Jon Gray
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 31

Draft: 2013 | Rd: 1, #3, Colorado Rockies | Oklahoma

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 7 7 3.96 24 24 0 127.1 134 1.13
8 Seasons 60 56 4.51 176 175 0 956.2 983 1.31
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 24 7-7 3.96 127.1 134 1.13
8 Seasons 176 60-56 4.51 956.2 983 1.31

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 23 682 129 3 2.3 1.6 88.9 112.3 11.0 27.9 .255 .367 .364 .308 .364 41.9 21.6 7.6 5.53 3.91
2016 24 2793 455 28 6.2 3.9 88.2 113.5 12.4 36.0 .238 .386 .307 .310 .379 34.7 26.0 8.3 4.61 4.05
2017 25 1833 317 13 4.1 2.8 85.7 115.5 7.4 33.8 .253 .379 .309 .300 .367 31.8 24.3 6.5 3.67 3.84
2018 26 2800 501 29 5.8 3.9 89.8 116.8 9.7 31.9 .246 .392 .332 .307 .376 37.9 24.7 7.0 5.12 3.98
2019 27 2373 427 25 5.9 3.9 89.9 116.2 8.4 31.6 .268 .426 .323 .328 .396 43.8 23.5 8.8 3.84 4.79
2020 28 658 139 11 7.9 6.3 90.3 109.2 15.9 38.1 .296 .495 .347 .363 .389 46.0 12.6 6.3 6.69 5.81
2021 29 2537 421 29 6.9 4.5 89.0 113.9 9.5 30.4 .235 .378 .320 .305 .360 38.2 24.4 9.0 4.59 3.92
2022 30 2062 342 21 6.1 4.0 88.0 116.5 11.1 34.8 .230 .367 .292 .295 .359 38.0 25.7 7.5 3.96 3.59
Player 15738 2731 159 5.8 3.9 88.7 116.8 10.2 33.0 .248 .393 .318 .311 .374 38.3 24.1 7.8
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Gray relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(50.5%) ,
Slider
(36.1%) ,
Changeup
(9.3%) ,
Curveball
(4.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 45.7 20.9 27.9 5.4 31.8 45.0 23.3 3.9 29.5 24.0 29.5 6.2 2.3 1.6
2016 44.8 16.5 30.5 8.1 37.1 31.6 31.2 4.0 33.8 22.4 25.9 5.1 6.2 3.9
2017 48.6 16.4 28.7 6.3 32.8 41.0 26.2 5.4 38.8 18.6 24.6 6.9 4.1 2.8
2018 49.3 20.0 24.6 6.2 37.1 33.5 28.9 2.2 37.1 21.6 26.3 6.0 5.8 3.9
2019 51.8 19.4 24.1 4.7 33.0 39.6 27.4 2.8 37.7 18.7 29.7 3.7 5.9 3.9
2020 36.7 23.7 30.2 9.4 38.8 37.4 23.7 1.4 32.4 25.9 24.5 7.9 7.9 6.3
2021 49.2 24.9 21.6 4.3 36.1 40.4 23.5 5.0 35.2 21.4 24.9 6.7 6.9 4.5
2022 44.2 24.9 24.0 7.0 29.5 42.4 28.1 3.5 33.9 25.7 25.4 5.0 6.1 4.0
Player 47.4 20.5 25.9 6.2 34.7 37.9 27.3 3.6 35.6 21.8 26.3 5.7 5.8 3.9
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2022 Curveball TEX R 84 77.8 56.0 0.7 1 14.5 4.6 47
2022 Changeup TEX R 192 88.7 26.0 -3.2 -11 14.2 -0.3 -2
2022 4-Seamer TEX R 1,042 95.9 17.2 -2.8 -20 11.4 3.0 35
2022 Slider TEX R 744 84.9 32.5 -3.8 -10 10.0 4.4 78
2021 4-Seamer COL R 1,208 94.9 19.2 -4.3 -28 12.9 4.8 58
2021 Slider COL R 966 86.7 32.7 -1.2 -4 2.6 -1.9 -42
2021 Changeup COL R 203 87.6 28.0 -1.3 -5 11.7 -2.5 -18
2021 Curveball COL R 160 76.0 56.6 -1.7 -3 11.3 1.3 13
2020 Sinker COL R 7 94.0 19.1 -1.9 -9 16.4 1.8 12
2020 4-Seamer COL R 318 94.0 19.6 -4.3 -28 11.2 3.4 44
2020 Changeup COL R 86 86.5 24.8 -5.3 -17 10.2 -3.2 -24
2020 Curveball COL R 55 77.8 50.5 -4.7 -8 9.8 -0.2 -2
2020 Slider COL R 192 86.3 32.4 -2.5 -7 2.9 -1.5 -34
2019 Changeup COL R 69 86.7 27.4 -1.7 -6 9.5 -4.1 -30
2019 4-Seamer COL R 1,216 96.0 18.3 -3.8 -26 11.0 3.1 39
2019 Sinker COL R 29 95.4 23.1 1.9 9 13.5 -1.6 -11
2019 Slider COL R 795 88.3 30.2 -2.1 -7 1.6 -1.8 -53
2019 Curveball COL R 263 78.6 52.0 -3.2 -6 10.1 1.9 23
2018 Curveball COL R 410 79.6 49.2 -4.4 -8 6.0 -2.2 -27
2018 Slider COL R 949 87.8 28.9 -2.8 -9 2.3 -1.3 -37
2018 Changeup COL R 46 86.3 24.7 -4.9 -17 8.9 -4.6 -34
2018 4-Seamer COL R 1,385 94.7 17.1 -2.1 -14 8.5 1.0 13
2018 Sinker COL R 3 95.0 24.1 4.1 20 10.1 -4.3 -30
2017 Changeup COL R 40 88.6 21.9 -3.8 -15 8.5 -5.3 -38
2017 Sinker COL R 7 95.5 19.6 0.7 4 19.9 5.0 33
2017 Slider COL R 503 89.7 25.7 -1.8 -6 2.2 -0.1 -4
2017 4-Seamer COL R 1,027 96.0 13.6 -0.8 -6 9.0 0.9 12
2017 Curveball COL R 252 80.1 49.2 -1.4 -3 7.4 -0.5 -6
2016 4-Seamer COL R 1,537 95.8 12.9 -0.3 -2 7.9 1.0 14
2016 Curveball COL R 305 78.3 50.9 -2.0 -4 13.1 2.6 25
2016 Slider COL R 732 89.1 26.3 -1.0 -4 4.5 0.6 15
2016 Changeup COL R 206 85.9 23.3 -4.0 -15 8.7 -4.1 -32
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2022 4-Seamer -0.3 -3 1,042 50.5 267 .275 .417 .341 17.4 19.5 16.6 .279 .429 .343 43.2
2022 Slider 0.0 0 744 36.1 193 .156 .330 .253 40.6 39.4 24.8 .163 .270 .232 26.2
2022 Changeup -1.4 -3 192 9.3 53 .178 .267 .242 11.4 9.4 14.3 .221 .358 .296 40.5
2022 Curveball 1.2 1 84 4.1 8 .375 .750 .475 22.7 12.5 25.0 .308 .722 .436 57.1
2021 4-Seamer 1.3 15 1,208 47.6 309 .331 .518 .404 17.1 15.9 16.1 .291 .460 .362 44.2
2021 Slider -1.3 -12 966 38.1 265 .156 .300 .258 38.8 37.4 26.2 .159 .267 .235 34.3
2021 Changeup 0.8 2 203 8.0 41 .263 .579 .360 19.0 9.8 12.1 .308 .510 .363 31.4
2021 Curveball -0.8 -1 160 6.3 27 .120 .240 .226 30.0 18.5 11.6 .230 .337 .278 10.0
2020 4-Seamer -0.9 -3 318 48.3 99 .258 .360 .330 12.7 12.1 15.6 .272 .406 .331 51.9
2020 Slider 1.2 2 192 29.2 36 .188 .563 .329 40.7 25.0 14.8 .197 .484 .319 37.5
2020 Changeup 6.8 6 86 13.1 19 .526 1.053 .711 23.7 0.0 0.0 .538 .939 .627 42.1
2020 Curveball 5.7 3 55 8.4 16 .313 .375 .303 18.2 6.3 4.8 .342 .490 .358 33.3
2020 Sinker -1.9 0 7 1.1 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 -- .282 .445 .306 50.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.6 7 1,216 51.2 316 .337 .541 .426 13.8 11.4 13.3 .335 .534 .409 52.1
2019 Slider -2.2 -18 795 33.5 233 .183 .297 .239 40.9 39.1 29.2 .194 .281 .225 33.6
2019 Curveball -1.1 -3 263 11.1 62 .153 .271 .194 31.5 33.9 19.3 .214 .344 .246 28.2
2019 Changeup 3.8 3 69 2.9 15 .357 1.143 .613 23.1 13.3 20.0 .282 .734 .428 41.7
2019 Sinker 5.4 2 29 1.2 7 .400 1.000 .614 20.0 0.0 0.0 .506 1.055 .661 40.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.4 19 1,385 49.5 330 .326 .540 .412 17.1 12.4 13.3 .299 .479 .375 43.3
2018 Slider -0.5 -5 949 33.9 283 .228 .392 .287 37.6 32.5 29.1 .211 .326 .254 35.4
2018 Curveball -0.4 -2 410 14.6 113 .194 .330 .260 41.6 41.6 30.1 .183 .301 .238 25.4
2018 Changeup 0.6 0 46 1.6 10 .300 .700 .415 33.3 20.0 50.0 .343 .577 .391 25.0
2018 Sinker 14.0 0 3 0.1 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .370 .813 .505 50.0
2017 4-Seamer 0.4 4 1,028 56.1 248 .330 .520 .397 12.5 11.7 13.4 .299 .466 .356 39.9
2017 Slider -2.4 -12 503 27.4 146 .167 .242 .219 34.1 38.4 28.0 .182 .252 .229 13.8
2017 Curveball -1.9 -5 252 13.7 53 .192 .250 .220 36.4 43.4 29.1 .202 .304 .224 27.6
2017 Changeup 1.5 1 40 2.2 9 .333 .444 .339 43.8 44.4 44.4 .315 .403 .308 40.0
2017 Sinker 19.4 1 7 0.4 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .588 .637 .532 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 83 86.4 95 15.0 2:00 1:30 30
2020 Curveball 53 77.8 71 12.8 7:45 7:45 0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 306 94.0 97 15.6 1:15 1:30 -15
2020 Slider 190 86.3 32 4.6 11:15 10:30 45
2021 Changeup 194 87.6 98 14.2 2:00 2:00 0
2021 Curveball 158 76.1 80 16.8 7:30 7:30 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,196 94.9 96 17.0 1:15 1:45 -30
2021 Slider 954 86.7 31 4.3 10:45 10:15 30
2022 Changeup 192 88.7 99 17.0 2:00 2:00 0
2022 Curveball 84 77.8 80 20.3 7:30 7:45 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1,036 95.9 96 17.0 1:30 1:30 0
2022 Slider 739 84.9 31 11.9 8:45 9:45 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 55 212 -4 -4 0 1 -7
2017 43 178 -1 -5 0 0 -6
2018 61 228 -6 -4 0 0 -10
2019 59 195 -6 -5 -1 0 -12
2021 50 196 -2 -7 0 0 -9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 682 50.1 66.3 81.9 26.5 60.0 40.7 58.4 46.6 22.6 7.9 79.6
2016 2,793 51.4 67.8 82.9 29.1 47.3 42.8 62.6 49.0 26.5 7.8 74.7
2017 1,833 52.0 60.6 86.1 26.3 53.7 43.9 61.6 44.2 22.4 8.8 77.6
2018 2,800 50.8 65.5 80.9 25.7 40.8 41.6 63.3 45.9 28.8 8.0 75.0
2019 2,373 50.9 66.1 83.6 28.4 47.6 43.8 64.7 47.6 26.2 7.3 78.7
2020 658 48.5 69.3 86.4 26.0 54.5 42.4 60.9 47.0 22.0 9.0 78.0
2021 2,537 51.7 66.4 81.3 22.8 45.2 41.8 64.3 45.3 26.7 8.5 79.5
2022 2,062 50.8 66.7 81.7 30.5 54.0 43.3 67.6 48.9 25.9 7.5 73.5
Player 15,738 51.1 65.9 82.7 27.0 48.5 42.6 63.6 46.9 26.0 8.0 76.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 82 18 95
2016 51 64 58 56 46 23 44 61 50 81 42 76 51 88 39 72 92
2017 67 41 67 80 67 54 84 85 61 67 81 37 35 92 15 58 86
2018 51 41 49 52 55 21 63 11 29 65 70 76 24 79 7 48 76
2019 32 20 39 61 25 32 70 17 4 57 37 56 42 88 11 49 46
2020 14 5 13 23 22 19 38 16 9 1 78 18 32 67 25 55 65
2021 58 55 62 65 50 24 62 46 54 56 39 54 5 78 30 67 61
2022 61 59 58 56 63 39 73 61 50 69 53 55 61 84 8 67 66
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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 23.4 18 15.9 2 5 14 6 33.3
2017 20.9 11 10.3 1 10 8 3 27.3
2018 23.1 27 19.5 8 11 16 7 25.9
2019 22.5 19 17.7 1 9 11 8 42.1
2020 23.0 6 6.0 0 4 6 2 33.3
2021 24.3 21 20.8 0 10 10 11 52.4
2022 23.4 17 15.2 2 3 15 4 23.5
Player 23.1 119 105.5 14 52 80 41 34.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 18 16 16 14 16 20 15 18 15 13 16 17 11 12 16 18 15 16 12 18 22 10 15 17 15 18 21 15 13 18 19
2017 11 9 18 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 8 9 8 8 11 12 10 11 9 11 15 5 9 11 11 10 11 10 11 8 12
2018 27 23 25 18 18 22 17 24 21 14 16 20 14 15 16 22 18 25 13 21 22 20 18 22 21 22 21 16 21 17 24
2019 19 21 21 18 18 18 18 21 18 15 17 19 13 16 17 19 17 21 16 17 18 18 16 19 18 17 19 15 16 15 21
2020 6 5 7 4 6 4 0 8 6 8 7 5 4 6 6 7 7 6 4 6 7 5 6 6 6 8 5 4 7 4 9
2021 21 20 23 16 21 23 20 24 20 17 20 23 18 16 20 21 24 23 15 20 22 20 20 25 22 21 26 19 23 20 23
2022 17 16 12 17 17 20 16 14 17 13 10 12 12 9 15 18 18 18 14 15 17 16 15 14 18 17 18 13 16 11 19
Player 119 110 122 97 107 117 96 119 108 90 94 105 80 82 101 117 109 120 83 108 123 94 99 114 111 113 121 92 107 93 127
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95 95.8 0.8 ↑ 96 0.2 ↑ 94.7 -1.3 ↓ 96 1.3 ↑ 94 -2 ↓ 94.9 0.9 ↑ 95.9 1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 85.9 85.9 0 88.6 2.7 ↑ 86.3 -2.3 ↓ 86.7 0.4 ↑ 86.5 -0.2 ↓ 87.6 1.1 ↑ 88.7 1.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 87.5 85.9 -1.6 ↓ 86.5 0.6 ↑ 85.3 -1.2 ↓ 85.9 0.6 ↑ 84.4 -1.5 ↓ 85.2 0.8 ↑ 84.2 -1 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.9 88.2 -0.7 ↓ 85.7 -2.5 ↓ 89.8 4.1 ↑ 89.9 0.1 ↑ 90.3 0.4 ↑ 89 -1.3 ↓ 88 -1 ↓
Launch Angle 11 12.4 1.4 ↑ 7.4 -5 ↓ 9.7 2.3 ↑ 8.4 -1.3 ↓ 15.9 7.5 ↑ 9.5 -6.4 ↓ 11.1 1.6 ↑
Barrel % 2.3 6.2 3.9 ↑ 4.1 -2.1 ↓ 5.8 1.7 ↑ 5.9 0.1 ↑ 7.9 2 ↑ 6.9 -1 ↓ 6.1 -0.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 41.9 34.7 -7.2 ↓ 31.8 -2.9 ↓ 37.9 6.1 ↑ 43.8 5.9 ↑ 46 2.2 ↑ 38.2 -7.8 ↓ 38 -0.2 ↓
Sweet Spot % 27.9 36 8.1 ↑ 33.8 -2.2 ↓ 31.9 -1.9 ↓ 31.6 -0.3 ↓ 38.1 6.5 ↑ 30.4 -7.7 ↓ 34.8 4.4 ↑
xBA .255 .238 -0.017 ↓ .253 0.015 ↑ .246 -0.007 ↓ .268 0.022 ↑ .296 0.028 ↑ .235 -0.061 ↓ .23 -0.005 ↓
BA .319 .243 -0.076 ↓ .266 0.023 ↑ .266 0 .259 -0.007 ↓ .281 0.022 ↑ .245 -0.036 ↓ .222 -0.023 ↓
xwOBA .308 .31 0.002 ↑ .3 -0.01 ↓ .307 0.007 ↑ .328 0.021 ↑ .363 0.035 ↑ .305 -0.058 ↓ .295 -0.01 ↓
wOBA .364 .307 -0.057 ↓ .309 0.002 ↑ .332 0.023 ↑ .323 -0.009 ↓ .347 0.024 ↑ .32 -0.027 ↓ .292 -0.028 ↓
xSLG .367 .386 0.019 ↑ .379 -0.007 ↓ .392 0.013 ↑ .426 0.034 ↑ .495 0.069 ↑ .378 -0.117 ↓ .367 -0.011 ↓
SLG .485 .386 -0.099 ↓ .4 0.014 ↑ .451 0.051 ↑ .437 -0.014 ↓ .481 0.044 ↑ .42 -0.061 ↓ .375 -0.045 ↓
K% 21.6 26 4.4 ↑ 24.3 -1.7 ↓ 24.7 0.4 ↑ 23.5 -1.2 ↓ 12.6 -10.9 ↓ 24.4 11.8 ↑ 25.7 1.3 ↑
BB% 7.6 8.3 0.7 ↑ 6.5 -1.8 ↓ 7 0.5 ↑ 8.8 1.8 ↑ 6.3 -2.5 ↓ 9 2.7 ↑ 7.5 -1.5 ↓
Swing % 46.6 49 2.4 ↑ 44.2 -4.8 ↓ 45.9 1.7 ↑ 47.6 1.7 ↑ 47 -0.6 ↓ 45.3 -1.7 ↓ 48.9 3.6 ↑
Whiff% 22.6 26.5 3.9 ↑ 22.4 -4.1 ↓ 28.8 6.4 ↑ 26.2 -2.6 ↓ 22 -4.2 ↓ 26.7 4.7 ↑ 25.9 -0.8 ↓
In Zone % 50.1 51.4 1.3 ↑ 52 0.6 ↑ 50.8 -1.2 ↓ 50.9 0.1 ↑ 48.5 -2.4 ↓ 51.7 3.2 ↑ 50.8 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.9 48.6 -1.3 ↓ 48 -0.6 ↓ 49.2 1.2 ↑ 49.1 -0.1 ↓ 51.5 2.4 ↑ 48.3 -3.2 ↓ 49.2 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.5 29.1 2.6 ↑ 26.3 -2.8 ↓ 25.7 -0.6 ↓ 28.4 2.7 ↑ 26 -2.4 ↓ 22.8 -3.2 ↓ 30.5 7.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 30.8 2.2 ↑ 25.8 -5 ↓ 29.9 4.1 ↑ 33 3.1 ↑ 29.3 -3.7 ↓ 31.5 2.2 ↑ 33.8 2.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 62.6 4.2 ↑ 61.6 -1 ↓ 63.3 1.7 ↑ 64.7 1.4 ↑ 60.9 -3.8 ↓ 64.3 3.4 ↑ 67.6 3.3 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2016 698 .305 344 26 7.6 354 147 41.5
2017 460 .310 192 9 4.7 268 39 14.6
2018 741 .332 373 41 11.0 368 120 32.6
2019 629 .324 326 36 11.0 303 95 31.4
2020 173 .349 66 6 9.1 107 39 36.4
2021 619 .319 268 12 4.5 351 120 34.2
2022 521 .292 271 53 19.6 250 158 63.2

Pitch Tempo