José Leclerc
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 29
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 2 3 2.00
2022 0 3 2.83 39 0 7 47.2 54 1.13
2023 0 2 2.68 57 0 4 57 67 1.14
7 Seasons 6 15 3.03 286 3 40 293.2 384 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 2 0-0 4.50 2 3 2.00
2022 39 0-3 2.83 47.2 54 1.13
2023 57 0-2 2.68 57 67 1.14
7 Seasons 286 6-15 3.03 293.2 384 1.19
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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
2016 22 264 38 1 2.6 1.5 87.6 111.5 20.7 34.2 .177 .286 .309 .278 .268 26.3 22.7 19.7 1.80 3.21
2017 23 865 97 3 3.1 1.5 85.0 104.7 20.6 24.7 .143 .237 .279 .274 .262 30.2 30.0 20.0 3.94 3.17
2018 24 933 110 4 3.6 1.8 85.4 113.1 23.3 25.5 .134 .191 .205 .209 .253 20.0 38.1 11.2 1.56 1.83
2019 25 1294 154 6 3.9 2.0 87.1 111.5 19.0 36.4 .165 .268 .306 .260 .306 28.3 33.4 13.0 4.33 2.93
2020 26 47 5 0 0.0 0.0 92.9 101.0 31.4 60.0 .238 .345 .352 .343 .421 60.0 30.0 20.0 4.50 5.10
2022 28 782 120 8 6.7 4.0 86.6 110.3 24.2 27.5 .188 .323 .280 .278 .320 32.5 27.3 10.6 2.83 3.17
2023 29 977 136 11 8.1 4.7 85.9 112.6 25.1 29.4 .186 .333 .261 .276 .326 32.4 28.8 12.0 2.68 3.16
Player 5162 660 33 5.0 2.7 86.2 113.1 22.4 29.8 .165 .272 .271 .261 .296 28.9 31.2 13.7
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Leclerc relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(34.8%) ,
Slider
(31.5%) ,
Cutter
(16.1%) ,
Changeup
(13.2%) ,
Sinker
(4.4%) ,


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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
2016 28.9 31.6 31.6 7.9 42.1 31.6 26.3 2.6 26.3 42.1 13.2 13.2 2.6 1.5
2017 40.2 27.8 16.5 15.5 42.3 30.9 24.7 4.1 27.8 37.1 18.6 7.2 3.1 1.5
2018 34.5 26.4 20.0 19.1 39.1 37.3 23.6 4.5 21.8 43.6 20.9 2.7 3.6 1.8
2019 37.7 24.7 24.7 13.0 46.1 30.5 23.4 4.5 27.3 37.7 18.2 5.2 3.9 2.0
2020 0.0 0.0 60.0 40.0 60.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 0.0
2022 29.2 35.8 17.5 17.5 43.3 37.5 19.2 2.5 21.7 43.3 20.0 5.8 6.7 4.0
2023 28.7 35.3 19.9 16.2 41.9 32.4 25.7 2.9 22.1 41.9 18.4 6.6 8.1 4.7
Player 33.3 29.8 21.1 15.8 42.9 33.2 23.6 3.6 24.1 40.6 18.9 6.1 5.0 2.7
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.

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
2023 Cutter TEX R 157 90.1 27.2 -1.6 -6 4.7 2.9 161
2023 Changeup TEX R 129 88.3 22.7 -7.1 -24 13.0 -1.8 -12
2023 4-Seamer TEX R 340 95.1 12.2 2.5 17 3.0 -5.5 -65
2023 Sinker TEX R 43 95.2 16.1 -5.3 -25 12.8 -2.3 -15
2023 Slider TEX R 308 82.8 34.2 -5.0 -13 7.2 -0.6 -8
2022 Cutter TEX R 47 89.2 30.8 -5.7 -23 5.1 3.5 212
2022 Changeup TEX R 170 89.7 23.0 -5.7 -20 13.5 -1.4 -9
2022 Slider TEX R 277 83.3 37.8 -1.0 -3 9.5 3.2 51
2022 4-Seamer TEX R 286 96.5 11.4 2.4 18 4.0 -3.7 -48
2020 4-Seamer TEX R 27 94.5 12.6 2.3 16 1.8 -6.1 -77
2020 Changeup TEX R 5 87.1 26.9 -4.0 -13 13.0 -1.4 -10
2020 Slider TEX R 15 80.5 42.2 0.3 1 9.9 3.4 52
2019 4-Seamer TEX R 523 96.8 12.7 2.3 15 2.9 -5.7 -66
2019 Sinker TEX R 112 96.5 19.4 -2.1 -10 13.9 -2.0 -13
2019 Slider TEX R 472 82.0 41.7 -0.1 0 10.9 3.1 40
2019 Changeup TEX R 151 89.8 23.5 -5.4 -19 13.5 -1.2 -8
2019 Curveball TEX R 16 76.9 60.0 1.5 3 11.2 1.7 18
2018 Curveball TEX R 32 77.0 58.3 0.3 0 12.8 3.1 32
2018 4-Seamer TEX R 413 95.3 13.8 2.1 13 3.4 -5.2 -60
2018 Sinker TEX R 32 95.2 22.7 0.3 1 14.3 -1.4 -9
2018 Slider TEX R 400 81.2 40.6 -2.5 -6 10.2 2.2 27
2018 Changeup TEX R 56 87.8 26.1 -6.0 -19 12.8 -1.6 -11
2017 Curveball TEX R 46 78.4 52.2 -2.9 -5 8.5 0.1 1
2017 Sinker TEX R 78 95.4 19.6 -1.2 -6 15.5 -0.6 -4
2017 4-Seamer TEX R 360 95.9 13.3 0.4 3 5.5 -3.3 -38
2017 Changeup TEX R 56 87.4 27.2 -3.0 -10 13.1 -0.9 -6
2017 Cutter TEX R 81 87.3 30.4 -2.3 -8 2.0 0.5 29
2017 Slider TEX R 240 82.8 36.6 -2.3 -6 4.8 -0.6 -11
2016 4-Seamer TEX R 108 95.1 12.9 0.8 6 4.3 -3.7 -46
2016 Sinker TEX R 50 95.2 12.6 -6.3 -33 10.5 -4.0 -27
2016 Curveball TEX R 18 77.8 51.8 -2.1 -4 16.7 6.6 66
2016 Slider TEX R 59 82.8 33.1 -3.8 -10 6.9 1.0 16
2016 Changeup TEX R 22 85.7 26.1 -3.9 -13 12.1 -0.9 -7
! 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 0.1 0 340 34.8 77 .215 .400 .329 28.9 20.8 15.7 .233 .470 .358 44.9
2023 Slider 1.2 4 308 31.5 62 .119 .169 .167 49.6 51.6 25.4 .099 .156 .137 14.8
2023 Cutter 2.8 4 157 16.1 45 .175 .250 .242 31.1 28.9 39.4 .212 .339 .285 33.3
2023 Changeup -0.4 -1 129 13.2 30 .240 .400 .322 33.3 16.7 11.9 .196 .352 .289 23.8
2023 Sinker 1.7 1 43 4.4 17 .231 .231 .324 14.3 5.9 16.7 .239 .395 .370 33.3
2022 4-Seamer -2.5 -7 286 36.6 75 .298 .579 .452 28.7 18.7 17.9 .264 .505 .411 47.7
2022 Slider 2.4 7 277 35.4 81 .156 .247 .190 42.1 38.3 30.7 .130 .212 .170 23.4
2022 Changeup 2.4 4 172 22.0 30 .074 .111 .142 45.3 26.7 16.0 .123 .180 .189 10.5
2022 Cutter 1.0 0 47 6.0 12 .182 .273 .238 22.7 8.3 6.3 .368 .511 .408 50.0
2020 4-Seamer -1.6 0 27 57.4 6 .400 .600 .570 37.5 16.7 33.3 .416 .604 .477 75.0
2020 Slider 1.4 0 15 31.9 3 .000 .000 .233 20.0 33.3 20.0 .000 .000 .233 0.0
2020 Changeup 7.0 0 5 10.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seamer 0.4 2 523 40.4 125 .214 .378 .340 27.5 26.4 21.2 .195 .345 .322 32.8
2019 Slider 1.0 5 473 36.6 112 .184 .347 .276 41.1 46.4 30.2 .127 .204 .202 24.5
2019 Changeup -0.9 -1 151 11.7 37 .194 .323 .297 40.6 32.4 21.4 .155 .215 .246 21.1
2019 Sinker -0.8 -1 112 8.7 19 .294 .412 .347 20.0 0.0 0.0 .266 .334 .308 29.4
2019 Curveball -1.0 0 16 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 100.0 12.5 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seamer 1.3 5 413 44.3 102 .150 .275 .293 29.4 22.5 22.3 .150 .248 .267 24.6
2018 Slider 2.6 10 400 42.9 95 .125 .136 .159 56.1 58.9 35.9 .112 .142 .154 15.6
2018 Changeup 2.6 1 56 6.0 12 .000 .000 .133 57.7 41.7 33.3 .094 .104 .143 0.0
2018 Curveball 2.3 1 32 3.4 4 .000 .000 .000 25.0 25.0 10.0 .185 .200 .168 33.3
2018 Sinker 1.6 1 32 3.4 9 .125 .375 .256 11.1 0.0 0.0 .243 .275 .281 12.5
2017 4-Seamer 0.3 1 360 41.6 76 .135 .269 .349 33.1 22.4 21.8 .155 .275 .344 42.9
2017 Slider 3.6 9 240 27.7 55 .064 .064 .137 50.5 45.5 26.0 .072 .095 .166 13.6
2017 Cutter 1.6 1 81 9.4 24 .150 .300 .275 58.5 45.8 35.5 .100 .264 .239 22.2
2017 Sinker -2.4 -2 78 9.0 22 .389 .500 .445 17.5 0.0 0.0 .296 .399 .371 38.9
2017 Changeup -1.2 -1 56 6.5 13 .167 .333 .246 28.0 23.1 18.8 .202 .233 .228 0.0
2017 Curveball -5.1 -2 46 5.3 7 .143 .571 .414 36.4 57.1 23.5 .143 .414 .226 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 129 88.3 86 17.8 12:45 1:45 -60
2023 Cutter 155 90.1 43 7.6 11:30 10:30 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 332 95.2 82 17.9 12:30 12:15 15
2023 Sinker 43 95.2 85 19.3 12:45 1:30 -45
2023 Slider 307 82.8 39 9.6 9:15 10:00 -45
2022 Changeup 170 89.7 84 17.4 1:00 1:45 -45
2022 Cutter 45 89.2 31 6.5 10:15 9:45 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 286 96.5 78 18.1 12:45 12:30 15
2022 Slider 277 83.3 40 10.5 8:45 9:00 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 27 94.5 76 17.7 12:30 12:15 15
2020 Slider 15 80.5 40 10.8 8:45 8:45 0
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 64 257 2 4 -3 -2 1
2017 197 863 9 9 -5 -7 6
2018 222 933 14 13 -3 -5 19
2019 294 1,276 9 16 -10 -11 4
2022 198 782 3 9 -2 -5 4
2023 286 1,216 7 19 -12 -6 8
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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 %
2016 264 45.5 65.0 73.1 23.6 58.8 39.8 57.6 42.4 31.3 5.3 78.6
2017 865 43.2 63.8 72.3 26.7 40.5 38.8 55.0 42.8 38.6 7.6 72.7
2018 933 47.3 66.2 70.2 28.7 34.8 42.1 57.7 46.4 40.9 7.1 75.8
2019 1,294 44.7 64.9 74.9 27.1 51.3 42.8 59.1 44.0 33.0 7.0 66.3
2020 47 34.0 68.8 63.6 16.1 40.0 53.2 30.0 34.0 43.8 6.4 66.7
2022 782 39.0 71.8 74.9 33.1 43.7 38.0 65.2 48.2 37.1 5.4 71.4
2023 977 40.4 72.2 75.1 31.6 46.7 41.4 54.5 48.0 35.4 4.5 86.4
Player 5,162 43.2 67.3 73.4 28.9 44.7 40.9 58.0 45.4 36.5 6.3 73.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 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
2016 81 99 18
2017 88 100 6
2018 100 100 100 100 99 97 95 97 100 98 12 100 60 83 99 7
2019 94 100 99 97 76 94 95 84 97 93 7 89 25 93 99 5
2022 88 100 1
2023 89 98 88 65 80 74 46 94 89 85 9 96 79 69 97 2
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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 -- 0 0.1 0 3 0 0 --
2017 22.5 4 4.0 0 0 3 2 50.0
2018 21.0 1 1.0 0 1 0 1 100.0
2019 23.3 7 5.4 2 3 5 2 28.6
2022 23.0 5 4.9 0 4 4 1 20.0
2023 24.9 8 8.8 -1 4 10 2 25.0
Player 23.6 25 24.3 1 15 22 8 32.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 2 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 2 5 5 5 2 5 3 5 2 5 5 5 4 2
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2019 7 6 3 7 6 6 5 7 6 4 4 8 7 4 5 6 5 5 4 6 5 5 8 5 5 4 5 7 7 4 4
2022 5 5 4 7 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2023 8 6 7 9 9 8 10 7 9 6 9 10 9 6 10 10 11 7 12 10 10 10 12 13 5 6 10 10 10 8 6
Player 25 21 19 30 26 24 26 24 21 18 23 31 28 21 24 26 26 20 26 27 26 23 32 27 21 18 26 28 28 22 18
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 95.1 94.5 -0.6 95.3 0.8 96.7 1.4 -- -2.2 -- -- 95.4 -- 93.7 -1.7
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 87.4 1.7 87.8 0.4 89.8 2.0 -- -2.7 -- -- 89.7 -- 88.3 -1.4
Breaking Velocity 81.6 82.1 0.5 80.9 -1.2 81.8 0.9 -- -1.3 -- -- 83.3 -- 82.8 -0.5
Exit Velocity 87.6 85.0 -2.6 85.4 0.4 87.1 1.7 -- 5.8 -- -- 86.6 -- 85.9 -0.7
Launch Angle 20.7 20.6 -0.1 23.3 2.7 19.0 -4.3 -- 12.4 -- -- 24.2 -- 25.1 0.9
Barrel % 2.6 3.1 0.5 3.6 0.5 3.9 0.3 -- -3.9 -- -- 6.7 -- 8.1 1.4
Hard Hit % 26.3 30.2 3.9 20.0 -10.2 28.3 8.3 -- 31.7 -- -- 32.5 -- 32.4 -0.1
Sweet Spot % 34.2 24.7 -9.5 25.5 0.8 36.4 10.9 -- 23.6 -- -- 27.5 -- 29.4 1.9
xBA .177 .143 -0.034 .134 -0.009 .165 0.031 -- 0.073 -- -- .188 -- .186 -0.002
BA .212 .146 -0.066 .126 -0.020 .209 0.083 -- 0.041 -- -- .192 -- .183 -0.009
xwOBA .278 .274 -0.004 .209 -0.065 .260 0.051 -- 0.083 -- -- .278 -- .276 -0.002
wOBA .309 .279 -0.030 .205 -0.074 .306 0.101 -- 0.046 -- -- .280 -- .261 -0.019
xSLG .286 .237 -0.049 .191 -0.046 .268 0.077 -- 0.077 -- -- .323 -- .333 0.010
SLG .346 .255 -0.091 .194 -0.061 .373 0.179 -- 0.002 -- -- .337 -- .292 -0.045
K% 22.7 30.0 7.3 38.1 8.1 33.4 -4.7 -- -3.4 -- -- 27.3 -- 28.8 1.5
BB% 19.7 20.0 0.3 11.2 -8.8 13.0 1.8 -- 7.0 -- -- 10.6 -- 12.0 1.4
Swing % 42.4 42.8 0.4 46.4 3.6 44.0 -2.4 -- -10.0 -- -- 48.2 -- 48.0 -0.2
Whiff% 31.3 38.6 7.3 40.9 2.3 33.0 -7.9 -- 10.8 -- -- 37.1 -- 35.4 -1.7
In Zone % 45.5 43.2 -2.3 47.3 4.1 44.7 -2.6 -- -10.7 -- -- 39.0 -- 40.4 1.4
Out of Zone % 54.5 56.8 2.3 52.7 -4.1 55.3 2.6 -- 10.7 -- -- 61.0 -- 59.6 -1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 23.6 26.7 3.1 28.7 2.0 27.1 -1.6 -- -11.0 -- -- 33.1 -- 31.6 -1.5
First Pitch Swing % 34.8 33.5 -1.3 32.9 -0.6 29.9 -3.0 -- -19.9 -- -- 38.4 -- 32.0 -6.4
First Pitch Strike % 57.6 55.0 -2.6 57.7 2.7 59.1 1.4 -- -29.1 -- -- 65.2 -- 54.5 -10.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 64 .309 40 0 0.0 24 7 29.2
2017 Shifts 197 .274 121 6 5.0 76 21 27.6
2018 Shifts 222 .205 136 3 2.2 86 13 15.1
2019 Shifts 298 .306 162 16 9.9 136 56 41.2
2020 Shifts 10 .352 1 0 0.0 9 5 55.6
2022 Shifts 198 .280 100 18 18.0 98 71 72.4
2023 Shades 231 .261 158 3 1.9 73 56 76.7
! 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 60 18.7 16.7% 3.3% 66 23.7 6.1% 16.7%
2017 244 22.4 2.9% 13.5% 149 26.4 0.0% 28.9%
2018 237 19.7 6.8% 5.1% 176 25.4 0.0% 20.5%
2019 347 19.9 9.2% 5.8% 252 24.4 0.0% 18.3%
2020 5 20.8 0.0% 0.0% 21 30.8 0.0% 57.1%
2022 176 19.7 3.4% 4.5% 164 22.6 0.0% 10.4%
2023 257 16.3 33.5% 0.4% 161 20.0 2.5% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution