Jake Bauers
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 195LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 7, #208, San Diego Padres | Marina (CA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 423 372 46 84 12 3 .226 .312 .371 .683
2021 315 282 27 59 4 6 .209 .290 .277 .567
2023 265 237 27 47 12 3 .198 .272 .414 .686
4 Seasons 1,391 1,214 148 255 39 18 .210 .300 .361 .661
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .226 12 3 .683
2021 .209 4 6 .567
2023 .198 12 3 .686
4 Seasons .210 39 18 .661
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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%
2018 22 1602 227 16 7.0 4.1 87.6 110.0 12.1 33.9 .209 .354 .308 .306 .350 31.3 26.8 13.9
2019 23 1755 260 13 5.0 3.1 88.1 109.5 15.0 31.9 .222 .352 .296 .293 .350 33.1 27.2 10.6
2021 25 1222 204 11 5.4 3.5 88.1 112.3 20.0 36.3 .233 .361 .257 .297 .350 37.7 24.8 9.5
2023 27 1139 145 28 19.3 10.6 89.1 113.5 14.0 36.6 .225 .483 .293 .336 .495 48.3 35.8 9.4
Player 5718 836 68 8.1 4.9 88.2 113.5 15.3 34.3 .221 .380 .290 .306 .375 36.4 28.2 11.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2018 45.4 22.9 24.2 7.5 44.5 38.3 17.2 2.6 34.4 27.3 22.5 4.8 7.0 4.1
2019 39.2 25.8 26.5 8.5 36.5 35.4 28.1 3.5 31.9 30.0 23.8 5.0 5.0 3.1
2021 34.3 27.9 26.5 11.3 39.7 37.3 23.0 4.4 26.0 32.4 24.0 7.4 5.4 3.5
2023 36.6 33.1 22.8 7.6 42.1 34.5 23.4 6.2 25.5 23.4 20.0 5.5 19.3 10.6
Player 39.2 26.8 25.2 8.7 40.4 36.5 23.1 3.9 30.0 28.7 22.8 5.6 8.1 4.9
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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 0.5 2 393 34.5 95 .235 .494 .356 32.1 35.8 25.8 .241 .528 .362 58.8
2023 Slider -2.3 -4 186 16.3 42 .150 .400 .249 43.8 50.0 30.0 .144 .376 .241 42.1
2023 Changeup -2.0 -3 143 12.6 32 .172 .207 .217 47.6 40.6 28.9 .239 .338 .295 43.8
2023 Sinker -2.3 -3 138 12.1 35 .161 .419 .271 25.0 31.4 32.4 .259 .732 .423 47.6
2023 Curveball -0.2 0 111 9.7 23 .190 .429 .265 24.4 30.4 20.6 .275 .514 .378 46.7
2023 Cutter -0.4 0 89 7.8 22 .368 .632 .505 23.3 13.6 12.0 .275 .518 .385 50.0
2023 Splitter -1.8 -1 44 3.9 9 .000 .000 .156 31.6 33.3 12.5 .114 .125 .237 0.0
2023 Sweeper -0.1 0 31 2.7 5 .000 .000 .140 41.7 40.0 20.0 .007 .008 .146 0.0
2023 Slurve -7.7 0 4 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 33.3 .232 .248 .208 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -1.0 -5 492 40.3 130 .211 .298 .290 24.6 23.1 20.8 .205 .375 .301 42.9
2021 Slider -3.1 -5 173 14.2 49 .136 .136 .200 37.6 36.7 30.5 .145 .209 .209 26.9
2021 Sinker -1.1 -2 165 13.5 47 .214 .310 .277 18.9 21.3 26.3 .268 .364 .317 37.5
2021 Changeup 1.4 2 147 12.0 39 .263 .368 .286 31.9 15.4 14.0 .327 .464 .349 31.3
2021 Curveball -3.9 -5 115 9.4 21 .150 .150 .162 30.4 28.6 18.2 .336 .511 .376 57.1
2021 Cutter 2.1 1 61 5.0 10 .625 .625 .590 7.4 10.0 9.1 .351 .390 .397 0.0
2021 Splitter -2.9 -1 40 3.3 11 .100 .100 .145 30.0 36.4 22.2 .182 .221 .223 33.3
2021 Sweeper -1.1 0 27 2.2 7 .167 .333 .279 50.0 42.9 33.3 .129 .218 .224 66.7
2021 Slurve -0.5 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer -0.4 -3 570 32.5 156 .228 .397 .322 19.2 28.8 24.5 .196 .328 .281 34.1
2019 Sinker 2.4 7 297 16.9 69 .373 .695 .514 10.2 13.0 17.3 .335 .633 .448 44.0
2019 Slider -0.5 -1 260 14.8 62 .222 .333 .277 34.2 32.3 21.1 .209 .325 .271 25.0
2019 Curveball -0.2 -1 227 12.9 45 .195 .317 .247 38.3 40.0 28.1 .223 .294 .252 29.2
2019 Changeup -2.0 -4 206 11.7 53 .167 .167 .192 25.0 18.9 15.6 .220 .253 .256 23.7
2019 Cutter -4.4 -5 115 6.6 24 .095 .095 .163 26.9 33.3 26.7 .133 .166 .202 23.1
2019 Splitter 2.6 1 33 1.9 6 .200 .400 .325 30.8 0.0 0.0 .354 .640 .457 80.0
2019 Slurve -6.0 -1 20 1.1 3 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .133 .157 .133 33.3
2019 Sweeper -5.2 0 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seamer 0.3 2 540 33.7 131 .274 .519 .391 21.2 26.0 25.0 .245 .465 .365 40.0
2018 Sinker -1.0 -3 295 18.4 74 .246 .410 .349 19.5 16.2 20.7 .223 .300 .305 26.0
2018 Changeup -2.7 -6 215 13.4 52 .065 .130 .140 39.1 26.9 28.6 .178 .283 .245 27.3
2018 Slider 1.1 2 205 12.8 47 .154 .308 .265 39.6 34.0 20.5 .143 .260 .256 25.0
2018 Curveball 0.6 1 201 12.5 50 .163 .326 .274 37.8 40.0 24.1 .171 .234 .248 21.7
2018 Cutter 1.4 1 75 4.7 16 .167 .500 .357 21.9 12.5 9.1 .366 .625 .474 36.4
2018 Splitter 1.5 1 51 3.2 11 .200 .200 .164 31.6 27.3 23.1 .101 .111 .106 25.0
2018 Slurve -2.4 0 11 0.7 5 .000 .000 .140 33.3 60.0 37.5 .078 .226 .241 100.0
2018 Sweeper -18.0 -1 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .040 .080 .053 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 388 1,600 -4 -20 14 9 -1
2019 420 1,735 -9 -17 11 8 -7
2021 314 1,222 -14 -12 7 5 -14
2023 265 1,139 -6 -16 8 4 -10
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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 %
2018 1,602 46.6 63.4 77.0 20.6 55.7 43.1 33.5 40.5 28.2 7.9 74.6
2019 1,755 47.0 64.3 83.6 22.4 55.3 43.2 32.4 42.1 24.2 7.7 77.4
2021 1,222 51.6 67.3 81.8 26.4 49.4 42.1 36.3 47.5 26.9 7.3 77.5
2023 1,139 51.1 65.6 74.9 25.1 42.1 43.6 34.0 45.8 33.9 9.1 82.7
Player 5,718 48.7 65.0 79.6 23.2 51.3 43.0 33.9 43.5 27.9 7.9 77.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 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
2018 31 4 16 37 51 24 50 28 73 20 13 92 25 89 71 9
2019 11 8 8 16 22 15 23 27 67 20 15 72 53 86 69
2021 85 60 67
2023 88 48 72
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.8 11 11.9 -1 4 12 3 27.3
2019 23.4 12 10.7 1 2 8 6 50.0
2021 22.6 4 4.0 0 7 4 1 25.0
2023 24.3 12 14.5 -3 8 13 5 41.7
Player 23.4 39 41.1 -2 21 37 15 38.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 11 14 7 15 12 11 13 12 9 8 11 17 12 10 12 13 13 13 11 15 10 12 17 13 10 11 12 14 12 12 6
2019 12 13 12 11 12 9 13 9 6 9 8 12 12 11 9 12 9 7 13 11 12 12 13 14 10 9 9 11 15 10 8
2021 4 5 3 6 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 6 8 2 3 5 2 3 4 4 6 4 9 4 4 2 6 5 7 2 2
2023 12 16 10 11 13 15 16 16 11 9 14 17 16 14 19 14 18 16 15 15 16 12 19 18 14 12 13 14 17 14 11
Player 39 48 32 43 39 37 45 41 28 28 35 52 48 37 43 44 42 39 43 45 44 40 58 49 38 34 40 44 51 38 27
! 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 2018 2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.6 88.1 0.5
Launch Angle 12.1 15.0 2.9
Barrel % 7.0 5.0 -2.0
Hard Hit % 31.3 33.1 1.8
Sweet Spot % 33.9 31.9 -2.0
xBA .209 .222 0.013
BA .201 .226 0.025
xwOBA .306 .293 -0.013
wOBA .308 .296 -0.012
xSLG .354 .352 -0.002
SLG .384 .371 -0.013
K% 26.8 27.2 0.4
BB% 13.9 10.6 -3.3
Swing % 40.5 42.1 1.6
Whiff% 28.2 24.2 -4.0
In Zone % 46.6 47.0 0.4
Out of Zone % 53.4 53.0 -0.4
Out of Zone Swing % 20.6 22.4 1.8
First Pitch Swing % 33.5 32.4 -1.1
First Pitch Strike % 56.7 55.8 -0.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts L 388 223 57.5 .344 .281
2019 Shifts L 423 252 59.6 .321 .280
2021 Shifts L 305 220 72.1 .230 .266
2023 Shades L 264 181 68.6 .273 .304
! 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 %
2018 489 16.5 32.1% 0.8% 310 23.0 1.3% 8.7%
2019 563 16.6 32.9% 1.8% 282 22.8 1.1% 10.3%
2021 345 17.7 20.0% 2.0% 209 23.8 0.0% 12.4%
2023 359 15.8 38.7% 0.6% 161 19.9 1.9% 0.6%
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