Whit Merrifield
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 9, #269, Kansas City Royals | South Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 550 504 70 126 11 16 .250 .298 .375 .673
2023 592 547 66 149 11 26 .272 .318 .382 .700
2024 335 293 44 65 4 17 .222 .311 .314 .625
9 Seasons 4,866 4,467 632 1,249 94 218 .280 .328 .413 .741
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .250 11 16 .673
2023 .272 11 26 .700
2024 .222 4 17 .625
9 Seasons .280 94 218 .741
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%
2016 27 1258 241 7 2.9 2.1 88.1 107.1 12.2 29.9 .252 .372 .309 .292 .351 34.4 21.7 5.7
2017 28 2369 507 26 5.1 4.1 87.6 110.5 16.4 36.5 .275 .454 .332 .327 .359 29.6 14.0 4.6
2018 29 2733 526 24 4.6 3.4 87.0 106.4 16.9 40.9 .281 .428 .349 .343 .375 31.2 16.1 8.6
2019 30 2773 559 25 4.5 3.4 87.1 104.8 15.6 42.4 .281 .434 .340 .325 .369 29.2 17.1 6.1
2020 31 996 216 11 5.1 4.2 86.1 105.8 15.8 39.8 .292 .439 .329 .336 .360 27.3 12.5 4.5
2021 32 2608 573 20 3.5 2.8 86.9 107.8 14.1 40.0 .263 .383 .306 .301 .325 28.8 14.3 5.6
2022 33 2017 427 18 4.2 3.3 87.1 107.6 15.1 37.9 .240 .356 .294 .288 .310 31.1 15.5 6.9
2023 34 2200 452 11 2.4 1.9 85.1 106.1 14.4 37.2 .242 .335 .304 .276 .304 24.3 17.1 6.1
2024 35 1330 245 6 2.4 1.8 84.1 104.6 12.9 34.3 .242 .317 .283 .295 .296 21.6 15.5 10.4
Player 18284 3746 148 4.0 3.0 86.7 110.5 15.1 38.4 .264 .395 .319 .311 .341 28.8 15.9 6.5
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
2016 46.9 20.7 24.9 7.5 30.7 36.5 32.8 1.7 36.1 22.8 27.4 6.6 2.9 2.1
2017 38.1 26.6 28.4 6.9 30.2 38.1 31.2 3.7 27.8 30.6 24.7 6.3 5.1 4.1
2018 35.9 24.5 31.0 8.6 31.9 36.7 31.0 2.7 27.9 26.2 30.6 6.8 4.6 3.4
2019 38.5 23.1 32.4 6.1 34.5 37.6 27.9 2.9 28.4 27.5 30.2 5.7 4.5 3.4
2020 37.5 29.2 28.7 4.6 27.8 44.4 27.8 5.6 25.5 30.6 28.7 4.6 5.1 4.2
2021 41.7 25.8 26.7 5.8 34.0 34.2 31.8 3.3 31.8 27.2 27.1 7.2 3.5 2.8
2022 41.2 28.8 22.2 7.7 35.1 35.8 29.0 4.9 30.9 29.5 23.0 7.3 4.2 3.3
2023 40.5 25.7 26.1 7.7 31.4 40.5 28.1 3.5 31.4 30.8 26.5 5.3 2.4 1.9
2024 45.7 24.5 23.7 6.1 35.9 31.0 33.1 8.2 29.0 29.4 27.3 3.3 2.4 1.8
Player 40.1 25.4 27.6 6.9 32.6 37.1 30.2 3.8 29.8 28.3 27.3 6.1 4.0 3.0
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 -2.8 -13 448 33.7 108 .174 .272 .267 10.3 13.9 12.1 .204 .309 .292 23.4
2024 Sinker -1.4 -3 252 18.9 75 .286 .397 .364 11.5 6.7 10.9 .274 .339 .327 31.7
2024 Slider -1.6 -3 202 15.2 48 .186 .209 .239 31.7 25.0 14.6 .265 .315 .293 15.6
2024 Changeup -0.9 -1 124 9.3 35 .091 .182 .232 30.6 20.0 13.7 .172 .249 .215 19.2
2024 Curveball 0.1 0 101 7.6 25 .261 .304 .286 23.8 16.0 8.9 .264 .312 .291 0.0
2024 Sweeper 0.6 1 84 6.3 14 .231 .462 .321 25.8 28.6 14.8 .151 .205 .192 22.2
2024 Cutter 4.8 4 77 5.8 15 .500 .750 .625 20.7 0.0 0.0 .410 .480 .432 7.7
2024 Split-Finger -5.2 -1 20 1.5 8 .125 .125 .113 38.5 50.0 33.3 .143 .162 .133 50.0
2024 Slurve -7.0 -1 8 0.6 2 .500 .500 .450 20.0 50.0 33.3 .350 .386 .320 0.0
2024 Screwball 14.2 0 1 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .806 .875 .735 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -3 661 30.0 187 .275 .419 .331 13.1 11.2 11.4 .253 .389 .313 30.2
2023 Slider 0.7 3 400 18.2 99 .302 .385 .316 27.6 20.2 15.0 .232 .303 .239 15.6
2023 Sinker 0.2 1 365 16.6 110 .304 .392 .350 7.4 10.0 12.1 .283 .362 .309 28.6
2023 Cutter -1.6 -3 215 9.8 50 .229 .250 .233 29.1 24.0 23.5 .223 .263 .233 16.7
2023 Curveball -1.0 -2 175 8.0 37 .206 .353 .257 30.6 21.6 13.1 .140 .206 .188 14.8
2023 Sweeper 1.2 2 172 7.8 45 .286 .381 .378 30.7 31.1 18.9 .245 .364 .289 21.4
2023 Changeup -2.0 -3 161 7.3 46 .227 .341 .285 29.9 26.1 20.7 .226 .279 .242 25.0
2023 Split-Finger 1.1 0 36 1.6 12 .200 .500 .300 27.3 25.0 20.0 .299 .464 .333 37.5
2023 Slurve -6.3 0 7 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .014 .026 .018 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 331 1,257 3 -12 8 2 1
2017 626 2,360 -9 -3 7 9 5
2018 702 2,723 -11 -12 24 12 13
2019 729 2,763 -18 2 17 12 13
2020 265 996 -4 -2 7 5 6
2021 719 2,608 -9 -22 18 10 -3
2022 556 2,041 -19 -7 11 8 -7
2023 592 2,209 -7 -21 13 9 -6
2024 335 1,330 -14 -18 9 6 -17
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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 %
2016 1,258 51.0 62.2 86.7 34.0 62.4 42.6 23.2 48.4 20.2 6.7 67.9
2017 2,369 51.1 68.5 88.1 32.2 68.7 42.6 25.1 50.8 17.5 8.2 74.2
2018 2,733 48.8 67.7 85.8 29.0 68.9 41.6 24.3 47.9 19.0 8.3 75.2
2019 2,773 49.6 68.1 85.6 30.9 66.1 43.8 25.5 49.3 20.1 7.0 69.2
2020 996 48.7 71.8 88.2 28.0 72.0 41.8 27.2 49.3 16.3 8.5 81.2
2021 2,608 49.6 71.3 85.9 29.0 71.1 42.4 32.0 50.0 18.3 7.6 82.3
2022 2,017 50.7 71.4 85.6 29.8 65.9 44.1 34.0 50.9 19.4 8.4 78.8
2023 2,200 49.9 69.8 85.1 32.5 69.6 43.6 34.2 51.1 19.5 8.8 74.1
2024 1,330 48.5 66.2 87.8 25.8 63.8 41.6 26.6 45.4 18.7 6.8 75.6
Player 18,284 49.8 68.8 86.3 30.2 67.9 42.8 28.3 49.4 18.9 7.9 75.5
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
2016 53 95 33
2017 46 78 63 54 33 53 36 42 79 20 85 7 82 19 95 80
2018 70 90 55 38 77 44 24 17 48 20 78 50 79 45 92 85
2019 45 86 42 25 53 43 20 15 36 12 74 21 78 34 86 24
2020 59 90 59 32 55 55 28 10 32 7 96 6 93 44 90 88 30
2021 20 68 25 17 23 30 12 13 51 6 90 11 87 41 87 91 13
2022 18 37 22 20 20 25 14 16 35 9 85 35 82 45 84 89 41
2023 6 30 5 5 10 7 3 1 21 2 81 19 82 25 85 33 54
2024 13 90 26 39
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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 %
2016 21.5 2 5.5 -4 8 6 1 50.0
2017 22.1 19 20.1 -1 18 12 10 52.6
2018 24.1 12 13.8 -2 7 10 7 58.3
2019 23.2 16 15.0 1 14 7 8 50.0
2020 24.5 9 9.0 0 3 4 6 66.7
2021 24.7 10 12.5 -3 13 11 5 50.0
2022 23.4 11 11.0 0 11 13 1 9.1
2023 23.4 11 8.8 2 6 10 1 9.1
2024 23.2 4 3.0 1 3 3 0 0.0
Player 23.3 94 98.7 -5 83 76 39 41.5