James Loney
1B | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 235LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 1, #19, Los Angeles Dodgers | Lawrence Elkins HS (Missouri City, TX)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 651 600 59 174 9 4 .290 .336 .380 .716
2015 388 361 25 101 4 2 .280 .322 .357 .679
2016 366 343 30 91 9 0 .265 .307 .397 .704
11 Seasons 5,487 5,023 528 1,425 108 38 .284 .336 .410 .746
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .290 9 4 .716
2015 .280 4 2 .679
2016 .265 9 0 .704
11 Seasons .284 108 38 .746
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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%
2015 31 1306 330 4 1.2 1.0 85.5 109.7 12.1 34.8 .268 .350 .294 .293 .300 21.5 8.8 5.9
2016 32 1248 308 5 1.6 1.4 87.5 108.9 13.0 34.1 .271 .383 .302 .302 .316 31.5 10.1 4.4
Player 2554 638 9 1.4 1.2 86.4 109.7 12.5 34.5 .269 .366 .298 .298 .308 26.3 9.4 5.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2015 43.0 20.6 30.0 6.4 37.3 32.7 29.7 1.8 35.5 28.2 31.8 1.2 1.2 1.0
2016 42.5 21.1 28.9 7.5 33.4 35.4 31.2 3.2 32.1 27.9 29.5 4.9 1.6 1.4
Player 42.8 20.8 29.5 6.9 35.4 34.0 30.4 2.5 33.9 28.1 30.7 3.0 1.4 1.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 649 2,478 -7 -9 9 11 3
2009 667 2,558 -12 -8 17 16 12
2010 633 2,453 -4 -12 14 10 8
2011 575 2,180 4 -20 7 10 1
2012 457 1,675 -10 -24 6 4 -24
2013 609 2,263 -2 -10 17 8 12
2014 649 2,402 -4 -16 12 10 2
2015 383 1,294 -10 -8 3 5 -10
2016 364 1,243 -2 -20 6 5 -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 %
2015 1,306 45.0 71.4 91.9 29.0 76.9 40.9 32.2 48.1 13.1 5.1 82.1
2016 1,248 43.2 76.1 93.2 31.3 78.8 41.4 35.2 50.6 11.7 6.2 84.4
Player 2,554 44.1 73.6 92.5 30.1 77.9 41.2 33.7 49.3 12.4 5.6 83.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2015 27 71 21 10 47 6 9 6 73 7 98 27 92 51 10
2016 25 73 26 18 34 6 8 24 67 23 97 10 97 33 15 69
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 24.2 9 7.4 2 1 6 3 33.3
Player 24.2 9 7.4 2 1 6 3 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 8 3 9 7 7 7 10 7 5 8 9 6 6 8 9 7 7 8 9 7 4 9 10 10 5 6 10 8 7 7
Player 9 8 3 9 7 7 7 10 7 5 8 9 6 6 8 9 7 7 8 9 7 4 9 10 10 5 6 10 8 7 7
! 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 2015 2016 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.5 87.5 2.0 ↑
Launch Angle 12.1 13.0 0.9 ↑
Barrel % 1.2 1.6 0.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 21.5 31.5 10.0 ↑
Sweet Spot % 34.8 34.1 -0.7 ↓
xBA .268 .271 0.003 ↑
BA .280 .265 -0.015 ↓
xwOBA .293 .302 0.009 ↑
wOBA .294 .302 0.008 ↑
xSLG .350 .383 0.033 ↑
SLG .357 .397 0.040 ↑
K% 8.8 10.1 1.3 ↑
BB% 5.9 4.4 -1.5 ↓
Swing % 48.1 50.6 2.5 ↑
Whiff% 13.1 11.7 -1.4 ↓
In Zone % 45.0 43.2 -1.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.0 56.8 1.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.0 31.3 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.2 35.2 3.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.5 57.9 -1.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 356 111 31.2 .285 .334
! 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 %
2010 701 16.0 36.5% 3.0% 517 22.0 2.7% 12.4%
2011 577 15.8 37.6% 1.7% 401 23.2 1.5% 12.2%
2012 455 16.6 26.4% 1.8% 268 23.3 0.4% 11.9%
2013 623 17.5 20.5% 1.6% 391 23.6 0.5% 10.2%
2014 704 17.4 20.7% 1.1% 419 23.2 0.0% 8.1%
2015 345 19.0 16.2% 3.8% 235 24.6 2.6% 21.7%
2016 311 18.5 19.0% 3.2% 221 24.4 2.7% 17.6%
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