Ryan Zimmerman
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 1, #4, Washington Nationals | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 323 288 33 76 13 1 .264 .337 .486 .823
2019 190 171 20 44 6 0 .257 .321 .415 .736
2021 273 255 27 62 14 0 .243 .286 .471 .757
16 Seasons 7,402 6,654 963 1,846 284 43 .277 .341 .475 .816
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .264 13 1 .823
2019 .257 6 0 .736
2021 .243 14 0 .757
16 Seasons .277 284 43 .816
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 30 1546 277 27 9.7 6.9 91.8 111.3 8.0 32.1 .288 .505 .329 .370 .437 48.4 20.3 8.5
2016 31 1829 329 23 7.0 4.9 92.6 113.9 9.1 28.9 .246 .416 .277 .316 .380 45.6 22.3 6.2
2017 32 2222 403 49 12.2 8.5 91.4 113.1 8.3 32.3 .290 .555 .387 .378 .462 49.1 21.9 7.6
2018 33 1292 235 32 13.6 9.9 92.6 110.8 7.1 28.9 .267 .507 .351 .370 .412 52.8 17.0 9.3
2019 34 751 134 10 7.5 5.3 91.4 110.6 9.7 32.8 .248 .444 .313 .325 .374 49.3 20.5 8.9
2021 36 1117 180 19 10.6 7.0 91.3 111.5 7.4 32.2 .232 .418 .319 .300 .393 47.8 28.2 5.9
Player 8757 1558 160 10.3 7.2 91.9 113.9 8.2 31.1 .266 .483 .334 .348 .417 48.6 21.6 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
2015 48.7 19.1 28.9 3.2 27.1 44.0 28.9 3.2 35.7 18.4 23.8 7.6 9.7 6.9
2016 49.8 17.9 25.5 6.7 31.0 40.1 28.6 1.2 35.9 23.4 22.5 7.0 7.0 4.9
2017 46.9 22.1 25.6 5.5 30.0 41.2 28.8 3.5 32.5 18.4 24.1 7.9 12.2 8.5
2018 49.8 23.4 21.3 5.5 24.7 48.5 26.8 0.9 40.9 18.3 19.1 7.2 13.6 9.9
2019 47.0 20.9 25.4 6.7 41.8 31.3 26.9 1.5 38.8 21.6 19.4 11.2 7.5 5.3
2021 50.0 21.1 22.2 6.7 34.4 47.8 17.8 2.8 38.3 21.7 20.6 6.1 10.6 7.0
Player 48.7 20.7 25.1 5.6 30.4 42.5 27.0 2.3 36.3 20.1 22.1 7.6 10.3 7.2
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 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 334 29.9 80 .232 .565 .392 29.8 31.3 24.5 .243 .544 .377 50.0
2021 Slider -1.6 -4 254 22.7 57 .161 .304 .221 41.7 38.6 26.2 .159 .291 .199 41.2
2021 Sinker -1.5 -3 212 19.0 54 .320 .620 .406 18.2 14.8 19.0 .327 .559 .391 55.8
2021 Curveball -0.5 -1 129 11.5 32 .219 .281 .269 24.2 28.1 20.0 .188 .234 .206 34.8
2021 Changeup 3.1 3 112 10.0 30 .276 .517 .385 18.2 20.0 15.8 .252 .426 .301 54.2
2021 Cutter -2.2 -1 53 4.7 14 .308 .385 .332 32.1 28.6 25.0 .256 .322 .280 44.4
2021 Sweeper 6.7 1 11 1.0 5 .400 .800 .500 42.9 40.0 40.0 .087 .171 .108 33.3
2021 Slurve -1.8 0 6 0.5 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Split-Finger -4.1 0 6 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 261 34.8 65 .236 .400 .327 20.2 18.5 21.1 .278 .566 .391 59.1
2019 Sinker 0.6 1 145 19.3 38 .333 .424 .380 16.0 10.5 14.3 .321 .417 .365 48.3
2019 Slider 1.8 2 127 16.9 23 .227 .545 .337 33.3 13.0 11.1 .246 .525 .339 42.1
2019 Curveball -4.7 -4 77 10.3 19 .111 .167 .161 35.5 42.1 36.4 .108 .135 .137 45.5
2019 Changeup 3.6 2 62 8.3 23 .391 .696 .463 41.7 26.1 30.0 .215 .395 .255 41.2
2019 Cutter 0.4 0 60 8.0 15 .231 .231 .273 22.7 26.7 30.8 .230 .455 .337 44.4
2019 Split-Finger -4.5 -1 14 1.9 4 .250 .250 .225 40.0 50.0 25.0 .122 .141 .115 50.0
2019 Slurve -15.6 0 3 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .144 .168 .134 0.0
2019 Sweeper -10.0 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .500 1.190 .678 100.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 6 458 35.4 108 .253 .537 .369 17.8 18.5 16.5 .290 .649 .432 61.8
2018 Sinker 0.1 0 278 21.5 71 .313 .500 .396 11.2 8.5 13.0 .280 .487 .367 58.6
2018 Slider -1.1 -3 250 19.3 61 .241 .483 .338 34.3 19.7 18.2 .265 .470 .330 43.5
2018 Changeup 3.9 4 110 8.5 33 .290 .516 .418 36.8 24.2 24.2 .187 .320 .246 43.5
2018 Curveball -0.2 0 108 8.4 21 .263 .263 .248 23.5 19.0 14.3 .223 .254 .294 43.8
2018 Cutter 2.9 2 56 4.3 18 .167 .500 .414 23.8 5.6 6.3 .382 .778 .557 36.4
2018 Split-Finger -6.8 -2 22 1.7 7 .167 .167 .229 30.8 28.6 18.2 .121 .137 .196 50.0
2018 Sweeper 0.0 0 9 0.7 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 66.7 66.7 .262 .288 .247 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 5 842 37.9 199 .267 .552 .382 22.5 18.6 17.7 .299 .635 .419 54.3
2017 Sinker 4.1 16 393 17.7 90 .383 .741 .489 11.0 10.0 12.0 .328 .582 .409 46.6
2017 Slider 0.6 2 339 15.3 99 .330 .560 .399 36.2 33.3 29.2 .295 .542 .373 49.2
2017 Curveball -0.3 -1 210 9.5 64 .180 .311 .258 32.6 31.3 30.8 .220 .380 .285 41.5
2017 Changeup 2.4 4 179 8.1 56 .358 .547 .439 25.0 17.9 16.9 .270 .419 .315 44.2
2017 Cutter -1.0 -1 145 6.5 36 .278 .417 .325 24.2 27.8 21.7 .292 .496 .332 46.2
2017 Split-Finger 0.5 0 45 2.0 12 .083 .333 .225 30.4 25.0 20.0 .173 .441 .306 44.4
2017 Knuckleball 10.5 4 41 1.8 9 .750 2.000 1.083 27.3 11.1 7.1 .565 1.618 .863 71.4
2017 Sweeper -9.8 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 446 1,696 -9 -5 6 6 -2
2009 677 2,778 3 -11 13 12 17
2010 597 2,389 -8 8 22 13 35
2011 435 1,691 -3 -7 13 7 10
2012 655 2,600 1 7 8 7 24
2013 630 2,528 5 -6 14 8 21
2014 244 938 -1 3 2 4 8
2015 389 1,544 3 -11 5 7 5
2016 486 1,894 -16 -19 5 8 -21
2017 590 2,286 7 2 13 9 32
2018 322 1,291 1 -12 12 6 8
2019 250 982 -8 1 5 5 2
2021 273 1,117 2 -13 4 3 -4
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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 1,546 46.6 56.8 87.8 27.5 61.7 41.3 19.2 41.2 21.5 5.4 68.7
2016 1,829 47.0 56.7 83.0 32.2 64.7 43.7 22.7 43.7 24.0 6.7 61.8
2017 2,222 46.1 61.8 83.4 29.2 61.3 43.5 24.0 44.3 24.4 7.0 68.2
2018 1,292 47.7 58.4 82.8 23.9 64.6 43.2 18.0 40.4 23.0 6.8 60.2
2019 751 45.8 56.7 84.1 27.0 54.5 39.3 17.4 40.6 26.6 6.4 52.1
2021 1,117 47.4 59.6 81.3 33.2 54.4 40.9 20.9 45.7 29.0 7.3 66.7
Player 8,757 46.8 58.6 83.8 29.1 61.0 42.4 21.1 42.9 24.4 6.6 64.1
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 91 93 92 86 81 68 87 94 84 98 38 61 49 61 34
2016 38 31 46 51 23 47 54 96 94 91 31 22 39 28 54 93
2017 91 92 95 94 69 96 90 97 92 98 39 39 42 38 49 17
2018 78 47
2019 75 36
2021 80 42 1
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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 22.2 15 17.1 -2 7 15 6 40.0
2017 23.4 37 35.2 2 15 24 16 43.2
2018 23.0 13 14.6 -2 4 13 5 38.5
2019 23.9 8 8.3 0 3 7 3 37.5
2021 23.9 14 12.7 1 4 12 4 28.6
Player 23.3 87 87.9 -1 33 71 34 39.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 15 20 13 17 15 14 18 17 12 12 19 19 19 14 19 19 9 15 19 18 20 14 23 22 19 19 16 22 20 20 9
2017 37 35 30 37 40 33 40 32 32 27 35 46 32 33 35 37 30 30 37 36 36 33 48 37 31 30 34 49 38 37 25
2018 13 18 8 14 14 15 18 16 12 10 14 17 14 13 17 17 14 13 14 17 16 14 19 18 14 12 14 16 15 15 11
2019 8 10 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 5 8 10 8 6 9 7 6 10 8 9 8 9 11 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9
2021 14 15 10 12 13 13 15 14 8 8 9 15 13 11 12 16 14 14 12 12 13 13 16 15 13 11 14 14 14 10 12
Player 87 98 69 88 92 85 101 86 71 62 85 107 86 77 92 96 73 82 90 92 93 83 117 99 84 80 86 110 96 91 66
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.8 92.6 0.8 91.4 -1.2 92.6 1.2 91.4 -1.2
Launch Angle 8.0 9.1 1.1 8.3 -0.8 7.1 -1.2 9.7 2.6
Barrel % 9.7 7.0 -2.7 12.2 5.2 13.6 1.4 7.5 -6.1
Hard Hit % 48.4 45.6 -2.8 49.1 3.5 52.8 3.7 49.3 -3.5
Sweet Spot % 32.1 28.9 -3.2 32.3 3.4 28.9 -3.4 32.8 3.9
xBA .288 .246 -0.042 .290 0.044 .267 -0.023 .248 -0.019
BA .249 .218 -0.031 .303 0.085 .264 -0.039 .257 -0.007
xwOBA .370 .316 -0.054 .378 0.062 .370 -0.008 .325 -0.045
wOBA .329 .277 -0.052 .387 0.110 .351 -0.036 .313 -0.038
xSLG .505 .416 -0.089 .555 0.139 .507 -0.048 .444 -0.063
SLG .465 .370 -0.095 .573 0.203 .486 -0.087 .415 -0.071
K% 20.3 22.3 2.0 21.9 -0.4 17.0 -4.9 20.5 3.5
BB% 8.5 6.2 -2.3 7.6 1.4 9.3 1.7 8.9 -0.4
Swing % 41.2 43.7 2.5 44.3 0.6 40.4 -3.9 40.6 0.2
Whiff% 21.5 24.0 2.5 24.4 0.4 23.0 -1.4 26.6 3.6
In Zone % 46.6 47.0 0.4 46.1 -0.9 47.7 1.6 45.8 -1.9
Out of Zone % 53.4 53.0 -0.4 53.9 0.9 52.3 -1.6 54.2 1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 27.5 32.2 4.7 29.2 -3.0 23.9 -5.3 27.0 3.1
First Pitch Swing % 19.2 22.7 3.5 24.0 1.3 18.0 -6.0 17.4 -0.6
First Pitch Strike % 60.8 59.1 -1.7 57.4 -1.7 55.4 -2.0 55.3 -0.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 450 8 1.8 .275 .416
2017 Shifts R 568 19 3.3 .365 .823
2018 Shifts R 322 9 2.8 .345 .560
2019 Shifts R 190 2 1.1 .313 .345
2021 Shifts R 267 21 7.9 .329 .179
! 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 %
2010 728 18.0 8.4% 2.6% 498 23.0 1.4% 13.5%
2011 553 18.3 9.4% 1.3% 298 23.4 1.0% 8.7%
2012 739 19.1 4.3% 1.5% 483 24.7 0.2% 13.7%
2013 782 18.8 5.8% 2.6% 462 24.3 0.6% 12.3%
2014 275 18.1 12.0% 2.5% 205 23.1 1.0% 9.8%
2015 418 18.4 24.2% 7.7% 379 24.6 6.1% 26.6%
2016 516 19.0 19.8% 5.2% 361 25.1 5.5% 21.1%
2017 574 18.1 13.6% 2.4% 500 24.5 0.0% 19.0%
2018 324 17.3 17.9% 2.5% 343 23.7 0.3% 11.1%
2019 223 18.5 11.7% 2.7% 169 24.4 0.0% 13.0%
2021 248 19.4 10.5% 4.8% 287 24.6 0.0% 12.9%
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