Michael Wacha
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 215LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 1, #19, St. Louis Cardinals | Texas A&M
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 11 2 3.32 23 23 0 127.1 104 1.12
2023 14 4 3.22 24 24 0 134.1 124 1.16
2024 1 2 3.75 4 4 0 24 21 1.04
12 Seasons 89 56 3.96 253 232 0 1,312 1,166 1.29
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 23 11-2 3.32 127.1 104 1.12
2023 24 14-4 3.22 134.1 124 1.16
2024 4 1-2 3.75 24 21 1.04
12 Seasons 253 89-56 3.96 1,312 1,166 1.29
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 23 2937 545 26 4.8 3.4 87.6 113.6 10.4 28.8 .240 .374 .294 .301 .346 33.4 20.1 7.6 3.38 3.72
2016 24 2324 446 27 6.1 4.5 88.1 116.3 8.9 37.0 .265 .425 .339 .318 .367 34.1 18.8 7.4 5.09 4.28
2017 25 2690 485 27 5.6 3.9 87.2 111.7 9.8 32.4 .250 .391 .316 .305 .361 30.1 22.5 7.8 4.13 3.98
2018 26 1419 246 19 7.7 5.4 89.0 112.5 9.2 36.2 .275 .444 .286 .348 .396 37.0 20.0 10.1 3.20 5.26
2019 27 2199 400 31 7.8 5.5 88.2 113.7 9.7 35.5 .276 .490 .360 .356 .405 35.5 18.5 9.6 4.76 5.77
2020 28 609 110 9 8.2 5.8 87.9 108.9 15.2 38.2 .258 .456 .398 .326 .405 43.6 23.7 4.5 6.62 4.54
2021 29 1974 372 39 10.5 7.4 89.9 118.6 13.3 39.8 .283 .499 .334 .355 .439 43.0 22.9 5.9 5.05 5.51
2022 30 1949 376 36 9.6 7.0 88.2 112.7 12.8 35.4 .254 .446 .301 .329 .387 35.4 20.2 6.0 3.32 4.56
2023 31 2221 383 28 7.3 5.1 88.1 114.6 18.5 38.6 .250 .421 .291 .318 .376 35.5 22.4 7.8 3.22 4.27
2024 32 341 66 4 6.1 4.3 86.2 107.2 12.7 36.4 .243 .359 .278 .288 .342 33.3 22.6 6.5 3.75 3.24
Player 18663 3429 246 7.2 5.1 88.1 118.6 11.6 35.1 .259 .431 .318 .325 .381 35.3 20.8 7.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wacha relies on 5 pitches.
Changeup
(32.8%) ,
Four Seamer
(29.9%) ,
Cutter
(14.4%) ,
Curveball
(13.5%) ,
Sinker
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 47.5 20.6 24.8 7.2 31.2 37.4 31.4 4.6 36.1 20.6 22.8 5.1 4.8 3.4
2016 48.4 16.4 30.0 5.2 37.2 35.9 26.9 3.4 37.4 20.9 24.9 5.6 6.1 4.5
2017 50.1 19.6 24.7 5.6 37.7 34.6 27.6 4.5 36.7 22.9 24.5 3.9 5.6 3.9
2018 46.7 20.3 28.5 4.5 44.7 32.5 21.1 4.5 32.1 19.1 30.1 6.1 7.7 5.4
2019 49.5 21.0 24.0 5.5 42.0 32.8 25.3 2.3 38.0 21.0 25.0 4.5 7.8 5.5
2020 39.1 29.1 26.4 5.5 40.0 35.5 24.5 9.1 26.4 25.5 22.7 8.2 8.2 5.8
2021 42.5 25.8 25.0 6.7 37.6 35.2 27.2 3.2 29.0 20.7 29.6 6.5 10.5 7.4
2022 41.2 22.3 26.1 10.4 40.2 37.0 22.9 3.5 31.4 26.9 21.5 5.9 9.6 7.0
2023 35.2 31.3 24.8 8.6 48.3 34.5 17.2 2.9 25.1 31.3 25.1 8.1 7.3 5.1
2024 39.4 28.8 24.2 7.6 40.9 27.3 31.8 7.6 28.8 28.8 25.8 3.0 6.1 4.3
Player 45.1 22.3 25.8 6.7 39.2 35.1 25.6 3.9 33.3 23.1 25.0 5.6 7.2 5.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Curveball KC R 46 75.2 61.2 1.3 2 13.9 4.4 47
2024 Sinker KC R 32 92.8 16.2 -4.9 -23 13.2 -1.6 -11
2024 4-Seam Fastball KC R 102 92.8 14.0 0.3 2 6.7 0.7 11
2024 Cutter KC R 49 86.6 28.5 1.0 3 1.1 -2.5 -70
2024 Changeup KC R 112 81.3 34.3 1.4 4 11.7 -1.1 -8
2023 Sinker SD R 295 91.9 17.4 -4.8 -22 14.3 -0.3 -2
2023 Changeup SD R 765 81.6 31.9 0.6 2 14.0 1.2 10
2023 Cutter SD R 276 86.9 25.1 4.1 14 0.7 -2.7 -80
2023 Curveball SD R 245 74.0 62.7 -0.9 -1 12.0 2.6 28
2023 4-Seam Fastball SD R 639 92.0 13.8 1.3 9 7.3 2.0 38
2022 Curveball BOS R 145 74.7 58.8 -4.0 -6 10.3 0.7 7
2022 Sinker BOS R 245 92.6 15.3 -5.1 -25 11.7 -2.2 -16
2022 Cutter BOS R 336 88.8 23.4 3.2 12 1.2 -2.0 -63
2022 Changeup BOS R 580 84.3 26.2 -2.6 -9 12.5 -0.6 -5
2022 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 643 93.0 12.4 1.5 11 6.7 1.1 19
2021 Cutter TB R 491 89.1 24.6 1.6 6 2.2 -0.9 -29
2021 4-Seam Fastball TB R 709 93.8 12.6 1.1 8 6.8 0.7 12
2021 Sinker TB R 70 94.1 15.9 -3.7 -19 12.9 -1.3 -9
2021 Changeup TB R 579 86.9 26.8 -0.1 0 13.8 0.8 6
2021 Curveball TB R 124 76.2 56.4 -3.1 -5 11.3 2.6 30
2020 Cutter NYM R 166 88.8 27.3 -1.0 -4 2.8 -0.4 -13
2020 Sinker NYM R 12 93.2 15.3 -5.2 -25 10.7 -3.4 -24
2020 4-Seam Fastball NYM R 246 93.6 14.4 0.0 0 7.8 0.9 13
2020 Curveball NYM R 7 75.3 55.6 -5.4 -9 12.8 2.6 26
2020 Changeup NYM R 178 86.9 28.8 1.2 4 13.4 0.6 5
2019 Sinker STL R 20 93.2 18.0 -2.6 -13 13.1 -0.8 -6
2019 4-Seam Fastball STL R 1,089 93.0 14.2 0.6 4 6.8 0.8 14
2019 Curveball STL R 227 75.3 60.0 -0.6 -1 8.5 -0.5 -6
2019 Cutter STL R 340 89.4 22.7 1.5 6 1.9 -0.2 -9
2019 Changeup STL R 522 85.5 27.5 -0.7 -3 11.2 -1.4 -11
2018 4-Seam Fastball STL R 600 93.6 13.3 1.3 9 7.3 1.4 23
2018 Curveball STL R 211 75.8 62.2 2.0 3 7.7 -1.1 -12
2018 Changeup STL R 319 86.0 25.9 -1.8 -6 11.0 -1.9 -15
2018 Cutter STL R 283 89.4 23.0 1.3 5 2.7 0.1 5
2017 Curveball STL R 308 76.5 60.2 3.8 7 6.2 -2.4 -28
2017 Cutter STL R 454 90.7 21.8 -0.8 -4 1.0 -0.9 -47
2017 Sinker STL R 93 95.1 14.9 -2.3 -13 14.1 -0.1 0
2017 Changeup STL R 495 87.8 23.6 -0.7 -3 10.6 -2.0 -16
2017 4-Seam Fastball STL R 1,329 95.1 11.8 0.6 5 7.4 0.5 7
2016 4-Seam Fastball STL R 1,189 93.9 13.4 1.4 9 6.2 0.2 4
2016 Cutter STL R 414 90.7 19.8 1.7 8 0.8 -1.9 -69
2016 Curveball STL R 198 74.8 62.0 -0.3 -1 6.1 -4.7 -43
2016 Changeup STL R 493 85.5 28.7 0.3 1 9.9 -1.8 -15
2015 Cutter STL R 350 89.8 24.9 -1.1 -5 1.7 -1.4 -46
2015 Changeup STL R 455 87.1 29.2 1.1 4 12.1 0.0 0
2015 4-Seam Fastball STL R 1,622 94.8 13.0 1.3 9 7.6 1.5 25
2015 Curveball STL R 359 76.4 57.8 -2.2 -4 6.3 -3.6 -36
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2024 Changeup 0.2 0 112 32.8 29 .214 .393 .272 36.4 41.4 23.5 .208 .348 .253 37.5
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -2 102 29.9 32 .345 .483 .382 16.3 18.8 19.4 .333 .428 .355 41.7
2024 Cutter -0.7 0 49 14.4 8 .167 .333 .331 29.4 12.5 20.0 .296 .327 .379 40.0
2024 Curveball 3.1 1 46 13.5 11 .091 .091 .082 14.3 9.1 12.5 .133 .254 .164 10.0
2024 Sinker 6.4 2 32 9.4 13 .083 .167 .150 5.6 7.7 16.7 .181 .326 .252 27.3
2023 Changeup 1.6 12 766 34.5 219 .207 .346 .260 35.9 32.0 20.8 .189 .309 .234 25.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 12 639 28.8 155 .188 .323 .282 16.7 22.6 16.7 .247 .447 .347 46.5
2023 Sinker -0.2 -1 295 13.3 85 .250 .450 .335 11.1 16.5 14.4 .303 .510 .365 37.9
2023 Cutter -1.7 -5 276 12.4 64 .364 .582 .461 16.5 3.1 8.3 .375 .605 .456 37.7
2023 Curveball 0.6 1 245 11.0 29 .172 .310 .205 27.0 10.3 9.4 .319 .517 .355 34.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -9 643 33.0 176 .287 .537 .386 14.0 18.2 15.5 .291 .542 .384 46.5
2022 Changeup 1.5 9 580 29.8 168 .170 .314 .246 34.9 37.5 22.0 .176 .292 .248 21.7
2022 Cutter 1.9 6 336 17.2 77 .230 .392 .289 15.0 5.2 9.8 .323 .544 .383 38.0
2022 Sinker 1.3 3 245 12.6 85 .212 .263 .254 7.5 4.7 8.0 .268 .448 .332 31.6
2022 Curveball -1.7 -3 145 7.4 9 .556 1.222 .739 21.9 11.1 7.7 .235 .557 .333 25.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 709 35.9 178 .238 .494 .332 18.3 21.9 18.6 .310 .627 .412 55.1
2021 Changeup 0.2 1 580 29.4 182 .207 .355 .273 34.2 37.4 21.1 .224 .357 .280 37.6
2021 Cutter -2.4 -12 491 24.9 139 .375 .586 .454 15.0 8.6 14.3 .327 .552 .392 37.0
2021 Curveball -1.5 -2 124 6.3 10 .444 .444 .520 44.8 20.0 20.0 .234 .296 .284 42.9
2021 Sinker -0.2 0 70 3.5 19 .333 .444 .358 9.8 0.0 0.0 .287 .398 .314 27.8
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 -10 246 40.4 58 .392 .745 .522 16.5 13.8 12.3 .328 .620 .435 58.1
2020 Changeup 0.9 2 178 29.2 59 .228 .491 .330 40.8 40.7 32.9 .199 .369 .257 33.3
2020 Cutter 0.3 0 166 27.3 35 .314 .571 .374 18.3 14.3 14.3 .254 .381 .272 36.7
2020 Sinker 3.3 0 12 2.0 4 .500 .500 .450 12.5 0.0 0.0 .253 .276 .233 25.0
2020 Curveball -2.5 0 7 1.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -17 1,089 49.5 294 .322 .574 .417 11.9 13.6 11.6 .306 .566 .397 40.2
2019 Changeup 2.7 14 523 23.8 153 .199 .326 .255 38.6 36.6 24.3 .194 .329 .251 24.1
2019 Cutter -1.2 -4 340 15.5 83 .333 .551 .438 18.7 6.0 8.1 .325 .541 .416 36.4
2019 Curveball -2.4 -5 227 10.3 20 .444 .778 .529 29.3 10.0 11.8 .356 .576 .404 29.4
2019 Sinker 6.3 1 20 0.9 7 .143 .286 .179 9.1 14.3 16.7 .156 .242 .169 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 600 42.3 160 .274 .407 .351 16.4 16.9 15.3 .322 .526 .405 40.7
2018 Changeup 2.8 9 319 22.5 97 .172 .276 .223 33.0 28.9 20.7 .215 .324 .266 41.9
2018 Cutter 1.4 4 283 19.9 59 .200 .280 .272 22.8 11.9 18.9 .272 .390 .339 25.0
2018 Curveball -1.0 -2 211 14.9 38 .171 .371 .288 22.8 21.1 14.5 .259 .516 .358 29.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 4 1,329 49.4 318 .301 .440 .357 19.4 17.9 16.2 .274 .425 .337 35.5
2017 Changeup -0.8 -4 497 18.5 136 .238 .381 .310 31.6 30.1 17.2 .231 .390 .288 28.7
2017 Cutter -1.0 -5 454 16.9 147 .261 .440 .339 18.9 19.7 21.5 .279 .420 .333 25.5
2017 Curveball 2.0 6 308 11.4 63 .167 .233 .187 30.8 36.5 24.0 .109 .144 .126 13.2
2017 Sinker 0.9 1 93 3.5 30 .300 .467 .330 24.0 23.3 30.4 .260 .466 .302 30.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 102 81.3 83 14.5 2:00 2:00 0
2024 Curveball 46 75.2 82 21.1 7:00 7:30 -30
2024 Cutter 49 86.6 49 8.0 12:00 11:30 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 102 92.8 99 18.6 1:00 12:45 15
2024 Sinker 32 92.8 98 20.4 1:00 1:30 -30
2023 Changeup 730 81.6 84 17.5 2:00 2:00 0
2023 Curveball 245 74.0 86 19.9 7:00 7:15 -15
2023 Cutter 276 86.9 62 10.1 12:30 11:45 45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 637 92.0 99 19.6 12:45 12:45 0
2023 Sinker 295 91.9 98 20.8 1:00 1:30 -30
2022 Changeup 576 84.3 84 17.6 2:00 1:45 15
2022 Curveball 144 74.7 82 16.7 7:00 7:15 -15
2022 Cutter 335 88.8 64 10.5 12:15 11:45 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 643 93.0 99 20.0 12:45 12:45 0
2022 Sinker 244 92.7 98 20.1 1:00 1:15 -15
2021 Changeup 574 86.9 89 17.1 2:00 2:00 0
2021 Curveball 124 76.2 84 16.8 7:15 7:30 -15
2021 Cutter 483 89.1 56 9.6 12:15 11:15 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 707 93.8 98 19.4 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Sinker 70 94.1 98 19.7 1:00 1:30 -30
2020 Changeup 168 86.9 91 15.8 2:00 2:15 -15
2020 Cutter 136 89.0 54 7.2 12:15 11:00 75
2020 4-Seam Fastball 238 93.6 98 18.1 1:00 1:00 0
2020 Sinker 12 93.2 99 19.1 1:00 1:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 376 1,514 13 18 -9 -4 18
2014 451 1,706 10 15 -15 -5 5
2015 778 3,005 16 15 -12 -9 10
2016 600 2,303 -7 8 -10 -7 -15
2017 695 2,682 -7 31 -13 -8 3
2018 354 1,413 13 15 -12 -4 12
2019 557 2,199 -2 16 -13 -11 -11
2020 156 609 -6 6 -5 -2 -7
2021 544 2,033 -3 5 -10 -8 -16
2022 515 1,949 1 23 -11 -7 6
2023 552 2,221 13 23 -9 -7 20
2024 93 341 4 1 -1 -2 1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 2,937 52.2 70.3 81.9 29.4 66.5 44.4 63.4 50.8 21.3 7.8 76.8
2016 2,324 51.5 67.1 84.3 26.7 69.8 42.7 59.1 47.5 18.8 7.2 84.5
2017 2,690 52.3 66.9 81.2 26.7 64.0 44.8 66.0 47.8 22.9 8.0 80.9
2018 1,419 49.3 68.9 81.9 23.3 58.7 44.6 53.0 45.7 22.8 7.2 77.5
2019 2,199 46.7 71.3 81.8 27.4 69.2 42.6 57.8 47.9 21.1 6.6 77.9
2020 609 50.1 72.1 79.5 29.6 64.4 41.9 53.8 50.9 24.5 6.6 90.0
2021 1,974 52.0 73.1 83.6 32.6 59.9 41.7 68.8 53.6 23.0 8.8 83.8
2022 1,949 50.0 71.7 84.4 29.3 66.7 45.4 60.8 50.5 20.7 7.5 82.9
2023 2,221 50.2 65.9 82.9 29.7 57.6 44.6 61.8 47.9 24.6 7.4 72.6
2024 341 50.7 61.3 80.2 28.0 68.1 41.6 65.6 44.9 23.5 8.2 71.4
Player 18,663 50.7 69.2 82.5 28.3 64.5 43.8 61.7 49.0 22.0 7.6 79.8
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 59 55 57 59 50 17 55 65 46 47 47 39 49 77 28 21 97
2016 40 26 34 45 41 25 46 63 54 34 58 17 23 66 28 14 98
2017 59 45 59 68 58 19 56 49 73 57 59 40 39 81 36 21 92
2018 11 10 18 31 8 41 25 29 35 35 21 36 6 60 18 19 93
2019 10 12 11 12 12 20 32 61 59 17 27 18 29 45 8 6 90
2020 40 31 24 24 65 28 34 56 16 52 93 34 67 54 21 90
2021 11 8 6 8 30 7 11 24 18 46 84 26 92 55 20 15 88
2022 21 27 13 8 50 11 14 56 70 31 79 12 49 33 20 11 75
2023 45 40 35 38 57 28 61 70 75 41 60 39 62 19 4 8 73
2024 70 49 62 70 70 19 56 83 68 50 72 39 52 31 17 63
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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 22.3 15 16.1 -1 14 13 5 33.3
2017 22.9 17 17.5 -1 6 15 7 41.2
2018 23.4 9 9.5 -1 1 6 5 55.6
2019 23.4 26 26.1 0 4 12 18 69.2
2020 22.7 9 7.1 2 4 6 2 22.2
2021 23.4 24 25.7 -2 7 22 8 33.3
2022 24.1 18 19.8 -2 11 17 6 33.3
2023 23.7 15 13.6 1 8 11 6 40.0
2024 23.0 2 1.7 0 0 1 1 50.0
Player 23.3 135 137.2 -2 55 103 58 43.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 15 17 11 18 16 14 17 16 12 10 14 20 15 13 15 19 10 14 17 17 16 14 23 25 18 15 17 24 18 17 10
2017 17 17 11 23 20 19 22 19 17 11 15 20 16 16 20 21 17 16 19 19 16 13 23 21 18 13 16 22 17 17 11
2018 9 11 8 9 10 9 10 10 7 7 8 10 11 9 8 12 9 9 9 11 10 10 12 10 10 7 10 11 12 9 7
2019 26 29 25 28 27 27 30 25 26 20 25 28 29 25 27 26 24 23 24 28 27 29 31 26 22 24 25 27 27 27 23
2020 9 8 4 9 7 8 8 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 7 9 7 6 9 6 7 6 5 10 9 7 7
2021 24 28 22 26 29 27 28 24 16 20 20 22 29 22 28 31 26 26 27 28 27 29 33 29 23 22 28 29 27 23 22
2022 18 16 19 23 21 20 20 16 15 16 19 22 24 18 20 24 19 19 19 20 20 20 25 21 16 17 22 25 25 17 17
2023 15 12 8 14 13 12 14 14 14 10 13 15 14 10 15 16 15 13 18 16 14 12 21 16 11 10 15 14 14 13 12
2024 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
Player 135 140 110 152 145 138 151 133 114 101 121 146 147 122 142 158 130 130 141 150 138 134 179 155 127 115 140 163 151 131 111
! 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 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 93.1 -0.8 ↓ 94.1 1.0 ↑ 92.2 -1.9 ↓ 92.2 0.0 91.7 -0.5 ↓ 92.0 0.3 ↑ 91.8 -0.2 ↓ 90.8 -1.0 ↓ 91.1 0.3 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 87.1 85.5 -1.6 ↓ 87.8 2.3 ↑ 86.0 -1.8 ↓ 85.5 -0.5 ↓ 86.9 1.4 ↑ 86.9 0.0 84.3 -2.6 ↓ 81.6 -2.7 ↓ 81.3 -0.3 ↓
Breaking Velocity 76.4 74.8 -1.6 ↓ 76.5 1.7 ↑ 75.8 -0.7 ↓ 75.3 -0.5 ↓ 75.3 0.0 76.2 0.9 ↑ 74.7 -1.5 ↓ 74.0 -0.7 ↓ 75.2 1.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.6 88.1 0.5 ↑ 87.2 -0.9 ↓ 89.0 1.8 ↑ 88.2 -0.8 ↓ 87.9 -0.3 ↓ 89.9 2.0 ↑ 88.2 -1.7 ↓ 88.1 -0.1 ↓ 86.2 -1.9 ↓
Launch Angle 10.4 8.9 -1.5 ↓ 9.8 0.9 ↑ 9.2 -0.6 ↓ 9.7 0.5 ↑ 15.2 5.5 ↑ 13.3 -1.9 ↓ 12.8 -0.5 ↓ 18.5 5.7 ↑ 12.7 -5.8 ↓
Barrel % 4.8 6.1 1.3 ↑ 5.6 -0.5 ↓ 7.7 2.1 ↑ 7.8 0.1 ↑ 8.2 0.4 ↑ 10.5 2.3 ↑ 9.6 -0.9 ↓ 7.3 -2.3 ↓ 6.1 -1.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.4 34.1 0.7 ↑ 30.1 -4.0 ↓ 37.0 6.9 ↑ 35.5 -1.5 ↓ 43.6 8.1 ↑ 43.0 -0.6 ↓ 35.4 -7.6 ↓ 35.5 0.1 ↑ 33.3 -2.2 ↓
Sweet Spot % 28.8 37.0 8.2 ↑ 32.4 -4.6 ↓ 36.2 3.8 ↑ 35.5 -0.7 ↓ 38.2 2.7 ↑ 39.8 1.6 ↑ 35.4 -4.4 ↓ 38.6 3.2 ↑ 36.4 -2.2 ↓
xBA .240 .265 0.025 ↑ .250 -0.015 ↓ .275 0.025 ↑ .276 0.001 ↑ .258 -0.018 ↓ .283 0.025 ↑ .254 -0.029 ↓ .250 -0.004 ↓ .243 -0.007 ↓
BA .236 .289 0.053 ↑ .267 -0.022 ↓ .221 -0.046 ↓ .290 0.069 ↑ .313 0.023 ↑ .270 -0.043 ↓ .233 -0.037 ↓ .224 -0.009 ↓ .221 -0.003 ↓
xwOBA .301 .318 0.017 ↑ .305 -0.013 ↓ .348 0.043 ↑ .356 0.008 ↑ .326 -0.030 ↓ .355 0.029 ↑ .329 -0.026 ↓ .318 -0.011 ↓ .288 -0.030 ↓
wOBA .294 .339 0.045 ↑ .316 -0.023 ↓ .286 -0.030 ↓ .360 0.074 ↑ .398 0.038 ↑ .334 -0.064 ↓ .301 -0.033 ↓ .291 -0.010 ↓ .278 -0.013 ↓
xSLG .374 .425 0.051 ↑ .391 -0.034 ↓ .444 0.053 ↑ .490 0.046 ↑ .456 -0.034 ↓ .499 0.043 ↑ .446 -0.053 ↓ .421 -0.025 ↓ .359 -0.062 ↓
SLG .373 .459 0.086 ↑ .409 -0.050 ↓ .344 -0.065 ↓ .503 0.159 ↑ .599 0.096 ↑ .467 -0.132 ↓ .410 -0.057 ↓ .380 -0.030 ↓ .349 -0.031 ↓
K% 20.1 18.8 -1.3 ↓ 22.5 3.7 ↑ 20.0 -2.5 ↓ 18.5 -1.5 ↓ 23.7 5.2 ↑ 22.9 -0.8 ↓ 20.2 -2.7 ↓ 22.4 2.2 ↑ 22.6 0.2 ↑
BB% 7.6 7.4 -0.2 ↓ 7.8 0.4 ↑ 10.1 2.3 ↑ 9.6 -0.5 ↓ 4.5 -5.1 ↓ 5.9 1.4 ↑ 6.0 0.1 ↑ 7.8 1.8 ↑ 6.5 -1.3 ↓
Swing % 50.8 47.5 -3.3 ↓ 47.8 0.3 ↑ 45.7 -2.1 ↓ 47.9 2.2 ↑ 50.9 3.0 ↑ 53.6 2.7 ↑ 50.5 -3.1 ↓ 47.9 -2.6 ↓ 44.9 -3.0 ↓
Whiff% 21.3 18.8 -2.5 ↓ 22.9 4.1 ↑ 22.8 -0.1 ↓ 21.1 -1.7 ↓ 24.5 3.4 ↑ 23.0 -1.5 ↓ 20.7 -2.3 ↓ 24.6 3.9 ↑ 23.5 -1.1 ↓
In Zone % 52.2 51.5 -0.7 ↓ 52.3 0.8 ↑ 49.3 -3.0 ↓ 46.7 -2.6 ↓ 50.1 3.4 ↑ 52.0 1.9 ↑ 50.0 -2.0 ↓ 50.2 0.2 ↑ 50.7 0.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.8 48.5 0.7 ↑ 47.7 -0.8 ↓ 50.7 3.0 ↑ 53.3 2.6 ↑ 49.9 -3.4 ↓ 48.0 -1.9 ↓ 50.0 2.0 ↑ 49.8 -0.2 ↓ 49.3 -0.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 26.7 -2.7 ↓ 26.7 0.0 23.3 -3.4 ↓ 27.4 4.1 ↑ 29.6 2.2 ↑ 32.6 3.0 ↑ 29.3 -3.3 ↓ 29.7 0.4 ↑ 28.0 -1.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 29.9 -2.9 ↓ 31.2 1.3 ↑ 26.5 -4.7 ↓ 29.9 3.4 ↑ 29.5 -0.4 ↓ 40.5 11.0 ↑ 33.0 -7.5 ↓ 27.8 -5.2 ↓ 31.2 3.4 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 63.4 59.1 -4.3 ↓ 66.0 6.9 ↑ 53.0 -13.0 ↓ 57.8 4.8 ↑ 53.8 -4.0 ↓ 68.8 15.0 ↑ 60.8 -8.0 ↓ 61.8 1.0 ↑ 65.6 3.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 593 .336 343 14 4.1 250 77 30.8
2017 Shifts 697 .317 374 6 1.6 323 27 8.4
2018 Shifts 355 .286 180 13 7.2 175 29 16.6
2019 Shifts 557 .360 343 17 5.0 214 92 43.0
2020 Shifts 156 .398 81 14 17.3 75 28 37.3
2021 Shifts 523 .336 323 89 27.6 200 149 74.5
2022 Shifts 515 .301 301 118 39.2 214 186 86.9
2023 Shades 552 .290 291 6 2.1 261 155 59.4
2024 Shades 93 .278 45 0 0.0 48 21 43.8
! 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 %
2013 297 13.5 65.0% 0.7% 162 21.0 4.9% 3.7%
2014 479 13.1 72.2% 0.8% 265 21.0 2.6% 6.8%
2015 802 14.4 54.4% 1.7% 460 21.6 7.8% 12.6%
2016 643 14.8 52.6% 2.2% 381 22.9 3.9% 14.7%
2017 837 14.4 58.8% 0.1% 372 22.1 1.1% 5.6%
2018 480 14.6 54.0% 0.2% 191 23.0 0.0% 11.0%
2019 653 14.9 51.1% 0.8% 346 22.5 0.0% 9.0%
2020 146 14.2 59.6% 0.0% 114 21.7 0.0% 5.3%
2021 527 16.3 34.3% 1.3% 244 22.5 0.0% 10.7%
2022 588 15.7 39.6% 1.9% 265 22.6 0.4% 9.1%
2023 652 14.5 59.0% 0.0% 342 19.3 0.3% 0.3%
2024 89 14.3 64.0% 0.0% 31 17.7 3.2% 0.0%
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