Jonah Heim
C | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 4" 220LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 4, #129, Baltimore Orioles | Amherst (NY) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 285 265 22 52 10 3 .196 .239 .358 .597
2022 450 406 51 92 16 2 .227 .298 .399 .697
2023 501 457 61 118 18 2 .258 .317 .438 .755
4 Seasons 1,277 1,166 139 270 44 7 .232 .292 .399 .691
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .196 10 3 .597
2022 .227 16 2 .697
2023 .258 18 2 .755
4 Seasons .232 44 7 .691
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		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2020 25 144 35 2 5.7 4.9 86.0 103.1 14.9 25.7 .245 .379 .223 .299 .291 37.1 7.3 7.3
2021 26 1139 211 13 6.2 4.6 87.1 109.0 15.5 34.6 .230 .372 .256 .285 .333 37.9 20.4 5.3
2022 27 1759 321 22 6.9 4.9 89.3 112.4 17.0 29.6 .224 .361 .306 .291 .319 39.9 19.3 9.1
2023 28 1996 364 29 8.0 5.8 89.2 110.3 17.3 34.3 .254 .435 .324 .326 .373 38.5 19.2 8.0
Player 5038 931 66 7.1 5.2 88.6 112.4 16.7 32.4 .238 .393 .299 .304 .342 38.8 19.1 7.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .405 .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 42.9 20.0 20.0 17.1 31.4 34.3 34.3 11.4 28.6 31.4 22.9 0.0 5.7 4.9
2021 40.3 24.2 22.7 12.8 41.2 37.4 21.3 4.7 28.9 29.4 23.7 6.6 6.2 4.6
2022 38.9 30.8 20.9 9.3 50.5 32.1 17.4 3.1 29.9 33.0 20.6 5.9 6.9 4.9
2023 36.3 29.9 26.1 7.7 45.3 33.0 21.7 2.5 25.5 31.6 25.3 6.9 8.0 5.8
Player 38.3 28.6 23.3 9.8 45.6 33.7 20.6 3.5 27.9 31.6 23.2 6.2 7.1 5.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.0 9 881 44.1 207 .251 .448 .345 24.5 23.2 17.5 .231 .422 .324 39.0
2023 Changeup 3.7 10 259 13.0 82 .338 .519 .406 20.4 11.0 13.2 .317 .469 .361 33.8
2023 Slider -0.6 -2 248 12.4 52 .167 .313 .259 22.3 19.2 13.5 .249 .434 .322 47.4
2023 Curveball -1.5 -3 212 10.6 53 .204 .245 .223 19.6 17.0 15.3 .213 .326 .257 29.3
2023 Sinker 1.3 2 158 7.9 38 .294 .647 .424 23.6 21.1 21.1 .283 .665 .429 53.8
2023 Cutter 3.3 4 116 5.8 39 .316 .579 .371 18.8 15.4 26.1 .320 .514 .366 39.4
2023 Sweeper 0.5 0 63 3.2 10 .200 .200 .180 14.8 20.0 12.5 .200 .245 .194 37.5
2023 Splitter 0.3 0 53 2.7 16 .188 .250 .191 25.0 18.8 13.0 .203 .256 .200 30.8
2023 Forkball 37.3 1 3 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .137 .185 .144 0.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.8 -5 690 39.2 180 .219 .356 .297 23.1 23.3 20.9 .202 .336 .283 35.6
2022 Changeup 1.3 4 273 15.5 85 .256 .474 .344 22.5 14.1 12.0 .250 .332 .282 40.3
2022 Slider -1.6 -4 224 12.7 54 .128 .255 .236 22.3 25.9 16.7 .148 .256 .243 36.4
2022 Curveball 0.1 0 188 10.7 35 .242 .515 .339 14.3 17.1 10.2 .219 .360 .275 14.8
2022 Sinker -1.2 -2 180 10.2 44 .244 .341 .291 10.7 6.8 7.1 .295 .526 .374 71.1
2022 Cutter 1.8 2 125 7.1 34 .323 .581 .390 19.2 14.7 15.6 .253 .468 .325 44.4
2022 Splitter 3.8 1 39 2.2 10 .111 .444 .270 48.1 30.0 20.0 .225 .415 .317 50.0
2022 Sweeper -0.2 0 39 2.2 7 .167 .167 .357 23.8 28.6 12.5 .325 .365 .361 0.0
2022 Slurve 47.6 0 1 0.1 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .906 1.076 .873 100.0
2021 4-Seamer -1.4 -7 504 44.2 130 .186 .364 .275 17.9 20.8 18.6 .214 .356 .282 37.0
2021 Changeup 1.0 2 156 13.7 44 .273 .523 .335 22.4 11.4 9.8 .277 .440 .306 35.9
2021 Sinker -2.4 -4 149 13.1 41 .216 .216 .249 14.7 12.2 17.2 .289 .453 .356 45.5
2021 Slider 1.8 2 125 11.0 29 .259 .556 .366 31.3 34.5 18.9 .265 .509 .350 52.9
2021 Curveball -2.8 -3 91 8.0 16 .143 .286 .156 30.0 31.3 16.7 .135 .171 .173 36.4
2021 Cutter -1.5 -1 72 6.3 12 .083 .167 .104 27.0 25.0 12.5 .170 .196 .164 22.2
2021 Splitter -7.3 -2 22 1.9 8 .000 .000 .000 35.7 25.0 18.2 .140 .153 .130 16.7
2021 Sweeper -5.9 -1 20 1.8 5 .000 .000 .000 25.0 20.0 7.7 .135 .169 .129 25.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.6 -1 58 40.3 15 .214 .214 .227 11.1 6.7 11.1 .308 .594 .401 53.8
2020 Sinker 1.1 0 24 16.7 7 .400 .400 .457 0.0 0.0 0.0 .263 .299 .378 20.0
2020 Changeup 1.8 0 22 15.3 8 .250 .250 .225 18.2 12.5 25.0 .197 .229 .188 14.3
2020 Slider -5.9 -1 15 10.4 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .127 .136 .118 33.3
2020 Cutter -11.4 -1 9 6.3 5 .200 .200 .180 0.0 0.0 0.0 .318 .443 .330 60.0
2020 Curveball 1.1 0 8 5.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Splitter -8.7 0 3 2.1 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .040 .043 .036 0.0
2020 Slurve -6.7 0 3 2.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .053 .066 .051 0.0
2020 Sweeper -1.8 0 2 1.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 41 144 -2 -1 0 0 -3
2021 285 1,139 -10 -16 5 8 -13
2022 450 1,759 -10 -12 11 7 -3
2023 498 1,995 4 -5 14 8 21
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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 144 45.1 66.2 93.0 26.6 81.0 45.1 29.3 44.4 10.9 7.6 63.6
2021 1,139 47.8 74.6 83.3 27.6 65.9 43.0 31.9 50.0 21.6 7.4 83.3
2022 1,759 48.7 73.0 84.3 29.6 64.0 42.9 38.7 50.8 21.4 7.3 77.3
2023 1,996 49.7 73.8 83.2 30.5 63.4 44.6 30.5 52.0 22.4 7.0 76.3
Player 5,038 48.8 73.5 83.8 29.4 64.6 43.6 33.6 50.9 21.6 7.2 77.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2020 14 17
2021 59 29
2022 21 19 27 37 23 38 43 55 85 49 59 61 69 47 22
2023 49 52 60 61 38 50 46 49 61 35 67 42 66 36 15
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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 22.5 10 8.9 1 4 10 2 20.0
2022 24.6 16 14.1 2 6 11 5 31.3
2023 23.9 18 19.0 -1 8 14 7 38.9
Player 23.8 44 42.1 2 18 35 14 31.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 10 10 7 8 8 9 9 11 6 5 7 10 10 7 10 11 7 8 10 9 11 10 12 11 9 7 9 11 11 6 8
2022 16 11 14 17 17 14 15 12 10 12 11 19 13 14 13 17 14 14 11 14 13 12 20 14 13 12 19 17 13 15 14
2023 18 19 14 22 22 18 20 17 19 18 18 20 17 16 19 21 20 18 20 22 18 19 23 22 17 17 21 19 20 18 17
Player 44 40 35 47 47 41 44 40 35 35 36 49 40 37 42 49 41 40 41 45 42 41 55 47 39 36 49 47 44 39 39
! 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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.0 87.1 1.1 ↑ 89.3 2.2 ↑ 89.2 -0.1 ↓
Launch Angle 14.9 15.5 0.6 ↑ 17.0 1.5 ↑ 17.3 0.3 ↑
Barrel % 5.7 6.2 0.5 ↑ 6.9 0.7 ↑ 8.0 1.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 37.1 37.9 0.8 ↑ 39.9 2.0 ↑ 38.5 -1.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 25.7 34.6 8.9 ↑ 29.6 -5.0 ↓ 34.3 4.7 ↑
xBA .245 .230 -0.015 ↓ .224 -0.006 ↓ .254 0.030 ↑
BA .211 .196 -0.015 ↓ .227 0.031 ↑ .258 0.031 ↑
xwOBA .299 .285 -0.014 ↓ .291 0.006 ↑ .326 0.035 ↑
wOBA .223 .256 0.033 ↑ .306 0.050 ↑ .324 0.018 ↑
xSLG .379 .372 -0.007 ↓ .361 -0.011 ↓ .435 0.074 ↑
SLG .211 .358 0.147 ↑ .399 0.041 ↑ .438 0.039 ↑
K% 7.3 20.4 13.1 ↑ 19.3 -1.1 ↓ 19.2 -0.1 ↓
BB% 7.3 5.3 -2.0 ↓ 9.1 3.8 ↑ 8.0 -1.1 ↓
Swing % 44.4 50.0 5.6 ↑ 50.8 0.8 ↑ 52.0 1.2 ↑
Whiff% 10.9 21.6 10.7 ↑ 21.4 -0.2 ↓ 22.4 1.0 ↑
In Zone % 45.1 47.8 2.7 ↑ 48.7 0.9 ↑ 49.7 1.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.9 52.2 -2.7 ↓ 51.3 -0.9 ↓ 50.3 -1.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.6 27.6 1.0 ↑ 29.6 2.0 ↑ 30.5 0.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 31.9 2.6 ↑ 38.7 6.8 ↑ 30.5 -8.2 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.4 60.4 -3.0 ↓ 64.2 3.8 ↑ 60.3 -3.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts L 32 21 65.6 .224 .193
2020 Shifts R 9 2 22.2 .378 .000
2021 Shifts L 195 133 68.2 .195 .268
2021 Shifts R 81 7 8.6 .295 .402
2022 Shifts L 316 274 86.7 .325 .274
2022 Shifts R 131 17 13.0 .348 .455
2023 Shades L 411 249 60.6 .374 .271
2023 Shades R 87 4 4.6 .373 .622
! 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