Pablo Sandoval
1B | B/T: S/R | 5' 10" 268LBS | Age: 36

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 86 73 11 13 4 11 0 .178 .302 .342 .644
14 Seasons 5052 4609 548 1279 153 639 12 .278 .330 .443 .773
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2021 .178 4 11 0 .644
14 Seasons .278 153 639 12 .773

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%
2015 28 1848 400 19 4.8 3.8 88.1 114.0 9.9 28.7 .227 .352 .288 .279 .298 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 20.8 6.8
2019 32 1137 210 24 11.4 8.2 89.8 114.7 10.9 37.1 .271 .474 .336 .335 .415 44.7 22.8 5.4
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 10.3 31.4 .235 .390 .295 .298 .339 38.5 19.3 6.2
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.1
! 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 31.0 3.3 40.0 25.0 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 8.2
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 30.5 3.3 37.6 24.4 22.2 4.5 6.6 4.8
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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-Seamer 2.0 3 165 43.5 34 .290 .581 .424 29.6 29.4 16.7 .256 .578 .379 52.4
2021 Slider -5.4 -3 58 15.3 18 .063 .063 .128 25.7 27.8 22.7 .211 .315 .277 36.4
2021 Curveball 0.5 0 45 11.9 9 .250 .250 .356 37.5 33.3 23.1 .205 .274 .337 60.0
2021 Changeup -2.1 -1 44 11.6 8 .000 .000 .263 38.1 25.0 13.3 .073 .080 .304 66.7
2021 Sinker 3.7 1 34 9.0 8 .167 .667 .425 26.3 12.5 7.7 .223 .456 .386 40.0
2021 Cutter -7.8 -1 19 5.0 7 .000 .000 .100 45.5 57.1 80.0 .017 .018 .116 50.0
2021 Splitter -2.7 0 11 2.9 1 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .034 .083 .044 0.0
2020 4-Seamer -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 -1.3 -1 55 15.5 13 .182 .182 .315 31.3 23.1 18.8 .177 .221 .255 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 -6.2 -2 27 7.6 7 .000 .000 .000 7.7 0.0 0.0 .312 .767 .439 85.7
2020 Cutter -10.8 -2 16 4.5 6 .167 .167 .150 22.2 50.0 75.0 .202 .212 .186 0.0
2020 Splitter -1.6 0 4 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .673 1.171 .774 100.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.0 0 447 39.3 94 .272 .519 .387 30.7 27.7 18.6 .250 .425 .326 47.5
2019 Sinker 0.9 2 225 19.8 54 .240 .580 .377 22.2 16.7 16.7 .259 .574 .363 52.4
2019 Slider -3.5 -5 150 13.2 42 .179 .333 .251 31.8 31.0 20.6 .234 .331 .275 23.1
2019 Changeup 0.0 0 147 12.9 48 .277 .574 .364 24.7 20.8 20.0 .294 .564 .363 48.6
2019 Curveball 3.1 3 86 7.6 26 .385 .538 .400 20.4 19.2 16.7 .355 .503 .366 42.9
2019 Cutter -3.5 -2 62 5.5 23 .227 .364 .304 20.9 13.0 13.0 .232 .393 .316 36.8
2019 Splitter 2.2 0 17 1.5 5 .400 .600 .430 10.0 20.0 20.0 .542 .765 .548 75.0
2018 4-Seamer 0.0 0 407 38.5 66 .246 .491 .353 26.0 30.3 15.0 .201 .441 .333 50.0
2018 Sinker 0.5 1 178 16.9 39 .286 .629 .414 15.6 10.3 10.3 .355 .644 .454 54.8
2018 Slider 3.1 5 152 14.4 48 .234 .383 .326 22.8 22.9 16.9 .218 .331 .263 27.8
2018 Changeup 1.0 1 126 11.9 36 .286 .371 .343 13.5 5.6 4.3 .301 .380 .309 27.3
2018 Curveball -1.1 -1 101 9.6 26 .167 .167 .192 18.4 23.1 18.8 .130 .162 .172 27.8
2018 Cutter 1.0 1 68 6.4 28 .240 .360 .305 30.2 25.0 38.9 .190 .261 .252 27.8
2018 Splitter 0.3 0 23 2.2 7 .286 .286 .257 18.2 28.6 22.2 .250 .289 .242 20.0
2017 4-Seamer -1.8 -8 429 39.1 96 .180 .371 .266 29.3 31.3 21.0 .181 .354 .258 47.5
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 187 17.0 45 .279 .465 .340 17.3 8.9 8.3 .229 .348 .257 42.5
2017 Changeup -1.4 -2 143 13.0 47 .209 .372 .285 20.2 8.5 8.7 .198 .351 .271 25.6
2017 Slider -3.0 -4 142 12.9 37 .171 .200 .193 23.5 24.3 15.3 .288 .465 .339 26.9
2017 Curveball -2.2 -2 112 10.2 31 .250 .321 .277 10.7 9.7 8.8 .245 .400 .285 29.6
2017 Cutter 0.1 0 47 4.3 12 .182 .455 .300 16.0 8.3 7.1 .338 .799 .487 40.0
2017 Splitter 2.7 1 32 2.9 9 .444 .444 .400 47.6 22.2 20.0 .343 .403 .325 57.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

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 5 7 18
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 -2
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 6.4 47.9 21.7 6.4 69.1
2019 1,137 43.3 75.8 78.6 38.4 65.6 41.4 33.7 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 31.7 54.9 23.3 6.1 80.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 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
2015 12 10 22 35 6 49 45 37 95 40 81 18 63 1 16
2017 75 21 8
2018 93 17
2019 96 11
2020 87 5
2021 80 4
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.6 9 8.6 0 5 5 5 55.6
2018 23.4 9 9.6 -1 3 7 4 44.4
2019 24.5 14 13.6 0 5 9 8 57.1
2020 26.2 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
2021 25.5 4 3.7 0 1 2 2 50.0
Player 24.2 37 36.6 0 15 24 19 51.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 9 10 10 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 6 7 6 7 9 10 8 10 8 8 9 7 7 12 9 8 10 8 11 7 10
2018 9 9 11 8 9 9 10 12 11 8 8 8 8 10 10 11 10 11 9 11 11 9 8 11 8 11 10 8 11 7 11
2019 14 16 17 14 13 13 14 16 18 14 13 12 10 12 10 16 13 16 11 13 14 9 11 14 14 16 14 10 17 12 17
2020 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
Player 37 41 42 34 36 36 36 43 44 36 31 32 28 32 34 42 35 43 32 37 40 30 31 41 35 40 39 31 43 31 43
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 80.7 -7.4 89.4 8.7 89.6 0.2 89.8 0.2 91.9 2.1 91.5 -0.4
Launch Angle 9.9 37.6 27.7 10.9 -26.7