Darwin Barney
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 180LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 4, #127, Chicago Cubs | Oregon State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 30 27 4 7 2 0 .259 .286 .519 .805
2016 306 279 35 75 4 2 .269 .322 .373 .695
2017 362 336 34 78 6 7 .232 .275 .327 .602
8 Seasons 2,759 2,536 297 625 31 29 .246 .294 .341 .635
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .259 2 0 .805
2016 .269 4 2 .695
2017 .232 6 7 .602
8 Seasons .246 31 29 .635
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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 29 103 27 0 0.0 0.0 85.7 101.0 14.2 25.9 .246 .362 .343 .278 .284 29.6 6.7 3.3
2016 30 1145 235 4 1.7 1.3 86.0 103.3 10.6 35.3 .247 .334 .303 .285 .305 23.8 15.7 7.2
2017 31 1332 278 1 0.4 0.3 82.7 101.7 11.7 32.0 .228 .296 .263 .252 .279 12.2 17.7 5.0
Player 2580 540 5 0.9 0.7 84.3 103.3 11.3 33.1 .237 .315 .284 .267 .291 18.1 16.3 5.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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 48.1 51.9 22.2 22.2 7.4 59.3 25.9 14.8 25.9 11.1 11.1 33.3 14.8 3.7
2016 49.4 50.6 19.6 23.0 8.1 34.0 39.6 26.4 20.0 22.1 7.2 14.0 17.4 19.1
2017 48.9 51.1 17.3 25.5 8.3 36.0 33.8 29.5 21.9 16.9 9.4 14.0 16.9 20.1
Player 49.1 50.9 18.5 24.3 8.1 36.3 35.9 27.4 21.3 18.9 8.5 15.0 17.0 18.9
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 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 3.7 29.6 25.9 22.2 11.1 0.0 0.0
2016 3.0 37.9 24.7 27.2 3.0 1.7 1.3
2017 5.8 38.5 26.6 24.8 2.2 0.4 0.3
Player 4.4 37.8 25.7 25.7 3.0 0.9 0.7
MLB 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -10 497 37.3 130 .203 .271 .246 18.7 20.0 17.4 .224 .289 .251 10.4
2017 Sinker -1.5 -5 320 24.0 85 .215 .342 .292 9.4 11.8 15.6 .264 .357 .292 21.4
2017 Slider -1.1 -2 190 14.3 49 .205 .250 .269 20.4 16.3 12.9 .194 .244 .244 2.7
2017 Curveball 1.4 2 123 9.2 33 .258 .290 .380 15.2 18.2 12.5 .230 .252 .239 8.0
2017 Changeup 4.9 5 100 7.5 39 .395 .553 .408 31.7 20.5 26.7 .256 .360 .277 20.0
2017 Cutter -1.6 -1 78 5.9 19 .158 .368 .266 18.4 15.8 15.8 .179 .227 .176 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -1.4 0 15 1.1 4 .250 .500 .313 16.7 50.0 25.0 .103 .128 .097 0.0
2017 Sweeper 35.7 1 2 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .184 .191 .166 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 85 333 -5 -4 3 1 -4
2011 564 2,142 -19 -10 13 8 -9
2012 587 2,055 -4 -23 10 5 -12
2013 548 2,110 -24 -22 13 7 -26
2014 259 974 -8 -4 6 3 -3
2015 30 103 -1 1 0 0 1
2016 305 1,140 -9 -6 8 4 -3
2017 362 1,330 -15 -7 6 4 -12
Player 2,740 10,187 -83 -74 59 -83 -67
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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 103 56.3 60.3 97.1 26.7 75.0 50.5 13.3 45.6 6.4 7.8 87.5
2016 1,145 56.5 65.1 85.7 27.1 70.4 45.2 23.5 48.6 17.8 8.5 75.3
2017 1,332 52.4 65.7 86.5 33.3 69.2 43.1 24.6 50.2 17.8 7.6 69.3
Player 2,580 54.4 65.2 86.5 30.4 69.8 44.3 23.6 49.3 17.4 8.0 72.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 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 27 65
2016 32 63 95
2017 1 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 28 1 67 9 80 15 61 14
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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 22.24 4 2.9 1 1 2 2 50.0
2017 22.94 6 5.3 1 2 4 3 50.0
Player 22.59 10 8.2 2 3 6 5 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 4 2 4 2 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 5 3 4 2
2017 6 5 4 5 8 7 7 5 6 4 6 9 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 4 5 7 5 3 4 5 7 4 6 4
Player 10 7 8 7 11 11 11 7 9 6 9 13 7 6 7 8 6 7 7 10 7 8 11 8 6 7 8 12 7 10 6
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
Exit Velocity 85.7 0.3 ↑ 86.0 -3.3 ↓ 82.7
Launch Angle 14.2 -3.6 ↓ 10.6 1.1 ↑ 11.7
Barrel % 0.0 1.7 ↑ 1.7 -1.3 ↓ 0.4
Hard Hit % 29.6 -5.8 ↓ 23.8 -11.6 ↓ 12.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.9 9.4 ↑ 35.3 -3.3 ↓ 32.0
xBA .246 0.001 ↑ .247 -0.019 ↓ .228
BA .259 0.010 ↑ .269 -0.037 ↓ .232
xwOBA .278 0.007 ↑ .285 -0.033 ↓ .252
wOBA .343 -0.040 ↓ .303 -0.040 ↓ .263
xSLG .362 -0.028 ↓ .334 -0.038 ↓ .296
SLG .519 -0.146 ↓ .373 -0.046 ↓ .327
K% 6.7 9.0 ↑ 15.7 2.0 ↑ 17.7
BB% 3.3 3.9 ↑ 7.2 -2.2 ↓ 5.0
Swing % 45.6 3.0 ↑ 48.6 1.6 ↑ 50.2
Whiff% 6.4 11.4 ↑ 17.8 0.0 17.8
In Zone % 56.3 0.2 ↑ 56.5 -4.1 ↓ 52.4
Out of Zone % 43.7 -0.2 ↓ 43.5 4.1 ↑ 47.6
Out of Zone Swing % 26.7 0.4 ↑ 27.1 6.2 ↑ 33.3
First Pitch Swing % 13.3 10.2 ↑ 23.5 1.1 ↑ 24.6
First Pitch Strike % 70.0 -7.3 ↓ 62.7 -2.5 ↓ 60.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 295 2 0.7 .299 .621
2017 Shifts R 361 0 0.0 .261
! 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 114 15.0 47.4% 1.8% 45 21.0 0.0% 0.0%
2011 629 14.9 50.6% 0.8% 351 22.2 1.4% 10.0%
2012 595 15.3 46.6% 1.2% 304 22.6 1.3% 10.9%
2013 610 16.5 32.0% 1.5% 384 23.1 0.8% 7.3%
2014 316 16.4 34.5% 1.3% 135 22.6 0.7% 7.4%
2015 27 16.4 40.7% 3.7% 21 22.6 4.8% 14.3%
2016 354 17.7 29.7% 2.5% 164 24.3 4.9% 19.5%
2017 351 16.9 30.8% 1.1% 235 23.7 0.9% 14.0%
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