Paul DeJong
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 4, #131, St. Louis Cardinals | Illinois State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 402 356 44 70 19 4 .197 .284 .390 .674
2022 237 210 19 33 6 3 .157 .245 .286 .531
2023 400 372 41 77 14 4 .207 .258 .355 .613
7 Seasons 2,810 2,526 341 578 116 23 .229 .299 .417 .716
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .197 19 4 .674
2022 .157 6 3 .531
2023 .207 14 4 .613
7 Seasons .229 116 23 .716
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%
2017 23 1757 294 27 9.2 6.1 86.6 108.6 18.1 42.2 .264 .487 .359 .335 .450 40.1 28.0 4.7
2018 24 1913 318 29 9.1 5.9 89.3 110.4 19.1 37.7 .234 .444 .321 .326 .398 40.3 25.1 7.3
2019 25 2579 440 38 8.6 5.7 87.0 111.7 18.3 33.0 .237 .446 .322 .331 .383 33.9 22.4 9.3
2020 26 682 106 8 7.5 4.6 89.2 105.5 21.7 41.5 .238 .406 .296 .315 .398 40.6 28.7 9.8
2021 27 1578 255 27 10.6 6.7 86.3 109.5 16.4 33.3 .211 .416 .293 .312 .371 35.3 25.6 8.7
2022 28 977 133 13 9.8 5.5 87.6 110.3 21.7 25.6 .182 .327 .241 .267 .345 37.6 33.3 8.9
2023 29 1424 253 17 6.7 4.3 85.5 107.6 16.8 34.8 .219 .361 .266 .278 .368 33.2 30.3 5.3
Player 10910 1799 159 8.8 5.7 87.2 111.7 18.4 35.6 .230 .423 .307 .314 .391 36.8 26.7 7.6
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
2017 33.0 26.2 30.3 10.5 42.9 37.1 20.1 6.8 22.1 27.2 22.8 8.8 9.2 6.1
2018 32.1 28.6 28.3 11.0 42.5 30.2 27.4 2.8 25.2 30.8 22.3 9.7 9.1 5.9
2019 37.7 28.0 22.0 12.3 45.2 35.2 19.5 4.8 26.8 32.3 20.9 4.5 8.6 5.7
2020 28.3 31.1 30.2 10.4 42.5 33.0 24.5 0.9 21.7 38.7 23.6 7.5 7.5 4.6
2021 38.4 34.5 19.6 7.5 41.6 35.7 22.7 6.7 28.6 31.0 16.1 7.1 10.6 6.7
2022 32.3 34.6 21.8 11.3 45.1 24.8 30.1 5.3 20.3 39.1 20.3 5.3 9.8 5.5
2023 39.9 28.1 21.7 10.3 43.9 26.1 30.0 7.5 24.1 29.6 26.5 5.5 6.7 4.3
Player 35.4 29.4 24.6 10.6 43.5 32.5 24.0 5.2 24.8 31.5 21.7 6.9 8.8 5.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -1.3 -6 475 33.4 131 .202 .395 .287 33.5 34.4 32.8 .204 .387 .286 30.7
2023 Slider -1.4 -4 312 21.9 83 .192 .308 .244 42.9 32.5 31.0 .217 .337 .264 31.4
2023 Sinker -0.4 -1 188 13.2 55 .327 .423 .353 12.0 7.3 12.5 .316 .440 .355 34.7
2023 Changeup -5.0 -6 122 8.6 40 .179 .179 .175 35.1 27.5 24.4 .194 .252 .205 21.4
2023 Curveball -2.9 -3 110 7.7 28 .077 .231 .166 41.8 46.4 34.2 .170 .363 .255 46.2
2023 Cutter 3.4 4 103 7.2 27 .391 .826 .539 44.9 22.2 31.6 .280 .561 .402 41.2
2023 Sweeper -0.7 -1 72 5.1 23 .136 .318 .211 45.0 34.8 32.0 .194 .252 .214 42.9
2023 Splitter -8.8 -2 23 1.6 9 .000 .000 .000 40.0 55.6 50.0 .125 .133 .115 50.0
2023 Slurve -12.4 -1 11 0.8 3 .000 .000 .000 60.0 66.7 50.0 .021 .023 .020 0.0
2023 Forkball 1.0 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer -0.7 -2 308 31.5 77 .148 .328 .294 40.7 35.1 26.2 .159 .349 .308 37.1
2022 Slider -0.6 -1 212 21.7 43 .184 .316 .253 44.0 44.2 26.8 .132 .248 .210 30.0
2022 Sinker -0.6 -1 182 18.6 56 .196 .373 .281 20.0 14.3 17.0 .265 .436 .336 53.5
2022 Curveball -3.2 -4 115 11.8 25 .042 .042 .064 41.4 52.0 28.9 .086 .105 .109 18.2
2022 Changeup -3.1 -2 75 7.7 17 .176 .235 .179 28.9 23.5 16.0 .228 .337 .248 23.1
2022 Cutter -1.3 -1 39 4.0 8 .375 .500 .381 15.0 12.5 10.0 .353 .636 .424 28.6
2022 Sweeper -9.1 -2 22 2.3 8 .000 .000 .000 42.9 62.5 71.4 .134 .307 .187 33.3
2022 Splitter -3.0 -1 17 1.7 3 .000 .000 .000 44.4 66.7 20.0 .003 .005 .003 0.0
2022 Slurve -1.8 0 7 0.7 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seamer -0.5 -3 531 33.7 119 .231 .471 .340 30.5 30.3 22.4 .212 .444 .326 46.4
2021 Slider -2.5 -8 306 19.4 77 .100 .243 .184 30.5 24.7 17.9 .156 .295 .231 34.6
2021 Sinker 0.3 1 264 16.7 80 .310 .549 .403 17.7 21.3 27.0 .290 .570 .400 33.3
2021 Changeup -2.6 -4 165 10.5 53 .128 .255 .223 26.5 20.8 15.3 .220 .399 .314 30.6
2021 Curveball 1.0 2 165 10.5 40 .167 .278 .264 36.4 35.0 24.6 .139 .192 .198 27.3
2021 Cutter 2.3 2 82 5.2 13 .250 .500 .346 20.6 7.7 3.3 .290 .639 .411 18.2
2021 Sweeper -2.1 -1 28 1.8 9 .125 .250 .217 30.8 22.2 28.6 .202 .495 .335 16.7
2021 Splitter 4.7 1 27 1.7 8 .000 .000 .375 37.5 37.5 25.0 .029 .032 .280 0.0
2021 Slurve 15.9 1 9 0.6 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .588 1.699 .933 100.0
2020 4-Seamer -0.8 -2 240 35.2 65 .259 .315 .318 27.7 27.7 26.5 .198 .354 .302 40.5
2020 Slider 0.1 0 161 23.6 37 .206 .294 .218 41.9 37.8 24.1 .208 .329 .237 36.4
2020 Sinker 3.7 4 96 14.1 28 .400 .640 .448 14.3 10.7 16.7 .359 .592 .422 52.2
2020 Curveball 2.3 2 65 9.5 12 .300 .600 .433 29.2 16.7 15.4 .373 .499 .432 37.5
2020 Changeup -5.6 -4 65 9.5 18 .059 .059 .089 55.6 50.0 36.0 .144 .403 .252 37.5
2020 Cutter -1.8 -1 47 6.9 10 .250 .250 .320 21.1 20.0 12.5 .295 .441 .391 33.3
2020 Splitter 8.8 0 5 0.7 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 50.0 25.0 .450 .522 .433 0.0
2020 Slurve -3.3 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Sweeper -14.8 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .060 .172 .093 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.4 3 885 34.3 211 .228 .522 .371 22.7 25.6 23.0 .241 .555 .374 43.0
2019 Slider -1.1 -6 538 20.9 142 .203 .406 .286 34.6 26.1 21.6 .205 .375 .270 29.9
2019 Sinker -0.9 -4 443 17.2 121 .310 .440 .381 13.5 8.3 11.0 .306 .467 .386 36.6
2019 Changeup -0.9 -2 245 9.5 71 .136 .242 .237 27.6 26.8 21.3 .171 .303 .234 21.3
2019 Curveball 0.2 0 235 9.1 56 .229 .458 .347 25.2 30.4 23.0 .216 .433 .329 32.3
2019 Cutter 2.1 3 163 6.3 40 .412 .706 .510 25.0 15.0 14.3 .342 .492 .406 28.6
2019 Splitter -6.4 -1 18 0.7 10 .200 .300 .215 38.5 40.0 36.4 .166 .223 .166 0.0
2019 Sweeper 1.9 0 13 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 100.0 12.5 -- -- .000 --
2019 Forkball -22.8 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .013 .016 .012 0.0
2018 4-Seamer -0.7 -5 684 35.8 147 .209 .364 .301 26.5 27.2 24.0 .201 .415 .309 47.8
2018 Sinker 0.4 2 432 22.6 116 .265 .471 .359 11.0 17.2 20.2 .284 .519 .385 47.6
2018 Slider 3.4 11 315 16.5 96 .318 .591 .406 29.0 27.1 22.2 .249 .448 .324 29.7
2018 Changeup 2.0 3 160 8.4 39 .206 .353 .326 34.1 25.6 17.5 .134 .232 .209 20.0
2018 Curveball 1.8 3 159 8.3 42 .237 .526 .360 25.8 28.6 23.5 .262 .559 .370 40.7
2018 Cutter -2.6 -3 117 6.1 35 .152 .242 .200 30.0 25.7 24.3 .236 .427 .307 33.3
2018 Splitter -5.3 -1 27 1.4 11 .182 .182 .164 57.9 45.5 41.7 .254 .418 .280 50.0
2018 Sweeper 1.9 0 8 0.4 1 -- -- .700 50.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2018 Slurve 3.1 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 1.6 9 544 31.0 140 .292 .692 .433 23.6 28.6 22.9 .297 .647 .413 51.1
2017 Sinker 1.7 6 376 21.4 99 .348 .511 .413 16.3 13.1 15.7 .336 .539 .394 41.8
2017 Slider -2.4 -8 320 18.2 83 .225 .400 .285 42.6 42.2 29.7 .202 .334 .242 20.0
2017 Curveball 0.8 2 208 11.8 47 .244 .467 .337 35.1 34.0 23.5 .201 .353 .253 34.5
2017 Changeup 1.0 1 140 8.0 33 .355 .581 .417 24.7 24.2 17.8 .247 .388 .293 39.1
2017 Cutter -2.7 -3 110 6.3 24 .174 .391 .225 35.3 37.5 28.1 .172 .385 .221 40.0
2017 Splitter 0.1 0 22 1.3 6 .167 .167 .150 62.5 50.0 33.3 .109 .158 .116 33.3
2017 Knuckleball 1.3 0 13 0.7 3 .667 .667 .600 16.7 0.0 0.0 .452 .489 .415 33.3
2017 Slurve 1.4 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 435 1,734 13 -16 4 7 8
2018 487 1,906 11 -23 13 8 10
2019 684 2,659 -6 -29 17 11 -8
2020 188 731 -5 -5 4 6 0
2021 403 1,583 -3 -25 9 10 -8
2022 238 980 1 -24 5 4 -14
2023 400 1,424 -2 -28 4 5 -21
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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 %
2017 1,757 51.5 71.3 79.6 30.2 52.0 41.4 28.0 51.6 27.9 8.8 82.4
2018 1,913 51.0 65.6 84.0 25.4 49.4 43.8 16.0 45.9 25.4 7.8 75.0
2019 2,579 49.9 69.4 84.0 28.1 54.3 42.6 21.7 48.8 24.2 7.4 79.9
2020 682 47.4 75.2 79.0 24.5 36.4 37.7 27.0 48.5 32.3 9.4 78.1
2021 1,578 47.7 74.7 81.3 27.5 49.3 42.7 24.4 50.0 27.9 7.9 80.6
2022 977 48.9 70.7 73.4 27.9 43.2 43.0 28.3 48.8 35.2 6.4 82.5
2023 1,424 48.9 71.3 76.1 35.8 42.7 43.0 37.5 53.2 35.4 7.6 82.4
Player 10,910 49.7 70.5 80.6 28.6 48.5 42.4 25.2 49.5 28.6 7.8 80.0
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
2017 58 60 78 76 24 56 73 26 65 75 11 7 23 32 83 1
2018 49 23 64 75 31 61 67 60 76 65 21 35 38 65 80 4
2019 50 20 51 65 45 76 58 14 82 22 41 57 53 52 68 92
2020 34 34 43 47 35 35 47 57 28 57 17 59 16 65 42 5 36
2021 30 4 42 69 13 44 70 8 65 25 22 47 27 51 62 88 31
2022 66 61 87 23
2023 6 9 14 28 2 19 32 2 32 15 11 10 5 11 37 94 22
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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 21.5 25 20.9 4 12 19 7 28.0
2018 23.2 19 22.1 -3 8 18 8 42.1
2019 22.8 30 30.4 0 12 13 19 63.3
2020 22.6 3 4.1 -1 7 4 1 33.3
2021 23.4 19 20.6 -2 5 15 10 52.6
2022 23.2 6 6.9 -1 3 3 4 66.7
2023 22.7 14 14.7 -1 6 9 7 50.0
Player 22.7 116 119.6 -4 53 81 56 48.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 25 25 17 18 23 19 25 23 15 15 21 21 21 19 21 22 17 17 22 20 21 21 26 24 20 19 18 30 27 25 14
2018 19 28 19 21 22 18 26 20 20 14 19 27 21 18 21 24 17 21 29 29 23 24 29 27 14 17 21 23 27 23 20
2019 30 33 31 26 34 33 33 29 25 26 29 36 31 29 31 29 27 27 28 32 29 33 38 32 28 27 29 36 33 31 27
2020 3 5 8 5 4 3 6 1 4 2 3 7 3 2 4 1 5 3 4 5 4 6 6 2 2 3 4 8 5 4 3
2021 19 21 23 18 19 19 23 21 17 15 18 22 21 17 19 23 18 20 22 21 21 23 26 24 18 18 22 25 24 19 22
2022 6 5 7 6 8 7 8 6 6 7 7 10 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 5 6 8 9 7 7 7
2023 14 11 15 14 15 16 15 13 14 13 15 16 14 13 16 16 15 13 15 17 13 15 19 17 13 13 15 17 14 15 13
Player 116 128 120 108 125 115 136 113 101 92 112 139 117 105 119 122 105 108 127 130 118 129 151 133 100 103 117 148 137 124 106
! 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

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