John Nogowski
1B | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 0" 245LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 34, #1032, Oakland Athletics | Florida State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 4 4 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
2021 143 129 14 30 1 0 .233 .301 .310 .611
2 Seasons 147 133 14 31 1 0 .233 .299 .308 .607
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .250 0 0 .500
2021 .233 1 0 .611
2 Seasons .233 1 0 .607
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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%
2020 27 14 3 0 0.0 0.0 95.9 101.2 22.5 0.0 .170 .188 .221 .160 .213 33.3 25.0 0.0
2021 28 569 108 0 0.0 0.0 88.1 108.1 15.6 38.0 .241 .312 .273 .279 .285 28.7 15.4 8.4
Player 583 111 0 0.0 0.0 88.3 108.1 15.8 36.9 .239 .308 .272 .275 .283 28.8 15.6 8.2
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
2020 66.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 37.0 29.6 29.6 3.7 42.6 34.3 23.1 2.8 24.1 38.0 31.5 3.7 0.0 0.0
Player 37.8 28.8 28.8 4.5 42.3 35.1 22.5 2.7 24.3 37.8 31.5 3.6 0.0 0.0
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 -3.9 -7 177 31.1 45 .122 .122 .182 12.5 17.8 13.8 .177 .243 .227 24.2
2021 Sinker 0.5 1 121 21.3 33 .276 .345 .324 12.0 12.1 21.1 .258 .316 .303 40.0
2021 Slider 2.0 2 102 17.9 34 .258 .484 .326 13.3 17.6 19.4 .252 .323 .268 19.2
2021 Changeup 3.3 2 60 10.5 10 .556 .556 .520 23.8 10.0 7.1 .430 .512 .440 25.0
2021 Curveball -2.7 -1 47 8.3 8 .143 .143 .200 6.7 12.5 5.9 .205 .331 .287 33.3
2021 Cutter -0.5 0 42 7.4 7 .333 .333 .357 12.5 0.0 0.0 .281 .351 .341 16.7
2021 Split-Finger -4.7 -1 12 2.1 5 .000 .000 .000 20.0 40.0 28.6 .187 .267 .192 66.7
2021 Slurve 2.5 0 4 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 Sweeper 6.4 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Sinker 1.6 0 5 35.7 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 100.0 .274 .305 .257 100.0
2020 Cutter -4.1 0 3 21.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.7 0 3 21.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .000 .000 .000 0.0
2020 Changeup -2.6 0 2 14.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .134 .139 .126 0.0
2020 Slider 3.2 0 1 7.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 143 569 -4 -9 5 4 -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 %
2020 14 50.0 42.9 100.0 14.3 0.0 35.7 0.0 28.6 25.0 7.1 100.0
2021 569 55.9 65.7 90.9 12.7 59.4 41.7 30.8 42.4 13.3 9.1 86.5
Player 583 55.7 65.2 91.0 12.8 57.6 41.5 29.9 42.0 13.5 9.1 86.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2021 54 17
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 24.2 1 0.9 0 3 1 0 0.0
Player 24.2 1 0.9 0 3 1 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Player 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
! 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 2020 2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 95.9 88.1 -7.8
Launch Angle 22.5 15.6 -6.9
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 33.3 28.7 -4.6
Sweet Spot % 0.0 38.0 38.0
xBA .170 .241 0.071
BA .250 .233 -0.017
xwOBA .160 .279 0.119
wOBA .221 .273 0.052
xSLG .188 .312 0.124
SLG .250 .310 0.060
K% 25.0 15.4 -9.6
BB% 0.0 8.4 8.4
Swing % 28.6 42.4 13.8
Whiff% 25.0 13.3 -11.7
In Zone % 50.0 55.9 5.9
Out of Zone % 50.0 44.1 -5.9
Out of Zone Swing % 14.3 12.7 -1.6
First Pitch Swing % 0.0 30.8 30.8
First Pitch Strike % 50.0 58.0 8.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 4 1 25.0 .000 .883
2021 Shifts R 141 46 32.6 .231 .371
! 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 %
2020 7 16.8 14.3% 0.0% 3 20.8 0.0% 0.0%
2021 153 18.2 22.9% 3.3% 124 24.4 1.6% 15.3%
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