Nick Williams
OF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 2, #93, Texas Rangers | Galveston Ball HS (TX)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 448 407 53 104 17 3 .256 .324 .425 .749
2019 112 106 9 16 2 0 .151 .196 .245 .441
2021 13 10 2 0 0 0 .000 .231 .000 .231
4 Seasons 916 836 109 210 31 4 .251 .312 .415 .727
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .256 17 3 .749
2019 .151 2 0 .441
2021 .000 0 0 .231
4 Seasons .251 31 4 .727
MLB Percentile Rankings
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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%
2017 23 1217 220 17 7.7 5.0 88.1 109.2 7.8 37.3 .269 .434 .344 .330 .432 41.4 28.3 5.8
2018 24 1704 296 20 6.8 4.5 88.8 113.3 10.6 36.8 .274 .454 .324 .346 .430 37.9 24.8 7.1
2019 25 455 63 4 6.3 3.6 86.7 109.9 10.9 41.3 .219 .367 .193 .270 .414 30.2 38.4 3.6
2021 27 46 6 0 0.0 0.0 86.0 104.6 13.9 33.3 .129 .186 .164 .270 .229 33.3 30.8 7.7
Player 3422 585 41 7.0 4.5 88.3 113.3 9.6 37.4 .263 .432 .313 .330 .427 38.3 27.8 6.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
2017 50.0 20.0 27.7 2.3 26.8 45.0 28.2 4.5 38.6 16.4 26.4 6.4 7.7 5.0
2018 45.3 23.0 27.7 4.1 34.8 37.8 26.7 2.0 33.4 19.3 30.1 7.4 6.8 4.5
2019 41.3 20.6 34.9 3.2 38.1 39.7 22.2 4.8 33.3 23.8 27.0 4.8 6.3 3.6
2021 50.0 16.7 16.7 16.7 33.3 16.7 50.0 16.7 33.3 33.3 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 46.7 21.5 28.4 3.4 32.1 40.5 27.0 3.4 35.4 18.8 28.2 6.7 7.0 4.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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.

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 %
2021 4-Seamer 0.7 0 24 52.2 5 .000 .000 .280 75.0 60.0 50.0 -- -- .280 --
2021 Curveball -1.4 0 8 17.4 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 0.0 0.0 .483 .762 .613 100.0
2021 Sinker -10.5 -1 6 13.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .381 .411 .354 100.0
2021 Changeup -12.3 0 3 6.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .160 .183 .163 0.0
2021 Slider -17.4 0 2 4.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .087 .200 .121 0.0
2021 Cutter 45.2 1 2 4.3 1 .000 .000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .096 .108 .090 0.0
2021 Splitter -38.5 0 1 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .000 .000 .000 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.5 -1 147 32.3 35 .250 .375 .331 20.8 28.6 20.4 .271 .480 .344 31.8
2019 Sinker -6.0 -5 80 17.6 18 .118 .118 .139 9.5 16.7 15.0 .294 .406 .320 35.7
2019 Slider -2.4 -2 67 14.7 17 .125 .313 .212 39.4 47.1 26.7 .210 .422 .290 12.5
2019 Changeup -4.8 -3 57 12.5 19 .105 .263 .153 50.0 63.2 44.4 .169 .319 .204 28.6
2019 Curveball -1.5 -1 47 10.3 8 .143 .143 .200 30.0 37.5 21.4 .153 .177 .217 25.0
2019 Cutter -4.7 -2 36 7.9 9 .111 .111 .100 25.0 44.4 30.8 .119 .190 .127 40.0
2019 Splitter -10.9 -2 21 4.6 6 .000 .000 .000 43.8 50.0 37.5 .131 .142 .128 33.3
2018 4-Seamer 0.4 3 591 34.7 151 .298 .450 .379 20.2 20.5 16.4 .299 .476 .382 43.0
2018 Sinker -0.2 -1 328 19.2 83 .282 .462 .346 18.3 19.3 18.8 .273 .434 .331 44.3
2018 Changeup -1.7 -4 254 14.9 72 .250 .382 .297 33.8 19.4 20.6 .285 .456 .340 20.4
2018 Slider -0.7 -2 223 13.1 60 .145 .345 .234 36.6 35.0 29.2 .233 .421 .313 33.3
2018 Curveball 0.5 1 197 11.6 48 .213 .468 .293 50.0 50.0 36.4 .200 .423 .271 47.8
2018 Cutter 1.1 1 75 4.4 22 .263 .421 .350 18.9 18.2 17.4 .340 .551 .423 33.3
2018 Splitter -1.3 0 31 1.8 9 .250 .250 .278 22.2 11.1 9.1 .346 .422 .372 42.9
2017 4-Seamer 1.7 9 516 42.4 133 .305 .492 .383 29.7 23.3 20.5 .307 .477 .372 42.0
2017 Sinker 1.5 3 177 14.5 49 .422 .600 .469 25.2 20.4 19.2 .314 .466 .358 44.4
2017 Slider -1.9 -3 152 12.5 47 .122 .244 .228 44.4 36.2 31.5 .209 .326 .275 36.0
2017 Curveball 1.7 2 143 11.8 46 .267 .444 .367 36.1 32.6 32.6 .240 .427 .305 46.7
2017 Changeup 5.0 5 104 8.5 37 .286 .657 .389 48.1 37.8 50.0 .244 .524 .339 45.5
2017 Cutter 1.1 1 72 5.9 16 .429 .571 .469 25.6 25.0 14.8 .278 .377 .333 40.0
2017 Knuckleball -4.5 -1 19 1.6 5 .200 .200 .180 40.0 40.0 50.0 .099 .108 .090 33.3
2017 Splitter -5.9 -1 18 1.5 5 .000 .000 .000 66.7 40.0 33.3 .024 .033 .023 0.0
2017 Slurve -6.5 0 5 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Forkball 26.8 1 3 0.2 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 -- .438 .530 .410 0.0
2017 Sweeper -7.2 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
2017 343 1,212 16 -9 5 4 15
2018 441 1,682 -3 -15 10 7 -2
2019 112 455 -2 -14 -1 2 -15
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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 %
2017 1,217 47.8 81.5 72.5 38.5 52.5 42.2 48.1 59.1 34.5 6.4 84.4
2018 1,704 49.3 69.0 83.8 30.2 47.9 41.3 31.6 49.3 27.0 7.1 76.7
2019 455 46.4 71.1 84.0 37.3 50.5 45.7 25.0 53.0 28.6 6.8 74.2
2021 46 43.5 65.0 69.2 23.1 33.3 47.8 30.8 41.3 42.1 6.5 66.7
Player 3,422 48.3 73.7 79.2 34.1 50.0 42.3 37.0 53.2 30.3 6.8 78.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2017 51 68 52 44 47 33 63 50 69 81 10 15 4 4 93
2018 73 83 71 58 71 33 47 48 91 51 24 31 31 33 82 8
2019 70 71
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 21.7 12 10.3 2 4 11 2 16.7
2018 22.1 17 14.9 2 4 14 5 29.4
2019 21.7 2 2.2 0 4 1 1 50.0
Player 21.9 31 27.4 4 12 26 8 25.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 12 12 11 8 10 10 12 10 6 7 9 11 11 9 10 10 8 9 11 10 12 12 13 12 10 8 9 16 14 13 6
2018 17 19 11 13 14 12 19 12 10 10 13 19 17 16 14 17 14 12 17 16 17 16 21 18 14 13 13 17 18 14 11
2019 2 2 1 5 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 4 2 2
Player 31 33 23 26 27 24 34 24 17 19 24 32 30 27 26 29 24 23 30 28 31 31 36 33 27 23 23 35 36 29 19
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 88.8 0.7 ↑ 86.7 -2.1 ↓
Launch Angle 7.8 10.6 2.8 ↑ 10.9 0.3 ↑
Barrel % 7.7 6.8 -0.9 ↓ 6.3 -0.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 41.4 37.9 -3.5 ↓ 30.2 -7.7 ↓
Sweet Spot % 37.3 36.8 -0.5 ↓ 41.3 4.5 ↑
xBA .269 .274 0.005 ↑ .219 -0.055 ↓
BA .288 .256 -0.032 ↓ .151 -0.105 ↓
xwOBA .330 .346 0.016 ↑ .270 -0.076 ↓
wOBA .344 .324 -0.020 ↓ .193 -0.131 ↓
xSLG .434 .454 0.020 ↑ .367 -0.087 ↓
SLG .473 .425 -0.048 ↓ .245 -0.180 ↓
K% 28.3 24.8 -3.5 ↓ 38.4 13.6 ↑
BB% 5.8 7.1 1.3 ↑ 3.6 -3.5 ↓
Swing % 59.1 49.3 -9.8 ↓ 53.0 3.7 ↑
Whiff% 34.5 27.0 -7.5 ↓ 28.6 1.6 ↑
In Zone % 47.8 49.3 1.5 ↑ 46.4 -2.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 52.2 50.7 -1.5 ↓ 53.6 2.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 38.5 30.2 -8.3 ↓ 37.3 7.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 48.1 31.6 -16.5 ↓ 25.0 -6.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 64.3 -0.7 ↓ 56.3 -8.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 343 17 5.0 .338 .467
2018 Shifts L 442 58 13.1 .319 .370
2019 Shifts L 112 57 50.9 .193 .193
2021 Shifts L 13 5 38.5 .090 .283
! 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 %
2017 236 15.9 44.5% 2.1% 177 22.1 2.8% 10.2%
2018 477 17.0 31.0% 1.5% 249 21.8 1.6% 8.4%
2019 106 17.9 20.8% 2.8% 79 22.5 1.3% 6.3%
2021 17 19.8 35.3% 0.0% 5 26.2 0.0% 20.0%
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