Chris Carter
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 245LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 15, #455, Chicago White Sox | Sierra Vista HS, NV
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 460 391 50 78 24 1 .199 .307 .427 .734
2016 644 549 84 122 41 3 .222 .321 .499 .820
2017 208 184 20 37 8 0 .201 .284 .370 .654
8 Seasons 2,853 2,469 334 536 158 12 .217 .312 .456 .768
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .199 24 1 .734
2016 .222 41 3 .820
2017 .201 8 0 .654
8 Seasons .217 158 12 .768
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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 28 1963 245 38 15.5 8.3 91.2 113.8 21.0 32.7 .203 .443 .319 .331 .445 46.9 32.9 12.4
2016 29 2744 353 62 17.6 9.6 91.7 114.3 18.6 36.3 .237 .536 .346 .368 .507 46.2 32.0 11.8
2017 30 890 110 13 11.8 6.3 89.8 110.8 22.2 31.8 .195 .414 .284 .300 .429 38.5 36.5 9.6
Player 5597 708 113 16.0 8.6 91.3 114.3 20.0 34.3 .219 .483 .327 .344 .474 45.3 33.0 11.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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 30.6 33.5 24.9 11.0 38.0 38.0 24.1 1.2 24.1 33.5 14.3 10.2 15.5 8.3
2016 31.7 31.2 29.2 7.9 37.4 41.9 20.4 2.3 24.6 28.0 16.4 9.9 17.6 9.6
2017 32.7 34.5 20.9 11.8 47.3 32.7 20.0 4.5 21.8 32.7 20.9 7.3 11.8 6.3
Player 31.5 32.5 26.4 9.6 39.1 39.1 21.6 2.3 24.0 30.6 16.4 9.6 16.0 8.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -4 287 32.2 65 .151 .283 .293 40.8 35.4 29.9 .144 .280 .272 30.0
2017 Slider 0.4 1 206 23.1 46 .262 .452 .343 50.0 43.5 25.0 .242 .531 .349 52.2
2017 Sinker -2.1 -4 173 19.4 52 .234 .340 .292 21.7 25.0 23.2 .206 .427 .305 20.6
2017 Changeup 1.4 1 89 10.0 20 .158 .526 .298 53.3 50.0 29.4 .188 .510 .305 44.4
2017 Curveball -1.0 -1 62 7.0 11 .182 .545 .295 41.7 45.5 31.3 .194 .454 .268 100.0
2017 Cutter -3.0 -2 55 6.2 9 .286 .286 .278 45.8 33.3 16.7 .253 .295 .281 40.0
2017 Slurve -1.8 0 8 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .013 .035 .020 100.0
2017 Split-Finger -3.5 0 5 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sweeper -21.7 0 2 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .377 .879 .509 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 74 303 -4 -5 3 1 -5
2011 46 204 -3 -3 0 0 -6
2012 259 1,105 0 1 9 6 15
2013 584 2,459 -7 -7 13 10 10
2014 563 2,308 7 -7 6 10 16
2015 477 2,031 -9 -5 11 8 4
2016 643 2,740 -1 -27 17 13 3
2017 207 887 -5 -14 6 4 -9
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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 1,963 46.2 70.9 70.0 24.4 44.4 42.5 37.5 45.9 37.3 7.4 82.8
2016 2,744 45.4 66.5 71.1 24.7 40.2 41.1 35.6 43.7 38.4 6.4 81.7
2017 890 46.4 71.6 67.5 26.9 40.6 41.1 42.8 47.8 40.5 7.0 90.3
Player 5,597 45.8 68.9 70.1 25.0 41.7 41.6 37.4 45.1 38.4 6.8 83.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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 65 2 73 91 45 85 98 89 94 96 1 94 1 82 41
2016 89 22 93 98 63 98 100 93 95 93 3 89 1 75 46 89
2017 80 39
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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 24.1 41 36.9 4 12 33 12 29.3
2017 24.0 8 9.0 -1 2 7 4 50.0
Player 24.1 49 45.9 3 14 40 16 32.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 41 42 29 45 37 33 37 39 26 30 34 35 39 34 37 41 23 36 40 39 40 29 50 49 35 37 31 47 45 37 30
2017 8 9 10 7 11 9 11 9 5 8 10 13 8 9 8 8 8 8 9 11 8 9 11 10 8 8 9 11 9 10 7
Player 49 51 39 52 48 42 48 48 31 38 44 48 47 43 45 49 31 44 49 50 48 38 61 59 43 45 40 58 54 47 37
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.2 91.7 0.5 ↑ 89.8 -1.9 ↓
Launch Angle 21.0 18.6 -2.4 ↓ 22.2 3.6 ↑
Barrel % 15.5 17.6 2.1 ↑ 11.8 -5.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 46.9 46.2 -0.7 ↓ 38.5 -7.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 32.7 36.3 3.6 ↑ 31.8 -4.5 ↓
xBA .203 .237 0.034 ↑ .195 -0.042 ↓
BA .199 .222 0.023 ↑ .201 -0.021 ↓
xwOBA .331 .368 0.037 ↑ .300 -0.068 ↓
wOBA .319 .346 0.027 ↑ .284 -0.062 ↓
xSLG .443 .536 0.093 ↑ .414 -0.122 ↓
SLG .427 .499 0.072 ↑ .370 -0.129 ↓
K% 32.9 32.0 -0.9 ↓ 36.5 4.5 ↑
BB% 12.4 11.8 -0.6 ↓ 9.6 -2.2 ↓
Swing % 45.9 43.7 -2.2 ↓ 47.8 4.1 ↑
Whiff% 37.3 38.4 1.1 ↑ 40.5 2.1 ↑
In Zone % 46.2 45.4 -0.8 ↓ 46.4 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.8 54.6 0.8 ↑ 53.6 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.4 24.7 0.3 ↑ 26.9 2.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 37.5 35.6 -1.9 ↓ 42.8 7.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 62.1 58.7 -3.4 ↓ 60.6 1.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 624 256 41.0 .308 .391
2017 Shifts R 207 82 39.6 .235 .361
! 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 84 14.0 63.1% 2.4% 55 19.0 7.3% 7.3%
2011 57 13.5 73.7% 0.0% 29 23.3 0.0% 10.3%
2012 299 15.2 47.5% 0.7% 203 20.8 1.5% 3.9%
2013 678 15.4 45.0% 1.2% 423 22.1 2.6% 9.2%
2014 623 16.2 36.4% 1.4% 366 22.1 1.4% 7.1%
2015 584 17.3 34.1% 4.8% 308 22.6 9.7% 14.0%
2016 737 16.8 34.5% 2.8% 524 23.4 5.2% 18.5%
2017 195 16.7 30.8% 1.0% 187 21.9 2.1% 6.4%
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