George Springer
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #11, Houston Astros | Connecticut
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 583 513 89 137 25 14 .267 .342 .472 .814
2023 683 613 87 158 21 20 .258 .327 .405 .732
2024 614 545 74 120 19 16 .220 .303 .371 .674
11 Seasons 5,789 5,057 876 1,326 261 102 .262 .348 .470 .818
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .267 25 14 .814
2023 .258 21 20 .732
2024 .220 19 16 .674
11 Seasons .262 261 102 .818
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 25 1790 284 27 9.5 6.0 89.9 114.2 9.1 35.9 .273 .464 .360 .364 .439 41.5 24.2 11.1
2016 26 2932 467 49 10.5 6.6 89.4 115.9 8.8 32.1 .260 .471 .353 .359 .428 38.5 23.9 11.8
2017 27 2550 441 41 9.3 6.5 89.2 114.6 9.3 31.1 .288 .528 .376 .384 .429 43.2 17.7 10.2
2018 28 2501 425 38 8.9 6.2 88.6 114.7 9.5 30.1 .253 .459 .340 .346 .389 37.4 19.8 10.4
2019 29 2299 370 52 14.1 9.4 89.8 114.3 10.5 31.6 .283 .578 .400 .400 .468 44.8 20.3 12.1
2020 30 821 153 19 12.4 8.6 88.7 115.0 18.3 35.3 .294 .569 .379 .405 .450 42.5 17.1 10.8
2021 31 1328 221 34 15.4 9.9 89.4 116.4 19.0 37.1 .248 .507 .381 .361 .430 41.6 23.1 10.8
2022 32 2175 418 35 8.4 6.0 88.7 113.6 13.9 31.8 .265 .437 .352 .342 .374 42.3 17.2 9.3
2023 33 2528 491 38 7.7 5.6 88.3 115.9 12.0 32.2 .264 .422 .320 .332 .369 39.9 18.3 8.8
2024 34 2304 432 40 9.3 6.5 87.5 110.6 9.4 29.2 .244 .402 .298 .322 .351 37.4 18.7 9.8
Player 21228 3702 373 10.1 6.9 88.9 116.4 11.2 32.1 .265 .474 .352 .358 .406 40.6 20.0 10.4
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 46.1 19.4 29.9 4.6 31.7 40.5 27.8 3.5 33.5 20.4 25.7 6.0 9.5 6.0
2016 49.5 21.6 24.4 4.5 36.4 39.8 23.6 3.9 35.1 20.1 22.5 6.0 10.5 6.6
2017 48.1 20.9 24.7 6.3 33.6 39.7 26.8 5.4 34.5 19.3 22.7 7.9 9.3 6.5
2018 50.1 25.4 18.6 5.9 33.9 41.6 23.8 1.6 41.4 21.6 19.8 6.6 8.9 6.2
2019 44.6 24.3 25.1 5.9 37.6 38.4 24.1 5.4 31.4 18.6 21.1 5.9 14.1 9.4
2020 35.9 26.1 25.5 12.4 43.8 37.9 18.3 3.9 24.2 29.4 22.9 5.9 12.4 8.6
2021 32.6 30.3 25.8 11.3 46.6 33.5 19.9 5.0 24.0 29.9 18.6 7.2 15.4 9.9
2022 44.3 24.4 21.8 9.6 45.7 32.3 22.0 4.5 31.8 25.8 22.0 7.2 8.4 6.0
2023 44.8 25.9 22.4 6.9 37.5 38.1 24.4 4.5 31.8 23.6 25.7 6.5 7.7 5.6
2024 49.8 22.2 22.2 5.8 37.0 40.7 22.2 6.5 36.3 21.3 21.5 4.4 9.3 6.5
Player 45.9 23.7 23.6 6.8 37.7 38.5 23.7 4.5 33.5 22.3 22.3 6.4 10.1 6.9
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 1.5 8 581 25.2 162 .273 .476 .379 21.6 16.7 15.6 .296 .546 .395 48.7
2024 Sinker -0.6 -3 506 22.0 152 .233 .316 .315 15.7 11.2 16.5 .274 .399 .343 42.2
2024 Slider -1.7 -7 427 18.5 106 .184 .276 .236 31.7 23.6 17.6 .197 .280 .245 23.3
2024 Cutter -1.4 -3 237 10.3 61 .170 .319 .308 35.8 19.7 22.6 .223 .352 .340 27.8
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 205 8.9 51 .196 .435 .324 27.1 27.5 19.7 .231 .448 .329 43.8
2024 Sweeper -0.4 -1 174 7.6 43 .179 .359 .271 29.1 23.3 15.2 .145 .265 .223 24.1
2024 Curveball 2.4 3 121 5.3 20 .300 .600 .378 25.9 20.0 11.4 .256 .397 .282 31.3
2024 Split-Finger 0.7 0 30 1.3 11 .182 .364 .227 47.4 45.5 31.3 .154 .320 .200 33.3
2024 Slurve -9.3 -1 16 0.7 5 .000 .000 .000 16.7 20.0 20.0 .160 .196 .155 0.0
2024 Knuckleball -19.5 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .006 .006 .005 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 691 27.3 194 .262 .470 .369 18.1 18.0 17.5 .275 .498 .376 47.0
2023 Slider -1.8 -10 529 20.9 137 .192 .338 .258 32.7 21.2 17.9 .264 .431 .314 33.3
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 439 17.4 122 .284 .333 .358 11.9 9.8 13.2 .286 .350 .346 48.9
2023 Cutter 0.4 1 259 10.2 65 .283 .400 .332 31.8 24.6 27.6 .252 .343 .296 44.4
2023 Changeup -0.7 -2 254 10.0 57 .268 .357 .281 23.3 22.8 15.9 .258 .416 .294 34.9
2023 Sweeper -1.2 -2 175 6.9 46 .171 .293 .252 17.8 19.6 15.5 .181 .317 .265 25.0
2023 Curveball 6.3 8 128 5.1 44 .415 .659 .488 15.8 20.5 18.8 .264 .420 .320 25.0
2023 Split-Finger 6.7 3 49 1.9 16 .286 .571 .403 25.0 12.5 13.3 .292 .622 .422 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 340 1,370 3 -5 10 7 15
2015 477 1,902 -4 -4 16 7 15
2016 742 2,922 7 -19 23 12 25
2017 704 2,859 11 -16 22 19 37
2018 655 2,634 1 -13 23 13 24
2019 625 2,582 15 -21 31 13 38
2020 282 1,061 9 -9 11 6 17
2021 341 1,328 12 -6 9 7 22
2022 590 2,197 14 -22 21 10 23
2023 691 2,554 -13 -23 22 12 -3
2024 612 2,299 3 -36 19 9 -5
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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 1,790 51.1 69.2 70.9 20.9 53.6 43.1 41.2 45.6 32.7 7.8 88.5
2016 2,932 47.7 71.2 76.7 25.5 59.8 43.3 40.3 47.3 27.9 6.4 87.3
2017 2,550 49.2 68.1 83.0 22.3 57.7 41.7 30.3 44.7 23.3 7.2 86.8
2018 2,501 49.8 67.1 80.8 21.8 58.6 42.6 30.0 44.3 24.6 7.1 88.8
2019 2,299 47.7 69.1 79.9 20.8 52.9 42.4 34.4 44.0 26.5 7.2 87.6
2020 821 47.8 74.0 80.3 23.6 57.4 40.5 36.9 47.7 25.3 7.7 88.9
2021 1,328 47.6 69.8 81.0 24.0 52.1 41.3 35.7 45.8 27.0 7.8 86.4
2022 2,175 48.9 77.4 79.0 25.6 50.9 42.0 39.0 50.9 28.2 7.1 86.4
2023 2,528 52.2 73.3 84.2 23.1 55.2 43.5 37.7 49.3 22.3 7.8 87.3
2024 2,304 51.6 73.0 81.4 23.5 52.7 43.4 39.9 49.1 25.3 6.6 87.5
Player 21,228 49.5 71.1 79.9 23.1 55.4 42.6 36.5 46.9 26.1 7.2 87.5
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 88 76 80 78 93 68 85 72 96 80 17 88 4 95 92
2016 84 55 75 77 87 93 84 56 98 59 24 89 22 69 85 58
2017 93 90 91 85 90 87 73 77 96 87 67 67 50 83 75 23
2018 73 53 73 75 65 81 65 45 96 48 57 72 46 82 66 40
2019 96 87 96 96 93 92 93 63 94 82 60 86 37 92 83 93
2020 96 92 95 93 93 89 81 47 97 67 78 71 53 73 79 78 19
2021 81 42 84 89 62 60 90 51 97 53 38 73 34 74 83 81
2022 79 78 75 65 81 72 56 43 92 63 76 65 25 70 76 76 55
2023 58 66 47 40 64 70 42 29 97 44 73 54 67 82 61 61 70
2024 57 42 52 52 62 76 63 20 66 34 69 70 44 82 72 51 65 52 55 38
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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 21.9 29 30.0 -1 12 22 13 44.8
2017 21.3 40 35.7 4 14 23 16 40.0
2018 21.7 26 26.7 -1 15 16 14 53.8
2019 21.7 43 39.4 4 9 23 21 48.8
2020 21.7 18 16.7 1 4 6 13 72.2
2021 22.2 22 20.9 1 4 11 12 54.5
2022 22.2 25 21.3 4 8 23 4 16.0
2023 21.5 21 17.7 3 7 21 3 14.3
2024 22.2 19 18.6 0 5 16 7 36.8
Player 21.8 243 227.1 16 78 161 103 42.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 29 37 24 35 33 23 31 33 24 21 26 32 28 27 31 32 19 26 33 32 27 29 42 40 29 29 31 37 36 32 22
2017 40 36 30 40 37 33 42 37 31 28 34 45 32 36 34 38 31 30 39 36 39 33 44 40 33 29 37 44 39 36 28
2018 26 34 25 28 23 22 29 29 21 19 23 29 29 24 26 31 26 24 28 31 31 26 35 31 25 20 23 31 32 25 22
2019 43 46 31 42 42 40 43 41 31 33 39 37 45 36 41 39 38 37 38 44 40 39 47 44 39 38 32 43 44 37 37
2020 18 20 17 17 16 18 18 15 14 15 14 15 18 17 16 14 17 16 19 16 19 19 20 18 16 15 16 16 20 15 15
2021 22 23 20 17 23 22 23 21 15 18 20 21 21 19 21 22 21 19 22 23 22 21 23 23 19 20 22 22 21 21 22
2022 25 16 15 17 21 25 27 12 13 16 19 26 23 25 25 25 21 16 23 21 26 21 27 25 19 19 24 24 25 23 21
2023 21 14 14 12 23 20 22 12 20 11 20 23 15 16 22 22 22 13 18 21 16 16 26 20 12 11 17 21 18 19 15
2024 19 13 18 16 20 21 23 15 15 15 20 20 17 19 17 17 18 14 22 23 20 19 24 23 16 16 19 19 22 21 15
Player 243 239 194 224 238 224 258 215 184 176 215 248 228 219 233 240 213 195 242 247 240 223 288 264 208 197 221 257 257 229 197
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 89.9 89.4 -0.5 89.2 -0.2 88.6 -0.6 89.8 1.2 88.7 -1.1 89.4 0.7 88.7 -0.7 88.3 -0.4 87.5 -0.8
Launch Angle 9.1 8.8 -0.3 9.3 0.5 9.5 0.2 10.5 1.0 18.3 7.8 19.0 0.7 13.9 -5.1 12.0 -1.9 9.4 -2.6
Barrel % 9.5 10.5 1.0 9.3 -1.2 8.9 -0.4 14.1 5.2 12.4 -1.7 15.4 3.0 8.4 -7.0 7.7 -0.7 9.3 1.6
Hard Hit % 41.5 38.5 -3.0 43.2 4.7 37.4 -5.8 44.8 7.4 42.5 -2.3 41.6 -0.9 42.3 0.7 39.9 -2.4 37.4 -2.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.9 32.1 -3.8 31.1 -1.0 30.1 -1.0 31.6 1.5 35.3 3.7 37.1 1.8 31.8 -5.3 32.2 0.4 29.2 -3.0
xBA .273 .260 -0.013 .288 0.028 .253 -0.035 .283 0.030 .294 0.011 .248 -0.046 .265 0.017 .264 -0.001 .244 -0.020
BA .276 .261 -0.015 .283 0.022 .265 -0.018 .292 0.027 .265 -0.027 .264 -0.001 .267 0.003 .258 -0.009 .220 -0.038
xwOBA .364 .359 -0.005 .384 0.025 .346 -0.038 .400 0.054 .405 0.005 .361 -0.044 .342 -0.019 .332 -0.010 .322 -0.010
wOBA .360 .353 -0.007 .376 0.023 .340 -0.036 .400 0.060 .379 -0.021 .381 0.002 .352 -0.029 .320 -0.032 .298 -0.022
xSLG .464 .471 0.007 .528 0.057 .459 -0.069 .578 0.119 .569 -0.009 .507 -0.062 .437 -0.070 .422 -0.015 .402 -0.020
SLG .459 .457 -0.002 .522 0.065 .434 -0.088 .591 0.157 .540 -0.051 .555 0.015 .472 -0.083 .405 -0.067 .371 -0.034
K% 24.2 23.9 -0.3 17.7 -6.2 19.8 2.1 20.3 0.5 17.1 -3.2 23.1 6.0 17.2 -5.9 18.3 1.1 18.7 0.4
BB% 11.1 11.8 0.7 10.2 -1.6 10.4 0.2 12.1 1.7 10.8 -1.3 10.8 0.0 9.3 -1.5 8.8 -0.5 9.8 1.0
Swing % 45.6 47.3 1.7 44.7 -2.6 44.3 -0.4 44.0 -0.3 47.7 3.7 45.8 -1.9 50.9 5.1 49.3 -1.6 49.1 -0.2
Whiff% 32.7 27.9 -4.8 23.3 -4.6 24.6 1.3 26.5 1.9 25.3 -1.2 27.0 1.7 28.2 1.2 22.3 -5.9 25.3 3.0
In Zone % 51.1 47.7 -3.4 49.2 1.5 49.8 0.6 47.7 -2.1 47.8 0.1 47.6 -0.2 48.9 1.3 52.2 3.3 51.6 -0.6
Out of Zone % 48.9 52.3 3.4 50.8 -1.5 50.2 -0.6 52.3 2.1 52.2 -0.1 52.4 0.2 51.1 -1.3 47.8 -3.3 48.4 0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 20.9 25.5 4.6 22.3 -3.2 21.8 -0.5 20.8 -1.0 23.6 2.8 24.0 0.4 25.6 1.6 23.1 -2.5 23.5 0.4
First Pitch Swing % 41.2 40.3 -0.9 30.3 -10.0 30.0 -0.3 34.4 4.4 36.9 2.5 35.7 -1.2 39.0 3.3 37.7 -1.3 39.9 2.2
First Pitch Strike % 61.2 63.4 2.2 56.8 -6.6 57.4 0.6 61.3 3.9 59.0 -2.3 60.8 1.8 62.0 1.2 61.6 -0.4 65.3 3.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 717 21 2.9 .356 .377
2017 Shifts R 626 4 0.6 .377 .308
2018 Shifts R 617 27 4.4 .341 .311
2019 Shifts R 544 61 11.2 .404 .371
2020 Shifts R 220 94 42.7 .397 .355
2021 Shifts R 332 118 35.5 .383 .371
2022 Shifts R 582 346 59.5 .338 .362
2023 Shades R 681 57 8.4 .316 .365
2024 Shades R 612 97 15.8 .300 .293
! 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 277 18.5 15.9% 1.1% 262 24.2 0.0% 12.2%
2015 536 17.7 27.6% 6.0% 271 24.0 8.5% 21.4%
2016 896 17.5 29.6% 6.3% 378 25.3 9.3% 24.1%
2017 873 17.7 19.2% 4.0% 307 23.7 0.3% 15.0%
2018 858 18.1 18.8% 3.5% 325 24.9 0.0% 20.0%
2019 741 17.4 23.8% 1.8% 345 24.3 0.9% 13.9%
2020 244 17.6 25.0% 2.5% 112 24.1 0.0% 18.8%
2021 437 18.2 13.3% 1.4% 184 23.3 0.5% 10.3%
2022 654 18.1 20.2% 2.3% 281 23.6 0.4% 6.8%
2023 710 15.7 38.7% 0.4% 370 19.3 5.1% 0.5%
2024 658 15.5 42.2% 0.5% 312 18.6 5.4% 0.0%
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