Joe Panik
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 1, #29, San Francisco Giants | St. John's (NY)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 491 438 50 107 5 4 .244 .315 .336 .651
2020 141 120 18 27 1 0 .225 .340 .300 .640
2021 257 236 17 49 3 2 .208 .266 .284 .550
8 Seasons 3,099 2,778 340 733 42 22 .264 .328 .372 .700
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .244 5 4 .651
2020 .225 1 0 .640
2021 .208 3 2 .550
8 Seasons .264 42 22 .700
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Hits Spray Chart

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 24 1592 347 8 2.3 1.9 86.8 106.7 11.5 30.0 .280 .395 .363 .334 .330 29.4 9.7 8.8
2016 25 1978 425 19 4.5 3.6 86.3 106.8 12.9 30.6 .259 .399 .300 .322 .314 26.8 8.9 9.5
2017 26 2182 468 12 2.6 2.1 85.0 108.0 11.4 32.9 .256 .374 .329 .307 .304 23.9 9.4 8.0
2018 27 1488 333 9 2.7 2.3 86.6 108.1 9.9 32.4 .281 .378 .280 .316 .315 29.7 7.7 6.6
2019 28 1877 397 8 2.0 1.6 86.8 106.2 12.8 33.8 .253 .374 .284 .306 .299 25.8 9.6 8.8
2020 29 535 93 1 1.1 0.7 87.5 105.8 9.3 34.4 .246 .348 .296 .322 .331 33.3 19.1 14.2
2021 30 1013 204 3 1.5 1.2 86.5 107.4 9.7 33.8 .238 .324 .244 .273 .282 25.5 13.2 6.6
Player 10665 2267 60 2.6 2.1 86.3 108.1 11.5 32.2 .261 .376 .304 .313 .309 27.0 10.0 8.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .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 44.1 20.2 29.7 6.1 32.0 37.5 30.5 3.2 31.1 23.6 29.1 4.0 2.3 1.9
2016 46.1 21.9 23.3 8.7 34.4 37.4 27.5 1.9 34.4 25.6 24.0 4.0 4.5 3.6
2017 45.3 23.1 25.6 6.0 34.0 37.8 28.0 5.8 34.6 27.1 24.4 4.5 2.6 2.1
2018 48.3 19.2 25.5 6.9 35.1 36.6 28.2 1.5 38.7 24.9 27.6 3.9 2.7 2.3
2019 44.6 22.4 25.7 7.3 34.5 39.0 26.4 2.8 35.8 28.0 24.4 6.0 2.0 1.6
2020 48.4 15.1 28.0 8.6 44.1 32.3 23.7 2.2 34.4 22.6 31.2 7.5 1.1 0.7
2021 46.1 19.1 25.0 9.8 31.4 40.7 27.9 4.4 34.8 26.0 27.5 5.9 1.5 1.2
Player 45.8 21.0 25.8 7.3 34.2 37.8 27.9 3.2 34.8 25.8 26.1 4.8 2.6 2.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -3 384 37.9 104 .242 .337 .299 8.5 10.6 10.5 .249 .340 .291 28.6
2021 Sinker -3.9 -6 162 16.0 42 .225 .250 .235 6.6 9.5 13.3 .267 .351 .291 30.6
2021 Slider -1.7 -2 126 12.4 34 .207 .207 .248 20.7 17.6 11.5 .236 .284 .286 4.2
2021 Changeup -1.2 -2 126 12.4 26 .125 .167 .171 23.1 26.9 15.9 .192 .245 .229 35.3
2021 Curveball 0.4 0 94 9.3 21 .150 .350 .283 20.0 19.0 14.3 .216 .308 .217 29.4
2021 Cutter -2.4 -2 84 8.3 19 .158 .316 .200 28.6 10.5 8.7 .212 .388 .252 17.6
2021 Split-Finger 0.3 0 15 1.5 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .263 .294 .237 0.0
2021 Sweeper -3.1 0 15 1.5 5 .000 .000 .140 0.0 0.0 0.0 .077 .156 .217 25.0
2021 Slurve 11.2 0 3 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .734 .810 .668 100.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 233 43.6 60 .245 .347 .338 11.0 10.0 19.4 .276 .434 .374 30.2
2020 Changeup 1.1 1 78 14.6 19 .188 .250 .286 34.5 21.1 16.7 .233 .284 .305 33.3
2020 Sinker 3.1 2 72 13.5 20 .353 .471 .410 12.5 25.0 26.3 .220 .291 .296 33.3
2020 Slider -0.2 0 61 11.4 20 .222 .278 .268 25.9 25.0 23.8 .265 .371 .316 38.5
2020 Curveball 1.8 1 37 6.9 6 .400 .400 .417 25.0 33.3 28.6 .241 .280 .302 66.7
2020 Split-Finger -6.4 -2 34 6.4 11 .000 .000 .000 33.3 36.4 36.4 .118 .130 .115 14.3
2020 Cutter -9.2 -1 16 3.0 5 .000 .000 .140 0.0 20.0 50.0 .310 .356 .371 66.7
2020 Knuckleball -2.3 0 3 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper 0.0 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -6 742 39.5 180 .290 .452 .366 5.8 5.6 6.3 .260 .436 .344 31.3
2019 Sinker -0.9 -3 291 15.5 83 .247 .315 .318 2.4 6.0 9.4 .295 .409 .343 27.5
2019 Changeup -1.4 -4 274 14.6 77 .176 .243 .205 18.8 13.0 11.5 .194 .276 .215 18.5
2019 Slider -1.8 -4 238 12.7 54 .204 .204 .219 22.4 16.7 10.5 .246 .312 .280 26.8
2019 Curveball -1.0 -2 179 9.5 47 .227 .227 .255 11.9 8.5 8.7 .253 .334 .280 15.0
2019 Cutter 3.7 4 97 5.2 22 .389 .500 .445 5.3 9.1 11.8 .314 .376 .373 18.8
2019 Split-Finger -3.6 -1 41 2.2 19 .158 .158 .142 26.9 31.6 27.3 .205 .271 .205 23.1
2019 Sweeper 3.3 0 9 0.5 3 .333 1.333 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 .425 1.125 .617 66.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -8 586 39.4 136 .230 .311 .283 6.6 8.8 8.6 .257 .374 .317 31.8
2018 Sinker -1.7 -5 292 19.6 94 .235 .282 .273 5.0 2.1 5.1 .256 .333 .296 38.4
2018 Slider -2.7 -4 162 10.9 43 .162 .216 .207 27.1 20.9 13.0 .246 .297 .278 16.7
2018 Curveball 2.0 3 162 10.9 35 .382 .441 .374 9.5 2.9 1.9 .429 .523 .421 27.3
2018 Changeup -0.1 0 157 10.6 46 .267 .356 .297 15.3 10.9 9.8 .287 .421 .332 22.5
2018 Cutter -0.7 -1 85 5.7 21 .333 .476 .352 10.5 0.0 0.0 .291 .401 .301 23.8
2018 Split-Finger -1.7 -1 32 2.2 9 .333 .333 .300 29.4 11.1 9.1 .333 .366 .311 0.0
2018 Sweeper -7.2 -1 7 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .356 .394 .328 50.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 847 38.8 211 .294 .449 .370 7.3 6.2 6.3 .284 .417 .338 26.6
2017 Sinker 0.3 1 365 16.7 98 .322 .517 .386 8.3 8.2 10.0 .286 .451 .356 29.3
2017 Changeup -0.1 0 273 12.5 75 .257 .357 .278 16.4 5.3 5.1 .218 .297 .252 14.9
2017 Curveball -2.6 -6 234 10.7 55 .192 .212 .186 10.1 10.9 11.3 .220 .294 .236 20.8
2017 Slider 1.6 4 223 10.2 66 .368 .526 .410 22.1 19.7 15.1 .226 .337 .285 15.2
2017 Cutter -1.6 -2 122 5.6 33 .194 .258 .227 9.1 18.2 14.3 .200 .286 .237 28.0
2017 Split-Finger 2.0 1 51 2.3 13 .333 .333 .331 15.0 7.7 8.3 .248 .317 .279 27.3
2017 Sweeper 1.0 0 19 0.9 6 .333 .333 .300 10.0 16.7 10.0 .444 .493 .409 40.0
2017 Knuckleball 3.5 1 17 0.8 5 .250 .750 .460 25.0 20.0 25.0 .132 .495 .342 33.3
2017 Slurve -4.9 0 3 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 365 1,365 -7 -10 9 5 -3
2015 431 1,590 1 -11 10 7 6
2016 538 2,032 -10 -19 19 12 2
2017 564 2,160 -15 -11 18 8 1
2018 386 1,483 -17 -20 15 6 -16
2019 485 1,871 -27 -13 15 9 -16
2020 147 552 -6 -5 6 2 -3
2021 256 1,012 -13 -14 9 3 -15
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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 1,592 48.3 63.5 91.4 23.3 81.3 44.4 16.9 42.8 11.5 7.9 76.2
2016 1,978 47.5 63.5 93.1 21.8 75.2 42.3 17.9 41.6 11.2 6.5 77.3
2017 2,182 49.3 63.9 92.7 23.2 78.8 43.0 14.9 43.3 11.1 7.2 80.0
2018 1,488 50.4 64.8 92.8 19.7 74.5 42.8 16.6 42.5 10.6 6.5 83.3
2019 1,877 48.1 64.4 92.4 21.5 78.5 44.5 14.9 42.2 10.5 7.7 69.0
2020 535 46.2 64.0 86.1 18.4 64.2 43.2 23.4 39.4 18.0 7.7 70.7
2021 1,013 51.8 66.7 87.1 19.3 77.7 41.0 22.3 43.8 14.4 9.2 77.4
Player 10,665 48.8 64.3 91.6 21.6 77.2 43.1 17.1 42.5 11.6 7.4 76.5
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 69 85 49 27 86 17 18 21 52 24 96 65 95 87 45
2016 46 52 36 34 65 36 30 10 51 12 100 69 98 90 43 92
2017 27 44 18 15 45 18 11 8 60 7 100 44 99 78 32 13
2018 39 89 27 8 62 8 9 10 60 15 100 24 100 92 25 79
2019 22 43 14 12 45 6 4 12 44 7 99 53 99 90 23 86
2020 44 44 13 7 78 1 3 28 32 23 67 87 87 92 38 37 10
2021 48 33 16 9
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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 22.2 10 14.9 -5 7 13 4 40.0
2017 21.7 10 12.2 -2 8 11 4 40.0
2018 21.5 4 3.7 0 5 4 1 25.0
2019 20.9 5 7.1 -2 6 7 2 40.0
2020 23.6 1 1.1 0 2 0 1 100.0
2021 22.7 3 3.1 0 2 1 2 66.7
Player 21.8 33 42.0 -9 30 36 14 42.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 10 16 14 21 14 13 16 17 12 12 13 16 17 14 14 17 8 13 17 16 16 12 19 18 17 14 15 21 16 13 7
2017 10 13 8 18 11 11 15 13 9 9 11 16 12 12 13 15 12 12 15 10 12 11 16 15 12 11 9 14 14 11 6
2018 4 6 2 6 4 1 5 4 4 1 1 6 6 2 2 6 1 3 3 5 4 3 7 5 2 1 5 4 8 2 1
2019 5 9 5 11 9 8 9 7 8 3 5 9 10 6 8 8 6 6 5 9 6 8 10 8 7 3 9 9 7 3 2
2020 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Player 33 48 33 62 42 37 49 45 37 29 34 52 49 37 41 51 31 38 44 44 42 38 58 50 42 33 42 52 49 33 19
! 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 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.8 86.3 -0.5 85.0 -1.3 86.6 1.6 86.8 0.2 87.5 0.7 86.5 -1.0
Launch Angle 11.5 12.9 1.4 11.4 -1.5 9.9 -1.5 12.8 2.9 9.3 -3.5 9.7 0.4
Barrel % 2.3 4.5 2.2 2.6 -1.9 2.7 0.1 2.0 -0.7 1.1 -0.9 1.5 0.4
Hard Hit % 29.4 26.8 -2.6 23.9 -2.9 29.7 5.8 25.8 -3.9 33.3 7.5 25.5 -7.8
Sweet Spot % 30.0 30.6 0.6 32.9 2.3 32.4 -0.5 33.8 1.4 34.4 0.6 33.8 -0.6
xBA .280 .259 -0.021 .256 -0.003 .281 0.025 .253 -0.028 .246 -0.007 .238 -0.008
BA .312 .239 -0.073 .288 0.049 .254 -0.034 .244 -0.010 .225 -0.019 .208 -0.017
xwOBA .334 .322 -0.012 .307 -0.015 .316 0.009 .306 -0.010 .322 0.016 .273 -0.049
wOBA .363 .300 -0.063 .329 0.029 .280 -0.049 .284 0.004 .296 0.012 .244 -0.052
xSLG .395 .399 0.004 .374 -0.025 .378 0.004 .374 -0.004 .348 -0.026 .324 -0.024
SLG .455 .379 -0.076 .421 0.042 .332 -0.089 .336 0.004 .300 -0.036 .284 -0.016
K% 9.7 8.9 -0.8 9.4 0.5 7.7 -1.7 9.6 1.9 19.1 9.5 13.2 -5.9
BB% 8.8 9.5 0.7 8.0 -1.5 6.6 -1.4 8.8 2.2 14.2 5.4 6.6 -7.6
Swing % 42.8 41.6 -1.2 43.3 1.7 42.5 -0.8 42.2 -0.3 39.4 -2.8 43.8 4.4
Whiff% 11.5 11.2 -0.3 11.1 -0.1 10.6 -0.5 10.5 -0.1 18.0 7.5 14.4 -3.6
In Zone % 48.3 47.5 -0.8 49.3 1.8 50.4 1.1 48.1 -2.3 46.2 -1.9 51.8 5.6
Out of Zone % 51.7 52.5 0.8 50.7 -1.8 49.6 -1.1 51.9 2.3 53.8 1.9 48.2 -5.6
Out of Zone Swing % 23.3 21.8 -1.5 23.2 1.4 19.7 -3.5 21.5 1.8 18.4 -3.1 19.3 0.9
First Pitch Swing % 16.9 17.9 1.0 14.9 -3.0 16.6 1.7 14.9 -1.7 23.4 8.5 22.3 -1.1
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 56.1 -2.7 58.1 2.0 58.6 0.5 55.8 -2.8 55.3 -0.5 60.5 5.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 496 18 3.6 .293 .292
2017 Shifts L 563 7 1.2 .325 .224
2018 Shifts L 388 12 3.1 .273 .519
2019 Shifts L 489 86 17.6 .287 .266
2020 Shifts L 141 37 26.2 .305 .271
2021 Shifts L 248 69 27.8 .250 .256
! 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 %
2014 342 16.1 34.8% 1.5% 186 21.6 1.1% 8.6%
2015 539 17.1 32.3% 3.7% 237 24.6 4.6% 23.6%
2016 609 18.0 22.8% 3.1% 368 24.9 3.0% 22.3%
2017 752 16.4 31.9% 1.1% 314 23.0 0.3% 10.2%
2018 553 16.5 30.6% 0.7% 195 23.5 1.0% 10.8%
2019 656 16.6 29.9% 0.6% 295 22.3 0.3% 6.4%
2020 178 17.5 16.9% 0.6% 99 22.0 1.0% 9.1%
2021 353 17.5 20.7% 3.4% 158 22.1 1.3% 10.8%
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Statcast Rankings