Josh Donaldson
3B | B/T: R/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 37

Draft: 2007 | Rd: C-A, #48, Chicago Cubs | Auburn

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
13 Seasons 5671 4861 799 1286 266 790 40 .265 .361 .492 .853
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .250 0 0 0 .500
13 Seasons .265 266 790 40 .853

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%
2015 29 2817 499 61 12.2 8.6 92.5 113.6 10.5 31.1 .280 .546 .398 .390 .448 46.5 18.7 10.3
2016 30 2952 463 57 12.3 8.1 92.2 114.1 14.9 32.4 .279 .553 .403 .403 .438 49.2 17.0 15.6
2017 31 2099 306 43 14.1 8.7 90.9 113.5 13.8 31.7 .259 .550 .396 .392 .458 44.9 22.4 15.3
2018 32 883 134 14 10.4 6.4 90.2 115.5 11.6 32.8 .231 .417 .345 .331 .387 41.4 24.7 14.2
2019 33 2742 396 62 15.7 9.4 92.9 114.2 13.3 33.3 .262 .530 .377 .385 .453 50.5 23.5 15.2
2020 34 449 58 4 6.9 3.9 92.8 110.8 6.2 24.1 .213 .418 .362 .347 .375 53.4 23.5 17.6
2021 35 2125 351 61 17.4 11.2 94.1 114.7 14.6 30.2 .269 .542 .353 .388 .447 52.7 21.0 13.6
2022 36 2176 336 33 9.8 6.0 90.7 111.7 12.0 34.8 .215 .370 .302 .299 .360 43.3 27.1 9.9
2023 37 12 2 0 0.0 0.0 76.7 96.1 -36.3 0.0 .129 .131 .233 .117 .233 50.0 50.0 0.0
Player 16255 2545 335 13.2 8.4 92.2 115.5 12.8 32.0 .259 .509 .372 .374 .431 47.8 21.6 13.4
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.




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
2015 45.3 24.4 24.0 6.2 34.9 41.5 23.6 1.6 33.9 22.4 21.2 6.8 12.2 8.6
2016 39.5 24.6 25.3 10.6 42.5 32.8 24.6 2.6 26.8 25.9 24.2 6.7 12.3 8.1
2017 41.5 27.8 21.9 8.8 40.5 38.9 20.3 4.2 29.7 25.2 19.0 6.9 14.1 8.7
2018 47.8 21.6 23.1 7.5 35.8 39.6 23.9 3.7 32.8 23.1 21.6 7.5 10.4 6.4
2019 41.9 23.5 26.3 8.3 39.9 35.1 25.0 1.5 30.3 23.5 24.0 5.1 15.7 9.4
2020 55.2 27.6 12.1 5.2 44.8 34.5 20.7 1.7 41.4 20.7 22.4 5.2 6.9 3.9
2021 43.9 28.5 20.5 7.1 42.5 35.9 21.7 1.7 32.5 24.8 18.5 4.8 17.4 11.2
2022 43.5 25.9 24.1 6.5 42.3 39.9 17.9 2.7 33.0 26.5 21.4 6.3 9.8 6.0
2023 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 43.2 25.4 23.5 7.9 40.0 37.4 22.5 2.4 31.4 24.4 21.6 6.2 13.2 8.4
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.

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 Sinker -2.9 0 8 66.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slider 18.6 0 2 16.7 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .308 .316 .277 100.0
2023 4-Seamer -60.4 -1 1 8.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .206 .206 .189 0.0
2023 Changeup -2.6 0 1 8.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer 0.3 2 672 30.9 163 .219 .423 .333 32.0 28.2 23.0 .238 .455 .346 58.9
2022 Slider -0.2 -1 518 23.8 114 .163 .308 .259 40.3 34.2 22.8 .194 .348 .273 46.2
2022 Sinker -1.2 -4 312 14.3 84 .233 .329 .306 25.3 19.0 22.5 .239 .376 .320 46.6
2022 Changeup -0.3 -1 221 10.2 70 .203 .313 .276 34.7 27.1 21.8 .188 .274 .243 24.4
2022 Curveball 2.3 4 178 8.2 44 .289 .500 .410 21.5 20.5 13.4 .213 .325 .279 30.0
2022 Cutter 2.5 3 128 5.9 35 .400 .600 .471 35.6 17.1 18.8 .300 .548 .411 41.7
2022 Sweeper -2.6 -2 83 3.8 16 .133 .133 .156 35.1 37.5 19.4 .119 .140 .151 11.1
2022 Splitter -1.1 0 42 1.9 12 .182 .273 .238 55.6 50.0 30.0 .122 .147 .165 20.0
2022 Slurve 2.4 0 7 0.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 60.0 50.0 25.0 .038 .055 .035 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -0.4 -2 653 30.7 152 .265 .561 .391 30.7 28.3 26.1 .268 .625 .409 65.6
2021 Slider 1.6 8 484 22.8 127 .210 .429 .352 30.4 18.1 13.9 .268 .527 .391 44.0
2021 Sinker 2.6 9 355 16.7 98 .354 .608 .462 21.2 14.3 18.2 .340 .648 .462 61.2
2021 Changeup 1.6 4 229 10.8 67 .283 .415 .365 22.7 13.4 11.8 .282 .506 .396 45.7
2021 Cutter -0.3 -1 202 9.5 49 .186 .395 .300 22.8 18.4 18.8 .221 .399 .316 35.3
2021 Curveball -2.8 -5 166 7.8 38 .056 .111 .084 33.8 36.8 25.9 .173 .306 .212 56.5
2021 Splitter -1.3 0 18 0.8 8 .286 .429 .356 12.5 12.5 12.5 .157 .176 .218 16.7
2021 Sweeper 11.8 1 9 0.4 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .743 2.450 1.286 100.0
2021 Slurve 0.9 0 9 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 4-Seamer 2.1 3 159 35.4 35 .261 .565 .447 36.8 25.7 19.1 .218 .529 .432 73.3
2020 Slider 1.6 2 102 22.7 21 .250 .550 .370 38.6 28.6 17.1 .228 .441 .301 57.1
2020 Sinker 0.5 0 64 14.3 19 .267 .667 .453 28.0 21.1 23.5 .234 .542 .398 54.5
2020 Changeup -6.3 -3 50 11.1 12 .000 .000 .058 29.6 8.3 5.3 .116 .128 .157 30.0
2020 Cutter 3.1 1 35 7.8 4 .000 .000 .400 46.2 0.0 0.0 .249 .297 .346 66.7
2020 Curveball 0.2 0 35 7.8 8 .250 .375 .269 22.2 50.0 28.6 .165 .190 .156 25.0
2020 Sweeper 33.3 1 2 0.4 2 1.000 1.000 .800 0.0 0.0 0.0 .827 .967 .741 0.0
2020 Splitter 0.6 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer 1.3 11 879 32.1 189 .257 .611 .442 30.4 23.8 16.8 .278 .601 .436 70.0
2019 Sinker 2.4 13 557 20.3 131 .358 .606 .469 15.2 12.2 15.8 .297 .570 .412 45.7
2019 Slider 1.0 5 466 17.0 116 .245 .566 .376 40.6 29.3 23.0 .263 .562 .370 45.8
2019 Changeup 0.8 2 282 10.3 64 .182 .364 .310 34.1 29.7 20.7 .240 .440 .342 50.0
2019 Curveball 0.3 1 275 10.0 77 .246 .464 .366 30.9 26.0 20.2 .255 .554 .371 36.7
2019 Cutter 0.9 2 205 7.5 57 .222 .356 .359 24.4 19.3 20.8 .236 .383 .353 41.2
2019 Splitter -5.6 -2 41 1.5 12 .167 .250 .179 35.3 50.0 28.6 .089 .135 .094 50.0
2019 Sweeper -7.0 -2 30 1.1 8 .125 .125 .113 47.6 37.5 27.3 .145 .173 .141 20.0
2019 Slurve -0.3 0 7 0.3 3 .000 .000 .467 100.0 33.3 100.0 -- -- .467 --
2018 4-Seamer 2.2 6 287 32.5 63 .311 .733 .498 21.5 14.3 11.8 .319 .752 .511 51.4
2018 Slider 0.8 2 198 22.4 52 .208 .375 .283 43.8 36.5 29.2 .175 .291 .238 27.6
2018 Sinker -1.8 -2 128 14.5 30 .222 .296 .273 21.7 23.3 29.2 .245 .373 .309 60.0
2018 Changeup -0.1 0 91 10.3 29 .269 .346 .314 38.1 17.2 23.8 .212 .277 .262 19.0
2018 Curveball -0.8 -1 83 9.4 20 .300 .450 .323 31.7 35.0 23.3 .261 .388 .279 69.2
2018 Cutter -3.6 -3 73 8.3 18 .125 .188 .197 39.4 33.3 24.0 .166 .265 .245 30.0
2018 Splitter 10.8 2 15 1.7 4 .250 1.000 .500 25.0 25.0 14.3 .060 .121 .079 0.0
2018 Knuckleball -3.1 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 2.1 13 628 29.9 146 .268 .667 .442 26.0 24.7 19.4 .262 .642 .422 56.3
2017 Sinker 0.8 3 453 21.6 110 .299 .598 .445 23.0 19.1 19.3 .266 .524 .407 43.9
2017 Slider 0.0 0 407 19.4 102 .205 .446 .345 33.3 30.4 20.5 .221 .460 .360 41.5
2017 Curveball 2.5 5 202 9.6 54 .277 .447 .348 18.9 11.1 9.7 .328 .576 .412 35.7
2017 Changeup 1.3 2 174 8.3 37 .200 .543 .327 26.8 18.9 13.0 .212 .503 .316 39.3
2017 Cutter 1.2 2 134 6.4 28 .375 .458 .377 32.8 25.0 24.1 .243 .497 .365 29.4
2017 Splitter 3.4 2 60 2.9 8 .429 .429 .538 50.0 12.5 5.3 .326 .349 .345 33.3
2017 Sweeper -1.2 0 11 0.5 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .453 .575 .440 100.0
2017 Slurve 9.4 1 7 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 33.3 0.0 0.0 .007 .007 .006 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 34 140 0 -3 0 0 -2
2012 309 1,146 -1 -1 2 3 3
2013 687 2,770 11 -5 23 14 44
2014 696 2,717 -5 -1 22 11 28
2015 758 3,008 16 -2 29 13 56
2016 732 3,067 11 3 22 18 54
2017 494 2,097 2 -2 22 10 31
2018 228 938 -4 -5 8 4 3
2019 678 2,806 -9 -5 28 15 29
2020 101 449 -1 -4 4 5 4
2021 541 2,125 -9 -13 23 13 14
2022 580 2,325 -4 -23 11 14 -2
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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 %
2015 2,817 49.7 68.7 81.1 23.1 55.7 42.6 31.6 45.8 25.3 7.6 82.2
2016 2,952 45.9 63.3 82.7 23.4 59.8 41.1 28.6 41.7 24.1 7.3 78.1
2017 2,099 47.4 66.2 77.6 20.5 57.5 43.2 28.3 42.2 27.5 6.4 83.6
2018 883 46.1 64.8 75.3 22.1 50.5 43.1 25.8 41.8 31.7 7.6 80.6
2019 2,742 45.3 69.1 73.9 23.1 60.1 42.7 31.3 43.9 29.9 6.6 82.8
2020 449 42.5 63.9 75.4 21.3 43.6 45.7 22.8 39.4 34.5 3.8 82.4
2021 2,125 47.4 70.2 77.4 22.6 57.9 39.6 33.6 45.2 27.6 7.5 83.8
2022 2,176 48.2 66.6 72.5 29.3 54.2 43.9 36.3 47.3 33.2 6.3 78.1
2023 12 75.0 44.4 75.0 0.0 -- 66.7 0.0 33.3 25.0 0.0 --
Player 16,255 47.1 67.1 77.6 23.4 56.9 42.3 31.0 44.0 28.1 6.9 81.3
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 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
2015 95 84 96 97 88 99 95 98 94 96 51 84 23 89 45
2016 99 83 96 95 98 96 91 95 94 98 68 98 38 82 55
2017 95 49 94 97 92 90 95 94 93 92 34 97 24 90 36 71
2018 97 20
2019 92 59 88 90 94 98 96 97 94 98 35 96 16 82 27 95
2020 78 12 65
2021 92 73 92 92 92 95 95 99 94 95 52 94 30 84 12 69 56
2022 29 7 31 55 32 67 66 81 79 68 15 72 8 50 16 90 42
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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 22.4 38 37.1 1 14 25 18 47.4
2017 23.6 33 32.1 1 8 23 15 45.5
2018 23.7 8 10.0 -2 1 8 5 62.5
2019 23.2 38 38.4 0 9 29 16 42.1
2020 24.0 6 5.5 1 2 3 3 50.0
2021 23.9 26 31.9 -6 11 16 20 76.9
2022 23.5 15 16.9 -2 13 15 6 40.0
Player 23.3 164 171.9 -8 58 119 83 50.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 38 38 41 33 37 41 34 42 35 33 38 37 27 28 34 41 38 42 28 42 49 26 35 38 34 38 46 35 35 39 48
2017 33 33 34 32 31 34 31 34 34 29 32 32 24 25 31 37 30 38 20 35 38 29 29 35 34 30 37 29 34 32 41
2018 8 11 11 10 9 10 8 13 10 9 9 11 7 8 10 12 7 11 10 11 9 12 10 11 11 12 10 8 9 8 13
2019 38 43 35 42 40 39 37 47 39 33 39 40 28 27 31 44 34 46 25 36 41 38 34 43 45 38 47 36 40 39 46
2020 6 5 7 4 6 6 0 6 5 6 7 6 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 4 4 6 6 5 5 6 6
2021 26 33 34 28 30 38 32 34 31 31 30 29 24 26 25 37 33 33 31 32 38 32 30 31 30 31 38 31 35 32 37
2022 15 19 24 17 18 20 17 15 19 13 16 15 11 10 14 20 22 17 15 16 21 16 16 16 17 18 19 13 16 14 23
Player 164 182 186 166 171 188 159 191 173 154 171 170 125 129 151 197 170 192 133 177 203 159 160 178 175 173 203 157 174 170 214
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.5 92.2 -0.3 90.9 -1.3 90.2 -0.7 92.9 2.7 92.8 -0.1 94.1 1.3 90.7 -3.4
Launch Angle 10.5 14.9 4.4 13.8 -1.1 11.6 -2.2 13.3 1.7 6.2 -7.1 14.6 8.4 12 -2.6
Barrel % 12.2 12.3 0.1 14.1 1.8 10.4 -3.7 15.7 5.3 6.9 -8.8 17.4 10.5 9.8 -7.6
Hard Hit % 46.5 49.2 2.7 44.9 -4.3 41.4 -3.5 50.5 9.1 53.4 2.9 52.7 -0.7 43.3 -9.4
Sweet Spot % 31.1 32.4 1.3 31.7 -0.7 32.8 1.1 33.3 0.5 24.1 -9.2 30.2 6.1 34.8 4.6
xBA .28 .279 -0.001 .259 -0.02 .231 -0.028 .262 0.031 .213 -0.049 .269 0.056 .215 -0.054
BA .297 .284 -0.013 .27 -0.014 .246 -0.024 .259 0.013 .222 -0.037 .247 0.025 .222 -0.025
xwOBA .39 .403 0.013 .392 -0.011 .331 -0.061 .385 0.054 .347 -0.038 .388 0.041 .299 -0.089
wOBA .398 .403 0.005 .396 -0.007 .345 -0.051 .377 0.032 .362 -0.015 .353 -0.009 .302 -0.051
xSLG .546 .553 0.007 .55 -0.003 .417 -0.133 .53 0.113 .418 -0.112 .542 0.124 .37 -0.172
SLG .568 .549 -0.019 .559 0.01 .449 -0.11 .521 0.072 .469 -0.052 .475 0.006 .374 -0.101
K% 18.7 17 -1.7 22.4 5.4 24.7 2.3 23.5 -1.2 23.5 0 21 -2.5 27.1 6.1
BB% 10.3 15.6 5.3 15.3 -0.3 14.2 -1.1 15.2 1 17.6 2.4 13.6 -4 9.9 -3.7
Swing % 45.8 41.7 -4.1 42.2 0.5 41.8 -0.4 43.9 2.1 39.4 -4.5 45.2 5.8 47.3 2.1
Whiff% 25.3 24.1 -1.2 27.5 3.4 31.7 4.2 29.9 -1.8 34.5 4.6 27.6 -6.9 33.2 5.6
In Zone % 49.7 45.9 -3.8 47.4 1.5 46.1 -1.3 45.3 -0.8 42.5 -2.8 47.4 4.9 48.2 0.8
Out of Zone % 50.3 54.1 3.8 52.6 -1.5 53.9 1.3 54.7 0.8 57.5 2.8 52.6 -4.9 51.8 -0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 23.1 23.4 0.3 20.5 -2.9 22.1 1.6 23.1 1 21.3 -1.8 22.6 1.3 29.3 6.7
First Pitch Swing % 31.6 28.6 -3 28.3 -0.3 25.8 -2.5 31.3 5.5 22.8 -8.5 33.6 10.8 36.3 2.7
First Pitch Strike % 57 57 0 55.8 -1.2 56.2 0.4 58.5 2.3 50.5 -8 57.9 7.4 63.9 6
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2016 R 682 115 16.9 .385 .467
2017 R 494 84 17.0 .360 .580
2018 R 217 25 11.5 .333 .434
2019 R 657 80 12.2 .374 .400
2020 R 101 29 28.7 .357 .373
2021 R 520 89 17.1 .356 .365
2022 R 542 197 36.3 .291 .320
2023 R 4 0 0.0 .233

Pitch Tempo