Pablo Sandoval
3B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 10" 268LBS | Age: 37
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
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 88.0 114.0 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 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2015 49.3 19.8 21.5 9.5 27.8 40.8 31.0 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 30.5 3.3 37.6 24.5 22.2 4.5 6.6 4.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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 %
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 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 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 -5 148 13.0 43 .175 .325 .245 32.6 30.2 20.6 .229 .324 .270 22.2
2019 Changeup -0.1 0 147 12.9 48 .277 .574 .364 24.7 20.8 20.0 .294 .564 .363 48.6
2019 Curveball 3.1 3 87 7.7 26 .385 .538 .400 20.4 19.2 16.1 .355 .503 .366 42.9
2019 Cutter -3.5 -2 61 5.4 22 .238 .381 .318 19.0 13.6 13.0 .241 .409 .328 38.9
2019 Split-Finger 2.2 0 17 1.5 5 .400 .600 .430 10.0 20.0 20.0 .542 .765 .548 75.0
2019 Sweeper -2.6 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 408 38.6 66 .246 .491 .353 26.0 30.3 15.0 .201 .441 .333 50.0
2018 Sinker 0.5 1 177 16.8 39 .286 .629 .414 15.6 10.3 10.3 .355 .644 .454 54.8
2018 Slider 3.2 5 150 14.2 48 .234 .383 .326 22.8 22.9 16.9 .218 .331 .263 27.8
2018 Changeup 1.1 1 125 11.8 35 .294 .382 .343 13.7 5.7 4.4 .301 .380 .309 28.1
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 Split-Finger -0.3 0 24 2.3 8 .250 .250 .257 16.7 25.0 20.0 .250 .289 .242 16.7
2018 Sweeper -4.4 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -8 428 39.0 96 .180 .371 .266 29.4 31.3 21.0 .181 .354 .258 47.5
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 188 17.1 45 .279 .465 .340 17.1 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 -4 129 11.8 35 .176 .206 .184 23.8 22.9 15.1 .296 .479 .338 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 Split-Finger 2.7 1 32 2.9 9 .444 .444 .400 47.6 22.2 20.0 .343 .403 .325 57.1
2017 Sweeper -2.1 0 7 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Slurve -4.3 0 6 0.5 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 25.0 -- -- .350 --
! 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 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 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 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
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

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 23.6 9 9.4 0 5 6 5 55.6
2018 23.4 9 9.7 -1 3 6 5 55.6
2019 24.5 14 12.9 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 36.9 0 13 23 19 51.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 9 11 10 8 12 8 11 8 7 6 9 13 10 9 9 9 7 7 12 10 9 11 11 10 8 8 10 11 11 10 8
2018 9 12 9 9 10 10 11 8 10 8 10 11 8 8 9 9 9 8 11 11 10 11 11 11 7 8 10 11 12 11 9
2019 14 15 11 12 15 13 15 12 12 9 10 14 15 12 13 13 10 10 14 16 13 16 15 14 11 10 12 15 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 43 36 33 42 36 42 33 32 27 34 42 39 33 36 37 31 30 41 42 37 42 43 40 31 31 36 43 45 39 31
! 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 +/-  
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
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 14 6.5 .299 .276
2017 Shifts R 63 0 0.0 .170
2018 Shifts L 191 11 5.8 .349 .327
2018 Shifts R 59 0 0.0 .198
2019 Shifts L 242 33 13.6 .334 .274
2019 Shifts R 52 1 1.9 .394 .000
2020 Shifts L 80 14 17.5 .222 .252
2020 Shifts R 14 1 7.1 .367 .699
2021 Shifts L 76 24 31.6 .307 .281
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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Statcast Rankings