Pablo Sandoval
3B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 268LBS | Age: 38
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 296 272 42 73 14 1 .268 .313 .507 .820
2020 94 84 5 18 1 0 .214 .287 .262 .549
2021 86 73 11 13 4 0 .178 .302 .342 .644
14 Seasons 5,052 4,609 548 1,279 153 12 .278 .330 .443 .773
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .268 14 1 .820
2020 .214 1 0 .549
2021 .178 4 0 .644
14 Seasons .278 153 12 .773
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Hits Spray Chart
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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%
2015 28 1848 400 19 4.8 3.8 88.0 114.0 10.0 28.7 .226 .351 .288 .278 .297 33.5 14.5 5.0
2016 29 37 2 0 0.0 0.0 80.7 91.6 37.6 50.0 .055 .074 .099 .144 .157 0.0 57.1 14.3
2017 30 1097 209 14 6.7 5.0 89.4 109.9 10.9 28.2 .226 .393 .271 .287 .327 37.5 19.0 5.7
2018 31 1056 179 9 5.0 3.6 89.6 113.9 9.7 32.4 .235 .387 .312 .303 .351 36.9 20.6 7.5
2019 32 1137 210 24 11.4 8.1 89.8 114.7 10.9 37.1 .271 .474 .336 .335 .415 44.7 22.6 6.1
2020 33 355 66 2 3.0 2.1 91.9 112.1 8.0 28.8 .236 .347 .252 .292 .320 51.5 20.2 8.5
2021 34 379 48 5 10.4 5.8 91.5 111.5 14.0 41.7 .203 .390 .291 .316 .378 47.9 29.1 12.8
Player 5909 1114 73 6.6 4.8 89.3 114.7 10.4 31.4 .235 .390 .295 .298 .338 38.5 19.3 6.5
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
2015 49.3 19.8 21.5 9.5 27.8 40.8 30.8 3.3 40.0 25.3 20.8 4.0 4.8 3.8
2016 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 46.4 23.0 22.0 8.6 28.2 40.7 31.1 3.3 36.4 27.3 22.0 3.8 6.7 5.0
2018 50.3 17.9 24.0 7.8 29.6 39.7 30.7 1.7 40.2 22.9 23.5 5.6 5.0 3.6
2019 47.1 20.5 25.2 7.1 25.2 42.9 31.9 5.2 33.8 20.0 23.8 4.3 11.4 8.1
2020 50.0 22.7 22.7 4.5 25.8 51.5 22.7 3.0 37.9 22.7 24.2 7.6 3.0 2.1
2021 35.4 27.1 27.1 10.4 25.0 45.8 29.2 2.1 31.3 33.3 18.8 4.2 10.4 5.8
Player 47.8 20.6 23.1 8.4 27.5 41.8 30.4 3.3 37.6 24.5 22.2 4.5 6.6 4.8
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 3 174 45.9 36 .281 .563 .419 30.3 27.8 15.2 .257 .569 .384 50.0
2021 Slider -4.7 -2 52 13.7 16 .071 .071 .144 29.0 31.3 26.3 .234 .340 .302 44.4
2021 Changeup -2.1 -1 44 11.6 8 .000 .000 .263 38.1 25.0 13.3 .073 .080 .304 66.7
2021 Curveball -0.2 0 41 10.8 8 .250 .250 .313 37.5 37.5 27.3 .206 .274 .291 60.0
2021 Sinker 4.5 1 25 6.6 6 .200 .800 .450 21.4 16.7 14.3 .209 .489 .355 50.0
2021 Cutter -7.8 -1 19 5.0 7 .000 .000 .100 45.5 57.1 80.0 .017 .018 .116 50.0
2021 Split-Finger -2.7 0 11 2.9 1 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .034 .083 .044 0.0
2021 Sweeper -3.4 0 10 2.6 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .051 .144 .285 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -2 148 41.7 40 .257 .343 .326 39.2 27.5 26.2 .212 .308 .285 54.2
2020 Changeup -2.8 -2 61 17.2 17 .188 .188 .200 37.5 11.8 14.3 .232 .308 .261 35.7
2020 Slider -2.2 -1 54 15.2 12 .182 .182 .283 31.3 25.0 18.8 .177 .221 .218 50.0
2020 Sinker 0.0 0 41 11.5 9 .429 .571 .417 15.4 0.0 0.0 .350 .425 .345 62.5
2020 Curveball -6.7 -2 24 6.8 7 .000 .000 .000 8.3 0.0 0.0 .312 .767 .439 85.7
2020 Cutter -7.4 -1 17 4.8 7 .167 .167 .229 22.2 42.9 75.0 .202 .212 .260 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -1.6 0 4 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .673 1.171 .774 100.0
2020 Sweeper -1.7 0 3 0.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 151 469 3 -5 5 3 7
2009 615 2,109 6 2 12 13 33
2010 618 2,127 -6 -25 7 15 -9
2011 454 1,601 -8 14 4 7 17
2012 506 1,863 -5 2 7 10 14
2013 579 2,145 1 -4 8 13 19
2014 708 2,523 -7 -6 16 13 15
2015 504 1,842 -3 -16 2 7 -10
2017 278 1,094 -16 -6 2 5 -15
2018 250 1,055 -6 -1 8 6 6
2019 292 1,135 -6 -4 3 4 -3
2020 98 375 -7 -6 3 2 -8
2021 86 379 1 -5 2 2 0
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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 %
2015 1,848 42.8 74.5 84.6 47.2 76.1 41.2 37.4 58.8 19.1 4.9 75.6
2016 37 37.8 92.9 46.2 43.5 80.0 40.5 14.3 62.2 39.1 10.8 100.0
2017 1,097 42.9 80.0 80.8 41.0 69.9 38.0 44.1 57.7 23.5 6.0 84.8
2018 1,056 43.9 63.9 84.1 35.5 70.0 39.3 6.3 47.9 21.7 6.4 69.1
2019 1,137 43.3 75.8 78.6 38.4 65.6 41.4 33.6 54.7 26.5 7.4 89.3
2020 355 44.2 75.8 73.1 35.9 63.4 37.5 37.2 53.5 30.5 7.0 88.0
2021 379 43.3 69.5 75.4 31.2 56.7 40.1 19.8 47.8 31.5 5.5 81.0
Player 5,909 43.2 73.7 81.0 40.6 70.5 40.0 31.6 54.9 23.3 6.1 80.7
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
2015 12 10 22 35 6 49 45 35 95 40 81 18 63 1 17
2017 75 20 8
2018 93 17
2019 96 11
2020 87 5
2021 80 2
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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 %
2017 23.6 9 8.4 1 6 6 4 44.4
2018 23.4 9 9.7 -1 3 6 5 55.6
2019 24.5 14 12.7 1 3 8 7 50.0
2020 26.2 1 1.1 0 1 1 0 0.0
2021 25.5 4 3.8 0 1 2 2 50.0
Player 24.2 37 35.7 1 14 23 18 48.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 9 10 9 7 11 7 10 7 6 5 8 12 8 8 8 8 6 6 10 9 9 10 10 9 7 7 9 10 10 9 7
2018 9 12 9 9 10 10 11 8 10 8 10 11 8 8 9 9 9 8 11 11 10 11 11 10 7 8 10 11 12 11 9
2019 14 15 11 11 15 13 15 12 12 9 10 14 15 12 13 13 9 10 14 15 13 16 15 14 11 10 12 14 16 13 10
2020 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0
2021 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Player 37 42 35 31 41 35 41 32 31 26 33 41 37 32 35 36 29 29 39 40 37 41 42 38 30 30 35 41 44 38 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.0 80.7 -7.3 ↓ 89.4 8.7 ↑ 89.6 0.2 ↑ 89.8 0.2 ↑ 91.9 2.1 ↑ 91.5 -0.4 ↓
Launch Angle 10.0 37.6 27.6 ↑ 10.9 -26.7 ↓ 9.7 -1.2 ↓ 10.9 1.2 ↑ 8.0 -2.9 ↓ 14.0 6.0 ↑
Barrel % 4.8 0.0 -4.8 ↓ 6.7 6.7 ↑ 5.0 -1.7 ↓ 11.4 6.4 ↑ 3.0 -8.4 ↓ 10.4 7.4 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.5 0.0 -33.5 ↓ 37.5 37.5 ↑ 36.9 -0.6 ↓ 44.7 7.8 ↑ 51.5 6.8 ↑ 47.9 -3.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.7 50.0 21.3 ↑ 28.2 -21.8 ↓ 32.4 4.2 ↑ 37.1 4.7 ↑ 28.8 -8.3 ↓ 41.7 12.9 ↑
xBA .226 .055 -0.171 ↓ .226 0.171 ↑ .235 0.009 ↑ .271 0.036 ↑ .236 -0.035 ↓ .203 -0.033 ↓
BA .245 .000 -0.245 ↓ .220 0.220 ↑ .248 0.028 ↑ .268 0.020 ↑ .214 -0.054 ↓ .178 -0.036 ↓
xwOBA .278 .144 -0.134 ↓ .287 0.143 ↑ .303 0.016 ↑ .335 0.032 ↑ .292 -0.043 ↓ .316 0.024 ↑
wOBA .288 .099 -0.189 ↓ .271 0.172 ↑ .312 0.041 ↑ .336 0.024 ↑ .252 -0.084 ↓ .291 0.039 ↑
xSLG .351 .074 -0.277 ↓ .393 0.319 ↑ .387 -0.006 ↓ .474 0.087 ↑ .347 -0.127 ↓ .390 0.043 ↑
SLG .366 .000 -0.366 ↓ .367 0.367 ↑ .417 0.050 ↑ .507 0.090 ↑ .262 -0.245 ↓ .342 0.080 ↑
K% 14.5 57.1 42.6 ↑ 19.0 -38.1 ↓ 20.6 1.6 ↑ 22.6 2.0 ↑ 20.2 -2.4 ↓ 29.1 8.9 ↑
BB% 5.0 14.3 9.3 ↑ 5.7 -8.6 ↓ 7.5 1.8 ↑ 6.1 -1.4 ↓ 8.5 2.4 ↑ 12.8 4.3 ↑
Swing % 58.8 62.2 3.4 ↑ 57.7 -4.5 ↓ 47.9 -9.8 ↓ 54.7 6.8 ↑ 53.5 -1.2 ↓ 47.8 -5.7 ↓
Whiff% 19.1 39.1 20.0 ↑ 23.5 -15.6 ↓ 21.7 -1.8 ↓ 26.5 4.8 ↑ 30.5 4.0 ↑ 31.5 1.0 ↑
In Zone % 42.8 37.8 -5.0 ↓ 42.9 5.1 ↑ 43.9 1.0 ↑ 43.3 -0.6 ↓ 44.2 0.9 ↑ 43.3 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 57.2 62.2 5.0 ↑ 57.1 -5.1 ↓ 56.1 -1.0 ↓ 56.7 0.6 ↑ 55.8 -0.9 ↓ 56.7 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 47.2 43.5 -3.7 ↓ 41.0 -2.5 ↓ 35.5 -5.5 ↓ 38.4 2.9 ↑ 35.9 -2.5 ↓ 31.2 -4.7 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 37.4 14.3 -23.1 ↓ 44.1 29.8 ↑ 6.3 -37.8 ↓ 33.6 27.3 ↑ 37.2 3.6 ↑ 19.8 -17.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 65.0 28.6 -36.4 ↓ 67.7 39.1 ↑ 53.6 -14.1 ↓ 63.1 9.5 ↑ 58.5 -4.6 ↓ 47.7 -10.8 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 7 0 0.0 .099
2017 Shifts L 215 6 2.8 .296 .351
2017 Shifts R 63 0 0.0 .170
2018 Shifts L 191 1 0.5 .349 .000
2018 Shifts R 59 0 0.0 .198
2019 Shifts L 242 9 3.7 .331 .193
2019 Shifts R 52 0 0.0 .387
2020 Shifts L 80 10 12.5 .222 .265
2020 Shifts R 14 1 7.1 .367 .699
2021 Shifts L 76 15 19.7 .299 .297
2021 Shifts R 7 2 28.6 .000 .707
! 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 %
2010 514 16.0 37.4% 3.9% 268 22.0 3.7% 9.7%
2011 408 15.9 38.7% 1.0% 172 22.5 1.2% 9.3%
2012 341 15.8 40.8% 2.6% 236 22.8 0.8% 11.0%
2013 493 16.6 31.6% 2.8% 317 23.0 1.6% 11.0%
2014 477 16.6 33.3% 1.5% 318 24.0 0.3% 12.9%
2015 442 16.4 37.3% 3.4% 221 23.5 10.0% 18.6%
2016 8 13.4 62.5% 0.0% 2 19.9 0.0% 0.0%
2017 242 16.4 31.8% 1.2% 153 23.7 0.7% 18.3%
2018 305 16.3 34.8% 1.3% 179 23.0 0.6% 9.5%
2019 302 17.3 24.5% 1.3% 162 23.0 0.6% 7.4%
2020 84 17.2 35.7% 1.2% 59 22.4 3.4% 5.1%
2021 75 18.6 17.3% 5.3% 92 25.0 1.1% 13.0%
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