Christian Bethancourt
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 33
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 147 139 18 29 5 3 .209 .241 .367 .608
8 Seasons 1,301 1,241 149 284 35 12 .229 .259 .362 .621
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .252 11 5 .692
2023 .225 11 1 .635
2024 .209 5 3 .608
8 Seasons .229 35 12 .621
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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 32 516 105 8 7.6 5.4 89.1 110.9 12.4 25.7 .218 .360 .263 .267 .335 41.9 24.5 3.4
Player 4105 836 68 8.1 5.7 88.8 113.4 10.7 29.4 .231 .392 .272 .283 .362 40.0 25.3 3.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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 47.6 30.5 14.3 7.6 39.0 41.0 20.0 8.6 31.4 27.6 19.0 4.8 7.6 5.4
Player 48.0 23.6 20.9 7.5 40.7 37.8 21.2 5.3 34.9 24.3 21.7 5.1 8.1 5.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 1.4 2 134 26.0 35 .290 .452 .389 34.4 25.7 22.0 .227 .374 .307 72.7
2024 Slider -0.2 0 96 18.6 23 .217 .435 .274 40.0 34.8 20.0 .235 .391 .267 33.3
2024 Sinker -1.9 -2 96 18.6 33 .207 .345 .295 14.5 15.2 19.2 .230 .413 .304 34.6
2024 Changeup -2.6 -1 52 10.1 13 .154 .231 .179 45.2 30.8 26.7 .247 .292 .237 22.2
2024 Sweeper -1.6 -1 50 9.7 14 .143 .357 .207 44.4 35.7 35.7 .140 .292 .183 33.3
2024 Curveball -4.6 -2 43 8.3 17 .118 .176 .126 24.0 23.5 23.5 .157 .170 .149 23.1
2024 Cutter 1.2 0 38 7.4 11 .273 .545 .345 16.7 9.1 16.7 .278 .578 .359 60.0
2024 Split-Finger -6.0 0 5 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .266 .267 .239 0.0
2024 Slurve -5.9 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 Slider -0.1 0 318 26.9 83 .212 .412 .290 43.1 31.3 24.1 .233 .404 .286 37.0
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 Cutter -5.0 -4 84 7.1 25 .167 .167 .172 35.6 20.0 31.3 .162 .219 .186 31.6
2023 Sweeper 2.0 2 77 6.5 21 .333 .429 .333 43.8 28.6 24.0 .322 .407 .317 26.7
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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 147 516 1 -7 1 1 -4
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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 516 44.8 77.5 75.4 48.4 56.5 41.9 51.0 61.4 31.5 7.0 88.9
Player 4,105 46.7 77.9 74.9 44.9 52.5 41.9 51.1 60.3 33.4 7.0 85.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 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 84 83
2016 87 84
2022 92 71
2023 48 53
2024 71 53
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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 8.7 2 5 8 2 18.2
2024 25.4 5 5.8 -1 3 5 2 40.0
Player 24.5 33 32.7 0 23 28 11 33.3
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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 8 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 14 9 8 8 9 12 11 13 13 15 13 10 13 13 12 10 18 15 8 9 13 17 13 12 11
2023 11 7 9 6 11 9 10 8 6 7 7 9 9 8 8 9 9 8 8 13 8 8 13 10 8 8 7 11 9 9 9
2024 5 4 7 5 6 5 7 5 4 4 6 7 5 6 5 5 6 4 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 6 7 5 6 6
Player 33 28 29 34 35 32 37 29 23 24 27 34 32 32 32 36 33 28 34 38 32 33 47 43 27 27 31 44 36 33 31
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 89.1 0.5
Launch Angle 9.1 11.6 2.5 -- 18.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.4 -- 11.3 1.9 12.4 1.1
Barrel % 2.5 7.2 4.7 -- 17.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11.7 -- 7.9 -3.8 7.6 -0.3
Hard Hit % 31.1 35.5 4.4 -- 39.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 44.8 -- 40.8 -4.0 41.9 1.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.3 29.7 -0.6 -- -4.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31.4 -- 28.5 -2.9 25.7 -2.8
xBA .228 .233 0.005 -- -0.101 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .255 -- .215 -0.040 .218 0.003
BA .200 .228 0.028 -- -0.085 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .252 -- .225 -0.027 .209 -0.016
xwOBA .254 .289 0.035 -- -0.072 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .318 -- .266 -0.052 .267 0.001
wOBA .223 .273 0.050 -- -0.148 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .301 -- .271 -0.030 .263 -0.008
xSLG .328 .402 0.074 -- -0.009 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .449 -- .376 -0.073 .360 -0.016
SLG .290 .368 0.078 -- -0.225 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- .409 -- .381 -0.028 .367 -0.014
K% 20.6 27.5 6.9 -- 15.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24.0 -- 27.4 3.4 24.5 -2.9
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 61.4 1.8
Whiff% 27.4 31.5 4.1 -- 18.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34.7 -- 36.6 1.9 31.5 -5.1
In Zone % 48.8 46.6 -2.2 -- -6.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 49.5 -- 44.2 -5.3 44.8 0.6
Out of Zone % 51.2 53.4 2.2 -- 6.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 50.5 -- 55.8 5.3 55.2 -0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 45.6 42.1 -3.5 -- 11.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 44.3 -- 45.2 0.9 48.4 3.2
First Pitch Swing % 46.3 45.1 -1.2 -- 12.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 52.6 -- 55.4 2.8 51.0 -4.4
First Pitch Strike % 70.6 64.2 -6.4 -- -7.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 67.6 -- 71.7 4.1 72.1 0.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 197 12 6.1 .283 .204
2017 Shifts R 7 0 0.0 .125
2022 Shifts R 333 39 11.7 .300 .309
2023 Shades R 332 12 3.6 .265 .440
2024 Shades R 147 5 3.4 .266 .176
! 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 107 15.8 38.3% 0.0% 61 19.0 1.6% 0.0%
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