Yan Gomes
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 212LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 10, #310, Toronto Blue Jays | Barry
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 375 349 49 88 14 0 .252 .301 .421 .722
2022 293 277 23 65 8 2 .235 .260 .365 .625
2023 419 382 44 102 10 1 .267 .315 .408 .723
12 Seasons 3,986 3,665 436 909 135 8 .248 .298 .416 .714
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .252 14 0 .722
2022 .235 8 2 .625
2023 .267 10 1 .723
12 Seasons .248 135 8 .714
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 27 1471 265 17 6.4 4.4 87.5 107.7 17.7 41.9 .241 .419 .283 .303 .394 32.8 26.7 3.3
2016 28 913 184 10 5.4 3.8 87.0 108.5 16.8 28.8 .207 .362 .225 .257 .328 32.1 26.1 3.4
2017 29 1460 245 14 5.7 3.7 86.4 110.2 16.2 29.4 .207 .364 .307 .286 .337 32.7 25.8 8.1
2018 30 1718 287 24 8.4 5.5 88.9 109.1 18.7 41.5 .248 .450 .326 .322 .422 38.7 27.4 4.8
2019 31 1419 231 16 6.9 4.5 87.6 107.6 18.1 32.0 .217 .391 .298 .302 .349 36.1 23.5 10.6
2020 32 405 90 5 5.6 4.2 89.9 105.0 17.6 38.9 .283 .462 .332 .338 .393 37.8 18.5 5.0
2021 33 1348 272 24 8.8 6.4 89.6 107.7 14.1 39.3 .280 .469 .308 .341 .409 38.2 20.8 5.1
2022 34 1006 235 8 3.4 2.7 85.3 107.5 9.4 37.9 .251 .379 .271 .287 .326 28.9 16.0 2.7
2023 35 1586 308 24 7.8 5.7 87.4 109.7 15.1 37.0 .262 .409 .312 .321 .369 36.4 19.3 5.0
Player 11326 2117 142 6.7 4.7 87.7 110.2 15.8 36.6 .242 .411 .297 .307 .371 34.9 23.2 5.5
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 35.1 24.2 33.2 7.5 32.8 41.9 25.3 2.3 27.2 27.9 29.8 5.7 6.4 4.4
2016 39.1 27.7 26.1 7.1 37.5 37.5 24.5 3.8 29.9 33.7 18.5 8.2 5.4 3.8
2017 41.2 26.1 20.4 12.2 37.6 37.1 24.9 6.1 29.4 33.1 19.6 5.3 5.7 3.7
2018 32.8 28.9 31.0 7.3 42.9 32.4 24.7 2.8 22.0 28.6 26.5 10.8 8.4 5.5
2019 39.4 30.3 22.5 7.8 41.6 35.1 23.4 2.6 29.0 32.0 22.5 6.5 6.9 4.5
2020 36.7 31.1 26.7 5.6 32.2 42.2 25.6 1.1 23.3 28.9 31.1 8.9 5.6 4.2
2021 37.9 24.3 30.5 7.4 36.0 43.8 20.2 1.8 29.0 23.5 30.1 6.6 8.8 6.4
2022 46.4 21.3 26.8 5.5 40.9 35.3 23.8 5.5 34.5 25.1 24.3 6.0 3.4 2.7
2023 37.0 28.9 25.6 8.4 30.5 38.3 31.2 4.2 26.0 30.2 27.3 4.5 7.8 5.7
Player 38.3 26.7 27.2 7.8 37.0 37.9 24.9 3.5 27.9 29.1 25.5 6.8 6.7 4.7
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 5 494 31.1 121 .286 .455 .341 22.4 19.8 17.0 .277 .467 .343 40.4
2023 Sinker 1.0 3 295 18.6 78 .333 .603 .460 13.6 5.1 7.5 .330 .524 .432 39.3
2023 Slider -1.2 -4 294 18.5 70 .209 .299 .231 30.8 22.9 15.5 .224 .336 .260 38.5
2023 Cutter -1.9 -3 148 9.3 39 .222 .222 .244 25.6 17.9 20.0 .219 .276 .238 20.0
2023 Changeup 0.2 0 137 8.6 53 .306 .449 .328 24.1 17.0 20.9 .279 .469 .342 35.7
2023 Curveball 2.1 3 117 7.4 25 .292 .500 .352 22.4 28.0 17.5 .304 .430 .331 52.9
2023 Sweeper 0.3 0 81 5.1 28 .185 .185 .243 43.9 42.9 31.6 .157 .197 .201 13.3
2023 Split-Finger -2.5 0 8 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -1.5 0 5 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -2 321 31.9 75 .300 .514 .373 16.4 13.3 12.5 .296 .480 .355 39.3
2022 Slider -3.2 -6 198 19.7 57 .167 .315 .205 22.2 21.1 19.7 .218 .320 .233 20.5
2022 Sinker -1.6 -3 185 18.4 57 .278 .407 .334 10.4 5.3 10.7 .246 .373 .292 27.5
2022 Curveball 1.3 1 106 10.5 32 .219 .250 .215 36.2 28.1 27.3 .190 .309 .214 30.4
2022 Changeup -1.8 -2 95 9.4 37 .235 .294 .271 21.5 16.2 16.2 .298 .364 .300 26.7
2022 Cutter -4.3 -3 60 6.0 24 .182 .182 .217 13.5 8.3 15.4 .259 .323 .293 20.0
2022 Sweeper -0.2 0 29 2.9 7 .143 .571 .286 40.0 57.1 30.8 .218 .496 .298 33.3
2022 Split-Finger -8.7 0 5 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 25.0 .044 .159 .082 100.0
2022 Slurve -2.3 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 474 35.2 136 .234 .508 .328 14.9 16.9 18.1 .304 .602 .396 40.6
2021 Slider 1.1 3 246 18.2 60 .246 .316 .284 31.9 30.0 26.1 .247 .338 .274 30.8
2021 Sinker -2.0 -5 243 18.0 81 .240 .320 .290 12.0 13.6 22.9 .282 .394 .322 40.6
2021 Curveball -1.0 -1 115 8.5 27 .231 .346 .265 22.0 37.0 26.3 .201 .331 .246 25.0
2021 Changeup 1.0 1 113 8.4 34 .375 .531 .412 33.3 32.4 30.6 .289 .431 .330 57.1
2021 Cutter 0.3 0 104 7.7 22 .263 .421 .350 18.4 4.5 3.6 .360 .560 .436 27.8
2021 Split-Finger -6.1 -1 18 1.3 6 .000 .000 .000 58.3 66.7 44.4 .011 .012 .013 0.0
2021 Sweeper 2.8 0 17 1.3 4 .250 1.000 .500 11.1 0.0 0.0 .258 .831 .440 50.0
2021 Slurve 8.4 1 12 0.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .686 .738 .622 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -3.2 -4 133 32.8 43 .162 .378 .263 15.7 16.3 21.9 .220 .444 .301 42.4
2020 Sinker -1.0 -1 81 20.0 22 .333 .476 .368 7.1 4.5 6.7 .365 .626 .438 30.0
2020 Slider 1.2 1 58 14.3 14 .308 .615 .442 39.1 35.7 25.0 .301 .413 .335 62.5
2020 Curveball -2.3 -1 53 13.1 15 .267 .400 .347 50.0 40.0 30.0 .226 .314 .236 44.4
2020 Cutter -1.3 0 36 8.9 10 .400 .500 .395 16.7 0.0 0.0 .371 .620 .424 40.0
2020 Changeup 6.7 2 33 8.1 10 .556 .778 .590 27.8 20.0 18.2 .373 .416 .384 14.3
2020 Sweeper 9.5 1 6 1.5 5 .250 .250 .320 25.0 20.0 100.0 .164 .176 .261 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 12.3 1 5 1.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 502 35.4 128 .207 .431 .322 23.0 26.6 21.9 .205 .432 .303 32.9
2019 Sinker -0.5 -1 282 19.9 75 .286 .413 .357 15.2 14.7 14.3 .264 .417 .357 41.5
2019 Slider -0.3 -1 273 19.2 57 .182 .291 .252 41.2 33.3 19.4 .172 .295 .214 30.6
2019 Curveball -0.3 0 156 11.0 35 .194 .419 .307 33.8 25.7 17.6 .172 .329 .266 36.4
2019 Changeup 0.7 1 102 7.2 26 .227 .409 .337 32.7 34.6 17.0 .260 .449 .357 30.8
2019 Cutter -1.8 -1 78 5.5 24 .250 .300 .319 7.7 4.2 3.8 .273 .386 .346 47.4
2019 Split-Finger -4.0 -1 21 1.5 5 .200 .200 .180 16.7 20.0 9.1 .203 .269 .202 25.0
2019 Slurve -4.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 5 586 34.1 140 .308 .562 .387 28.0 28.6 22.3 .261 .530 .355 45.1
2018 Slider 0.4 1 340 19.8 89 .268 .427 .343 37.2 22.5 16.9 .252 .417 .312 30.2
2018 Sinker -1.3 -4 321 18.7 78 .297 .419 .345 18.8 17.9 21.5 .273 .447 .332 39.3
2018 Curveball 0.8 1 144 8.4 30 .259 .630 .402 32.8 30.0 16.7 .235 .579 .375 50.0
2018 Changeup -1.4 -2 137 8.0 46 .186 .279 .253 29.9 23.9 22.4 .290 .442 .341 34.4
2018 Cutter -1.4 -2 128 7.5 31 .207 .345 .266 31.9 45.2 35.0 .155 .285 .219 40.0
2018 Split-Finger -4.0 -1 23 1.3 6 .000 .000 .000 33.3 66.7 25.0 .014 .017 .013 0.0
2018 Sweeper -6.7 -1 11 0.6 3 .000 .000 .000 60.0 66.7 50.0 .176 .193 .158 0.0
2018 Slurve -11.3 -1 5 0.3 3 .000 .000 .233 100.0 66.7 100.0 -- -- .233 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 7 496 34.0 125 .260 .567 .404 24.9 24.0 20.4 .222 .490 .355 42.1
2017 Sinker -0.8 -3 340 23.3 91 .241 .342 .324 17.0 14.3 14.4 .257 .383 .324 26.9
2017 Slider 0.1 0 271 18.6 72 .221 .338 .258 32.2 36.1 25.7 .133 .222 .180 31.0
2017 Curveball 0.7 1 136 9.3 28 .296 .370 .307 34.5 35.7 20.4 .222 .330 .252 29.4
2017 Changeup -4.0 -4 110 7.5 35 .188 .250 .234 34.4 25.7 24.3 .226 .357 .284 30.4
2017 Cutter -4.9 -3 64 4.4 18 .059 .118 .108 33.3 27.8 27.8 .125 .172 .159 16.7
2017 Split-Finger 5.3 1 24 1.6 9 .333 .778 .461 53.3 33.3 33.3 .250 .414 .277 50.0
2017 Slurve -7.9 -1 8 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 75.0 50.0 100.0 .044 .048 .042 0.0
2017 Sweeper -18.2 -1 7 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .120 .284 .170 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 111 391 -3 -2 -1 2 -4
2013 326 1,245 4 -6 5 6 10
2014 515 1,986 9 -8 4 7 12
2015 388 1,465 -11 -13 3 7 -14
2016 268 932 -4 -18 2 2 -18
2017 390 1,502 -11 -8 8 10 -1
2018 436 1,753 4 -21 8 6 -3
2019 381 1,536 -2 -15 9 6 -3
2020 119 405 -4 -1 0 2 -3
2021 372 1,348 -3 -11 7 8 1
2022 293 1,006 -12 -6 0 3 -15
2023 418 1,585 -2 -12 13 6 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 1,471 50.6 69.2 83.3 34.4 61.6 43.6 34.2 52.0 23.8 8.5 76.0
2016 913 53.3 74.1 82.5 37.6 57.5 44.7 36.7 57.1 25.0 8.1 82.4
2017 1,460 48.7 71.2 79.6 34.7 58.5 41.4 35.0 52.5 27.3 6.4 77.4
2018 1,718 48.6 73.1 79.9 35.4 52.3 43.2 30.2 53.6 29.5 6.5 76.4
2019 1,419 46.7 67.2 80.2 34.3 64.1 43.2 23.5 49.7 25.5 6.6 76.3
2020 405 50.9 65.5 85.2 33.2 62.1 38.8 30.3 49.6 22.4 8.1 72.7
2021 1,348 50.5 68.7 87.6 32.7 61.9 41.1 26.7 50.9 20.6 8.5 72.2
2022 1,006 47.9 70.5 88.8 39.1 66.8 43.1 31.4 54.2 19.4 8.3 68.7
2023 1,586 48.0 69.1 83.8 37.0 62.1 43.4 25.8 52.5 24.2 6.3 79.0
Player 11,326 49.2 70.1 83.0 35.4 60.4 42.7 30.2 52.5 24.7 7.3 75.8
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 39 28 62 68 8 45 63 31 58 36 9 2 34 20 49
2016 64 45
2017 9 1 12 37 6 23 42 22 77 35 17 45 25 12 46
2018 45 43 68 73 19 44 62 50 67 55 10 8 15 10 50
2019 17 5 20 37 28 19 40 19 54 34 35 72 42 19 44
2020 26 28
2021 64 86 75 59 51 39 53 55 51 34 53 6 76 14 36
2022 34 27
2023 44 63 40 32 36 37 43 16 53 22 67 7 56 9 22
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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 22.3 9 9.1 0 6 8 3 33.3
2017 24.2 14 13.6 0 7 13 5 35.7
2018 22.3 16 17.4 -1 7 19 4 25.0
2019 23.9 12 11.3 1 7 5 7 58.3
2020 22.8 4 4.6 -1 3 5 1 25.0
2021 23.3 14 15.6 -2 6 10 7 50.0
2022 24.1 8 8.0 0 2 5 4 50.0
2023 22.5 10 9.1 1 2 11 2 20.0
Player 23.2 87 88.7 -2 40 76 33 37.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 9 8 9 10 9 9 11 8 10 6 9 14 8 8 9 9 6 6 10 11 9 8 12 12 6 8 9 14 9 10 7
2017 14 13 14 11 17 16 19 10 15 9 17 19 10 13 14 12 9 10 14 15 13 13 19 12 9 10 14 21 13 17 11
2018 16 25 15 14 19 15 23 15 16 8 18 23 17 16 16 16 14 12 20 23 19 16 23 18 12 10 20 20 21 21 16
2019 12 14 12 13 11 10 11 13 10 9 10 12 13 11 11 11 9 9 12 11 13 12 15 13 11 9 10 11 15 10 9
2020 4 6 6 5 4 5 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 5 7 5 5 8 4 2 3 6 5 6 5 4
2021 14 15 16 14 16 16 17 15 11 14 16 17 15 13 16 16 14 15 15 15 15 18 18 18 14 16 16 17 15 17 17
2022 8 4 7 9 9 8 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 9 7 8 11 8 7 7 9 10 8 9 8
2023 10 8 8 7 10 10 8 7 7 6 8 7 11 9 10 9 11 6 9 10 9 10 13 12 8 8 9 12 12 9 10
Player 87 93 87 83 95 89 103 78 80 62 90 104 86 82 89 84 75 69 93 101 90 90 119 97 69 71 93 110 99 98 82
! 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 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.5 87.0 -0.5 86.4 -0.6 88.9 2.5 87.6 -1.3 89.9 2.3 89.6 -0.3 85.3 -4.3 87.4 2.1
Launch Angle 17.7 16.8 -0.9 16.2 -0.6 18.7 2.5 18.1 -0.6 17.6 -0.5 14.1 -3.5 9.4 -4.7 15.1 5.7
Barrel % 6.4 5.4 -1.0 5.7 0.3 8.4 2.7 6.9 -1.5 5.6 -1.3 8.8 3.2 3.4 -5.4 7.8 4.4
Hard Hit % 32.8 32.1 -0.7 32.7 0.6 38.7 6.0 36.1 -2.6 37.8 1.7 38.2 0.4 28.9 -9.3 36.4 7.5
Sweet Spot % 41.9 28.8 -13.1 29.4 0.6 41.5 12.1 32.0 -9.5 38.9 6.9 39.3 0.4 37.9 -1.4 37.0 -0.9
xBA .241 .207 -0.034 .207 0.000 .248 0.041 .217 -0.031 .283 0.066 .280 -0.003 .251 -0.029 .262 0.011
BA .231 .167 -0.064 .232 0.065 .266 0.034 .223 -0.043 .284 0.061 .252 -0.032 .235 -0.017 .267 0.032
xwOBA .303 .257 -0.046 .286 0.029 .322 0.036 .302 -0.020 .338 0.036 .341 0.003 .287 -0.054 .321 0.034
wOBA .283 .225 -0.058 .307 0.082 .326 0.019 .298 -0.028 .332 0.034 .308 -0.024 .271 -0.037 .312 0.041
xSLG .419 .362 -0.057 .364 0.002 .450 0.086 .391 -0.059 .462 0.071 .469 0.007 .379 -0.090 .409 0.030
SLG .391 .327 -0.064 .399 0.072 .449 0.050 .389 -0.060 .468 0.079 .421 -0.047 .365 -0.056 .408 0.043
K% 26.7 26.1 -0.6 25.8 -0.3 27.4 1.6 23.5 -3.9 18.5 -5.0 20.8 2.3 16.0 -4.8 19.3 3.3
BB% 3.3 3.4 0.1 8.1 4.7 4.8 -3.3 10.6 5.8 5.0 -5.6 5.1 0.1 2.7 -2.4 5.0 2.3
Swing % 52.0 57.1 5.1 52.5 -4.6 53.6 1.1 49.7 -3.9 49.6 -0.1 50.9 1.3 54.2 3.3 52.5 -1.7
Whiff% 23.8 25.0 1.2 27.3 2.3 29.5 2.2 25.5 -4.0 22.4 -3.1 20.6 -1.8 19.4 -1.2 24.2 4.8
In Zone % 50.6 53.3 2.7 48.7 -4.6 48.6 -0.1 46.7 -1.9 50.9 4.2 50.5 -0.4 47.9 -2.6 48.0 0.1
Out of Zone % 49.4 46.7 -2.7 51.3 4.6 51.4 0.1 53.3 1.9 49.1 -4.2 49.5 0.4 52.1 2.6 52.0 -0.1
Out of Zone Swing % 34.4 37.6 3.2 34.7 -2.9 35.4 0.7 34.3 -1.1 33.2 -1.1 32.7 -0.5 39.1 6.4 37.0 -2.1
First Pitch Swing % 34.2 36.7 2.5 35.0 -1.7 30.2 -4.8 23.5 -6.7 30.3 6.8 26.7 -3.6 31.4 4.7 25.8 -5.6
First Pitch Strike % 64.5 64.8 0.3 64.5 -0.3 59.4 -5.1 62.6 3.2 69.7 7.1 60.4 -9.3 63.1 2.7 59.2 -3.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 260 30 11.5 .202 .346
2017 Shifts R 383 32 8.4 .310 .280
2018 Shifts R 427 92 21.5 .318 .351
2019 Shifts R 352 58 16.5 .294 .317
2020 Shifts R 119 21 17.6 .301 .475
2021 Shifts R 371 58 15.6 .285 .441
2022 Shifts R 293 30 10.2 .270 .279
2023 Shades R 412 26 6.3 .325 .121
! 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 %
2012 87 16.1 33.3% 2.3% 55 21.9 0.0% 9.1%
2013 323 18.1 18.0% 2.2% 222 23.8 0.5% 9.9%
2014 522 18.6 10.0% 2.3% 354 24.3 0.3% 11.3%
2015 349 19.6 16.9% 5.7% 263 24.0 1.9% 17.1%
2016 219 17.9 21.5% 3.7% 121 22.5 6.6% 21.5%
2017 360 18.1 18.1% 1.7% 223 23.6 0.9% 11.2%
2018 416 18.2 12.0% 1.4% 275 23.3 0.7% 8.0%
2019 410 18.3 15.4% 2.4% 197 24.7 0.0% 16.8%
2020 117 18.7 7.7% 0.9% 67 24.8 0.0% 10.4%
2021 334 17.7 13.8% 1.2% 256 24.0 0.0% 10.9%
2022 238 18.1 17.2% 2.1% 169 23.2 1.2% 6.5%
2023 381 15.1 48.0% 0.0% 293 19.2 3.4% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings