Mallex Smith
CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 170LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 5, #165, San Diego Padres | Santa Fe CC (NM)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 544 480 65 142 2 40 .296 .367 .406 .773
2019 566 510 70 116 6 46 .227 .300 .335 .635
2020 47 45 2 6 0 2 .133 .170 .178 .348
5 Seasons 1,654 1,480 198 378 13 120 .255 .325 .361 .686
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .296 2 40 .773
2019 .227 6 46 .635
2020 .133 0 2 .348
5 Seasons .255 13 120 .686
MLB Percentile Rankings
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%
2016 23 787 145 4 2.8 1.9 85.9 107.1 0.8 22.1 .214 .313 .300 .278 .312 22.1 22.3 9.3
2017 24 1080 197 3 1.5 1.1 81.2 105.0 7.0 25.4 .224 .285 .301 .260 .295 16.8 22.0 8.2
2018 25 2061 391 6 1.5 1.1 85.8 104.7 3.7 32.2 .255 .339 .339 .302 .323 23.0 18.0 8.6
2019 26 2242 372 8 2.2 1.4 85.2 105.7 7.3 29.0 .202 .285 .278 .256 .292 20.1 24.9 7.4
2020 27 176 32 0 0.0 0.0 83.7 100.1 2.1 12.5 .163 .193 .158 .181 .224 18.8 27.7 4.3
Player 6346 1137 21 1.8 1.3 84.8 107.1 5.1 28.1 .223 .303 .301 .273 .304 20.7 21.9 8.1
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
2016 66.2 15.2 15.9 2.8 34.5 37.2 28.3 4.1 44.1 15.2 15.2 4.1 2.8 1.9
2017 54.8 16.2 23.4 5.6 31.0 31.5 36.5 7.1 37.6 20.3 23.4 1.5 1.5 1.1
2018 51.2 17.1 28.1 3.6 23.5 45.0 30.4 3.1 40.9 19.9 27.6 3.6 1.5 1.1
2019 51.9 19.4 21.8 7.0 28.0 41.4 30.6 1.9 45.7 23.9 20.7 3.5 2.2 1.4
2020 71.9 18.8 9.4 0.0 56.3 25.0 18.8 3.1 59.4 25.0 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 54.5 17.5 23.1 4.8 28.6 39.9 31.0 3.5 42.8 20.8 22.5 3.2 1.8 1.3
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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -2 83 47.2 22 .190 .190 .236 20.8 22.7 16.7 .225 .266 .238 37.5
2020 Changeup -5.7 -2 27 15.3 6 .000 .000 .000 31.3 16.7 16.7 .155 .171 .152 0.0
2020 Slider 2.1 0 22 12.5 4 .000 .000 .175 60.0 50.0 16.7 .029 .037 .197 0.0
2020 Curveball -6.0 -1 19 10.8 5 .000 .000 .000 20.0 20.0 20.0 .086 .111 .087 0.0
2020 Sinker -4.1 -1 15 8.5 5 .200 .400 .313 27.3 20.0 50.0 .121 .162 .124 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 7.3 0 5 2.8 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 50.0 .171 .185 .156 0.0
2020 Cutter -10.4 0 3 1.7 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Sweeper -3.0 0 2 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -7 888 39.6 233 .228 .361 .327 21.8 18.9 17.1 .218 .333 .301 27.0
2019 Sinker 0.2 1 337 15.0 87 .316 .418 .391 22.2 11.5 14.9 .231 .298 .274 21.7
2019 Curveball -1.5 -5 299 13.3 57 .170 .189 .185 44.2 47.4 26.2 .161 .193 .192 11.5
2019 Slider -2.2 -6 255 11.4 73 .176 .279 .227 39.0 43.8 32.3 .141 .200 .178 10.8
2019 Changeup -1.6 -4 249 11.1 61 .190 .259 .220 39.7 24.6 19.5 .189 .294 .230 14.0
2019 Cutter 1.2 2 144 6.4 39 .257 .486 .343 24.4 25.6 21.3 .225 .265 .250 7.7
2019 Split-Finger -0.8 0 33 1.5 7 .143 .143 .257 29.4 14.3 6.3 .205 .228 .189 0.0
2019 Sweeper 8.1 1 13 0.6 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 33.3 16.7 .509 .589 .472 50.0
2019 Slurve -6.7 -1 8 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 28.6 50.0 25.0 .051 .056 .056 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 215 787 0 -1 2 2 3
2017 282 1,080 -5 -6 7 3 -2
2018 544 2,060 -14 -12 15 11 0
2019 562 2,226 -28 -17 16 11 -19
2020 47 176 -3 -3 0 0 -5
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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 %
2016 787 49.6 69.0 74.7 28.5 43.4 41.3 37.2 48.5 26.7 6.9 79.6
2017 1,080 51.6 69.8 72.0 28.3 46.6 43.5 37.2 49.7 29.2 7.5 86.4
2018 2,061 50.4 72.8 79.1 26.0 57.1 42.2 33.5 49.6 25.6 8.0 78.8
2019 2,242 50.4 70.1 75.5 27.0 54.0 41.8 31.6 48.6 28.2 8.6 75.9
2020 176 58.0 71.6 75.3 31.1 56.5 41.5 44.7 54.5 27.1 9.7 88.2
Player 6,346 50.7 70.8 76.0 27.2 52.4 42.1 34.3 49.3 27.3 8.0 79.3
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
2016 53 98
2017 43 99
2018 25 57 8 4 58 4 4 6 39 4 68 50 38 62 98 37
2019 1 1 1 2 3 6 6 4 41 2 29 34 23 63 96 97
2020 7 93
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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 %
2016 24.6 3 3.6 -1 2 3 1 33.3
2017 24.8 2 1.8 0 1 2 0 0.0
2018 22.9 2 4.0 -2 6 6 0 0.0
2019 23.2 6 6.3 0 6 6 2 33.3
Player 23.7 13 15.7 -3 15 17 3 23.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 3 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 5 3 3 3 4 1 3 5 5 4 2 5 4 4 2 5 5 3 4 2
2017 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 1
2018 2 6 2 4 2 3 6 3 3 2 4 6 7 3 3 5 3 3 2 6 3 6 8 5 3 3 3 5 6 5 1
2019 6 10 2 8 7 5 7 7 5 3 4 7 10 7 6 4 5 4 8 7 7 7 10 7 7 4 4 5 12 4 5
Player 13 22 9 19 15 13 20 15 14 8 13 21 21 14 14 14 10 12 17 20 16 17 25 18 15 11 14 18 23 15 9
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.9 81.2 -4.7 85.8 4.6 85.2 -0.6 83.7 -1.5
Launch Angle 0.8 7.0 6.2 3.7 -3.3 7.3 3.6 2.1 -5.2
Barrel % 2.8 1.5 -1.3 1.5 0.0 2.2 0.7 0.0 -2.2
Hard Hit % 22.1 16.8 -5.3 23.0 6.2 20.1 -2.9 18.8 -1.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 22.1 25.4 3.3 32.2 6.8 29.0 -3.2 12.5 -16.5
xBA .214 .224 0.010 .255 0.031 .202 -0.053 .163 -0.039
BA .238 .270 0.032 .296 0.026 .227 -0.069 .133 -0.094
xwOBA .278 .260 -0.018 .302 0.042 .256 -0.046 .181 -0.075
wOBA .300 .301 0.001 .339 0.038 .278 -0.061 .158 -0.120
xSLG .313 .285 -0.028 .339 0.054 .285 -0.054 .193 -0.092
SLG .365 .355 -0.010 .406 0.051 .335 -0.071 .178 -0.157
K% 22.3 22.0 -0.3 18.0 -4.0 24.9 6.9 27.7 2.8
BB% 9.3 8.2 -1.1 8.6 0.4 7.4 -1.2 4.3 -3.1
Swing % 48.5 49.7 1.2 49.6 -0.1 48.6 -1.0 54.5 5.9
Whiff% 26.7 29.2 2.5 25.6 -3.6 28.2 2.6 27.1 -1.1
In Zone % 49.6 51.6 2.0 50.4 -1.2 50.4 0.0 58.0 7.6
Out of Zone % 50.4 48.4 -2.0 49.6 1.2 49.6 0.0 42.0 -7.6
Out of Zone Swing % 28.5 28.3 -0.2 26.0 -2.3 27.0 1.0 31.1 4.1
First Pitch Swing % 37.2 37.2 0.0 33.5 -3.7 31.6 -1.9 44.7 13.1
First Pitch Strike % 63.3 63.1 -0.2 61.2 -1.9 62.9 1.7 61.7 -1.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 211 0 0.0 .298
2017 Shifts L 282 0 0.0 .301
2018 Shifts L 544 0 0.0 .339
2019 Shifts L 566 18 3.2 .282 .145
2020 Shifts L 47 0 0.0 .158
! 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 236 17.1 32.6% 5.5% 113 23.3 8.0% 25.7%
2017 332 18.3 17.8% 2.1% 142 23.2 0.0% 12.0%
2018 616 17.6 15.9% 2.4% 274 23.2 0.4% 8.8%
2019 684 17.0 27.5% 2.6% 291 22.7 2.7% 12.0%
2020 48 18.7 12.5% 2.1% 24 26.0 0.0% 20.8%
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