Christian Bethancourt
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 32
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 333 318 39 80 11 5 .252 .283 .409 .692
2023 332 315 49 71 11 1 .225 .254 .381 .635
2024 88 82 9 13 2 0 .159 .198 .268 .466
8 Seasons 1,242 1,184 140 268 32 9 .226 .257 .355 .612
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .252 11 5 .692
2023 .225 11 1 .635
2024 .159 2 0 .466
8 Seasons .226 32 9 .612
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 23 527 122 3 2.5 1.9 87.3 111.2 9.1 30.3 .228 .328 .223 .254 .308 31.1 20.6 3.1
2016 24 751 138 10 7.2 4.9 88.0 112.2 11.6 29.7 .233 .402 .273 .289 .379 35.5 27.5 4.9
2017 25 25 4 1 25.0 14.3 95.9 99.3 30.0 25.0 .132 .393 .125 .217 .379 75.0 42.9 0.0
2022 30 1106 239 28 11.7 8.4 90.1 113.4 9.4 31.4 .255 .449 .301 .318 .404 44.8 24.0 3.6
2023 31 1180 228 18 7.9 5.4 88.6 109.2 11.3 28.5 .215 .376 .271 .266 .348 40.8 27.4 3.9
2024 32 320 62 3 4.8 3.4 88.1 110.9 11.5 21.0 .186 .303 .206 .231 .285 38.7 25.0 3.4
Player 3909 793 63 7.9 5.6 88.8 113.4 10.5 29.3 .229 .390 .268 .281 .359 39.6 25.4 3.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 50.8 15.6 23.8 9.8 43.4 34.4 21.3 3.3 43.4 23.8 21.3 5.7 2.5 1.9
2016 46.4 21.7 23.2 8.7 38.4 37.0 23.2 3.6 36.2 25.4 21.0 4.3 7.2 4.9
2017 25.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 14.3
2022 46.4 23.8 23.8 5.9 35.6 41.4 23.0 4.6 31.4 21.3 24.3 6.3 11.7 8.4
2023 49.6 24.6 18.4 7.5 46.9 35.1 18.0 6.6 35.1 25.0 21.1 4.4 7.9 5.4
2024 50.0 32.3 8.1 9.7 30.6 50.0 19.4 9.7 37.1 29.0 11.3 8.1 4.8 3.4
Player 48.2 23.3 20.8 7.7 40.1 38.3 21.2 5.2 35.6 24.2 21.2 5.4 7.9 5.6
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -1 79 24.7 19 .250 .438 .358 43.6 26.3 22.7 .171 .302 .280 72.7
2024 Sinker -2.1 -1 68 21.3 23 .200 .400 .274 12.2 17.4 20.0 .240 .500 .331 38.9
2024 Slider -4.3 -3 62 19.4 15 .067 .067 .060 42.1 40.0 21.4 .127 .141 .118 11.1
2024 Changeup -2.9 -1 33 10.3 7 .143 .286 .179 33.3 28.6 16.7 .230 .260 .215 20.0
2024 Sweeper -7.0 -2 29 9.1 10 .100 .100 .090 37.5 30.0 33.3 .126 .153 .118 28.6
2024 Cutter -3.6 -1 28 8.8 6 .167 .167 .150 23.5 16.7 20.0 .266 .514 .327 80.0
2024 Curveball -3.7 -1 17 5.3 8 .125 .250 .156 0.0 12.5 16.7 .163 .182 .150 14.3
2024 Split-Finger -1.7 0 4 1.3 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slider 0.0 0 326 27.6 85 .220 .415 .294 43.3 31.8 24.3 .228 .395 .280 36.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -5 291 24.7 72 .227 .500 .327 36.4 36.1 25.5 .218 .442 .301 65.9
2023 Sinker -1.6 -3 165 14.0 59 .255 .327 .304 16.8 13.6 25.8 .204 .368 .263 35.4
2023 Changeup -0.3 0 122 10.3 36 .200 .229 .216 41.3 33.3 26.1 .183 .225 .178 41.7
2023 Curveball -0.7 -1 96 8.1 31 .200 .433 .306 36.5 22.6 25.0 .182 .397 .256 34.8
2023 Sweeper 2.0 2 77 6.5 21 .333 .429 .333 43.8 28.6 24.0 .322 .407 .317 26.7
2023 Cutter -5.7 -4 76 6.4 23 .136 .136 .148 34.0 17.4 30.8 .175 .237 .200 33.3
2023 Split-Finger -2.0 0 11 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 42.9 100.0 16.7 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -6.0 -1 10 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 42.9 0.0 0.0 .077 .235 .131 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 377 34.1 104 .258 .474 .341 30.6 21.2 20.8 .279 .538 .369 52.6
2022 Slider -1.6 -4 223 20.2 73 .260 .329 .259 44.4 30.1 31.9 .257 .441 .301 37.3
2022 Sinker 0.8 1 117 10.6 35 .290 .613 .416 20.3 8.6 16.7 .289 .560 .400 57.1
2022 Changeup -1.3 -2 116 10.5 39 .189 .189 .226 41.2 30.8 34.3 .184 .265 .223 44.0
2022 Curveball 0.9 1 105 9.5 29 .250 .500 .360 35.4 24.1 25.9 .272 .458 .326 42.9
2022 Cutter 1.5 1 92 8.3 30 .310 .448 .342 35.1 23.3 41.2 .228 .349 .262 31.8
2022 Sweeper -3.3 -2 63 5.7 21 .190 .333 .221 28.9 23.8 31.3 .246 .391 .277 31.3
2022 Split-Finger -3.1 0 13 1.2 2 .000 .000 .000 75.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sinker -16.3 -1 7 28.0 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 33.3 100.0 .200 .796 .405 50.0
2017 Slider -10.6 -1 6 24.0 2 .000 .000 .000 75.0 50.0 50.0 .004 .014 .007 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 0 4 16.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Knuckleball 22.8 1 3 12.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 33.3 0.0 0.0 .319 .334 .287 100.0
2017 Changeup -1.7 0 3 12.0 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Curveball 2.7 0 1 4.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Cutter -11.2 0 1 4.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 117 391 -6 2 -1 1 -4
2015 159 523 -5 -9 1 3 -11
2016 204 751 0 -8 1 2 -5
2022 338 1,125 -3 -6 -1 3 -6
2023 332 1,180 -2 -12 0 2 -11
2024 88 320 -3 -8 0 1 -10
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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 527 48.8 77.0 79.3 45.6 59.3 42.7 46.3 60.9 27.4 6.3 84.8
2016 751 46.6 74.0 74.1 42.1 59.8 43.3 45.1 57.0 31.5 7.5 80.4
2017 25 40.0 80.0 62.5 53.3 37.5 56.0 57.1 64.0 50.0 8.0 100.0
2022 1,106 49.5 81.0 73.0 44.3 50.2 43.4 52.6 62.5 34.7 7.4 90.2
2023 1,180 44.2 77.7 75.3 45.2 46.0 39.1 55.4 59.6 36.6 6.5 81.8
2024 320 43.4 78.4 74.3 48.1 58.6 40.6 46.6 61.3 31.6 6.9 81.8
Player 3,909 46.7 78.0 74.8 44.7 52.5 41.8 50.7 60.2 33.5 7.0 84.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2015 84 83
2016 87 84
2022 92 71
2023 48 53
2024 72 57
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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 22.4 6 5.8 0 5 2 4 66.7
2017 -- 0 0.5 -1 0 1 0 --
2022 24.4 11 12.0 -1 10 12 3 27.3
2023 24.9 11 8.9 2 6 8 2 18.2
2024 25.6 2 3.0 -1 1 4 0 0.0
Player 24.4 30 30.2 0 22 27 9 30.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 6 6 4 6 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 7 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 7 9 10 5 5 5 8 9 6 5
2017 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2022 11 11 9 16 12 12 15 9 8 8 9 11 11 13 13 15 13 10 13 13 12 10 18 15 8 9 13 17 13 12 11
2023 11 7 9 7 11 9 10 8 6 7 8 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 8 13 9 8 13 10 8 8 7 13 9 9 9
2024 2 2 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Player 30 26 25 32 32 30 35 26 21 22 25 29 29 29 31 33 30 26 31 35 30 29 45 39 24 25 28 43 35 31 29
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 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.3 88.0 0.7 -- 7.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 90.1 -- 88.6 -1.5 88.1 -0.5
Launch Angle 9.1 11.6 2.5 -- 18.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.4 -- 11.3 1.9 11.5 0.2
Barrel % 2.5 7.2 4.7 -- 17.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.7 -- 7.9 -3.8 4.8 -3.1
Hard Hit % 31.1 35.5 4.4 -- 39.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 44.8 -- 40.8 -4.0 38.7 -2.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.3 29.7 -0.6 -- -4.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31.4 -- 28.5 -2.9 21.0 -7.5
xBA .228 .233 0.005 -- -0.101 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .255 -- .215 -0.040 .186 -0.029
BA .200 .228 0.028 -- -0.085 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .252 -- .225 -0.027 .159 -0.066
xwOBA .254 .289 0.035 -- -0.072 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .318 -- .266 -0.052 .231 -0.035
wOBA .223 .273 0.050 -- -0.148 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .301 -- .271 -0.030 .206 -0.065
xSLG .328 .402 0.074 -- -0.009 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .449 -- .376 -0.073 .303 -0.073
SLG .290 .368 0.078 -- -0.225 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .409 -- .381 -0.028 .268 -0.113
K% 20.6 27.5 6.9 -- 15.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24.0 -- 27.4 3.4 25.0 -2.4
BB% 3.1 4.9 1.8 -- -4.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.6 -- 3.9 0.3 3.4 -0.5
Swing % 60.9 57.0 -3.9 -- 7.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 62.5 -- 59.6 -2.9 61.3 1.7
Whiff% 27.4 31.5 4.1 -- 18.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34.7 -- 36.6 1.9 31.6 -5.0
In Zone % 48.8 46.6 -2.2 -- -6.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 49.5 -- 44.2 -5.3 43.4 -0.8
Out of Zone % 51.2 53.4 2.2 -- 6.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 50.5 -- 55.8 5.3 56.6 0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 45.6 42.1 -3.5 -- 11.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 44.3 -- 45.2 0.9 48.1 2.9
First Pitch Swing % 46.3 45.1 -1.2 -- 12.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.6 -- 55.4 2.8 46.6 -8.8
First Pitch Strike % 70.6 64.2 -6.4 -- -7.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 67.6 -- 71.7 4.1 67.0 -4.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 197 14 7.1 .281 .238
2017 Shifts R 7 0 0.0 .125
2022 Shifts R 333 54 16.2 .309 .257
2023 Shades R 332 12 3.6 .265 .440
2024 Shades R 88 4 4.5 .206 .221
! 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 76 17.5 23.7% 6.6% 65 22.8 3.1% 12.3%
2015 94 17.2 35.1% 6.4% 79 22.0 16.5% 17.7%
2016 186 18.6 27.4% 4.3% 94 23.8 4.3% 27.7%
2017 2 13.6 50.0% 0.0% 5 26.9 0.0% 20.0%
2022 236 18.2 12.7% 3.4% 132 22.9 0.8% 9.8%
2023 256 16.0 34.0% 1.2% 148 20.4 4.1% 0.0%
2024 70 15.8 34.3% 0.0% 35 19.0 0.0% 0.0%
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