James Paxton
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 212LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 4, #132, Seattle Mariners
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 0 6.75 1 1 0 1.1 2 0.75
2023 7 5 4.50 19 19 0 96 101 1.31
2024 8 2 4.43 18 18 0 89.1 64 1.46
11 Seasons 72 40 3.76 174 174 0 940 996 1.25
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 1 0-0 6.75 1.1 2 0.75
2023 19 7-5 4.50 96 101 1.31
2024 18 8-2 4.43 89.1 64 1.46
11 Seasons 174 72-40 3.76 940 996 1.25
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 26 1111 212 15 7.1 5.1 90.1 116.3 8.7 27.4 .251 .421 .309 .329 .369 37.7 18.9 9.8 3.90 4.55
2016 27 1950 369 15 4.1 2.9 90.4 117.0 8.8 30.6 .247 .365 .306 .280 .344 41.2 22.9 4.7 3.79 3.26
2017 28 2268 356 10 2.8 1.8 87.2 112.2 12.3 31.7 .213 .306 .263 .256 .320 31.3 28.3 6.7 2.98 2.76
2018 29 2603 394 37 9.4 5.7 90.1 114.5 15.0 36.3 .220 .383 .287 .286 .395 42.1 32.2 6.5 3.76 3.42
2019 30 2665 390 29 7.4 4.6 89.2 113.4 17.6 35.1 .221 .379 .310 .291 .372 38.5 29.4 8.7 3.82 3.69
2020 31 356 56 6 10.7 6.7 90.7 109.2 18.4 37.5 .227 .442 .368 .315 .406 44.6 28.9 7.8 6.64 4.21
2021 32 24 2 0 0.0 0.0 66.2 81.8 14.5 0.0 .044 .046 .138 .170 .080 0.0 40.0 20.0 6.75 1.25
2023 34 1690 273 25 9.2 6.1 89.3 112.5 13.8 33.3 .229 .390 .328 .300 .360 39.9 24.6 8.0 4.50 3.77
2024 35 1541 277 23 8.3 5.9 90.8 118.1 15.9 32.1 .259 .416 .325 .343 .360 43.3 16.4 12.3 4.43 4.83
Player 14208 2329 160 6.9 4.5 89.5 118.1 13.5 32.8 .231 .376 .303 .293 .361 39.2 25.9 7.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Paxton relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(57.5%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(29.0%) ,
Changeup
(6.9%) ,
Cutter
(3.4%) ,
Sinker
(3.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 49.5 23.1 22.6 4.7 36.3 38.7 25.0 1.9 38.7 23.1 22.2 5.7 7.1 5.1
2016 48.8 20.9 25.2 5.1 33.6 35.5 30.9 3.5 37.7 22.8 27.6 4.1 4.1 2.9
2017 45.8 20.5 25.8 7.9 34.0 32.9 33.1 3.9 34.6 25.8 27.0 5.1 2.8 1.8
2018 41.1 27.7 23.9 7.4 33.5 37.1 29.4 2.5 29.9 26.4 25.4 5.3 9.4 5.7
2019 40.3 25.4 22.6 11.8 37.9 34.6 27.4 4.4 25.6 29.0 25.4 7.4 7.4 4.6
2020 32.1 35.7 25.0 7.1 32.1 42.9 25.0 1.8 19.6 33.9 25.0 8.9 10.7 6.7
2021 50.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2023 42.9 26.0 23.4 7.7 37.7 31.1 31.1 2.9 30.8 27.5 23.8 5.9 9.2 6.1
2024 38.3 29.6 24.5 7.6 32.1 41.2 26.7 4.3 26.4 31.8 22.7 6.1 8.3 5.9
Player 43.3 24.9 24.1 7.7 34.9 35.8 29.3 3.4 31.4 26.8 25.2 5.7 6.9 4.5
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAD L 886 93.2 17.5 -2.4 -15 10.5 3.5 51
2024 Changeup LAD L 107 82.5 31.1 -1.4 -4 13.8 0.2 1
2024 Cutter LAD L 53 84.0 36.1 -3.7 -11 1.7 -2.1 -56
2024 Curveball LAD L 447 80.8 46.4 -5.0 -10 1.0 -7.2 -88
2024 Sinker LAD L 48 92.7 22.6 -0.5 -2 14.9 0.1 1
2023 Curveball BOS L 329 81.3 48.1 -3.1 -6 1.8 -5.8 -76
2023 4-Seam Fastball BOS L 957 95.2 15.4 -1.5 -10 11.9 4.9 71
2023 Changeup BOS L 114 84.4 32.2 1.2 4 14.9 1.0 7
2023 Cutter BOS L 279 85.8 34.4 -3.8 -12 0.9 -2.3 -71
2023 Sinker BOS L 11 94.9 21.1 0.2 1 17.1 2.1 14
2021 Curveball SEA L 1 78.1 52.2 -3.3 -6 5.0 -1.9 -27
2021 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 16 94.1 13.2 0.6 4 12.1 5.8 92
2021 Cutter SEA L 7 86.1 32.5 -2.7 -9 1.1 -2.3 -69
2020 Curveball NYY L 56 79.7 50.3 -1.8 -3 5.2 -4.4 -46
2020 Changeup NYY L 45 82.0 36.0 3.5 11 15.5 2.6 20
2020 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 202 92.1 18.3 -2.3 -14 14.1 6.9 96
2020 Cutter NYY L 53 85.4 31.9 -1.5 -5 0.1 -2.9 -103
2019 Curveball NYY L 503 81.1 48.8 -3.3 -6 3.3 -4.7 -59
2019 4-Seam Fastball NYY L 1,596 95.4 14.7 -0.2 -1 11.4 3.9 52
2019 Cutter NYY L 532 88.1 30.7 -3.4 -12 1.6 -0.2 -12
2019 Changeup NYY L 32 86.2 29.3 0.1 0 11.9 -1.5 -11
2018 Changeup SEA L 11 86.5 25.9 -3.6 -12 12.3 -1.0 -7
2018 Curveball SEA L 560 81.1 49.8 -2.2 -4 3.9 -3.5 -47
2018 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 1,650 95.4 14.7 -0.2 -1 11.9 4.6 64
2018 Cutter SEA L 375 89.0 29.5 -2.9 -11 0.0 -2.0 -101
2017 Changeup SEA L 55 86.9 24.1 -2.1 -8 11.9 -1.3 -10
2017 Curveball SEA L 484 80.4 49.5 -1.4 -3 7.7 0.2 3
2017 Cutter SEA L 242 88.8 27.6 -2.6 -11 0.4 -1.3 -79
2017 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 1,480 95.5 12.3 0.3 2 9.9 2.2 29
2016 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 1,152 97.5 16.9 -3.1 -23 12.7 5.5 76
2016 Cutter SEA L 328 90.3 30.9 -6.2 -25 0.6 -3.3 -125
2016 Sinker SEA L 68 91.3 28.5 6.2 28 9.6 -2.4 -20
2016 Curveball SEA L 235 82.5 53.2 3.4 7 5.6 -3.1 -36
2016 Changeup SEA L 153 89.4 28.2 1.7 6 12.7 0.6 5
2015 Cutter SEA L 43 89.9 26.6 -2.7 -11 4.0 -5.7 -324
2015 Changeup SEA L 128 86.5 27.7 -0.2 -1 9.4 -2.5 -21
2015 Sinker SEA L 43 93.7 28.6 7.7 37 11.8 -1.8 -13
2015 4-Seam Fastball SEA L 730 94.9 16.4 -2.3 -17 8.8 2.3 35
2015 Curveball SEA L 158 81.8 50.3 -0.9 -2 0.2 -8.8 -102
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 0.1 1 886 57.5 245 .244 .393 .341 14.6 12.2 11.9 .268 .445 .372 44.6
2024 Curveball 0.5 2 447 29.0 89 .205 .325 .262 35.4 27.0 16.1 .230 .348 .272 46.7
2024 Changeup -0.9 -1 107 6.9 24 .217 .348 .260 31.8 25.0 14.3 .161 .205 .181 23.5
2024 Cutter -2.1 -1 53 3.4 15 .308 .769 .480 13.0 13.3 10.5 .371 .701 .486 27.3
2024 Sinker -6.7 -3 48 3.1 17 .500 .714 .556 9.1 11.8 22.2 .355 .477 .417 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 957 56.6 243 .269 .498 .359 21.7 19.3 18.3 .264 .461 .343 44.5
2023 Curveball -0.3 -1 329 19.5 70 .231 .338 .305 37.6 32.9 21.3 .183 .272 .231 28.6
2023 Cutter -0.2 -1 279 16.5 78 .191 .426 .306 33.1 33.3 20.6 .169 .310 .264 37.2
2023 Changeup 0.0 0 114 6.7 19 .316 .421 .321 46.7 21.1 20.0 .214 .276 .212 26.7
2023 Sinker 1.7 0 11 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 0 16 66.7 4 .000 .000 .175 14.3 25.0 20.0 .059 .062 .215 0.0
2021 Cutter 3.3 0 7 29.2 1 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Curveball 7.1 0 1 4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 202 56.7 53 .313 .625 .423 18.7 20.8 19.0 .251 .492 .347 48.6
2020 Curveball 1.6 1 56 15.7 16 .200 .267 .191 25.0 37.5 27.3 .162 .254 .168 20.0
2020 Cutter -6.7 -4 53 14.9 13 .385 .692 .458 41.4 38.5 18.5 .265 .525 .332 50.0
2020 Changeup -0.7 0 45 12.6 8 .000 .000 .263 68.4 50.0 26.7 .096 .301 .363 100.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 2 1,596 59.9 347 .266 .479 .365 24.4 21.6 17.0 .246 .442 .335 40.3
2019 Cutter -0.7 -4 532 20.0 149 .254 .430 .309 43.3 40.3 25.3 .208 .347 .247 42.9
2019 Curveball 1.8 9 503 18.9 130 .178 .288 .242 37.4 38.5 23.9 .168 .261 .228 27.1
2019 Changeup 3.4 1 32 1.2 7 .000 .000 .100 53.8 14.3 20.0 .276 .305 .284 40.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 8 1,650 63.4 389 .249 .428 .330 25.4 24.9 22.8 .244 .441 .333 44.7
2018 Curveball -0.3 -2 560 21.5 120 .235 .403 .282 39.9 34.2 24.4 .227 .378 .268 35.9
2018 Cutter 1.7 6 375 14.4 135 .144 .258 .182 36.9 51.9 26.4 .144 .232 .175 40.3
2018 Changeup -2.7 0 11 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 -- .933 1.062 .866 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 17 1,480 65.3 337 .248 .351 .300 23.3 18.7 17.6 .253 .357 .301 31.8
2017 Curveball 1.0 5 484 21.3 117 .162 .261 .220 40.8 48.7 26.9 .132 .200 .182 25.9
2017 Cutter 2.2 5 242 10.7 81 .195 .234 .214 37.3 43.2 24.1 .162 .213 .188 31.0
2017 Changeup -3.0 -2 55 2.4 14 .286 .714 .411 22.7 0.0 -- .296 .592 .368 42.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 105 82.5 88 16.7 9:30 10:00 -30
2024 Curveball 446 80.8 58 6.9 4:45 5:45 -60
2024 Cutter 53 84.0 14 2.7 12:15 2:15 -120
2024 4-Seam Fastball 882 93.2 96 17.2 10:30 10:45 -15
2024 Sinker 48 92.7 96 17.6 10:15 10:00 15
2023 Changeup 114 84.4 92 16.4 9:45 9:30 15
2023 Curveball 329 81.3 67 9.3 4:45 5:45 -60
2023 Cutter 277 85.8 15 2.4 12:15 1:30 -75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 945 95.2 98 18.8 10:30 10:30 0
2023 Sinker 11 94.9 96 19.8 10:30 9:45 45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 16 94.1 99 21.4 10:45 10:45 0
2020 Changeup 43 82.0 83 16.7 9:30 9:15 15
2020 Curveball 54 79.7 62 11.2 4:30 5:00 -30
2020 Cutter 45 85.5 35 4.8 10:45 12:00 -75
2020 4-Seam Fastball 197 92.1 99 19.9 10:15 10:30 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 89 367 5 4 -2 -1 6
2014 301 1,178 8 10 -5 -3 10
2015 295 1,109 12 4 -8 -5 3
2016 508 1,940 2 7 -8 -3 -3
2017 549 2,261 23 15 -7 -6 26
2018 645 2,598 -1 24 -5 -6 12
2019 691 2,912 6 30 -17 -10 10
2020 90 356 -3 1 -2 -1 -5
2023 411 1,690 9 7 -11 -5 0
2024 390 1,541 8 6 -10 -6 -2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,111 47.6 62.1 87.2 21.8 62.2 43.2 53.5 41.0 19.1 7.7 61.6
2016 1,950 53.9 66.6 82.3 30.5 53.8 46.0 62.4 49.8 25.5 7.6 74.1
2017 2,268 53.3 67.3 77.8 26.5 53.6 43.7 64.9 48.2 28.2 8.4 75.9
2018 2,603 54.4 70.1 78.3 32.0 47.2 43.4 66.2 52.6 30.0 9.0 78.1
2019 2,665 48.4 70.8 77.3 30.4 51.0 44.6 65.7 49.9 30.7 6.0 81.8
2020 356 49.2 69.7 82.0 33.7 50.8 36.5 68.9 51.4 28.4 9.0 68.8
2021 24 37.5 66.7 83.3 40.0 50.0 70.8 100.0 50.0 33.3 0.0 --
2023 1,690 50.1 70.7 81.1 29.3 51.0 42.5 59.9 50.0 27.5 7.3 78.0
2024 1,541 48.7 70.0 87.1 24.9 56.3 41.9 63.3 46.9 20.9 6.2 77.1
Player 14,208 51.2 68.7 80.5 28.7 52.3 43.6 63.4 49.2 27.2 7.5 76.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
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Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 21 37 24 20 26 47 12 4 10 39 13 21 1 79 16 6 46
2016 82 49 71 81 85 49 83 5 4 65 92 70 70 96 27 6 60
2017 93 85 93 97 91 66 96 49 65 85 77 78 37 86 62 5 75
2018 74 73 54 37 90 8 6 7 4 93 79 80 90 85 65 1 54
2019 75 75 67 61 78 23 41 34 33 83 39 82 64 81 54 3 70
2020 50 62 31 17 71 46 13 12 14 76 60 62 91 31 43 9 63
2023 66 69 59 49 75 35 27 41 44 58 57 62 56 71 42 1 79
2024 15 28 40 47 11 19 38 5 16 9 8 17 16 35 13 1 57
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.6 95.7 1.1 ↑ 94.6 -1.1 ↓ 94.2 -0.4 ↓ 93.6 -0.6 ↓ 90.7 -2.9 ↓ -- 1.0 ↑ -- -- 93.1 -- 92.7 -0.4 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 89.4 2.9 ↑ 86.9 -2.5 ↓ 86.5 -0.4 ↓ 86.2 -0.3 ↓ 82.0 -4.2 ↓ -- 0.0 -- -- 84.4 -- 82.5 -1.9 ↓
Breaking Velocity 81.8 82.5 0.7 ↑ 80.4 -2.1 ↓ 81.1 0.7 ↑ 81.1 0.0 79.7 -1.4 ↓ -- -1.6 ↓ -- -- 81.3 -- 80.8 -0.5 ↓
Exit Velocity 90.1 90.4 0.3 ↑ 87.2 -3.2 ↓ 90.1 2.9 ↑ 89.2 -0.9 ↓ 90.7 1.5 ↑ -- -24.5 ↓ -- -- 89.3 -- 90.8 1.5 ↑
Launch Angle 8.7 8.8 0.1 ↑ 12.3 3.5 ↑ 15.0 2.7 ↑ 17.6 2.6 ↑ 18.4 0.8 ↑ -- -3.9 ↓ -- -- 13.8 -- 15.9 2.1 ↑
Barrel % 7.1 4.1 -3.0 ↓ 2.8 -1.3 ↓ 9.4 6.6 ↑ 7.4 -2.0 ↓ 10.7 3.3 ↑ -- -10.7 ↓ -- -- 9.2 -- 8.3 -0.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 37.7 41.2 3.5 ↑ 31.3 -9.9 ↓ 42.1 10.8 ↑ 38.5 -3.6 ↓ 44.6 6.1 ↑ -- -44.6 ↓ -- -- 39.9 -- 43.3 3.4 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.4 30.6 3.2 ↑ 31.7 1.1 ↑ 36.3 4.6 ↑ 35.1 -1.2 ↓ 37.5 2.4 ↑ -- -37.5 ↓ -- -- 33.3 -- 32.1 -1.2 ↓
xBA .251 .247 -0.004 ↓ .213 -0.034 ↓ .220 0.007 ↑ .221 0.001 ↑ .227 0.006 ↑ -- -0.183 ↓ -- -- .229 -- .259 0.030 ↑
BA .253 .279 0.026 ↑ .223 -0.056 ↓ .224 0.001 ↑ .242 0.018 ↑ .284 0.042 ↑ -- -0.284 ↓ -- -- .250 -- .246 -0.004 ↓
xwOBA .329 .280 -0.049 ↓ .256 -0.024 ↓ .286 0.030 ↑ .291 0.005 ↑ .315 0.024 ↑ -- -0.145 ↓ -- -- .300 -- .343 0.043 ↑
wOBA .309 .306 -0.003 ↓ .263 -0.043 ↓ .287 0.024 ↑ .310 0.023 ↑ .368 0.058 ↑ -- -0.230 ↓ -- -- .328 -- .325 -0.003 ↓
xSLG .421 .365 -0.056 ↓ .306 -0.059 ↓ .383 0.077 ↑ .379 -0.004 ↓ .442 0.063 ↑ -- -0.396 ↓ -- -- .390 -- .416 0.026 ↑
SLG .381 .406 0.025 ↑ .324 -0.082 ↓ .386 0.062 ↑ .423 0.037 ↑ .531 0.108 ↑ -- -0.531 ↓ -- -- .452 -- .401 -0.051 ↓
K% 18.9 22.9 4.0 ↑ 28.3 5.4 ↑ 32.2 3.9 ↑ 29.4 -2.8 ↓ 28.9 -0.5 ↓ -- 11.1 ↑ -- -- 24.6 -- 16.4 -8.2 ↓
BB% 9.8 4.7 -5.1 ↓ 6.7 2.0 ↑ 6.5 -0.2 ↓ 8.7 2.2 ↑ 7.8 -0.9 ↓ -- 12.2 ↑ -- -- 8.0 -- 12.3 4.3 ↑
Swing % 41.0 49.8 8.8 ↑ 48.2 -1.6 ↓ 52.6 4.4 ↑ 49.9 -2.7 ↓ 51.4 1.5 ↑ -- -1.4 ↓ -- -- 50.0 -- 46.9 -3.1 ↓
Whiff% 19.1 25.5 6.4 ↑ 28.2 2.7 ↑ 30.0 1.8 ↑ 30.7 0.7 ↑ 28.4 -2.3 ↓ -- 4.9 ↑ -- -- 27.5 -- 20.9 -6.6 ↓
In Zone % 47.6 53.9 6.3 ↑ 53.3 -0.6 ↓ 54.4 1.1 ↑ 48.4 -6.0 ↓ 49.2 0.8 ↑ -- -11.7 ↓ -- -- 50.1 -- 48.7 -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.4 46.1 -6.3 ↓ 46.7 0.6 ↑ 45.6 -1.1 ↓ 51.6 6.0 ↑ 50.8 -0.8 ↓ -- 11.7 ↑ -- -- 49.9 -- 51.3 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 21.8 30.5 8.7 ↑ 26.5 -4.0 ↓ 32.0 5.5 ↑ 30.4 -1.6 ↓ 33.7 3.3 ↑ -- 6.3 ↑ -- -- 29.3 -- 24.9 -4.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 22.2 29.2 7.0 ↑ 27.2 -2.0 ↓ 31.9 4.7 ↑ 32.4 0.5 ↑ 34.4 2.0 ↑ -- 25.6 ↑ -- -- 30.2 -- 37.2 7.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 53.5 62.4 8.9 ↑ 64.9 2.5 ↑ 66.2 1.3 ↑ 65.7 -0.5 ↓ 68.9 3.2 ↑ -- 31.1 ↑ -- -- 59.9 -- 63.3 3.4 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 506 .307 425 15 3.5 81 34 42.0
2017 Shifts 550 .263 459 3 0.7 91 41 45.1
2018 Shifts 645 .287 533 8 1.5 112 21 18.8
2019 Shifts 633 .310 479 69 14.4 154 80 51.9
2020 Shifts 89 .372 67 12 17.9 22 13 59.1
2021 Shifts 5 .138 4 0 0.0 1 0 0.0
2023 Shades 411 .328 316 6 1.9 95 44 46.3
2024 Shades 390 .325 324 18 5.6 66 20 30.3
! 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 %
2013 132 15.3 43.2% 0.0% 43 20.5 0.0% 9.3%
2014 356 15.1 48.6% 1.4% 211 21.9 0.9% 8.1%
2015 359 15.3 48.7% 1.4% 187 22.1 4.3% 12.8%
2016 563 15.6 42.3% 2.3% 299 21.5 9.0% 11.4%
2017 686 15.1 46.9% 0.6% 319 21.0 0.3% 5.0%
2018 736 15.2 46.7% 0.3% 343 20.5 2.6% 5.0%
2019 760 16.5 29.7% 0.5% 393 23.1 0.0% 9.2%
2020 105 17.0 21.0% 1.0% 38 23.1 0.0% 5.3%
2021 7 19.2 14.3% 0.0% 2 23.4 0.0% 0.0%
2023 473 14.0 73.4% 0.2% 254 18.7 0.8% 0.8%
2024 433 13.8 75.1% 0.5% 215 17.8 4.2% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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