Ian Happ
LF | B/T: S/R | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #9, Chicago Cubs | Cincinnati

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 228 187 17 51 4 21 4 .273 .390 .412 .802
7 Seasons 2666 2314 322 581 108 329 41 .251 .343 .456 .799
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .273 4 21 4 .802
7 Seasons .251 108 329 41 .799

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 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 28 992 133 10 7.5 4.4 89.6 112.4 14.6 44.4 .251 .397 .356 .349 .402 37.6 25.0 16.2
Player 10924 1574 159 10.1 6.0 89.6 114.2 12.0 34.1 .234 .418 .342 .326 .412 40.8 28.5 11.7
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 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 39.8 21.1 30.8 8.3 39.1 33.8 27.1 2.3 29.3 25.6 27.1 6.8 7.5 4.4
Player 44.5 25.2 24.2 6.0 38.1 35.1 26.8 3.0 32.7 23.4 24.1 5.8 10.1 6.0
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.6 -2 382 38.5 75 .233 .317 .332 24.4 25.3 16.4 .205 .317 .318 36.6
2023 Changeup 2.1 4 164 16.5 45 .375 .525 .419 34.6 22.2 15.6 .270 .407 .335 22.6
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 108 10.9 24 .235 .294 .340 13.9 25.0 17.1 .260 .408 .399 58.3
2023 Slider 0.4 0 100 10.1 24 .190 .476 .327 22.4 16.7 12.5 .264 .442 .351 41.2
2023 Cutter 1.0 1 86 8.7 20 .333 .500 .460 35.3 30.0 25.0 .328 .571 .489 57.1
2023 Curveball 3.9 3 80 8.1 22 .300 .500 .375 19.4 27.3 20.7 .285 .475 .359 50.0
2023 Splitter -1.5 -1 40 4.0 10 .200 .200 .200 30.0 40.0 22.2 .167 .184 .153 16.7
2023 Sweeper 1.2 0 19 1.9 4 .250 .500 .313 44.4 50.0 40.0 .224 .609 .345 50.0
2023 Slurve -4.6 0 9 0.9 3 .333 .667 .417 37.5 0.0 -- .527 .624 .502 33.3
2023 Forkball 2.3 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 0.0 0 881 34.3 189 .268 .530 .385 26.3 24.9 17.5 .246 .438 .345 51.7
2022 Changeup 0.6 3 444 17.3 128 .282 .410 .327 29.5 20.3 20.5 .217 .314 .267 20.7
2022 Curveball -1.3 -4 324 12.6 85 .208 .364 .286 32.5 20.0 17.3 .216 .380 .296 35.0
2022 Slider -0.4 -1 299 11.6 91 .213 .326 .263 34.1 35.2 26.9 .196 .298 .224 49.1
2022 Sinker 0.9 3 293 11.4 69 .333 .476 .396 18.5 15.9 19.0 .300 .420 .335 47.2
2022 Cutter 2.6 6 211 8.2 39 .484 .710 .576 10.8 7.7 5.5 .408 .599 .493 39.3
2022 Splitter -6.7 -3 46 1.8 16 .067 .067 .156 32.3 37.5 40.0 .165 .213 .199 11.1
2022 Sweeper -2.2 -1 37 1.4 12 .222 .222 .267 40.9 33.3 23.5 .153 .244 .263 66.7
2022 Slurve -9.2 -1 9 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seamer 0.9 9 920 40.9 191 .264 .535 .390 28.4 29.3 20.9 .225 .423 .345 49.5
2021 Changeup 1.2 4 323 14.4 80 .253 .387 .302 37.0 18.8 17.6 .210 .296 .246 23.0
2021 Slider 0.4 1 322 14.3 82 .130 .290 .253 42.2 41.5 27.6 .160 .335 .280 33.3
2021 Sinker -0.6 -2 266 11.8 70 .213 .361 .319 23.7 24.3 29.3 .273 .457 .361 57.8
2021 Curveball 0.6 1 203 9.0 59 .241 .519 .356 38.9 33.9 29.0 .236 .424 .315 44.1
2021 Cutter 0.4 1 159 7.1 35 .188 .438 .323 21.6 22.9 20.0 .223 .467 .328 33.3
2021 Splitter 1.2 0 36 1.6 11 .222 .333 .323 56.3 36.4 28.6 .206 .503 .367 20.0
2021 Sweeper -9.6 -2 18 0.8 6 .200 .200 .267 40.0 33.3 33.3 .184 .218 .262 33.3
2020 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 339 36.0 84 .243 .500 .374 32.4 25.0 22.8 .256 .517 .387 51.0
2020 Changeup -0.7 -1 152 16.2 31 .143 .143 .242 52.5 29.0 26.5 .204 .228 .243 21.1
2020 Sinker 4.0 6 143 15.2 27 .409 .773 .537 23.4 25.9 20.6 .278 .544 .408 53.3
2020 Slider 3.8 5 136 14.5 36 .290 .742 .464 36.5 25.0 18.4 .274 .504 .378 68.2
2020 Curveball -1.9 -2 96 10.2 27 .200 .320 .242 41.3 40.7 36.7 .251 .406 .296 53.3
2020 Cutter 4.7 2 49 5.2 16 .429 .857 .559 29.6 18.8 27.3 .410 .794 .530 36.4
2020 Splitter -5.7 -1 10 1.1 5 .200 .200 .180 20.0 40.0 40.0 .143 .154 .134 33.3
2020 Sweeper -0.6 0 6 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .345 .359 .314 100.0
2020 Slurve -7.7 0 5 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .197 .197 .177 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -1.8 -5 277 43.7 56 .135 .308 .221 32.1 30.4 19.5 .151 .404 .258 31.4
2019 Sinker 3.6 4 99 15.6 30 .292 .708 .472 27.9 26.7 33.3 .282 .690 .458 50.0
2019 Changeup 5.9 5 81 12.8 21 .333 .667 .505 40.9 14.3 13.6 .266 .588 .397 26.7
2019 Curveball 4.5 3 67 10.6 18 .412 .882 .529 26.8 33.3 23.1 .220 .475 .305 45.5
2019 Slider 7.8 5 61 9.6 19 .529 1.059 .634 22.2 15.8 15.8 .382 .648 .432 60.0
2019 Cutter -7.8 -2 27 4.3 6 .000 .000 .000 6.7 16.7 16.7 .118 .134 .108 20.0
2019 Splitter -7.6 -1 14 2.2 5 .200 .200 .180 28.6 0.0 0.0 .560 .652 .533 20.0
2019 Slurve -0.9 0 3 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Sweeper 7.6 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer -0.3 -2 654 34.1 144 .178 .314 .300 44.6 42.4 29.5 .158 .309 .290 32.2
2018 Sinker 3.4 13 380 19.8 91 .361 .694 .519 27.5 24.2 22.2 .301 .617 .454 56.0
2018 Slider -2.1 -7 306 16.0 74 .119 .224 .197 36.3 47.3 27.6 .145 .270 .228 43.8
2018 Changeup -0.7 -2 236 12.3 60 .250 .393 .320 39.6 30.0 31.6 .270 .430 .327 28.9
2018 Curveball 1.0 2 201 10.5 41 .243 .324 .291 39.0 46.3 27.5 .222 .354 .292 55.6
2018 Cutter 1.8 2 102 5.3 32 .296 .556 .414 34.7 34.4 34.4 .170 .396 .309 31.3
2018 Splitter 5.8 2 29 1.5 10 .400 .700 .470 26.3 10.0 9.1 .390 .692 .464 33.3
2018 Slurve 12.4 1 5 0.3 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2018 Forkball -1.3 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Sweeper -4.4 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer -1.3 -7 544 33.6 120 .220 .450 .328 27.8 25.8 21.8 .231 .458 .334 37.8
2017 Sinker 3.0 11 380 23.5 100 .333 .644 .459 24.7 21.0 23.9 .294 .558 .401 42.4
2017 Changeup 3.2 7 225 13.9 61 .305 .712 .453 42.0 21.3 20.6 .311 .545 .371 34.8
2017 Slider -2.6 -5 185 11.4 51 .167 .313 .232 50.0 58.8 40.0 .136 .324 .220 44.4
2017 Curveball 1.4 2 137 8.5 37 .229 .514 .355 43.7 56.8 39.6 .236 .532 .338 57.1
2017 Cutter -1.0 -1 84 5.2 23 .238 .381 .302 33.3 30.4 28.0 .276 .507 .360 35.7
2017 Splitter -3.2 -2 48 3.0 13 .167 .250 .165 40.7 46.2 26.1 .143 .184 .129 28.6
2017 Knuckleball -2.2 0 9 0.6 2 .000 .000 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .097 .139 .097 0.0
2017 Sweeper -1.8 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

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 227 991 -4 -4 8 4 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 %
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 37.6 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 992 49.1 65.9 79.4 21.0 55.7 43.0 31.3 43.0 26.5 6.7 77.3
Player 10,924 49.0 69.0 74.8 24.2 49.0 43.6 33.1 46.1 31.9 7.2 81.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! 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
2017 59 30 73 81 42 69 93 62 95 73 4 60 5 62 90 31
2018 45 6 38 65 66 56 90 72 77 66 1 95 2 85 66 6
2019 87 69
2020 78 64 70 70 81 71 67 84 61 89 24 81 7 66 57 65 59
2021 36 8 32 50 42 60 72 53 84 52 9 83 10 80 67 9 56
2022 39 35 38 39 46 54 37 65 94 52 37 59 33 65 66 78 47
2023 71 48 40 37 93 48 46 56 83 35 33 98 41 88 57 10 52
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 21.5 24 23.9 0 4 19 9 37.5
2018 21.9 15 16.2 -1 5 9 10 66.7
2019 22.3 11 10.4 1 1 9 4 36.4
2020 21.8 13 8.5 5 5 9 3 23.1
2021 23.4 25 18.2 7 11 12 8 32.0
2022 22.5 17 15.8 1 10 12 5 29.4
2023 21.5 4 4.2 0 2 4 1 25.0
Player 22.3 109 97.1 12 38 74 40 36.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 24 24 21 23 26 26 28 24 21 20 24 30 22 24 26 25 21 21 26 23 25 23 28 28 21 21 23 27 26 24 16
2018 15 18 15 14 16 16 19 16 15 13 16 19 16 15 15 18 16 16 15 19 17 17 19 18 15 14 15 17 17 16 14
2019 11 12 7 8 10 11 12 11 8 8 9 10 12 11 10 11 11 8 9 11 11 9 14 11 11 11 9 11 13 12 10
2020 13 10 9 8 9 11 10 7 7 5 7 10 8 6 10 9 8 9 9 9 9 11 13 8 5 6 8 8 10 8 8
2021 25 20 16 19 16 17 20 18 11 13 17 20 20 15 19 20 19 19 19 19 17 23 23 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 4 4 2 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 5 6 4 5 5 6 3 5 5 4 4 5 5 2 3 5 4 6 4 2
Player 109 103 79 94 98 101 110 93 78 76 90 111 101 91 102 106 96 92 99 102 101 102 121 110 84 86 96 103 110 96 82
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.5 90.0 1.5 ↑ 89.8 -0.2 ↓ 91.1 1.3 ↑ 89.5 -1.6 ↓ 89.7 0.2 ↑ 89.6 -0.1 ↓
Launch Angle 13.3 14.1 0.8 ↑ 16.0 1.9 ↑ 9.0 -7.0 ↓ 9.9 0.9 ↑ 10.9 1.0 ↑ 14.6 3.7 ↑
Barrel % 13.3 12.2 -1.1 ↓ 13.7 1.5 ↑ 10.3 -3.4 ↓ 10.9 0.6 ↑ 6.5 -4.4 ↓ 7.5 1.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 39.4 40.5 1.1 ↑ 38.2 -2.3 ↓ 48.5 10.3 ↑ 41.3 -7.2 ↓ 40.4 -0.9 ↓ 37.6 -2.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 37.3 39.2 1.9 ↑ 27.5 -11.7 ↓ 37.5 10.0 ↑ 30.8 -6.7 ↓ 29.2 -1.6 ↓ 44.4 15.2 ↑
xBA .246 .212 -0.034 ↓ .237 0.025 ↑ .261 0.024 ↑ .220 -0.041 ↓ .239 0.019 ↑ .251 0.012 ↑
BA .253 .233 -0.020 ↓ .264 0.031 ↑ .258 -0.006 ↓ .226 -0.032 ↓ .271 0.045 ↑ .273 0.002 ↑
xwOBA .336 .322 -0.014 ↓ .342 0.020 ↑ .362 0.020 ↑ .317 -0.045 ↓ .306 -0.011 ↓ .349 0.043 ↑
wOBA .349 .329 -0.020 ↓ .368 0.039 ↑ .369 0.001 ↑ .328 -0.041 ↓ .339 0.011 ↑ .356 0.017 ↑
xSLG .477 .397 -0.080 ↓ .510 0.113 ↑ .469 -0.041 ↓ .396 -0.073 ↓ .379 -0.017 ↓ .397 0.018 ↑
SLG .514 .408 -0.106 ↓ .564 0.156 ↑ .505 -0.059 ↓ .434 -0.071 ↓ .440 0.006 ↑ .412