Gary Sánchez
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 258LBS | Age: 31
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 471 419 42 86 16 2 .205 .282 .377 .659
2023 267 240 33 52 19 0 .217 .288 .492 .780
2024 280 245 30 54 11 0 .220 .307 .392 .699
10 Seasons 3,212 2,836 404 636 184 6 .224 .309 .463 .772
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .205 16 2 .659
2023 .217 19 0 .780
2024 .220 11 0 .699
10 Seasons .224 184 6 .772
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 22 8 1 0 0.0 0.0 96.9 96.9 68.9 0.0 .004 .006 .000 .004 .008 100.0 50.0 0.0
2016 23 941 146 23 15.8 10.0 92.7 113.1 7.9 36.3 .272 .567 .425 .392 .495 48.6 24.9 10.5
2017 24 2031 355 42 11.8 8.0 90.8 115.7 13.1 33.5 .288 .552 .368 .385 .472 42.9 22.9 7.6
2018 25 1531 231 32 13.9 8.6 90.3 121.1 14.2 29.4 .221 .468 .304 .343 .409 41.6 25.1 12.3
2019 26 1879 272 52 19.1 11.7 91.0 118.3 19.2 33.8 .251 .564 .346 .373 .489 41.9 28.0 9.0
2020 27 774 92 16 17.4 9.0 91.8 117.5 19.2 29.3 .193 .430 .271 .314 .440 50.0 36.0 10.1
2021 28 1845 262 36 13.7 8.2 89.5 113.4 20.5 34.4 .228 .452 .314 .336 .417 42.0 27.5 11.8
2022 29 1881 288 39 13.5 8.3 90.5 115.1 14.0 29.2 .220 .439 .290 .321 .412 49.3 28.9 8.5
2023 30 1091 175 27 15.4 10.1 90.1 115.1 16.5 27.4 .233 .502 .329 .343 .424 44.6 25.1 7.9
2024 31 1158 172 18 10.5 6.4 90.0 114.4 16.2 31.4 .219 .399 .307 .309 .374 44.2 27.1 9.6
Player 13139 1994 285 14.3 8.9 90.6 121.1 15.7 31.8 .240 .490 .328 .348 .438 44.5 26.8 9.6
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 49.3 18.5 24.0 8.2 48.6 35.6 15.1 1.4 37.7 15.8 24.0 5.5 15.8 10.0
2017 42.8 23.1 24.5 9.6 44.5 40.3 15.2 2.5 31.0 21.1 26.5 6.8 11.8 8.0
2018 43.3 26.4 17.7 12.6 45.0 36.8 18.2 2.6 34.2 26.8 15.6 6.9 13.9 8.6
2019 32.4 32.7 22.8 12.1 47.8 31.3 21.0 1.8 24.6 30.9 19.1 4.4 19.1 11.7
2020 38.0 30.4 20.7 10.9 52.2 28.3 19.6 4.3 23.9 31.5 15.2 6.5 17.4 9.0
2021 35.9 31.3 20.6 12.2 54.6 26.3 19.1 3.1 24.8 32.1 21.0 5.3 13.7 8.2
2022 43.8 29.9 18.4 8.0 47.9 29.2 22.9 7.6 26.4 27.1 19.1 5.9 13.5 8.3
2023 41.1 33.1 15.4 10.3 44.0 38.9 17.1 4.6 29.1 28.0 17.7 5.1 15.4 10.1
2024 40.1 31.4 21.5 7.0 48.3 40.1 11.6 2.9 28.5 29.1 21.5 7.6 10.5 6.4
Player 40.5 28.4 20.8 10.2 47.8 34.2 18.0 3.5 28.8 26.8 20.5 6.0 14.3 8.9
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 -0.4 -1 312 26.9 96 .205 .337 .281 20.9 24.0 20.9 .199 .348 .280 48.4
2024 Slider -1.5 -3 219 18.9 45 .079 .105 .177 48.8 40.0 26.9 .134 .185 .224 40.0
2024 Sinker 2.1 4 212 18.3 51 .326 .744 .504 16.7 15.7 20.5 .274 .613 .425 48.6
2024 Changeup -0.6 -1 124 10.7 30 .192 .231 .255 40.0 36.7 22.9 .217 .293 .284 26.7
2024 Curveball -0.9 -1 103 8.9 18 .235 .294 .269 26.5 22.2 10.5 .283 .499 .322 42.9
2024 Cutter 1.5 1 78 6.7 13 .333 .667 .442 25.8 0.0 0.0 .342 .544 .403 41.7
2024 Sweeper 1.6 1 73 6.3 19 .263 .474 .313 37.5 47.4 42.9 .213 .497 .297 40.0
2024 Split-Finger 4.1 1 30 2.6 6 .200 .400 .325 45.0 50.0 23.1 .191 .388 .322 50.0
2024 Slurve -3.3 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.6 7 264 24.2 73 .273 .576 .401 21.6 23.3 19.8 .273 .622 .402 51.0
2023 Slider -1.3 -3 248 22.7 56 .200 .440 .301 35.6 25.0 20.3 .190 .398 .293 27.0
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 217 19.9 55 .182 .364 .356 15.1 18.2 21.7 .253 .445 .375 50.0
2023 Changeup 4.8 4 94 8.6 23 .261 .913 .513 42.3 47.8 26.2 .208 .634 .342 50.0
2023 Cutter -0.5 0 93 8.5 29 .192 .462 .291 28.6 17.2 21.7 .267 .602 .377 59.1
2023 Curveball -1.6 -1 88 8.1 16 .188 .438 .259 34.4 31.3 20.8 .166 .369 .221 18.2
2023 Sweeper -0.9 -1 67 6.1 11 .182 .182 .164 25.0 36.4 16.0 .235 .301 .232 57.1
2023 Split-Finger -4.5 -1 18 1.6 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 14.3 .081 .081 .076 0.0
2023 Slurve 2.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 227 933 11 -2 3 2 14
2017 578 2,229 16 -11 12 10 26
2018 393 1,606 -7 -12 8 6 -5
2019 479 2,053 0 -14 12 9 7
2020 187 808 -10 -7 1 5 -12
2021 438 1,846 -11 -13 13 10 -1
2022 471 1,881 -8 -16 12 9 -3
2023 267 1,091 -1 -4 7 3 5
2024 287 1,186 -8 -6 10 7 2
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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 8 62.5 100.0 60.0 33.3 0.0 37.5 50.0 75.0 50.0 12.5 100.0
2016 941 45.1 60.8 81.8 31.1 49.7 43.1 25.8 44.5 30.5 7.2 64.7
2017 2,031 45.6 66.1 80.6 32.5 56.0 39.9 29.2 47.9 28.5 6.7 68.1
2018 1,531 43.2 62.5 82.0 29.9 53.3 42.1 24.3 43.9 29.2 6.3 59.4
2019 1,879 42.1 59.0 79.2 33.0 52.6 42.6 21.8 44.0 32.3 5.5 62.1
2020 774 44.7 61.6 77.9 29.2 45.6 40.6 21.3 43.7 34.0 7.1 61.8
2021 1,845 48.1 64.5 76.7 25.3 56.2 42.2 20.8 44.1 29.4 6.1 70.8
2022 1,881 47.8 60.7 79.5 28.7 49.3 39.8 25.9 44.0 30.8 9.6 66.7
2023 1,091 48.9 57.8 83.4 26.5 49.3 41.6 17.6 41.8 27.6 8.5 64.5
2024 1,158 48.7 55.1 79.1 26.9 51.2 45.7 14.6 40.7 30.4 6.3 68.5
Player 13,139 46.0 61.4 79.8 29.5 52.2 41.8 23.1 44.2 30.1 7.0 65.6
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
2016 90 38
2017 93 90 95 93 77 89 89 93 98 86 29 39 21 17 34
2018 70 9 78 93 49 68 95 77 100 72 21 86 19 37 28
2019 88 39 93 97 58 92 99 82 100 67 12 55 11 24 23
2020 33 5 53 84 16 78 97 89 100 92 2 64 11 39 12
2021 60 16 65 78 52 68 86 53 89 56 14 85 20 65 22
2022 56 13 76 89 26 76 92 78 97 92 10 53 14 55 9
2023 95 6
2024 93 4
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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 24.7 20 19.3 1 4 9 12 60.0
2017 24.6 36 32.3 4 11 16 19 52.8
2018 25.1 20 22.4 -2 8 13 12 60.0
2019 24.7 35 32.6 2 6 12 23 65.7
2020 26.4 11 10.4 1 3 3 8 72.7
2021 26.0 23 21.9 1 5 9 15 65.2
2022 25.5 16 17.4 -1 6 11 8 50.0
2023 25.0 19 18.0 1 7 11 9 47.4
2024 25.6 11 11.1 0 2 5 6 54.5
Player 25.1 191 185.3 6 52 89 112 58.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 20 22 17 19 19 17 21 18 15 17 19 17 20 20 20 19 16 18 22 21 21 21 21 22 19 19 18 21 22 21 17
2017 36 32 28 32 34 33 35 33 27 29 33 34 33 30 31 33 29 30 34 32 33 34 36 35 31 30 30 39 37 35 26
2018 20 27 22 18 24 21 25 22 20 17 24 25 24 18 19 23 19 20 23 25 25 24 28 25 17 16 20 25 29 24 22
2019 35 37 28 33 35 34 34 34 28 26 31 32 34 34 34 33 31 32 31 34 34 31 38 34 31 33 29 36 33 32 31
2020 11 12 12 11 11 10 11 10 11 9 9 11 8 9 10 9 10 10 11 13 10 11 13 11 9 9 10 12 11 10 9
2021 23 23 19 24 23 22 24 22 20 19 20 23 22 21 22 20 21 22 22 23 23 21 26 22 21 20 24 24 22 22 21
2022 16 17 16 18 19 18 19 15 13 14 16 18 18 16 18 21 19 19 16 17 16 16 22 19 15 16 21 20 18 17 15
2023 19 14 16 16 20 17 19 16 16 16 17 19 19 18 20 18 21 19 19 19 18 17 22 20 16 17 17 19 20 18 17
2024 11 9 11 11 11 11 12 10 9 11 10 12 11 11 11 10 11 11 12 13 12 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 12 11 10
Player 191 193 169 182 196 183 200 180 159 158 179 191 189 177 185 186 177 181 190 197 192 188 218 200 170 171 180 207 204 190 168
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 96.9 92.7 -4.2 90.8 -1.9 90.3 -0.5 91.0 0.7 91.8 0.8 89.5 -2.3 90.5 1.0 90.1 -0.4 90.0 -0.1
Launch Angle 68.9 7.9 -61.0 13.1 5.2 14.2 1.1 19.2 5.0 19.2 0.0 20.5 1.3 14.0 -6.5 16.5 2.5 16.2 -0.3
Barrel % 0.0 15.8 15.8 11.8 -4.0 13.9 2.1 19.1 5.2 17.4 -1.7 13.7 -3.7 13.5 -0.2 15.4 1.9 10.5 -4.9
Hard Hit % 100.0 48.6 -51.4 42.9 -5.7 41.6 -1.3 41.9 0.3 50.0 8.1 42.0 -8.0 49.3 7.3 44.6 -4.7 44.2 -0.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 0.0 36.3 36.3 33.5 -2.8 29.4 -4.1 33.8 4.4 29.3 -4.5 34.4 5.1 29.2 -5.2 27.4 -1.8 31.4 4.0
xBA .004 .272 0.268 .288 0.016 .221 -0.067 .251 0.030 .193 -0.058 .228 0.035 .220 -0.008 .233 0.013 .219 -0.014
BA .000 .299 0.299 .278 -0.021 .186 -0.092 .232 0.046 .147 -0.085 .204 0.057 .205 0.001 .217 0.012 .220 0.003
xwOBA .004 .392 0.388 .385 -0.007 .343 -0.042 .373 0.030 .314 -0.059 .336 0.022 .321 -0.015 .343 0.022 .309 -0.034
wOBA .000 .425 0.425 .368 -0.057 .304 -0.064 .346 0.042 .271 -0.075 .314 0.043 .290 -0.024 .329 0.039 .307 -0.022
xSLG .006 .567 0.561 .552 -0.015 .468 -0.084 .564 0.096 .430 -0.134 .452 0.022 .439 -0.013 .502 0.063 .399 -0.103
SLG .000 .657 0.657 .531 -0.126 .406 -0.125 .525 0.119 .365 -0.160 .423 0.058 .377 -0.046 .492 0.115 .392 -0.100
K% 50.0 24.9 -25.1 22.9 -2.0 25.1 2.2 28.0 2.9 36.0 8.0 27.5 -8.5 28.9 1.4 25.1 -3.8 27.1 2.0
BB% 0.0 10.5 10.5 7.6 -2.9 12.3 4.7 9.0 -3.3 10.1 1.1 11.8 1.7 8.5 -3.3 7.9 -0.6 9.6 1.7
Swing % 75.0 44.5 -30.5 47.9 3.4 43.9 -4.0 44.0 0.1 43.7 -0.3 44.1 0.4 44.0 -0.1 41.8 -2.2 40.7 -1.1
Whiff% 50.0 30.5 -19.5 28.5 -2.0 29.2 0.7 32.3 3.1 34.0 1.7 29.4 -4.6 30.8 1.4 27.6 -3.2 30.4 2.8
In Zone % 62.5 45.1 -17.4 45.6 0.5 43.2 -2.4 42.1 -1.1 44.7 2.6 48.1 3.4 47.8 -0.3 48.9 1.1 48.7 -0.2
Out of Zone % 37.5 54.9 17.4 54.4 -0.5 56.8 2.4 57.9 1.1 55.3 -2.6 51.9 -3.4 52.2 0.3 51.1 -1.1 51.3 0.2
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 31.1 -2.2 32.5 1.4 29.9 -2.6 33.0 3.1 29.2 -3.8 25.3 -3.9 28.7 3.4 26.5 -2.2 26.9 0.4
First Pitch Swing % 50.0 25.8 -24.2 29.2 3.4 24.3 -4.9 21.8 -2.5 21.3 -0.5 20.8 -0.5 25.9 5.1 17.6 -8.3 14.6 -3.0
First Pitch Strike % 50.0 58.1 8.1 55.7 -2.4 55.1 -0.6 56.0 0.9 56.7 0.7 53.8 -2.9 59.7 5.9 55.1 -4.6 58.6 3.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 226 56 24.8 .369 .601
2017 Shifts R 524 144 27.5 .359 .391
2018 Shifts R 374 160 42.8 .267 .353
2019 Shifts R 432 285 66.0 .241 .405
2020 Shifts R 177 97 54.8 .334 .221
2021 Shifts R 432 214 49.5 .305 .327
2022 Shifts R 471 332 70.5 .259 .303
2023 Shades R 267 44 16.5 .320 .378
2024 Shades R 280 63 22.5 .301 .329
! 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 %
2015 1 14.3 100.0% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
2016 272 18.1 25.4% 8.1% 161 25.5 3.1% 25.5%
2017 499 19.3 12.8% 5.2% 406 24.5 0.2% 20.0%
2018 409 19.5 6.1% 9.8% 314 25.5 0.3% 27.4%
2019 564 19.8 7.4% 6.7% 319 26.1 0.3% 27.6%
2020 214 19.1 11.7% 8.4% 151 23.8 1.3% 14.6%
2021 580 19.3 10.5% 5.9% 301 23.4 0.0% 15.9%
2022 509 18.1 20.6% 5.1% 389 23.2 0.0% 12.9%
2023 301 15.6 40.5% 1.0% 218 18.2 5.5% 0.9%
2024 354 15.1 47.7% 0.0% 199 18.5 2.5% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings