Chase Utley
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 46
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		 LA 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 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 %
2015 44.8 55.2 21.5 26.2 7.6 35.0 43.8 20.8 19.2 19.6 5.7 15.8 24.3 15.1
2016 45.4 54.6 21.3 27.1 6.3 44.6 36.8 18.5 23.3 18.0 4.0 21.3 18.8 14.5
2017 43.5 56.5 27.8 25.1 3.5 39.2 34.9 25.5 20.8 17.3 5.1 18.4 17.6 20.4
2018 42.7 57.3 27.5 24.4 5.3 33.6 38.2 28.2 21.4 14.5 6.9 12.2 23.7 21.4
Player 44.5 55.5 23.6 26.0 5.9 39.3 38.6 22.0 21.3 17.9 5.1 18.0 20.7 16.9
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 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
2015 2.5 33.1 27.4 26.8 5.0 2.8 2.1
2016 3.3 29.3 23.1 32.1 6.0 4.3 3.0
2017 3.9 32.9 27.5 20.8 9.0 4.3 3.1
2018 1.5 30.5 32.8 25.2 3.8 2.3 1.6
Player 3.0 31.4 26.5 27.1 6.2 3.6 2.6
MLB 4.0 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -6 335 41.9 80 .203 .246 .269 9.8 13.8 12.9 .220 .331 .301 35.6
2018 Sinker -1.4 -2 129 16.1 34 .273 .364 .290 4.1 11.8 19.0 .248 .378 .278 37.9
2018 Curveball 0.1 0 90 11.3 16 .077 .077 .244 21.4 18.8 7.3 .188 .221 .279 10.0
2018 Changeup 2.1 2 76 9.5 16 .313 .625 .394 22.6 25.0 18.2 .230 .346 .246 33.3
2018 Slider -0.2 0 61 7.6 12 .250 .333 .254 11.8 25.0 12.0 .243 .327 .245 11.1
2018 Cutter 0.0 0 47 5.9 14 .000 .000 .300 21.1 35.7 23.8 .098 .181 .376 50.0
2018 Split-Finger 8.0 1 14 1.8 4 .500 .750 .538 28.6 25.0 14.3 .478 .569 .452 33.3
2018 Sweeper -3.9 0 6 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -8 565 41.8 148 .223 .369 .311 5.5 11.5 13.1 .238 .408 .320 33.3
2017 Sinker 1.1 3 229 16.9 69 .283 .550 .399 5.1 2.9 6.1 .286 .523 .381 28.8
2017 Slider -0.7 -1 152 11.2 36 .103 .138 .221 34.0 33.3 20.3 .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 0.5 1 128 9.5 29 .269 .308 .302 44.4 48.3 35.9 .255 .295 .287 16.7
2017 Cutter -3.4 -3 80 5.9 19 .111 .111 .132 19.4 21.1 12.9 .156 .190 .180 7.1
2017 Split-Finger 1.4 0 23 1.7 6 .167 .667 .333 22.2 16.7 12.5 .311 .823 .464 40.0
2017 Sweeper -6.3 -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.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 680 2,662 22 -11 9 18 37
2009 672 2,787 10 -6 18 22 43
2010 507 2,020 -5 -3 18 14 24
2011 450 1,749 -6 -7 13 8 9
2012 354 1,399 -7 -4 11 8 8
2013 526 2,015 1 0 11 8 21
2014 652 2,508 2 -19 17 12 11
2015 419 1,604 -11 -19 9 9 -12
2016 564 2,220 -4 -25 15 10 -4
2017 349 1,327 -9 -16 16 7 -3
2018 177 758 -11 -7 8 4 -6
Player 5,350 21,049 -19 -116 144 -19 129
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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 18.9 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 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 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
2015 42 42 32 31 58 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 95 97 67 9
2018 48 55
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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 19.87 14 12.2 2 7 6 7 50.0
2017 20.02 8 8.9 -1 9 9 2 25.0
2018 19.43 1 2.0 -1 3 2 0 0.0
Player 19.91 23 23.1 0 19 17 9 39.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 14 13 9 14 11 10 12 13 12 9 11 14 12 10 13 14 8 10 12 15 12 9 17 15 11 13 13 18 14 12 9
2017 8 10 4 10 9 10 10 11 7 5 7 12 9 7 10 13 8 10 8 9 7 9 14 10 9 7 8 10 12 9 3
2018 1 4 0 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 4 3 0 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1
Player 23 27 13 27 22 22 24 27 21 15 20 30 24 17 25 30 18 22 21 27 20 19 35 27 21 21 23 30 28 23 13
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

2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018
Results
BA .212 +.040 ↑ .252 -.016 ↓ .236 -.023 ↓ .213
xBA .250 +.009 ↑ .259 -.018 ↓ .241 -.020 ↓ .221
OBP .286 +.033 ↑ .319 +.005 ↑ .324 -.019 ↓ .305
xOBP .325 +.001 ↑ .326 +.003 ↑ .329 -.010 ↓ .319
SLG .343 +.053 ↑ .396 +.009 ↑ .405 -.100 ↓ .305
xSLG .368 +.021 ↑ .389 +.013 ↑ .402 -.078 ↓ .324
ISO .131 +.014 ↑ .145 +.023 ↑ .168 -.077 ↓ .091
xISO .118 +.012 ↑ .130 +.031 ↑ .161 -.058 ↓ .103
BABIP .230 +.069 ↑ .299 -.035 ↓ .264 -.002 ↓ .262
wOBA .274 +.038 ↑ .312 +.004 ↑ .316 -.044 ↓ .272
xwOBA .306 +.008 ↑ .314 +.007 ↑ .321 -.032 ↓ .289
wOBACON .279 +.075 ↑ .354 -.029 ↓ .325 -.048 ↓ .277
xwOBACON .321 +.037 ↑ .358 -.026 ↓ .332 -.030 ↓ .302
BACON .249 +.075 ↑ .324 -.037 ↓ .287 -.020 ↓ .267
xBACON .300 +.034 ↑ .334 -.039 ↓ .295 -.008 ↓ .287
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 34.4 -0.6 ↓ 33.8 -5.3 ↓ 28.5 +4.0 ↑ 32.5
Avg Exit Velocity 88.6 -0.9 ↓ 87.7 -0.8 ↓ 86.9 +0.8 ↑ 87.7
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 32.5 +3.1 ↑ 35.6 +1.3 ↑ 36.9 -4.8 ↓ 32.1
Barrel % 2.8 +1.5 ↑ 4.3 0.0 4.3 -2.0 ↓ 2.3
Avg Launch Angle 13.3 -1.4 ↓ 11.9 -0.9 ↓ 11.0 +6.2 ↑ 17.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- 0°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- 0°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- 0°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.3 +0.4 ↑ 92.7 0.0 92.7 -0.5 ↓ 92.2
Breaking Velocity 81.6 +0.5 ↑ 82.1 +0.1 ↑ 82.2 -1.0 ↓ 81.2
Offspeed Velocity 84.1 +0.7 ↑ 84.8 -0.2 ↓ 84.6 0.0 84.6
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 9 +8 ↑ 17 -6 ↓ 11 -8 ↓ 3
Popup % 7.6 -1.3 ↓ 6.3 -2.8 ↓ 3.5 +1.8 ↑ 5.3
Flyball % 21.5 -0.2 ↓ 21.3 +6.5 ↑ 27.8 -0.3 ↓ 27.5
Line Drive % 26.2 +0.9 ↑ 27.1 -2.0 ↓ 25.1 -0.7 ↓ 24.4
Groundball % 44.8 +0.6 ↑ 45.4 -1.9 ↓ 43.5 -0.8 ↓ 42.7
Pull % 35.0 +9.6 ↑ 44.6 -5.4 ↓ 39.2 -5.6 ↓ 33.6
Straight Away % 43.8 -7.0 ↓ 36.8 -1.9 ↓ 34.9 +3.3 ↑ 38.2
Opposite Field % 20.8 -2.3 ↓ 18.5 +7.0 ↑ 25.5 +2.7 ↑ 28.2
Weak Contact % 2.5 +0.8 ↑ 3.3 +0.6 ↑ 3.9 -2.4 ↓ 1.5
Pull Airball % 15.8 +5.5 ↑ 21.3 -2.9 ↓ 18.4 -6.2 ↓ 12.2
Topped Contact % 33.1 -3.8 ↓ 29.3 +3.6 ↑ 32.9 -2.4 ↓ 30.5
Under Contact % 27.4 -4.3 ↓ 23.1 +4.4 ↑ 27.5 +5.3 ↑ 32.8
Flare/Burner Contact % 26.8 +5.3 ↑ 32.1 -11.3 ↓ 20.8 +4.4 ↑ 25.2
Solid Contact % 5.0 +1.0 ↑ 6.0 +3.0 ↑ 9.0 -5.2 ↓ 3.8
HR/FB % 11.8 +4.7 ↑ 16.5 -5.2 ↓ 11.3 -8.5 ↓ 2.8
Popups 24 +1 ↑ 25 -16 ↓ 9 -2 ↓ 7
Flyballs 68 +17 ↑ 85 -14 ↓ 71 -35 ↓ 36
Line Drives 83 +25 ↑ 108 -44 ↓ 64 -32 ↓ 32
Groundballs 142 +39 ↑ 181 -70 ↓ 111 -55 ↓ 56
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.7 +3.0 ↑ 50.7 +0.6 ↑ 51.3 +0.3 ↑ 51.6
Out of Zone % 52.3 -3.0 ↓ 49.3 -0.6 ↓ 48.7 -0.3 ↓ 48.4
Edge % 43.1 +1.0 ↑ 44.1 -1.6 ↓ 42.5 +1.3 ↑ 43.8
Zone Swing % 58.6 0.0 58.6 -0.6 ↓ 58.0 -1.0 ↓ 57.0
Out of Zone Swing % 24.9 -3.5 ↓ 21.4 -3.3 ↓ 18.1 -0.9 ↓ 17.2
In Zone Contact % 91.8 -3.8 ↓ 88.0 +1.6 ↑ 89.6 +1.4 ↑ 91.0
Out of Zone Contact % 71.0 -10.6 ↓ 60.4 +11.4 ↑ 71.8 -0.4 ↓ 71.4
Whiff % 14.5 +4.4 ↑ 18.9 -4.8 ↓ 14.1 -0.8 ↓ 13.3
First Strike % 58.9 +0.4 ↑ 59.3 +1.3 ↑ 60.6 -7.4 ↓ 53.2
First Pitch Swing % 17.0 -0.2 ↓ 16.8 +1.3 ↑ 18.1 -5.7 ↓ 12.4
Swing % 40.8 -0.6 ↓ 40.2 -1.9 ↓ 38.3 -0.7 ↓ 37.6
Meatball Swing % 63.9 +8.9 ↑ 72.8 -1.7 ↓ 71.1 +3.0 ↑ 74.1
Meatball % 6.7 +1.1 ↑ 7.8 -0.5 ↓ 7.3 -0.2 ↓ 7.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 7.7 +3.8 ↑ 11.5 -1.6 ↓ 9.9 -0.9 ↓ 9.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 29.0 +10.6 ↑ 39.6 -11.4 ↓ 28.2 +0.4 ↑ 28.6
In Zone 771 +356 ↑ 1,127 -446 ↓ 681 -290 ↓ 391
Out of Zone 844 +253 ↑ 1,097 -450 ↓ 647 -280 ↓ 367
Edge 696 +284 ↑ 980 -416 ↓ 564 -232 ↓ 332
In Zone Swings 452 +208 ↑ 660 -265 ↓ 395 -172 ↓ 223
Out of Zone Swings 210 +25 ↑ 235 -118 ↓ 117 -54 ↓ 63
In Zone Swing & Misses 35 +41 ↑ 76 -37 ↓ 39 -19 ↓ 20
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 61 +32 ↑ 93 -60 ↓ 33 -15 ↓ 18
Basic
Pitches 1,621 +603 ↑ 2,224 -871 ↓ 1,353 -553 ↓ 800
PA 423 +142 ↑ 565 -212 ↓ 353 -166 ↓ 187
AB 373 +139 ↑ 512 -203 ↓ 309 -145 ↓ 164
Hits 79 +50 ↑ 129 -56 ↓ 73 -38 ↓ 35
Singles 48 +38 ↑ 86 -45 ↓ 41 -18 ↓ 23
Doubles 21 +5 ↑ 26 -6 ↓ 20 -10 ↓ 10
Triples 2 +1 ↑ 3 +1 ↑ 4 -3 ↓ 1
Home Runs 8 +6 ↑ 14 -6 ↓ 8 -7 ↓ 1
Walks 32 +8 ↑ 40 -8 ↓ 32 -15 ↓ 17
Strikeouts 64 +51 ↑ 115 -58 ↓ 57 -23 ↓ 34
K% 15.1 +5.3 ↑ 20.4 -4.3 ↓ 16.1 +2.1 ↑ 18.2
BB% 7.6 -0.5 ↓ 7.1 +2.0 ↑ 9.1 0.0 9.1
HBP 10 +1 ↑ 11 -2 ↓ 9 -4 ↓ 5
Batted Balls 317 +82 ↑ 399 -144 ↓ 255 -124 ↓ 131
Number of Fastballs 1,042 +340 ↑ 1,382 -508 ↓ 874 -363 ↓ 511
Number of Offspeed 158 +145 ↑ 303 -141 ↓ 162 -72 ↓ 90
Number of Breaking 394 +118 ↑ 512 -232 ↓ 280 -129 ↓ 151
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 552 238 43.1 .304 .310
2017 Shifts L 349 37 10.6 .311 .351
2018 Shifts L 177 58 32.8 .292 .228
! 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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