Jake Burger
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 230LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #11, Chicago White Sox | Missouri State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 540 492 71 123 34 1 .250 .309 .518 .827
2024 579 535 68 134 29 1 .250 .301 .460 .761
2025 286 272 33 62 11 1 .228 .259 .401 .660
5 Seasons 1,630 1,505 197 371 83 3 .247 .297 .468 .765
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .250 34 1 .827
2024 .250 29 1 .761
2025 .228 11 1 .660
5 Seasons .247 83 3 .765
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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%
2021 25 182 23 3 13.0 7.1 98.0 115.2 9.5 34.8 .252 .496 .344 .351 .522 60.9 35.7 9.5
2022 26 682 114 17 14.9 9.3 90.7 114.4 12.3 33.3 .225 .460 .327 .318 .438 43.0 30.6 5.5
2023 27 2048 347 58 16.7 10.7 91.9 118.2 12.3 33.4 .270 .512 .349 .359 .469 49.6 27.6 5.9
2024 28 2081 389 48 12.3 8.3 91.3 115.5 13.0 32.4 .256 .476 .325 .338 .433 46.8 25.9 5.4
2025 29 1005 201 27 13.4 9.4 90.3 114.7 15.6 32.3 .252 .467 .285 .321 .414 48.3 25.5 2.8
Player 5998 1074 153 14.2 9.4 91.4 118.2 13.1 32.9 .256 .485 .327 .340 .444 47.9 27.2 5.2
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2021 47.8 52.2 30.4 21.7 0.0 43.5 43.5 13.0 26.1 21.7 0.0 17.4 21.7 13.0
2022 43.0 57.0 30.7 21.1 5.3 40.4 37.7 21.9 18.4 18.4 6.1 21.9 19.3 15.8
2023 42.9 57.1 21.9 25.1 10.1 45.8 36.3 17.9 23.6 16.7 2.6 22.2 19.6 15.3
2024 44.0 56.0 28.3 20.8 6.9 42.4 37.0 20.6 22.6 17.0 4.4 19.8 20.1 16.2
2025 39.8 60.2 27.9 23.4 9.0 36.8 36.3 26.9 21.9 14.9 3.0 14.9 21.4 23.9
Player 42.8 57.2 26.4 22.7 8.0 42.3 36.9 20.9 22.4 16.8 3.6 19.8 20.1 17.2
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 0.0 34.8 21.7 26.1 4.3 13.0 7.1
2022 5.3 28.9 26.3 16.7 6.1 14.9 9.3
2023 2.9 30.8 20.7 21.9 6.9 16.7 10.7
2024 3.6 29.8 22.6 23.7 7.7 12.3 8.3
2025 6.0 28.9 27.9 15.4 8.5 13.4 9.4
Player 3.9 30.0 23.4 20.9 7.4 14.2 9.4
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -2.7 -6 227 22.6 59 .143 .286 .210 27.4 33.9 24.7 .229 .489 .310 54.1
2025 Sinker -1.1 -2 199 19.8 67 .258 .371 .319 11.5 13.4 20.5 .322 .511 .381 56.6
2025 Slider -0.1 0 194 19.3 52 .255 .373 .293 40.7 34.6 26.1 .199 .337 .250 39.4
2025 Sweeper -0.6 -1 111 11.0 31 .233 .367 .271 41.3 32.3 20.8 .249 .380 .283 35.0
2025 Cutter 2.8 2 80 8.0 19 .313 .875 .521 13.3 5.3 8.3 .289 .785 .485 40.0
2025 Curveball -2.5 -2 72 7.2 17 .176 .235 .179 42.4 23.5 25.0 .194 .273 .199 53.8
2025 Changeup 1.0 1 66 6.6 20 .211 .526 .290 35.5 30.0 31.6 .158 .402 .259 42.9
2025 Split-Finger -2.6 -1 40 4.0 14 .214 .357 .243 29.0 28.6 22.2 .238 .493 .308 40.0
2025 Slurve -6.3 0 4 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 9 486 23.4 120 .302 .651 .428 22.8 24.2 18.8 .281 .663 .427 64.1
2024 Sinker 0.3 1 424 20.4 132 .303 .454 .373 12.7 10.6 25.0 .285 .418 .343 41.9
2024 Slider 2.2 7 337 16.2 94 .272 .489 .332 37.2 35.1 28.7 .248 .498 .325 47.5
2024 Changeup -1.7 -4 252 12.1 78 .153 .278 .225 42.0 34.6 31.8 .207 .308 .254 28.3
2024 Cutter -0.2 0 181 8.7 43 .244 .512 .319 29.6 16.3 20.0 .292 .564 .380 42.9
2024 Sweeper -1.1 -2 180 8.6 48 .217 .348 .267 39.4 33.3 25.8 .238 .450 .305 41.9
2024 Curveball -0.5 -1 137 6.6 33 .152 .394 .224 47.6 42.4 31.8 .235 .505 .313 47.4
2024 Split-Finger -1.3 -1 62 3.0 23 .227 .364 .272 37.0 34.8 26.7 .205 .273 .231 71.4
2024 Knuckleball 3.0 0 12 0.6 3 .000 .000 .467 100.0 33.3 25.0 -- -- .467 --
2024 Slurve -5.8 0 8 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 50.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 42 182 0 3 0 1 3
2022 182 682 0 -3 1 3 1
2023 540 2,048 15 -9 -1 10 15
2024 577 2,081 12 -16 3 9 9
2025 286 1,005 1 -14 1 4 -8
Player 1,627 5,998 28 -40 4 28 20
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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 %
2021 182 40.7 71.6 79.2 33.3 36.1 37.9 28.6 48.9 38.2 8.8 68.8
2022 682 46.8 73.4 76.9 36.6 42.9 41.1 39.6 53.8 35.4 8.5 89.7
2023 2,048 48.1 70.8 78.5 38.5 44.5 42.5 43.5 54.0 34.1 7.0 82.5
2024 2,081 47.2 70.1 81.1 36.5 50.6 43.0 41.0 52.4 30.1 6.0 78.2
2025 1,005 49.0 71.1 83.7 39.6 49.8 42.7 45.1 55.0 28.8 7.2 83.3
Player 5,998 47.6 70.9 80.1 37.6 47.0 42.4 42.1 53.4 32.1 6.9 81.8
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 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
2021 95 69
2022 95 61 56
2023 83 75 91 89 54 92 98 89 99 91 21 17 8 5 67 3 40 94 33 13
2024 74 64 88 89 34 87 84 84 96 81 25 14 16 8 65 7 48 86 41 29
2025 39 40 66 74 6 73 83 57 93 80 24 2 21 4 70 15 19 88 22 39
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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 %
2021 20.96 1 1.2 0 1 0 1 100.0
2022 20.81 8 8.2 0 7 4 5 62.5
2023 22.62 34 32.7 1 3 24 16 47.1
2024 23.07 29 27.8 1 11 15 17 58.6
2025 21.94 11 10.2 1 4 8 5 45.5
Player 22.49 83 80.1 3 26 51 44 53.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2022 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 8 10 8 8 9 8 9 8 7 9 11 10 10 8 7 9 10 9 8 10
2023 34 28 27 32 35 33 37 31 33 26 33 34 31 29 37 35 37 30 36 37 32 30 40 38 29 26 34 35 34 34 28
2024 29 25 24 28 25 27 29 26 24 23 26 29 34 23 27 25 26 26 28 29 32 29 37 33 26 26 28 30 35 28 26
2025 11 10 8 12 13 12 9 8 6 7 7 10 15 16 9 8 11 8 10 12 9 9 14 15 9 7 8 12 15 9 8
Player 83 71 67 82 81 80 84 73 70 64 74 82 92 77 82 79 83 74 83 86 83 80 103 97 73 67 81 88 94 80 73
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

2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .263 -.013 .250 .000 .250 .000 .250 -.022 .228
xBA .252 -.027 .225 +.045 .270 -.014 .256 -.004 .252
OBP .333 -.031 .302 +.007 .309 -.008 .301 -.042 .259
xOBP .323 -.042 .281 +.048 .329 -.022 .307 -.024 .283
SLG .474 -.016 .458 +.060 .518 -.058 .460 -.059 .401
xSLG .496 -.036 .460 +.052 .512 -.036 .476 -.009 .467
ISO .211 -.003 .208 +.060 .268 -.059 .209 -.036 .173
xISO .244 -.009 .235 +.007 .242 -.021 .221 -.006 .215
BABIP .409 -.085 .324 -.040 .284 +.008 .292 -.024 .268
wOBA .344 -.017 .327 +.022 .349 -.024 .325 -.040 .285
xwOBA .351 -.033 .318 +.041 .359 -.021 .338 -.017 .321
wOBACON .508 -.059 .449 +.005 .454 -.039 .415 -.052 .363
xwOBACON .522 -.084 .438 +.031 .469 -.036 .433 -.019 .414
BACON .435 -.063 .372 -.018 .354 -.010 .344 -.036 .308
xBACON .416 -.078 .338 +.047 .385 -.030 .355 -.012 .343
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 60.9 -17.9 43.0 +6.6 49.6 -2.8 46.8 +1.5 48.3
Avg Exit Velocity 98.0 -7.3 90.7 +1.2 91.9 -0.6 91.3 -1.0 90.3
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 34.8 -1.5 33.3 +0.1 33.4 -1.0 32.4 -0.1 32.3
Barrel % 13.0 +1.9 14.9 +1.8 16.7 -4.4 12.3 +1.1 13.4
Avg Launch Angle 9.5 +2.8 12.3 0.0 12.3 +0.7 13.0 +2.6 15.6
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- 76.0 -1.3 74.7 +0.1 74.8
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -1° -1°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- 59.6 -4.8 54.8 -0.5 54.3
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -8° +2° -6° +2° -4°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- 24° -1° 24° +1° 25°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- 7.7 -0.2 7.5 -0.1 7.4
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.7 0.0 92.7 +0.7 93.4 0.0 93.4 -0.1 93.3
Breaking Velocity 82.7 +0.1 82.8 +0.9 83.7 +0.2 83.9 0.0 83.9
Offspeed Velocity 84.8 -0.3 84.5 +0.5 85.0 +0.3 85.3 -0.3 85.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 3 +14 17 +41 58 -10 48 -21 27
Popup % 0.0 +5.3 5.3 +4.8 10.1 -3.2 6.9 +2.1 9.0
Flyball % 30.4 +0.3 30.7 -8.8 21.9 +6.4 28.3 -0.4 27.9
Line Drive % 21.7 -0.6 21.1 +4.0 25.1 -4.3 20.8 +2.6 23.4
Groundball % 47.8 -4.8 43.0 -0.1 42.9 +1.1 44.0 -4.2 39.8
Pull % 43.5 -3.1 40.4 +5.4 45.8 -3.4 42.4 -5.6 36.8
Straight Away % 43.5 -5.8 37.7 -1.4 36.3 +0.7 37.0 -0.7 36.3
Opposite Field % 13.0 +8.9 21.9 -4.0 17.9 +2.7 20.6 +6.3 26.9
Weak Contact % 0.0 +5.3 5.3 -2.4 2.9 +0.7 3.6 +2.4 6.0
Pull Airball % 17.4 +4.5 21.9 +0.3 22.2 -2.4 19.8 -4.9 14.9
Topped Contact % 34.8 -5.9 28.9 +1.9 30.8 -1.0 29.8 -0.9 28.9
Under Contact % 21.7 +4.6 26.3 -5.6 20.7 +1.9 22.6 +5.3 27.9
Flare/Burner Contact % 26.1 -9.4 16.7 +5.2 21.9 +1.8 23.7 -8.3 15.4
Solid Contact % 4.3 +1.8 6.1 +0.8 6.9 +0.8 7.7 +0.8 8.5
HR/FB % 14.3 +8.6 22.9 +21.8 44.7 -18.3 26.4 -6.8 19.6
Popups 0 +6 6 +29 35 -8 27 -9 18
Flyballs 7 +28 35 +41 76 +34 110 -54 56
Line Drives 5 +19 24 +63 87 -6 81 -34 47
Groundballs 11 +38 49 +100 149 +22 171 -91 80
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 40.7 +6.1 46.8 +1.3 48.1 -0.9 47.2 +1.8 49.0
Out of Zone % 59.3 -6.1 53.2 -1.3 51.9 +0.9 52.8 -1.8 51.0
Edge % 37.9 +3.2 41.1 +1.4 42.5 +0.5 43.0 -0.3 42.7
Zone Swing % 71.6 +1.8 73.4 -2.6 70.8 -0.7 70.1 +1.0 71.1
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 +3.3 36.6 +1.9 38.5 -2.0 36.5 +3.1 39.6
In Zone Contact % 79.2 -2.3 76.9 +1.6 78.5 +2.6 81.1 +2.6 83.7
Out of Zone Contact % 36.1 +6.8 42.9 +1.6 44.5 +6.1 50.6 -0.8 49.8
Whiff % 38.2 -2.8 35.4 -1.3 34.1 -4.0 30.1 -1.3 28.8
First Strike % 64.3 +3.3 67.6 -5.0 62.6 +3.3 65.9 +4.0 69.9
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 +11.0 39.6 +3.9 43.5 -2.5 41.0 +4.1 45.1
Swing % 48.9 +4.9 53.8 +0.2 54.0 -1.6 52.4 +2.6 55.0
Meatball Swing % 68.8 +20.9 89.7 -7.2 82.5 -4.3 78.2 +5.1 83.3
Meatball % 8.8 -0.3 8.5 -1.5 7.0 -1.0 6.0 +1.2 7.2
Zone Swing & Miss % 20.8 +2.3 23.1 -1.6 21.5 -2.6 18.9 -2.6 16.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 63.9 -6.8 57.1 -1.6 55.5 -6.1 49.4 +0.8 50.2
In Zone 74 +245 319 +666 985 -2 983 -491 492
Out of Zone 108 +255 363 +700 1,063 +36 1,099 -586 513
Edge 69 +211 280 +590 870 +26 896 -467 429
In Zone Swings 53 +181 234 +463 697 -8 689 -339 350
Out of Zone Swings 36 +97 133 +276 409 -8 401 -198 203
In Zone Swing & Misses 11 +43 54 +96 150 -20 130 -73 57
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 23 +53 76 +151 227 -29 198 -96 102
Basic
Pitches 182 +500 682 +1,366 2,048 +33 2,081 -1,076 1,005
PA 42 +141 183 +357 540 +39 579 -293 286
AB 38 +130 168 +324 492 +43 535 -263 272
Hits 10 +32 42 +81 123 +11 134 -72 62
Singles 5 +19 24 +36 60 +21 81 -44 37
Doubles 3 +6 9 +19 28 -5 23 -9 14
Triples 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Home Runs 1 +7 8 +26 34 -5 29 -18 11
Walks 4 +6 10 +22 32 -1 31 -23 8
Strikeouts 15 +41 56 +93 149 +1 150 -77 73
K% 35.7 -5.1 30.6 -3.0 27.6 -1.7 25.9 -0.4 25.5
BB% 9.5 -4.0 5.5 +0.4 5.9 -0.5 5.4 -2.6 2.8
HBP 0 +3 3 +9 12 -3 9 -5 4
Batted Balls 23 +91 114 +233 347 +42 389 -188 201
Number of Fastballs 109 +253 362 +680 1,042 +49 1,091 -585 506
Number of Offspeed 19 +60 79 +215 294 +20 314 -208 106
Number of Breaking 46 +132 178 +391 569 -95 474 -210 264
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 42 0 0.0 .344
2022 Shifts R 182 26 14.3 .308 .439
2023 Shades R 540 54 10.0 .327 .546
2024 Shades R 576 43 7.5 .325 .342
2025 Shades R 286 42 14.7 .275 .342
! 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 %
2021 65 17.2 26.2% 1.5% 20 22.8 0.0% 5.0%
2022 155 16.9 24.5% 1.9% 108 21.2 2.8% 4.6%
2023 448 15.4 45.5% 0.4% 307 18.7 4.9% 0.7%
2024 476 15.4 43.9% 0.8% 308 18.5 6.2% 0.6%
2025 213 15.6 41.3% 0.0% 134 18.5 4.5% 0.0%
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