Eric Young Jr.
LF | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 195LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2003 | Rd: 30, #887, Colorado Rockies | Piscataway HS (NJ)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 1 1 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2017 125 110 24 29 4 12 .264 .336 .418 .754
2018 117 109 12 22 1 5 .202 .248 .303 .551
10 Seasons 1,926 1,725 275 422 13 162 .245 .312 .332 .644
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .000 0 1 .000
2017 .264 4 12 .754
2018 .202 1 5 .551
10 Seasons .245 13 162 .644
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 30 333 69 2 2.9 2.1 86.0 110.6 3.5 34.8 .205 .293 .204 .252 .281 27.5 19.1 6.4
2016 31 7 1 0 0.0 0.0 107.9 107.9 12.5 100.0 .813 1.143 .000 .821 .821 100.0 0.0 0.0
2017 32 434 82 1 1.2 0.8 85.3 106.2 3.3 22.0 .218 .298 .329 .272 .314 30.0 24.8 4.0
2018 33 437 82 1 1.2 0.9 85.0 107.0 2.8 29.3 .229 .295 .241 .261 .315 24.4 23.9 5.1
Player 1211 234 4 1.7 1.2 85.5 110.6 3.2 28.6 .220 .298 .263 .264 .307 27.6 22.8 5.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 58.0 11.6 26.1 4.3 39.1 47.8 11.6 11.6 42.0 18.8 14.5 4.3 2.9 2.1
2016 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
2017 61.0 17.1 18.3 3.7 32.9 43.9 23.2 7.3 35.4 18.3 26.8 3.7 1.2 0.8
2018 54.9 17.1 22.0 6.1 19.5 47.6 32.9 3.7 46.3 15.9 23.2 6.1 1.2 0.9
Player 57.7 15.4 22.2 4.7 29.9 46.6 23.1 7.3 41.0 17.5 21.8 5.1 1.7 1.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -2 186 42.6 49 .279 .442 .331 22.2 24.5 26.1 .256 .368 .318 25.0
2018 Sinker -2.6 -2 69 15.8 23 .261 .391 .307 8.8 0.0 0.0 .346 .397 .330 30.4
2018 Changeup -3.8 -2 55 12.6 17 .118 .118 .106 35.5 11.8 15.4 .184 .231 .186 33.3
2018 Slider -2.7 -1 47 10.8 13 .083 .083 .123 38.9 61.5 29.6 .054 .058 .105 0.0
2018 Curveball -2.4 -1 46 10.5 6 .000 .000 .000 45.5 66.7 26.7 .116 .134 .111 0.0
2018 Cutter 1.0 0 29 6.6 7 .167 .333 .279 33.3 28.6 20.0 .195 .225 .258 0.0
2018 Split-Finger -5.5 0 5 1.1 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .301 .326 .280 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 177 40.8 51 .256 .349 .325 22.6 19.6 24.4 .246 .300 .303 29.4
2017 Sinker 5.3 4 79 18.2 21 .474 .842 .597 14.3 19.0 36.4 .319 .556 .387 62.5
2017 Curveball -3.8 -2 54 12.4 13 .167 .167 .133 38.7 46.2 27.3 .083 .091 .128 0.0
2017 Changeup -5.2 -2 41 9.4 14 .077 .077 .138 46.2 21.4 33.3 .164 .185 .152 9.1
2017 Slider 9.6 4 38 8.8 11 .250 .750 .486 57.1 36.4 26.7 .081 .170 .266 25.0
2017 Cutter -1.3 0 22 5.1 7 .286 .429 .307 25.0 14.3 33.3 .279 .322 .261 16.7
2017 Split-Finger 7.6 1 9 2.1 3 .333 .667 .417 42.9 33.3 14.3 .333 .500 .351 50.0
2017 Slurve -10.6 -1 7 1.6 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Sweeper -8.4 0 5 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .133 .205 .131 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
+ View Complete Run Value Leaderboard

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 62 208 -3 -2 0 1 -3
2010 189 694 -5 -6 5 2 -4
2011 229 865 -13 -7 8 5 -7
2012 196 665 0 -4 5 2 3
2013 597 2,234 -7 -28 12 8 -16
2014 315 1,186 -3 -14 8 5 -4
2015 93 329 -3 -4 0 1 -6
2017 123 432 3 -5 4 1 3
2018 117 437 -5 -8 3 2 -9
+ View Complete Swing/Take Leaderboard

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 333 53.5 66.3 82.2 27.1 57.1 45.6 31.9 48.0 22.5 6.3 71.4
2016 7 57.1 100.0 100.0 0.0 -- 28.6 0.0 57.1 0.0 0.0 --
2017 434 54.9 75.1 73.6 22.1 48.8 44.9 35.2 51.4 29.6 9.7 81.0
2018 437 53.1 71.1 78.8 25.4 53.8 46.5 30.8 49.7 26.7 7.8 76.5
Player 1,211 53.8 71.4 77.8 24.6 53.3 45.6 32.6 49.9 26.5 8.0 77.3
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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 80 99
2017 49 91
2018 53 91
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 20.6 4 4.0 0 0 1 3 75.0
2018 20.4 1 1.1 0 3 1 0 0.0
Player 20.6 5 5.0 0 3 2 3 60.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
2018 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Player 5 6 5 4 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4
! 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.
+View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.0 107.9 21.9 85.3 -22.6 85.0 -0.3
Launch Angle 3.5 12.5 9.0 3.3 -9.2 2.8 -0.5
Barrel % 2.9 0.0 -2.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.0
Hard Hit % 27.5 100.0 72.5 30.0 -70.0 24.4 -5.6
Sweet Spot % 34.8 100.0 65.2 22.0 -78.0 29.3 7.3
xBA .205 .813 0.608 .218 -0.595 .229 0.011
BA .153 .000 -0.153 .264 0.264 .202 -0.062
xwOBA .252 .821 0.569 .272 -0.549 .261 -0.011
wOBA .204 .000 -0.204 .329 0.329 .241 -0.088
xSLG .293 1.143 0.850 .298 -0.845 .295 -0.003
SLG .247 .000 -0.247 .418 0.418 .303 -0.115
K% 19.1 0.0 -19.1 24.8 24.8 23.9 -0.9
BB% 6.4 0.0 -6.4 4.0 4.0 5.1 1.1
Swing % 48.0 57.1 9.1 51.4 -5.7 49.7 -1.7
Whiff% 22.5 0.0 -22.5 29.6 29.6 26.7 -2.9
In Zone % 53.5 57.1 3.6 54.9 -2.2 53.1 -1.8
Out of Zone % 46.5 42.9 -3.6 45.1 2.2 46.9 1.8
Out of Zone Swing % 27.1 0.0 -27.1 22.1 22.1 25.4 3.3
First Pitch Swing % 31.9 0.0 -31.9 35.2 35.2 30.8 -4.4
First Pitch Strike % 58.5 0.0 -58.5 59.2 59.2 61.5 2.3
+ View Complete Year to Year Changes Leaderboard

Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 1 0 0.0 .000
2017 Shifts L 85 1 1.2 .363 .000
2017 Shifts R 39 0 0.0 .250
2018 Shifts L 78 8 10.3 .254 .086
2018 Shifts R 38 0 0.0 .257
! 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.
Learn more about how positioning is defined here

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 288 14.8 53.5% 1.0% 83 20.8 6.0% 9.6%
2011 342 14.6 56.4% 1.2% 65 19.2 9.2% 4.6%
2012 215 16.5 36.3% 1.4% 67 21.3 0.0% 11.9%
2013 842 16.2 38.7% 1.8% 216 22.1 1.9% 10.2%
2014 455 17.2 28.1% 1.8% 115 23.0 0.0% 7.8%
2015 111 14.8 51.4% 4.5% 38 21.5 13.2% 10.5%
2016 3 21.2 0.0% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
2017 129 16.7 34.1% 0.8% 49 21.8 0.0% 4.1%
2018 136 17.0 22.8% 0.0% 57 23.5 0.0% 10.5%
+ View Complete Pitch Tempo Leaderboard