Nico Hoerner
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 1, #24, Chicago Cubs | Stanford
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 517 481 60 135 10 20 .281 .327 .410 .737
2023 688 619 98 175 9 43 .283 .346 .383 .729
2024 629 570 85 156 7 30 .274 .337 .374 .711
6 Seasons 2,212 2,005 288 557 29 101 .278 .338 .381 .719
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 10 20 .737
2023 .283 9 43 .729
2024 .274 7 30 .711
6 Seasons .278 29 101 .719
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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%
2019 22 298 68 1 1.5 1.2 85.6 103.4 3.9 36.8 .309 .401 .305 .315 .355 23.5 13.4 3.7
2020 23 523 86 1 1.2 0.8 87.5 106.7 0.8 27.9 .243 .315 .265 .297 .309 37.2 19.0 9.5
2021 24 650 125 2 1.6 1.2 87.0 107.8 7.7 31.2 .279 .358 .330 .320 .333 34.4 14.7 10.0
2022 25 1831 426 11 2.6 2.1 87.2 109.7 10.6 32.4 .270 .367 .320 .301 .314 33.5 11.0 5.4
2023 26 2539 542 10 1.8 1.5 86.6 109.2 10.5 33.2 .273 .356 .322 .311 .313 33.4 12.1 7.1
2024 27 2275 508 6 1.2 1.0 85.8 110.1 10.3 35.8 .283 .358 .314 .315 .314 28.0 10.3 7.0
Player 8116 1755 31 1.8 1.4 86.5 110.1 9.5 33.5 .276 .359 .316 .310 .316 31.7 12.0 6.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2019 52.9 17.6 26.5 2.9 39.7 39.7 20.6 1.5 45.6 16.2 30.9 4.4 1.5 1.2
2020 57.0 16.3 20.9 5.8 29.1 46.5 24.4 5.8 40.7 17.4 27.9 5.8 1.2 0.8
2021 50.4 17.6 26.4 5.6 29.6 36.8 33.6 5.6 39.2 20.0 28.8 4.8 1.6 1.2
2022 46.5 24.2 23.5 5.9 33.6 35.2 31.2 4.0 35.9 24.2 26.3 4.7 2.6 2.1
2023 47.2 20.3 25.5 7.0 30.6 40.6 28.8 4.6 38.4 25.8 24.9 4.2 1.8 1.5
2024 44.1 19.5 29.7 6.7 33.1 37.4 29.5 4.1 35.4 25.8 31.1 2.2 1.2 1.0
Player 47.1 20.5 26.1 6.3 32.3 38.3 29.4 4.3 37.4 24.2 27.7 3.9 1.8 1.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.0 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -4 700 30.8 194 .262 .339 .325 8.1 8.8 9.4 .288 .371 .339 36.2
2024 Sinker 0.5 3 494 21.7 132 .289 .395 .388 4.0 4.5 6.6 .302 .367 .341 33.0
2024 Slider 0.5 2 375 16.5 100 .266 .372 .312 21.6 14.0 12.3 .275 .335 .290 23.8
2024 Sweeper 0.2 0 178 7.8 48 .213 .255 .235 16.3 14.6 9.5 .215 .271 .222 10.0
2024 Cutter 0.3 0 161 7.1 43 .326 .488 .352 18.6 16.3 25.0 .267 .361 .270 22.2
2024 Curveball -1.6 -3 158 6.9 39 .222 .250 .247 16.2 20.5 12.7 .230 .263 .252 7.1
2024 Changeup 2.9 4 146 6.4 49 .326 .457 .365 11.9 10.2 9.4 .326 .426 .351 28.6
2024 Split-Finger 3.5 2 58 2.5 22 .333 .619 .416 12.9 4.5 3.8 .375 .504 .395 30.0
2024 Slurve -2.5 0 5 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .117 .243 .161 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 10 672 26.5 201 .307 .470 .404 6.5 8.0 8.4 .282 .402 .362 39.7
2023 Sinker 0.0 0 578 22.8 162 .269 .338 .320 6.1 7.4 11.0 .267 .350 .303 41.2
2023 Slider -0.4 -2 429 16.9 105 .257 .327 .292 21.5 21.9 17.3 .272 .330 .274 26.6
2023 Curveball 0.0 0 247 9.7 50 .244 .378 .311 23.0 18.0 9.6 .214 .273 .259 19.4
2023 Cutter 1.9 4 220 8.7 54 .417 .438 .421 14.3 9.3 12.5 .339 .416 .358 34.1
2023 Changeup 1.3 2 197 7.8 61 .267 .400 .310 15.5 11.5 11.3 .273 .343 .274 17.0
2023 Sweeper -2.9 -4 145 5.7 41 .175 .225 .205 20.4 22.0 22.0 .218 .275 .244 22.6
2023 Split-Finger 1.6 0 30 1.2 8 .250 .375 .269 26.7 25.0 13.3 .165 .210 .157 33.3
2023 Slurve 5.7 1 10 0.4 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .814 .945 .772 100.0
2023 Knuckleball 32.6 0 1 0.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .906 1.144 .888 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -5 466 25.5 134 .260 .354 .290 8.1 11.9 12.2 .264 .406 .305 42.9
2022 Slider 4.5 17 377 20.6 111 .346 .561 .427 25.7 13.5 13.0 .323 .427 .341 37.4
2022 Sinker 0.9 3 317 17.3 103 .348 .424 .380 3.5 6.8 11.9 .327 .402 .354 34.1
2022 Changeup 0.1 0 223 12.2 63 .262 .410 .306 17.9 11.1 10.8 .215 .276 .231 22.2
2022 Curveball -0.2 0 196 10.7 39 .216 .378 .283 21.6 20.5 15.4 .177 .250 .213 20.7
2022 Cutter -5.8 -8 132 7.2 37 .171 .257 .214 13.0 5.4 8.3 .204 .279 .239 24.2
2022 Sweeper 0.3 0 62 3.4 11 .125 .375 .336 16.7 0.0 0.0 .152 .226 .309 12.5
2022 Split-Finger -5.3 -1 23 1.3 6 .000 .000 .000 20.0 16.7 14.3 .152 .172 .139 0.0
2022 Slurve -5.3 0 7 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .140 .145 .126 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 4.4 9 210 32.3 60 .423 .558 .476 15.5 16.7 14.5 .325 .453 .398 57.1
2021 Slider -1.2 -2 141 21.7 29 .160 .200 .271 29.5 20.7 16.2 .206 .227 .244 20.0
2021 Sinker 4.2 3 80 12.3 23 .500 .550 .498 6.8 0.0 0.0 .385 .457 .412 35.0
2021 Curveball -0.1 0 78 12.0 23 .273 .273 .304 12.9 13.0 16.7 .295 .369 .308 21.1
2021 Changeup -1.9 -1 70 10.8 13 .000 .000 .069 29.4 15.4 8.0 .181 .216 .172 9.1
2021 Cutter -2.7 -2 63 9.7 16 .071 .071 .144 20.0 18.8 16.7 .148 .172 .209 18.2
2021 Sweeper -3.8 0 4 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Split-Finger 12.5 0 1 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .251 .311 .236 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 182 34.8 44 .143 .171 .280 8.8 9.1 8.0 .250 .373 .359 38.7
2020 Slider -0.1 0 103 19.7 22 .368 .368 .382 31.6 27.3 18.2 .218 .236 .269 23.1
2020 Sinker -1.3 -1 85 16.3 24 .263 .368 .304 8.3 12.5 12.5 .316 .394 .340 50.0
2020 Curveball 0.0 0 54 10.3 12 .167 .167 .150 39.1 41.7 22.7 .165 .187 .161 14.3
2020 Changeup -5.4 -2 45 8.6 11 .000 .000 .000 31.8 27.3 17.6 .168 .252 .178 50.0
2020 Cutter 4.5 2 42 8.0 9 .500 .500 .578 0.0 0.0 0.0 .347 .381 .368 37.5
2020 Sweeper 15.9 1 9 1.7 3 .333 .667 .417 40.0 66.7 66.7 .267 .325 .257 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -5.0 0 3 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 1 108 36.2 23 .286 .619 .407 4.9 8.7 5.9 .420 .555 .441 31.6
2019 Slider -0.8 -1 74 24.8 25 .292 .375 .280 34.7 24.0 21.4 .314 .375 .297 10.5
2019 Sinker 0.4 0 56 18.8 19 .316 .316 .284 8.8 10.5 15.4 .247 .320 .248 41.2
2019 Curveball 7.9 2 31 10.4 8 .250 .625 .363 30.8 12.5 11.1 .218 .380 .248 14.3
2019 Changeup 0.0 0 11 3.7 3 .333 .333 .300 16.7 0.0 0.0 .166 .185 .150 0.0
2019 Cutter -5.0 0 10 3.4 1 .000 .000 .000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .127 .133 .118 0.0
2019 Sweeper -5.1 0 8 2.7 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .359 .413 .335 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 81 298 0 3 0 -1 3
2020 126 523 -2 -3 -1 3 -3
2021 167 650 -3 3 5 3 8
2022 506 1,807 3 -14 10 6 5
2023 688 2,539 -11 -9 21 11 12
2024 628 2,275 -17 -8 21 8 5
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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 %
2019 298 49.3 68.7 92.1 46.4 67.1 47.7 29.3 57.4 18.1 7.0 85.7
2020 523 47.0 58.1 90.9 32.5 63.3 42.3 27.0 44.6 18.0 6.7 74.3
2021 650 45.4 69.5 87.3 30.4 67.6 42.9 32.0 48.2 18.5 6.0 92.3
2022 1,831 49.1 65.1 92.6 33.8 72.0 42.7 27.7 49.2 14.2 7.5 68.9
2023 2,539 50.5 60.5 93.0 30.5 74.9 41.4 22.8 45.6 12.4 8.2 63.2
2024 2,275 51.6 63.4 92.7 31.9 77.5 43.4 26.6 48.1 11.6 7.5 71.2
Player 8,116 49.8 63.2 92.2 32.3 73.1 42.6 26.2 47.7 13.7 7.5 70.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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
2019 31 89
2020 20 38 5 3 54 1 4 28 37 39 68 56 87 23 93 98 38
2021 51 90 97 51
2022 31 84 30 10 49 9 6 16 59 15 98 14 97 18 92 98 51
2023 30 80 12 4 70 6 2 10 48 16 96 35 99 36 80 98 15
2024 44 91 16 2 85 1 1 6 62 8 98 33 99 26 78 95 7 8 91 71
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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 %
2019 20.7 3 2.6 0 0 1 2 66.7
2020 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2021 -- 0 0.5 -1 2 1 0 --
2022 21.3 10 10.6 -1 3 12 2 20.0
2023 20.4 9 8.9 0 7 13 0 0.0
2024 21.9 7 5.6 1 5 8 0 0.0
Player 21.1 29 28.2 1 18 35 4 13.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2019 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2
2020 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
2022 10 3 11 7 13 13 14 6 11 8 11 15 8 8 13 12 7 8 12 13 9 11 14 12 5 7 14 15 12 13 12
2023 9 5 8 7 11 8 12 4 9 6 9 12 5 7 13 9 11 5 11 11 9 10 14 10 5 5 11 10 10 10 10
2024 7 0 5 5 6 8 8 4 6 3 8 12 3 3 6 3 3 4 5 12 4 4 10 5 3 4 5 11 5 8 5
Player 29 12 29 23 34 32 38 16 28 19 30 43 19 21 34 28 24 19 31 39 24 29 43 30 16 19 33 40 30 34 30
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.6 87.5 1.9 ↑ 87.0 -0.5 ↓ 87.2 0.2 ↑ 86.6 -0.6 ↓ 85.8 -0.8 ↓
Launch Angle 3.9 0.8 -3.1 ↓ 7.7 6.9 ↑ 10.6 2.9 ↑ 10.5 -0.1 ↓ 10.3 -0.2 ↓
Barrel % 1.5 1.2 -0.3 ↓ 1.6 0.4 ↑ 2.6 1.0 ↑ 1.8 -0.8 ↓ 1.2 -0.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 23.5 37.2 13.7 ↑ 34.4 -2.8 ↓ 33.5 -0.9 ↓ 33.4 -0.1 ↓ 28.0 -5.4 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.8 27.9 -8.9 ↓ 31.2 3.3 ↑ 32.4 1.2 ↑ 33.2 0.8 ↑ 35.8 2.6 ↑
xBA .309 .243 -0.066 ↓ .279 0.036 ↑ .270 -0.009 ↓ .273 0.003 ↑ .283 0.010 ↑
BA .282 .222 -0.060 ↓ .302 0.080 ↑ .281 -0.021 ↓ .283 0.002 ↑ .274 -0.009 ↓
xwOBA .315 .297 -0.018 ↓ .320 0.023 ↑ .301 -0.019 ↓ .311 0.010 ↑ .315 0.004 ↑
wOBA .305 .265 -0.040 ↓ .330 0.065 ↑ .320 -0.010 ↓ .322 0.002 ↑ .314 -0.008 ↓
xSLG .401 .315 -0.086 ↓ .358 0.043 ↑ .367 0.009 ↑ .356 -0.011 ↓ .358 0.002 ↑
SLG .436 .259 -0.177 ↓ .369 0.110 ↑ .410 0.041 ↑ .383 -0.027 ↓ .374 -0.009 ↓
K% 13.4 19.0 5.6 ↑ 14.7 -4.3 ↓ 11.0 -3.7 ↓ 12.1 1.1 ↑ 10.3 -1.8 ↓
BB% 3.7 9.5 5.8 ↑ 10.0 0.5 ↑ 5.4 -4.6 ↓ 7.1 1.7 ↑ 7.0 -0.1 ↓
Swing % 57.4 44.6 -12.8 ↓ 48.2 3.6 ↑ 49.2 1.0 ↑ 45.6 -3.6 ↓ 48.1 2.5 ↑
Whiff% 18.1 18.0 -0.1 ↓ 18.5 0.5 ↑ 14.2 -4.3 ↓ 12.4 -1.8 ↓ 11.6 -0.8 ↓
In Zone % 49.3 47.0 -2.3 ↓ 45.4 -1.6 ↓ 49.1 3.7 ↑ 50.5 1.4 ↑ 51.6 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.7 53.0 2.3 ↑ 54.6 1.6 ↑ 50.9 -3.7 ↓ 49.5 -1.4 ↓ 48.4 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 46.4 32.5 -13.9 ↓ 30.4 -2.1 ↓ 33.8 3.4 ↑ 30.5 -3.3 ↓ 31.9 1.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 27.0 -2.3 ↓ 32.0 5.0 ↑ 27.7 -4.3 ↓ 22.8 -4.9 ↓ 26.6 3.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.5 54.8 -3.7 ↓ 59.8 5.0 ↑ 64.7 4.9 ↑ 62.2 -2.5 ↓ 64.9 2.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 81 0 0.0 .305
2020 Shifts R 126 0 0.0 .265
2021 Shifts R 167 0 0.0 .330
2022 Shifts R 506 9 1.8 .312 .707
2023 Shades R 678 3 0.4 .323 .294
2024 Shades R 628 6 1.0 .317 .000
! 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 %
2019 73 17.5 23.3% 0.0% 42 21.3 4.8% 4.8%
2020 138 16.5 32.6% 1.4% 114 22.5 2.6% 4.4%
2021 193 16.5 31.6% 0.5% 98 21.6 2.0% 4.1%
2022 513 16.5 35.3% 1.4% 301 20.7 3.0% 4.3%
2023 755 14.6 55.5% 0.1% 424 18.0 9.2% 0.2%
2024 688 15.0 49.9% 0.6% 297 17.7 10.8% 1.0%
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