Carson Kelly
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 212LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 2, #86, St. Louis Cardinals | Westview HS (OR)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 151 136 13 28 2 1 .206 .278 .287 .565
2024 313 281 32 67 9 0 .238 .313 .374 .687
2025 178 151 27 36 9 0 .238 .348 .457 .805
10 Seasons 1,980 1,742 217 393 63 3 .226 .311 .381 .692
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .206 2 1 .565
2024 .238 9 0 .687
2025 .238 9 0 .805
10 Seasons .226 63 3 .692
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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%
2016 21 44 11 0 0.0 0.0 89.3 103.6 10.5 9.1 .168 .214 .203 .206 .197 27.3 14.3 0.0
2017 22 284 58 0 0.0 0.0 81.9 104.4 5.6 20.7 .212 .355 .210 .276 .285 31.0 14.7 6.7
2018 23 157 31 2 6.5 4.8 85.1 100.3 10.2 25.8 .176 .308 .162 .256 .257 25.8 16.7 7.1
2019 24 1571 236 20 8.5 5.5 88.9 109.1 14.3 39.8 .249 .460 .339 .340 .394 40.4 21.6 13.2
2020 25 506 93 4 4.3 3.1 86.3 105.4 16.7 32.3 .222 .355 .279 .270 .322 34.4 22.5 4.7
2021 26 1473 235 20 8.5 5.6 88.2 109.2 18.6 37.9 .254 .428 .328 .346 .381 34.0 20.6 12.3
2022 27 1423 250 13 5.2 3.7 87.7 109.4 14.7 33.2 .225 .345 .275 .288 .316 36.8 20.1 8.2
2023 28 559 97 2 2.1 1.3 86.8 107.3 15.6 27.8 .185 .279 .255 .245 .281 33.0 26.5 9.3
2024 29 1173 227 15 6.6 4.8 87.6 107.7 13.6 27.3 .235 .401 .304 .314 .339 39.4 17.6 8.0
2025 30 743 122 12 9.8 6.7 89.7 109.7 14.6 32.0 .251 .454 .354 .354 .369 42.6 16.9 14.0
Player 7933 1360 88 6.5 4.4 87.7 109.7 14.8 32.7 .233 .393 .302 .312 .344 36.9 20.1 10.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .316 .369 36.7 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 %
2016 63.6 36.4 9.1 9.1 18.2 36.4 45.5 18.2 27.3 36.4 0.0 9.1 9.1 18.2
2017 56.9 43.1 19.0 15.5 8.6 27.6 46.6 25.9 24.1 27.6 5.2 3.4 19.0 20.7
2018 61.3 38.7 16.1 12.9 9.7 29.0 51.6 19.4 25.8 29.0 6.5 3.2 22.6 12.9
2019 37.3 62.7 29.7 26.3 6.8 36.4 41.9 21.6 17.4 16.9 3.0 19.1 25.0 18.6
2020 40.9 59.1 31.2 20.4 7.5 45.2 32.3 22.6 23.7 16.1 1.1 21.5 16.1 21.5
2021 31.9 68.1 32.8 26.4 8.9 38.3 32.3 29.4 18.7 11.5 1.7 19.6 20.9 27.7
2022 40.8 59.2 28.4 22.8 8.0 38.8 39.2 22.0 21.6 16.8 2.4 17.2 22.4 19.6
2023 42.3 57.7 25.8 22.7 9.3 33.0 39.2 27.8 18.6 18.6 5.2 14.4 20.6 22.7
2024 46.3 53.7 28.6 18.1 7.0 38.8 39.2 22.0 26.0 17.6 2.6 12.8 21.6 19.4
2025 42.6 57.4 29.5 20.5 7.4 42.6 32.8 24.6 21.3 15.6 5.7 21.3 17.2 18.9
Player 41.2 58.8 28.7 22.2 7.9 37.9 38.1 24.0 21.3 16.9 3.0 16.7 21.2 21.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 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
2016 0.0 54.5 27.3 9.1 9.1 0.0 0.0
2017 10.3 39.7 17.2 22.4 8.6 0.0 0.0
2018 0.0 38.7 25.8 16.1 3.2 6.5 4.8
2019 1.7 30.1 26.3 24.6 8.5 8.5 5.5
2020 4.3 29.0 29.0 25.8 7.5 4.3 3.1
2021 1.3 26.0 31.9 26.8 5.5 8.5 5.6
2022 4.4 30.0 30.0 22.8 7.2 5.2 3.7
2023 4.1 34.0 30.9 22.7 6.2 2.1 1.3
2024 5.7 33.0 23.8 22.5 7.9 6.6 4.8
2025 4.1 31.1 26.2 23.0 5.7 9.8 6.7
Player 3.7 31.0 27.6 23.7 7.1 6.5 4.4
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 186 25.0 44 .200 .571 .399 16.7 22.7 17.9 .220 .419 .341 50.0
2025 Sinker 1.2 2 155 20.9 39 .323 .516 .453 7.5 0.0 0.0 .337 .546 .444 41.9
2025 Slider 1.5 2 122 16.4 33 .200 .400 .321 33.3 21.2 15.9 .204 .396 .293 43.5
2025 Sweeper 0.9 1 73 9.8 11 .250 .250 .355 31.0 27.3 11.5 .242 .303 .363 40.0
2025 Cutter 2.0 1 67 9.0 13 .364 .727 .496 17.9 15.4 16.7 .307 .881 .522 55.6
2025 Changeup -5.1 -3 65 8.7 22 .095 .095 .114 25.0 18.2 17.4 .226 .267 .236 23.5
2025 Curveball -1.1 -1 49 6.6 7 .143 .143 .129 46.2 57.1 22.2 .127 .151 .120 33.3
2025 Split-Finger 6.1 1 15 2.0 5 .500 .500 .500 25.0 0.0 0.0 .276 .312 .347 50.0
2025 Slurve -16.2 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .029 .044 .029 0.0
2025 Knuckleball 5.9 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 6 343 29.2 93 .346 .568 .431 15.3 10.8 9.3 .303 .567 .412 52.1
2024 Sinker -0.6 -1 228 19.4 71 .230 .344 .312 10.5 8.5 15.0 .215 .342 .305 32.7
2024 Slider 0.5 1 193 16.5 43 .233 .349 .272 24.4 16.3 13.0 .253 .375 .270 33.3
2024 Sweeper -0.2 0 129 11.0 30 .222 .370 .298 42.3 36.7 21.6 .204 .432 .311 50.0
2024 Cutter -5.6 -5 90 7.7 23 .045 .091 .054 25.0 21.7 22.7 .093 .222 .146 38.9
2024 Curveball -1.7 -1 83 7.1 19 .118 .118 .168 53.6 36.8 26.9 .170 .199 .219 20.0
2024 Changeup -0.3 0 72 6.1 25 .227 .364 .308 38.2 28.0 28.0 .227 .294 .283 13.3
2024 Split-Finger -9.4 -2 16 1.4 6 .000 .000 .000 27.3 16.7 16.7 .311 .499 .347 60.0
2024 Slurve -0.7 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 14 44 -1 -1 0 1 -1
2017 75 284 -5 -6 3 1 -7
2018 42 157 -3 -3 0 1 -5
2019 354 1,567 -3 -15 17 8 7
2020 129 506 -7 -1 1 1 -6
2021 358 1,473 -9 -9 13 8 4
2022 354 1,423 -17 -11 7 7 -13
2023 151 559 -7 -7 3 2 -9
2024 311 1,163 -5 -12 9 6 -3
2025 178 743 0 -7 8 4 5
Player 1,966 7,919 -57 -71 62 -57 -27
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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 %
2016 44 47.7 76.2 81.3 17.4 50.0 36.4 35.7 45.5 25.0 6.8 100.0
2017 284 50.4 60.1 87.2 23.4 72.7 41.2 24.0 41.9 16.0 8.1 56.5
2018 157 58.6 64.1 86.4 16.9 45.5 40.8 19.0 44.6 20.0 7.0 90.9
2019 1,571 49.9 61.9 83.3 21.9 57.6 42.0 15.4 41.9 23.3 7.7 70.8
2020 506 54.9 63.7 78.0 23.7 57.4 39.3 15.5 45.7 26.8 10.3 69.2
2021 1,473 49.1 62.5 82.3 22.3 55.1 43.0 15.9 42.0 25.0 8.0 61.0
2022 1,423 50.2 62.8 86.2 24.3 59.9 45.2 19.8 43.6 21.1 7.7 74.5
2023 559 51.9 63.8 74.1 26.0 57.1 42.8 23.2 45.6 30.2 9.1 66.7
2024 1,173 49.6 66.7 86.0 24.4 52.4 44.4 27.5 45.5 22.8 6.9 83.8
2025 743 49.3 68.6 83.7 19.9 64.0 43.5 28.1 43.9 20.9 9.8 76.7
Player 7,933 50.4 63.8 83.2 22.9 57.6 43.0 20.5 43.5 23.3 8.1 71.5
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 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
2016 34 7
2017 39 27
2018 26 14
2019 59 35 58 67 77 31 56 41 65 58 48 92 63 90 19
2020 6 17 16 23 5 11 20 13 28 27 48 7 45 72 20
2021 69 53 51 49 81 30 51 29 61 19 55 87 44 85 23
2022 18 20 16 24 26 13 26 25 54 30 56 49 72 76 16
2023 30 13
2024 32 12
2025 73 38 60 67 81 33 56 45 55 47 75 94 71 92 19
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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 %
2017 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2018 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2019 22.19 18 16.5 2 6 12 8 44.4
2020 21.25 5 4.6 0 1 3 2 40.0
2021 22.25 13 10.5 3 4 7 6 46.2
2022 22.19 7 7.5 -1 4 4 4 57.1
2023 24.10 2 2.5 -1 1 1 2 100.0
2024 23.68 9 9.6 -1 7 7 3 33.3
2025 22.18 9 7.1 2 3 6 3 33.3
Player 22.42 63 58.3 5 28 40 28 44.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2018 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 18 21 15 17 18 17 20 14 13 12 14 17 19 16 15 16 15 14 16 17 17 19 21 19 17 16 11 20 18 17 13
2020 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 3 4 6 4 5 4 3
2021 13 12 11 8 12 10 13 10 8 7 7 12 10 7 11 11 10 10 12 13 10 11 13 14 9 9 11 12 11 12 10
2022 7 4 7 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 10 7 7 9 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7
2023 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2024 9 6 10 11 8 9 10 10 8 8 9 9 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 13 11 11 15 11 8 9 8 8 12 10 10
2025 9 7 7 6 7 8 7 5 6 5 7 10 7 9 9 5 8 5 7 8 7 7 9 6 5 6 7 7 10 8 7
Player 63 59 58 58 60 59 65 53 47 44 50 64 64 56 58 56 54 50 58 67 59 65 79 65 50 52 55 64 69 60 52
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 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 89.3 -7.4 ↓ 81.9 3.2 ↑ 85.1 3.8 ↑ 88.9 -2.6 ↓ 86.3 1.9 ↑ 88.2 -0.5 ↓ 87.7 -0.9 ↓ 86.8 0.8 ↑ 87.6 2.1 ↑ 89.7
Launch Angle 10.5 -4.9 ↓ 5.6 4.6 ↑ 10.2 4.1 ↑ 14.3 2.4 ↑ 16.7 1.9 ↑ 18.6 -3.9 ↓ 14.7 0.9 ↑ 15.6 -2.0 ↓ 13.6 1.0 ↑ 14.6
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 ↑ 6.5 2.0 ↑ 8.5 -4.2 ↓ 4.3 4.2 ↑ 8.5 -3.3 ↓ 5.2 -3.1 ↓ 2.1 4.5 ↑ 6.6 3.2 ↑ 9.8
Hard Hit % 27.3 3.7 ↑ 31.0 -5.2 ↓ 25.8 14.6 ↑ 40.4 -6.0 ↓ 34.4 -0.4 ↓ 34.0 2.8 ↑ 36.8 -3.8 ↓ 33.0 6.4 ↑ 39.4 3.2 ↑ 42.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 9.1 11.6 ↑ 20.7 5.1 ↑ 25.8 14.0 ↑ 39.8 -7.5 ↓ 32.3 5.6 ↑ 37.9 -4.7 ↓ 33.2 -5.4 ↓ 27.8 -0.5 ↓ 27.3 4.7 ↑ 32.0
xBA .168 0.044 ↑ .212 -0.036 ↓ .176 0.073 ↑ .249 -0.027 ↓ .222 0.032 ↑ .254 -0.029 ↓ .225 -0.040 ↓ .185 0.050 ↑ .235 0.016 ↑ .251
BA .154 0.020 ↑ .174 -0.060 ↓ .114 0.131 ↑ .245 -0.024 ↓ .221 0.019 ↑ .240 -0.029 ↓ .211 -0.005 ↓ .206 0.032 ↑ .238 0.000 .238
xwOBA .206 0.070 ↑ .276 -0.020 ↓ .256 0.084 ↑ .340 -0.070 ↓ .270 0.076 ↑ .346 -0.058 ↓ .288 -0.043 ↓ .245 0.069 ↑ .314 0.040 ↑ .354
wOBA .203 0.007 ↑ .210 -0.048 ↓ .162 0.177 ↑ .339 -0.060 ↓ .279 0.049 ↑ .328 -0.053 ↓ .275 -0.020 ↓ .255 0.049 ↑ .304 0.050 ↑ .354
xSLG .214 0.141 ↑ .355 -0.047 ↓ .308 0.152 ↑ .460 -0.105 ↓ .355 0.073 ↑ .428 -0.083 ↓ .345 -0.066 ↓ .279 0.122 ↑ .401 0.053 ↑ .454
SLG .231 -0.014 ↓ .217 -0.103 ↓ .114 0.364 ↑ .478 -0.093 ↓ .385 0.026 ↑ .411 -0.077 ↓ .334 -0.047 ↓ .287 0.087 ↑ .374 0.083 ↑ .457
K% 14.3 0.4 ↑ 14.7 2.0 ↑ 16.7 4.9 ↑ 21.6 0.9 ↑ 22.5 -1.9 ↓ 20.6 -0.5 ↓ 20.1 6.4 ↑ 26.5 -8.9 ↓ 17.6 -0.7 ↓ 16.9
BB% 0.0 6.7 ↑ 6.7 0.4 ↑ 7.1 6.1 ↑ 13.2 -8.5 ↓ 4.7 7.6 ↑ 12.3 -4.1 ↓ 8.2 1.1 ↑ 9.3 -1.3 ↓ 8.0 6.0 ↑ 14.0
Swing % 45.5 -3.6 ↓ 41.9 2.7 ↑ 44.6 -2.7 ↓ 41.9 3.8 ↑ 45.7 -3.7 ↓ 42.0 1.6 ↑ 43.6 2.0 ↑ 45.6 -0.1 ↓ 45.5 -1.6 ↓ 43.9
Whiff% 25.0 -9.0 ↓ 16.0 4.0 ↑ 20.0 3.3 ↑ 23.3 3.5 ↑ 26.8 -1.8 ↓ 25.0 -3.9 ↓ 21.1 9.1 ↑ 30.2 -7.4 ↓ 22.8 -1.9 ↓ 20.9
In Zone % 47.7 2.7 ↑ 50.4 8.2 ↑ 58.6 -8.7 ↓ 49.9 5.0 ↑ 54.9 -5.8 ↓ 49.1 1.1 ↑ 50.2 1.7 ↑ 51.9 -2.3 ↓ 49.6 -0.3 ↓ 49.3
Out of Zone % 52.3 -2.7 ↓ 49.6 -8.2 ↓ 41.4 8.7 ↑ 50.1 -5.0 ↓ 45.1 5.8 ↑ 50.9 -1.1 ↓ 49.8 -1.7 ↓ 48.1 2.3 ↑ 50.4 0.3 ↑ 50.7
Out of Zone Swing % 17.4 6.0 ↑ 23.4 -6.5 ↓ 16.9 5.0 ↑ 21.9 1.8 ↑ 23.7 -1.4 ↓ 22.3 2.0 ↑ 24.3 1.7 ↑ 26.0 -1.6 ↓ 24.4 -4.5 ↓ 19.9
First Pitch Swing % 35.7 -11.7 ↓ 24.0 -5.0 ↓ 19.0 -3.6 ↓ 15.4 0.1 ↑ 15.5 0.4 ↑ 15.9 3.9 ↑ 19.8 3.4 ↑ 23.2 4.3 ↑ 27.5 0.6 ↑ 28.1
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 10.9 ↑ 68.0 -6.1 ↓ 61.9 -5.0 ↓ 56.9 0.5 ↑ 57.4 -1.7 ↓ 55.7 2.8 ↑ 58.5 1.1 ↑ 59.6 1.7 ↑ 61.3 -5.7 ↓ 55.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 14 0 0.0 .203
2017 Shifts R 75 0 0.0 .210
2018 Shifts R 42 0 0.0 .162
2019 Shifts R 355 113 31.8 .315 .393
2020 Shifts R 129 48 37.2 .300 .245
2021 Shifts R 358 112 31.3 .344 .294
2022 Shifts R 354 122 34.5 .303 .221
2023 Shades R 151 18 11.9 .246 .324
2024 Shades R 311 60 19.3 .308 .284
2025 Shades R 178 9 5.1 .360 .231
! 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 %
2016 11 13.8 54.5% 0.0% 10 21.0 0.0% 0.0%
2017 90 16.9 26.7% 1.1% 51 22.4 2.0% 3.9%
2018 53 14.1 58.5% 0.0% 22 25.3 0.0% 40.9%
2019 491 17.0 25.3% 0.4% 269 23.3 0.4% 12.3%
2020 162 17.3 21.0% 0.6% 78 22.5 0.0% 11.5%
2021 440 17.5 19.3% 1.1% 299 23.2 0.7% 9.0%
2022 391 16.9 27.4% 1.3% 296 22.5 0.3% 6.8%
2023 151 15.0 50.3% 0.0% 102 19.2 4.9% 1.0%
2024 355 15.3 45.6% 0.3% 167 18.0 3.0% 0.6%
2025 181 15.5 32.6% 0.0% 120 18.7 3.3% 0.8%
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