Michael Brantley
DH | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 209LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 7, #205, Milwaukee Brewers | Fort Pierce Central HS, FL
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 508 469 68 146 8 1 .311 .362 .437 .799
2022 277 243 28 70 5 1 .288 .370 .416 .786
2023 57 54 7 15 2 0 .278 .298 .426 .724
15 Seasons 6,149 5,566 758 1,656 129 125 .298 .355 .439 .794
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .311 8 1 .799
2022 .288 5 1 .786
2023 .278 2 0 .724
15 Seasons .298 129 125 .794
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 28 2149 483 19 3.9 3.2 89.0 110.1 9.5 36.0 .291 .425 .368 .346 .344 36.2 8.6 10.1
2016 29 170 34 0 0.0 0.0 89.3 104.5 10.3 35.3 .231 .301 .238 .245 .262 29.4 14.0 7.0
2017 30 1391 292 12 4.1 3.2 88.4 110.2 9.9 33.9 .288 .432 .342 .339 .361 36.1 13.3 8.3
2018 31 2286 517 18 3.5 2.9 90.2 108.6 9.5 38.3 .306 .452 .359 .357 .364 38.4 9.5 7.6
2019 32 2316 513 28 5.5 4.4 88.8 108.9 10.6 36.3 .293 .473 .367 .357 .368 37.3 10.4 8.0
2020 33 721 142 7 4.9 3.7 88.7 105.3 10.2 34.5 .260 .413 .362 .325 .344 37.3 15.0 9.1
2021 34 1868 417 24 5.8 4.7 89.5 109.4 9.9 38.8 .312 .466 .347 .361 .378 42.9 10.4 6.5
2022 35 1006 215 13 6.0 4.7 89.8 108.2 10.7 39.5 .310 .467 .345 .374 .383 45.1 10.8 11.2
2023 36 220 53 0 0.0 0.0 90.4 106.2 14.1 35.8 .277 .358 .309 .286 .282 37.7 3.5 3.5
Player 12127 2666 121 4.5 3.7 89.3 110.2 10.0 36.9 .296 .447 .355 .351 .360 38.6 10.5 8.3
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
2015 46.0 18.0 30.8 5.2 40.2 34.0 25.9 2.7 35.0 23.8 28.8 4.1 3.9 3.2
2016 44.1 17.6 35.3 2.9 38.2 32.4 29.4 2.9 35.3 32.4 29.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 49.3 16.4 27.7 6.5 36.6 39.4 24.0 3.8 34.6 22.3 31.2 3.8 4.1 3.2
2018 46.2 18.0 31.1 4.6 38.7 39.1 22.1 1.0 35.2 21.3 30.8 6.0 3.5 2.9
2019 46.0 20.9 28.1 5.1 39.0 34.9 26.1 3.9 32.6 21.4 27.1 6.8 5.5 4.4
2020 47.9 26.1 23.2 2.8 43.0 31.7 25.4 3.5 33.8 24.6 26.8 6.3 4.9 3.7
2021 46.8 20.6 28.8 3.8 33.3 41.2 25.4 3.4 32.1 21.1 31.4 6.2 5.8 4.7
2022 44.2 22.8 30.7 2.3 37.2 41.9 20.9 2.8 30.2 20.9 32.1 6.5 6.0 4.7
2023 37.7 26.4 32.1 3.8 52.8 28.3 18.9 1.9 32.1 35.8 26.4 3.8 0.0 0.0
Player 46.3 19.8 29.4 4.6 38.3 37.2 24.4 2.9 33.6 22.4 29.6 5.6 4.5 3.7
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 88 40.0 21 .368 .474 .410 5.4 0.0 0.0 .365 .469 .365 45.0
2023 Sinker -3.5 -2 44 20.0 11 .091 .091 .082 0.0 0.0 0.0 .204 .265 .203 36.4
2023 Changeup -4.8 -1 30 13.6 11 .182 .182 .164 15.4 9.1 10.0 .259 .297 .242 20.0
2023 Cutter 13.5 3 21 9.5 6 .500 1.000 .633 18.2 16.7 10.0 .345 .494 .359 60.0
2023 Slider 0.4 0 19 8.6 4 .333 .333 .400 14.3 0.0 0.0 .209 .297 .337 33.3
2023 Curveball 13.6 1 7 3.2 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .049 .153 .083 0.0
2023 Sweeper -7.8 0 5 2.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .078 .097 .077 50.0
2023 Split-Finger -1.7 0 4 1.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .051 .051 .046 0.0
2023 Knuckleball 3.3 0 2 0.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 390 38.8 85 .284 .392 .346 12.1 10.6 10.8 .300 .455 .375 41.5
2022 Changeup 3.4 5 143 14.2 49 .318 .364 .377 17.7 12.2 15.8 .308 .402 .351 42.1
2022 Sinker 2.1 3 142 14.1 46 .297 .351 .360 3.3 4.3 9.1 .263 .323 .333 38.9
2022 Slider 3.6 4 110 10.9 34 .323 .516 .390 15.4 11.8 11.8 .348 .568 .422 44.4
2022 Curveball -2.0 -2 91 9.0 22 .238 .286 .252 15.2 13.6 17.6 .331 .458 .357 61.1
2022 Cutter 5.6 5 85 8.4 30 .296 .704 .434 10.3 6.7 25.0 .409 .789 .524 57.7
2022 Split-Finger -2.6 -1 24 2.4 7 .143 .286 .179 18.8 42.9 25.0 .109 .182 .121 25.0
2022 Sweeper -0.6 0 21 2.1 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 14.3 .082 .082 .074 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 121 488 -3 -1 2 1 0
2010 325 1,310 -17 -10 11 6 -10
2011 490 1,926 -1 -23 13 8 -4
2012 596 2,118 0 -12 10 10 9
2013 612 2,249 -11 -6 14 9 6
2014 670 2,392 17 -4 17 10 41
2015 587 2,118 4 -4 17 9 25
2016 42 166 -1 0 1 1 1
2017 383 1,432 6 -18 9 6 3
2018 629 2,291 1 -12 21 12 21
2019 698 2,596 -2 -8 17 11 19
2020 246 954 4 -2 8 5 15
2021 580 2,138 -5 -11 22 9 14
2022 275 1,006 7 -1 6 4 16
2023 89 349 -3 -1 2 1 -2
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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 2,149 48.4 63.7 95.2 22.1 80.0 43.4 21.5 42.3 8.7 6.7 74.8
2016 170 52.9 63.3 96.5 25.0 70.0 38.8 18.6 45.3 10.4 9.4 75.0
2017 1,391 51.0 66.1 92.3 21.4 69.7 42.6 24.4 44.1 12.9 7.3 73.3
2018 2,286 49.4 65.2 95.2 23.7 71.1 43.5 24.6 44.2 11.0 7.4 70.7
2019 2,316 50.5 61.0 94.3 26.0 76.1 44.0 21.3 43.8 10.7 7.4 69.2
2020 721 50.8 59.3 89.4 20.0 64.8 46.2 20.9 39.9 16.3 8.3 65.0
2021 1,868 51.3 65.9 92.7 24.1 78.1 43.3 26.0 45.6 10.9 7.4 67.6
2022 1,006 48.3 62.3 91.1 21.9 77.2 42.7 24.3 41.5 12.7 8.0 60.0
2023 220 57.3 55.6 94.3 19.1 83.3 43.2 10.5 40.0 8.0 7.3 62.5
Player 12,127 50.1 63.6 93.6 23.2 75.0 43.5 23.0 43.4 11.1 7.4 69.5
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
2015 79 95 65 42 92 49 37 57 76 57 98 80 100 92 32
2016 38 19
2017 62 90 51 30 73 18 26 59 77 54 90 47 98 88 30
2018 84 99 69 38 88 28 16 75 64 54 99 40 100 75 33 21
2019 78 93 66 42 84 51 26 38 64 39 98 41 99 69 40 18
2020 45 62 45 38 50 27 25 47 27 40 88 51 93 86 35 67
2021 81 100 74 36 87 39 26 53 63 64 99 18 99 72 25 25 72
2022 42 12 52
2023 22 10
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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 -- 0 0.1 0 2 0 0 --
2017 23.0 9 8.2 1 4 9 1 11.1
2018 23.4 17 13.2 4 9 10 5 29.4
2019 23.3 23 20.5 3 14 17 6 26.1
2020 23.1 8 6.6 1 6 7 1 12.5
2021 24.8 8 9.0 -1 9 5 5 62.5
2022 24.9 5 5.7 -1 1 6 2 40.0
2023 25.6 3 2.2 1 0 2 1 33.3
Player 23.7 73 65.4 8 45 56 21 28.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 9 8 6 9 10 9 10 8 4 6 8 10 9 7 10 10 8 9 8 9 8 9 10 12 7 7 8 9 9 7 3
2018 17 15 8 17 13 12 14 14 9 10 11 18 17 9 12 14 15 14 13 16 13 12 20 14 12 11 11 15 15 13 10
2019 23 23 14 24 23 22 23 24 17 15 15 23 24 16 21 23 19 19 18 22 19 26 24 27 19 17 21 22 24 20 10
2020 8 8 5 8 7 6 7 6 6 4 4 9 7 4 8 6 6 7 8 9 6 9 9 7 6 4 7 7 9 7 1
2021 8 10 8 13 8 7 11 9 7 6 6 8 14 6 8 12 7 7 13 8 8 10 13 11 8 6 12 12 9 6 7
2022 5 6 4 8 5 6 7 8 4 4 4 7 6 5 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 5 9 7 4 4 7 6 6 4 3
2023 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
Player 73 73 47 82 69 64 75 72 50 46 51 79 78 48 69 75 63 65 67 72 61 72 88 81 58 50 67 72 73 59 36
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.