Melky Cabrera
LF | Bats/Throws: S/L | 5' 10" 210LBS | Age: 40
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 666 620 78 177 17 1 .285 .324 .423 .747
2018 278 250 28 70 6 1 .280 .335 .420 .755
2019 397 378 43 106 7 2 .280 .313 .399 .712
15 Seasons 7,527 6,878 895 1,962 144 101 .285 .334 .417 .751
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .285 17 1 .747
2018 .280 6 1 .755
2019 .280 7 2 .712
15 Seasons .285 144 101 .751
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%
2015 30 2572 553 13 2.4 1.9 89.6 111.0 9.7 30.9 .274 .371 .307 .306 .328 36.2 12.9 5.9
2016 31 2374 530 11 2.1 1.7 89.5 110.6 11.2 33.6 .276 .384 .342 .312 .320 34.2 10.7 7.3
2017 32 2421 554 21 3.8 3.2 88.3 113.6 8.9 33.6 .297 .426 .319 .331 .351 35.1 11.1 5.4
2018 33 1015 217 5 2.3 1.8 90.7 108.6 9.1 33.6 .292 .383 .326 .330 .349 41.7 13.7 7.2
2019 34 1359 338 7 2.1 1.8 88.2 110.2 8.9 32.8 .278 .379 .301 .298 .317 33.0 10.3 4.3
Player 9741 2192 57 2.6 2.1 89.2 113.6 9.7 32.8 .283 .391 .320 .315 .333 35.5 11.6 6.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2015 47.4 15.2 29.8 7.6 33.6 36.3 27.7 2.4 36.2 23.0 30.0 2.9 2.4 1.9
2016 43.6 21.1 28.1 7.2 37.5 33.4 28.7 0.8 35.5 27.0 29.2 4.2 2.1 1.7
2017 48.9 15.7 29.1 6.3 34.7 39.9 24.9 2.9 40.6 18.2 29.1 4.7 3.8 3.2
2018 46.1 18.0 30.0 6.0 37.8 37.3 24.0 0.5 38.7 19.8 34.6 3.7 2.3 1.8
2019 47.6 18.0 26.6 7.7 33.4 40.8 25.7 1.8 37.6 24.0 29.0 4.7 2.1 1.8
Player 46.8 17.5 28.7 7.0 35.2 37.3 26.6 1.8 37.6 22.6 29.9 4.0 2.6 2.1
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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 441 32.5 113 .336 .445 .375 11.9 15.9 14.0 .285 .395 .300 30.4
2019 Sinker -1.0 -2 243 17.9 76 .271 .343 .322 2.6 2.6 5.0 .328 .425 .351 49.3
2019 Changeup -0.7 -2 219 16.1 58 .276 .345 .272 23.7 10.3 10.9 .249 .304 .242 23.1
2019 Slider 2.1 3 160 11.8 53 .280 .460 .356 20.2 11.3 11.8 .253 .415 .306 34.1
2019 Curveball 1.7 3 153 11.3 47 .304 .522 .394 24.1 14.9 17.1 .302 .405 .328 33.3
2019 Cutter -0.4 0 87 6.4 33 .161 .323 .288 9.4 0.0 0.0 .227 .314 .262 22.6
2019 Split-Finger -4.5 -1 29 2.1 8 .143 .143 .200 16.7 0.0 0.0 .304 .349 .340 28.6
2019 Sweeper 0.2 0 5 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .113 .161 .115 0.0
2019 Slurve -21.7 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .007 .007 .006 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 298 29.4 87 .288 .493 .368 15.3 14.9 18.6 .296 .396 .350 41.3
2018 Sinker 2.0 5 264 26.0 73 .333 .492 .407 1.0 2.7 5.0 .324 .440 .382 48.4
2018 Curveball 1.1 1 132 13.0 32 .250 .281 .264 30.3 28.1 20.0 .252 .327 .251 39.1
2018 Changeup -2.6 -3 121 11.9 33 .156 .188 .195 21.9 12.1 10.3 .234 .265 .236 32.1
2018 Slider 1.0 1 99 9.8 33 .281 .375 .298 25.0 24.2 22.9 .282 .372 .299 45.8
2018 Cutter 1.4 1 61 6.0 15 .385 .692 .443 15.4 6.7 4.5 .356 .500 .421 38.5
2018 Split-Finger 0.5 0 20 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 44.4 100.0 10.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slurve -2.4 0 12 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .057 .067 .067 0.0
2018 Sweeper -6.5 0 3 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .593 .632 .536 0.0
2018 Knuckleball 94.1 2 2 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .707 .774 .640 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.5 -12 817 33.7 195 .239 .350 .285 9.2 13.3 12.0 .297 .419 .333 35.5
2017 Sinker 0.1 0 596 24.6 168 .290 .387 .333 5.1 2.4 4.7 .319 .457 .357 40.3
2017 Changeup 1.3 4 330 13.6 110 .311 .456 .345 16.7 5.5 7.1 .305 .395 .317 22.0
2017 Slider 0.1 0 249 10.3 71 .275 .420 .337 22.1 22.5 18.0 .275 .445 .315 50.9
2017 Curveball 5.8 13 221 9.1 61 .379 .690 .495 24.8 14.8 11.5 .316 .493 .360 38.8
2017 Cutter 1.1 2 145 6.0 40 .333 .528 .419 21.8 20.0 16.3 .252 .391 .310 24.1
2017 Split-Finger -6.5 -2 33 1.4 11 .182 .182 .164 16.7 9.1 12.5 .240 .277 .227 20.0
2017 Slurve -6.8 -1 11 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 25.0 .031 .033 .029 0.0
2017 Sweeper -9.2 0 5 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Screwball 0.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 433 1,591 -12 -22 6 7 -22
2009 582 2,258 -21 -4 12 12 -1
2010 501 1,887 -20 -8 4 7 -16
2011 703 2,559 -5 3 12 8 18
2012 497 1,754 -5 14 10 7 26
2013 372 1,388 1 -14 5 5 -2
2014 618 2,280 8 -1 13 12 31
2015 681 2,564 -9 -14 12 9 -3
2016 644 2,369 6 -9 11 8 16
2017 661 2,409 -7 -13 15 8 4
2018 285 1,038 -6 -1 10 4 6
2019 390 1,338 -3 -10 9 5 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 2,572 47.6 62.3 90.7 33.2 77.6 44.0 18.7 47.0 13.3 5.2 67.2
2016 2,374 45.5 66.9 91.0 34.1 77.3 41.5 20.3 49.0 14.0 6.7 71.1
2017 2,421 46.7 63.7 93.0 30.9 74.3 42.3 20.8 46.2 13.4 6.3 63.8
2018 1,015 45.4 65.9 90.4 31.0 70.3 40.7 26.6 46.9 16.6 6.5 78.8
2019 1,359 46.8 72.0 91.4 34.4 72.7 43.3 30.7 52.2 15.5 7.3 88.8
Player 9,741 46.5 65.5 91.4 32.8 75.3 42.5 22.2 48.0 14.2 6.3 72.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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
2015 42 77 34 18 51 33 21 67 83 57 83 27 91 24 29
2016 33 79 28 15 53 17 10 57 78 37 95 38 93 19 27 2
2017 53 96 47 21 59 45 22 55 93 48 96 12 97 27 35 1
2018 64 32
2019 14 80 16 6 25 4 4 28 72 19 98 4 92 18 29
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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 24.1 14 14.9 -1 11 13 4 28.6
2017 22.8 17 15.9 1 6 12 7 41.2
2018 21.6 6 5.4 1 2 6 1 16.7
2019 23.3 7 9.5 -3 4 8 3 42.9
Player 23.1 44 45.7 -2 23 39 15 34.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 14 16 11 19 15 15 16 14 13 12 15 19 13 12 14 15 7 13 14 21 13 13 22 18 13 13 17 23 16 17 7
2017 17 15 12 17 16 16 20 17 15 13 16 18 17 17 15 16 14 12 18 16 19 14 22 17 16 11 15 18 20 15 10
2018 6 6 5 7 5 5 6 7 5 4 3 6 6 4 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 5 8 7 3 4 5 4 7 5 2
2019 7 12 6 10 10 10 11 10 9 6 7 12 10 9 10 10 9 9 10 11 11 9 12 11 7 8 10 11 11 9 5
Player 44 49 34 53 46 46 53 48 42 35 41 55 46 42 45 48 36 39 48 55 49 41 64 53 39 36 47 56 54 46 24
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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.6 89.5 -0.1 88.3 -1.2 90.7 2.4 88.2 -2.5
Launch Angle 9.7 11.2 1.5 8.9 -2.3 9.1 0.2 8.9 -0.2
Barrel % 2.4 2.1 -0.3 3.8 1.7 2.3 -1.5 2.1 -0.2
Hard Hit % 36.2 34.2 -2.0 35.1 0.9 41.7 6.6 33.0 -8.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.9 33.6 2.7 33.6 0.0 33.6 0.0 32.8 -0.8
xBA .274 .276 0.002 .297 0.021 .292 -0.005 .278 -0.014
BA .273 .296 0.023 .285 -0.011 .280 -0.005 .280 0.000
xwOBA .306 .312 0.006 .331 0.019 .330 -0.001 .298 -0.032
wOBA .307 .342 0.035 .319 -0.023 .326 0.007 .301 -0.025
xSLG .371 .384 0.013 .426 0.042 .383 -0.043 .379 -0.004
SLG .394 .455 0.061 .423 -0.032 .420 -0.003 .399 -0.021
K% 12.9 10.7 -2.2 11.1 0.4 13.7 2.6 10.3 -3.4
BB% 5.9 7.3 1.4 5.4 -1.9 7.2 1.8 4.3 -2.9
Swing % 47.0 49.0 2.0 46.2 -2.8 46.9 0.7 52.2 5.3
Whiff% 13.3 14.0 0.7 13.4 -0.6 16.6 3.2 15.5 -1.1
In Zone % 47.6 45.5 -2.1 46.7 1.2 45.4 -1.3 46.8 1.4
Out of Zone % 52.4 54.5 2.1 53.3 -1.2 54.6 1.3 53.2 -1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 33.2 34.1 0.9 30.9 -3.2 31.0 0.1 34.4 3.4
First Pitch Swing % 18.7 20.3 1.6 20.8 0.5 26.6 5.8 30.7 4.1
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 55.4 -5.9 58.6 3.2 61.9 3.3 64.0 2.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 506 4 0.8 .342 .220
2016 Shifts R 129 1 0.8 .347 .000
2017 Shifts L 498 0 0.0 .314
2017 Shifts R 161 0 0.0 .331
2018 Shifts L 205 12 5.9 .322 .169
2018 Shifts R 73 0 0.0 .363
2019 Shifts L 266 39 14.7 .296 .405
2019 Shifts R 125 4 3.2 .287 .217
! 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 525 14.0 57.5% 1.3% 366 19.0 8.7% 5.7%
2011 734 14.5 54.9% 1.0% 348 20.6 4.3% 8.0%
2012 504 14.9 51.4% 0.8% 251 20.3 7.2% 6.0%
2013 471 14.9 52.0% 1.7% 180 20.6 2.8% 8.9%
2014 746 15.7 40.9% 2.0% 328 22.4 1.8% 8.2%
2015 809 16.5 38.6% 2.5% 399 23.0 5.8% 18.5%
2016 719 16.4 38.5% 2.8% 350 23.2 6.9% 17.4%
2017 771 15.7 40.2% 2.2% 358 22.2 2.2% 9.8%
2018 300 15.6 43.3% 1.3% 179 21.2 2.8% 5.6%
2019 360 15.6 41.7% 1.7% 223 21.9 0.9% 8.1%
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