Niko Goodrum
3B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 2, #71, Minnesota Twins | Fayette County HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 325 290 39 62 9 14 .214 .292 .359 .651
2022 45 43 2 5 0 1 .116 .156 .163 .319
2024 33 29 2 3 0 1 .103 .188 .103 .291
7 Seasons 1,564 1,404 175 314 42 47 .224 .297 .383 .680
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .214 9 14 .651
2022 .116 0 1 .319
2024 .103 0 1 .291
7 Seasons .224 42 47 .680
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
2017 25 86 7 0 0.0 0.0 84.2 107.9 10.0 14.3 .128 .155 .087 .153 .294 28.6 55.6 5.6
2018 26 1957 314 25 8.0 5.1 88.0 110.7 11.1 37.6 .233 .404 .322 .311 .387 35.4 26.8 8.5
2019 27 1964 287 18 6.3 3.8 89.3 109.4 13.0 38.0 .237 .387 .315 .303 .387 41.5 29.2 9.7
2020 28 775 92 9 9.8 5.0 88.8 105.6 16.0 34.8 .183 .336 .262 .265 .379 40.2 38.5 10.1
2021 29 1341 185 19 10.3 5.8 88.0 109.2 13.4 37.8 .215 .381 .286 .304 .411 40.0 32.9 8.9
2022 30 204 20 1 5.0 2.2 81.9 102.4 7.7 20.0 .173 .247 .146 .205 .393 35.0 51.1 4.4
2024 32 140 20 1 5.0 3.0 86.3 104.2 -15.7 15.0 .168 .249 .147 .229 .279 25.0 30.3 9.1
Player 6467 925 73 7.9 4.7 88.3 110.7 12.0 36.4 .221 .375 .294 .296 .388 38.4 31.3 9.0
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
2017 71.4 14.3 0.0 14.3 28.6 14.3 57.1 14.3 42.9 28.6 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 44.9 25.8 24.8 4.5 35.4 36.3 28.0 2.9 36.6 22.6 22.0 7.6 8.0 5.1
2019 41.8 23.7 30.0 4.5 38.7 35.2 26.1 2.1 30.3 22.6 30.0 8.7 6.3 3.8
2020 35.9 30.4 26.1 7.6 33.7 42.4 23.9 5.4 26.1 29.3 19.6 9.8 9.8 5.0
2021 41.1 31.4 24.3 3.2 38.4 38.9 22.7 3.2 30.3 24.3 25.4 6.5 10.3 5.8
2022 50.0 20.0 30.0 0.0 35.0 40.0 25.0 15.0 30.0 15.0 30.0 5.0 5.0 2.2
2024 85.0 5.0 10.0 0.0 30.0 40.0 30.0 5.0 70.0 0.0 10.0 5.0 5.0 3.0
Player 43.5 26.1 26.1 4.4 36.6 37.1 26.2 3.4 33.0 23.0 24.8 7.8 7.9 4.7
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 -1.5 -1 41 29.3 6 .333 .333 .300 26.7 33.3 16.7 .233 .503 .309 50.0
2024 Changeup -6.4 -2 27 19.3 9 .000 .000 .088 41.2 22.2 20.0 .118 .163 .194 16.7
2024 Sinker -8.9 -2 25 17.9 8 .000 .000 .088 18.2 25.0 40.0 .158 .167 .214 40.0
2024 Curveball 2.1 0 22 15.7 4 .250 .250 .300 33.3 50.0 40.0 .315 .371 .299 0.0
2024 Cutter -4.0 0 12 8.6 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .145 .176 .138 0.0
2024 Slider -3.9 0 9 6.4 3 .000 .000 .233 75.0 66.7 66.7 -- -- .233 --
2024 Split-Finger -2.0 0 3 2.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Sweeper 0.0 0 1 0.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -1 72 35.3 18 .176 .235 .258 32.6 44.4 28.6 .202 .283 .238 55.6
2022 Slider -5.3 -2 33 16.2 9 .000 .000 .000 52.9 55.6 35.7 .153 .313 .197 50.0
2022 Changeup -4.0 -1 32 15.7 8 .250 .375 .269 31.3 25.0 20.0 .270 .306 .256 0.0
2022 Curveball -2.9 -1 20 9.8 5 .000 .000 .140 50.0 60.0 50.0 .121 .135 .231 0.0
2022 Cutter -4.3 -1 18 8.8 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 40.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Split-Finger -2.3 0 12 5.9 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 14.3 -- -- .000 --
2022 Sinker -0.1 0 9 4.4 -- -- -- 16.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Sweeper -5.2 0 6 2.9 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2022 Slurve -1.0 0 2 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 492 1,955 5 -16 12 9 10
2019 470 1,961 -14 -18 14 8 -10
2020 179 775 -1 -13 2 3 -10
2021 325 1,341 -3 -15 6 6 -7
2022 45 204 -3 -3 0 0 -6
2024 33 140 -2 -5 1 0 -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 %
2017 86 51.2 84.1 73.0 28.6 41.7 43.0 38.9 57.0 34.7 2.3 100.0
2018 1,957 47.7 72.3 78.6 28.6 51.0 43.0 29.9 49.4 29.6 7.3 83.9
2019 1,964 47.4 67.8 77.3 30.3 49.7 42.6 28.2 48.1 31.9 6.8 78.2
2020 775 45.5 66.6 69.4 26.1 44.5 41.9 23.5 44.5 38.6 6.5 70.0
2021 1,341 49.7 68.8 70.6 28.5 43.8 43.3 31.1 48.5 37.0 8.2 79.1
2022 204 48.0 77.6 65.8 32.1 32.4 37.3 40.0 53.9 42.7 9.8 80.0
2024 140 49.3 59.4 73.2 23.9 52.9 46.4 21.2 41.4 32.8 10.0 71.4
Player 6,467 47.9 69.6 74.9 28.8 47.7 42.7 29.1 48.3 33.4 7.3 79.2
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
2017 59 87
2018 35 22 42 52 27 49 58 33 78 39 13 49 15 47 94 63
2019 18 20 19 24 28 24 33 53 66 64 8 63 13 37 92 96
2020 5 2 9 37 5 41 63 50 30 54 1 64 3 56 80 98 39
2021 61 86 86 70
2022 10 54
2024 11 39
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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 %
2018 21.1 16 15.0 1 11 16 3 18.8
2019 23.0 12 9.8 2 8 9 3 25.0
2020 22.6 5 5.9 -1 4 5 2 40.0
2021 22.3 9 10.4 -1 3 8 4 44.4
2022 -- 0 1.2 -1 0 2 0 --
Player 22.0 42 42.4 0 26 40 12 28.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 16 18 10 18 16 11 18 15 11 10 11 18 19 15 14 19 15 15 16 17 18 12 20 17 16 11 11 16 20 16 8
2019 12 10 7 17 12 10 12 11 9 6 7 15 13 9 8 9 7 7 9 11 9 10 15 9 8 7 11 14 11 7 5
2020 5 7 7 7 4 8 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 6 9 7 4 4 6 5 7 4 3
2021 9 13 11 9 10 10 11 11 7 9 9 12 12 8 11 10 9 11 12 10 11 11 15 10 10 9 12 11 11 9 7
2022 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 1
Player 42 48 37 52 44 41 49 45 32 30 32 54 50 39 39 45 38 40 45 47 47 40 61 44 38 32 42 48 50 38 24
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.2 88.0 3.8 89.3 1.3 88.8 -0.5 88.0 -0.8 81.9 -6.1
Launch Angle 10.0 11.1 1.1 13.0 1.9 16.0 3.0 13.4 -2.6 7.7 -5.7
Barrel % 0.0 8.0 8.0 6.3 -1.7 9.8 3.5 10.3 0.5 5.0 -5.3
Hard Hit % 28.6 35.4 6.8 41.5 6.1 40.2 -1.3 40.0 -0.2 35.0 -5.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 14.3 37.6 23.3 38.0 0.4 34.8 -3.2 37.8 3.0 20.0 -17.8
xBA .128 .233 0.105 .237 0.004 .183 -0.054 .215 0.032 .173 -0.042
BA .059 .245 0.186 .248 0.003 .184 -0.064 .214 0.030 .116 -0.098
xwOBA .153 .311 0.158 .303 -0.008 .265 -0.038 .304 0.039 .205 -0.099
wOBA .087 .322 0.235 .315 -0.007 .262 -0.053 .286 0.024 .146 -0.140
xSLG .155 .404 0.249 .387 -0.017 .336 -0.051 .381 0.045 .247 -0.134
SLG .059 .432 0.373 .421 -0.011 .335 -0.086 .359 0.024 .163 -0.196
K% 55.6 26.8 -28.8 29.2 2.4 38.5 9.3 32.9 -5.6 51.1 18.2
BB% 5.6 8.5 2.9 9.7 1.2 10.1 0.4 8.9 -1.2 4.4 -4.5
Swing % 57.0 49.4 -7.6 48.1 -1.3 44.5 -3.6 48.5 4.0 53.9 5.4
Whiff% 34.7 29.6 -5.1 31.9 2.3 38.6 6.7 37.0 -1.6 42.7 5.7
In Zone % 51.2 47.7 -3.5 47.4 -0.3 45.5 -1.9 49.7 4.2 48.0 -1.7
Out of Zone % 48.8 52.3 3.5 52.6 0.3 54.5 1.9 50.3 -4.2 52.0 1.7
Out of Zone Swing % 28.6 28.6 0.0 30.3 1.7 26.1 -4.2 28.5 2.4 32.1 3.6
First Pitch Swing % 38.9 29.9 -9.0 28.2 -1.7 23.5 -4.7 31.1 7.6 40.0 8.9
First Pitch Strike % 61.1 59.1 -2.0 59.0 -0.1 59.2 0.2 61.8 2.6 66.7 4.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts L 12 0 0.0 .073
2017 Shifts R 6 0 0.0 .115
2018 Shifts L 360 97 26.9 .308 .327
2018 Shifts R 132 2 1.5 .342 .440
2019 Shifts L 361 194 53.7 .296 .296
2019 Shifts R 106 0 0.0 .388
2020 Shifts L 142 85 59.9 .266 .183
2020 Shifts R 37 5 13.5 .364 .891
2021 Shifts L 217 149 68.7 .311 .246
2021 Shifts R 108 6 5.6 .314 .524
2022 Shifts L 37 36 97.3 .000 .163
2022 Shifts R 8 0 0.0 .086
2024 Shades L 25 10 40.0 .063 .157
2024 Shades R 8 0 0.0 .282
! 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 23 18.0 21.7% 0.0% 12 20.3 8.3% 0.0%
2018 562 15.7 40.2% 1.6% 294 22.2 0.7% 8.2%
2019 550 16.0 37.5% 1.3% 319 22.7 0.6% 8.2%
2020 232 16.7 36.6% 1.3% 136 22.6 0.0% 6.6%
2021 378 17.3 24.6% 1.3% 217 22.8 0.5% 10.6%
2022 51 18.3 19.6% 0.0% 29 22.6 6.9% 3.4%
2024 35 14.5 68.6% 0.0% 33 17.0 21.2% 0.0%
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