .290 .237 .238 .322 20.1 31.8 5.0
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

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 %
2019 45.8 54.2 23.7 25.2 5.3 45.0 35.9 19.1 27.5 16.0 2.3 17.6 19.8 16.8
2020 51.5 48.5 18.2 24.2 6.1 36.4 51.5 12.1 21.2 24.2 6.1 15.2 27.3 6.1
Player 47.0 53.0 22.6 25.0 5.5 43.3 39.0 17.7 26.2 17.7 3.0 17.1 21.3 14.6
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
2019 9.9 31.3 27.5 22.1 4.6 2.3 1.5
2020 15.2 30.3 21.2 24.2 6.1 3.0 1.6
Player 11.0 31.1 26.2 22.6 4.9 2.4 1.5
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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 -3 83 32.0 23 .190 .190 .217 14.0 30.4 26.9 .232 .344 .285 35.7
2020 Slider -1.9 -1 68 26.3 16 .188 .375 .238 70.3 75.0 46.2 .094 .136 .099 0.0
2020 Sinker -2.7 -1 41 15.8 11 .222 .222 .227 31.8 27.3 30.0 .313 .348 .316 42.9
2020 Changeup -3.3 -1 26 10.0 9 .000 .000 .178 35.7 33.3 30.0 .099 .102 .162 0.0
2020 Cutter -5.1 -1 16 6.2 2 .000 .000 .000 22.2 0.0 0.0 .382 .439 .386 50.0
2020 Curveball 3.7 1 15 5.8 2 .500 1.000 .625 50.0 50.0 33.3 .243 .254 .219 100.0
2020 Sweeper -4.1 0 10 3.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.0 -8 278 40.6 93 .216 .318 .249 10.4 15.1 22.2 .234 .372 .279 20.3
2019 Slider -2.9 -4 145 21.2 44 .182 .273 .197 57.7 54.5 44.4 .167 .218 .168 15.0
2019 Sinker -1.4 -1 86 12.6 20 .235 .471 .329 17.1 5.0 6.7 .206 .322 .303 18.8
2019 Curveball -1.2 -1 62 9.1 10 .111 .111 .160 69.2 80.0 44.4 .099 .130 .158 100.0
2019 Changeup -3.7 -2 57 8.3 13 .231 .308 .235 40.5 30.8 25.0 .179 .195 .163 0.0
2019 Cutter 2.0 1 34 5.0 14 .417 .500 .427 26.1 21.4 30.0 .361 .397 .358 10.0
2019 Sweeper -4.1 -1 17 2.5 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 Split-Finger -6.4 0 5 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .145 .158 .136 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 197 684 -13 -8 0 3 -17
2020 64 259 -2 -6 0 0 -7
Player 261 943 -14 -14 0 -14 -24
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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 %
2019 684 48.5 70.2 84.5 30.4 36.4 39.6 34.0 49.7 29.7 7.6 84.6
2020 259 49.4 64.1 73.2 37.4 38.8 43.6 31.3 50.6 37.4 6.2 87.5
Player 943 48.8 68.5 81.6 32.3 37.2 40.7 33.3 49.9 31.8 7.2 85.3
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
2019 48 87
2020 64 77 88
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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 %
2019 20.2 4 3.8 0 4 2 2 50.0
2020 20.5 1 1.0 0 2 1 0 0.0
Player 20.2 5 4.9 0 6 3 2 40.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2019 4 6 4 3 3 3 6 3 2 2 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 6 6 5 3 4 2 5 6 3 2
2020 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Player 5 7 5 6 4 4 7 4 3 3 4 6 6 5 4 5 6 4 5 4 5 6 8 5 4 4 3 6 7 4 2
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 2019 2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 81.8 84.2 2.4 ↑
Launch Angle 12.1 8.1 -4.0 ↓
Barrel % 2.3 3.0 0.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 17.6 30.3 12.7 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.6 36.4 -0.2 ↓
xBA .210 .191 -0.019 ↓
BA .215 .169 -0.046 ↓
xwOBA .243 .223 -0.020 ↓
wOBA .247 .204 -0.043 ↓
xSLG .303 .250 -0.053 ↓
SLG .317 .237 -0.080 ↓
K% 28.4 42.2 13.8 ↑
BB% 4.6 6.3 1.7 ↑
Swing % 49.7 50.6 0.9 ↑
Whiff% 29.7 37.4 7.7 ↑
In Zone % 48.5 49.4 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.5 50.6 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.4 37.4 7.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 34.0 31.3 -2.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 70.3 5.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 197 19 9.6 .253 .192
2020 Shifts R 64 9 14.1 .225 .078
! 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 %
2019 195 16.4 36.4% 0.0% 104 22.2 1.0% 10.6%
2020 69 16.5 36.2% 1.4% 38 21.2 2.6% 0.0%
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