Spencer Torkelson
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 220LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 1, #1, Detroit Tigers | Arizona State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 404 360 38 73 8 0 .203 .285 .319 .604
2023 684 606 88 141 31 3 .233 .313 .446 .759
2024 381 342 45 75 10 0 .219 .295 .374 .669
3 Seasons 1,469 1,308 171 289 49 3 .221 .300 .392 .692
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .203 8 0 .604
2023 .233 31 3 .759
2024 .219 10 0 .669
3 Seasons .221 49 3 .692
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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%
2022 22 1609 263 22 8.4 5.4 90.5 111.5 15.0 35.4 .223 .374 .272 .302 .354 41.8 24.5 9.2
2023 23 2814 440 62 14.1 9.1 91.8 112.7 17.1 33.2 .251 .484 .326 .349 .428 50.9 25.0 9.8
2024 24 1593 238 16 6.7 4.2 89.0 109.0 20.2 31.5 .211 .355 .295 .284 .346 39.7 27.6 8.7
Player 6016 941 100 10.6 6.8 90.7 112.7 17.3 33.4 .233 .420 .303 .319 .387 45.5 25.5 9.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2022 40.7 25.9 25.9 7.6 39.2 34.2 26.6 0.8 32.7 27.8 22.1 8.0 8.4 5.4
2023 33.9 31.6 24.5 10.0 46.1 30.7 23.2 1.4 26.4 29.3 21.4 7.0 14.1 9.1
2024 34.5 31.1 21.0 13.4 47.1 31.9 21.0 2.9 27.3 36.6 21.0 5.0 6.7 4.2
Player 35.9 29.9 24.0 10.2 44.4 32.0 23.6 1.6 28.4 30.7 21.5 6.8 10.6 6.8
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 -0.4 -2 463 29.1 112 .223 .436 .339 19.8 21.4 17.0 .208 .400 .321 42.3
2024 Slider 1.3 4 327 20.5 68 .250 .422 .312 33.8 29.4 21.5 .235 .451 .313 38.6
2024 Sinker -2.0 -6 277 17.4 73 .194 .274 .290 14.2 16.4 15.2 .250 .354 .325 48.0
2024 Sweeper 1.8 3 157 9.9 43 .268 .463 .329 37.7 39.5 25.4 .187 .297 .229 16.7
2024 Changeup -4.1 -5 128 8.0 33 .094 .125 .114 41.8 42.4 23.3 .143 .173 .156 33.3
2024 Cutter -1.9 -2 116 7.3 26 .280 .400 .312 16.4 15.4 15.4 .230 .368 .271 38.1
2024 Curveball 3.4 3 85 5.3 14 .308 .692 .436 32.0 50.0 21.9 .198 .343 .264 83.3
2024 Split-Finger -5.4 -1 20 1.3 9 .111 .111 .100 60.0 77.8 53.8 .115 .127 .106 0.0
2024 Slurve -0.5 0 9 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .091 .197 .123 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 5 855 30.4 219 .265 .514 .384 20.5 20.5 19.1 .277 .570 .404 59.4
2023 Slider -0.7 -4 576 20.5 126 .211 .342 .302 30.9 34.1 21.6 .203 .321 .269 36.6
2023 Sinker -0.1 0 431 15.3 122 .255 .418 .359 11.6 13.9 16.0 .313 .560 .401 60.2
2023 Changeup -1.4 -4 322 11.4 77 .125 .292 .198 33.1 28.6 18.2 .211 .412 .282 43.1
2023 Curveball 1.5 3 222 7.9 46 .214 .619 .372 27.8 39.1 22.5 .163 .447 .289 41.7
2023 Cutter -0.4 -1 165 5.9 36 .355 .677 .474 18.3 11.1 12.9 .349 .606 .444 48.1
2023 Sweeper 0.3 1 165 5.9 40 .184 .474 .275 42.3 42.5 23.6 .187 .435 .262 36.4
2023 Split-Finger 0.2 0 52 1.8 11 .333 .333 .373 35.5 27.3 11.1 .186 .206 .269 33.3
2023 Screwball 3.6 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -8 555 34.5 144 .175 .292 .286 19.5 21.5 19.4 .210 .388 .326 46.7
2022 Slider -1.4 -5 348 21.6 83 .205 .295 .237 39.0 36.1 25.4 .195 .326 .251 40.8
2022 Sinker 1.1 2 209 13.0 62 .356 .559 .408 13.8 12.9 25.8 .346 .580 .411 51.0
2022 Changeup -2.4 -4 167 10.4 47 .075 .075 .181 30.5 25.5 20.3 .146 .165 .223 28.6
2022 Curveball -1.6 -2 131 8.1 28 .148 .185 .166 30.8 35.7 24.4 .207 .282 .229 29.4
2022 Cutter -1.5 -2 106 6.6 20 .111 .278 .215 23.3 15.0 14.3 .220 .417 .314 40.0
2022 Sweeper 1.4 1 82 5.1 17 .333 .600 .432 29.5 29.4 15.2 .256 .421 .340 30.0
2022 Split-Finger -10.9 -1 6 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .067 .077 .063 0.0
2022 Slurve 5.2 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 404 1,609 -11 -27 13 8 -16
2023 678 2,790 -6 -19 14 10 -1
2024 390 1,635 -3 -22 12 5 -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 %
2022 1,609 50.2 67.0 82.1 24.7 53.5 43.0 28.5 45.9 25.6 8.8 79.6
2023 2,814 51.4 67.5 82.4 23.6 54.1 40.4 29.0 46.2 24.7 8.3 77.3
2024 1,593 52.3 66.9 82.3 23.2 45.7 44.1 25.2 46.0 26.6 7.9 78.4
Player 6,016 51.3 67.2 82.3 23.8 51.8 42.1 27.9 46.1 25.4 8.4 78.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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
2022 34 18 35 50 35 38 56 78 78 61 27 63 43 75 63 39 4
2023 77 42 83 86 58 97 89 87 83 94 30 67 52 80 50 5 6
2024 12 5 16 38 11 18 37 49 47 45 16 60 38 84 46 47 4
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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 %
2022 24.3 8 11.5 -4 4 9 4 50.0
2023 23.7 31 35.2 -4 12 24 16 51.6
2024 24.1 10 11.9 -2 7 5 7 70.0
Player 23.9 49 58.6 -10 23 38 27 55.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 8 11 11 10 12 12 13 11 8 7 11 12 13 11 13 12 11 12 12 12 11 11 14 12 8 11 12 14 12 13 13
2023 31 26 30 32 39 35 39 30 37 33 38 42 29 31 40 37 39 30 38 41 32 38 42 42 25 30 37 38 34 38 33
2024 10 10 11 13 13 12 13 10 10 11 12 13 13 11 12 10 10 10 13 16 12 12 16 13 9 12 12 12 12 13 12
Player 49 47 52 55 64 59 65 51 55 51 61 67 55 53 65 59 60 52 63 69 55 61 72 67 42 53 61 64 58 64 58
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.5 91.8 1.3 ↑ 89.0 -2.8 ↓
Launch Angle 15.0 17.1 2.1 ↑ 20.2 3.1 ↑
Barrel % 8.4 14.1 5.7 ↑ 6.7 -7.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 41.8 50.9 9.1 ↑ 39.7 -11.2 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.4 33.2 -2.2 ↓ 31.5 -1.7 ↓
xBA .223 .251 0.028 ↑ .211 -0.040 ↓
BA .203 .233 0.030 ↑ .219 -0.014 ↓
xwOBA .302 .349 0.047 ↑ .284 -0.065 ↓
wOBA .272 .326 0.054 ↑ .295 -0.031 ↓
xSLG .374 .484 0.110 ↑ .355 -0.129 ↓
SLG .319 .446 0.127 ↑ .374 -0.072 ↓
K% 24.5 25.0 0.5 ↑ 27.6 2.6 ↑
BB% 9.2 9.8 0.6 ↑ 8.7 -1.1 ↓
Swing % 45.9 46.2 0.3 ↑ 46.0 -0.2 ↓
Whiff% 25.6 24.7 -0.9 ↓ 26.6 1.9 ↑
In Zone % 50.2 51.4 1.2 ↑ 52.3 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 49.8 48.6 -1.2 ↓ 47.7 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.7 23.6 -1.1 ↓ 23.2 -0.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.5 29.0 0.5 ↑ 25.2 -3.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 60.6 2.2 ↑ 60.6 0.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 404 58 14.4 .269 .288
2023 Shades R 678 71 10.5 .332 .287
2024 Shades R 375 46 12.3 .278 .423
! 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 %
2022 476 18.0 19.3% 1.5% 277 22.2 0.7% 4.3%
2023 771 15.5 43.1% 0.4% 474 19.2 4.4% 0.8%
2024 387 14.9 52.5% 0.0% 300 18.3 7.3% 0.7%
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