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 234 221 27 50 10 1 .226 .261 .416 .677
5 Seasons 1,578 1,454 191 359 82 3 .247 .299 .473 .772
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .250 34 1 .827
2024 .250 29 1 .761
2025 .226 10 1 .677
5 Seasons .247 82 3 .772
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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 29 821 163 23 14.1 9.8 91.4 114.7 14.8 31.3 .254 .484 .293 .330 .426 51.5 25.6 3.4
Player 5814 1036 149 14.4 9.4 91.6 118.2 12.9 32.7 .257 .488 .329 .342 .447 48.4 27.2 5.4
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 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 39.3 60.7 28.8 23.9 8.0 39.3 35.6 25.2 23.3 13.5 2.5 16.0 22.1 22.7
Player 42.9 57.1 26.5 22.8 7.8 42.9 36.8 20.4 22.7 16.6 3.6 20.2 20.2 16.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 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 6.1 28.2 28.2 14.1 9.2 14.1 9.8
Player 3.9 29.9 23.3 20.8 7.4 14.4 9.4
MLB 3.9 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 -2.4 -5 187 22.8 49 .130 .304 .216 26.2 36.7 27.7 .237 .550 .337 65.5
2025 Sinker -1.6 -2 153 18.6 53 .245 .388 .305 9.4 11.3 18.8 .338 .566 .408 60.5
2025 Slider -0.8 -1 144 17.5 40 .231 .359 .265 43.4 32.5 26.5 .187 .351 .239 38.5
2025 Sweeper -0.7 -1 97 11.8 27 .231 .346 .265 42.1 33.3 20.9 .254 .367 .284 35.3
2025 Cutter 3.1 2 75 9.1 18 .333 .933 .550 13.8 5.6 10.0 .308 .837 .512 42.9
2025 Curveball -1.4 -1 62 7.6 13 .231 .308 .235 40.0 15.4 18.2 .200 .267 .201 54.5
2025 Changeup 2.1 1 54 6.6 18 .235 .588 .322 37.5 33.3 40.0 .153 .422 .266 41.7
2025 Split-Finger -1.7 -1 38 4.6 12 .250 .417 .283 31.0 33.3 25.0 .199 .355 .236 37.5
2025 Slurve -6.3 0 4 0.5 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 7 338 16.2 94 .272 .489 .332 37.5 35.1 28.7 .248 .498 .325 47.5
2024 Changeup -1.7 -4 253 12.2 78 .153 .278 .225 42.4 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 -2 179 8.6 48 .217 .348 .267 38.7 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 -1.2 -1 61 2.9 23 .227 .364 .272 35.6 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 234 821 4 -14 1 3 -6
Player 1,575 5,814 31 -39 5 31 22
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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 821 50.3 70.5 82.8 35.8 47.9 41.9 43.6 53.2 28.8 7.9 81.5
Player 5,814 47.7 70.8 79.9 37.0 46.7 42.3 41.8 53.1 32.2 7.0 81.5
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 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 9 48 86 41 29
2025 48 42 72 83 11 83 86 79 94 90 24 3 22 10 72 37 25 88 42 30
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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 8.3 0 7 4 5 62.5
2023 22.62 34 32.7 1 3 24 16 47.1
2024 23.07 29 27.7 1 12 14 17 58.6
2025 21.99 10 9.2 1 3 9 4 40.0
Player 22.50 82 79.1 3 26 51 43 52.4
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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 24 27 26 26 29 26 24 23 26 30 34 23 27 25 26 26 28 30 31 29 37 33 26 26 28 29 33 28 26
2025 10 9 7 12 12 11 7 7 5 6 6 8 15 14 8 9 9 7 9 10 12 8 13 12 8 6 8 10 14 8 7
Player 82 72 68 81 81 78 82 72 69 64 73 81 92 75 81 80 81 73 81 85 84 79 103 93 72 66 81 85 92 78 72
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 98.0 -7.3 ↓ 90.7 1.2 ↑ 91.9 -0.6 ↓ 91.3 0.1 ↑ 91.4
Launch Angle 9.5 2.8 ↑ 12.3 0.0 12.3 0.7 ↑ 13.0 1.8 ↑ 14.8
Barrel % 13.0 1.9 ↑ 14.9 1.8 ↑ 16.7 -4.4 ↓ 12.3 1.8 ↑ 14.1
Hard Hit % 60.9 -17.9 ↓ 43.0 6.6 ↑ 49.6 -2.8 ↓ 46.8 4.7 ↑ 51.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.8 -1.5 ↓ 33.3 0.1 ↑ 33.4 -1.0 ↓ 32.4 -1.1 ↓ 31.3
xBA .252 -0.027 ↓ .225 0.045 ↑ .270 -0.014 ↓ .256 -0.002 ↓ .254
BA .263 -0.013 ↓ .250 0.000 .250 0.000 .250 -0.024 ↓ .226
xwOBA .351 -0.033 ↓ .318 0.041 ↑ .359 -0.021 ↓ .338 -0.008 ↓ .330
wOBA .344 -0.017 ↓ .327 0.022 ↑ .349 -0.024 ↓ .325 -0.032 ↓ .293
xSLG .496 -0.036 ↓ .460 0.052 ↑ .512 -0.036 ↓ .476 0.008 ↑ .484
SLG .474 -0.016 ↓ .458 0.060 ↑ .518 -0.058 ↓ .460 -0.044 ↓ .416
K% 35.7 -5.1 ↓ 30.6 -3.0 ↓ 27.6 -1.7 ↓ 25.9 -0.3 ↓ 25.6
BB% 9.5 -4.0 ↓ 5.5 0.4 ↑ 5.9 -0.5 ↓ 5.4 -2.0 ↓ 3.4
Swing % 48.9 4.9 ↑ 53.8 0.2 ↑ 54.0 -1.6 ↓ 52.4 0.8 ↑ 53.2
Whiff% 38.2 -2.8 ↓ 35.4 -1.3 ↓ 34.1 -4.0 ↓ 30.1 -1.3 ↓ 28.8
In Zone % 40.7 6.1 ↑ 46.8 1.3 ↑ 48.1 -0.9 ↓ 47.2 3.1 ↑ 50.3
Out of Zone % 59.3 -6.1 ↓ 53.2 -1.3 ↓ 51.9 0.9 ↑ 52.8 -3.1 ↓ 49.7
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 3.3 ↑ 36.6 1.9 ↑ 38.5 -2.0 ↓ 36.5 -0.7 ↓ 35.8
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 11.0 ↑ 39.6 3.9 ↑ 43.5 -2.5 ↓ 41.0 2.6 ↑ 43.6
First Pitch Strike % 64.3 3.3 ↑ 67.6 -5.0 ↓ 62.6 3.3 ↑ 65.9 3.3 ↑ 69.2
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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 234 26 11.1 .291 .311
! 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 164 15.6 40.9% 0.0% 106 18.8 4.7% 0.0%
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