Ian Desmond
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 217LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2004 | Rd: 3, #84, Montreal Expos | Sarasota HS (FL)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 373 339 47 93 7 15 .274 .326 .375 .701
2018 619 555 82 131 22 20 .236 .307 .422 .729
2019 482 443 64 113 20 3 .255 .310 .479 .789
11 Seasons 5,944 5,442 724 1,432 181 181 .263 .315 .427 .742
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .274 7 15 .701
2018 .236 22 20 .729
2019 .255 20 3 .789
11 Seasons .263 181 181 .742
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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 2365 406 28 6.9 4.4 90.8 114.4 6.4 25.9 .218 .362 .294 .286 .373 41.1 29.2 7.0
2016 30 2572 468 35 7.5 5.2 90.7 112.0 4.8 28.4 .258 .424 .336 .319 .391 43.6 23.6 6.5
2017 31 1373 258 7 2.7 1.9 87.6 111.6 0.0 22.5 .227 .312 .305 .265 .309 31.3 23.3 6.4
2018 32 2322 414 29 7.0 4.7 90.1 112.0 0.1 28.5 .228 .384 .315 .303 .354 43.2 23.6 8.6
2019 33 1830 327 34 10.4 7.1 90.9 113.6 8.7 32.4 .270 .478 .328 .339 .425 42.5 24.7 7.1
Player 10462 1873 133 7.1 4.8 90.2 114.4 4.1 27.8 .240 .395 .316 .304 .374 41.1 25.0 7.2
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 54.4 16.0 23.6 5.9 31.8 40.6 27.6 3.4 40.6 20.2 22.2 3.7 6.9 4.4
2016 53.6 17.7 23.3 5.3 27.8 41.2 30.3 1.9 43.8 16.7 24.4 4.9 7.5 5.2
2017 63.2 13.6 19.4 3.9 27.1 45.3 27.1 4.3 50.0 16.7 20.9 3.9 2.7 1.9
2018 61.6 14.5 21.0 2.9 24.6 45.4 30.0 1.9 52.4 13.0 20.0 5.3 7.0 4.7
2019 47.4 22.3 24.8 5.5 29.7 36.7 33.6 2.1 37.6 19.6 24.8 4.9 10.4 7.1
Player 55.8 16.9 22.6 4.8 28.2 41.8 29.8 2.6 44.8 17.1 22.5 4.6 7.1 4.8
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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 8 680 37.2 150 .301 .541 .403 20.2 23.3 17.6 .263 .506 .359 48.5
2019 Sinker -4.0 -14 346 18.9 93 .167 .274 .226 9.9 11.8 15.7 .282 .436 .332 41.3
2019 Slider 0.9 3 300 16.4 90 .238 .488 .344 43.8 34.4 25.8 .230 .417 .298 39.6
2019 Curveball 2.9 5 166 9.1 48 .348 .761 .472 39.2 35.4 25.0 .315 .591 .388 51.7
2019 Cutter -0.6 -1 151 8.3 41 .275 .375 .293 28.6 29.3 27.3 .238 .335 .255 39.3
2019 Changeup -0.7 -1 141 7.7 47 .273 .591 .402 26.3 12.8 14.3 .370 .695 .457 28.9
2019 Split-Finger -5.8 -2 30 1.6 10 .000 .000 .000 52.9 50.0 38.5 .103 .139 .104 40.0
2019 Sweeper -5.5 -1 13 0.7 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2019 Slurve 1.1 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 10 895 38.5 210 .258 .473 .383 23.3 23.8 18.9 .220 .360 .309 47.0
2018 Sinker -0.8 -4 443 19.1 128 .221 .381 .323 19.8 16.4 23.9 .220 .370 .307 40.2
2018 Slider 0.0 0 416 17.9 119 .241 .444 .332 40.1 26.9 21.9 .254 .444 .326 42.3
2018 Curveball 1.3 3 198 8.5 54 .245 .377 .263 39.3 33.3 25.7 .224 .372 .254 50.0
2018 Changeup 0.2 0 192 8.3 53 .208 .375 .310 40.0 22.6 20.7 .183 .327 .254 29.7
2018 Cutter 0.2 0 148 6.4 44 .200 .350 .308 24.7 18.2 20.0 .257 .425 .321 51.5
2018 Split-Finger -0.8 0 24 1.0 8 .125 .500 .250 58.3 50.0 33.3 .208 .446 .279 25.0
2018 Sweeper 30.4 1 3 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .880 .944 .807 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 88 319 -6 2 2 1 -1
2010 570 1,994 7 -20 9 8 3
2011 635 2,313 -17 -15 7 7 -19
2012 563 1,895 12 -2 5 6 22
2013 652 2,408 -1 -6 3 9 5
2014 665 2,528 10 -15 9 9 13
2015 641 2,365 -6 -17 7 8 -7
2016 689 2,618 5 -12 11 8 12
2017 372 1,379 -6 -7 5 7 -1
2018 635 2,390 -4 -12 14 10 8
2019 481 1,830 1 -22 11 7 -3
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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 2,365 48.5 67.9 80.6 33.0 50.7 44.9 41.8 49.9 29.0 7.6 78.2
2016 2,572 52.5 62.2 80.7 29.2 52.1 42.7 30.3 46.5 27.7 7.8 65.0
2017 1,373 50.3 68.3 80.3 26.6 51.9 40.2 33.2 47.6 27.5 8.8 75.8
2018 2,322 49.5 69.9 78.9 27.2 50.5 46.2 37.0 48.3 29.1 7.6 81.4
2019 1,830 46.8 68.5 82.1 26.2 51.8 43.6 27.2 46.0 26.6 6.6 79.3
Player 10,462 49.6 67.0 80.4 28.7 51.3 43.8 34.3 47.7 28.1 7.6 75.4
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 18 7 28 49 8 71 65 86 97 79 4 46 13 25 91
2016 42 50 53 48 33 74 59 80 85 86 26 25 23 47 89 83
2017 2 9 2 4 6 7 13 42 85 25 27 24 24 53 68 17
2018 27 17 30 42 23 61 50 73 84 79 33 50 20 56 77 9
2019 57 70 69 63 44 65 73 79 91 71 30 30 35 68 64 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 20.9 22 21.9 0 6 22 7 31.8
2017 21.7 7 3.7 3 2 2 2 28.6
2018 21.4 22 18.0 4 6 16 7 31.8
2019 21.9 20 18.0 2 8 11 9 45.0
Player 21.4 71 61.5 10 22 51 25 35.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 22 25 17 25 20 19 24 24 15 16 18 22 25 19 20 24 15 18 25 23 26 17 32 31 22 19 21 31 27 20 17
2017 7 3 3 6 4 5 5 4 4 2 3 6 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 5 3 3 2 2 5 4 4 2
2018 22 26 13 17 15 15 21 22 13 11 15 16 22 16 16 22 20 17 17 21 22 16 28 24 14 12 13 20 22 17 16
2019 20 23 14 20 16 16 19 20 13 14 15 17 22 19 16 19 17 15 17 19 22 21 23 22 18 17 13 19 22 16 15
Player 71 77 47 68 55 55 69 70 45 43 51 61 72 58 56 69 56 53 63 67 74 56 88 80 57 50 49 75 75 57 50
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.8 90.7 -0.1 ↓ 87.6 -3.1 ↓ 90.1 2.5 ↑ 90.9 0.8 ↑
Launch Angle 6.4 4.8 -1.6 ↓ 0.0 -4.8 ↓ 0.1 0.1 ↑ 8.7 8.6 ↑
Barrel % 6.9 7.5 0.6 ↑ 2.7 -4.8 ↓ 7.0 4.3 ↑ 10.4 3.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 41.1 43.6 2.5 ↑ 31.3 -12.3 ↓ 43.2 11.9 ↑ 42.5 -0.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.9 28.4 2.5 ↑ 22.5 -5.9 ↓ 28.5 6.0 ↑ 32.4 3.9 ↑
xBA .218 .258 0.040 ↑ .227 -0.031 ↓ .228 0.001 ↑ .270 0.042 ↑
BA .233 .285 0.052 ↑ .274 -0.011 ↓ .236 -0.038 ↓ .255 0.019 ↑
xwOBA .286 .319 0.033 ↑ .265 -0.054 ↓ .303 0.038 ↑ .339 0.036 ↑
wOBA .294 .336 0.042 ↑ .305 -0.031 ↓ .315 0.010 ↑ .328 0.013 ↑
xSLG .362 .424 0.062 ↑ .312 -0.112 ↓ .384 0.072 ↑ .478 0.094 ↑
SLG .384 .446 0.062 ↑ .375 -0.071 ↓ .422 0.047 ↑ .479 0.057 ↑
K% 29.2 23.6 -5.6 ↓ 23.3 -0.3 ↓ 23.6 0.3 ↑ 24.7 1.1 ↑
BB% 7.0 6.5 -0.5 ↓ 6.4 -0.1 ↓ 8.6 2.2 ↑ 7.1 -1.5 ↓
Swing % 49.9 46.5 -3.4 ↓ 47.6 1.1 ↑ 48.3 0.7 ↑ 46.0 -2.3 ↓
Whiff% 29.0 27.7 -1.3 ↓ 27.5 -0.2 ↓ 29.1 1.6 ↑ 26.6 -2.5 ↓
In Zone % 48.5 52.5 4.0 ↑ 50.3 -2.2 ↓ 49.5 -0.8 ↓ 46.8 -2.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.5 47.5 -4.0 ↓ 49.7 2.2 ↑ 50.5 0.8 ↑ 53.2 2.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.0 29.2 -3.8 ↓ 26.6 -2.6 ↓ 27.2 0.6 ↑ 26.2 -1.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 41.8 30.3 -11.5 ↓ 33.2 2.9 ↑ 37.0 3.8 ↑ 27.2 -9.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.8 65.9 0.1 ↑ 60.9 -5.0 ↓ 65.4 4.5 ↑ 60.5 -4.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 659 4 0.6 .339 .439
2017 Shifts R 370 0 0.0 .304
2018 Shifts R 619 0 0.0 .315
2019 Shifts R 481 15 3.1 .331 .221
! 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 537 15.0 44.3% 3.5% 325 22.0 3.1% 10.2%
2011 798 15.6 39.5% 1.5% 260 21.8 2.7% 13.8%
2012 475 17.0 29.1% 1.7% 233 23.5 0.9% 13.7%
2013 617 16.9 24.1% 1.8% 391 23.3 0.8% 12.8%
2014 575 17.0 28.0% 2.4% 446 22.9 0.4% 13.2%
2015 625 17.4 30.7% 4.2% 381 22.6 7.6% 18.9%
2016 803 17.6 28.3% 4.5% 384 24.2 3.1% 21.1%
2017 391 17.5 26.6% 2.6% 228 22.5 0.0% 12.3%
2018 602 17.7 24.1% 6.0% 392 23.6 0.8% 17.3%
2019 533 19.3 13.5% 9.0% 323 24.9 0.6% 21.4%
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