Joey Votto
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 2, #44, Cincinnati Reds | Richview Collegiate Institute
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 533 448 73 119 36 1 .266 .375 .563 .938
2022 376 322 31 66 11 0 .205 .319 .370 .689
2023 242 208 26 42 14 0 .202 .314 .433 .747
17 Seasons 8,746 7,252 1,171 2,135 356 80 .294 .409 .511 .920
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .266 36 1 .938
2022 .205 11 0 .689
2023 .202 14 0 .747
17 Seasons .294 356 80 .920
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		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 31 3020 412 45 10.9 6.5 90.2 109.3 11.5 42.7 .289 .541 .427 .422 .476 42.2 19.4 20.6
2016 32 2896 444 43 9.7 6.4 89.6 109.0 11.6 40.5 .301 .532 .413 .399 .443 39.9 17.7 16.0
2017 33 2733 482 44 9.1 6.2 87.5 110.9 14.1 40.5 .299 .555 .428 .416 .417 32.8 11.7 19.0
2018 34 2504 405 27 6.7 4.3 88.1 107.5 13.4 45.9 .285 .472 .370 .391 .406 35.1 16.2 17.3
2019 35 2458 405 28 6.9 4.6 88.9 109.5 15.2 40.7 .259 .446 .332 .347 .387 38.2 20.2 12.5
2020 36 923 143 13 9.1 5.8 87.4 113.2 15.4 36.4 .253 .478 .347 .369 .397 35.7 19.3 16.6
2021 37 2232 325 56 17.2 10.5 92.9 114.1 18.2 44.3 .274 .592 .391 .406 .498 53.2 23.8 14.4
2022 38 1505 225 25 11.1 6.6 89.7 111.9 14.2 32.9 .218 .390 .310 .322 .372 41.3 25.8 11.7
2023 39 938 146 16 11.0 6.6 89.3 111.2 13.9 23.3 .189 .367 .326 .298 .331 39.7 25.6 11.2
Player 19209 2987 297 9.9 6.3 89.3 114.1 13.9 40.4 .273 .501 .382 .385 .424 39.6 19.0 16.1
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 43.2 19.9 35.2 1.7 33.3 39.8 26.7 3.4 28.6 19.2 28.2 7.3 10.9 6.5
2016 44.1 19.4 35.1 1.4 35.8 35.1 29.1 2.3 29.7 19.1 32.0 6.5 9.7 6.4
2017 39.6 29.9 28.6 1.9 33.8 35.7 30.5 5.4 27.0 25.5 25.5 7.3 9.1 6.2
2018 38.0 26.7 34.3 1.0 33.1 36.3 30.4 3.2 25.7 21.2 32.3 10.6 6.7 4.3
2019 37.8 30.1 28.9 3.2 35.3 39.5 25.2 2.0 25.9 28.6 28.4 5.7 6.9 4.6
2020 39.9 37.8 21.0 1.4 40.6 35.0 24.5 3.5 28.0 28.0 21.7 9.8 9.1 5.8
2021 33.2 36.9 25.2 4.6 40.9 36.9 22.2 1.2 23.4 25.2 23.7 9.2 17.2 10.5
2022 44.9 31.1 20.0 4.0 37.8 39.1 23.1 3.1 30.7 26.2 24.9 3.1 11.1 6.6
2023 48.6 32.9 13.0 5.5 45.2 35.6 19.2 4.8 36.3 26.0 16.4 5.5 11.0 6.6
Player 40.5 27.9 29.2 2.4 36.1 37.1 26.7 3.1 27.7 23.7 27.3 7.3 9.9 6.3
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.9 8 265 28.3 78 .276 .672 .472 22.1 19.2 22.1 .236 .516 .411 60.5
2023 Slider -2.6 -4 159 17.0 33 .100 .200 .179 44.9 39.4 25.5 .130 .225 .200 23.5
2023 Changeup -3.8 -5 123 13.1 34 .121 .121 .126 40.0 32.4 26.8 .105 .127 .118 13.6
2023 Sinker 1.2 1 122 13.0 30 .333 .519 .400 15.7 23.3 25.0 .264 .388 .320 45.0
2023 Curveball -1.0 -1 104 11.1 23 .056 .222 .278 39.1 21.7 13.9 .156 .338 .312 23.1
2023 Cutter 0.2 0 89 9.5 20 .211 .684 .380 27.1 20.0 22.2 .233 .591 .359 46.7
2023 Sweeper -0.8 0 35 3.7 12 .083 .333 .167 35.7 41.7 55.6 .111 .329 .180 42.9
2023 Split-Finger 0.6 0 31 3.3 9 .250 .250 .278 25.0 22.2 18.2 .176 .216 .230 16.7
2023 Slurve 13.2 1 5 0.5 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .410 .580 .423 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 3 481 32.0 114 .194 .452 .347 22.9 23.7 19.0 .242 .520 .392 56.1
2022 Slider -0.4 -1 225 15.0 61 .151 .170 .216 43.6 37.7 32.4 .142 .235 .232 33.3
2022 Sinker 3.0 6 199 13.2 46 .342 .526 .450 16.5 13.0 11.5 .287 .400 .367 50.0
2022 Changeup -3.1 -6 187 12.4 47 .095 .143 .166 36.5 23.4 22.4 .173 .259 .241 25.8
2022 Curveball 0.0 0 166 11.0 45 .244 .415 .339 25.3 20.0 19.6 .234 .426 .320 25.0
2022 Cutter 2.5 4 150 10.0 40 .235 .500 .389 32.9 32.5 24.1 .216 .406 .332 38.1
2022 Split-Finger 1.2 0 38 2.5 10 .300 .400 .305 47.4 30.0 27.3 .277 .348 .270 42.9
2022 Sweeper -2.1 -1 30 2.0 8 .250 .500 .313 47.1 50.0 44.4 .213 .382 .255 50.0
2022 Slurve -3.9 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 569 2,088 23 -17 12 11 30
2009 518 2,139 20 3 12 11 46
2010 649 2,567 17 9 21 16 63
2011 703 2,833 20 2 24 13 59
2012 479 2,080 0 8 23 12 43
2013 711 2,974 6 -12 28 16 38
2014 268 1,163 0 -7 8 6 7
2015 680 2,960 1 9 32 14 57
2016 662 2,839 8 -4 28 13 45
2017 686 2,726 7 3 36 14 61
2018 614 2,497 -5 -6 31 14 34
2019 589 2,390 -12 -14 22 10 6
2020 231 955 -4 -5 10 4 4
2021 527 2,232 -4 5 23 12 37
2022 372 1,484 -4 -11 14 7 7
2023 242 938 3 -9 4 3 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 3,020 45.0 61.4 79.3 16.7 64.6 44.3 28.9 36.7 24.0 6.2 71.7
2016 2,896 46.3 66.6 83.3 19.9 74.2 43.5 30.4 41.5 18.6 6.1 84.7
2017 2,733 50.1 70.4 87.2 13.2 70.9 42.1 36.2 41.9 15.4 8.4 86.5
2018 2,504 49.4 66.9 83.5 13.1 75.2 42.2 35.6 39.7 17.9 7.9 83.8
2019 2,458 48.0 65.5 86.2 18.5 63.0 45.0 32.7 41.5 19.6 7.4 79.5
2020 923 47.5 57.1 82.8 17.3 61.9 43.8 28.7 36.2 22.5 7.7 69.0
2021 2,232 47.8 67.9 77.6 22.0 50.8 41.5 34.3 43.9 29.4 6.8 81.5
2022 1,505 49.4 70.8 76.9 23.0 50.9 42.5 36.4 46.5 29.6 7.7 84.3
2023 938 50.5 69.8 75.5 25.2 51.3 40.2 40.5 47.8 30.8 6.8 82.8
Player 19,209 47.9 66.5 82.1 18.0 63.4 43.0 33.4 41.3 22.1 7.2 81.1
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 99 94 96 94 100 96 92 79 70 82 45 100 33 100 22
2016 98 97 92 85 100 85 79 60 67 67 62 99 72 96 17 5
2017 99 97 95 91 100 91 72 39 81 36 96 100 91 99 15 46
2018 97 93 79 65 100 56 46 37 56 37 77 99 81 100 21 28
2019 69 51 51 45 83 51 40 41 67 44 61 88 81 96 18 74
2020 83 55 75 78 88 66 58 25 92 32 66 96 69 94 16 4
2021 96 81 97 99 95 91 95 93 92 96 32 97 20 86 18 77 4
2022 57 10 45 65 68 45 78 65 80 58 21 89 19 83 11 3 4
2023 70