Nolan Gorman
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 225LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 1, #19, St. Louis Cardinals | Sandra Day O'Connor HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 313 283 44 64 14 1 .226 .300 .420 .720
2023 464 406 59 96 27 7 .236 .328 .478 .806
2024 402 365 42 74 19 6 .203 .271 .400 .671
3 Seasons 1,179 1,054 145 234 60 14 .222 .301 .435 .736
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .226 14 1 .720
2023 .236 27 7 .806
2024 .203 19 6 .671
3 Seasons .222 60 14 .736
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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%
2022 22 1317 180 26 14.4 8.3 89.2 110.6 20.0 46.7 .239 .476 .316 .341 .479 43.3 32.9 8.9
2023 23 1889 260 43 16.5 9.3 91.0 112.3 22.2 38.8 .237 .498 .345 .354 .484 48.5 31.9 11.4
2024 24 1596 216 36 16.7 9.0 88.5 111.0 20.3 40.3 .213 .445 .290 .312 .471 38.6 37.6 8.5
Player 4802 656 105 16.0 8.9 89.7 112.3 21.0 41.5 .229 .474 .318 .336 .478 43.8 34.1 9.8
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
2022 27.2 38.3 27.8 6.7 38.9 37.8 23.3 3.3 16.7 29.4 24.4 11.7 14.4 8.3
2023 28.5 38.5 23.8 9.2 43.1 28.8 28.1 2.7 19.6 29.6 23.8 7.3 16.5 9.3
2024 31.9 38.9 21.8 7.4 40.3 42.6 17.1 4.6 22.7 30.6 19.9 5.1 16.7 9.0
Player 29.3 38.6 24.2 7.9 41.0 35.8 23.2 3.5 19.8 29.9 22.7 7.8 16.0 8.9
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 -1.9 -12 613 38.4 127 .162 .333 .265 35.1 40.9 25.0 .172 .379 .288 45.0
2024 Sinker 0.3 1 207 13.0 52 .262 .500 .395 23.7 17.3 19.6 .308 .597 .442 42.4
2024 Slider 1.7 3 196 12.3 61 .213 .492 .293 44.0 44.3 35.1 .171 .469 .264 41.2
2024 Changeup -3.7 -6 168 10.5 44 .136 .159 .131 38.8 29.5 23.6 .212 .309 .224 19.4
2024 Curveball -0.1 0 167 10.5 43 .244 .463 .317 49.4 51.2 38.6 .223 .474 .310 52.6
2024 Cutter 0.2 0 102 6.4 34 .290 .613 .407 38.1 17.6 40.0 .343 .687 .459 36.0
2024 Sweeper 0.4 0 74 4.6 19 .222 .389 .284 54.3 63.2 44.4 .170 .313 .230 16.7
2024 Split-Finger 2.4 1 53 3.3 16 .214 .429 .325 56.0 56.3 39.1 .215 .462 .336 40.0
2024 Knuckleball -4.3 0 10 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 16.7 .073 .073 .066 0.0
2024 Slurve -11.4 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .011 .018 .010 0.0
2024 Screwball 2.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 11 647 34.3 143 .261 .496 .390 38.2 31.5 24.7 .235 .490 .382 63.4
2023 Slider -1.3 -3 268 14.2 75 .203 .406 .292 39.4 36.0 31.8 .199 .418 .293 51.2
2023 Changeup 0.3 1 226 12.0 55 .185 .333 .250 38.6 30.9 23.9 .257 .437 .301 32.4
2023 Sinker 3.3 7 222 11.8 56 .347 .755 .507 23.8 25.0 20.0 .382 .842 .532 65.7
2023 Cutter 0.4 1 172 9.1 43 .263 .553 .384 27.0 20.9 25.0 .257 .500 .363 37.9
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 159 8.4 33 .200 .533 .338 41.1 45.5 25.9 .193 .545 .338 33.3
2023 Sweeper -2.8 -3 102 5.4 34 .103 .172 .203 34.6 35.3 31.6 .135 .258 .244 29.4
2023 Split-Finger 2.1 2 80 4.2 19 .235 .412 .321 31.8 36.8 20.0 .151 .340 .256 20.0
2023 Slurve 15.9 2 11 0.6 3 .667 1.667 .967 42.9 33.3 25.0 .311 1.189 .604 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 481 36.5 111 .158 .347 .281 35.9 33.3 21.0 .196 .451 .334 50.0
2022 Changeup 4.5 8 183 13.9 48 .304 .609 .417 35.4 22.9 18.0 .310 .626 .411 28.6
2022 Slider 2.7 4 161 12.2 37 .371 .771 .492 43.2 45.9 25.4 .254 .563 .366 50.0
2022 Cutter -1.4 -2 152 11.5 31 .207 .379 .277 26.0 35.5 27.5 .264 .476 .342 38.9
2022 Sinker -1.5 -2 142 10.8 39 .273 .303 .324 26.6 23.1 25.7 .329 .517 .419 54.2
2022 Curveball -2.3 -3 122 9.3 31 .167 .167 .168 25.4 38.7 27.9 .145 .220 .175 44.4
2022 Split-Finger -1.1 0 40 3.0 9 .111 .111 .100 50.0 44.4 26.7 .188 .260 .193 20.0
2022 Sweeper -1.3 0 18 1.4 4 .250 1.000 .500 42.9 25.0 14.3 .230 .791 .429 33.3
2022 Slurve -5.4 -1 12 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .160 .199 .144 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 314 1,320 11 -16 3 7 4
2023 462 1,888 17 -22 14 7 17
2024 399 1,594 -4 -22 10 3 -13
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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 %
2022 1,317 45.6 74.9 74.0 31.1 47.1 42.7 38.3 51.1 34.5 5.9 87.2
2023 1,889 47.1 72.9 72.0 27.7 46.7 42.2 37.5 49.0 35.5 7.2 89.6
2024 1,596 51.1 70.8 70.7 30.3 37.7 45.2 39.9 51.0 38.7 6.6 80.0
Player 4,802 48.0 72.7 72.1 29.5 43.9 43.4 38.5 50.2 36.3 6.6 85.8
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
2022 69 42 1 19
2023 80 25 87 94 56 81 97 77 79 86 6 83 5 54 29 24 22
2024 41 6 69 90 9 68 98 38 72 41 1 56 1 36 21 9 14 70 1 29
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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 %
2022 22.4 14 16.8 -3 7 12 8 57.1
2023 22.8 27 26.0 1 5 19 11 40.7
2024 23.3 19 18.1 1 11 13 7 36.8
Player 22.8 60 60.9 -1 23 44 26 43.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 14 20 13 18 18 17 18 17 12 12 14 21 18 16 18 20 15 17 18 17 18 22 19 20 14 14 19 17 18 13 12
2023 27 26 20 25 26 23 29 25 20 25 24 26 28 26 28 28 29 27 29 29 27 25 33 28 24 25 24 26 29 27 18
2024 19 19 18 17 13 19 19 17 10 16 16 18 24 17 17 16 18 17 19 23 20 17 25 21 18 17 15 20 23 18 15
Player 60 65 51 60 57 59 66 59 42 53 54 65 70 59 63 64 62 61 66 69 65 64 77 69 56 56 58 63 70 58 45
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.2 91.0 1.8 88.5 -2.5
Launch Angle 20.0 22.2 2.2 20.3 -1.9
Barrel % 14.4 16.5 2.1 16.7 0.2
Hard Hit % 43.3 48.5 5.2 38.6 -9.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 46.7 38.8 -7.9 40.3 1.5
xBA .239 .237 -0.002 .213 -0.024
BA .226 .236 0.010 .203 -0.033
xwOBA .341 .354 0.013 .312 -0.042
wOBA .316 .345 0.029 .290 -0.055
xSLG .476 .498 0.022 .445 -0.053
SLG .420 .478 0.058 .400 -0.078
K% 32.9 31.9 -1.0 37.6 5.7
BB% 8.9 11.4 2.5 8.5 -2.9
Swing % 51.1 49.0 -2.1 51.0 2.0
Whiff% 34.5 35.5 1.0 38.7 3.2
In Zone % 45.6 47.1 1.5 51.1 4.0
Out of Zone % 54.4 52.9 -1.5 48.9 -4.0
Out of Zone Swing % 31.1 27.7 -3.4 30.3 2.6
First Pitch Swing % 38.3 37.5 -0.8 39.9 2.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 61.0 -4.5 63.1 2.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 313 223 71.2 .289 .327
2023 Shades L 458 213 46.5 .394 .284
2024 Shades L 395 222 56.2 .279 .304
! 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 %
2022 349 17.6 26.1% 3.4% 200 22.3 4.0% 8.0%
2023 427 15.5 43.3% 0.2% 399 18.9 3.3% 0.5%
2024 389 15.7 40.4% 0.3% 237 18.5 4.2% 1.7%
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