James Outman
CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 215LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 7, #224, Los Angeles Dodgers | Sacramento State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 16 13 6 6 1 0 .462 .563 .846 1.409
2023 567 483 86 120 23 16 .248 .353 .437 .790
2024 156 136 12 20 4 2 .147 .256 .265 .521
3 Seasons 739 632 104 146 28 18 .231 .337 .408 .745
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .462 1 0 1.409
2023 .248 23 16 .790
2024 .147 4 2 .521
3 Seasons .231 28 18 .745
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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%
2022 25 63 6 0 0.0 0.0 99.6 109.5 16.5 50.0 .218 .324 .584 .319 .501 83.3 43.8 12.5
2023 26 2352 306 34 11.1 6.0 87.9 111.4 15.7 38.2 .228 .396 .344 .325 .420 39.9 31.9 12.0
2024 27 634 81 4 4.9 2.6 87.6 110.7 15.3 38.3 .198 .319 .242 .282 .372 38.3 35.3 10.3
Player 3049 393 38 9.7 5.1 88.0 111.4 15.7 38.4 .222 .378 .328 .316 .411 40.2 32.9 11.6
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
2022 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 66.7 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 50.0 33.3 0.0 0.0
2023 39.2 30.4 23.2 7.2 45.8 32.4 21.9 6.2 25.5 25.5 27.8 3.9 11.1 6.0
2024 33.3 28.4 27.2 11.1 43.2 29.6 27.2 7.4 22.2 32.1 22.2 11.1 4.9 2.6
Player 37.9 30.0 24.2 7.9 45.5 31.8 22.6 6.4 24.4 26.7 27.0 5.9 9.7 5.1
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 -1.6 -4 221 34.9 53 .136 .295 .286 31.5 32.1 28.8 .151 .282 .273 40.7
2024 Sinker -0.2 0 79 12.5 23 .333 .476 .383 19.4 26.1 30.0 .330 .544 .401 46.7
2024 Slider -3.3 -3 78 12.3 21 .053 .211 .162 57.5 61.9 38.2 .097 .204 .183 33.3
2024 Curveball -2.9 -2 68 10.7 16 .200 .200 .213 45.2 18.8 13.0 .345 .458 .369 33.3
2024 Changeup -4.8 -3 56 8.8 19 .063 .125 .176 38.5 42.1 40.0 .159 .192 .241 37.5
2024 Cutter -1.7 -1 45 7.1 11 .111 .222 .241 34.6 27.3 20.0 .173 .262 .281 16.7
2024 Sweeper -3.8 -2 42 6.6 6 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 15.4 .197 .349 .228 75.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.6 0 38 6.0 7 .167 .333 .279 52.6 42.9 16.7 .172 .213 .241 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 3.5 0 7 1.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 10 753 32.0 159 .242 .453 .370 33.9 30.2 20.4 .242 .450 .368 41.5
2023 Slider -1.1 -4 380 16.2 107 .198 .344 .281 46.8 42.1 33.1 .165 .302 .243 28.8
2023 Sinker -1.0 -3 320 13.6 83 .275 .420 .368 29.0 27.7 25.8 .266 .407 .359 52.2
2023 Curveball -1.6 -5 290 12.3 70 .155 .207 .241 41.3 37.1 26.3 .164 .240 .263 33.3
2023 Changeup 4.2 10 240 10.2 66 .362 .707 .480 36.8 21.2 17.3 .290 .529 .389 34.1
2023 Cutter 0.9 2 191 8.1 41 .308 .615 .404 26.9 24.4 25.0 .289 .513 .356 55.2
2023 Sweeper 3.2 3 101 4.3 23 .316 .579 .435 38.6 30.4 14.9 .196 .361 .315 33.3
2023 Split-Finger -0.9 -1 58 2.5 13 .154 .154 .138 54.2 53.8 35.0 .180 .229 .176 33.3
2023 Slurve -6.2 0 7 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .440 .798 .521 100.0
2023 Screwball -21.4 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 572 2,377 2 -26 22 13 11
2024 156 634 -6 -14 4 3 -13
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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 %
2022 63 54.0 70.6 75.0 24.1 14.3 30.2 31.3 49.2 38.7 11.1 85.7
2023 2,352 47.9 68.6 73.2 25.3 38.7 42.2 32.8 46.0 36.6 8.1 82.6
2024 634 49.7 67.3 74.5 28.2 34.4 46.8 40.4 47.6 37.1 7.6 85.4
Player 3,049 48.4 68.3 73.5 25.8 37.3 42.9 34.4 46.4 36.7 8.0 83.3
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
2022 56 59
2023 51 16 31 46 67 63 72 22 71 44 6 86 2 73 89 94 78
2024 67 87 81
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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 %
2022 23.6 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0.0
2023 21.0 23 21.8 1 5 18 11 47.8
2024 22.1 4 4.3 0 2 4 1 25.0
Player 21.3 28 26.4 2 7 23 12 42.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2023 23 21 15 26 23 17 24 23 23 15 19 23 19 18 27 26 23 20 25 29 20 17 32 29 18 15 24 22 24 20 18
2024 4 5 3 5 5 6 6 5 4 2 5 6 2 3 5 5 5 4 4 6 3 2 6 5 5 2 3 6 3 3 4
Player 28 26 18 32 28 23 30 28 27 17 24 29 22 21 32 32 28 24 29 35 23 19 39 35 23 17 28 29 28 23 22
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 99.6 87.9 -11.7 ↓ 87.6 -0.3 ↓
Launch Angle 16.5 15.7 -0.8 ↓ 15.3 -0.4 ↓
Barrel % 0.0 11.1 11.1 ↑ 4.9 -6.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 83.3 39.9 -43.4 ↓ 38.3 -1.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 50.0 38.2 -11.8 ↓ 38.3 0.1 ↑
xBA .218 .228 0.010 ↑ .198 -0.030 ↓
BA .462 .248 -0.214 ↓ .147 -0.101 ↓
xwOBA .319 .325 0.006 ↑ .282 -0.043 ↓
wOBA .584 .344 -0.240 ↓ .242 -0.102 ↓
xSLG .324 .396 0.072 ↑ .319 -0.077 ↓
SLG .846 .437 -0.409 ↓ .265 -0.172 ↓
K% 43.8 31.9 -11.9 ↓ 35.3 3.4 ↑
BB% 12.5 12.0 -0.5 ↓ 10.3 -1.7 ↓
Swing % 49.2 46.0 -3.2 ↓ 47.6 1.6 ↑
Whiff% 38.7 36.6 -2.1 ↓ 37.1 0.5 ↑
In Zone % 54.0 47.9 -6.1 ↓ 49.7 1.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 46.0 52.1 6.1 ↑ 50.3 -1.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 25.3 1.2 ↑ 28.2 2.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 31.3 32.8 1.5 ↑ 40.4 7.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 68.8 57.5 -11.3 ↓ 67.3 9.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 16 6 37.5 .563 .620
2023 Shades L 566 293 51.8 .349 .340
2024 Shades L 146 76 52.1 .212 .264
! 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 %
2022 15 19.1 6.7% 0.0% 11 18.2 0.0% 0.0%
2023 629 15.5 42.9% 0.2% 425 19.0 5.9% 0.2%
2024 173 15.9 38.2% 0.6% 98 18.8 1.0% 1.0%
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