Jason Kipnis
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 200LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 2, #63, Cleveland Indians | Arizona State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 601 530 65 122 18 7 .230 .315 .389 .704
2019 511 458 52 112 17 7 .245 .304 .410 .714
2020 135 114 13 27 3 1 .237 .341 .404 .745
10 Seasons 4,984 4,404 607 1,147 126 136 .260 .333 .416 .749
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .230 18 7 .704
2019 .245 17 7 .714
2020 .237 3 1 .745
10 Seasons .260 126 136 .749
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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%
2015 28 2540 468 13 2.8 2.0 89.4 106.4 9.2 35.9 .293 .429 .355 .349 .386 38.5 16.7 8.9
2016 29 2758 476 32 6.7 4.7 89.9 108.2 14.8 38.2 .270 .453 .347 .345 .405 39.5 21.2 8.7
2017 30 1448 272 13 4.8 3.5 86.2 107.8 17.5 37.9 .234 .410 .300 .306 .343 31.6 19.0 7.5
2018 31 2437 422 28 6.6 4.7 86.9 107.4 17.8 34.4 .237 .394 .308 .318 .345 31.6 18.6 10.0
2019 32 1981 381 21 5.5 4.1 88.1 107.1 14.1 33.1 .256 .419 .301 .316 .351 34.4 17.2 7.8
2020 33 593 75 7 9.3 5.2 86.2 107.0 18.2 28.0 .180 .332 .326 .282 .330 30.7 30.4 13.3
Player 11757 2094 114 5.4 3.9 88.2 108.2 14.5 35.6 .257 .419 .326 .327 .368 35.4 19.2 8.9
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
2015 46.2 18.2 32.5 3.2 33.3 38.0 28.6 2.6 35.7 19.2 29.5 6.8 2.8 2.0
2016 41.0 21.0 32.1 5.9 36.6 38.9 24.6 2.7 27.1 24.4 27.9 7.8 6.7 4.7
2017 37.5 26.8 25.4 10.3 34.9 39.7 25.4 4.4 27.6 32.7 20.6 9.2 4.8 3.5
2018 34.8 28.7 27.3 9.2 36.3 38.2 25.4 3.6 24.2 32.5 25.1 5.0 6.6 4.7
2019 41.2 26.8 26.0 6.0 39.6 36.0 24.4 3.9 29.7 29.1 23.6 5.8 5.5 4.1
2020 38.7 32.0 17.3 12.0 42.7 30.7 26.7 5.3 30.7 36.0 14.7 4.0 9.3 5.2
Player 40.4 24.1 28.7 6.8 36.3 37.8 25.8 3.4 29.1 27.2 25.5 6.7 5.4 3.9
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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 237 40.0 57 .267 .422 .371 22.8 28.1 21.9 .160 .295 .274 32.3
2020 Slider -1.4 -1 102 17.2 27 .154 .385 .274 46.9 51.9 31.8 .126 .269 .185 16.7
2020 Sinker 5.2 5 89 15.0 19 .438 .750 .537 3.8 5.3 4.8 .435 .848 .569 53.3
2020 Curveball -1.3 -1 71 12.0 13 .100 .100 .231 36.4 46.2 23.1 .169 .195 .285 25.0
2020 Changeup -3.2 -2 61 10.3 11 .100 .100 .145 8.7 18.2 15.4 .060 .076 .119 12.5
2020 Cutter -2.0 0 18 3.0 5 .250 .250 .320 45.5 40.0 22.2 .051 .056 .178 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -6.0 0 7 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .062 .069 .060 0.0
2020 Slurve -2.8 0 4 0.7 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper -2.4 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .007 .007 .006 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -8 752 38.0 180 .242 .399 .326 18.7 18.9 16.1 .263 .435 .346 38.5
2019 Sinker 2.1 6 295 14.9 88 .333 .551 .426 14.5 9.1 18.6 .293 .452 .345 28.8
2019 Slider -1.2 -3 278 14.0 82 .195 .403 .268 29.1 26.8 23.4 .211 .356 .256 36.8
2019 Changeup -1.5 -4 253 12.8 69 .231 .354 .266 20.9 11.6 11.6 .258 .411 .299 27.1
2019 Curveball 1.8 4 216 10.9 45 .268 .415 .354 12.9 15.6 11.5 .247 .411 .306 31.4
2019 Cutter -1.4 -2 110 5.6 25 .250 .458 .316 22.4 16.0 19.0 .323 .549 .376 45.0
2019 Split-Finger -3.7 -1 33 1.7 8 .000 .000 .000 37.5 25.0 16.7 .139 .172 .134 33.3
2019 Slurve 0.1 0 20 1.0 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .091 .097 .081 0.0
2019 Sweeper -4.0 -1 14 0.7 6 .167 .167 .150 60.0 50.0 50.0 .174 .483 .263 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 150 595 -2 1 1 3 4
2012 668 2,632 -1 -25 19 12 4
2013 657 2,769 -4 -5 18 11 20
2014 553 2,231 -13 -29 17 10 -16
2015 634 2,517 -12 -1 18 10 16
2016 752 2,994 -2 -7 15 13 19
2017 395 1,522 -18 -4 9 5 -8
2018 597 2,430 -6 -20 18 12 4
2019 506 1,971 -15 -13 11 8 -9
2020 139 613 3 -9 2 5 1
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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 2,540 49.3 61.5 89.6 25.6 64.4 42.5 14.4 43.3 16.8 8.2 67.5
2016 2,758 49.6 61.0 87.7 25.8 61.2 42.9 12.6 43.3 19.6 7.7 63.0
2017 1,448 51.2 64.3 83.9 27.2 63.0 43.3 19.8 46.2 21.1 7.5 78.0
2018 2,437 48.0 61.3 85.8 25.9 62.6 43.2 13.8 43.0 20.8 8.2 69.4
2019 1,981 49.8 65.8 87.9 26.7 57.2 41.8 19.4 46.3 20.4 7.8 73.9
2020 593 47.2 58.6 84.1 23.3 46.6 42.5 17.8 40.0 26.6 5.2 54.8
Player 11,757 49.3 62.3 87.1 25.9 61.0 42.7 15.6 43.9 19.9 7.8 68.8
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
2015 81 96 67 43 93 33 25 62 50 67 63 67 79 71 62
2016 72 72 65 58 70 68 49 64 61 65 38 59 66 67 60 52
2017 26 15 40 52 12 20 33 19 58 28 59 37 62 50 57 22
2018 40 27 35 43 51 59 46 16 55 21 65 67 69 63 50 12
2019 32 46 35 29 35 33 26 27 50 26 74 36 76 65 49 2
2020 9 2 9 37 16 27 59 11 41 13 12 82 46 74 67 5 4
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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 %
2016 23.1 27 26.2 1 17 22 9 33.3
2017 23.2 12 11.1 1 11 11 4 33.3
2018 23.0 18 15.2 3 14 15 3 16.7
2019 23.2 17 15.9 1 12 13 6 35.3
2020 23.7 3 4.2 -1 5 2 3 100.0
Player 23.1 77 72.8 4 59 63 25 32.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 27 24 25 29 25 23 28 27 20 20 24 36 28 24 23 31 16 23 27 31 26 22 33 35 27 24 27 36 30 27 16
2017 12 11 7 15 13 11 15 12 9 7 9 18 10 9 12 12 10 9 11 11 10 8 16 12 11 9 12 18 13 10 4
2018 18 22 12 15 14 13 16 20 9 9 12 19 20 14 13 20 16 15 14 18 19 13 21 16 15 10 10 18 21 15 8
2019 17 21 13 20 19 15 19 15 16 9 11 19 21 15 16 17 13 12 15 17 15 20 20 15 13 13 16 19 21 14 9
2020 3 6 4 7 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 7 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3
Player 77 84 61 86 75 66 82 78 58 48 59 97 84 65 69 84 59 64 71 82 74 68 97 81 70 59 69 95 89 69 40
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.4 89.9 0.5 ↑ 86.2 -3.7 ↓ 86.9 0.7 ↑ 88.1 1.2 ↑ 86.2 -1.9 ↓
Launch Angle 9.2 14.8 5.6 ↑ 17.5 2.7 ↑ 17.8 0.3 ↑ 14.1 -3.7 ↓ 18.2 4.1 ↑
Barrel % 2.8 6.7 3.9 ↑ 4.8 -1.9 ↓ 6.6 1.8 ↑ 5.5 -1.1 ↓ 9.3 3.8 ↑
Hard Hit % 38.5 39.5 1.0 ↑ 31.6 -7.9 ↓ 31.6 0.0 34.4 2.8 ↑ 30.7 -3.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.9 38.2 2.3 ↑ 37.9 -0.3 ↓ 34.4 -3.5 ↓ 33.1 -1.3 ↓ 28.0 -5.1 ↓
xBA .293 .270 -0.023 ↓ .234 -0.036 ↓ .237 0.003 ↑ .256 0.019 ↑ .180 -0.076 ↓
BA .303 .275 -0.028 ↓ .232 -0.043 ↓ .230 -0.002 ↓ .245 0.015 ↑ .237 -0.008 ↓
xwOBA .349 .345 -0.004 ↓ .306 -0.039 ↓ .318 0.012 ↑ .316 -0.002 ↓ .282 -0.034 ↓
wOBA .355 .347 -0.008 ↓ .300 -0.047 ↓ .308 0.008 ↑ .301 -0.007 ↓ .326 0.025 ↑
xSLG .429 .453 0.024 ↑ .410 -0.043 ↓ .394 -0.016 ↓ .419 0.025 ↑ .332 -0.087 ↓
SLG .451 .469 0.018 ↑ .414 -0.055 ↓ .389 -0.025 ↓ .410 0.021 ↑ .404 -0.006 ↓
K% 16.7 21.2 4.5 ↑ 19.0 -2.2 ↓ 18.6 -0.4 ↓ 17.2 -1.4 ↓ 30.4 13.2 ↑
BB% 8.9 8.7 -0.2 ↓ 7.5 -1.2 ↓ 10.0 2.5 ↑ 7.8 -2.2 ↓ 13.3 5.5 ↑
Swing % 43.3 43.3 0.0 46.2 2.9 ↑ 43.0 -3.2 ↓ 46.3 3.3 ↑ 40.0 -6.3 ↓
Whiff% 16.8 19.6 2.8 ↑ 21.1 1.5 ↑ 20.8 -0.3 ↓ 20.4 -0.4 ↓ 26.6 6.2 ↑
In Zone % 49.3 49.6 0.3 ↑ 51.2 1.6 ↑ 48.0 -3.2 ↓ 49.8 1.8 ↑ 47.2 -2.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.7 50.4 -0.3 ↓ 48.8 -1.6 ↓ 52.0 3.2 ↑ 50.2 -1.8 ↓ 52.8 2.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.6 25.8 0.2 ↑ 27.2 1.4 ↑ 25.9 -1.3 ↓ 26.7 0.8 ↑ 23.3 -3.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 14.4 12.6 -1.8 ↓ 19.8 7.2 ↑ 13.8 -6.0 ↓ 19.4 5.6 ↑ 17.8 -1.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 56.2 55.2 -1.0 ↓ 59.2 4.0 ↑ 52.8 -6.4 ↓ 57.1 4.3 ↑ 53.3 -3.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 673 60 8.9 .341 .415
2017 Shifts L 373 68 18.2 .298 .312
2018 Shifts L 588 188 32.0 .324 .282
2019 Shifts L 509 265 52.1 .329 .276
2020 Shifts L 135 90 66.7 .274 .351
! 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 %
2011 200 14.6 53.5% 1.5% 87 20.6 8.0% 5.7%
2012 794 14.8 52.5% 1.4% 499 21.1 4.8% 7.2%
2013 912 15.3 46.5% 1.0% 487 21.4 3.1% 6.8%
2014 676 15.5 44.8% 1.9% 430 22.0 1.2% 9.3%
2015 902 16.7 37.9% 2.2% 344 22.4 4.4% 19.2%
2016 885 16.2 40.3% 1.4% 470 22.8 7.7% 15.7%
2017 463 16.1 37.1% 1.1% 232 22.2 0.9% 9.9%
2018 777 15.6 42.2% 1.0% 420 20.7 5.2% 6.9%
2019 604 16.0 36.8% 0.7% 339 22.1 2.7% 7.1%
2020 192 16.2 34.9% 1.0% 112 21.9 8.0% 8.0%
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