Paul DeJong
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 4, #131, St. Louis Cardinals | Illinois State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 237 210 19 33 6 3 .157 .245 .286 .531
2023 400 372 41 77 14 4 .207 .258 .355 .613
2024 482 445 54 101 24 2 .227 .276 .427 .703
8 Seasons 3,292 2,971 395 679 140 25 .229 .295 .419 .714
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .157 6 3 .531
2023 .207 14 4 .613
2024 .227 24 2 .703
8 Seasons .229 140 25 .714
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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%
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
2024 30 1851 294 30 10.2 6.2 87.8 111.5 20.0 36.4 .218 .395 .302 .291 .401 41.5 32.4 4.8
Player 12761 2093 189 9.0 5.7 87.3 111.7 18.6 35.7 .228 .419 .306 .310 .392 37.5 27.5 7.2
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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2017 33.0 67.0 26.2 30.3 10.5 42.9 37.1 20.1 17.3 12.6 3.1 25.5 24.5 17.0
2018 32.1 67.9 28.6 28.3 11.0 42.5 30.2 27.4 18.6 9.4 4.1 23.9 20.8 23.3
2019 37.7 62.3 28.0 22.0 12.3 45.2 35.2 19.5 18.4 13.9 5.5 26.8 21.4 14.1
2020 28.3 71.7 31.1 30.2 10.4 42.5 33.0 24.5 15.1 12.3 0.9 27.4 20.8 23.6
2021 38.4 61.6 34.5 19.6 7.5 41.6 35.7 22.7 19.2 12.9 6.3 22.4 22.7 16.5
2022 32.3 67.7 34.6 21.8 11.3 45.1 24.8 30.1 20.3 8.3 3.8 24.8 16.5 26.3
2023 39.9 60.1 28.1 21.7 10.3 43.9 26.1 30.0 20.6 12.3 7.1 23.3 13.8 22.9
2024 32.0 68.0 33.3 24.5 10.2 42.9 34.4 22.8 16.7 10.9 4.4 26.2 23.5 18.4
Player 34.9 65.1 30.0 24.6 10.6 43.4 32.8 23.8 18.3 11.8 4.7 25.0 20.9 19.1
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 6.8 22.1 27.2 22.8 8.8 9.2 6.1
2018 2.8 25.2 30.8 22.3 9.7 9.1 5.9
2019 4.8 26.8 32.3 20.9 4.5 8.6 5.7
2020 0.9 21.7 38.7 23.6 7.5 7.5 4.6
2021 6.7 28.6 31.0 16.1 7.1 10.6 6.7
2022 5.3 20.3 39.1 20.3 5.3 9.8 5.5
2023 7.5 24.1 29.6 26.5 5.5 6.7 4.3
2024 6.1 20.7 30.6 23.8 8.5 10.2 6.2
Player 5.4 24.3 31.4 22.0 7.1 9.0 5.7
MLB 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -5 614 33.2 153 .199 .419 .305 40.1 39.2 28.3 .178 .397 .286 53.8
2024 Slider -1.1 -4 320 17.3 83 .218 .308 .267 35.4 31.3 23.4 .223 .289 .253 30.8
2024 Sinker 0.7 2 309 16.7 84 .303 .513 .382 18.5 13.1 14.5 .288 .496 .370 35.4
2024 Changeup -2.3 -4 190 10.3 47 .178 .244 .191 50.9 40.4 26.8 .216 .325 .239 44.4
2024 Cutter 2.3 3 142 7.7 36 .343 .771 .451 26.2 25.0 26.5 .255 .513 .337 44.4
2024 Curveball 1.0 1 129 7.0 34 .219 .406 .269 37.9 44.1 25.4 .206 .321 .241 50.0
2024 Sweeper -1.7 -2 113 6.1 33 .129 .323 .218 25.0 27.3 18.0 .180 .363 .260 27.3
2024 Split-Finger 4.1 1 26 1.4 9 .111 .444 .422 57.9 66.7 50.0 .126 .392 .217 33.3
2024 Slurve 15.8 1 8 0.4 3 .667 1.667 .967 40.0 33.3 33.3 .538 1.359 .796 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 475 33.4 132 .208 .375 .284 33.7 34.8 33.3 .206 .377 .283 32.0
2023 Slider -2.0 -6 286 20.1 76 .183 .268 .228 45.1 35.5 33.3 .212 .324 .260 27.3
2023 Sinker 0.2 0 186 13.1 54 .314 .471 .363 11.1 5.6 10.0 .314 .466 .364 32.7
2023 Changeup -4.1 -5 121 8.5 39 .184 .184 .179 34.2 25.6 22.7 .199 .258 .210 21.4
2023 Cutter 3.3 4 113 7.9 29 .360 .760 .502 39.3 20.7 26.1 .266 .525 .381 36.8
2023 Curveball -2.1 -2 107 7.5 26 .083 .250 .179 38.5 42.3 31.4 .184 .393 .275 46.2
2023 Sweeper 0.9 1 93 6.5 30 .172 .414 .258 46.3 33.3 32.3 .205 .296 .230 52.6
2023 Split-Finger -8.6 -2 28 2.0 10 .000 .000 .000 47.1 60.0 46.2 .112 .120 .104 50.0
2023 Slurve -8.0 -1 11 0.8 3 .000 .000 .000 60.0 66.7 50.0 .021 .023 .020 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 435 1,734 20 -15 5 7 17
2018 487 1,906 6 -21 12 8 5
2019 653 2,541 3 -32 18 11 0
2020 174 682 -5 -9 4 4 -5
2021 402 1,578 -3 -25 11 9 -8
2022 237 977 -5 -22 6 4 -16
2023 400 1,424 6 -30 4 6 -14
2024 482 1,851 14 -31 6 7 -6
Player 3,270 12,693 36 -185 66 36 -26
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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
2024 1,851 51.2 80.6 73.7 34.3 43.9 42.5 37.8 58.0 34.9 7.4 88.3
Player 12,761 49.9 72.0 79.4 29.4 47.8 42.4 27.1 50.7 29.7 7.8 81.1
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
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 40 65 79 5
2019 50 20 51 65 45 76 58 14 82 23 41 57 55 52 67 92
2020 34 34 43 47 35 35 47 57 28 57 17 59 16 65 42 5 29
2021 30 4 42 69 14 44 70 8 65 25 22 47 27 51 62 87 32
2022 66 60 87 23
2023 6 9 14 29 2 19 32 2 32 15 11 10 5 11 37 94 22
2024 18 9 48 65 5 56 69 23 77 59 3 8 3 14 33 84 27 54 2 86
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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 21.5 25 20.5 5 12 18 7 28.0
2018 23.2 19 21.9 -3 8 18 8 42.1
2019 22.8 30 28.1 2 14 13 17 56.7
2020 22.6 3 4.0 -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 12.7 1 8 9 5 35.7
2024 22.6 24 20.3 4 11 13 9 37.5
Player 22.7 140 134.9 5 68 93 61 43.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 25 23 16 17 23 19 25 21 15 15 20 21 21 19 21 22 17 17 22 20 21 21 26 23 20 19 17 30 27 23 13
2018 19 28 18 21 22 17 25 20 20 14 19 27 21 18 21 24 16 20 29 29 23 24 29 27 14 17 21 23 27 22 20
2019 30 31 28 24 30 31 31 26 23 24 27 32 29 27 28 27 25 24 26 30 27 31 36 29 26 26 26 34 31 29 25
2020 3 5 8 5 4 3 6 1 4 2 3 7 3 2 3 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 21 20 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 9 13 11 13 13 13 11 12 11 13 14 12 11 14 14 13 11 13 15 11 13 17 15 11 13 13 15 12 13 11
2024 24 17 21 23 17 21 22 21 15 18 20 26 20 17 21 18 18 18 22 23 21 21 27 25 18 19 19 21 20 21 18
Player 140 139 134 125 136 130 153 127 112 106 127 159 133 118 134 136 118 120 144 148 135 146 174 152 114 121 130 165 153 138 119
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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.6 89.3 2.7 ↑ 87.0 -2.3 ↓ 89.2 2.2 ↑ 86.3 -2.9 ↓ 87.6 1.3 ↑ 85.5 -2.1 ↓ 87.8 2.3 ↑
Launch Angle 18.1 19.1 1.0 ↑ 18.3 -0.8 ↓ 21.7 3.4 ↑ 16.4 -5.3 ↓ 21.7 5.3 ↑ 16.8 -4.9 ↓ 20.0 3.2 ↑
Barrel % 9.2 9.1 -0.1 ↓ 8.6 -0.5 ↓ 7.5 -1.1 ↓ 10.6 3.1 ↑ 9.8 -0.8 ↓ 6.7 -3.1 ↓ 10.2 3.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 40.1 40.3 0.2 ↑ 33.9 -6.4 ↓ 40.6 6.7 ↑ 35.3 -5.3 ↓ 37.6 2.3 ↑ 33.2 -4.4 ↓ 41.5 8.3 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 42.2 37.7 -4.5 ↓ 33.0 -4.7 ↓ 41.5 8.5 ↑ 33.3 -8.2 ↓ 25.6 -7.7 ↓ 34.8 9.2 ↑ 36.4 1.6 ↑
xBA .264 .234 -0.030 ↓ .237 0.003 ↑ .238 0.001 ↑ .211 -0.027 ↓ .182 -0.029 ↓ .219 0.037 ↑ .218 -0.001 ↓
BA .285 .241 -0.044 ↓ .233 -0.008 ↓ .250 0.017 ↑ .197 -0.053 ↓ .157 -0.040 ↓ .207 0.050 ↑ .227 0.020 ↑
xwOBA .335 .326 -0.009 ↓ .331 0.005 ↑ .315 -0.016 ↓ .312 -0.003 ↓ .267 -0.045 ↓ .278 0.011 ↑ .291 0.013 ↑
wOBA .359 .321 -0.038 ↓ .322 0.001 ↑ .296 -0.026 ↓ .293 -0.003 ↓ .241 -0.052 ↓ .266 0.025 ↑ .302 0.036 ↑
xSLG .487 .444 -0.043 ↓ .446 0.002 ↑ .406 -0.040 ↓ .416 0.010 ↑ .327 -0.089 ↓ .361 0.034 ↑ .395 0.034 ↑
SLG .532 .433 -0.099 ↓ .444 0.011 ↑ .349 -0.095 ↓ .390 0.041 ↑ .286 -0.104 ↓ .355 0.069 ↑ .427 0.072 ↑
K% 28.0 25.1 -2.9 ↓ 22.4 -2.7 ↓ 28.7 6.3 ↑ 25.6 -3.1 ↓ 33.3 7.7 ↑ 30.3 -3.0 ↓ 32.4 2.1 ↑
BB% 4.7 7.3 2.6 ↑ 9.3 2.0 ↑ 9.8 0.5 ↑ 8.7 -1.1 ↓ 8.9 0.2 ↑ 5.3 -3.6 ↓ 4.8 -0.5 ↓
Swing % 51.6 45.9 -5.7 ↓ 48.8 2.9 ↑ 48.5 -0.3 ↓ 50.0 1.5 ↑ 48.8 -1.2 ↓ 53.2 4.4 ↑ 58.0 4.8 ↑
Whiff% 27.9 25.4 -2.5 ↓ 24.2 -1.2 ↓ 32.3 8.1 ↑ 27.9 -4.4 ↓ 35.2 7.3 ↑ 35.4 0.2 ↑ 34.9 -0.5 ↓
In Zone % 51.5 51.0 -0.5 ↓ 49.9 -1.1 ↓ 47.4 -2.5 ↓ 47.7 0.3 ↑ 48.9 1.2 ↑ 48.9 0.0 51.2 2.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.5 49.0 0.5 ↑ 50.1 1.1 ↑ 52.6 2.5 ↑ 52.3 -0.3 ↓ 51.1 -1.2 ↓ 51.1 0.0 48.8 -2.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.2 25.4 -4.8 ↓ 28.1 2.7 ↑ 24.5 -3.6 ↓ 27.5 3.0 ↑ 27.9 0.4 ↑ 35.8 7.9 ↑ 34.3 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.0 16.0 -12.0 ↓ 21.7 5.7 ↑ 27.0 5.3 ↑ 24.4 -2.6 ↓ 28.3 3.9 ↑ 37.5 9.2 ↑ 37.8 0.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 61.4 58.5 -2.9 ↓ 61.7 3.2 ↑ 59.8 -1.9 ↓ 55.2 -4.6 ↓ 64.1 8.9 ↑ 68.3 4.2 ↑ 63.3 -5.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 435 15 3.4 .364 .314
2018 Shifts R 488 41 8.4 .321 .318
2019 Shifts R 653 160 24.5 .324 .326
2020 Shifts R 174 100 57.5 .346 .260
2021 Shifts R 399 119 29.8 .306 .255
2022 Shifts R 237 80 33.8 .268 .188
2023 Shades R 392 30 7.7 .270 .221
2024 Shades R 481 48 10.0 .301 .309
! 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 %
2017 431 17.5 9.7% 1.2% 269 22.5 0.0% 8.6%
2018 555 16.8 30.1% 0.5% 339 21.6 1.8% 5.6%
2019 751 17.1 23.3% 0.9% 370 22.3 1.1% 5.1%
2020 208 16.7 32.7% 1.4% 95 21.4 1.1% 7.4%
2021 442 17.2 24.7% 1.8% 218 22.7 0.9% 8.7%
2022 276 17.1 28.6% 1.4% 148 21.5 1.4% 4.7%
2023 411 14.6 54.5% 0.2% 174 18.4 9.2% 0.6%
2024 427 14.7 52.9% 0.0% 244 18.0 7.0% 0.8%
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