Michael A. Taylor
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 215LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 6, #172, Washington Nationals | Westminster Academy
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 388 355 48 78 21 13 .220 .278 .442 .720
2024 300 269 35 52 5 12 .193 .253 .290 .543
2025 47 44 6 7 1 2 .159 .213 .295 .508
12 Seasons 3,523 3,229 400 755 101 122 .234 .289 .379 .668
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .220 21 13 .720
2024 .193 5 12 .543
2025 .159 1 2 .508
12 Seasons .234 101 122 .668
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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 24 1889 317 20 6.3 3.9 88.7 112.7 9.8 32.8 .232 .382 .274 .288 .404 35.6 30.9 6.8
2016 25 891 145 11 7.6 4.6 88.1 112.1 8.5 37.9 .234 .387 .283 .292 .409 37.9 32.5 5.9
2017 26 1630 265 26 9.8 6.0 87.5 112.7 12.4 35.1 .233 .425 .338 .302 .423 38.3 31.7 6.7
2018 27 1514 239 15 6.3 3.9 88.5 110.8 8.1 27.2 .210 .335 .280 .269 .353 34.3 30.1 7.5
2019 28 389 56 4 7.1 4.1 91.5 111.0 8.9 32.1 .213 .375 .289 .276 .399 42.9 35.1 7.2
2020 29 393 65 10 15.4 10.1 89.0 108.6 12.4 27.7 .229 .480 .287 .325 .419 36.9 27.3 6.1
2021 30 2113 346 23 6.6 4.4 89.4 111.5 12.1 30.6 .246 .390 .286 .300 .382 40.2 27.3 6.3
2022 31 1717 310 21 6.8 4.6 86.3 109.4 12.1 33.5 .223 .358 .297 .289 .344 32.9 23.9 7.7
2023 32 1526 229 31 13.5 8.0 88.1 114.3 13.4 30.6 .222 .433 .308 .306 .432 38.0 33.5 6.7
2024 33 1202 172 20 11.6 6.7 89.3 111.8 13.7 31.4 .204 .333 .242 .270 .382 40.1 35.0 7.7
2025 34 172 33 2 6.1 4.3 91.4 110.4 19.7 45.5 .245 .451 .226 .320 .392 48.5 23.4 6.4
Player 13436 2177 183 8.4 5.3 88.3 114.3 11.4 32.2 .227 .386 .289 .292 .390 37.3 30.1 6.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 49.2 50.8 18.6 26.8 5.4 40.1 34.4 25.6 25.9 18.9 4.4 14.2 15.5 21.1
2016 44.8 55.2 17.9 31.7 5.5 42.1 40.0 17.2 19.3 20.0 5.5 22.8 20.0 11.7
2017 43.0 57.0 21.1 27.9 7.9 41.9 35.8 22.3 24.2 15.5 3.4 17.7 20.4 18.9
2018 54.0 46.0 20.9 20.9 4.2 35.1 41.0 23.4 25.5 23.8 4.6 9.6 17.2 18.8
2019 48.2 51.8 19.6 25.0 7.1 42.9 41.1 16.1 19.6 25.0 3.6 23.2 16.1 12.5
2020 44.6 55.4 27.7 20.0 7.7 38.5 38.5 23.1 23.1 20.0 1.5 15.4 18.5 21.5
2021 46.2 53.8 27.5 22.5 3.8 32.4 41.9 25.7 22.0 19.4 4.9 10.4 22.5 20.8
2022 42.3 57.7 28.1 21.0 8.7 36.5 37.7 25.8 21.9 15.8 4.5 14.5 21.9 21.3
2023 45.0 55.0 28.8 20.5 5.7 37.1 40.6 22.3 21.0 17.0 7.0 16.2 23.6 15.3
2024 45.3 54.7 25.6 23.3 5.8 41.3 44.2 14.5 23.8 19.2 2.3 17.4 25.0 12.2
2025 36.4 63.6 30.3 24.2 9.1 27.3 33.3 39.4 21.2 9.1 6.1 6.1 24.2 33.3
Player 46.1 53.9 24.0 23.9 6.0 37.8 39.0 23.1 23.0 18.6 4.5 14.7 20.4 18.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 1.9 33.4 20.2 27.4 5.0 6.3 3.9
2016 4.1 33.1 22.1 26.2 4.1 7.6 4.6
2017 6.0 27.5 21.9 26.0 5.3 9.8 6.0
2018 3.3 38.9 21.3 22.6 3.8 6.3 3.9
2019 5.4 30.4 19.6 23.2 8.9 7.1 4.1
2020 4.6 38.5 26.2 13.8 1.5 15.4 10.1
2021 3.5 34.7 24.3 26.3 4.6 6.6 4.4
2022 6.5 30.6 29.4 21.6 4.8 6.8 4.6
2023 10.9 27.9 22.7 18.3 6.6 13.5 8.0
2024 8.1 26.2 26.2 25.6 1.7 11.6 6.7
2025 6.1 27.3 30.3 12.1 18.2 6.1 4.3
Player 5.3 31.9 23.7 23.8 4.9 8.4 5.3
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -2.2 -2 68 39.5 20 .105 .263 .180 35.7 30.0 25.0 .259 .559 .360 69.2
2025 Sweeper -1.2 0 27 15.7 4 .000 .000 .175 55.6 25.0 10.0 .055 .191 .249 50.0
2025 Slider -2.5 -1 21 12.2 6 .333 .333 .300 27.3 0.0 0.0 .310 .402 .309 16.7
2025 Cutter -1.2 0 18 10.5 7 .286 .429 .307 25.0 28.6 25.0 .297 .590 .375 60.0
2025 Changeup -3.1 0 14 8.1 4 .000 .000 .175 33.3 0.0 0.0 .137 .158 .271 0.0
2025 Sinker -1.3 0 11 6.4 4 .250 .750 .400 62.5 50.0 66.7 .311 .372 .295 100.0
2025 Curveball -0.9 0 10 5.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .074 .096 .069 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -5 344 28.6 81 .167 .319 .246 42.1 43.2 28.9 .188 .355 .269 51.3
2024 Slider -1.9 -5 260 21.6 64 .203 .254 .226 42.6 37.5 27.0 .213 .285 .241 43.2
2024 Sinker 1.0 2 222 18.5 54 .311 .489 .407 17.2 16.7 20.9 .313 .521 .421 40.5
2024 Changeup -2.5 -3 121 10.1 33 .219 .281 .233 48.5 33.3 26.8 .167 .226 .188 14.3
2024 Curveball -4.1 -4 87 7.2 19 .059 .059 .121 41.9 42.1 23.5 .115 .243 .209 55.6
2024 Sweeper -3.0 -2 66 5.5 20 .118 .235 .216 48.6 25.0 22.7 .174 .401 .253 35.7
2024 Cutter -0.7 0 63 5.2 14 .231 .231 .257 28.6 7.1 9.1 .283 .332 .316 30.8
2024 Split-Finger -5.7 -2 39 3.2 13 .077 .077 .069 61.5 84.6 50.0 .064 .091 .068 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 43 165 1 -2 0 0 -1
2015 501 1,850 3 -22 3 5 -11
2016 237 890 -7 -6 4 3 -6
2017 425 1,621 6 -9 5 6 6
2018 383 1,514 -7 -19 6 4 -15
2019 97 389 -2 -5 2 0 -5
2020 99 393 0 -5 1 2 -1
2021 528 2,113 -9 -27 12 9 -15
2022 456 1,717 -13 -14 12 8 -7
2023 388 1,526 5 -17 4 5 -3
2024 298 1,202 -13 -14 6 3 -19
2025 47 172 -2 -3 1 0 -3
Player 3,502 13,552 -38 -144 56 -38 -80
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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 1,889 50.5 71.9 74.4 32.1 44.5 43.3 43.6 52.2 33.3 8.7 87.1
2016 891 51.0 69.8 69.7 27.7 53.7 43.3 39.7 49.2 33.8 7.0 85.5
2017 1,630 49.7 69.2 74.0 30.2 46.7 44.4 39.3 49.6 33.4 6.5 79.0
2018 1,514 50.7 72.8 73.3 30.0 49.6 44.2 39.0 51.7 32.0 7.9 85.8
2019 389 50.1 69.7 74.3 24.7 37.5 46.0 41.2 47.3 34.2 6.2 75.0
2020 393 51.1 73.1 75.5 24.5 48.9 43.8 42.4 49.4 28.4 5.9 82.6
2021 2,113 47.8 75.3 76.6 30.5 47.5 42.0 40.2 51.9 31.2 7.6 83.9
2022 1,717 48.2 73.1 79.7 31.4 47.3 43.1 44.7 51.5 29.3 7.5 85.9
2023 1,526 47.2 68.8 75.0 31.2 43.8 44.6 43.6 49.0 34.1 7.1 80.6
2024 1,202 50.2 68.0 71.7 30.4 32.4 45.5 44.7 49.3 39.2 7.3 76.1
2025 172 51.2 72.7 70.3 32.1 40.7 51.2 57.4 52.9 36.3 7.0 91.7
Player 13,436 49.3 71.5 74.7 30.3 45.5 43.8 42.1 50.6 32.8 7.4 83.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2015 20 16 42 51 18 52 61 50 91 53 2 45 3 33 91
2016 86 90
2017 23 13 47 62 6 53 79 39 90 64 4 28 6 32 90 96
2018 3 4 8 22 4 21 41 42 78 34 5 38 6 36 91 95
2019 77 94
2020 55 81 81 94
2021 19 40 29 29 15 36 32 51 80 43 15 15 13 27 79 99 98
2022 19 18 24 34 16 34 41 9 54 13 33 45 21 33 86 88 92
2023 24 10 56 77 5 58 88 25 92 32 3 28 8 31 84 94 90
2024 80 80 96 84
2025 48 47 64 67 29 18 34 72 75 73 47 32 6 28 54 61 35 55 88
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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 19.4 7 7.3 0 5 6 2 28.6
2017 20.0 21 19.7 1 5 6 14 66.7
2018 20.9 6 5.9 0 4 5 3 50.0
2019 18.8 3 3.4 0 1 3 2 66.7
2020 21.3 5 6.2 -1 1 3 4 80.0
2021 21.0 12 11.2 1 6 6 7 58.3
2022 22.2 9 10.6 -2 8 9 3 33.3
2023 22.0 21 16.9 4 5 11 9 42.9
2024 21.9 5 6.0 -1 5 3 3 60.0
2025 23.0 1 1.9 -1 1 3 0 0.0
Player 21.1 90 89.2 1 41 55 47 52.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 7 8 5 9 8 7 8 6 6 6 8 11 7 7 7 7 3 6 8 9 7 3 10 9 6 8 9 11 8 8 5
2017 21 21 18 21 19 20 20 19 18 18 20 22 19 19 20 21 19 20 22 19 19 20 21 20 19 19 17 22 22 20 17
2018 6 9 4 8 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 8 9 4 5 8 6 6 4 7 4 6 10 6 4 4 5 7 9 7 5
2019 3 4 3 3 4 4 5 3 4 2 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 4 4 3 3 6 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 3
2020 5 6 8 7 6 7 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5
2021 12 13 10 13 10 10 14 12 7 9 9 12 15 9 10 15 10 10 13 10 12 12 15 14 11 9 13 11 12 8 8
2022 9 9 7 11 10 9 11 10 8 8 9 13 16 12 11 10 11 10 12 10 14 9 15 13 7 8 10 12 15 9 8
2023 21 14 13 15 19 18 21 13 20 13 19 17 13 15 20 17 17 13 19 20 15 20 22 20 11 14 20 19 16 19 16
2024 5 7 6 6 4 7 7 5 5 3 5 6 4 6 6 5 6 5 9 9 6 7 8 9 6 4 3 6 7 6 6
2025 1 3 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 3
Player 90 94 75 96 87 90 98 79 79 69 86 102 97 84 91 93 82 80 97 96 87 88 117 103 74 75 87 100 103 90 76
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 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 88.7 -0.6 ↓ 88.1 -0.6 ↓ 87.5 1.0 ↑ 88.5 3.0 ↑ 91.5 -2.5 ↓ 89.0 0.4 ↑ 89.4 -3.1 ↓ 86.3 1.8 ↑ 88.1 1.2 ↑ 89.3 2.1 ↑ 91.4
Launch Angle 9.8 -1.3 ↓ 8.5 3.9 ↑ 12.4 -4.3 ↓ 8.1 0.8 ↑ 8.9 3.5 ↑ 12.4 -0.3 ↓ 12.1 0.0 12.1 1.3 ↑ 13.4 0.3 ↑ 13.7 6.0 ↑ 19.7
Barrel % 6.3 1.3 ↑ 7.6 2.2 ↑ 9.8 -3.5 ↓ 6.3 0.8 ↑ 7.1 8.3 ↑ 15.4 -8.8 ↓ 6.6 0.2 ↑ 6.8 6.7 ↑ 13.5 -1.9 ↓ 11.6 -5.5 ↓ 6.1
Hard Hit % 35.6 2.3 ↑ 37.9 0.4 ↑ 38.3 -4.0 ↓ 34.3 8.6 ↑ 42.9 -6.0 ↓ 36.9 3.3 ↑ 40.2 -7.3 ↓ 32.9 5.1 ↑ 38.0 2.1 ↑ 40.1 8.4 ↑ 48.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.8 5.1 ↑ 37.9 -2.8 ↓ 35.1 -7.9 ↓ 27.2 4.9 ↑ 32.1 -4.4 ↓ 27.7 2.9 ↑ 30.6 2.9 ↑ 33.5 -2.9 ↓ 30.6 0.8 ↑ 31.4 14.1 ↑ 45.5
xBA .232 0.002 ↑ .234 -0.001 ↓ .233 -0.023 ↓ .210 0.003 ↑ .213 0.016 ↑ .229 0.017 ↑ .246 -0.023 ↓ .223 -0.001 ↓ .222 -0.018 ↓ .204 0.041 ↑ .245
BA .229 0.002 ↑ .231 0.040 ↑ .271 -0.044 ↓ .227 0.023 ↑ .250 -0.054 ↓ .196 0.048 ↑ .244 0.010 ↑ .254 -0.034 ↓ .220 -0.027 ↓ .193 -0.034 ↓ .159
xwOBA .288 0.004 ↑ .292 0.010 ↑ .302 -0.033 ↓ .269 0.007 ↑ .276 0.049 ↑ .325 -0.025 ↓ .300 -0.011 ↓ .289 0.017 ↑ .306 -0.036 ↓ .270 0.050 ↑ .320
wOBA .274 0.009 ↑ .283 0.055 ↑ .338 -0.058 ↓ .280 0.009 ↑ .289 -0.002 ↓ .287 -0.001 ↓ .286 0.011 ↑ .297 0.011 ↑ .308 -0.066 ↓ .242 -0.016 ↓ .226
xSLG .382 0.005 ↑ .387 0.038 ↑ .425 -0.090 ↓ .335 0.040 ↑ .375 0.105 ↑ .480 -0.090 ↓ .390 -0.032 ↓ .358 0.075 ↑ .433 -0.100 ↓ .333 0.118 ↑ .451
SLG .358 0.018 ↑ .376 0.110 ↑ .486 -0.129 ↓ .357 0.007 ↑ .364 0.060 ↑ .424 -0.068 ↓ .356 0.001 ↑ .357 0.085 ↑ .442 -0.152 ↓ .290 0.005 ↑ .295
K% 30.9 1.6 ↑ 32.5 -0.8 ↓ 31.7 -1.6 ↓ 30.1 5.0 ↑ 35.1 -7.8 ↓ 27.3 0.0 27.3 -3.4 ↓ 23.9 9.6 ↑ 33.5 1.5 ↑ 35.0 -11.6 ↓ 23.4
BB% 6.8 -0.9 ↓ 5.9 0.8 ↑ 6.7 0.8 ↑ 7.5 -0.3 ↓ 7.2 -1.1 ↓ 6.1 0.2 ↑ 6.3 1.4 ↑ 7.7 -1.0 ↓ 6.7 1.0 ↑ 7.7 -1.3 ↓ 6.4
Swing % 52.2 -3.0 ↓ 49.2 0.4 ↑ 49.6 2.1 ↑ 51.7 -4.4 ↓ 47.3 2.1 ↑ 49.4 2.5 ↑ 51.9 -0.4 ↓ 51.5 -2.5 ↓ 49.0 0.3 ↑ 49.3 3.6 ↑ 52.9
Whiff% 33.3 0.5 ↑ 33.8 -0.4 ↓ 33.4 -1.4 ↓ 32.0 2.2 ↑ 34.2 -5.8 ↓ 28.4 2.8 ↑ 31.2 -1.9 ↓ 29.3 4.8 ↑ 34.1 5.1 ↑ 39.2 -2.9 ↓ 36.3
In Zone % 50.5 0.5 ↑ 51.0 -1.3 ↓ 49.7 1.0 ↑ 50.7 -0.6 ↓ 50.1 1.0 ↑ 51.1 -3.3 ↓ 47.8 0.4 ↑ 48.2 -1.0 ↓ 47.2 3.0 ↑ 50.2 1.0 ↑ 51.2
Out of Zone % 49.5 -0.5 ↓ 49.0 1.3 ↑ 50.3 -1.0 ↓ 49.3 0.6 ↑ 49.9 -1.0 ↓ 48.9 3.3 ↑ 52.2 -0.4 ↓ 51.8 1.0 ↑ 52.8 -3.0 ↓ 49.8 -1.0 ↓ 48.8
Out of Zone Swing % 32.1 -4.4 ↓ 27.7 2.5 ↑ 30.2 -0.2 ↓ 30.0 -5.3 ↓ 24.7 -0.2 ↓ 24.5 6.0 ↑ 30.5 0.9 ↑ 31.4 -0.2 ↓ 31.2 -0.8 ↓ 30.4 1.7 ↑ 32.1
First Pitch Swing % 43.6 -3.9 ↓ 39.7 -0.4 ↓ 39.3 -0.3 ↓ 39.0 2.2 ↑ 41.2 1.2 ↑ 42.4 -2.2 ↓ 40.2 4.5 ↑ 44.7 -1.1 ↓ 43.6 1.1 ↑ 44.7 12.7 ↑ 57.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 -3.4 ↓ 61.6 1.9 ↑ 63.5 2.7 ↑ 66.2 0.8 ↑ 67.0 4.7 ↑ 71.7 -8.6 ↓ 63.1 5.3 ↑ 68.4 -3.2 ↓ 65.2 1.1 ↑ 66.3 12.4 ↑ 78.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 230 7 3.0 .280 .413
2017 Shifts R 425 19 4.5 .344 .222
2018 Shifts R 383 49 12.8 .268 .364
2019 Shifts R 97 33 34.0 .281 .304
2020 Shifts R 99 36 36.4 .270 .316
2021 Shifts R 524 54 10.3 .283 .310
2022 Shifts R 456 63 13.8 .300 .280
2023 Shades R 388 18 4.6 .302 .428
2024 Shades R 298 40 13.4 .227 .329
2025 Shades R 47 4 8.5 .226 .223
! 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 %
2014 48 15.1 47.9% 0.0% 18 21.4 11.1% 22.2%
2015 505 17.5 32.9% 3.8% 253 22.7 8.3% 18.6%
2016 283 17.0 34.3% 3.9% 105 24.7 3.8% 29.5%
2017 431 17.2 28.3% 2.6% 256 22.0 2.0% 8.6%
2018 370 17.1 26.2% 2.4% 265 22.3 4.2% 11.3%
2019 110 17.8 22.7% 3.6% 68 23.6 0.0% 14.7%
2020 90 18.3 8.9% 2.2% 83 24.5 3.6% 12.0%
2021 500 18.9 12.8% 4.2% 359 25.1 0.3% 13.9%
2022 432 18.6 17.6% 3.9% 280 23.9 1.1% 16.8%
2023 373 15.4 44.5% 0.3% 242 18.6 7.4% 1.2%
2024 293 15.8 39.2% 0.7% 197 18.8 6.1% 1.5%
2025 36 15.2 44.4% 0.0% 29 19.5 0.0% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings