Paul Goldschmidt
1B | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 8, #246, Arizona Diamondbacks | Texas State
Poor Avg Great

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 321 277 56 96 19 65 3 .347 .429 .639 1.068
12 Seasons 6621 5643 995 1668 299 992 143 .296 .391 .527 .918
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .347 19 65 3 1.068
12 Seasons .296 299 992 143 .918

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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 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 .562 .400 .398 .477 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 1296 215 27 12.6 8.5 90.9 112.3 17.0 34.0 .287 .584 .454 .401 .460 47.4 18.9 12.6
Player 19509 2965 355 12 7.6 91.2 114.0 14.1 36.1 .277 .535 .390 .386 .459 45.5 22.0 13.6
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.2 12.1 32.9 .246 .410 .317 .317 .370 35.7 22.0 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, 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 34.3 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 36.3 33.0 23.3 7.4 37.2 38.6 24.2 3.3 25.6 26.0 21.4 11.2 12.6 8.5
Player 40.8 25.3 27.4 6.4 35.4 38.2 26.3 2.5 28.7 22.6 24.9 8.7 12.0 7.6
MLB 45.0 22.9 25.1 7.1 36.7 37.8 25.4 3.8 33.1 24.5 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 %
2022 4-Seamer 2.2 8 377 29.1 104 .311 .544 .420 21.1 17.3 14.6 .266 .537 .376 43.8
2022 Slider 3.8 14 368 28.4 79 .353 .676 .483 31.9 22.8 14.6 .247 .520 .371 46.0
2022 Sinker 2.5 6 233 18.0 56 .442 .750 .523 25.7 14.3 17.8 .361 .702 .461 52.3
2022 Curveball 0.6 1 112 8.6 17 .400 .600 .462 12.0 17.6 11.1 .248 .361 .310 58.3
2022 Changeup 6.5 7 111 8.6 31 .346 .731 .490 28.3 25.8 14.3 .333 .709 .475 50.0
2022 Cutter 1.1 1 73 5.6 23 .158 .474 .335 26.2 21.7 25.0 .246 .613 .411 50.0
2022 Splitter 16.6 4 22 1.7 6 .500 1.250 .717 36.4 0.0 0.0 .508 1.075 .668 25.0
2021 4-Seamer 1.7 15 855 31.1 228 .308 .596 .433 19.7 15.4 14.0 .317 .683 .447 54.5
2021 Slider 0.3 2 676 24.6 149 .218 .368 .316 41.9 32.2 23.6 .226 .432 .333 45.3
2021 Sinker 1.2 6 530 19.3 146 .348 .598 .438 15.0 15.1 14.9 .315 .588 .412 51.8
2021 Curveball 1.4 4 307 11.2 61 .286 .393 .323 16.5 13.1 9.8 .302 .546 .375 44.9
2021 Changeup 1.4 3 221 8.0 55 .321 .528 .375 28.2 23.6 15.7 .343 .598 .409 55.0
2021 Cutter -0.5 -1 135 4.9 32 .231 .462 .347 33.9 28.1 23.7 .247 .483 .359 38.9
2021 Splitter 1.6 0 27 1.0 6 .400 .400 .417 33.3 16.7 12.5 .191 .320 .299 50.0
2020 4-Seamer 1.5 5 304 31.1 74 .349 .651 .465 19.5 17.6 16.0 .345 .746 .489 56.0
2020 Slider -0.7 -2 225 23.0 46 .237 .263 .290 34.4 19.6 12.3 .212 .248 .279 26.7
2020 Sinker 1.5 3 192 19.6 46 .333 .472 .425 14.9 15.2 11.7 .291 .455 .402 41.4
2020 Curveball -0.8 -1 97 9.9 17 .250 .313 .274 20.8 23.5 12.9 .193 .270 .230 16.7
2020 Changeup -2.1 -2 78 8.0 27 .217 .217 .270 31.7 22.2 24.0 .282 .490 .383 41.2
2020 Cutter 5.0 3 67 6.9 17 .417 .833 .576 23.8 17.6 17.6 .304 .650 .488 44.4
2020 Splitter 3.3 0 15 1.5 4 .333 .333 .400 33.3 25.0 20.0 .340 .396 .420 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 1.0 9 936 32.4 211 .247 .567 .390 22.9 22.7 15.6 .262 .630 .409 47.4
2019 Slider 1.6 10 589 20.4 126 .310 .496 .390 38.8 31.7 20.0 .253 .452 .335 41.1
2019 Sinker -0.4 -2 506 17.5 141 .263 .414 .333 18.2 21.3 20.5 .274 .451 .326 44.7
2019 Curveball 2.0 6 295 10.2 54 .279 .488 .403 17.6 18.5 10.1 .268 .526 .405 42.4
2019 Changeup 0.8 2 282 9.8 89 .205 .423 .348 30.6 22.5 16.1 .251 .501 .359 36.2
2019 Cutter 0.4 1 208 7.2 42 .278 .389 .349 32.7 26.2 16.9 .233 .365 .315 28.0
2019 Splitter -5.3 -1 22 0.8 7 .000 .000 .000 30.0 42.9 25.0 .166 .475 .256 25.0
2018 4-Seamer 1.2 11 935 32.2 220 .302 .578 .422 20.5 22.3 16.8 .309 .677 .450 51.7
2018 Slider 0.8 6 660 22.7 140 .266 .444 .361 43.9 37.9 21.5 .213 .389 .307 39.4
2018 Sinker 2.2 13 604 20.8 145 .328 .602 .449 15.4 11.7 11.8 .349 .624 .448 45.0
2018 Curveball 1.7 5 273 9.4 56 .273 .523 .414 31.0 28.6 22.2 .222 .430 .368 42.9
2018 Changeup 2.1 5 249 8.6 67 .233 .450 .384 34.2 35.8 24.5 .183 .358 .279 30.6
2018 Cutter 2.1 3 153 5.3 44 .308 .564 .407 24.7 27.3 26.7 .225 .406 .316 29.6
2018 Splitter -0.3 0 26 0.9 6 .200 .200 .267 28.6 33.3 15.4 .171 .197 .250 33.3
2017 4-Seamer 2.3 20 857 31.0 207 .313 .698 .465 25.3 24.2 19.4 .295 .645 .423 58.6
2017 Sinker 3.1 20 640 23.2 155 .394 .693 .501 17.1 14.8 14.4 .373 .787 .517 52.4
2017 Slider -0.9 -5 547 19.8 115 .190 .320 .269 37.0 33.0 22.2 .180 .286 .259 32.8
2017 Curveball 1.4 3 236 8.5 51 .196 .370 .302 18.6 19.6 12.0 .230 .412 .311 33.3
2017 Changeup 3.2 7 236 8.5 57 .347 .531 .424 34.9 21.1 15.2 .288 .506 .386 43.2
2017 Cutter 1.4 3 184 6.7 49 .279 .442 .376 25.8 16.3 13.8 .321 .493 .390 37.1
2017 Splitter 4.5 1 27 1.0 8 .200 .800 .513 50.0 37.5 33.3 .085 .327 .365 50.0
2017 Knuckleball 0.6 0 23 0.8 5 .250 .250 .320 50.0 40.0 40.0 .066 .078 .189 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 196 858 0 -2 7 3 9
2012 583 2,336 10 -3 15 9 31
2013 690 2,862 7 17 24 12 60
2014 457 1,915 10 -1 18 8 34
2015 665 2,818 9 6 20 15 50
2016 689 2,963 7 -16 24 15 30
2017 665 2,813 31 -15 18 15 49
2018 679 2,902 2 4 21 15 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 316 1,296 9 14 13 6 41
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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 45.9 59.3 79.2 20.2 63.9 40.3 24.4 38.1 25.2 6.9 71.8
2016 3,012 45.6 59.7 81.6 20.7 66.4 42.3 22.3 38.4 22.9 7.1 74.0
2017 2,762 46.0 62.1 78.6 23.0 61.7 42.0 25.1 40.9 26.5 7.1 74.0
2018 2,905 45.6 62.0 79.4 26.0 61.6 42.4 26.5 42.4 26.4 6.6 68.8
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 66.4 40.3 21.4 44.2 24.9 7.4 72.9
2022 1,296 48.2 59.2 82.4 27.4 57.6 41.5 24.4 42.7 25.6 6.8 58.0
Player 19,509 46.6 62.1 79.5 24.0 63.8 41.7 24.9 41.7 25.3 7.0 71.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.3 58.4 42.6 29.3 47.0 24.6 7.2 76.0
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% Speed OAA
2015 97 84 98 98 98 97 96 96 94 29 99 25 65
2016 88 72 67 61 97 71 61 84 81 38 98 49 61
2017 96 86 97 95 96 97 93 98 96 37 94 30 45 89
2018 95 79 95 96 92 97 93 83 83 21 88 35 48 15
2019 79 49 83 86 71 89 80 67 70 33 81 37 44 89
2020 93 86 85 77 96 79 71 57 60 71 94 61 36 86
2021 95 93 95 93 87 97 85 93 91 60 65 45 34 93
2022 92 82 93 95 89 94 85 81 85 65 89 46 32 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 %
2016 21.4 24 21.9 2 3 15 10 41.7
2017 22.4 38 40.6 -3 9 26 22 57.9
2018 22.6 33 31.0 2 15 19 17 51.5
2019 22.8 36 40.0 -4 10 25 21 58.3
2020 23.1 8 11.6 -4 8 10 5 62.5
2021 22.8 31 34.8 -4 9 28 16 51.6
2022 22.9 19 18.7 0 8 14 6 31.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 24 22 23 21 22 23 20 22 22 21 24 22 20 16 23 24 24 22 19 23 25 17 21 22 22 23 25 22 19 22 27
2017 38 38 46 36 41 44 44 38 43 37 44 39 36 37 41 46 38 45 28 41 54 35 38 41 42 40 44 37 37 37 52
2018 33 38 38 28 30 36 27 40 32 27 31 30 23 26 28 32 29 38 25 32 33 31 28 31 33 34 33 24 29 26 38
2019 36 44 46 42 39 37 40 45 43 40 43 41 30 36 37 42 36 44 35 41 41 34 34 42 44 44 42 33 39 34 51
2020 8 11 14 9 13 12 0 12 14 15 16 11 6 12 10 15 13 11 9 12 13 11 11 10 9 15 10 7 11 8 18
2021 31 37 37 29 35 38 35 42 39 33 34 35 23 23 27 41 38 36 35 30 41 33 33 36 35 40 41 27 35 30 45
2022 19 21 24 18 17 19 19 13 19 16 17 19 15 13 18 20 20 22 18 18 22 19 17 19 19 18 22 18 22 17 23
! 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 92 91 -1 ↓ 91.5 0.5 ↑ 90.8 -0.7 ↓ 90.1 -0.7 ↓ 89.2 -0.9 ↓ 92.6 3.4 ↑ 90.9 -1.7 ↓
Launch Angle 12.9 11 -1.9 ↓ 11.6 0.6 ↑ 15.7 4.1 ↑ 15.4 -0.3 ↓ 11.7 -3.7 ↓ 17.1 5.4 ↑ 17 -0.1 ↓
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 ↑ 12.6 -1 ↓
Hard Hit % 46.3 42.6 -3.7 ↓ 47.5 4.9 ↑ 44 -3.5 ↓ 42.4 -1.6 ↓ 40.9 -1.5 ↓ 50.6 9.7 ↑ 47.4 -3.2 ↓
Sweet Spot % 39.2 33 -6.2 ↓ 32.8 -0.2 ↓ 37.1 4.3 ↑ 36.4 -0.7 ↓ 42.3 5.9 ↑ 36.9 -5.4 ↓ 34 -2.9 ↓
xBA .279 .271 -0.008 ↓ .284 0.013 ↑ .271 -0.013 ↓ .257 -0.014 ↓ .285 0.028 ↑ .293 0.008 ↑ .287 -0.006 ↓
BA .321 .297 -0.024 ↓ .297 0 .29 -0.007 ↓ .26 -0.03 ↓ .304 0.044 ↑ .294 -0.01 ↓ .347 0.053 ↑
xwOBA .403 .365 -0.038 ↓ .398 0.033 ↑ .384 -0.014 ↓ .359 -0.025 ↓ .396 0.037 ↑ .397 0.001 ↑ .401 0.004 ↑
wOBA .418 .382 -0.036 ↓ .4 0.018 ↑ .39 -0.01 ↓ .346 -0.044 ↓ .387 0.041 ↑ .373 -0.014 ↓ .454 0.081 ↑
xSLG .558 .458 -0.1 ↓ .562 0.104 ↑ .533 -0.029 ↓ .509 -0.024 ↓ .51 0.001 ↑ .575 0.065 ↑ .584 0.009 ↑
SLG .57 .489 -0.081 ↓ .563 0.074 ↑ .533 -0.03 ↓ .476 -0.057 ↓ .466 -0.01 ↓ .514 0.048 ↑ .642 0.128 ↑
K% 21.8 21.3 -0.5 ↓ 22.1 0.8 ↑ 25.1 3 ↑ 24.3 -0.8 ↓ 18.6 -5.7 ↓ 20 1.4 ↑ 18.9 -1.1 ↓
BB% 17 15.6 -1.4 ↓ 14.2 -1.4 ↓ 13 -1.2 ↓ 11.4 -1.6 ↓ 16 4.6 ↑ 9.9 -6.1 ↓ 12.6 2.7 ↑
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 ↑ 42.7 -1.5 ↓
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 ↑ 25.6 0.7 ↑
In Zone % 45.9 45.6 -0.3 ↓ 46 0.4 ↑ 45.6 -0.4 ↓ 47.5 1.9 ↑ 46.8 -0.7 ↓ 48.4 1.6 ↑ 48.2 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone % 54.1 54.4 0.3 ↑ 54 -0.4 ↓ 54.4 0.4 ↑ 52.5 -1.9 ↓ 53.2 0.7 ↑ 51.6 -1.6 ↓ 51.8 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 20.2 20.7 0.5 ↑ 23 2.3 ↑ 26 3 ↑ 28.4 2.4 ↑ 22.5 -5.9 ↓ 25.2 2.7 ↑ 27.4 2.2 ↑
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 ↓ 24.4 3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 54.3 57 2.7 ↑ 59.7 2.7 ↑ 59.7 0 64.9 5.2 ↑ 55.8 -9.1 ↓ 57.3 1.5 ↑ 63.9 6.6