Hunter Pence
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 216LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 2, #64, Houston Astros | Texas-Arlington
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 248 235 19 53 4 5 .226 .258 .332 .590
2019 316 286 53 85 18 6 .297 .358 .552 .910
2020 56 52 4 5 2 0 .096 .161 .250 .411
14 Seasons 7,006 6,420 891 1,791 244 120 .279 .334 .461 .795
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .226 4 5 .590
2019 .297 18 6 .910
2020 .096 2 0 .411
14 Seasons .279 244 120 .795
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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 32 848 159 21 13.2 9.4 90.1 113.5 2.1 30.8 .268 .505 .347 .358 .438 39.0 21.5 7.2
2016 33 1805 303 21 6.9 4.8 91.0 113.7 5.5 26.1 .264 .431 .349 .341 .401 41.3 21.5 9.7
2017 34 2136 395 23 5.8 4.3 89.0 114.0 4.2 25.3 .255 .425 .303 .319 .363 37.6 18.9 7.4
2018 35 965 178 9 5.1 3.6 88.2 113.6 6.1 28.1 .225 .338 .254 .263 .327 33.7 23.8 4.4
2019 36 1245 219 20 9.1 6.3 91.5 113.1 9.9 36.1 .282 .516 .377 .364 .438 42.6 21.8 8.2
2020 37 197 37 3 8.1 5.4 87.6 108.0 4.2 32.4 .237 .444 .180 .318 .407 45.9 26.8 5.4
Player 7196 1291 97 7.5 5.3 89.9 114.0 5.5 28.6 .258 .440 .322 .329 .390 39.2 21.3 7.6
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 53.5 13.8 29.6 3.1 28.9 41.5 29.6 1.9 44.7 13.2 16.4 4.4 13.2 9.4
2016 55.8 16.2 22.4 5.6 31.0 39.3 28.4 3.6 39.6 17.2 22.8 5.9 6.9 4.8
2017 57.5 20.5 17.0 5.1 22.0 48.4 29.6 2.8 48.1 19.2 17.7 6.1 5.8 4.3
2018 51.1 18.0 23.6 7.3 27.5 42.1 30.3 1.7 44.9 22.5 19.7 5.6 5.1 3.6
2019 44.7 22.8 26.0 6.4 30.6 35.6 33.8 1.8 32.9 23.7 22.4 8.7 9.1 6.3
2020 59.5 21.6 13.5 5.4 35.1 40.5 24.3 0.0 45.9 16.2 21.6 5.4 8.1 5.4
Player 53.6 18.7 22.2 5.5 27.6 42.1 30.0 2.5 42.6 19.1 19.9 6.2 7.5 5.3
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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -3 85 43.1 18 .067 .200 .206 23.7 16.7 13.6 .227 .525 .377 50.0
2020 Slider 3.1 1 44 22.3 11 .200 .500 .327 48.3 45.5 25.0 .243 .401 .313 40.0
2020 Changeup -12.3 -3 26 13.2 10 .000 .000 .000 26.7 30.0 42.9 .192 .235 .184 57.1
2020 Sinker 1.4 0 19 9.6 9 .222 .556 .363 15.4 0.0 0.0 .424 .840 .531 44.4
2020 Curveball -9.9 -2 16 8.1 6 .000 .000 .000 62.5 66.7 57.1 .057 .058 .054 0.0
2020 Cutter -10.0 0 4 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .099 .107 .094 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -20.9 0 1 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .520 1.206 .704 100.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 5 399 32.0 97 .310 .679 .444 24.3 20.6 16.3 .298 .615 .416 44.6
2019 Slider 4.4 12 266 21.4 72 .354 .692 .466 35.3 18.1 14.1 .347 .629 .436 48.1
2019 Changeup 0.3 0 159 12.8 44 .238 .429 .322 41.0 29.5 27.7 .258 .399 .296 41.4
2019 Sinker 0.4 1 146 11.7 30 .259 .407 .388 24.3 13.3 12.1 .265 .514 .361 39.1
2019 Curveball -1.8 -3 140 11.2 29 .111 .111 .141 41.1 37.9 23.4 .147 .181 .182 31.3
2019 Cutter 5.7 5 83 6.7 26 .480 .680 .512 22.9 11.5 13.0 .281 .455 .327 45.5
2019 Sweeper 5.3 1 17 1.4 6 .400 1.000 .483 40.0 16.7 20.0 .408 1.059 .506 20.0
2019 Split-Finger 8.5 1 16 1.3 7 .286 .286 .257 53.8 42.9 30.0 .153 .178 .143 25.0
2019 Slurve 10.8 1 5 0.4 1 -- -- .700 100.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 618 2,275 6 -17 9 8 6
2009 640 2,493 -17 -2 13 13 6
2010 647 2,387 3 -3 5 11 15
2011 684 2,625 5 2 15 11 34
2012 749 2,866 -13 -16 17 15 3
2013 682 2,573 11 -13 16 14 28
2014 779 3,058 12 -10 14 15 31
2015 223 848 1 3 0 4 8
2016 463 1,889 -2 1 6 7 12
2017 537 2,129 -7 -11 7 10 0
2018 246 961 -6 -6 3 4 -6
2019 312 1,231 14 -3 5 7 23
2020 56 197 0 -8 1 1 -7
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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 848 44.5 62.1 81.6 32.3 53.3 39.6 26.0 45.5 29.5 5.8 83.7
2016 1,805 45.4 64.6 78.8 29.9 50.5 39.9 29.9 45.7 31.3 7.2 77.7
2017 2,136 45.1 65.0 79.2 28.2 61.4 40.3 27.3 44.8 26.9 5.4 77.6
2018 965 47.5 74.3 78.2 33.9 50.3 38.4 38.3 53.1 31.3 7.3 77.1
2019 1,245 42.9 73.3 74.9 34.6 58.8 39.6 38.3 51.3 31.5 6.3 80.5
2020 197 46.7 73.9 79.4 36.2 47.4 42.6 32.1 53.8 32.1 9.1 83.3
Player 7,196 45.1 67.5 78.5 31.2 55.3 39.8 31.3 47.6 29.9 6.4 78.9
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 94 91
2016 68 62 56 49 72 42 52 84 93 74 35 72 7 42 88 12
2017 40 42 47 47 30 48 44 72 95 60 60 35 27 44 87 15
2018 92 79
2019 89 85
2020 49 74
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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 20.4 13 13.7 -1 2 9 7 53.8
2017 21.0 13 17.1 -4 8 15 6 46.2
2018 20.8 4 4.1 0 3 1 3 75.0
2019 20.6 18 18.0 0 3 12 9 50.0
2020 22.4 2 1.7 0 1 2 0 0.0
Player 20.7 50 54.6 -5 17 39 25 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 13 15 9 16 13 13 14 14 14 11 13 14 13 12 14 14 11 13 16 16 13 10 17 18 13 14 15 16 14 15 10
2017 13 18 14 17 18 19 20 17 12 14 17 20 20 16 17 20 18 17 16 18 16 14 19 21 19 16 12 21 20 19 8
2018 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2019 18 21 15 18 20 18 21 15 18 13 17 20 18 18 19 17 16 16 19 21 17 20 22 19 13 16 20 21 20 17 16
2020 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1
Player 50 60 43 57 58 56 61 52 48 43 52 60 58 52 56 56 51 52 57 61 52 50 66 64 51 52 52 63 60 57 39
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.1 91.0 0.9 ↑ 89.0 -2.0 ↓ 88.2 -0.8 ↓ 91.5 3.3 ↑ 87.6 -3.9 ↓
Launch Angle 2.1 5.5 3.4 ↑ 4.2 -1.3 ↓ 6.1 1.9 ↑ 9.9 3.8 ↑ 4.2 -5.7 ↓
Barrel % 13.2 6.9 -6.3 ↓ 5.8 -1.1 ↓ 5.1 -0.7 ↓ 9.1 4.0 ↑ 8.1 -1.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.0 41.3 2.3 ↑ 37.6 -3.7 ↓ 33.7 -3.9 ↓ 42.6 8.9 ↑ 45.9 3.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.8 26.1 -4.7 ↓ 25.3 -0.8 ↓ 28.1 2.8 ↑ 36.1 8.0 ↑ 32.4 -3.7 ↓
xBA .268 .264 -0.004 ↓ .255 -0.009 ↓ .225 -0.030 ↓ .282 0.057 ↑ .237 -0.045 ↓
BA .275 .289 0.014 ↑ .260 -0.029 ↓ .226 -0.034 ↓ .297 0.071 ↑ .096 -0.201 ↓
xwOBA .358 .341 -0.017 ↓ .319 -0.022 ↓ .263 -0.056 ↓ .364 0.101 ↑ .318 -0.046 ↓
wOBA .347 .349 0.002 ↑ .303 -0.046 ↓ .254 -0.049 ↓ .377 0.123 ↑ .180 -0.197 ↓
xSLG .505 .431 -0.074 ↓ .425 -0.006 ↓ .338 -0.087 ↓ .516 0.178 ↑ .444 -0.072 ↓
SLG .478 .451 -0.027 ↓ .385 -0.066 ↓ .332 -0.053 ↓ .552 0.220 ↑ .250 -0.302 ↓
K% 21.5 21.5 0.0 18.9 -2.6 ↓ 23.8 4.9 ↑ 21.8 -2.0 ↓ 26.8 5.0 ↑
BB% 7.2 9.7 2.5 ↑ 7.4 -2.3 ↓ 4.4 -3.0 ↓ 8.2 3.8 ↑ 5.4 -2.8 ↓
Swing % 45.5 45.7 0.2 ↑ 44.8 -0.9 ↓ 53.1 8.3 ↑ 51.3 -1.8 ↓ 53.8 2.5 ↑
Whiff% 29.5 31.3 1.8 ↑ 26.9 -4.4 ↓ 31.3 4.4 ↑ 31.5 0.2 ↑ 32.1 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 44.5 45.4 0.9 ↑ 45.1 -0.3 ↓ 47.5 2.4 ↑ 42.9 -4.6 ↓ 46.7 3.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.5 54.6 -0.9 ↓ 54.9 0.3 ↑ 52.5 -2.4 ↓ 57.1 4.6 ↑ 53.3 -3.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.3 29.9 -2.4 ↓ 28.2 -1.7 ↓ 33.9 5.7 ↑ 34.6 0.7 ↑ 36.2 1.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 26.0 29.9 3.9 ↑ 27.3 -2.6 ↓ 38.3 11.0 ↑ 38.3 0.0 32.1 -6.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.6 62.7 3.1 ↑ 60.6 -2.1 ↓ 69.0 8.4 ↑ 64.6 -4.4 ↓ 58.9 -5.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 421 0 0.0 .349
2017 Shifts R 536 0 0.0 .300
2018 Shifts R 247 1 0.4 .256 .000
2019 Shifts R 316 4 1.3 .373 .702
2020 Shifts R 56 0 0.0 .180
! 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 687 16.0 33.8% 1.9% 405 22.0 2.0% 8.1%
2011 638 16.7 27.4% 1.3% 438 22.7 1.6% 9.6%
2012 613 16.0 39.2% 1.8% 508 21.7 2.2% 7.5%
2013 712 15.7 42.0% 1.3% 488 21.5 2.0% 7.0%
2014 861 16.2 38.2% 1.7% 419 22.3 1.2% 7.6%
2015 237 17.3 27.8% 3.0% 146 23.8 6.2% 17.8%
2016 444 17.5 31.8% 4.3% 379 24.2 4.5% 16.6%
2017 658 16.3 34.5% 1.1% 380 23.2 0.5% 10.3%
2018 296 17.1 32.1% 2.7% 102 22.3 0.0% 9.8%
2019 295 18.0 23.7% 3.1% 205 23.8 0.5% 12.2%
2020 47 19.2 14.9% 4.3% 29 26.0 0.0% 13.8%
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