Joey Gallo
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 5" 249LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: C-A, #39, Texas Rangers | Bishop Gorman HS (NV)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 616 498 90 99 38 6 .199 .351 .458 .809
2022 410 350 48 56 19 3 .160 .280 .357 .637
2023 332 282 39 50 21 1 .177 .301 .440 .741
9 Seasons 3,143 2,646 439 521 198 30 .197 .323 .466 .789
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .199 38 6 .809
2022 .160 19 3 .637
2023 .177 21 1 .741
9 Seasons .197 198 30 .789
MLB Percentile Rankings
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 21 504 51 8 15.7 6.5 91.1 115.0 15.2 39.2 .196 .413 .305 .303 .557 51.0 46.3 12.2
2016 22 145 6 1 16.7 3.3 85.8 109.6 37.6 33.3 .055 .181 .182 .194 .397 16.7 63.3 16.7
2017 23 2242 253 56 22.1 10.5 93.3 117.3 23.0 36.0 .222 .557 .364 .377 .567 52.2 36.8 14.1
2018 24 2348 293 66 22.5 11.4 94.3 117.5 21.9 37.5 .229 .541 .343 .369 .550 49.5 35.9 12.8
2019 25 1308 129 34 26.4 11.4 94.8 115.4 22.4 34.9 .223 .601 .401 .395 .636 53.1 38.4 17.5
2020 26 956 114 16 14.0 7.1 91.2 113.5 26.8 28.9 .189 .415 .297 .315 .429 43.9 35.0 12.8
2021 27 2612 286 53 18.5 8.6 91.5 115.1 22.7 29.4 .199 .460 .348 .352 .481 45.8 34.6 18.0
2022 28 1725 188 33 17.6 8.0 89.6 113.0 23.8 29.3 .167 .371 .286 .294 .425 50.5 39.8 13.7
2023 29 1428 140 27 19.3 8.1 93.0 112.6 26.4 28.6 .149 .399 .320 .295 .454 52.9 42.8 14.5
Player 13268 1460 294 20.1 9.4 92.5 117.5 23.2 32.9 .199 .479 .337 .344 .511 49.5 37.9 14.8
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 37.3 25.5 31.4 5.9 62.7 29.4 7.8 7.8 17.6 23.5 23.5 9.8 15.7 6.5
2016 16.7 33.3 16.7 33.3 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 16.7 66.7 0.0 0.0 16.7 3.3
2017 29.2 37.9 22.1 10.7 50.2 29.2 20.2 3.2 19.4 30.0 16.6 8.3 22.1 10.5
2018 30.0 37.2 23.9 8.9 43.7 33.4 22.9 1.4 18.4 30.7 19.1 7.8 22.5 11.4
2019 29.5 36.4 24.8 9.3 51.2 30.2 18.6 4.7 14.0 27.1 17.1 8.5 26.4 11.4
2020 31.6 33.3 17.5 17.5 48.2 28.9 22.8 5.3 18.4 40.4 16.7 4.4 14.0 7.1
2021 36.4 35.7 15.7 12.2 43.0 34.3 22.7 6.6 22.7 31.5 16.1 3.8 18.5 8.6
2022 28.2 39.4 20.2 12.2 48.4 34.0 17.6 8.0 17.6 34.6 14.4 8.0 17.6 8.0
2023 29.3 41.4 14.3 15.0 57.9 21.4 20.7 4.3 22.1 40.0 8.6 5.7 19.3 8.1
Player 31.1 36.9 20.4 11.6 48.4 30.9 20.7 4.7 19.2 32.5 16.2 6.8 20.1 9.4
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 500 35.0 124 .194 .537 .351 39.8 40.3 31.3 .160 .483 .319 75.9
2023 Slider 0.1 0 233 16.3 55 .208 .479 .339 54.7 50.9 34.1 .139 .390 .278 35.0
2023 Changeup -2.7 -6 223 15.6 51 .071 .071 .176 55.6 45.1 27.1 .067 .084 .177 15.8
2023 Sinker -3.2 -5 148 10.4 44 .179 .410 .317 24.7 25.0 26.8 .205 .507 .341 42.9
2023 Curveball 3.5 4 113 7.9 14 .182 .727 .486 41.0 42.9 18.2 .200 .621 .464 60.0
2023 Cutter -2.2 -2 108 7.6 17 .000 .000 .165 43.1 58.8 30.3 .007 .008 .170 0.0
2023 Split-Finger 0.2 0 59 4.1 15 .250 .500 .393 72.0 60.0 47.4 .117 .159 .235 33.3
2023 Sweeper 4.1 1 35 2.5 7 .200 .800 .486 54.5 57.1 23.5 .172 .674 .442 100.0
2023 Slurve 6.3 0 5 0.4 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 100.0 .370 .418 .340 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 594 34.4 143 .192 .508 .349 37.5 39.9 29.2 .159 .435 .318 68.8
2022 Slider -2.0 -6 274 15.9 60 .082 .163 .228 50.0 51.7 29.8 .105 .211 .238 38.9
2022 Changeup 0.3 1 268 15.5 68 .175 .397 .285 41.4 30.9 22.6 .217 .413 .301 40.5
2022 Sinker -0.7 -1 191 11.1 45 .118 .206 .276 36.5 42.2 33.9 .153 .373 .340 40.0
2022 Curveball -0.3 0 151 8.8 30 .138 .207 .167 35.6 43.3 30.2 .148 .224 .179 25.0
2022 Cutter -1.1 -1 133 7.7 34 .179 .321 .299 37.1 29.4 25.6 .225 .417 .346 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.6 -1 47 2.7 12 .167 .167 .150 59.1 58.3 38.9 .106 .191 .128 40.0
2022 Sweeper 0.3 0 42 2.4 11 .111 .222 .241 63.2 45.5 31.3 .086 .182 .219 75.0
2022 Slurve -0.4 0 5 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .497 1.285 .745 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 7 976 37.4 202 .223 .592 .413 37.3 35.1 26.0 .216 .581 .408 59.8
2021 Slider -0.1 -1 393 15.0 98 .203 .405 .342 43.8 40.8 31.7 .184 .388 .329 41.0
2021 Changeup -0.4 -1 353 13.5 99 .143 .321 .270 44.4 36.4 35.3 .151 .276 .260 35.4
2021 Sinker 1.9 6 329 12.6 83 .246 .600 .427 30.3 25.3 29.6 .266 .662 .454 43.2
2021 Curveball 0.1 0 252 9.6 53 .180 .380 .275 33.7 35.8 24.7 .226 .483 .334 45.2
2021 Cutter 0.4 1 132 5.1 32 .286 .429 .358 32.0 18.8 23.1 .210 .376 .305 36.4
2021 Split-Finger -2.2 -2 88 3.4 22 .100 .100 .145 51.3 45.5 31.3 .109 .133 .160 20.0
2021 Sweeper 3.0 2 58 2.2 14 .091 .364 .293 72.7 64.3 37.5 .042 .100 .198 50.0
2021 Slurve 4.7 0 10 0.4 3 .000 .000 .467 0.0 0.0 0.0 .660 1.753 .796 100.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -5 347 36.3 79 .149 .373 .293 35.5 34.2 26.0 .201 .487 .348 67.5
2020 Slider -2.5 -4 148 15.5 35 .156 .281 .256 41.0 45.7 32.7 .118 .249 .201 25.0
2020 Sinker 2.4 3 123 12.9 28 .217 .739 .443 18.9 25.0 28.0 .282 .854 .505 68.8
2020 Curveball 0.7 1 116 12.1 24 .211 .316 .325 47.5 37.5 22.5 .192 .316 .317 30.0
2020 Changeup -1.0 -1 114 11.9 33 .226 .387 .315 38.3 33.3 27.5 .188 .331 .251 20.0
2020 Cutter -1.7 -1 72 7.5 16 .077 .077 .188 54.3 43.8 33.3 .080 .088 .193 16.7
2020 Split-Finger 9.3 2 22 2.3 6 .400 .400 .417 57.1 33.3 25.0 .389 .437 .421 0.0
2020 Sweeper 12.8 2 14 1.5 3 .333 .333 .600 16.7 0.0 0.0 .117 .129 .115 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 9 544 41.6 107 .268 .683 .456 35.0 36.4 27.9 .239 .708 .451 64.4
2019 Slider -1.4 -3 244 18.7 51 .159 .364 .283 60.8 56.9 31.9 .134 .411 .284 60.0
2019 Changeup -2.9 -5 162 12.4 51 .116 .256 .241 56.8 47.1 45.3 .157 .350 .286 42.1
2019 Curveball 2.9 4 134 10.2 24 .476 1.095 .648 25.9 8.3 5.9 .346 .977 .551 47.4
2019 Sinker 4.9 5 104 8.0 25 .476 .952 .616 21.6 20.0 22.7 .383 .892 .545 56.3
2019 Cutter 1.5 1 78 6.0 22 .211 .684 .409 42.5 45.5 31.3 .218 .629 .391 33.3
2019 Split-Finger 3.8 1 15 1.1 3 .500 .500 .533 60.0 33.3 14.3 .070 .070 .281 0.0
2019 Sweeper 13.6 1 7 0.5 4 .250 .750 .400 0.0 25.0 33.3 .279 .362 .277 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 3 732 31.2 154 .211 .571 .372 35.9 35.1 23.4 .246 .660 .420 59.5
2018 Slider -0.6 -3 407 17.3 119 .178 .430 .297 50.2 42.0 32.5 .182 .438 .305 52.6
2018 Sinker 1.3 5 399 17.0 96 .269 .590 .423 21.0 25.0 23.1 .294 .644 .450 50.0
2018 Curveball -1.4 -5 361 15.4 91 .107 .202 .174 53.9 48.4 33.8 .191 .347 .265 47.5
2018 Changeup 2.2 5 246 10.5 55 .319 .681 .476 46.7 27.3 23.1 .254 .579 .401 28.1
2018 Cutter 5.2 6 119 5.1 35 .276 .690 .450 41.0 28.6 29.4 .240 .551 .393 36.8
2018 Split-Finger -5.8 -3 43 1.8 13 .083 .333 .208 55.0 38.5 33.3 .141 .390 .255 28.6
2018 Sweeper 10.2 2 23 1.0 6 .333 1.333 .667 42.9 33.3 22.2 .329 1.284 .658 75.0
2018 Slurve -3.0 0 16 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 57.1 66.7 40.0 .300 .359 .287 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 8 596 26.6 121 .232 .667 .443 35.3 31.4 22.0 .232 .651 .420 60.7
2017 Sinker 2.4 11 445 19.8 111 .279 .709 .494 28.8 22.5 21.0 .315 .820 .517 60.7
2017 Changeup -0.2 -1 353 15.7 80 .152 .348 .294 52.0 32.5 23.4 .169 .338 .297 35.0
2017 Slider -0.3 -1 338 15.1 102 .169 .371 .286 53.9 49.0 37.9 .176 .444 .311 48.7
2017 Curveball 0.2 1 322 14.4 74 .194 .493 .347 49.6 47.3 32.4 .215 .472 .324 50.0
2017 Split-Finger -4.1 -3 76 3.4 16 .063 .250 .125 60.5 62.5 29.4 .090 .207 .123 16.7
2017 Cutter 3.9 3 72 3.2 17 .375 1.063 .594 37.5 35.3 26.1 .305 .860 .487 70.0
2017 Sweeper -3.3 -1 19 0.8 5 .200 .200 .180 62.5 60.0 60.0 .240 .268 .224 0.0
2017 Knuckleball 6.3 1 12 0.5 3 .333 1.000 .533 57.1 33.3 14.3 .298 1.194 .595 50.0
2017 Slurve -3.0 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 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
2015 120 492 3 -7 3 2 1
2016 30 145 -3 -4 1 1 -5
2017 530 2,238 5 -15 15 12 18
2018 573 2,348 8 -26 18 12 12
2019 289 1,290 4 -9 11 5 12
2020 224 956 -8 -6 8 2 -4
2021 610 2,609 -9 -22 29 15 12
2022 410 1,725 -4 -30 15 9 -10
2023 331 1,428 -6 -12 8 7 -3
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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 504 42.1 76.4 57.4 27.4 35.0 39.7 35.0 48.0 50.0 5.0 80.0
2016 145 44.1 71.9 56.5 22.2 33.3 44.8 46.7 44.1 50.0 5.5 75.0
2017 2,242 42.3 72.8 66.8 28.3 37.5 43.8 38.6 47.1 43.4 5.9 88.5
2018 2,348 43.9 72.9 68.0 29.5 40.6 41.8 42.4 48.6 40.7 6.2 88.4
2019 1,308 45.6 65.6 67.4 20.5 33.3 44.0 28.1 40.8 41.6 6.4 84.3
2020 956 51.2 67.1 70.1 19.1 33.7 43.9 27.7 43.6 37.4 8.3 78.5
2021 2,612 47.3 64.4 68.7 19.0 35.1 42.3 27.9 40.4 38.8 6.7 76.9
2022 1,725 46.7 70.1 68.3 27.5 37.5 44.3 39.5 47.4 40.6 7.5 79.8
2023 1,428 46.4 71.6 65.5 25.9 31.8 42.8 40.8 47.1 44.3 7.1 76.2
Player 13,268 45.6 69.6 67.3 24.9 36.5 43.0 35.7 45.2 41.5 6.6 81.8
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 98 83
2017 90 6 96 99 65 98 100 100 99 99 1 94 1 43 72 14
2018 88 18 97 99 59 99 100 100 99 95 2 87 1 40 65 74
2019 97 69
2020 34 4 46 79 29 78 90 85 93 75 3 80 5 90 56 87 100
2021 74 1 71 90 76 88 98 87 95 75 1 99 1 95 59 88 99
2022 23 1 33 81 14 67 98 63 89 94 1 95 1 61 46 20 90
2023 82 31 39 82
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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 20.1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2017 22.4 41 37.1 4 9 21 19 46.3
2018 23.0 40 36.8 3 12 27 14 35.0
2019 22.9 22 21.5 1 4 13 12 54.5
2020 22.2 10 9.7 0 6 6 5 50.0
2021 22.2 38 37.7 0 5 24 18 47.4
2022 23.1 19 17.7 1 2 13 7 36.8
2023 23.1 21 20.9 0 5 5 16 76.2
Player 22.7 192 182.6 9 43 109 92 47.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2017 41 36 35 42 37 38 40 39 29 33 38 41 36 38 36 39 35 35 40 36 38 34 42 40 37 35 37 40 38 39 31
2018 40 42 27 37 40 37 40 36 26 30 37 43 38 34 37 41 37 37 36 40 38 41 43 41 34 33 35 39 41 40 25
2019 22 25 23 25 24 22 24 23 19 17 17 24 23 21 22 23 19 20 22 23 23 21 26 23 17 18 22 21 24 20 15
2020 10 12 12 8 9 10 11 8 8 6 8 11 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 14 11 10 8 8 10 10 11 9 7
2021 38 41 30 39 37 38 40 41 26 34 35 37 40 32 38 43 38 38 39 40 36 38 43 42 37 36 40 41 39 38 36
2022 19 18 15 17 18 17 18 19 14 15 17 16 21 16 19 19 18 19 17 18 18 17 21 20 17 16 18 20 19 19 16
2023 21 21 19 23 20 20 21 21 22 20 20 23 21 20 20 21 22 22 21 24 19 19 24 22 20 20 21 20 20 21 20
Player 192 196 162 192 186 183 195 188 145 156 173 196 190 171 183 197 180 182 186 193 184 185 211 199 171 167 184 192 193 187 151
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.1 85.8 -5.3 93.3 7.5 94.3 1.0 94.8 0.5 91.2 -3.6 91.5 0.3 89.6 -1.9 93.0 3.4
Launch Angle 15.2 37.6 22.4 23.0 -14.6 21.9 -1.1 22.4 0.5 26.8 4.4 22.7 -4.1 23.8 1.1 26.4 2.6
Barrel % 15.7 16.7 1.0 22.1 5.4 22.5 0.4 26.4 3.9 14.0 -12.4 18.5 4.5 17.6 -0.9 19.3 1.7
Hard Hit % 51.0 16.7 -34.3 52.2 35.5 49.5 -2.7 53.1 3.6 43.9 -9.2 45.8 1.9 50.5 4.7 52.9 2.4
Sweet Spot % 39.2 33.3 -5.9 36.0 2.7 37.5 1.5 34.9 -2.6 28.9 -6.0 29.4 0.5 29.3 -0.1 28.6 -0.7
xBA .196 .055 -0.141 .222 0.167 .229 0.007 .223 -0.006 .189 -0.034 .199 0.010 .167 -0.032 .149 -0.018
BA .204 .040 -0.164 .209 0.169 .206 -0.003 .253 0.047 .181 -0.072 .199 0.018 .160 -0.039 .177 0.017
xwOBA .303 .194 -0.109 .377 0.183 .369 -0.008 .395 0.026 .315 -0.080 .352 0.037 .294 -0.058 .295 0.001
wOBA .305 .182 -0.123 .364 0.182 .343 -0.021 .401 0.058 .297 -0.104 .348 0.051 .286 -0.062 .320 0.034
xSLG .413 .181 -0.232 .557 0.376 .541 -0.016 .601 0.060 .415 -0.186 .460 0.045 .371 -0.089 .399 0.028
SLG .417 .160 -0.257 .537 0.377 .498 -0.039 .598 0.100 .378 -0.220 .458 0.080 .357 -0.101 .440 0.083
K% 46.3 63.3 17.0 36.8 -26.5 35.9 -0.9 38.4 2.5 35.0 -3.4 34.6 -0.4 39.8 5.2 42.8 3.0
BB% 12.2 16.7 4.5 14.1 -2.6 12.8 -1.3 17.5 4.7 12.8 -4.7 18.0 5.2 13.7 -4.3 14.5 0.8
Swing % 48.0 44.1 -3.9 47.1 3.0 48.6 1.5 40.8 -7.8 43.6 2.8 40.4 -3.2 47.4 7.0 47.1 -0.3
Whiff% 50.0 50.0 0.0 43.4 -6.6 40.7 -2.7 41.6 0.9 37.4 -4.2 38.8 1.4 40.6 1.8 44.3 3.7
In Zone % 42.1 44.1 2.0 42.3 -1.8 43.9 1.6 45.6 1.7 51.2 5.6 47.3 -3.9 46.7 -0.6 46.4 -0.3
Out of Zone % 57.9 55.9 -2.0 57.7 1.8 56.1 -1.6 54.4 -1.7 48.8 -5.6 52.7 3.9 53.3 0.6 53.6 0.3
Out of Zone Swing % 27.4 22.2 -5.2 28.3 6.1 29.5 1.2 20.5 -9.0 19.1 -1.4 19.0 -0.1 27.5 8.5 25.9 -1.6
First Pitch Swing % 35.0 46.7 11.7 38.6 -8.1 42.4 3.8 28.1 -14.3 27.7 -0.4 27.9 0.2 39.5 11.6 40.8 1.3
First Pitch Strike % 52.8 66.7 13.9 57.6 -9.1 59.8 2.2 52.5 -7.3 55.4 2.9 54.5 -0.9 62.0 7.5 60.4 -1.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 30 20 66.7 .000 .273
2017 Shifts L 531 492 92.7 .404 .361
2018 Shifts L 573 528 92.1 .475 .332
2019 Shifts L 293 285 97.3 .879 .387
2020 Shifts L 224 216 96.4 .402 .293
2021 Shifts L 606 592 97.7 .276 .351
2022 Shifts L 408 390 95.6 .185 .290
2023 Shades L 331 237 71.6 .427 .277
! 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 %
2015 129 18.6 30.2% 4.7% 75 23.7 8.0% 22.7%
2016 47 17.6 31.9% 2.1% 16 23.5 6.3% 6.3%
2017 644 18.1 15.4% 1.1% 316 23.0 0.9% 8.9%
2018 599 17.8 15.9% 2.2% 394 24.0 0.3% 11.9%
2019 407 18.7 12.0% 0.7% 215 24.5 0.0% 12.6%
2020 296 18.7 11.1% 2.0% 162 24.6 0.0% 11.7%
2021 737 20.1 4.9% 3.3% 526 25.0 0.0% 16.5%
2022 473 19.7 10.1% 3.4% 290 23.6 1.0% 7.9%
2023 384 15.8 39.6% 0.3% 245 19.1 2.9% 0.8%
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Statcast Rankings