Jake Burger
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 230LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #11, Chicago White Sox | Missouri State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 42 38 5 10 1 0 .263 .333 .474 .807
2022 183 168 20 42 8 0 .250 .302 .458 .760
2023 540 492 71 123 34 1 .250 .309 .518 .827
3 Seasons 765 698 96 175 43 1 .251 .309 .501 .810
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .263 1 0 .807
2022 .250 8 0 .760
2023 .250 34 1 .827
3 Seasons .251 43 1 .810
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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%
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 2027 346 58 16.8 10.8 91.9 118.2 12.1 33.5 .270 .510 .352 .361 .470 49.7 27.2 6.0
Player 2891 483 78 16.1 10.2 91.9 118.2 12.0 33.5 .258 .497 .345 .350 .465 48.7 28.5 6.0
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
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 43.1 22.0 25.1 9.8 45.7 36.4 17.9 2.9 30.9 20.5 22.0 6.9 16.8 10.8
Player 43.3 24.4 24.0 8.3 44.3 37.1 18.6 3.3 30.6 21.9 20.9 6.6 16.1 10.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 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 1.5 7 474 23.4 120 .280 .776 .462 34.6 36.7 29.9 .277 .700 .438 61.9
2023 Slider 1.9 8 434 21.4 116 .234 .514 .351 51.3 31.9 26.4 .250 .455 .326 50.7
2023 Sinker -1.2 -5 410 20.2 118 .267 .448 .354 13.3 9.3 13.6 .342 .564 .414 50.5
2023 Changeup -2.2 -5 232 11.4 62 .150 .200 .171 40.3 32.3 22.0 .200 .285 .226 25.0
2023 Curveball 7.2 11 151 7.4 38 .371 .800 .507 33.3 31.6 21.1 .299 .591 .400 60.9
2023 Cutter 1.1 2 149 7.4 36 .290 .484 .382 25.3 16.7 17.6 .264 .420 .349 56.0
2023 Sweeper -0.4 0 107 5.3 27 .192 .423 .274 38.9 40.7 20.8 .172 .387 .251 40.0
2023 Splitter -1.8 -1 53 2.6 13 .091 .091 .177 37.9 30.8 20.0 .174 .214 .248 42.9
2023 Forkball -2.7 0 6 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve 30.4 1 3 0.1 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .801 .933 .754 50.0
2022 4-Seamer 0.4 1 204 29.9 41 .250 .556 .380 32.1 36.6 25.4 .201 .531 .355 47.6
2022 Slider -1.5 -2 134 19.6 38 .257 .400 .316 45.8 34.2 30.2 .219 .403 .298 50.0
2022 Sinker -1.5 -2 108 15.8 31 .241 .241 .241 19.3 9.7 14.3 .268 .325 .276 37.0
2022 Changeup 5.1 3 60 8.8 25 .304 .652 .396 43.6 36.0 39.1 .261 .604 .380 46.7
2022 Curveball 0.7 0 52 7.6 17 .188 .438 .285 29.6 35.3 26.1 .164 .460 .287 40.0
2022 Cutter 0.2 0 50 7.3 12 .417 .750 .455 33.3 16.7 13.3 .347 .618 .414 50.0
2022 Sweeper 0.5 0 48 7.0 14 .154 .385 .257 48.0 42.9 31.6 .181 .456 .293 28.6
2022 Splitter -1.5 0 19 2.8 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 66.7 12.5 .037 .037 .034 0.0
2022 Slurve -0.7 0 5 0.7 -- -- -- 66.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seamer 1.4 1 64 35.2 13 .273 .636 .496 31.3 23.1 18.8 .340 1.041 .589 75.0
2021 Slider 5.0 2 34 18.7 9 .444 .556 .439 42.1 44.4 26.7 .300 .387 .300 40.0
2021 Sinker 2.3 1 33 18.1 9 .429 .857 .672 20.0 0.0 0.0 .378 .451 .436 71.4
2021 Changeup -1.7 0 19 10.4 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 40.0 .084 .148 .094 0.0
2021 Curveball -2.1 0 14 7.7 4 .000 .000 .225 66.7 75.0 42.9 .049 .057 .044 0.0
2021 Cutter -3.0 0 10 5.5 1 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Slurve -3.8 0 5 2.7 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2021 Sweeper -8.2 0 3 1.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .037 .098 .053 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 540 2,040 16 -8 0 10 17
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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 2,027 48.2 70.6 78.6 38.4 43.9 42.3 43.5 53.9 34.2 7.0 82.3
Player 2,891 47.4 71.3 78.2 37.6 43.2 41.8 41.7 53.6 34.7 7.4 83.3
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
2021 95 67
2022 95 59 56
2023 84 79 91 89 58 92 98 89 99 91 22 18 7 5 67 4 40
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Expected Home Runs

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 33.0 1 3 24 16 47.1
Player 22.2 43 42.5 1 11 28 22 51.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 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 34 37 31 33 26 33 34 32 29 37 35 37 31 35 37 32 30 40 38 30 27 36 34 35 34 30
Player 43 37 37 42 43 42 46 39 40 34 41 43 44 38 46 46 46 41 45 45 42 42 53 48 39 36 46 45 45 43 41
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 98.0 90.7 -7.3 ↓ 91.9 1.2 ↑
Launch Angle 9.5 12.3 2.8 ↑ 12.1 -0.2 ↓
Barrel % 13.0 14.9 1.9 ↑ 16.8 1.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 60.9 43.0 -17.9 ↓ 49.7 6.7 ↑
Sweet Spot % 34.8 33.3 -1.5 ↓ 33.5 0.2 ↑
xBA .252 .225 -0.027 ↓ .270 0.045 ↑
BA .263 .250 -0.013 ↓ .252 0.002 ↑
xwOBA .351 .318 -0.033 ↓ .361 0.043 ↑
wOBA .344 .327 -0.017 ↓ .352 0.025 ↑
xSLG .496 .460 -0.036 ↓ .510 0.050 ↑
SLG .474 .458 -0.016 ↓ .523 0.065 ↑
K% 35.7 30.6 -5.1 ↓ 27.2 -3.4 ↓
BB% 9.5 5.5 -4.0 ↓ 6.0 0.5 ↑
Swing % 48.9 53.8 4.9 ↑ 53.9 0.1 ↑
Whiff% 38.2 35.4 -2.8 ↓ 34.2 -1.2 ↓
In Zone % 40.7 46.8 6.1 ↑ 48.2 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 59.3 53.2 -6.1 ↓ 51.8 -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 36.6 3.3 ↑ 38.4 1.8 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 39.6 11.0 ↑ 43.5 3.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.3 67.6 3.3 ↑ 62.7 -4.9 ↓
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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 31 17.0 .294 .486
2023 Shades R 536 54 10.1 .330 .546
! 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 446 15.4 45.7% 0.4% 303 18.6 4.6% 0.7%
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