C.J. Cron
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 235LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #17, Los Angeles Angels | Utah
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 547 470 70 132 28 1 .281 .375 .530 .905
2022 632 575 79 148 29 0 .257 .315 .468 .783
2023 278 258 38 64 12 0 .248 .295 .434 .729
10 Seasons 4,043 3,670 470 953 187 10 .260 .320 .471 .791
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .281 28 1 .905
2022 .257 29 0 .783
2023 .248 12 0 .729
10 Seasons .260 187 10 .791
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 25 1534 299 26 8.7 6.5 88.3 113.9 11.9 32.1 .256 .450 .318 .324 .389 35.8 20.3 4.2
2016 26 1652 337 28 8.3 6.3 89.5 115.4 12.4 33.8 .273 .464 .337 .341 .386 39.2 16.9 5.4
2017 27 1405 246 25 10.2 6.7 88.9 114.9 18.2 37.8 .260 .478 .316 .338 .428 38.6 25.8 5.9
2018 28 2172 361 44 12.2 7.9 88.0 114.4 15.2 34.3 .247 .483 .347 .345 .433 36.6 25.9 6.6
2019 29 1936 353 53 15.0 10.6 91.1 115.9 12.8 34.0 .274 .548 .325 .366 .443 45.0 21.4 5.8
2020 30 215 26 5 19.2 9.6 85.5 112.0 20.6 34.6 .195 .484 .376 .361 .453 34.6 30.8 17.3
2021 31 2191 357 41 11.5 7.5 88.8 114.7 15.8 31.9 .261 .481 .383 .364 .418 42.0 21.4 11.0
2022 32 2500 416 45 10.8 7.1 88.7 115.5 14.2 36.8 .243 .435 .335 .320 .406 42.3 25.9 6.8
2023 33 1068 195 27 13.8 9.7 87.7 114.5 12.8 31.8 .257 .471 .312 .332 .410 40.0 23.4 6.1
Player 14673 2590 294 11.4 7.8 88.9 115.9 14.2 34.2 .257 .476 .338 .342 .415 40.1 22.9 6.8
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 45.2 16.4 27.8 10.7 32.1 38.5 28.4 2.3 34.8 23.4 25.1 3.7 8.7 6.5
2016 41.8 23.4 27.0 7.7 30.0 38.6 30.9 3.3 31.2 24.0 23.1 8.0 8.3 6.3
2017 33.3 26.4 29.3 11.0 41.9 36.6 21.1 5.3 23.6 28.5 26.0 6.5 10.2 6.7
2018 41.6 23.5 23.8 11.1 43.2 35.5 19.9 7.5 27.1 23.8 23.3 6.1 12.2 7.9
2019 42.5 23.8 26.3 7.4 38.2 37.7 24.1 3.1 32.0 23.5 21.0 4.8 15.0 10.6
2020 38.5 30.8 19.2 11.5 42.3 42.3 15.4 11.5 26.9 19.2 15.4 7.7 19.2 9.6
2021 38.7 32.5 21.3 7.6 38.9 35.6 25.5 4.5 25.2 27.5 26.1 5.0 11.5 7.5
2022 39.2 27.9 26.0 7.0 33.7 40.6 25.7 4.1 28.4 26.7 24.3 5.5 10.8 7.1
2023 43.1 25.6 23.1 8.2 41.0 34.9 24.1 7.2 27.7 24.1 20.5 6.7 13.8 9.7
Player 40.7 25.2 25.4 8.7 37.1 37.5 25.0 4.6 28.8 25.1 23.7 5.8 11.4 7.8
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -4 331 31.0 84 .216 .351 .308 27.4 27.4 26.7 .262 .539 .379 49.0
2023 Slider -2.0 -5 239 22.4 64 .246 .328 .272 38.7 28.1 20.9 .223 .308 .251 23.3
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 171 16.0 45 .262 .381 .291 7.9 13.3 22.2 .296 .477 .341 43.2
2023 Cutter 6.0 6 103 9.6 28 .346 1.038 .548 23.3 7.1 11.8 .301 .838 .476 48.0
2023 Curveball -0.3 0 89 8.3 22 .238 .429 .302 31.4 22.7 11.9 .264 .402 .301 43.8
2023 Changeup -2.2 -1 68 6.4 19 .211 .368 .247 28.6 21.1 20.0 .259 .350 .265 40.0
2023 Sweeper 1.6 1 58 5.4 13 .333 .583 .415 45.5 46.2 33.3 .193 .461 .305 16.7
2023 Split-Finger -7.1 -1 8 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 33.3 .122 .122 .110 50.0
2023 Slurve 1.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 7 903 36.1 223 .255 .485 .348 18.8 26.5 22.9 .253 .489 .347 47.9
2022 Slider -2.0 -9 467 18.7 122 .193 .307 .248 33.3 30.3 21.1 .189 .290 .234 28.2
2022 Sinker 0.7 3 438 17.5 110 .323 .427 .383 12.6 15.5 17.2 .296 .418 .359 49.4
2022 Changeup 4.2 10 235 9.4 59 .333 .685 .454 26.8 20.3 15.6 .324 .599 .424 41.9
2022 Cutter -1.9 -3 176 7.0 33 .200 .333 .250 26.0 27.3 22.0 .176 .284 .243 36.4
2022 Curveball 5.2 8 159 6.4 41 .325 .825 .463 36.8 31.7 26.0 .250 .655 .370 50.0
2022 Sweeper -0.4 0 86 3.4 25 .167 .375 .244 37.2 44.0 40.7 .150 .231 .185 30.8
2022 Slurve 1.7 0 20 0.8 6 .167 .667 .333 38.5 50.0 75.0 .191 .704 .359 33.3
2022 Split-Finger -2.3 0 16 0.6 7 .143 .143 .129 33.3 42.9 33.3 .098 .104 .089 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 264 1,009 2 0 2 2 6
2015 402 1,528 5 -10 1 4 0
2016 442 1,646 13 -7 4 7 17
2017 372 1,405 6 -16 6 4 0
2018 558 2,171 10 -15 5 11 11
2019 498 1,931 11 -19 5 8 6
2020 52 215 1 -2 2 2 4
2021 544 2,191 14 -8 15 13 35
2022 626 2,500 14 -14 8 8 15
2023 278 1,068 6 -17 3 4 -4
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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 1,534 47.6 63.5 83.8 39.1 69.1 42.9 24.3 50.7 22.1 5.8 75.3
2016 1,652 49.4 69.2 84.2 35.5 62.6 44.0 31.8 52.2 23.2 6.7 70.3
2017 1,405 49.1 70.4 80.7 35.0 57.6 42.7 33.6 52.4 27.0 7.5 79.0
2018 2,172 46.0 69.6 78.8 34.9 57.5 41.1 26.3 50.8 29.1 7.6 77.6
2019 1,936 48.2 69.0 82.6 32.6 59.5 40.3 32.4 50.2 25.3 7.1 78.5
2020 215 45.6 67.3 77.3 28.2 51.5 47.0 15.4 46.0 31.3 6.5 85.7
2021 2,191 45.8 66.3 80.8 30.8 57.7 44.2 24.4 47.1 27.4 6.6 70.3
2022 2,500 48.8 62.9 84.0 33.2 60.5 45.3 26.9 47.7 24.3 7.8 76.4
2023 1,068 49.4 63.6 79.5 31.9 56.4 40.9 36.0 47.6 28.3 6.6 66.2
Player 14,673 47.8 66.8 81.8 33.9 60.1 42.9 28.7 49.6 25.9 7.0 75.0
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 57 53 76 79 26 67 79 41 95 55 38 7 47 4 32
2016 68 76 70 65 47 59 66 57 98 62 69 13 46 13 35 30
2017 60 53 74 73 36 51 80 71 97 66 17 17 26 10 28 92
2018 72 41 84 90 44 88 90 33 95 43 17 24 20 13 36
2019 84 77 91 91 55 93 95 83 98 84 50 16 45 26 34 91
2020 86 9
2021 84 64 77 77 84 75 77 38 94 56 50 77 32 24 30 44 24
2022 54 43 74 77 35 85 76 43 97 63 20 32 52 21 9 68 34
2023 93 7 26
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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 22.5 16 14.8 1 10 14 4 25.0
2017 23.9 16 16.3 0 5 4 13 81.3
2018 23.0 30 26.4 4 15 14 15 50.0
2019 23.4 25 27.1 -2 14 22 8 32.0
2020 22.7 4 3.3 1 0 4 1 25.0
2021 22.9 28 26.3 2 7 14 15 53.6
2022 24.0 29 25.4 4 13 13 13 44.8
2023 23.4 12 10.4 2 3 9 3 25.0
Player 23.3 160 150.0 10 67 94 72 45.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 16 18 11 18 14 12 17 15 11 9 14 14 14 14 14 17 6 12 18 14 19 13 20 23 13 15 13 20 17 15 13
2017 16 16 14 19 17 16 17 16 14 15 16 20 17 17 15 17 16 15 15 15 16 15 18 17 17 15 15 20 17 17 15
2018 30 33 22 27 26 23 29 26 22 20 26 31 32 23 25 29 24 24 25 32 27 25 34 25 22 22 25 30 32 27 24
2019 25 30 19 28 28 25 30 26 22 20 26 29 37 25 26 28 27 25 25 28 26 29 34 31 26 26 24 30 34 26 22
2020 4 5 1 3 3 5 5 4 3 1 3 3 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 3 4 2 3 3 4 2 1
2021 28 28 24 28 27 25 29 28 21 21 23 29 26 25 25 30 26 24 28 27 27 28 31 29 26 24 29 29 27 24 22
2022 29 21 24 25 23 24 26 23 20 23 23 27 29 27 25 28 25 26 27 24 28 27 32 27 21 24 26 30 29 24 25
2023 12 6 8 10 12 11 11 9 11 8 11 11 9 8 12 11 11 10 11 13 9 10 13 12 10 8 10 12 11 12 11
Player 160 157 123 158 150 141 164 147 124 117 142 164 168 142 146 163 140 140 153 156 155 150 187 167 139 136 145 174 171 147 133
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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.3 89.5 1.2 88.9 -0.6 88.0 -0.9 91.1 3.1 85.5 -5.6 88.8 3.3 88.7 -0.1 87.7 -1.0
Launch Angle 11.9 12.4 0.5 18.2 5.8 15.2 -3.0 12.8 -2.4 20.6 7.8 15.8 -4.8 14.2 -1.6 12.8 -1.4
Barrel % 8.7 8.3 -0.4 10.2 1.9 12.2 2.0 15.0 2.8 19.2 4.2 11.5 -7.7 10.8 -0.7 13.8 3.0
Hard Hit % 35.8 39.2 3.4 38.6 -0.6 36.6 -2.0 45.0 8.4 34.6 -10.4 42.0 7.4 42.3 0.3 40.0 -2.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 33.8 1.7 37.8 4.0 34.3 -3.5 34.0 -0.3 34.6 0.6 31.9 -2.7 36.8 4.9 31.8 -5.0
xBA .256 .273 0.017 .260 -0.013 .247 -0.013 .274 0.027 .195 -0.079 .261 0.066 .243 -0.018 .257 0.014
BA .262 .278 0.016 .248 -0.030 .253 0.005 .253 0.000 .190 -0.063 .281 0.091 .257 -0.024 .248 -0.009
xwOBA .324 .341 0.017 .338 -0.003 .345 0.007 .366 0.021 .361 -0.005 .364 0.003 .320 -0.044 .332 0.012
wOBA .318 .337 0.019 .316 -0.021 .347 0.031 .325 -0.022 .376 0.051 .383 0.007 .335 -0.048 .312 -0.023
xSLG .450 .464 0.014 .478 0.014 .483 0.005 .548 0.065 .484 -0.064 .481 -0.003 .435 -0.046 .471 0.036
SLG .439 .467 0.028 .437 -0.030 .493 0.056 .469 -0.024 .548 0.079 .530 -0.018 .468 -0.062 .434 -0.034
K% 20.3 16.9 -3.4 25.8 8.9 25.9 0.1 21.4 -4.5 30.8 9.4 21.4 -9.4 25.9 4.5 23.4 -2.5
BB% 4.2 5.4 1.2 5.9 0.5 6.6 0.7 5.8 -0.8 17.3 11.5 11.0 -6.3 6.8 -4.2 6.1 -0.7
Swing % 50.7 52.2 1.5 52.4 0.2 50.8 -1.6 50.2 -0.6 46.0 -4.2 47.1 1.1 47.7 0.6 47.6 -0.1
Whiff% 22.1 23.2 1.1 27.0 3.8 29.1 2.1 25.3 -3.8 31.3 6.0 27.4 -3.9 24.3 -3.1 28.3 4.0
In Zone % 47.6 49.4 1.8 49.1 -0.3 46.0 -3.1 48.2 2.2 45.6 -2.6 45.8 0.2 48.8 3.0 49.4 0.6
Out of Zone % 52.4 50.6 -1.8 50.9 0.3 54.0 3.1 51.8 -2.2 54.4 2.6 54.2 -0.2 51.2 -3.0 50.6 -0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 39.1 35.5 -3.6 35.0 -0.5 34.9 -0.1 32.6 -2.3 28.2 -4.4 30.8 2.6 33.2 2.4 31.9 -1.3
First Pitch Swing % 24.3 31.8 7.5 33.6 1.8 26.3 -7.3 32.4 6.1 15.4 -17.0 24.4 9.0 26.9 2.5 36.0 9.1
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 63.9 3.9 64.5 0.6 59.1 -5.4 59.4 0.3 48.1 -11.3 55.0 6.9 61.8 6.8 66.2 4.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 420 2 0.5 .346 .000
2017 Shifts R 371 7 1.9 .316 .099
2018 Shifts R 558 81 14.5 .346 .352
2019 Shifts R 497 103 20.7 .302 .407
2020 Shifts R 52 29 55.8 .342 .402
2021 Shifts R 544 191 35.1 .374 .400
2022 Shifts R 625 113 18.1 .315 .420
2023 Shades R 277 25 9.0 .306 .312
! 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 %
2014 258 16.1 32.2% 1.2% 160 22.5 1.3% 8.1%
2015 432 16.3 41.0% 2.5% 226 22.8 11.1% 20.8%
2016 443 17.6 28.7% 2.0% 235 23.5 8.5% 20.4%
2017 379 16.8 31.4% 1.6% 201 22.3 0.5% 6.5%
2018 578 16.1 37.5% 1.6% 346 22.4 0.3% 4.9%
2019 543 16.3 33.3% 0.9% 296 22.9 2.0% 10.5%
2020 68 15.7 45.6% 0.0% 32 21.5 0.0% 3.1%
2021 604 17.6 23.7% 1.8% 390 23.0 0.5% 8.5%
2022 671 17.4 24.3% 1.9% 485 22.3 1.4% 5.4%
2023 277 15.0 49.8% 0.0% 201 18.6 10.4% 0.5%
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Statcast Rankings