Jake Burger
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 230LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #11, Chicago White Sox | Missouri State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 183 168 20 42 8 0 .250 .302 .458 .760
2023 540 492 71 123 34 1 .250 .309 .518 .827
2024 579 535 68 134 29 1 .250 .301 .460 .761
4 Seasons 1,344 1,233 164 309 72 2 .251 .305 .483 .788
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .250 8 0 .760
2023 .250 34 1 .827
2024 .250 29 1 .761
4 Seasons .251 72 2 .788
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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
Player 4993 873 126 14.4 9.4 91.6 118.2 12.5 33.0 .257 .489 .336 .344 .451 47.8 27.5 5.7
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
2021 47.8 30.4 21.7 0.0 43.5 43.5 13.0 0.0 34.8 21.7 26.1 4.3 13.0 7.1
2022 43.0 30.7 21.1 5.3 40.4 37.7 21.9 5.3 28.9 26.3 16.7 6.1 14.9 9.3
2023 42.9 21.9 25.1 10.1 45.8 36.3 17.9 2.9 30.8 20.7 21.9 6.9 16.7 10.7
2024 44.0 28.3 20.8 6.9 42.4 37.0 20.6 3.6 29.8 22.6 23.7 7.7 12.3 8.3
Player 43.5 26.1 22.6 7.8 43.5 37.0 19.5 3.4 30.2 22.3 22.1 7.1 14.4 9.4
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 1.2 6 479 23.0 120 .299 .645 .430 22.4 24.2 19.1 .280 .659 .422 64.6
2024 Sinker 0.0 0 433 20.8 134 .300 .450 .366 13.0 10.4 24.1 .286 .419 .347 41.5
2024 Slider 2.9 10 354 17.0 98 .263 .474 .326 36.3 34.7 28.1 .241 .483 .319 45.9
2024 Changeup -0.9 -2 254 12.2 78 .153 .278 .225 42.4 34.6 31.8 .207 .308 .254 28.3
2024 Cutter -1.3 -2 173 8.3 42 .244 .512 .310 30.2 16.7 21.9 .292 .564 .372 42.9
2024 Sweeper -0.9 -2 173 8.3 46 .227 .364 .278 40.4 34.8 27.1 .248 .470 .318 44.8
2024 Curveball -2.1 -3 138 6.6 33 .152 .394 .224 47.6 42.4 31.1 .235 .505 .313 47.4
2024 Split-Finger -1.1 -1 59 2.8 21 .250 .400 .298 38.6 38.1 26.7 .193 .267 .225 75.0
2024 Knuckleball 5.7 1 11 0.5 3 .000 .000 .467 100.0 33.3 25.0 -- -- .467 --
2024 Slurve -2.4 0 5 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 8 477 23.3 122 .284 .798 .470 34.1 36.1 29.5 .281 .727 .446 61.5
2023 Slider 1.7 7 420 20.5 112 .223 .485 .338 51.1 33.0 27.2 .236 .423 .306 52.2
2023 Sinker -1.4 -6 415 20.3 116 .262 .417 .343 13.3 9.5 13.6 .344 .551 .408 50.5
2023 Changeup -2.3 -5 236 11.5 63 .148 .197 .168 39.4 31.7 22.0 .200 .283 .224 24.4
2023 Cutter 2.0 3 153 7.5 38 .333 .606 .438 27.7 15.8 18.2 .308 .547 .406 55.6
2023 Curveball 7.3 11 152 7.4 39 .361 .778 .494 31.7 33.3 21.7 .291 .578 .389 60.9
2023 Sweeper -0.9 -1 125 6.1 31 .167 .367 .239 41.9 41.9 21.0 .162 .350 .228 35.3
2023 Split-Finger -1.9 -1 59 2.9 14 .083 .083 .164 43.8 35.7 21.7 .176 .217 .247 42.9
2023 Slurve 30.3 1 3 0.1 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .800 .955 .771 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 42 182 0 2 -1 1 2
2022 182 682 -1 -3 1 3 1
2023 547 2,070 16 -9 -1 10 16
2024 577 2,081 14 -21 5 9 7
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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
Player 4,993 47.3 70.9 79.4 37.2 46.5 42.4 41.4 53.1 32.8 6.8 81.5
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
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
2024 74 64 88 89 34 87 84 84 96 81 25 14 16 8 65 8 48 86 41 29
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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 21.0 1 1.2 0 1 0 1 100.0
2022 20.8 8 8.3 0 7 4 5 62.5
2023 22.6 34 32.7 1 3 24 16 47.1
2024 23.1 29 27.8 1 12 14 17 58.6
Player 22.6 72 70.0 2 23 42 39 54.2
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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 8 8 8 7 7 8 7 6 7 7 8 10 8 8 9 8 9 8 7 9 11 11 9 8 8 8 10 9 8 10
2023 34 28 28 32 35 33 37 31 33 27 33 34 31 29 37 35 37 30 35 37 31 30 40 38 29 25 35 35 35 33 28
2024 29 26 23 28 26 26 30 26 24 24 26 30 34 23 27 25 26 26 28 30 31 29 37 33 26 26 27 30 34 28 26
Player 72 63 60 70 69 67 76 65 64 59 67 73 77 61 73 71 72 66 72 75 72 71 90 81 64 60 72 76 79 70 65
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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 98.0 90.7 -7.3 ↓ 91.9 1.2 ↑ 91.3 -0.6 ↓
Launch Angle 9.5 12.3 2.8 ↑ 12.3 0.0 13.0 0.7 ↑
Barrel % 13.0 14.9 1.9 ↑ 16.7 1.8 ↑ 12.3 -4.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 60.9 43.0 -17.9 ↓ 49.6 6.6 ↑ 46.8 -2.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.8 33.3 -1.5 ↓ 33.4 0.1 ↑ 32.4 -1.0 ↓
xBA .252 .225 -0.027 ↓ .270 0.045 ↑ .256 -0.014 ↓
BA .263 .250 -0.013 ↓ .250 0.000 .250 0.000
xwOBA .351 .318 -0.033 ↓ .359 0.041 ↑ .338 -0.021 ↓
wOBA .344 .327 -0.017 ↓ .349 0.022 ↑ .325 -0.024 ↓
xSLG .496 .460 -0.036 ↓ .512 0.052 ↑ .476 -0.036 ↓
SLG .474 .458 -0.016 ↓ .518 0.060 ↑ .460 -0.058 ↓
K% 35.7 30.6 -5.1 ↓ 27.6 -3.0 ↓ 25.9 -1.7 ↓
BB% 9.5 5.5 -4.0 ↓ 5.9 0.4 ↑ 5.4 -0.5 ↓
Swing % 48.9 53.8 4.9 ↑ 54.0 0.2 ↑ 52.4 -1.6 ↓
Whiff% 38.2 35.4 -2.8 ↓ 34.1 -1.3 ↓ 30.1 -4.0 ↓
In Zone % 40.7 46.8 6.1 ↑ 48.1 1.3 ↑ 47.2 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 59.3 53.2 -6.1 ↓ 51.9 -1.3 ↓ 52.8 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 36.6 3.3 ↑ 38.5 1.9 ↑ 36.5 -2.0 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 39.6 11.0 ↑ 43.5 3.9 ↑ 41.0 -2.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 64.3 67.6 3.3 ↑ 62.6 -5.0 ↓ 65.9 3.3 ↑
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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
! 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%
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