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 .433 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 .332 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.

Statcast Batting Run Value

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 81
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
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 2 4 6 10 5 4 7 5 2 3 5 11 5 3 4 5 2 3 5 8 5 3 10 8 4 4 6 12 6 6 4
2017 19 18 21 24 21 18 22 16 17 19 18 31 19 21 17 21 14 15 22 18 20 25 26 22 17 18 18 25 22 22 16
2018 12 20 9 11 14 11 16 14 12 7 13 16 15 14 12 15 13 12 15 19 16 14 20 16 10 10 12 15 17 15 12
2019 16 17 14 16 14 14 14 14 13 12 14 16 20 13 14 12 12 13 15 14 13 22 18 19 12 13 14 18 22 15 14
2020 9 10 10 10 10 8 11 7 10 8 9 11 6 6 9 8 6 8 10 11 8 10 12 8 6 8 11 11 8 11 9
2021 10 16 13 12 12 8 16 11 8 8 7 21 11 9 10 16 7 8 15 15 12 19 18 14 8 8 22 14 14 11 13
2022 11 4 13 7 15 14 16 7 8 6 11 19 8 8 13 12 7 6 11 13 8 12 19 10 4 7 18 17 10 13 13
2023 11 4 10 7 11 10 12 5 8 7 8 12 7 9 11 8 10 5 9 9 9 9 12 9 7 7 9 12 8 11 8
2024 4 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 4 3 3 3
Player 94 94 98 100 105 90 117 81 81 73 88 142 94 86 93 99 74 73 106 111 94 117 138 110 70 78 113 128 110 107 92
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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 87.6 -0.5 87.0 -0.6 87.1 0.1 86.1 -1.0 86.9 0.8 87.1 0.2 85.1 -2.0 84.1 -1.0
Launch Angle 12.2 16.4 4.2 16.9 0.5 15.6 -1.3 15.8 0.2 14.1 -1.7 15.1 1.0 14.4 -0.7 12.9 -1.5
Barrel % 2.9 5.1 2.2 4.6 -0.5 4.5 -0.1 5.1 0.6 3.5 -1.6 4.2 0.7 2.4 -1.8 2.4 0.0
Hard Hit % 34.4 29.6 -4.8 31.2 1.6 29.2 -2.0 27.3 -1.9 28.8 1.5 31.1 2.3 24.3 -6.8 21.6 -2.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.9 36.5 6.6 40.9 4.4 42.4 1.5 39.8 -2.6 40.0 0.2 37.9 -2.1 37.2 -0.7 34.3 -2.9
xBA .252 .275 0.023 .281 0.006 .281 0.000 .292 0.011 .263 -0.029 .240 -0.023 .242 0.002 .242 0.000
BA .283 .288 0.005 .304 0.016 .302 -0.002 .282 -0.020 .277 -0.005 .250 -0.027 .272 0.022 .222 -0.050
xwOBA .292 .327 0.035 .343 0.016 .325 -0.018 .336 0.011 .301 -0.035 .288 -0.013 .276 -0.012 .295 0.019
wOBA .309 .332 0.023 .349 0.017 .340 -0.009 .329 -0.011 .306 -0.023 .294 -0.012 .304 0.010 .283 -0.021
xSLG .372 .454 0.082 .428 -0.026 .434 0.006 .439 0.005 .383 -0.056 .356 -0.027 .335 -0.021 .317 -0.018
SLG .392 .460 0.068 .438 -0.022 .463 0.025 .440 -0.023 .395 -0.045 .375 -0.020 .382 0.007 .314 -0.068
K% 21.7 14.0 -7.7 16.1 2.1 17.1 1.0 12.5 -4.6 14.3 1.8 15.5 1.2 17.1 1.6 15.5 -1.6
BB% 5.7 4.6 -1.1 8.6 4.0 6.1 -2.5 4.5 -1.6 5.6 1.1 6.9 1.3 6.1 -0.8 10.4 4.3
Swing % 48.4 50.8 2.4 47.9 -2.9 49.3 1.4 49.3 0.0 50.0 0.7 50.9 0.9 51.1 0.2 45.4 -5.7
Whiff% 20.2 17.5 -2.7 19.0 1.5 20.1 1.1 16.3 -3.8 18.3 2.0 19.4 1.1 19.5 0.1 18.7 -0.8
In Zone % 51.0 51.1 0.1 48.8 -2.3 49.6 0.8 48.7 -0.9 49.6 0.9 50.7 1.1 49.9 -0.8 48.5 -1.4
Out of Zone % 49.0 48.9 -0.1 51.2 2.3 50.4 -0.8 51.3 0.9 50.4 -0.9 49.3 -1.1 50.1 0.8 51.5 1.4
Out of Zone Swing % 34.0 32.2 -1.8 29.0 -3.2 30.9 1.9 28.0 -2.9 29.0 1.0 29.8 0.8 32.5 2.7 25.8 -6.7
First Pitch Swing % 23.2 25.1 1.9 24.3 -0.8 25.5 1.2 27.2 1.7 32.0 4.8 34.0 2.0 34.2 0.2 26.6 -7.6
First Pitch Strike % 60.5 61.7 1.2 59.1 -2.6 61.0 1.9 60.4 -0.6 60.5 0.1 59.5 -1.0 65.9 6.4 63.6 -2.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 328 0 0.0 .309
2017 Shifts R 627 4 0.6 .331 .219
2018 Shifts R 705 11 1.6 .348 .445
2019 Shifts R 725 12 1.7 .338 .408
2020 Shifts R 265 2 0.8 .324 1.060
2021 Shifts R 714 1 0.1 .307 .000
2022 Shifts R 550 0 0.0 .294
2023 Shades R 590 13 2.2 .302 .386
2024 Shades R 327 9 2.8 .281 .294
! 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 %
2016 347 18.5 22.8% 3.5% 219 25.0 1.4% 21.5%
2017 715 16.3 31.0% 0.6% 307 24.0 0.7% 13.0%
2018 848 16.4 33.0% 1.1% 403 24.1 0.2% 11.4%
2019 864 17.1 25.2% 2.9% 363 25.4 0.3% 14.9%
2020 311 17.4 30.2% 1.6% 126 24.7 0.0% 15.9%
2021 739 17.3 26.9% 1.4% 387 25.2 0.3% 18.6%
2022 553 17.3 27.8% 1.3% 316 23.4 0.3% 10.1%
2023 581 15.4 44.1% 0.2% 357 19.6 4.2% 1.4%
2024 377 15.2 46.4% 0.8% 231 18.5 8.2% 0.4%
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Statcast Rankings