Joey Wendle
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 6, #203, Cleveland Indians | West Chester
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 371 347 27 90 3 12 .259 .297 .360 .657
2023 318 297 33 63 2 7 .212 .248 .306 .554
2024 37 36 3 8 0 1 .222 .243 .250 .493
9 Seasons 2,337 2,142 268 561 32 62 .262 .311 .384 .695
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .259 3 12 .657
2023 .212 2 7 .554
2024 .222 0 1 .493
9 Seasons .262 32 62 .695
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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%
2016 26 353 82 1 1.2 1.0 91.0 105.9 5.4 32.9 .275 .355 .265 .298 .328 36.6 15.4 5.8
2017 27 46 10 1 10.0 7.1 92.8 103.0 11.6 30.0 .273 .451 .382 .307 .399 50.0 21.4 7.1
2018 28 1981 403 11 2.7 2.0 88.8 110.1 10.7 31.8 .260 .367 .338 .304 .335 35.7 17.6 6.8
2019 29 1025 194 3 1.5 1.1 87.4 108.2 11.6 31.4 .257 .342 .275 .294 .319 32.5 17.9 5.3
2020 30 673 134 5 3.7 2.7 86.7 104.9 5.1 32.8 .256 .375 .335 .304 .342 32.1 19.0 5.4
2021 31 1857 350 16 4.6 3.2 87.9 108.7 6.2 30.6 .238 .356 .317 .286 .338 34.6 22.6 5.6
2022 32 1281 301 5 1.7 1.3 87.5 107.6 3.0 27.9 .250 .331 .289 .276 .294 36.2 13.5 4.0
2023 33 1180 236 8 3.4 2.5 89.2 106.5 3.8 31.8 .233 .326 .242 .263 .310 39.4 21.1 4.1
2024 34 134 27 0 0.0 0.0 88.3 99.9 4.8 37.0 .223 .289 .219 .239 .302 25.9 24.3 2.7
Player 8530 1737 50 2.9 2.1 88.2 110.1 6.9 31.0 .249 .350 .300 .288 .324 35.4 18.7 5.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2016 53.7 46.3 13.4 29.3 3.7 35.4 37.8 26.8 20.7 23.2 9.8 14.6 14.6 17.1
2017 50.0 50.0 20.0 20.0 10.0 40.0 40.0 20.0 20.0 30.0 0.0 20.0 10.0 20.0
2018 47.4 52.6 19.4 26.3 6.9 32.0 39.0 28.3 16.9 22.1 7.9 15.1 16.9 20.3
2019 44.3 55.7 21.6 27.8 6.2 30.9 42.8 26.3 17.5 21.1 5.7 13.4 21.6 20.6
2020 49.3 50.7 17.2 29.1 4.5 35.1 35.1 29.9 20.1 17.9 11.2 14.9 17.2 18.7
2021 50.0 50.0 22.0 25.1 2.9 35.7 34.3 30.0 20.6 19.7 9.7 15.1 14.6 20.3
2022 55.1 44.9 19.3 23.3 2.3 31.6 37.2 31.2 21.3 23.9 10.0 10.3 13.3 21.3
2023 55.9 44.1 19.9 21.6 2.5 29.2 39.4 31.4 19.9 25.4 10.6 9.3 14.0 20.8
2024 51.9 48.1 25.9 18.5 3.7 29.6 22.2 48.1 22.2 18.5 11.1 7.4 3.7 37.0
Player 50.6 49.4 19.9 25.3 4.3 32.6 37.6 29.6 19.4 22.0 9.1 13.2 15.6 20.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 0.0 45.1 23.2 26.8 2.4 1.2 1.0
2017 0.0 40.0 20.0 30.0 0.0 10.0 7.1
2018 2.0 35.0 24.6 29.8 5.2 2.7 2.0
2019 1.5 35.1 27.3 30.4 4.1 1.5 1.1
2020 5.2 37.3 20.9 27.6 3.7 3.7 2.7
2021 3.7 38.6 22.9 25.4 4.3 4.6 3.2
2022 3.7 42.9 21.3 25.2 5.0 1.7 1.3
2023 5.1 44.9 18.2 23.3 5.1 3.4 2.5
2024 3.7 44.4 18.5 25.9 7.4 0.0 0.0
Player 3.2 39.3 22.6 26.9 4.6 2.9 2.1
MLB 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -4.4 -2 43 32.1 10 .100 .100 .090 14.3 30.0 21.4 .208 .298 .219 28.6
2024 Changeup -2.7 -1 24 17.9 4 .000 .000 .175 54.5 25.0 14.3 .039 .040 .211 0.0
2024 Curveball 5.1 1 16 11.9 6 .500 .500 .450 33.3 33.3 28.6 .458 .539 .439 50.0
2024 Sinker -4.1 -1 15 11.2 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .093 .098 .091 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -7.0 -1 11 8.2 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 66.7 .089 .090 .080 0.0
2024 Slider 3.4 0 11 8.2 6 .333 .500 .358 25.0 16.7 25.0 .207 .358 .238 40.0
2024 Cutter -4.9 0 8 6.0 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .315 .337 .298 0.0
2024 Sweeper 2.3 0 6 4.5 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .292 .308 .283 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -7 412 34.9 113 .231 .315 .290 15.6 19.5 18.5 .261 .361 .286 41.9
2023 Changeup -2.9 -6 194 16.4 49 .149 .149 .143 38.0 28.6 21.2 .155 .193 .169 35.3
2023 Slider -0.4 -1 144 12.2 43 .262 .452 .313 34.9 23.3 18.5 .182 .261 .202 31.3
2023 Sinker -0.5 -1 132 11.2 42 .314 .457 .361 12.7 4.8 13.3 .315 .460 .368 55.6
2023 Cutter -2.2 -2 104 8.8 26 .182 .318 .270 22.0 15.4 21.1 .253 .350 .312 21.1
2023 Curveball -2.4 -2 93 7.9 19 .167 .278 .179 25.6 42.1 21.6 .235 .298 .239 36.4
2023 Split-Finger -3.3 -1 45 3.8 10 .000 .000 .070 26.3 10.0 7.1 .175 .199 .217 25.0
2023 Sweeper -3.0 -1 44 3.7 11 .182 .273 .195 39.1 27.3 20.0 .273 .487 .316 37.5
2023 Slurve -8.5 0 5 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Knuckleball 4.6 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 104 352 -1 -3 0 1 -3
2017 13 46 0 1 0 0 0
2018 541 1,978 0 -11 8 8 6
2019 263 1,025 -10 -12 6 5 -11
2020 183 673 -2 -3 1 4 0
2021 497 1,856 -2 -14 7 8 -1
2022 371 1,280 -10 -9 8 3 -8
2023 317 1,180 -15 -12 2 4 -22
2024 37 134 -1 -3 0 0 -3
Player 2,326 8,524 -41 -66 32 -41 -41
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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 %
2016 353 47.0 68.7 91.2 33.2 72.6 43.6 36.5 49.9 15.3 7.9 71.4
2017 46 63.0 69.0 85.0 52.9 66.7 52.2 46.2 63.0 20.7 4.3 100.0
2018 1,981 46.6 61.2 88.3 34.1 64.4 45.0 23.4 46.7 20.6 6.5 63.3
2019 1,025 46.0 60.6 88.5 35.6 65.5 42.4 23.2 47.1 20.1 6.2 65.6
2020 673 48.3 64.6 91.4 36.5 62.2 41.5 23.5 50.1 18.7 8.5 59.6
2021 1,857 48.4 64.4 83.4 32.8 58.1 42.5 27.7 48.1 25.0 8.1 70.2
2022 1,281 50.0 66.6 89.2 39.8 69.8 42.2 32.6 53.2 16.7 7.3 73.1
2023 1,180 48.9 62.5 83.7 33.4 56.4 42.0 23.9 47.7 25.0 6.3 57.3
2024 134 52.2 51.4 91.7 40.6 46.2 32.1 24.3 46.3 27.4 11.2 40.0
Player 8,530 48.1 63.3 87.1 35.1 63.0 42.8 26.6 48.7 21.2 7.2 65.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2016 47 89
2017 34 71
2018 29 65 23 11 49 12 9 48 74 40 71 28 70 16 81 88
2019 58 86 83
2020 26 58 24 15 37 16 13 17 25 20 68 16 86 9 83 85 14
2021 8 26 14 14 11 18 17 25 57 21 42 11 44 13 71 95 26
2022 9 55 8 5 17 1 3 22 35 28 92 5 90 5 50 82 26
2023 24 61 19 20
2024 5 56
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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 19.1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2017 20.2 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2018 20.1 7 8.2 -1 10 5 3 42.9
2019 19.6 3 1.8 1 5 2 0 0.0
2020 20.5 4 4.0 0 4 3 1 25.0
2021 21.3 11 11.4 0 3 10 5 45.5
2022 21.3 3 4.3 -1 4 5 1 33.3
2023 19.6 2 2.4 0 2 2 1 50.0
Player 20.5 32 34.2 -2 28 27 13 40.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
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 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
2018 7 13 7 10 9 7 9 9 6 6 6 10 12 7 6 9 6 7 8 9 9 9 10 11 7 6 7 9 11 7 5
2019 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 4 3 2 1
2020 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 2 3 4 5 5 5 3
2021 11 15 8 12 11 11 14 13 8 7 9 12 12 9 13 15 12 12 12 11 12 9 15 13 11 8 15 12 11 8 11
2022 3 4 2 8 5 5 7 3 2 4 2 8 5 4 5 7 4 4 3 3 3 1 7 5 4 3 7 5 4 3 3
2023 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 4 1 2 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 4 1 2 3
Player 32 42 26 40 37 36 42 33 26 24 25 44 37 28 34 40 34 33 33 34 33 31 45 42 29 24 38 41 37 29 28
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 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024
Exit Velocity 91.0 1.8 ↑ 92.8 -4.0 ↓ 88.8 -1.4 ↓ 87.4 -0.7 ↓ 86.7 1.2 ↑ 87.9 -0.4 ↓ 87.5 1.7 ↑ 89.2 -0.9 ↓ 88.3
Launch Angle 5.4 6.2 ↑ 11.6 -0.9 ↓ 10.7 0.9 ↑ 11.6 -6.5 ↓ 5.1 1.1 ↑ 6.2 -3.2 ↓ 3.0 0.8 ↑ 3.8 1.0 ↑ 4.8
Barrel % 1.2 8.8 ↑ 10.0 -7.3 ↓ 2.7 -1.2 ↓ 1.5 2.2 ↑ 3.7 0.9 ↑ 4.6 -2.9 ↓ 1.7 1.7 ↑ 3.4 -3.4 ↓ 0.0
Hard Hit % 36.6 13.4 ↑ 50.0 -14.3 ↓ 35.7 -3.2 ↓ 32.5 -0.4 ↓ 32.1 2.5 ↑ 34.6 1.6 ↑ 36.2 3.2 ↑ 39.4 -13.5 ↓ 25.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.9 -2.9 ↓ 30.0 1.8 ↑ 31.8 -0.4 ↓ 31.4 1.4 ↑ 32.8 -2.2 ↓ 30.6 -2.7 ↓ 27.9 3.9 ↑ 31.8 5.2 ↑ 37.0
xBA .275 -0.002 ↓ .273 -0.013 ↓ .260 -0.003 ↓ .257 -0.001 ↓ .256 -0.018 ↓ .238 0.012 ↑ .250 -0.017 ↓ .233 -0.010 ↓ .223
BA .260 0.048 ↑ .308 -0.008 ↓ .300 -0.069 ↓ .231 0.055 ↑ .286 -0.021 ↓ .265 -0.006 ↓ .259 -0.047 ↓ .212 0.010 ↑ .222
xwOBA .298 0.009 ↑ .307 -0.003 ↓ .304 -0.010 ↓ .294 0.010 ↑ .304 -0.018 ↓ .286 -0.010 ↓ .276 -0.013 ↓ .263 -0.024 ↓ .239
wOBA .265 0.117 ↑ .382 -0.044 ↓ .338 -0.063 ↓ .275 0.060 ↑ .335 -0.018 ↓ .317 -0.028 ↓ .289 -0.047 ↓ .242 -0.023 ↓ .219
xSLG .355 0.096 ↑ .451 -0.084 ↓ .367 -0.025 ↓ .342 0.033 ↑ .375 -0.019 ↓ .356 -0.025 ↓ .331 -0.005 ↓ .326 -0.037 ↓ .289
SLG .302 0.313 ↑ .615 -0.180 ↓ .435 -0.095 ↓ .340 0.095 ↑ .435 -0.013 ↓ .422 -0.062 ↓ .360 -0.054 ↓ .306 -0.056 ↓ .250
K% 15.4 6.0 ↑ 21.4 -3.8 ↓ 17.6 0.3 ↑ 17.9 1.1 ↑ 19.0 3.6 ↑ 22.6 -9.1 ↓ 13.5 7.6 ↑ 21.1 3.2 ↑ 24.3
BB% 5.8 1.3 ↑ 7.1 -0.3 ↓ 6.8 -1.5 ↓ 5.3 0.1 ↑ 5.4 0.2 ↑ 5.6 -1.6 ↓ 4.0 0.1 ↑ 4.1 -1.4 ↓ 2.7
Swing % 49.9 13.1 ↑ 63.0 -16.3 ↓ 46.7 0.4 ↑ 47.1 3.0 ↑ 50.1 -2.0 ↓ 48.1 5.1 ↑ 53.2 -5.5 ↓ 47.7 -1.4 ↓ 46.3
Whiff% 15.3 5.4 ↑ 20.7 -0.1 ↓ 20.6 -0.5 ↓ 20.1 -1.4 ↓ 18.7 6.3 ↑ 25.0 -8.3 ↓ 16.7 8.3 ↑ 25.0 2.4 ↑ 27.4
In Zone % 47.0 16.0 ↑ 63.0 -16.4 ↓ 46.6 -0.6 ↓ 46.0 2.3 ↑ 48.3 0.1 ↑ 48.4 1.6 ↑ 50.0 -1.1 ↓ 48.9 3.3 ↑ 52.2
Out of Zone % 53.0 -16.0 ↓ 37.0 16.4 ↑ 53.4 0.6 ↑ 54.0 -2.3 ↓ 51.7 -0.1 ↓ 51.6 -1.6 ↓ 50.0 1.1 ↑ 51.1 -3.3 ↓ 47.8
Out of Zone Swing % 33.2 19.7 ↑ 52.9 -18.8 ↓ 34.1 1.5 ↑ 35.6 0.9 ↑ 36.5 -3.7 ↓ 32.8 7.0 ↑ 39.8 -6.4 ↓ 33.4 7.2 ↑ 40.6
First Pitch Swing % 36.5 9.7 ↑ 46.2 -22.8 ↓ 23.4 -0.2 ↓ 23.2 0.3 ↑ 23.5 4.2 ↑ 27.7 4.9 ↑ 32.6 -8.7 ↓ 23.9 0.4 ↑ 24.3
First Pitch Strike % 67.3 17.3 ↑ 84.6 -27.1 ↓ 57.5 3.7 ↑ 61.2 2.7 ↑ 63.9 0.4 ↑ 64.3 3.9 ↑ 68.2 -5.6 ↓ 62.6 18.5 ↑ 81.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 104 17 16.3 .281 .185
2017 Shifts L 12 0 0.0 .414
2018 Shifts L 541 45 8.3 .332 .397
2019 Shifts L 263 26 9.9 .276 .261
2020 Shifts L 183 22 12.0 .337 .319
2021 Shifts L 493 86 17.4 .310 .318
2022 Shifts L 371 37 10.0 .288 .296
2023 Shades L 317 57 18.0 .255 .188
2024 Shades L 37 10 27.0 .177 .333
! 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 %
2016 110 18.4 19.1% 0.9% 50 24.4 0.0% 20.0%
2017 13 19.2 0.0% 7.7% 4 21.0 0.0% 0.0%
2018 529 17.8 11.5% 1.9% 400 23.0 0.0% 8.0%
2019 334 18.8 8.1% 3.0% 141 24.2 0.0% 11.3%
2020 189 19.4 6.9% 2.6% 108 24.1 0.0% 13.0%
2021 538 19.9 2.4% 1.9% 323 24.5 0.0% 8.0%
2022 387 18.9 4.7% 2.6% 142 23.4 0.0% 10.6%
2023 342 15.5 41.8% 0.3% 189 19.5 2.1% 0.5%
2024 35 15.9 34.3% 0.0% 25 19.0 0.0% 4.0%
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