Matt Holliday
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 240LBS | Age: 43
Draft: 1998 | Rd: 7, #210, Colorado Rockies | Stillwater HS (OK)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 426 382 48 94 20 0 .246 .322 .461 .783
2017 427 373 50 86 19 1 .231 .316 .432 .748
2018 65 53 3 15 2 0 .283 .415 .434 .849
15 Seasons 7,981 7,009 1,157 2,096 316 108 .299 .379 .510 .889
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .246 20 0 .783
2017 .231 19 1 .748
2018 .283 2 0 .849
15 Seasons .299 316 108 .889
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%
2015 35 1062 183 9 4.9 3.2 90.5 113.3 8.2 28.4 .264 .378 .351 .342 .358 39.9 17.7 14.1
2016 36 1563 312 25 8.0 5.9 93.1 115.5 8.6 27.9 .264 .468 .335 .351 .385 47.8 16.7 8.2
2017 37 1733 264 27 10.2 6.3 89.9 116.0 11.8 31.4 .232 .435 .320 .333 .409 44.3 26.7 10.8
2018 38 273 35 2 5.7 3.1 90.9 110.2 12.8 28.6 .256 .430 .377 .366 .444 48.6 27.7 18.5
Player 4631 794 63 7.9 5.3 91.3 116.0 9.8 29.2 .252 .434 .336 .343 .389 44.8 21.1 11.0
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.




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 50.3 15.8 27.3 6.6 22.4 44.3 32.8 2.2 38.8 19.1 29.0 3.8 4.9 3.2
2016 50.3 19.2 23.1 7.4 34.3 36.9 28.2 1.3 38.8 20.8 22.8 7.4 8.0 5.9
2017 48.1 24.6 19.3 8.0 34.8 35.2 29.9 5.7 32.6 24.2 21.6 5.7 10.2 6.3
2018 42.9 28.6 22.9 5.7 31.4 37.1 31.4 2.9 28.6 20.0 34.3 8.6 5.7 3.1
Player 49.2 20.7 22.8 7.3 31.6 38.0 30.0 3.0 36.3 21.5 24.3 6.0 7.9 5.3
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 %
2018 4-Seamer -0.4 -1 127 46.5 24 .250 .300 .356 31.0 37.5 20.5 .224 .313 .310 36.4
2018 Slider -2.6 -1 46 16.8 13 .091 .364 .262 40.7 23.1 15.8 .205 .312 .295 50.0
2018 Curveball 5.1 2 35 12.8 11 .500 .900 .605 21.1 18.2 15.4 .496 1.109 .673 50.0
2018 Sinker 1.9 1 30 11.0 8 .200 .200 .375 0.0 12.5 12.5 .186 .208 .369 100.0
2018 Cutter 6.8 1 18 6.6 5 .667 .667 .640 28.6 20.0 25.0 .230 .235 .406 0.0
2018 Changeup 0.6 0 15 5.5 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 33.3 25.0 .085 .087 .086 50.0
2018 Splitter 4.3 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 0.9 6 619 35.7 134 .272 .544 .398 25.6 32.1 22.2 .233 .473 .355 54.2
2017 Sinker -0.5 -2 371 21.4 104 .232 .474 .349 10.9 8.7 11.4 .282 .555 .380 34.9
2017 Slider 0.0 0 323 18.6 78 .212 .379 .314 38.1 32.1 26.9 .221 .394 .326 51.2
2017 Curveball -1.1 -2 144 8.3 31 .143 .143 .213 41.4 32.3 22.2 .147 .171 .195 22.2
2017 Changeup 1.3 2 142 8.2 39 .273 .424 .362 44.3 35.9 37.8 .224 .362 .319 42.1
2017 Cutter -3.3 -3 84 4.8 29 .111 .148 .160 31.1 27.6 30.8 .148 .230 .188 45.0
2017 Splitter 1.7 1 34 2.0 9 .286 .714 .400 55.6 44.4 20.0 .311 .699 .556 100.0
2017 Sweeper -4.8 0 10 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 60.0 50.0 25.0 .046 .134 .072 0.0
2017 Slurve 27.2 1 3 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .653 1.329 .812 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 594 2,319 11 -5 16 17 38
2009 659 2,402 16 -4 10 17 39
2010 662 2,542 13 -10 23 13 39
2011 573 2,281 -5 5 14 17 31
2012 739 2,866 -4 19 8 16 39
2013 668 2,462 28 -5 14 13 50
2014 699 2,564 -6 11 11 19 36
2015 288 1,113 2 -8 9 6 11
2016 425 1,559 10 -18 9 10 12
2017 430 1,737 -6 -13 13 9 3
2018 73 307 -2 -1 2 2 1
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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 1,062 42.4 79.3 83.4 26.1 64.2 38.9 42.2 48.6 22.5 5.9 82.3
2016 1,563 44.7 71.2 86.3 29.8 65.5 42.0 38.0 48.3 20.8 6.0 78.5
2017 1,733 46.2 66.0 80.1 25.7 51.0 42.3 27.4 44.4 28.9 6.8 76.9
2018 273 46.3 69.0 79.3 28.8 52.4 41.2 38.5 47.6 30.0 7.7 85.7
Player 4,631 44.8 70.8 83.0 27.4 59.5 41.4 35.2 46.9 24.6 6.3 79.2
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
2015 93 30
2016 79 62 72 72 69 52 63 98 98 96 71 51 58 43 31
2017 56 12 52 67 45 56 80 89 98 90 14 72 19 59 29
2018 75 20
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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 22.8 20 20.0 0 9 17 6 30.0
2017 24.1 19 20.6 -2 6 10 13 68.4
2018 22.4 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 50.0
Player 23.5 41 42.1 -1 16 28 20 48.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 20 22 13 24 21 18 23 19 17 14 18 22 23 16 19 24 12 19 21 23 18 14 28 26 20 19 19 30 23 20 15
2017 19 21 18 20 19 20 23 23 17 18 19 21 19 21 23 22 22 19 21 20 21 19 25 24 21 22 17 23 23 20 16
2018 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Player 41 45 32 45 42 39 48 43 36 33 38 44 43 38 43 47 35 39 44 45 40 36 55 52 42 42 38 55 48 42 33
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.5 93.1 2.6 ↑ 89.9 -3.2 ↓ 90.9 1.0 ↑
Launch Angle 8.2 8.6 0.4 ↑ 11.8 3.2 ↑ 12.8 1.0 ↑
Barrel % 4.9 8.0 3.1 ↑ 10.2 2.2 ↑ 5.7 -4.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.9 47.8 7.9 ↑ 44.3 -3.5 ↓ 48.6 4.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 28.4 27.9 -0.5 ↓ 31.4 3.5 ↑ 28.6 -2.8 ↓
xBA .264 .264 0.000 .232 -0.032 ↓ .256 0.024 ↑
BA .279 .246 -0.033 ↓ .231 -0.015 ↓ .283 0.052 ↑
xwOBA .342 .351 0.009 ↑ .333 -0.018 ↓ .366 0.033 ↑
wOBA .351 .335 -0.016 ↓ .320 -0.015 ↓ .377 0.057 ↑
xSLG .378 .468 0.090 ↑ .435 -0.033 ↓ .430 -0.005 ↓
SLG .410 .461 0.051 ↑ .432 -0.029 ↓ .434 0.002 ↑
K% 17.7 16.7 -1.0 ↓ 26.7 10.0 ↑ 27.7 1.0 ↑
BB% 14.1 8.2 -5.9 ↓ 10.8 2.6 ↑ 18.5 7.7 ↑
Swing % 48.6 48.3 -0.3 ↓ 44.4 -3.9 ↓ 47.6 3.2 ↑
Whiff% 22.5 20.8 -1.7 ↓ 28.9 8.1 ↑ 30.0 1.1 ↑
In Zone % 42.4 44.7 2.3 ↑ 46.2 1.5 ↑ 46.3 0.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 57.6 55.3 -2.3 ↓ 53.8 -1.5 ↓ 53.7 -0.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.1 29.8 3.7 ↑ 25.7 -4.1 ↓ 28.8 3.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 42.2 38.0 -4.2 ↓ 27.4 -10.6 ↓ 38.5 11.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 62.7 3.5 ↑ 60.0 -2.7 ↓ 60.0 0.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 418 9 2.2 .337 .174
2017 Shifts R 426 0 0.0 .319
2018 Shifts R 65 0 0.0 .377
! 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 %
2010 644 16.0 29.7% 3.1% 513 22.6 1.8% 11.9%
2011 559 16.8 27.7% 2.5% 286 22.1 2.1% 10.8%
2012 653 16.8 27.3% 1.8% 503 23.1 2.0% 12.7%
2013 575 18.2 15.3% 1.9% 365 24.1 0.0% 14.2%
2014 639 18.3 13.9% 3.9% 381 24.1 0.3% 12.9%
2015 301 18.3 28.9% 7.6% 138 25.0 4.3% 23.9%
2016 409 18.9 21.3% 6.1% 282 25.5 1.8% 27.3%
2017 471 18.2 15.3% 2.1% 338 23.7 0.0% 8.9%
2018 73 17.7 12.3% 1.4% 42 23.7 0.0% 23.8%
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