Nolan Gorman
2B | B/T: L/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 23
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 1, #19, St. Louis Cardinals | Sandra Day O'Connor HS

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 214 186 25 51 14 44 4 .274 .360 .554 .914
2 Seasons 527 469 69 115 28 79 5 .245 .324 .473 .797
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .274 14 44 4 .914
2 Seasons .245 28 79 5 .797

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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%
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 23 865 130 20 15.4 9.3 91.0 112.3 20.0 42.3 .276 .540 .387 .388 .502 50.8 27.1 11.7
Player 2182 310 46 14.8 8.7 90.0 112.3 20.0 44.8 .253 .501 .344 .360 .488 46.5 30.6 10.1
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 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
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 31.5 30.8 28.5 9.2 47.7 25.4 26.9 3.1 20.8 26.2 29.2 4.6 15.4 9.3
Player 29.0 35.2 28.1 7.7 42.6 32.6 24.8 3.2 18.4 28.1 26.5 8.7 14.8 8.7
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.1 3 309 35.7 75 .250 .400 .354 34.9 29.3 24.7 .220 .373 .347 53.8
2023 Slider -1.9 -2 119 13.8 33 .207 .448 .305 41.3 36.4 27.9 .244 .473 .330 61.1
2023 Changeup 1.9 2 116 13.4 28 .259 .444 .326 32.7 25.0 17.9 .343 .554 .395 30.0
2023 Sinker 5.7 6 109 12.6 30 .346 .846 .522 16.9 16.7 13.2 .397 .856 .548 66.7
2023 Cutter 2.3 2 86 9.9 19 .278 .667 .408 22.0 21.1 25.0 .261 .528 .351 50.0
2023 Curveball 4.7 3 72 8.3 14 .417 1.000 .604 37.5 21.4 14.3 .314 .937 .541 44.4
2023 Splitter 5.5 2 29 3.4 6 .333 .333 .300 30.8 16.7 12.5 .129 .145 .120 20.0
2023 Sweeper -3.5 -1 20 2.3 5 .200 .400 .250 33.3 60.0 33.3 .253 .354 .263 50.0
2023 Slurve 31.8 1 3 0.3 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .940 3.764 1.916 100.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 476 36.1 110 .160 .351 .284 36.0 32.7 20.8 .198 .455 .337 50.0
2022 Changeup 4.5 8 184 14.0 48 .304 .609 .417 35.4 22.9 18.0 .310 .626 .411 28.6
2022 Slider 2.1 4 171 13.0 39 .351 .730 .467 39.8 43.6 23.6 .244 .537 .350 45.0
2022 Sinker -1.9 -3 147 11.2 40 .265 .294 .316 26.9 25.0 26.3 .319 .502 .408 54.2
2022 Cutter -1.0 -1 142 10.8 29 .222 .407 .297 29.2 37.9 31.4 .279 .505 .361 43.8
2022 Curveball -2.5 -3 127 9.6 32 .161 .161 .163 28.6 37.5 26.7 .142 .214 .171 42.1
2022 Splitter -1.2 0 39 3.0 9 .111 .111 .100 50.0 44.4 26.7 .188 .260 .193 20.0
2022 Sweeper 0.5 0 13 1.0 3 .333 1.333 .667 30.0 33.3 20.0 .291 1.039 .556 50.0
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 212 864 16 -10 7 3 17
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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 865 47.1 71.0 75.4 24.5 50.0 43.4 32.7 46.4 31.4 7.6 93.9
Player 2,182 46.2 73.3 74.6 28.6 48.1 43.0 36.1 49.2 33.3 6.6 90.3
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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
2022 69 38 1 19
2023 92 79 93 91 87 89 91 75 82 90 23 78 18 69 35 11 17
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Expected Home Runs

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 22.3 14 12.9 1 2 11 4 28.6
Player 22.3 28 29.7 -2 9 23 12 42.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

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 14 12 10 13 15 14 15 12 11 11 10 14 14 13 15 13 14 13 15 16 13 12 16 13 10 12 14 12 14 14 7
Player 28 32 23 31 33 31 33 29 23 23 24 35 32 29 33 33 29 30 33 33 31 34 35 33 24 26 33 29 32 27 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 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.2 91.0 1.8 ↑
Launch Angle 20.0 20.0 0.0
Barrel % 14.4 15.4 1.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 43.3 50.8 7.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 46.7 42.3 -4.4 ↓
xBA .239 .276 0.037 ↑
BA .226 .274 0.048 ↑
xwOBA .341 .388 0.047 ↑
wOBA .316 .387 0.071 ↑
xSLG .476 .540 0.064 ↑
SLG .420 .554 0.134 ↑
K% 32.9 27.1 -5.8 ↓
BB% 8.9 11.7 2.8 ↑
Swing % 51.1 46.4 -4.7 ↓
Whiff% 34.5 31.4 -3.1 ↓
In Zone % 45.6 47.1 1.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.4 52.9 -1.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.1 24.5 -6.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 38.3 32.7 -5.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 56.1 -9.4 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2022 L 313 223 71.2 .289 .327
2023 L 212 0 0.0 .388

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 93 15.0 50.5% 0.0% 91 18.5 4.4% 0.0%
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