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
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 36.5 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
2016 53.7 13.4 29.3 3.7 35.4 37.8 26.8 0.0 45.1 23.2 26.8 2.4 1.2 1.0
2017 50.0 20.0 20.0 10.0 40.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 30.0 0.0 10.0 7.1
2018 47.4 19.4 26.3 6.9 32.0 39.0 28.3 2.0 35.0 24.6 29.8 5.2 2.7 2.0
2019 44.3 21.6 27.8 6.2 30.9 42.8 26.3 1.5 35.1 27.3 30.4 4.1 1.5 1.1
2020 49.3 17.2 29.1 4.5 35.1 35.1 29.9 5.2 37.3 20.9 27.6 3.7 3.7 2.7
2021 50.0 22.0 25.1 2.9 35.7 34.3 30.0 3.7 38.6 22.9 25.4 4.3 4.6 3.2
2022 55.1 19.3 23.3 2.3 31.6 37.2 31.2 3.7 42.9 21.3 25.2 5.0 1.7 1.3
2023 55.9 19.9 21.6 2.5 29.2 39.4 31.4 5.1 44.9 18.2 23.3 5.1 3.4 2.5
2024 51.9 25.9 18.5 3.7 29.6 22.2 48.1 3.7 44.4 18.5 25.9 7.4 0.0 0.0
Player 50.6 19.9 25.3 4.3 32.6 37.6 29.6 3.2 39.3 22.6 26.9 4.6 2.9 2.1
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -4.0 -2 43 32.1 10 .100 .100 .090 14.3 30.0 21.4 .208 .298 .219 28.6
2024 Changeup -1.9 0 24 17.9 4 .000 .000 .175 54.5 25.0 14.3 .039 .040 .211 0.0
2024 Curveball 3.2 1 16 11.9 6 .500 .500 .450 33.3 33.3 28.6 .458 .539 .439 50.0
2024 Sinker -5.6 -1 15 11.2 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .093 .098 .090 0.0
2024 Slider 7.3 1 11 8.2 6 .333 .500 .358 25.0 16.7 25.0 .207 .358 .238 40.0
2024 Split-Finger -6.8 -1 11 8.2 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 66.7 .089 .090 .080 0.0
2024 Cutter -5.4 0 8 6.0 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .315 .337 .298 0.0
2024 Sweeper 3.3 0 6 4.5 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .292 .308 .283 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -4 408 34.6 114 .241 .324 .302 16.1 19.3 18.8 .275 .377 .303 43.0
2023 Changeup -2.8 -5 194 16.4 49 .149 .149 .143 38.0 28.6 21.2 .155 .193 .169 35.3
2023 Slider 0.2 0 144 12.2 43 .262 .452 .313 34.9 23.3 18.5 .182 .261 .202 31.3
2023 Sinker -0.6 -1 136 11.5 41 .286 .429 .329 11.1 4.9 11.8 .273 .408 .322 52.8
2023 Cutter -2.6 -3 104 8.8 26 .182 .318 .270 22.0 15.4 21.1 .253 .350 .312 21.1
2023 Curveball -2.6 -2 96 8.1 20 .158 .263 .170 28.9 45.0 23.7 .222 .283 .227 36.4
2023 Split-Finger -1.5 -1 45 3.8 10 .000 .000 .070 26.3 10.0 7.1 .175 .199 .217 25.0
2023 Sweeper -2.1 -1 41 3.5 10 .200 .300 .215 33.3 20.0 14.3 .300 .535 .347 37.5
2023 Slurve -8.7 0 5 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Knuckleball 2.9 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 104 352 0 -2 -1 1 -2
2018 541 1,978 0 -15 9 8 2
2019 273 1,073 -7 -15 4 5 -13
2020 246 924 -7 -10 1 6 -9
2021 501 1,871 -4 -11 5 7 -3
2022 371 1,280 -8 -8 9 3 -4
2023 317 1,180 -11 -12 2 4 -18
2024 37 134 0 -3 0 1 -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 %
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 57.8 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
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 92.8 1.8 88.8 -4.0 87.4 -1.4 86.7 -0.7 87.9 1.2 87.5 -0.4 89.2 1.7 88.3 -0.9
Launch Angle 5.4 11.6 6.2 10.7 -0.9 11.6 0.9 5.1 -6.5 6.2 1.1 3.0 -3.2 3.8 0.8 4.8 1.0
Barrel % 1.2 10.0 8.8 2.7 -7.3 1.5 -1.2 3.7 2.2 4.6 0.9 1.7 -2.9 3.4 1.7 0.0 -3.4
Hard Hit % 36.6 50.0 13.4 35.7 -14.3 32.5 -3.2 32.1 -0.4 34.6 2.5 36.2 1.6 39.4 3.2 25.9 -13.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.9 30.0 -2.9 31.8 1.8 31.4 -0.4 32.8 1.4 30.6 -2.2 27.9 -2.7 31.8 3.9 37.0 5.2
xBA .275 .273 -0.002 .260 -0.013 .257 -0.003 .256 -0.001 .238 -0.018 .250 0.012 .233 -0.017 .223 -0.010