Jason Heyward
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 240LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 1, #14, Atlanta Braves | Henry County (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 353 323 35 69 8 5 .214 .280 .347 .627
2022 151 137 15 28 1 1 .204 .278 .277 .555
2023 377 334 56 90 15 2 .269 .340 .473 .813
14 Seasons 6,642 5,861 837 1,512 174 120 .258 .339 .410 .749
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .214 8 5 .627
2022 .204 1 1 .555
2023 .269 15 2 .813
14 Seasons .258 174 120 .749
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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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 25 2348 460 13 2.8 2.1 89.1 111.2 4.6 23.9 .263 .374 .346 .317 .336 34.6 14.8 9.2
2016 26 2281 440 13 3.0 2.2 86.8 110.8 10.7 28.9 .251 .349 .282 .301 .313 30.9 15.7 9.1
2017 27 1729 369 15 4.1 3.1 86.6 112.7 11.4 29.3 .264 .393 .311 .319 .334 31.3 14.0 8.5
2018 28 1830 384 11 2.9 2.3 88.3 110.7 9.6 29.7 .266 .387 .319 .319 .327 38.8 12.3 8.6
2019 29 2231 406 23 5.7 3.9 88.8 111.8 11.3 31.8 .255 .396 .328 .323 .349 36.5 18.7 11.5
2020 30 809 112 5 4.5 2.8 87.6 108.1 11.3 42.0 .287 .451 .368 .381 .418 40.2 20.4 16.6
2021 31 1314 255 12 4.7 3.4 88.2 115.3 7.5 27.5 .234 .367 .275 .294 .327 42.4 19.3 7.6
2022 32 558 105 5 4.8 3.3 87.6 111.1 13.1 26.7 .218 .322 .253 .278 .306 38.1 21.2 7.3
2023 33 1439 273 22 8.1 5.8 87.7 112.7 15.4 33.0 .247 .401 .348 .318 .342 37.4 17.0 9.0
Player 14539 2804 119 4.2 3.1 87.9 115.3 10.0 29.4 .255 .381 .316 .315 .335 35.8 16.3 9.5
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
2015 58.3 13.3 22.4 6.1 40.0 35.9 24.1 2.6 46.5 15.0 25.0 4.1 2.8 2.1
2016 46.4 16.1 26.6 10.9 39.5 38.0 22.3 3.2 38.4 23.6 27.5 3.0 3.0 2.2
2017 49.1 14.9 24.4 11.7 44.2 34.4 21.1 5.4 38.5 22.5 24.9 3.8 4.1 3.1
2018 47.9 17.2 25.0 9.9 40.9 32.3 26.8 1.8 39.6 22.7 26.6 6.0 2.9 2.3
2019 47.3 20.4 25.1 7.1 39.4 38.7 21.9 2.7 35.5 23.6 25.4 5.9 5.7 3.9
2020 45.5 18.8 32.1 3.6 47.3 37.5 15.2 3.6 33.0 15.2 35.7 8.0 4.5 2.8
2021 50.6 18.8 20.8 9.8 41.2 38.0 20.8 3.9 41.2 22.0 19.6 7.5 4.7 3.4
2022 45.7 21.0 21.0 12.4 51.4 31.4 17.1 3.8 38.1 27.6 21.9 3.8 4.8 3.3
2023 41.8 21.6 24.9 12.1 45.4 34.4 20.1 3.7 31.1 28.6 22.0 6.6 8.1 5.8
Player 48.9 17.3 24.5 9.3 41.9 35.9 22.2 3.3 38.8 22.1 25.2 5.1 4.2 3.1
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 2.5 11 415 28.8 105 .367 .689 .476 9.2 4.8 4.9 .303 .523 .399 46.5
2023 Slider -1.0 -2 232 16.1 58 .204 .306 .297 33.6 31.0 22.2 .182 .249 .258 21.2
2023 Changeup -1.0 -2 193 13.4 57 .268 .411 .316 29.6 24.6 26.4 .241 .366 .267 35.7
2023 Sinker 2.9 5 187 13.0 55 .347 .694 .483 2.4 7.3 10.5 .332 .569 .420 53.3
2023 Curveball 1.0 2 159 11.0 39 .226 .387 .351 29.0 25.6 17.5 .261 .449 .385 38.1
2023 Cutter -4.6 -6 140 9.7 38 .167 .194 .188 22.2 15.8 22.2 .177 .232 .204 10.0
2023 Sweeper 0.6 0 53 3.7 9 .000 .000 .178 29.2 11.1 5.9 .088 .177 .176 28.6
2023 Splitter -1.8 -1 44 3.1 12 .167 .417 .242 38.5 33.3 21.1 .119 .209 .141 37.5
2023 Slurve 0.6 0 7 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Forkball -7.8 0 5 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seamer -0.1 0 184 33.0 41 .257 .343 .327 22.0 19.5 21.1 .257 .403 .346 44.4
2022 Curveball -2.6 -2 89 15.9 28 .185 .222 .230 39.1 25.0 28.0 .219 .320 .251 35.0
2022 Changeup -1.2 -1 79 14.2 26 .231 .308 .235 24.4 23.1 28.6 .258 .310 .250 45.0
2022 Sinker 0.9 1 69 12.4 17 .286 .357 .356 20.0 11.8 15.4 .211 .351 .326 33.3
2022 Slider -2.7 -2 66 11.8 20 .167 .222 .223 31.4 25.0 26.3 .163 .311 .251 38.5
2022 Cutter -4.8 -3 53 9.5 12 .000 .000 .058 28.6 8.3 11.1 .152 .182 .192 10.0
2022 Sweeper 6.4 1 9 1.6 3 .333 1.000 .533 57.1 66.7 66.7 .051 .111 .072 0.0
2022 Splitter -13.5 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .232 .232 .216 100.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.8 -4 515 39.2 136 .226 .371 .312 13.7 13.2 15.3 .269 .384 .318 43.4
2021 Slider -1.7 -4 214 16.3 54 .160 .280 .226 38.9 35.2 29.2 .207 .299 .255 38.7
2021 Changeup -2.4 -4 147 11.2 49 .156 .200 .200 35.1 20.4 27.0 .156 .201 .203 28.6
2021 Sinker 4.5 6 142 10.8 42 .378 .622 .538 10.0 4.8 7.1 .331 .676 .459 54.3
2021 Curveball -1.6 -2 138 10.5 27 .148 .407 .259 36.0 37.0 27.8 .189 .395 .242 58.8
2021 Cutter -0.8 -1 110 8.4 27 .217 .261 .283 11.1 7.4 7.4 .205 .350 .306 33.3
2021 Splitter -9.4 -3 36 2.7 14 .143 .143 .129 47.8 42.9 54.5 .167 .214 .165 50.0
2021 Sweeper -4.1 0 8 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 25.0 .003 .003 .003 0.0
2021 Slurve 8.1 0 4 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .511 .573 .474 0.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.0 -3 311 38.4 62 .250 .375 .367 19.1 17.7 15.1 .330 .536 .443 45.9
2020 Sinker -1.1 -1 129 15.9 33 .240 .360 .345 18.2 18.2 18.8 .249 .409 .364 50.0
2020 Slider 2.1 3 122 15.1 26 .292 .500 .400 29.8 34.6 22.0 .239 .410 .308 20.0
2020 Curveball 4.7 5 102 12.6 19 .294 .529 .387 19.5 10.5 5.7 .388 .586 .469 50.0
2020 Changeup 1.0 1 92 11.4 26 .190 .429 .377 41.5 26.9 21.9 .215 .292 .312 28.6
2020 Cutter 5.2 2 29 3.6 7 .333 .667 .457 33.3 28.6 33.3 .307 .346 .347 25.0
2020 Splitter 9.2 1 11 1.4 5 .500 1.250 .720 0.0 0.0 0.0 .217 .394 .338 25.0
2020 Slurve -5.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper -9.3 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 1.5 12 811 36.4 206 .326 .547 .428 17.5 12.1 12.4 .293 .439 .372 36.5
2019 Sinker 1.2 4 347 15.6 100 .311 .533 .414 9.4 7.0 12.1 .322 .531 .386 47.6
2019 Changeup -0.7 -2 286 12.8 73 .200 .385 .287 27.6 23.3 23.0 .225 .371 .290 26.5
2019 Slider -1.4 -4 283 12.7 66 .213 .311 .263 39.4 43.9 29.0 .218 .292 .255 43.8
2019 Curveball -2.2 -6 267 12.0 69 .141 .266 .210 26.0 23.2 21.1 .194 .311 .248 35.4
2019 Cutter -1.4 -2 161 7.2 43 .194 .278 .349 23.7 16.3 17.5 .230 .402 .334 27.6
2019 Splitter -6.2 -2 39 1.7 15 .067 .067 .060 20.0 26.7 26.7 .134 .149 .125 9.1
2019 Sweeper -9.0 -1 12 0.5 6 .000 .000 .117 50.0 50.0 30.0 .068 .073 .170 0.0
2019 Slurve -3.7 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer 2.3 15 661 36.1 199 .362 .508 .410 10.1 8.5 10.6 .311 .436 .362 38.5
2018 Sinker 1.5 5 366 20.0 108 .291 .495 .366 9.7 4.6 8.5 .258 .388 .299 39.4
2018 Slider -0.6 -2 307 16.8 67 .183 .233 .250 23.4 22.4 13.8 .228 .342 .294 40.0
2018 Curveball -2.9 -6 207 11.3 45 .100 .175 .155 20.2 17.8 16.7 .214 .361 .276 44.1
2018 Changeup 0.7 1 156 8.5 41 .250 .306 .322 30.0 9.8 12.5 .256 .333 .314 34.4
2018 Cutter -2.9 -2 76 4.2 20 .059 .059 .150 37.8 40.0 32.0 .159 .228 .247 11.1
2018 Splitter -2.5 -1 52 2.8 6 .000 .000 .000 38.9 33.3 16.7 .181 .366 .227 75.0
2018 Sweeper -9.4 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slurve -2.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 0.5 3 643 37.2 181 .267 .385 .335 7.1 7.2 8.7 .287 .439 .352 29.5
2017 Sinker 0.8 3 416 24.1 125 .316 .509 .396 7.7 5.6 8.9 .310 .488 .364 34.5
2017 Slider -1.8 -4 229 13.2 65 .175 .281 .258 35.2 30.8 25.6 .218 .292 .278 32.4
2017 Changeup 0.0 0 163 9.4 43 .195 .366 .301 30.0 16.3 18.9 .180 .288 .222 20.6
2017 Curveball -1.2 -2 142 8.2 31 .276 .345 .300 36.0 38.7 28.6 .213 .269 .239 47.1
2017 Cutter -2.8 -2 84 4.9 18 .176 .176 .189 14.6 11.1 8.7 .278 .303 .282 33.3
2017 Splitter 0.5 0 25 1.4 10 .333 .333 .340 50.0 60.0 60.0 .099 .102 .150 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 1.1 0 12 0.7 3 .500 .500 .533 25.0 0.0 0.0 .350 .392 .449 50.0
2017 Sweeper 10.0 0 5 0.3 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 637 2,640 -7 4 21 15 34
2011 450 1,777 -11 -11 8 9 -5
2012 654 2,633 -7 1 10 10 14
2013 456 1,859 -2 -8 11 10 10
2014 646 2,537 -14 -14 24 10 6
2015 620 2,397 -9 -5 14 9 8
2016 641 2,477 -26 -30 17 10 -29
2017 498 1,798 1 -25 13 8 -4
2018 490 1,838 -10 -4 15 8 9
2019 578 2,207 -9 -14 11 11 -1
2020 188 835 -5 -4 11 4 7
2021 352 1,314 -4 -16 4 4 -11
2022 150 554 -9 -4 3 3 -7
2023 376 1,439 -3 -2 5 5 6
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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 2,348 45.9 61.2 92.1 24.0 65.2 43.6 18.9 41.1 16.2 6.9 60.7
2016 2,281 49.0 59.9 87.7 23.8 70.0 44.5 18.1 41.5 17.0 7.1 64.6
2017 1,729 48.7 67.7 89.6 26.3 68.1 44.7 31.9 46.5 16.4 6.6 81.4
2018 1,830 47.8 64.1 87.7 28.5 73.2 44.1 27.5 45.5 16.9 6.4 70.1
2019 2,231 45.8 66.3 83.5 27.7 65.0 43.7 27.7 45.5 22.7 6.4 73.9
2020 809 48.5 56.6 80.2 18.5 63.6 41.5 11.7 37.0 23.4 6.6 60.4
2021 1,314 50.1 60.3 87.9 29.9 52.0 44.8 19.6 45.1 23.8 6.9 63.7
2022 558 48.6 66.5 76.5 31.2 61.8 41.5 22.5 48.4 27.8 7.6 59.5
2023 1,439 49.8 65.6 85.6 28.4 63.4 42.2 24.1 47.0 20.7 7.1 68.6
Player 14,539 47.9 63.2 86.9 26.3 65.6 43.7 23.2 44.0 19.5 6.8 67.8
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
2015 49 67 35 26 71 33 25 58 84 48 79 72 82 84 62
2016 24 40 11 11 48 21 18 15 80 20 76 63 80 79 68 98
2017 40 60 27 20 55 25 26 26 90 25 85 50 84 56 51 92
2018 42 71 31 19 57 12 12 40 78 57 92 50 86 48 64 85
2019 43 45 22 22 73 39 29 38 82 35 69 82 67 55 62 94
2020 88 87 64 44 98 16 20 29 50 54 62 96 63 92 55 65 83
2021 14 19 16 25 14 12 17 29 95 60 64 32 58 33 44 85 93
2022 73 44 81
2023 37 39 38 39 47 30 47 20 83 28 82 57 74 47 43 91 87
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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 21.6 7 9.5 -3 9 10 1 14.3
2017 21.5 11 13.5 -3 7 10 5 45.5
2018 22.1 8 9.4 -1 10 7 3 37.5
2019 21.2 21 13.4 8 14 16 2 9.5
2020 22.4 6 4.9 1 2 5 2 33.3
2021 22.8 8 7.2 1 3 6 2 25.0
2022 22.2 1 2.2 -1 0 4 0 0.0
2023 22.5 15 13.4 2 3 12 5 33.3
Player 21.9 77 73.4 4 48 70 20 26.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR