Sam Hilliard
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 236LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 15, #437, Colorado Rockies | Wichita State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 200 174 26 32 2 5 .184 .280 .264 .544
2023 78 72 15 17 3 4 .236 .295 .431 .726
2024 158 138 26 33 10 5 .239 .305 .507 .812
6 Seasons 875 780 125 171 42 24 .219 .296 .438 .734
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .184 2 5 .544
2023 .236 3 4 .726
2024 .239 10 5 .812
6 Seasons .219 42 24 .734
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%
2019 25 383 54 7 13.0 8.0 90.8 114.1 8.4 37.0 .247 .501 .407 .354 .442 42.6 26.4 10.3
2020 26 492 63 6 9.5 5.3 88.3 111.0 10.8 20.6 .193 .345 .301 .266 .386 44.4 36.8 7.9
2021 27 995 127 19 15.0 8.0 89.8 113.5 12.0 32.3 .213 .436 .318 .311 .462 38.6 36.6 9.7
2022 28 870 119 11 9.2 5.5 92.0 115.1 13.4 27.7 .216 .361 .251 .303 .370 48.7 28.5 11.5
2023 29 312 39 3 7.7 3.8 92.4 114.8 20.3 33.3 .204 .369 .312 .277 .446 48.7 42.3 7.7
2024 30 648 88 13 14.8 8.2 94.6 111.3 16.5 30.7 .215 .403 .342 .297 .436 52.3 35.4 8.9
Player 3700 490 59 12.0 6.7 91.3 115.1 13.2 30.0 .214 .402 .313 .302 .422 45.5 34.1 9.6
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
2019 44.4 27.8 24.1 3.7 51.9 33.3 14.8 1.9 35.2 25.9 18.5 5.6 13.0 8.0
2020 50.8 25.4 14.3 9.5 46.0 33.3 20.6 7.9 33.3 20.6 22.2 3.2 9.5 5.3
2021 44.1 29.1 18.1 8.7 40.9 38.6 20.5 2.4 33.9 24.4 20.5 3.9 15.0 8.0
2022 44.5 26.1 21.0 8.4 31.9 48.7 19.3 2.5 32.8 26.9 19.3 9.2 9.2 5.5
2023 38.5 28.2 23.1 10.3 30.8 38.5 30.8 2.6 20.5 33.3 25.6 10.3 7.7 3.8
2024 42.0 29.5 22.7 5.7 35.2 36.4 28.4 5.7 21.6 27.3 27.3 2.3 14.8 8.2
Player 44.3 27.8 20.2 7.8 38.8 39.4 21.8 3.7 30.4 25.9 21.8 5.5 12.0 6.7
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 2.2 5 208 32.1 51 .293 .561 .416 43.6 37.3 33.3 .212 .406 .334 54.2
2024 Slider -4.5 -4 96 14.8 26 .080 .200 .138 51.0 50.0 34.2 .133 .230 .178 41.7
2024 Sinker -2.4 -2 86 13.3 20 .250 .350 .274 14.6 30.0 31.6 .250 .404 .278 57.1
2024 Changeup -1.0 -1 76 11.7 12 .100 .400 .245 64.7 50.0 31.6 .149 .469 .297 40.0
2024 Curveball 2.5 2 61 9.4 19 .294 .588 .416 31.0 26.3 19.2 .242 .376 .283 53.8
2024 Cutter 5.0 3 56 8.6 13 .500 1.083 .665 28.0 23.1 21.4 .357 .735 .475 55.6
2024 Sweeper 5.7 2 43 6.6 10 .286 1.143 .522 36.8 10.0 6.3 .200 .534 .328 37.5
2024 Split-Finger -6.8 -1 16 2.5 5 .000 .000 .000 44.4 40.0 50.0 .277 .300 .255 100.0
2024 Knuckleball -6.4 0 6 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -4 106 34.0 24 .143 .333 .260 41.2 45.8 36.7 .170 .353 .280 50.0
2023 Slider -1.6 -1 54 17.3 13 .167 .333 .246 54.2 46.2 33.3 .187 .261 .231 50.0
2023 Changeup -1.4 -1 44 14.1 9 .222 .222 .200 50.0 55.6 25.0 .239 .285 .229 25.0
2023 Curveball 5.5 2 37 11.9 11 .364 .727 .459 44.4 36.4 25.0 .204 .450 .272 57.1
2023 Cutter -1.4 0 33 10.6 7 .200 .200 .329 25.0 28.6 28.6 .210 .236 .339 33.3
2023 Sinker 7.6 2 24 7.7 10 .500 .900 .595 25.0 30.0 50.0 .289 .672 .395 57.1
2023 Sweeper -3.3 0 9 2.9 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .009 .016 .011 0.0
2023 Split-Finger 2.8 0 3 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Screwball -6.5 0 1 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 87 383 2 -1 2 2 6
2020 114 492 -4 -4 2 1 -4
2021 235 995 5 -11 8 5 7
2022 200 870 -9 -12 9 3 -9
2023 78 312 -1 -5 1 1 -2
2024 157 648 5 -7 3 2 3
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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 %
2019 383 45.4 61.5 79.4 25.4 60.4 40.2 24.1 41.8 26.9 6.8 69.2
2020 492 47.4 66.1 70.8 29.3 40.8 40.0 26.3 46.7 38.7 9.6 72.3
2021 995 48.6 68.4 64.7 27.2 42.4 45.4 34.2 47.2 41.5 7.8 71.8
2022 870 50.2 67.5 71.2 20.1 42.5 46.1 27.0 43.9 35.1 6.2 79.6
2023 312 52.2 61.3 65.0 24.2 38.9 40.1 28.2 43.6 41.9 7.1 68.2
2024 648 49.0 66.7 69.8 27.8 33.7 39.9 30.6 46.9 40.8 7.2 68.1
Player 3,700 48.9 66.3 69.3 25.5 42.2 42.9 29.3 45.5 38.2 7.4 72.3
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
2019 93 93
2020 79 98 44 85
2021 90 93 91
2022 97 85 89
2023 94 89 75
2024 76 88 90
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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 %
2019 20.5 7 6.3 1 1 4 3 42.9
2020 21.8 6 5.4 1 1 3 3 50.0
2021 23.0 14 12.3 2 2 6 7 50.0
2022 23.0 2 3.5 -2 1 5 1 50.0
2023 21.3 3 2.2 1 1 0 2 66.7
2024 21.7 10 8.1 2 3 8 2 20.0
Player 22.0 42 37.8 4 9 26 18 42.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 5 7 7 6 6 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 6 4 6 6 7 6 7 5
2020 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 7 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 3
2021 14 13 12 11 13 13 13 13 11 10 12 12 11 11 13 13 10 11 14 14 12 14 13 13 11 12 13 13 13 13 11
2022 2 5 1 3 3 3 5 2 1 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 5 2 5 4 5 7 5 6 2 2 4 3 5 2 2
2023 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3
2024 10 7 5 11 8 8 9 7 9 5 9 10 7 6 9 8 6 6 9 10 7 7 13 10 6 8 9 10 9 9 7
Player 42 40 33 39 39 39 42 34 35 29 37 40 37 34 41 38 36 31 41 43 38 42 46 43 31 35 39 42 41 39 31
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.8 88.3 -2.5 89.8 1.5 92.0 2.2 92.4 0.4 94.6 2.2
Launch Angle 8.4 10.8 2.4 12.0 1.2 13.4 1.4 20.3 6.9 16.5 -3.8
Barrel % 13.0 9.5 -3.5 15.0 5.5 9.2 -5.8 7.7 -1.5 14.8 7.1
Hard Hit % 42.6 44.4 1.8 38.6 -5.8 48.7 10.1 48.7 0.0 52.3 3.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.0 20.6 -16.4 32.3 11.7 27.7 -4.6 33.3 5.6 30.7 -2.6
xBA .247 .193 -0.054 .213 0.020 .216 0.003 .204 -0.012 .215 0.011
BA .273 .210 -0.063 .215 0.005 .184 -0.031 .236 0.052 .239 0.003
xwOBA .354 .266 -0.088 .311 0.045 .303 -0.008 .277 -0.026 .297 0.020
wOBA .407 .301 -0.106 .318 0.017 .251 -0.067 .312 0.061 .342 0.030
xSLG .501 .345 -0.156 .436 0.091 .361 -0.075 .369 0.008 .403 0.034
SLG .649 .438 -0.211 .463 0.025 .264 -0.199 .431 0.167 .507 0.076
K% 26.4 36.8 10.4 36.6 -0.2 28.5 -8.1 42.3 13.8 35.4 -6.9
BB% 10.3 7.9 -2.4 9.7 1.8 11.5 1.8 7.7 -3.8 8.9 1.2
Swing % 41.8 46.7 4.9 47.2 0.5 43.9 -3.3 43.6 -0.3 46.9 3.3
Whiff% 26.9 38.7 11.8 41.5 2.8 35.1 -6.4 41.9 6.8 40.8 -1.1
In Zone % 45.4 47.4 2.0 48.6 1.2 50.2 1.6 52.2 2.0 49.0 -3.2
Out of Zone % 54.6 52.6 -2.0 51.4 -1.2 49.8 -1.6 47.8 -2.0 51.0 3.2
Out of Zone Swing % 25.4 29.3 3.9 27.2 -2.1 20.1 -7.1 24.2 4.1 27.8 3.6
First Pitch Swing % 24.1 26.3 2.2 34.2 7.9 27.0 -7.2 28.2 1.2 30.6 2.4
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 55.3 -5.6