Michael Brantley
DH | B/T: L/L | 6' 2" 209LBS | Age: 35

Draft: 2005 | Rd: 7, #205, Milwaukee Brewers | Fort Pierce Central HS, FL

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 277 243 28 70 5 26 1 .288 .370 .416 .786
14 Seasons 6092 5512 751 1641 127 713 125 .298 .356 .439 .795
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .288 5 26 1 .786
14 Seasons .298 127 713 125 .795

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 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 13.4 7.5
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 7.6
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 10.5 6.3
2022 35 1006 215 13 6.0 4.7 89.8 108.2 10.7 39.5 .310 .467 .345 .374 .383 45.1 10.9 10.5
Player 11907 2613 121 4.6 3.7 89.3 110.2 10.0 36.9 .296 .448 .356 .352 .362 38.6 10.6 8.2
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.1
! 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, 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
Player 46.5 19.6 29.3 4.6 38.0 37.4 24.5 2.9 33.6 22.2 29.7 5.6 4.6 3.7
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer 0.5 2 391 38.9 86 .280 .387 .342 12.2 11.6 12.0 .296 .449 .371 41.5
2022 Changeup 3.8 6 144 14.3 50 .333 .400 .395 17.5 12.0 15.4 .313 .415 .356 43.6
2022 Sinker 2.2 3 141 14.0 45 .306 .361 .368 3.3 2.2 4.5 .270 .332 .341 38.9
2022 Slider 3.8 5 120 11.9 36 .333 .515 .393 17.2 11.1 10.8 .349 .559 .418 48.3
2022 Curveball -2.1 -2 94 9.3 23 .227 .273 .241 14.7 13.0 16.7 .327 .449 .351 57.9
2022 Cutter 5.2 4 80 8.0 28 .280 .720 .433 8.3 7.1 25.0 .409 .813 .534 58.3
2022 Splitter -5.6 -1 23 2.3 6 .000 .000 .000 20.0 50.0 27.3 .043 .052 .040 0.0
2022 Sweeper 0.0 0 13 1.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seamer 0.9 7 691 37.0 164 .327 .517 .408 8.7 9.8 10.0 .330 .551 .408 42.7
2021 Sinker 1.9 5 292 15.6 90 .430 .633 .489 6.8 7.8 12.1 .351 .529 .416 51.4
2021 Slider 0.9 2 253 13.5 68 .242 .323 .300 19.1 17.6 15.4 .285 .425 .338 42.0
2021 Changeup -0.1 0 241 12.9 82 .275 .338 .302 11.2 8.5 9.3 .287 .361 .292 35.6
2021 Curveball -0.2 0 180 9.6 48 .326 .370 .310 13.0 12.5 12.0 .310 .452 .353 48.8
2021 Cutter -0.2 0 131 7.0 33 .303 .394 .305 6.3 3.0 3.6 .333 .428 .328 40.6
2021 Splitter -0.9 0 52 2.8 15 .067 .067 .060 28.6 26.7 25.0 .181 .198 .167 27.3
2021 Sweeper -7.8 -2 23 1.2 6 .000 .000 .000 13.3 0.0 0.0 .189 .354 .227 33.3
2021 Slurve 4.9 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Knuckleball 44.6 1 2 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .511 .601 .490 100.0
2020 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 266 36.9 58 .259 .333 .291 19.4 19.0 15.9 .248 .454 .325 37.2
2020 Sinker -1.3 -2 143 19.8 39 .313 .438 .392 4.1 7.7 15.0 .236 .362 .337 34.5
2020 Slider 4.7 4 94 13.0 23 .409 .727 .530 20.5 13.0 7.7 .403 .581 .432 57.9
2020 Changeup 1.9 2 88 12.2 28 .269 .385 .313 16.3 10.7 13.6 .242 .323 .279 34.8
2020 Cutter 6.2 4 58 8.0 19 .389 .778 .550 4.2 10.5 14.3 .237 .382 .286 25.0
2020 Curveball -3.3 -2 47 6.5 13 .077 .154 .096 38.9 46.2 42.9 .158 .220 .162 42.9
2020 Splitter 33.2 5 16 2.2 6 .750 1.750 .925 16.7 0.0 0.0 .455 .783 .580 25.0
2020 Slurve 1.5 0 6 0.8 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 N/A -8.4 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .007 .007 .006 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.9 8 878 37.9 213 .316 .518 .387 6.8 8.0 8.1 .308 .531 .381 44.9
2019 Sinker -0.8 -3 428 18.5 118 .272 .408 .346 7.0 6.8 8.2 .288 .432 .356 35.8
2019 Slider 2.2 7 299 12.9 89 .329 .456 .374 23.0 21.3 17.8 .273 .427 .340 36.1
2019 Changeup 0.7 2 264 11.4 94 .300 .511 .356 10.5 6.4 9.2 .283 .444 .325 26.2
2019 Curveball 1.0 2 226 9.8 47 .238 .452 .339 18.2 21.3 17.5 .273 .462 .348 39.4
2019 Cutter 4.6 7 141 6.1 46 .463 .659 .501 8.1 6.5 7.5 .326 .452 .372 28.9
2019 Splitter -1.2 0 38 1.6 14 .214 .429 .271 20.0 14.3 13.3 .305 .559 .359 41.7
2019 Sweeper -6.7 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer 1.3 10 796 34.8 210 .324 .562 .413 5.4 5.7 6.5 .341 .577 .421 40.1
2018 Sinker 0.0 0 478 20.9 148 .287 .372 .338 2.5 2.7 4.8 .298 .410 .353 47.2
2018 Slider 0.5 2 365 16.0 95 .270 .427 .334 21.7 16.8 12.8 .261 .358 .294 30.1
2018 Curveball 2.2 5 221 9.7 52 .327 .408 .359 24.1 28.8 26.8 .271 .375 .314 20.6
2018 Changeup 3.0 6 217 9.5 66 .387 .532 .432 17.4 9.1 10.9 .313 .415 .339 37.5
2018 Cutter 0.4 0 97 4.2 24 .261 .304 .306 14.6 4.2 4.2 .364 .478 .380 36.4
2018 Splitter -3.9 -2 45 2.0 12 .167 .250 .179 13.0 16.7 28.6 .231 .258 .218 30.0
2018 Slurve -13.6 -1 8 0.3 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 100.0 .337 .379 .311 50.0
2018 Sweeper -0.7 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 N/A -28.9 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .142 .142 .128 0.0
2017 4-Seamer 0.6 3 458 32.9 122 .305 .467 .368 7.1 8.2 10.2 .288 .461 .361 33.3
2017 Sinker -0.5 -2 301 21.6 94 .318 .459 .390 3.7 5.3 6.9 .326 .501 .385 43.8
2017 Slider 2.3 5 228 16.4 58 .309 .509 .384 26.4 27.6 19.8 .254 .369 .288 30.8
2017 Curveball -0.3 -1 162 11.6 35 .235 .324 .256 18.3 22.9 16.3 .271 .378 .291 38.5
2017 Changeup -0.6 -1 140 10.1 31 .310 .414 .340 20.0 16.1 15.2 .262 .356 .292 33.3
2017 Cutter 1.3 1 63 4.5 16 .357 .429 .391 12.1 6.3 5.3 .408 .495 .431 38.5
2017 Splitter -3.1 -1 30 2.2 14 .214 .357 .243 25.0 28.6 50.0 .189 .294 .205 20.0
2017 Slurve 1.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 -3
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 -19 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 15
2022 275 1,006 7 -1 6 4 16
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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 24.5 44.1 12.9 7.3 73.3
2018 2,286 49.4 65.3 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 24.4 41.5 12.7 8.0 60.0
Player 11,907 50.0 63.7 93.6 23.3 74.9 43.5 23.3 43.5 11.2 7.4 69.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Expected Home Runs

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 8.4 1 4 10 0 0.0
2018 23.4 17 13.9 3 10 10 5 29.4
2019 23.3 23 21.4 2 13 17 7 30.4
2020 23.1 8 7.6 0 6 9 0 0.0
2021 24.8 8 10.4 -2 10 5 6 75.0
2022 24.9 5 6.7 -2 2 7 2 40.0
Player 23.6 70 68.5 2 47 58 20 28.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 9 8 10 7 10 11 9 8 11 6 10 8 6 5 10 10 8 9 2 7 10 8 8 8 8 10 12 7 8 9 10
2018 17 18 19 10 12 14 12 16 14 9 18 15 11 10 12 14 12 16 10 14 16 14 14 13 14 16 15 11 13 13 21
2019 23 25 23 18 20 23 22 27 23 16 25 24 16 17 20 22 21 25 10 18 25 20 20 19 20 22 28 18 26 23 25
2020 8 8 10 5 9 7 0 9 8 6 10 7 6 7 6 8 8 9 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 7 6 9 6 11
2021 8 15 10 7 11 13 8 12 9 9 15 11 7 8 7 11 14 11 8 7 13 9 10 13 10 10 11 7 13 10 14
2022 5 8 7 5 9 9 7 9 6 4 8 9 4 5 6 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 9 5 6 7 7 4 4 6 10
Player 70 82 80 52 71 77 58 81 71 51 87 74 50 52 61 73 71 75 37 59 80 67 69 66 66 74 80 53 73 67 91
! 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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89 89.3 0.3 88.4 -0.9 90.2 1.8 88.8 -1.4 88.7 -0.1 89.5 0.8 89.8 0.3
Launch Angle 9.5 10.3 0.8 9.9 -0.4 9.5 -0.4 10.6 1.1 10.2 -0.4 9.9 -0.3 10.7 0.8
Barrel % 3.9 0 -3.9 4.1 4.1 3.5 -0.6 5.5 2 4.9 -0.6 5.8 0.9 6 0.2
Hard Hit % 36.2 29.4 -6.8 36.1 6.7 38.4 2.3 37.3 -1.1 37.3 0 42.9 5.6 45.1 2.2
Sweet Spot % 36 35.3 -0.7 33.9 -1.4 38.3 4.4 36.3 -2 34.5 -1.8 38.8 4.3 39.5 0.7
xBA .291 .231 -0.06 .288 0.057 .306 0.018 .293 -0.013 .26 -0.033 .312 0.052 .31 -0.002
BA .31 .231 -0.079 .299 0.068 .309 0.01 .311 0.002 .3 -0.011 .311 0.011 .288 -0.023
xwOBA .346 .245 -0.101 .339 0.094 .357 0.018 .357 0 .325 -0.032 .361 0.036 .374 0.013
wOBA .368 .238 -0.13 .342 0.104 .359 0.017 .367 0.008 .362 -0.005 .347 -0.015 .345 -0.002
xSLG .425 .301 -0.124 .432 0.131 .452 0.02 .473 0.021 .413 -0.06 .466 0.053 .467 0.001
SLG .48 .282 -0.198 .444 0.162 .468 0.024 .503 0.035 .476 -0.027 .437 -0.039 .416 -0.021
K% 8.6 14 5.4 13.4 -0.6 9.5 -3.9 10.4 0.9 15 4.6 10.5 -4.5 10.9 0.4
BB% 10.1 7 -3.1 7.5 0.5 7.6 0.1 7.6 0 9.1 1.5 6.3 -2.8 10.5 4.2
Swing % 42.3 45.3 3 44.1 -1.2 44.2 0.1 43.8 -0.4 39.9 -3.9 45.6 5.7 41.5 -4.1
Whiff% 8.7 10.4 1.7 12.9 2.5 11 -1.9 10.7 -0.3 16.3 5.6 10.9 -5.4 12.7 1.8
In Zone % 48.4 52.9 4.5 51 -1.9 49.4 -1.6 50.5 1.1 50.8 0.3 51.3 0.5 48.3 -3
Out of Zone % 51.6 47.1 -4.5 49 1.9 50.6 1.6 49.5 -1.1 49.2 -0.3 48.7 -0.5 51.7 3
Out of Zone Swing % 22.1 25 2.9 21.4 -3.6 23.7 2.3