Ryan Lavarnway
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 239LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 6, #202, Boston Red Sox | Yale
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 19 18 4 5 2 0 .278 .316 .722 1.038
2020 11 11 0 4 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .728
2021 30 28 2 7 0 0 .250 .276 .357 .633
10 Seasons 486 447 37 97 9 0 .217 .272 .345 .617
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .278 2 0 1.038
2020 .364 0 0 .728
2021 .250 0 0 .633
10 Seasons .217 9 0 .617
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 27 416 66 4 6.1 3.8 90.8 107.2 17.6 37.9 .225 .405 .267 .313 .383 43.9 26.4 11.3
2017 29 45 8 0 0.0 0.0 87.3 107.0 13.3 75.0 .351 .470 .339 .407 .485 37.5 23.1 7.7
2018 30 17 5 0 0.0 0.0 95.8 106.1 10.6 80.0 .487 .623 .648 .481 .577 60.0 16.7 0.0
2019 31 74 13 1 7.7 5.3 87.9 104.3 10.6 38.5 .212 .481 .414 .302 .388 38.5 26.3 5.3
2020 32 44 9 0 0.0 0.0 84.9 101.8 12.7 33.3 .305 .340 .321 .284 .347 22.2 18.2 0.0
2021 33 109 19 2 10.5 6.7 85.7 107.2 18.9 42.1 .237 .368 .274 .272 .399 21.1 33.3 3.3
Player 705 120 7 5.8 3.8 89.3 107.2 16.1 42.5 .249 .415 .304 .316 .398 38.3 26.5 8.1
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 36.4 28.8 27.3 7.6 25.8 40.9 33.3 3.0 30.3 28.8 21.2 10.6 6.1 3.8
2017 37.5 12.5 50.0 0.0 50.0 37.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 37.5 25.0 0.0 0.0
2018 20.0 0.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 60.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 38.5 38.5 23.1 0.0 30.8 38.5 30.8 0.0 38.5 15.4 15.4 23.1 7.7 5.3
2020 44.4 22.2 33.3 0.0 44.4 33.3 22.2 0.0 44.4 22.2 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 42.1 15.8 26.3 15.8 42.1 47.4 10.5 5.3 31.6 21.1 26.3 5.3 10.5 6.7
Player 37.5 25.0 30.8 6.7 30.8 40.8 28.3 3.3 30.8 23.3 25.8 10.8 5.8 3.8
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 Sinker -4.5 -2 36 33.0 12 .273 .455 .309 27.3 16.7 22.2 .243 .365 .259 20.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 3.7 1 23 21.1 6 .500 .667 .508 26.7 50.0 30.0 .429 .496 .405 0.0
2021 Slider -2.0 0 22 20.2 5 .200 .200 .180 44.4 40.0 50.0 .108 .224 .136 33.3
2021 Curveball -2.5 0 11 10.1 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Changeup -0.9 0 9 8.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 40.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Split-Finger 6.9 0 4 3.7 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2021 Cutter -9.8 0 3 2.8 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .343 1.006 .544 50.0
2021 Sweeper -9.9 0 1 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .157 .179 .141 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 0 22 50.0 6 .500 .500 .450 8.3 16.7 11.1 .318 .349 .295 20.0
2020 Slider -5.3 0 9 20.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .053 .118 .069 0.0
2020 Sinker -0.7 0 6 13.6 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .676 .746 .620 50.0
2020 Curveball -0.2 0 5 11.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .044 .044 .048 0.0
2020 Changeup -19.8 0 2 4.5 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Sinker 8.4 2 23 31.1 6 .333 1.000 .542 18.8 16.7 10.0 .176 .341 .209 40.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 6.0 1 21 28.4 8 .250 .625 .363 22.2 37.5 37.5 .283 .721 .406 40.0
2019 Slider -0.7 0 12 16.2 3 .000 .000 .233 50.0 33.3 20.0 .025 .031 .249 0.0
2019 Changeup 5.5 1 10 13.5 2 .500 1.000 .625 33.3 0.0 0.0 .222 .389 .249 50.0
2019 Cutter -5.1 0 4 5.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Curveball 6.2 0 2 2.7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Split-Finger -1.2 0 2 2.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 14.8 1 9 52.9 5 .600 .800 .610 16.7 20.0 50.0 .548 .706 .543 75.0
2018 Curveball 0.8 0 5 29.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Changeup 3.3 0 2 11.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 Sinker 47.9 0 1 5.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .180 .205 .170 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.8 0 17 37.8 3 .000 .000 .233 16.7 0.0 0.0 .563 1.052 .684 100.0
2017 Sinker -5.5 -1 11 24.4 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 50.0 .067 .089 .064 0.0
2017 Slider 19.1 2 8 17.8 4 .667 1.000 .713 33.3 25.0 25.0 .429 .485 .476 0.0
2017 Changeup -22.3 -1 6 13.3 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 100.0 .145 .152 .131 50.0
2017 Cutter 6.4 0 2 4.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 50.0 0.0 0.0 .880 .971 .803 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 43 168 -2 -1 2 0 0
2012 166 675 -9 -12 4 1 -16
2013 82 339 0 1 1 1 3
2015 105 413 -6 -5 3 0 -8
2021 30 109 -1 0 0 0 -2
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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 416 46.4 64.8 80.0 26.5 52.5 40.1 25.5 44.2 28.8 9.1 84.2
2017 45 45.5 75.0 93.3 41.7 20.0 38.6 30.8 55.6 36.0 6.8 100.0
2018 17 47.1 75.0 100.0 11.1 0.0 41.2 33.3 41.2 14.3 11.8 50.0
2019 74 59.5 65.9 82.8 23.3 57.1 50.0 42.1 48.6 22.2 2.7 100.0
2020 44 45.5 50.0 90.0 45.8 90.9 56.8 36.4 47.7 9.5 9.1 75.0
2021 109 51.4 67.9 71.1 34.0 61.1 37.6 30.0 51.4 32.1 8.3 66.7
Player 705 48.4 65.4 80.7 29.2 54.7 41.8 29.2 46.7 27.7 8.2 81.0
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
2015 55 18
2019 34 11
2020 11 2
2021 47 14
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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 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
2019 24.6 2 1.8 0 0 2 0 0.0
2021 -- 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 --
Player 24.6 2 2.2 0 1 3 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Player 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.3 95.8 8.5 87.9 -7.9 84.9 -3.0 85.7 0.8
Launch Angle 13.3 10.6 -2.7 10.6 0.0 12.7 2.1 18.9 6.2
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 0.0 -7.7 10.5 10.5
Hard Hit % 37.5 60.0 22.5 38.5 -21.5 22.2 -16.3 21.1 -1.1
Sweet Spot % 75.0 80.0 5.0 38.5 -41.5 33.3 -5.2 42.1 8.8
xBA .351 .487 0.136 .212 -0.275 .305 0.093 .237 -0.068
BA .273 .667 0.394 .278 -0.389 .364 0.086 .250 -0.114
xwOBA .407 .481 0.074 .302 -0.179 .284 -0.018 .272 -0.012
wOBA .339 .648 0.309 .414 -0.234 .321 -0.093 .274 -0.047
xSLG .470 .623 0.153 .481 -0.142 .340 -0.141 .368 0.028
SLG .364 .833 0.469 .722 -0.111 .364 -0.358 .357 -0.007
K% 23.1 16.7 -6.4 26.3 9.6 18.2 -8.1 33.3 15.1
BB% 7.7 0.0 -7.7 5.3 5.3 0.0 -5.3 3.3 3.3
Swing % 55.6 41.2 -14.4 48.6 7.4 47.7 -0.9 51.4 3.7
Whiff% 36.0 14.3 -21.7 22.2 7.9 9.5 -12.7 32.1 22.6
In Zone % 45.5 47.1 1.6 59.5 12.4 45.5 -14.0 51.4 5.9
Out of Zone % 54.5 52.9 -1.6 40.5 -12.4 54.5 14.0 48.6 -5.9
Out of Zone Swing % 41.7 11.1 -30.6 23.3 12.2 45.8 22.5 34.0 -11.8
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 33.3 2.5 42.1 8.8 36.4 -5.7 30.0 -6.4
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 50.0 -3.8 78.9 28.9 81.8 2.9 56.7 -25.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 12 0 0.0 .264
2018 Shifts R 6 0 0.0 .648
2019 Shifts R 19 6 31.6 .445 .348
2020 Shifts R 11 4 36.4 .252 .441
2021 Shifts R 30 8 26.7 .193 .485
! 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 33 19.0 12.1% 6.1% 49 24.4 0.0% 12.2%
2012 201 18.2 10.4% 2.5% 108 23.4 0.0% 14.8%
2013 92 18.7 7.6% 3.3% 65 25.2 0.0% 16.9%
2014 9 21.6 0.0% 11.1% 12 23.4 0.0% 16.7%
2015 137 20.5 18.2% 9.5% 64 24.0 3.1% 15.6%
2017 9 18.5 11.1% 11.1% 7 24.3 0.0% 14.3%
2018 1 15.3 0.0% 0.0% 6 24.7 0.0% 0.0%
2019 9 19.7 0.0% 0.0% 22 26.0 0.0% 13.6%
2020 16 21.3 6.3% 0.0% 5 31.2 0.0% 60.0%
2021 40 18.5 10.0% 2.5% 7 23.1 0.0% 0.0%
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