Paul Goldschmidt
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 8, #246, Arizona Diamondbacks | Texas State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 651 561 106 178 35 7 .317 .404 .578 .982
2023 687 593 89 159 25 11 .268 .363 .447 .810
2024 654 599 70 147 22 11 .245 .302 .414 .716
14 Seasons 8,292 7,119 1,204 2,056 362 169 .289 .381 .510 .891
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .317 35 7 .982
2023 .268 25 11 .810
2024 .245 22 11 .716
14 Seasons .289 362 169 .891
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 27 2917 423 53 12.5 7.6 92.0 114.0 12.9 39.2 .279 .558 .418 .403 .487 46.3 21.8 17.0
2016 28 3012 437 34 7.8 4.8 91.0 112.0 11.0 33.0 .271 .458 .382 .365 .415 42.6 21.3 15.6
2017 29 2762 415 55 13.3 8.3 91.5 112.4 11.6 32.8 .284 .560 .400 .397 .475 47.5 22.1 14.2
2018 30 2905 420 57 13.6 8.3 90.8 112.9 15.7 37.1 .271 .533 .390 .384 .480 44.0 25.1 13.0
2019 31 2888 434 49 11.3 7.2 90.1 111.5 15.4 36.4 .257 .509 .346 .359 .438 42.4 24.3 11.4
2020 32 978 149 16 10.7 6.9 89.2 111.3 11.7 42.3 .285 .510 .387 .396 .432 40.9 18.6 16.0
2021 33 2751 472 64 13.6 9.4 92.6 112.2 17.1 36.9 .293 .575 .373 .397 .468 50.6 20.0 9.9
2022 34 2701 424 49 11.6 7.5 90.8 112.3 15.7 31.8 .261 .482 .419 .367 .426 47.4 21.7 12.1
2023 35 2847 435 52 12.0 7.6 91.3 111.7 12.8 35.6 .271 .491 .350 .367 .440 50.8 23.4 12.7
2024 36 2719 428 46 10.7 7.0 91.2 111.4 13.1 34.3 .255 .450 .310 .329 .423 49.6 26.5 7.2
Player 26480 4037 475 11.8 7.5 91.2 114.0 13.9 35.5 .272 .513 .377 .375 .449 46.6 22.7 12.7
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 42.3 19.4 32.9 5.4 28.8 40.9 30.3 1.9 30.3 21.3 23.2 8.7 12.5 7.6
2016 47.4 19.0 28.1 5.5 38.2 35.0 26.5 1.8 33.4 20.1 27.9 7.6 7.8 4.8
2017 45.5 25.5 24.8 4.1 35.7 40.5 23.9 3.1 30.4 18.3 26.5 8.4 13.3 8.3
2018 38.8 22.9 29.5 8.8 34.0 37.9 27.6 2.6 28.6 23.6 22.4 9.3 13.6 8.3
2019 38.5 29.7 24.4 7.4 37.8 37.6 24.7 3.5 26.0 24.9 24.2 9.0 11.3 7.2
2020 34.9 24.8 34.2 6.0 33.6 34.9 31.5 3.4 30.9 22.1 25.5 7.4 10.7 6.9
2021 37.3 31.1 24.6 7.0 37.1 38.6 24.4 1.7 24.6 25.4 26.3 8.3 13.6 9.4
2022 40.8 28.8 22.9 7.5 36.3 36.3 27.4 3.3 26.9 24.1 23.8 9.9 11.6 7.5
2023 41.4 26.9 25.7 6.0 31.5 36.1 32.4 3.7 28.7 22.1 25.1 8.5 12.0 7.6
2024 43.7 26.9 23.8 5.6 39.0 34.6 26.4 2.3 29.0 22.0 26.6 8.9 10.7 7.0
Player 41.4 25.6 26.6 6.4 35.3 37.4 27.2 2.7 28.7 22.4 25.1 8.7 11.8 7.5
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -3 858 31.6 213 .247 .479 .356 25.8 27.2 19.1 .262 .493 .353 53.3
2024 Slider 0.6 3 461 17.0 98 .297 .407 .334 40.2 33.7 20.8 .255 .412 .315 55.2
2024 Sinker 0.1 0 443 16.3 112 .280 .470 .389 16.5 16.1 16.1 .285 .498 .374 45.1
2024 Sweeper -0.5 -1 237 8.7 58 .182 .309 .250 26.9 29.3 17.7 .221 .426 .297 42.1
2024 Changeup -1.2 -3 236 8.7 59 .179 .286 .240 26.9 25.4 15.0 .215 .362 .269 41.5
2024 Cutter -2.4 -5 206 7.6 43 .225 .375 .288 29.1 25.6 22.4 .248 .447 .324 44.8
2024 Curveball 0.6 1 179 6.6 37 .313 .563 .396 20.4 21.6 14.5 .290 .538 .385 60.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.9 -1 83 3.1 27 .154 .154 .226 43.8 48.1 32.5 .214 .245 .218 61.5
2024 Knuckleball 7.2 1 7 0.3 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .490 .630 .489 50.0
2024 Slurve -2.2 0 6 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .049 .068 .054 0.0
2024 Screwball -14.2 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .006 .009 .005 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -3 928 32.6 227 .240 .448 .355 25.3 24.7 18.4 .271 .523 .390 57.7
2023 Slider 0.5 3 565 19.8 116 .226 .425 .319 35.5 30.2 17.2 .217 .438 .317 36.6
2023 Sinker -0.8 -4 508 17.8 133 .310 .434 .370 18.5 18.8 19.5 .311 .514 .395 54.4
2023 Cutter 1.0 2 238 8.4 45 .316 .500 .424 36.5 13.3 12.8 .264 .409 .351 37.5
2023 Curveball 0.5 1 208 7.3 60 .259 .389 .322 31.7 25.0 22.4 .272 .486 .358 61.5
2023 Changeup 4.8 9 181 6.4 47 .372 .674 .485 27.3 21.3 19.2 .316 .588 .406 48.5
2023 Sweeper 1.4 2 162 5.7 40 .250 .361 .309 24.2 25.0 16.7 .227 .391 .305 38.5
2023 Split-Finger 0.6 0 41 1.4 10 .250 .250 .320 35.7 30.0 13.0 .344 .476 .421 60.0
2023 Slurve 4.5 1 13 0.5 3 .333 .333 .300 60.0 33.3 50.0 .312 .345 .287 100.0
2023 Knuckleball 3.8 0 3 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 196 858 0 -2 7 3 8
2012 583 2,336 10 -3 15 9 31
2013 690 2,862 7 17 24 12 60
2014 457 1,915 10 -2 18 8 34
2015 665 2,818 9 6 20 15 50
2016 689 2,963 8 -16 24 15 30
2017 665 2,813 31 -15 18 15 49
2018 679 2,902 2 4 21 14 43
2019 708 2,993 4 -14 19 16 25
2020 245 1,029 -4 -1 8 5 8
2021 682 2,778 2 -10 26 14 31
2022 658 2,742 8 11 26 17 61
2023 681 2,847 -14 -10 25 10 11
2024 651 2,717 -18 -13 14 10 -8
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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 2,917 45.8 59.2 79.2 20.3 63.9 40.3 24.4 38.1 25.2 7.1 71.5
2016 3,012 45.6 59.5 81.5 20.8 66.5 42.4 22.3 38.4 22.9 7.1 74.0
2017 2,762 45.9 62.1 78.6 23.0 61.7 41.9 25.1 40.9 26.5 7.1 73.8
2018 2,905 45.7 61.9 79.3 26.0 61.7 42.3 26.5 42.4 26.4 6.7 68.2
2019 2,888 47.5 66.6 77.7 28.4 65.0 42.5 30.7 46.5 26.3 7.0 70.2
2020 978 46.8 61.1 80.4 22.5 66.7 42.6 22.9 40.6 23.7 6.7 78.8
2021 2,751 48.4 64.4 78.8 25.2 66.5 40.3 21.4 44.2 24.9 7.3 72.8
2022 2,701 47.9 59.8 78.4 25.1 61.5 43.2 22.8 41.7 26.8 6.7 66.5
2023 2,847 49.4 61.8 76.8 26.5 62.8 41.2 23.8 44.0 27.5 7.6 72.4
2024 2,719 51.0 65.1 77.9 29.5 60.3 43.8 30.0 47.7 27.4 8.9 71.5
Player 26,480 47.4 62.2 78.7 24.8 63.4 42.0 25.1 42.5 25.9 7.3 71.5
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 97 84 98 98 98 97 96 96 95 94 29 99 26 96 65
2016 88 73 67 61 97 71 61 84 85 81 38 98 50 95 61 65
2017 96 87 97 95 96 97 93 98 88 96 37 95 31 81 47 90
2018 95 79 95 96 92 97 93 83 89 83 21 88 35 62 50 16
2019 79 49 83 86 71 89 79 67 81 70 33 81 38 50 44 92
2020 93 85 85 77 96 78 71 57 82 60 71 94 62 78 36 92
2021 95 93 95 93 88 97 85 93 84 91 60 65 46 66 34 94 1
2022 95 73 91 90 91 90 82 82 84 86 45 92 37 72 27 10 1
2023 91 77 86 82 88 89 78 81 75 93 37 89 38 64 27 82 2
2024 65 62 76 76 42 84 73 82 76 92 21 38 34 43 23 49 1 60 50 8
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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 %
2016 21.4 24 22.3 2 3 15 10 41.7
2017 22.4 38 39.3 -1 12 22 23 60.5
2018 22.6 33 29.3 4 15 22 14 42.4
2019 22.8 36 38.5 -3 15 25 19 52.8
2020 23.1 8 10.9 -3 10 8 4 50.0
2021 22.8 31 35.6 -5 11 27 16 51.6
2022 23.2 35 33.9 1 10 22 15 42.9
2023 22.8 25 25.0 0 13 19 11 44.0
2024 24.0 22 22.7 -1 12 18 8 36.4
Player 22.8 252 257.6 -6 101 178 120 47.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 24 23 18 24 20 20 25 22 15 21 23 24 22 21 25 24 17 22 23 24 22 20 27 26 23 22 23 26 22 24 20
2017 38 37 37 41 40 39 45 38 36 35 38 47 36 35 40 42 35 38 42 37 40 35 50 44 35 36 37 52 42 39 30
2018 33 38 23 31 30 25 32 28 23 21 26 34 35 24 28 33 29 25 30 34 32 30 38 34 25 22 29 32 36 29 23
2019 36 43 35 43 40 38 42 36 35 29 36 45 43 39 38 37 35 34 38 44 41 38 50 41 33 32 32 43 44 39 33
2020 8 11 12 16 12 11 13 12 11 7 9 13 9 9 11 11 11 10 10 13 10 11 16 10 9 7 11 12 11 12 8
2021 31 42 35 34 38 35 40 38 23 24 31 39 38 31 37 40 34 33 37 40 36 35 44 40 33 27 40 39 38 32 34
2022 35 29 32 33 33 33 37 30 26 29 31 37 36 36 32 38 31 33 38 34 37 40 39 39 26 33 37 36 40 33 30
2023 25 19 22 24 28 22 31 23 25 20 21 27 26 25 28 26 28 23 27 29 24 27 35 30 20 21 26 22 26 25 21
2024 22 20 23 25 20 23 25 25 17 16 22 27 26 20 22 21 20 18 24 28 26 20 34 27 20 20 20 24 26 23 20
Player 252 262 237 271 261 246 290 252 211 202 237 293 271 240 261 272 240 236 269 283 268 256 333 291 224 220 255 286 285 256 219
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 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.0 91.0 -1.0 91.5 0.5 90.8 -0.7 90.1 -0.7 89.2 -0.9 92.6 3.4 90.8 -1.8 91.3 0.5 91.2 -0.1
Launch Angle 12.9 11.0 -1.9 11.6 0.6 15.7 4.1 15.4 -0.3 11.7 -3.7 17.1 5.4 15.7 -1.4 12.8 -2.9 13.1 0.3
Barrel % 12.5 7.8 -4.7 13.3 5.5 13.6 0.3 11.3 -2.3 10.7 -0.6 13.6 2.9 11.6 -2.0 12.0 0.4 10.7 -1.3
Hard Hit % 46.3 42.6 -3.7 47.5 4.9 44.0 -3.5 42.4 -1.6 40.9 -1.5 50.6 9.7 47.4 -3.2 50.8 3.4 49.6 -1.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 39.2 33.0 -6.2 32.8 -0.2 37.1 4.3 36.4 -0.7 42.3 5.9 36.9 -5.4 31.8 -5.1 35.6 3.8 34.3 -1.3
xBA .279 .271 -0.008 .284 0.013 .271 -0.013 .257 -0.014 .285 0.028 .293 0.008 .261 -0.032 .271 0.010 .255 -0.016
BA .321 .297 -0.024 .297 0.000 .290 -0.007 .260 -0.030 .304 0.044 .294 -0.010 .317 0.023 .268 -0.049 .245 -0.023
xwOBA .403 .365 -0.038 .397 0.032 .384 -0.013 .359 -0.025 .396 0.037 .397 0.001 .367 -0.030 .367 0.000 .329 -0.038
wOBA .418 .382 -0.036 .400 0.018 .390 -0.010 .346 -0.044 .387 0.041 .373 -0.014 .419 0.046 .350 -0.069 .310 -0.040
xSLG .558 .458 -0.100 .560 0.102 .533 -0.027 .509 -0.024 .510 0.001 .575 0.065 .482 -0.093 .491 0.009 .450 -0.041
SLG .570 .489 -0.081 .563 0.074 .533 -0.030 .476 -0.057 .466 -0.010 .514 0.048 .578 0.064 .447 -0.131 .414 -0.033
K% 21.8 21.3 -0.5 22.1 0.8 25.1 3.0 24.3 -0.8 18.6 -5.7 20.0 1.4 21.7 1.7 23.4 1.7 26.5 3.1
BB% 17.0 15.6 -1.4 14.2 -1.4 13.0 -1.2 11.4 -1.6 16.0 4.6 9.9 -6.1 12.1 2.2 12.7 0.6 7.2 -5.5
Swing % 38.1 38.4 0.3 40.9 2.5 42.4 1.5 46.5 4.1 40.6 -5.9 44.2 3.6 41.7 -2.5 44.0 2.3 47.7 3.7
Whiff% 25.2 22.9 -2.3 26.5 3.6 26.4 -0.1 26.3 -0.1 23.7 -2.6 24.9 1.2 26.8 1.9 27.5 0.7 27.4 -0.1
In Zone % 45.8 45.6 -0.2 45.9 0.3 45.7 -0.2 47.5 1.8 46.8 -0.7 48.4 1.6 47.9 -0.5 49.4 1.5 51.0 1.6
Out of Zone % 54.2 54.4 0.2 54.1 -0.3 54.3 0.2 52.5 -1.8 53.2 0.7 51.6 -1.6 52.1 0.5 50.6 -1.5 49.0 -1.6
Out of Zone Swing % 20.3 20.8 0.5 23.0 2.2 26.0 3.0 28.4 2.4 22.5 -5.9 25.2 2.7 25.1 -0.1 26.5 1.4 29.5 3.0
First Pitch Swing % 24.4 22.3 -2.1 25.1 2.8 26.5 1.4 30.7 4.2 22.9 -7.8 21.4 -1.5 22.8 1.4 23.8 1.0 30.0 6.2
First Pitch Strike % 54.3 57.0 2.7 59.7 2.7 59.7 0.0 64.9 5.2 55.8 -9.1 57.3 1.5 60.0 2.7 61.3 1.3 64.0 2.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 668 17 2.5 .380 .520
2017 Shifts R 638 14 2.2 .400 .479
2018 Shifts R 679 84 12.4 .387 .409
2019 Shifts R 670 96 14.3 .323 .481
2020 Shifts R 231 55 23.8 .399 .348
2021 Shifts R 669 56 8.4 .369 .472
2022 Shifts R 646 55 8.5 .420 .388
2023 Shades R 672 21 3.1 .341 .674
2024 Shades R 646 6 0.9 .310 .324
! 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 %
2011 225 15.8 41.3% 1.8% 162 23.2 0.6% 10.5%
2012 674 15.8 38.3% 1.0% 416 22.7 1.0% 9.6%
2013 895 16.9 28.5% 1.1% 517 23.7 1.0% 11.4%
2014 641 16.5 33.2% 2.7% 343 24.4 2.0% 13.7%
2015 877 17.9 27.7% 6.0% 536 25.0 4.1% 25.4%
2016 925 17.5 31.6% 4.8% 572 25.0 5.6% 22.2%
2017 793 17.2 24.6% 1.8% 568 24.7 0.2% 17.4%
2018 888 16.9 28.3% 1.9% 532 23.5 0.6% 9.8%
2019 846 16.7 30.1% 1.9% 432 23.4 1.4% 12.7%
2020 304 16.7 32.6% 1.6% 181 22.4 2.8% 7.2%
2021 836 16.7 30.3% 1.7% 480 23.5 0.4% 9.4%
2022 818 17.2 27.5% 1.1% 522 22.8 0.6% 8.0%
2023 844 15.1 48.7% 0.5% 501 19.2 4.6% 0.8%
2024 716 15.4 43.3% 0.1% 477 19.2 4.2% 0.2%
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Statcast Rankings