Kerry Carpenter
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 19, #562, Detroit Tigers | Virginia Tech
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 113 103 16 26 6 0 .252 .310 .485 .795
2023 459 418 57 116 20 6 .278 .340 .471 .811
2024 296 264 37 75 18 0 .284 .345 .587 .932
3 Seasons 868 785 110 217 44 6 .276 .338 .512 .850
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .252 6 0 .795
2023 .278 20 6 .811
2024 .284 18 0 .932
3 Seasons .276 44 6 .850
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 24 432 72 8 11.1 7.1 87.2 107.3 14.5 37.5 .211 .397 .342 .294 .374 36.1 28.3 5.3
2023 25 1761 304 31 10.2 6.8 90.1 109.3 13.1 37.2 .258 .460 .347 .336 .419 44.0 25.1 7.0
2024 26 1131 192 34 17.7 11.5 90.5 109.6 17.6 40.1 .265 .555 .390 .379 .487 46.4 25.3 7.4
Player 3324 568 73 12.9 8.4 89.9 109.6 14.8 38.2 .254 .484 .361 .345 .437 43.8 25.6 6.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 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
2022 40.3 30.6 22.2 6.9 44.4 31.9 23.6 2.8 30.6 25.0 22.2 8.3 11.1 7.1
2023 45.1 27.6 22.7 4.6 44.4 32.6 23.0 2.3 29.3 21.4 27.3 8.6 10.2 6.8
2024 37.0 37.5 19.8 5.7 41.7 33.3 25.0 3.1 25.5 24.0 23.4 5.7 17.7 11.5
Player 41.7 31.3 21.7 5.3 43.5 32.7 23.8 2.6 28.2 22.7 25.4 7.6 12.9 8.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.2 10 303 26.8 84 .284 .730 .434 28.2 26.2 22.2 .271 .697 .438 59.3
2024 Changeup 1.3 2 170 15.0 51 .255 .553 .360 31.5 23.5 26.1 .285 .598 .403 44.4
2024 Slider 0.1 0 170 15.0 41 .237 .395 .300 30.3 29.3 23.5 .209 .344 .270 34.6
2024 Sinker 2.5 3 125 11.1 32 .345 .586 .427 26.2 18.8 19.4 .255 .503 .357 52.2
2024 Curveball -0.4 0 124 11.0 30 .185 .296 .257 41.7 40.0 25.0 .187 .329 .267 26.7
2024 Cutter -0.2 0 104 9.2 28 .346 .577 .414 28.8 17.9 23.8 .357 .498 .393 38.1
2024 Sweeper 0.8 1 77 6.8 14 .333 .667 .521 36.7 21.4 13.0 .222 .505 .448 16.7
2024 Split-Finger 11.6 4 35 3.1 11 .455 1.182 .673 22.7 18.2 12.5 .384 1.106 .619 77.8
2024 Slurve 1.7 0 9 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .282 .316 .259 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 5 551 31.3 122 .282 .491 .366 25.8 23.0 17.4 .268 .481 .353 51.2
2023 Slider -1.9 -5 274 15.6 80 .164 .288 .238 25.5 28.7 23.5 .200 .340 .269 44.0
2023 Changeup 2.1 5 256 14.5 83 .296 .506 .363 29.9 21.7 25.0 .271 .471 .323 34.9
2023 Curveball 0.8 2 238 13.5 43 .317 .415 .338 25.2 23.3 13.2 .303 .528 .367 54.8
2023 Sinker -0.4 -1 157 8.9 40 .250 .469 .394 16.7 22.5 26.5 .246 .519 .397 39.1
2023 Cutter 6.8 9 130 7.4 43 .548 .929 .630 23.5 20.9 28.1 .385 .697 .462 45.5
2023 Split-Finger -2.9 -2 74 4.2 21 .150 .250 .195 59.0 52.4 36.7 .149 .264 .226 30.0
2023 Sweeper 0.4 0 66 3.7 19 .125 .313 .263 28.1 31.6 26.1 .119 .178 .216 30.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 113 431 -1 -4 2 3 0
2023 452 1,751 10 -13 7 9 13
2024 312 1,203 16 -7 5 5 19
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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 %
2022 432 50.9 71.4 81.5 33.0 51.4 39.8 28.3 52.5 27.8 8.8 73.7
2023 1,761 48.8 72.2 81.5 33.4 55.7 42.6 29.3 52.4 27.0 7.1 77.4
2024 1,131 47.5 70.4 81.6 32.2 46.0 43.5 27.8 50.5 30.3 7.6 75.3
Player 3,324 48.6 71.5 81.5 33.0 51.9 42.5 28.7 51.7 28.2 7.5 76.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2022 31 49 62
2023 63 56 74 73 48 58 65 65 49 67 29 33 40 21 70 22 85
2024 55 60 81
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 20.3 6 6.1 0 2 7 1 16.7
2023 22.8 20 19.2 1 8 18 5 25.0
2024 23.9 19 20.9 -2 7 14 11 57.9
Player 22.9 45 46.2 -1 17 39 17 37.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 6 7 5 5 5 5 8 5 3 5 3 5 9 8 6 9 8 5 6 5 8 6 8 7 5 6 7 8 8 6 3
2023 20 14 17 21 20 19 21 17 17 15 16 22 20 18 21 22 23 16 19 23 19 17 27 24 16 15 23 23 19 19 12
2024 19 20 25 19 19 20 23 20 18 17 20 22 19 19 22 18 19 19 17 27 22 22 29 25 19 21 17 23 23 22 22
Player 45 41 47 45 44 44 52 42 38 37 39 49 48 45 49 49 50 40 42 55 49 45 64 56 40 42 47 54 50 47 37
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.2 90.1 2.9 ↑ 90.5 0.4 ↑
Launch Angle 14.5 13.1 -1.4 ↓ 17.6 4.5 ↑
Barrel % 11.1 10.2 -0.9 ↓ 17.7 7.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 36.1 44.0 7.9 ↑ 46.4 2.4 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 37.2 -0.3 ↓ 40.1 2.9 ↑
xBA .211 .258 0.047 ↑ .265 0.007 ↑
BA .252 .278 0.026 ↑ .284 0.006 ↑
xwOBA .294 .336 0.042 ↑ .379 0.043 ↑
wOBA .342 .347 0.005 ↑ .390 0.043 ↑
xSLG .397 .460 0.063 ↑ .555 0.095 ↑
SLG .485 .471 -0.014 ↓ .587 0.116 ↑
K% 28.3 25.1 -3.2 ↓ 25.3 0.2 ↑
BB% 5.3 7.0 1.7 ↑ 7.4 0.4 ↑
Swing % 52.5 52.4 -0.1 ↓ 50.5 -1.9 ↓
Whiff% 27.8 27.0 -0.8 ↓ 30.3 3.3 ↑
In Zone % 50.9 48.8 -2.1 ↓ 47.5 -1.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.1 51.2 2.1 ↑ 52.5 1.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 33.0 33.4 0.4 ↑ 32.2 -1.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 29.3 1.0 ↑ 27.8 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 62.8 4.4 ↑ 62.7 -0.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 113 74 65.5 .473 .273
2023 Shades L 451 230 51.0 .335 .363
2024 Shades L 289 197 68.2 .384 .402
! 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 %
2022 109 17.4 24.8% 3.7% 66 23.6 0.0% 9.1%
2023 453 15.6 40.2% 0.2% 256 20.7 1.6% 1.2%
2024 264 15.6 40.2% 0.4% 171 19.6 0.6% 1.2%
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