Chase Utley
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 44
Draft: 2000 | Rd: 1, #15, Philadelphia Phillies | UCLA
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 565 512 79 129 14 2 .252 .319 .396 .715
2017 353 309 43 73 8 6 .236 .324 .405 .729
2018 187 164 18 35 1 3 .213 .305 .305 .610
16 Seasons 7,863 6,857 1,103 1,885 259 154 .275 .358 .465 .823
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .252 14 2 .715
2017 .236 8 6 .729
2018 .213 1 3 .610
16 Seasons .275 259 154 .823
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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 36 1621 317 9 2.8 2.1 88.6 104.9 13.3 32.5 .250 .368 .274 .306 .321 34.4 15.1 7.6
2016 37 2224 399 17 4.3 3.0 87.7 107.5 11.9 35.6 .259 .389 .312 .314 .358 33.8 20.4 7.1
2017 38 1353 255 11 4.3 3.1 86.9 107.7 11.0 36.9 .241 .402 .316 .321 .332 28.5 16.1 9.1
2018 39 800 131 3 2.3 1.6 87.7 106.4 17.2 32.1 .221 .324 .272 .289 .302 32.5 18.2 9.1
Player 5998 1102 40 3.6 2.6 87.7 107.7 12.7 34.6 .248 .378 .298 .310 .335 32.6 17.7 7.9
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 44.8 21.5 26.2 7.6 35.0 43.8 20.8 2.5 33.1 27.4 26.8 5.0 2.8 2.1
2016 45.4 21.3 27.1 6.3 44.6 36.8 18.5 3.3 29.3 23.1 32.1 6.0 4.3 3.0
2017 43.5 27.8 25.1 3.5 39.2 34.9 25.5 3.9 32.9 27.5 20.8 9.0 4.3 3.1
2018 42.7 27.5 24.4 5.3 33.6 38.2 28.2 1.5 30.5 32.8 25.2 3.8 2.3 1.6
Player 44.5 23.6 26.0 5.9 39.3 38.6 22.0 3.0 31.4 26.5 27.1 6.2 3.6 2.6
MLB 44.6 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 %
2018 4-Seamer -1.1 -4 335 41.9 80 .203 .246 .269 9.8 13.8 12.9 .220 .331 .301 35.6
2018 Sinker -1.6 -2 129 16.1 34 .273 .364 .290 4.1 11.8 19.0 .248 .378 .278 37.9
2018 Curveball 0.2 0 90 11.3 16 .077 .077 .244 21.4 18.8 7.3 .188 .221 .279 10.0
2018 Changeup 2.7 2 76 9.5 16 .313 .625 .394 22.6 25.0 18.2 .230 .346 .246 33.3
2018 Slider -0.9 -1 62 7.8 13 .231 .308 .235 11.1 23.1 12.0 .265 .395 .283 20.0
2018 Cutter 2.2 1 46 5.8 13 .000 .000 .323 22.2 38.5 23.8 .043 .051 .349 33.3
2018 Splitter 12.4 2 14 1.8 4 .500 .750 .538 28.6 25.0 14.3 .478 .569 .452 33.3
2018 Sweeper -2.6 0 6 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seamer -1.8 -10 565 41.8 148 .223 .369 .311 5.5 11.5 13.1 .238 .408 .320 33.3
2017 Sinker 1.2 3 229 16.9 69 .283 .550 .399 5.1 2.9 6.1 .286 .523 .381 28.8
2017 Slider -0.1 0 155 11.5 36 .103 .138 .221 33.3 33.3 20.0 .120 .155 .233 11.8
2017 Changeup 4.4 6 139 10.3 40 .371 .714 .482 21.0 12.5 13.5 .312 .522 .386 32.3
2017 Curveball 0.1 0 128 9.5 29 .269 .308 .302 44.4 48.3 35.9 .255 .295 .287 16.7
2017 Cutter -4.7 -4 77 5.7 19 .111 .111 .132 20.0 21.1 13.3 .156 .190 .180 7.1
2017 Splitter 4.9 1 23 1.7 6 .167 .667 .333 22.2 16.7 12.5 .311 .823 .464 40.0
2017 Sweeper -8.5 -1 8 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 20.0 .030 .042 .027 0.0
2017 Slurve -0.4 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 742 2,914 12 -13 7 19 25
2009 735 3,063 9 -8 19 23 42
2010 545 2,158 -7 4 20 14 31
2011 471 1,837 -5 -7 13 8 10
2012 354 1,399 -10 -1 12 8 9
2013 526 2,015 0 4 8 7 18
2014 652 2,508 -1 -14 15 12 12
2015 422 1,617 -12 -21 8 7 -17
2016 596 2,348 -1 -23 13 10 -1
2017 368 1,397 -11 -20 14 8 -8
2018 177 758 -8 -7 10 4 -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 1,621 47.7 58.6 91.8 24.9 71.0 43.1 17.0 40.8 14.5 6.7 63.9
2016 2,224 50.7 58.6 88.0 21.4 60.4 44.1 16.8 40.2 18.8 7.8 72.8
2017 1,353 51.3 58.0 89.6 18.1 71.8 42.5 18.1 38.3 14.1 7.3 71.1
2018 800 51.6 57.0 91.0 17.2 71.4 43.8 12.4 37.6 13.3 7.1 74.1
Player 5,998 50.1 58.2 89.8 21.2 67.2 43.4 16.6 39.6 15.9 7.3 70.4
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 42 42 32 31 57 20 25 49 42 46 78 50 88 77 67
2016 36 52 31 28 48 32 28 26 54 35 43 35 71 92 62 6
2017 43 24 33 40 51 15 28 28 58 15 73 58 94 97 65 10
2018 48 55
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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 19.9 14 12.3 2 8 6 7 50.0
2017 20.0 8 9.0 -1 10 9 2 25.0
2018 19.4 1 2.0 -1 4 2 0 0.0
Player 19.9 23 23.3 0 22 17 9 39.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 14 14 9 14 11 11 12 13 12 9 11 16 12 10 13 14 8 10 11 15 12 9 17 16 11 13 14 18 14 12 9
2017 8 10 4 11 9 10 11 12 7 5 7 12 8 8 10 13 8 9 8 9 7 10 14 10 9 7 8 10 12 9 3
2018 1 3 0 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 5 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
Player 23 27 13 28 22 23 25 28 21 15 20 33 23 18 25 29 18 21 20 27 20 20 35 28 21 21 24 30 28 23 13
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.6 87.7 -0.9 ↓ 86.9 -0.8 ↓ 87.7 0.8 ↑
Launch Angle 13.3 11.9 -1.4 ↓ 11.0 -0.9 ↓ 17.2 6.2 ↑
Barrel % 2.8 4.3 1.5 ↑ 4.3 0.0 2.3 -2.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.4 33.8 -0.6 ↓ 28.5 -5.3 ↓ 32.5 4.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.5 35.6 3.1 ↑ 36.9 1.3 ↑ 32.1 -4.8 ↓
xBA .250 .259 0.009 ↑ .241 -0.018 ↓ .221 -0.020 ↓
BA .212 .252 0.040 ↑ .236 -0.016 ↓ .213 -0.023 ↓
xwOBA .306 .314 0.008 ↑ .321 0.007 ↑ .289 -0.032 ↓
wOBA .274 .312 0.038 ↑ .316 0.004 ↑ .272 -0.044 ↓
xSLG .368 .389 0.021 ↑ .402 0.013 ↑ .324 -0.078 ↓
SLG .343 .396 0.053 ↑ .405 0.009 ↑ .305 -0.100 ↓
K% 15.1 20.4 5.3 ↑ 16.1 -4.3 ↓ 18.2 2.1 ↑
BB% 7.6 7.1 -0.5 ↓ 9.1 2.0 ↑ 9.1 0.0
Swing % 40.8 40.2 -0.6 ↓ 38.3 -1.9 ↓ 37.6 -0.7 ↓
Whiff% 14.5 18.8 4.3 ↑ 14.1 -4.7 ↓ 13.3 -0.8 ↓
In Zone % 47.7 50.7 3.0 ↑ 51.3 0.6 ↑ 51.6 0.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.3 49.3 -3.0 ↓ 48.7 -0.6 ↓ 48.4 -0.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.9 21.4 -3.5 ↓ 18.1 -3.3 ↓ 17.2 -0.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 17.0 16.8 -0.2 ↓ 18.1 1.3 ↑ 12.4 -5.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.9 59.3 0.4 ↑ 60.6 1.3 ↑ 53.2 -7.4 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 552 263 47.6 .286 .328
2017 Shifts L 349 62 17.8 .316 .311
2018 Shifts L 177 69 39.0 .286 .247
! 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 667 20.7 2.5% 6.9% 388 26.0 0.5% 18.8%
2011 556 20.0 2.5% 2.9% 297 25.2 0.3% 16.5%
2012 435 20.4 1.4% 3.9% 246 26.4 0.0% 23.2%
2013 702 20.5 0.3% 2.3% 306 25.7 0.3% 16.3%
2014 731 20.2 0.4% 5.1% 487 25.8 0.4% 19.3%
2015 563 20.1 7.5% 8.3% 260 26.0 3.1% 26.9%
2016 902 20.0 9.4% 6.9% 284 26.5 3.2% 27.5%
2017 515 20.0 1.6% 4.3% 212 26.1 0.0% 20.3%
2018 270 19.7 3.0% 3.3% 143 26.4 0.0% 25.9%
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