Ian Happ
LF | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #9, Chicago Cubs | Cincinnati
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 641 573 72 155 17 9 .271 .342 .440 .782
2023 691 580 86 144 21 14 .248 .360 .431 .791
2024 657 569 89 138 25 13 .243 .341 .441 .782
8 Seasons 3,786 3,276 480 812 150 64 .248 .343 .451 .794
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .271 17 9 .782
2023 .248 21 14 .791
2024 .243 25 13 .782
8 Seasons .248 150 64 .794
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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%
2017 22 1618 241 32 13.3 7.7 88.5 114.2 13.3 37.3 .246 .477 .349 .336 .461 39.4 31.2 9.4
2018 23 1917 222 27 12.2 5.8 90.0 110.5 14.1 39.2 .212 .397 .329 .322 .459 40.5 36.1 15.2
2019 24 634 102 14 13.7 9.0 89.8 112.7 16.0 27.5 .237 .510 .368 .342 .423 38.2 25.0 9.6
2020 25 941 136 14 10.3 6.1 91.1 109.1 9.0 37.5 .261 .469 .369 .362 .455 48.5 27.3 13.0
2021 26 2250 312 34 10.9 6.4 89.5 112.1 9.9 30.8 .220 .396 .328 .317 .396 41.3 29.2 11.6
2022 27 2572 428 28 6.5 4.4 89.7 113.9 10.9 29.2 .239 .379 .339 .306 .359 40.4 23.2 9.0
2023 28 2862 433 39 9.0 5.6 89.9 112.6 13.0 36.7 .254 .427 .345 .350 .392 39.0 22.1 14.3
2024 29 2721 403 47 11.7 7.2 90.8 114.0 15.1 37.0 .243 .446 .341 .345 .416 45.2 25.6 12.2
Player 15515 2277 235 10.3 6.2 89.9 114.2 12.6 34.5 .238 .426 .342 .333 .410 41.4 27.0 12.0
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
2017 41.5 26.1 26.6 5.8 41.1 34.0 24.9 5.0 29.9 24.5 22.0 5.0 13.3 7.7
2018 40.5 24.8 27.5 7.2 35.1 36.0 28.8 2.3 29.3 23.9 26.6 5.9 12.2 5.8
2019 43.1 29.4 16.7 10.8 31.4 40.2 28.4 0.0 32.4 27.5 19.6 5.9 13.7 9.0
2020 47.1 19.9 30.1 2.9 36.8 39.7 23.5 2.2 33.1 19.1 28.7 5.1 10.3 6.1
2021 47.1 28.2 20.2 4.5 37.8 32.7 29.5 4.2 34.9 21.5 22.1 5.1 10.9 6.4
2022 47.4 24.8 22.0 5.8 40.0 34.6 25.5 2.8 35.3 23.8 24.1 6.5 6.5 4.4
2023 41.8 25.6 25.6 6.9 37.2 36.7 26.1 2.5 30.0 27.3 25.2 5.5 9.0 5.6
2024 39.2 30.3 22.8 7.7 38.7 34.0 27.3 3.5 26.8 26.6 23.6 7.7 11.7 7.2
Player 43.3 26.4 23.8 6.4 38.0 35.3 26.7 3.1 31.3 24.6 24.0 6.0 10.3 6.2
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 0.2 2 972 35.7 214 .274 .486 .384 22.6 20.6 14.3 .261 .529 .394 54.1
2024 Changeup -1.1 -5 451 16.6 108 .204 .233 .217 40.4 28.7 23.3 .226 .301 .253 25.0
2024 Sinker 2.8 10 345 12.7 91 .351 .662 .492 15.2 13.2 15.2 .322 .646 .462 55.6
2024 Slider 1.7 5 272 10.0 72 .179 .478 .304 34.2 33.3 22.4 .192 .410 .285 44.2
2024 Curveball -2.6 -5 206 7.6 51 .191 .340 .263 37.4 41.2 32.8 .229 .365 .289 38.5
2024 Cutter 5.4 11 197 7.2 49 .333 .744 .518 19.6 14.3 14.6 .312 .536 .429 56.3
2024 Sweeper -0.7 -1 149 5.5 38 .147 .265 .212 32.4 47.4 27.7 .170 .304 .241 41.2
2024 Split-Finger 0.3 0 128 4.7 33 .115 .192 .252 30.6 33.3 21.2 .111 .164 .242 13.3
2024 Slurve -2.3 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 1,077 37.6 226 .196 .352 .338 22.2 21.2 14.2 .214 .370 .341 39.7
2023 Changeup 1.2 5 467 16.3 128 .304 .426 .361 32.1 18.8 17.0 .270 .422 .336 26.1
2023 Sinker 0.3 1 332 11.6 86 .257 .386 .358 14.0 20.9 21.2 .271 .449 .377 47.2
2023 Slider -0.1 0 304 10.6 81 .208 .486 .333 31.9 25.9 20.8 .215 .372 .298 39.2
2023 Cutter 1.4 4 274 9.6 67 .327 .615 .434 21.3 23.9 22.5 .333 .589 .433 53.8
2023 Curveball 3.0 7 237 8.3 59 .283 .528 .368 28.9 23.7 16.3 .304 .552 .392 52.5
2023 Sweeper -2.9 -3 88 3.1 21 .158 .316 .245 27.5 33.3 25.9 .215 .335 .278 16.7
2023 Split-Finger -0.8 -1 67 2.3 16 .200 .200 .227 32.1 31.3 20.8 .181 .208 .206 20.0
2023 Slurve -0.3 0 13 0.5 4 .500 .750 .538 40.0 0.0 0.0 .575 .667 .545 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 415 1,654 0 -15 11 8 4
2018 454 1,925 -7 -9 16 9 9
2019 155 630 2 -3 7 2 8
2020 238 963 3 -5 4 7 9
2021 535 2,250 2 -22 19 13 12
2022 632 2,549 -8 -18 21 7 3
2023 689 2,861 -3 -17 24 12 16
2024 656 2,721 -6 -8 19 10 15
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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 %
2017 1,618 49.3 74.4 71.6 25.3 47.8 43.1 40.6 49.4 34.3 6.7 87.2
2018 1,917 49.2 66.3 65.7 21.0 47.5 42.4 34.6 43.3 37.8 7.1 75.7
2019 634 48.7 74.6 79.5 30.0 48.5 45.9 39.7 51.9 30.4 7.5 89.4
2020 941 47.8 64.4 75.9 24.2 36.1 42.5 24.7 43.5 35.7 7.8 74.0
2021 2,250 48.8 65.7 75.3 23.1 46.2 43.3 28.6 43.9 32.3 7.0 82.8
2022 2,572 49.4 71.8 79.5 26.6 55.4 45.0 32.9 49.0 27.2 7.6 83.4
2023 2,862 49.0 66.9 81.4 22.9 55.1 44.6 34.5 44.4 25.3 6.5 80.6
2024 2,721 50.8 67.8 78.5 23.2 52.7 45.0 34.0 45.9 27.9 7.1 80.2
Player 15,515 49.3 68.6 76.3 24.0 50.3 44.0 33.6 46.0 30.4 7.1 81.3
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
2017 59 31 73 81 42 69 93 62 95 73 4 60 5 62 89 29
2018 45 6 38 65 66 56 90 72 77 66 1 95 2 85 65 6
2019 87 71
2020 78 64 70 70 81 71 67 84 61 89 24 81 7 66 58 63 55
2021 35 8 32 50 42 60 72 53 84 52 9 83 10 80 67 8 55
2022 39 35 38 39 46 54 37 65 94 52 37 59 33 65 65 78 47
2023 77 48 51 52 89 73 55 60 82 37 51 95 47 83 60 6 53
2024 82 40 73 81 82 86 79 76 92 74 26 94 31 84 66 35 48 59 32 82
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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 %
2017 21.5 24 22.8 1 5 19 8 33.3
2018 21.9 15 16.0 -1 5 10 9 60.0
2019 22.3 11 10.2 1 1 9 4 36.4
2020 21.8 13 8.3 5 6 8 3 23.1
2021 23.4 25 18.1 7 11 12 8 32.0
2022 22.5 17 15.8 1 10 12 5 29.4
2023 21.9 21 19.0 2 11 18 3 14.3
2024 22.7 25 23.8 1 9 23 8 32.0
Player 22.3 151 134.0 17 58 111 48 31.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 24 23 20 22 25 25 26 23 20 19 23 29 21 23 25 24 20 20 25 22 24 23 27 27 19 20 22 26 24 23 15
2018 15 18 14 14 16 16 18 16 15 13 16 19 16 15 15 17 16 16 15 19 16 17 19 18 15 14 15 17 17 16 13
2019 11 12 7 8 10 10 11 11 8 7 9 10 12 11 10 10 10 8 9 11 11 9 14 11 11 11 9 10 13 12 10
2020 13 10 8 7 8 11 10 7 7 5 7 10 8 6 10 8 7 9 9 9 9 11 13 8 5 6 7 8 10 8 7
2021 25 20 16 19 16 17 20 18 11 13 17 20 20 15 19 20 19 19 19 19 17 23 22 21 17 17 20 19 19 16 16
2022 17 15 9 16 16 16 17 14 13 13 14 17 17 16 17 18 15 16 16 16 18 15 19 19 13 14 16 17 19 16 16
2023 21 16 11 18 23 20 21 18 19 18 18 22 21 17 21 20 22 16 19 21 18 20 25 22 14 16 22 19 22 19 12
2024 25 24 19 26 23 24 27 21 17 17 22 26 26 17 22 18 24 25 23 30 25 24 33 27 22 25 24 25 28 27 22
Player 151 138 104 130 137 139 150 128 110 105 126 153 141 120 139 135 133 129 135 147 138 142 172 153 116 123 135 141 152 137 111
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.5 90.0 1.5 ↑ 89.8 -0.2 ↓ 91.1 1.3 ↑ 89.5 -1.6 ↓ 89.7 0.2 ↑ 89.9 0.2 ↑ 90.8 0.9 ↑
Launch Angle 13.3 14.1 0.8 ↑ 16.0 1.9 ↑ 9.0 -7.0 ↓ 9.9 0.9 ↑ 10.9 1.0 ↑ 13.0 2.1 ↑ 15.1 2.1 ↑
Barrel % 13.3 12.2 -1.1 ↓ 13.7 1.5 ↑ 10.3 -3.4 ↓ 10.9 0.6 ↑ 6.5 -4.4 ↓ 9.0 2.5 ↑ 11.7 2.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 39.4 40.5 1.1 ↑ 38.2 -2.3 ↓ 48.5 10.3 ↑ 41.3 -7.2 ↓ 40.4 -0.9 ↓ 39.0 -1.4 ↓ 45.2 6.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.3 39.2 1.9 ↑ 27.5 -11.7 ↓ 37.5 10.0 ↑ 30.8 -6.7 ↓ 29.2 -1.6 ↓ 36.7 7.5 ↑ 37.0 0.3 ↑
xBA .246 .212 -0.034 ↓ .237 0.025 ↑ .261 0.024 ↑ .220 -0.041 ↓ .239 0.019 ↑ .254 0.015 ↑ .243 -0.011 ↓
BA .253 .233 -0.020 ↓ .264 0.031 ↑ .258 -0.006 ↓ .226 -0.032 ↓ .271 0.045 ↑ .248 -0.023 ↓ .243 -0.005 ↓
xwOBA .336 .322 -0.014 ↓ .342 0.020 ↑ .362 0.020 ↑ .317 -0.045 ↓ .306 -0.011 ↓ .350 0.044 ↑ .345 -0.005 ↓
wOBA .349 .329 -0.020 ↓ .368 0.039 ↑ .369 0.001 ↑ .328 -0.041 ↓ .339 0.011 ↑ .345 0.006 ↑ .341 -0.004 ↓
xSLG .477 .397 -0.080 ↓ .510 0.113 ↑ .469 -0.041 ↓ .396 -0.073 ↓ .379 -0.017 ↓ .427 0.048 ↑ .446 0.019 ↑
SLG .514 .408 -0.106 ↓ .564 0.156 ↑ .505 -0.059 ↓ .434 -0.071 ↓ .440 0.006 ↑ .431 -0.009 ↓ .441 0.010 ↑
K% 31.2 36.1 4.9 ↑ 25.0 -11.1 ↓ 27.3 2.3 ↑ 29.2 1.9 ↑ 23.2 -6.0 ↓ 22.1 -1.1 ↓ 25.6 3.5 ↑
BB% 9.4 15.2 5.8 ↑ 9.6 -5.6 ↓ 13.0 3.4 ↑ 11.6 -1.4 ↓ 9.0 -2.6 ↓ 14.3 5.3 ↑ 12.2 -2.1 ↓
Swing % 49.4 43.3 -6.1 ↓ 51.9 8.6 ↑ 43.5 -8.4 ↓ 43.9 0.4 ↑ 49.0 5.1 ↑ 44.4 -4.6 ↓ 45.9 1.5 ↑
Whiff% 34.3 37.8 3.5 ↑ 30.4 -7.4 ↓ 35.7 5.3 ↑ 32.3 -3.4 ↓ 27.2 -5.1 ↓ 25.3 -1.9 ↓ 27.9 2.6 ↑
In Zone % 49.3 49.2 -0.1 ↓ 48.7 -0.5 ↓ 47.8 -0.9 ↓ 48.8 1.0 ↑ 49.4 0.6 ↑ 49.0 -0.4 ↓ 50.8 1.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.7 50.8 0.1 ↑ 51.3 0.5 ↑ 52.2 0.9 ↑ 51.2 -1.0 ↓ 50.6 -0.6 ↓ 51.0 0.4 ↑ 49.2 -1.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.3 21.0 -4.3 ↓ 30.0 9.0 ↑ 24.2 -5.8 ↓ 23.1 -1.1 ↓ 26.6 3.5 ↑ 22.9 -3.7 ↓ 23.2 0.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 40.6 34.6 -6.0 ↓ 39.7 5.1 ↑ 24.7 -15.0 ↓ 28.6 3.9 ↑ 32.9 4.3 ↑ 34.5 1.6 ↑ 34.0 -0.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 58.6 -0.5 ↓ 61.5 2.9 ↑ 57.6 -3.9 ↓ 58.3 0.7 ↑ 57.7 -0.6 ↓ 59.5 1.8 ↑ 61.3 1.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 297 15 5.1 .346 .576
2017 Shifts R 111 4 3.6 .330 .219
2018 Shifts L 335 90 26.9 .370 .294
2018 Shifts R 117 12 10.3 .266 .339
2019 Shifts L 122 46 37.7 .370 .405
2019 Shifts R 33 1 3.0 .331 .000
2020 Shifts L 172 133 77.3 .451 .365
2020 Shifts R 58 7 12.1 .310 .403
2021 Shifts L 406 233 57.4 .356 .323
2021 Shifts R 125 6 4.8 .296 .147
2022 Shifts L 495 307 62.0 .338 .330
2022 Shifts R 137 12 8.8 .351 .320
2023 Shades L 493 273 55.4 .388 .321
2023 Shades R 187 14 7.5 .295 .546
2024 Shades L 494 228 46.2 .367 .328
2024 Shades R 161 14 8.7 .324 .211
! 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 %
2017 411 16.6 29.4% 2.2% 289 21.9 1.7% 8.3%
2018 608 16.2 37.5% 1.5% 305 22.3 2.3% 5.9%
2019 169 17.7 20.1% 3.0% 91 22.2 1.1% 7.7%
2020 318 16.9 28.3% 1.3% 138 22.4 0.7% 5.8%
2021 711 17.4 22.9% 1.7% 372 23.7 1.1% 11.8%
2022 652 17.2 28.2% 1.7% 470 22.7 0.4% 6.6%
2023 713 15.6 40.8% 0.1% 564 19.9 1.4% 0.7%
2024 806 15.6 39.5% 0.2% 419 18.7 4.8% 0.2%
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