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 641 582 86 159 7 31 .273 .335 .373 .708
6 Seasons 2,224 2,017 289 560 29 102 .278 .338 .381 .719
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .281 10 20 .737
2023 .283 9 43 .729
2024 .273 7 31 .708
6 Seasons .278 29 102 .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 2314 519 6 1.2 0.9 85.7 110.1 10.4 36.0 .280 .353 .313 .313 .313 27.6 10.3 6.9
Player 8155 1766 31 1.8 1.4 86.5 110.1 9.6 33.6 .275 .357 .316 .309 .316 31.6 12.0 6.9
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
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 43.9 19.5 29.9 6.7 33.3 37.4 29.3 4.2 35.3 26.0 31.0 2.1 1.2 0.9
Player 47.0 20.5 26.2 6.3 32.3 38.3 29.3 4.4 37.3 24.3 27.7 3.9 1.8 1.4
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -5 708 30.6 197 .257 .333 .320 8.2 9.1 9.8 .279 .358 .332 35.7
2024 Sinker 0.6 3 500 21.6 134 .302 .414 .399 4.0 4.5 6.5 .301 .365 .342 33.3
2024 Slider 0.4 1 390 16.9 104 .255 .357 .308 22.0 13.5 12.0 .272 .332 .289 22.6
2024 Sweeper 0.5 1 179 7.7 49 .229 .271 .249 16.1 14.3 9.3 .222 .275 .227 9.8
2024 Cutter 0.1 0 164 7.1 44 .318 .477 .344 17.8 15.9 25.0 .270 .370 .279 21.6
2024 Curveball -1.7 -3 161 7.0 40 .216 .243 .241 17.1 20.0 12.5 .234 .273 .259 6.9
2024 Changeup 2.9 4 149 6.4 49 .326 .457 .365 13.1 10.2 9.3 .322 .423 .352 28.6
2024 Split-Finger 3.6 2 58 2.5 22 .333 .619 .416 12.9 4.5 3.8 .363 .486 .385 30.0
2024 Slurve -2.5 0 5 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .077 .115 .076 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 -0.3 -1 419 16.5 103 .263 .333 .298 21.8 21.4 16.8 .274 .334 .276 26.9
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 4 221 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 -3.1 -5 154 6.1 43 .167 .214 .195 21.4 23.3 23.3 .215 .269 .239 21.9
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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 640 2,314 -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 18.9 6.7 74.3
2021 650 45.4 69.5 87.3 30.4 67.6 42.9 32.0 48.2 18.8 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 12.5 8.2 63.2
2024 2,314 51.7 63.7 92.7 31.8 77.5 43.6 27.0 48.4 11.9 7.4 71.3
Player 8,155 49.9 63.3 92.2 32.3 73.1 42.7 26.3 47.8 13.9 7.5 70.0
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
2019 31 89
2020 20 38 5 3 54 1 4 28 37 39 68 56 85 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 45 91 18 2 85 1 1 5 62 7 99 32 99 27 78 95 9 7 92 72
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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 2.5 1 0 2 1 33.3
2020 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2021 -- 0 0.5 -1 2 1 0 --
2022 21.3 10 10.6 -1 5 12 2 20.0
2023 20.4 9 8.6 0 7 13 0 0.0
2024 21.9 7 5.7 1 5 8 0 0.0
Player 21.1 29 28.0 1 20 36 3 10.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2019 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 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 17 8 8 12 12 7 8 12 13 9 11 14 11 5 7 14 15 12 13 12
2023 9 5 8 7 11 8 10 4 9 6 9 12 5 7 13 9 10 4 11 11 9 10 14 10 5 3 11 10 10 10 8
2024 7 0 5 5 6 8 8 3 6 4 8 13 3 3 7 3 3 4 5 12 4 4 10 5 3 4 5 11 5 8 5
Player 29 12 28 23 34 32 36 15 28 19 30 46 19 21 34 28 23 18 31 39 24 29 43 29 16 17 33 40 30 34 28
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 ↓ 85.7 -0.9 ↓
Launch Angle 3.9 0.8 -3.1 ↓ 7.7 6.9 ↑ 10.6 2.9 ↑ 10.5 -0.1 ↓ 10.4 -0.1 ↓
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 ↓ 27.6 -5.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.8 27.9 -8.9 ↓ 31.2 3.3 ↑ 32.4 1.2 ↑ 33.2 0.8 ↑ 36.0 2.8 ↑
xBA .309 .243 -0.066 ↓ .279 0.036 ↑ .270 -0.009 ↓ .273 0.003 ↑ .280 0.007 ↑
BA .282 .222 -0.060 ↓ .302 0.080 ↑ .281 -0.021 ↓ .283 0.002 ↑ .273 -0.010 ↓
xwOBA .315 .297 -0.018 ↓ .320 0.023 ↑ .301 -0.019 ↓ .311 0.010 ↑ .313 0.002 ↑
wOBA .305 .265 -0.040 ↓ .330 0.065 ↑ .320 -0.010 ↓ .322 0.002 ↑ .313 -0.009 ↓
xSLG .401 .315 -0.086 ↓ .358 0.043 ↑ .367 0.009 ↑ .356 -0.011 ↓ .353 -0.003 ↓
SLG .436 .259 -0.177 ↓ .369 0.110 ↑ .410 0.041 ↑ .383 -0.027 ↓ .373 -0.010 ↓
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 ↑ 6.9 -0.2 ↓
Swing % 57.4 44.6 -12.8 ↓ 48.2 3.6 ↑ 49.2 1.0 ↑ 45.6 -3.6 ↓ 48.4 2.8 ↑
Whiff% 18.1 18.9 0.8 ↑ 18.8 -0.1 ↓ 14.2 -4.6 ↓ 12.5 -1.7 ↓ 11.9 -0.6 ↓
In Zone % 49.3 47.0 -2.3 ↓ 45.4 -1.6 ↓ 49.1 3.7 ↑ 50.5 1.4 ↑ 51.7 1.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.7 53.0 2.3 ↑ 54.6 1.6 ↑ 50.9 -3.7 ↓ 49.5 -1.4 ↓ 48.3 -1.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 46.4 32.5 -13.9 ↓ 30.4 -2.1 ↓ 33.8 3.4 ↑ 30.5 -3.3 ↓ 31.8 1.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.3 27.0 -2.3 ↓ 32.0 5.0 ↑ 27.7 -4.3 ↓ 22.8 -4.9 ↓ 27.0 4.2 ↑
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 640 6 0.9 .316 .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 709 15.0 50.4% 0.6% 307 17.8 10.7% 1.0%
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