Zack Wheeler
P | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 195LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 1, #6, San Francisco Giants | East Paulding HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 14 10 2.78 32 32 0 213.1 247 1.01
2022 12 7 2.82 26 26 0 153 163 1.04
2023 13 6 3.64 31 31 0 188 207 1.07
9 Seasons 87 63 3.45 226 226 0 1,374.2 1,396 1.19
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 32 14-10 2.78 213.1 247 1.01
2022 26 12-7 2.82 153 163 1.04
2023 31 13-6 3.64 188 207 1.07
9 Seasons 226 87-63 3.45 1,374.2 1,396 1.19
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2017 27 1561 262 22 8.4 5.7 87.6 113.0 8.7 36.6 .259 .439 .355 .338 .385 35.9 21.0 10.4 5.21 4.99
2018 28 2884 501 24 4.8 3.2 86.1 112.9 11.3 32.9 .219 .334 .272 .278 .326 27.1 24.1 7.4 3.31 3.23
2019 29 3159 580 31 5.3 3.7 87.0 117.6 12.3 34.5 .245 .393 .294 .297 .366 32.4 23.6 6.0 3.96 3.86
2020 30 1078 212 8 3.8 2.8 85.7 115.6 3.8 30.7 .249 .349 .291 .293 .325 34.0 18.4 5.6 2.92 3.60
2021 31 3205 548 25 4.6 2.9 84.6 118.6 8.4 31.2 .215 .318 .257 .258 .334 28.5 29.1 5.4 2.78 2.77
2022 32 2358 403 31 7.7 5.1 85.9 113.6 11.4 34.0 .226 .343 .275 .275 .345 34.5 26.9 5.6 2.82 3.10
2023 33 3088 516 27 5.2 3.5 86.9 113.2 14.4 34.7 .227 .348 .278 .276 .348 36.0 26.9 4.9 3.64 3.14
Player 17333 3022 168 5.6 3.8 86.2 118.6 10.8 33.5 .231 .355 .283 .283 .347 32.1 25.2 6.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Wheeler relies on 6 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(43.3%) ,
Sinker
(18.2%) ,
Slider
(14.6%) ,
Sweeper
(12.1%) ,
Curveball
(11.4%) ,
Changeup
(0.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 48.1 22.5 25.6 3.8 33.2 40.5 26.3 6.9 35.1 21.0 24.4 3.1 8.4 5.7
2018 46.1 21.6 24.0 8.4 34.9 38.3 26.7 4.8 36.3 25.5 22.4 4.2 4.8 3.2
2019 44.7 22.6 25.7 7.1 36.7 35.2 28.1 4.7 31.2 24.5 27.1 6.0 5.3 3.7
2020 56.6 10.8 27.4 5.2 40.6 34.4 25.0 6.1 45.8 15.1 23.1 5.2 3.8 2.8
2021 50.9 16.2 24.3 8.6 35.8 35.8 28.5 9.5 39.1 19.2 23.7 3.6 4.6 2.9
2022 46.4 23.8 24.3 5.5 39.7 35.5 24.8 9.2 33.5 20.6 23.1 5.5 7.7 5.1
2023 41.1 26.6 23.1 9.3 37.2 35.3 27.5 5.6 30.6 26.9 24.0 7.6 5.2 3.5
Player 46.8 21.3 24.6 7.3 36.7 36.3 27.0 6.6 35.0 22.6 24.1 5.2 5.6 3.8
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 Curveball PHI R 352 81.4 51.7 2.2 4 9.9 0.7 8
2023 Changeup PHI R 12 91.1 22.3 -6.0 -21 14.8 -0.2 -1
2023 4-Seamer PHI R 1,329 95.8 14.5 0.2 1 6.3 -1.9 -23
2023 Sinker PHI R 560 95.2 21.9 -0.5 -2 15.6 0.3 2
2023 Slider PHI R 449 90.8 27.0 -2.6 -9 2.5 -0.9 -25
2023 Sweeper PHI R 373 84.4 36.5 0.1 0 13.4 0.5 4
2022 Changeup PHI R 41 89.5 24.6 -3.7 -13 14.5 -0.4 -3
2022 4-Seamer PHI R 991 95.9 13.6 0.3 2 9.2 1.4 17
2022 Sinker PHI R 409 95.4 18.6 -1.3 -7 16.1 0.9 6
2022 Slider PHI R 635 90.6 26.8 -2.2 -7 2.3 -0.4 -15
2022 Curveball PHI R 281 81.3 51.7 0.8 1 9.2 -0.1 -1
2021 Sinker PHI R 577 96.7 17.9 -0.5 -3 15.7 0.7 5
2021 Changeup PHI R 120 90.6 23.4 -3.4 -13 13.9 -0.8 -5
2021 Curveball PHI R 342 81.5 52.9 2.0 4 9.8 0.6 7
2021 4-Seamer PHI R 1,359 97.2 13.1 -0.2 -1 7.7 0.0 -1
2021 Slider PHI R 796 91.5 26.7 -1.0 -4 2.3 -0.5 -19
2020 Slider PHI R 171 89.8 31.0 0.7 2 4.3 0.7 21
2020 4-Seamer PHI R 461 96.9 15.0 -1.7 -13 5.9 -1.5 -20
2020 Sinker PHI R 242 96.6 17.2 -1.3 -7 14.4 -0.1 -1
2020 Changeup PHI R 92 90.3 22.9 -3.9 -15 12.5 -1.0 -7
2020 Curveball PHI R 109 80.1 55.6 3.5 7 10.8 1.5 17
2019 4-Seamer NYM R 948 96.8 13.1 0.4 3 10.5 3.2 44
2019 Changeup NYM R 322 89.0 24.1 -3.8 -13 12.4 -1.8 -12
2019 Slider NYM R 625 91.2 26.2 -0.8 -3 2.1 0.0 -1
2019 Splitter NYM R 32 88.8 30.5 -0.2 -1 12.4 2.4 24
2019 Sinker NYM R 916 96.5 15.9 -2.5 -14 13.9 -0.2 -1
2019 Curveball NYM R 315 80.7 54.1 1.8 3 8.1 -0.9 -10
2018 Sinker NYM R 437 96.0 15.7 -2.9 -16 13.3 -0.6 -4
2018 4-Seamer NYM R 1,219 95.8 13.1 1.1 8 9.5 2.4 35
2018 Splitter NYM R 341 89.3 24.7 -2.9 -11 12.0 0.7 7
2018 Curveball NYM R 303 79.3 54.9 1.6 3 8.0 -1.1 -12
2018 Changeup NYM R 27 86.3 23.5 -6.3 -21 13.5 -0.3 -2
2018 Slider NYM R 555 90.8 26.0 -1.4 -5 1.7 -0.9 -35
2017 Slider NYM R 317 88.0 30.4 0.8 3 0.0 -2.4 -99
2017 4-Seamer NYM R 642 94.8 13.2 -0.1 0 10.1 2.5 33
2017 Sinker NYM R 317 94.3 16.6 -2.1 -11 15.6 1.0 7
2017 Curveball NYM R 209 78.8 53.2 1.5 3 5.2 -3.2 -38
2017 Changeup NYM R 73 88.2 22.3 -4.0 -15 14.0 -0.1 -1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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-Seamer 1.2 16 1,338 43.3 313 .197 .334 .266 31.5 31.9 23.7 .196 .330 .258 42.5
2023 Sinker 1.0 5 562 18.2 153 .254 .310 .281 18.9 19.0 19.6 .245 .292 .268 29.2
2023 Slider -0.4 -2 450 14.6 122 .272 .430 .334 22.1 17.2 15.7 .292 .437 .340 34.4
2023 Sweeper 0.2 1 374 12.1 88 .190 .357 .256 39.5 34.1 21.1 .197 .367 .257 27.3
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 352 11.4 92 .267 .477 .333 32.5 28.3 17.2 .244 .364 .287 39.3
2023 Changeup -4.0 0 12 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .285 .318 .262 0.0
2022 4-Seamer 1.0 10 991 42.0 239 .211 .358 .281 28.6 30.5 24.0 .228 .390 .301 47.9
2022 Slider 0.4 2 635 26.9 172 .202 .350 .270 24.7 27.3 22.6 .216 .333 .260 30.2
2022 Sinker 2.4 10 410 17.4 130 .238 .279 .266 16.1 15.4 19.2 .233 .272 .253 22.5
2022 Curveball -1.0 -3 281 11.9 56 .259 .389 .294 31.1 39.3 20.2 .199 .257 .216 25.0
2022 Changeup -4.8 -2 41 1.7 9 .375 1.125 .622 18.8 11.1 8.3 .433 .914 .587 42.9
2021 4-Seamer 1.0 14 1,365 42.6 341 .226 .318 .280 26.0 33.1 24.1 .215 .315 .272 32.7
2021 Slider 1.4 11 799 24.9 211 .196 .317 .251 30.0 30.3 26.3 .224 .342 .269 31.1
2021 Sinker 1.7 10 579 18.1 190 .253 .335 .284 17.1 13.2 21.6 .241 .313 .250 21.0
2021 Curveball 0.9 3 342 10.7 81 .147 .307 .222 42.5 46.9 27.7 .156 .318 .228 31.6
2021 Changeup -0.4 0 120 3.7 25 .167 .333 .228 28.0 28.0 19.4 .126 .187 .156 23.5
2020 4-Seamer 1.2 6 462 42.9 121 .295 .402 .330 19.9 13.2 13.0 .285 .395 .321 41.2
2020 Sinker 2.5 6 243 22.5 78 .225 .268 .284 13.0 12.8 16.4 .221 .268 .260 29.5
2020 Slider -0.4 -1 171 15.9 29 .231 .269 .271 38.5 31.0 18.8 .248 .313 .292 17.6
2020 Curveball -0.8 -1 109 10.1 32 .161 .419 .261 44.7 43.8 28.0 .202 .400 .268 29.4
2020 Changeup 0.0 0 92 8.5 26 .292 .333 .322 20.0 15.4 14.3 .227 .347 .285 30.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.7 7 948 30.0 200 .240 .337 .305 27.0 29.5 20.3 .232 .347 .290 32.5
2019 Sinker 0.4 4 916 29.0 274 .298 .488 .363 15.8 17.2 18.3 .275 .466 .340 38.2
2019 Slider 0.3 2 625 19.8 161 .237 .362 .288 26.6 23.0 19.5 .248 .415 .299 26.7
2019 Changeup 0.5 2 322 10.2 98 .226 .376 .280 22.9 17.3 16.7 .234 .396 .285 30.3
2019 Curveball -0.1 0 315 10.0 73 .254 .282 .263 28.1 37.0 22.9 .207 .250 .213 22.7
2019 Splitter -3.9 -1 32 1.0 17 .250 .313 .368 28.6 41.2 33.3 .153 .201 .224 33.3
2018 4-Seamer 1.1 14 1,219 42.3 300 .244 .342 .304 23.6 24.0 20.5 .235 .373 .307 28.9
2018 Slider 0.1 0 555 19.2 138 .209 .287 .248 26.9 21.7 17.0 .209 .282 .246 26.3
2018 Sinker 2.7 12 437 15.2 119 .204 .296 .240 14.9 13.4 15.5 .198 .299 .238 25.8
2018 Splitter -1.0 -3 341 11.8 98 .242 .341 .288 29.1 28.6 21.7 .253 .423 .317 28.6
2018 Curveball 0.0 0 303 10.5 77 .172 .281 .249 36.7 41.6 27.8 .149 .184 .216 16.7
2018 Changeup -4.3 -1 27 0.9 10 .375 .625 .480 18.8 10.0 16.7 .327 .553 .439 42.9
2017 4-Seamer 0.2 2 642 41.1 142 .282 .460 .376 21.0 25.4 17.3 .267 .429 .346 43.2
2017 Sinker -2.7 -9 318 20.4 84 .370 .603 .451 14.0 10.7 11.3 .299 .533 .389 33.8
2017 Slider 0.4 1 317 20.3 95 .224 .329 .291 31.0 23.2 19.1 .202 .322 .272 33.3
2017 Curveball 1.1 2 209 13.4 43 .200 .375 .276 18.3 23.3 12.8 .221 .397 .290 20.0
2017 Changeup -5.6 -4 73 4.7 21 .400 .750 .498 29.0 19.0 28.6 .371 .746 .477 43.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 12 91.1 93 18.4 1:30 2:00 -30
2023 Curveball 335 81.4 66 16.3 7:45 7:15 30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,297 95.8 79 16.3 1:15 12:45 30
2023 Sinker 532 95.2 80 18.1 1:15 2:15 -60
2023 Slider 431 90.9 39 6.6 12:00 11:00 60
2023 Sweeper 352 84.4 41 14.1 8:15 9:15 -60
2022 Changeup 41 89.5 96 17.5 1:45 2:00 -15
2022 Curveball 281 81.3 63 15.9 7:45 7:15 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 991 95.9 89 18.4 1:15 1:00 15
2022 Sinker 410 95.4 92 20.0 1:15 2:00 -45
2022 Slider 635 90.6 40 6.8 12:15 11:00 75
2021 Changeup 117 90.6 97 17.1 2:00 2:00 0
2021 Curveball 342 81.5 68 17.4 7:30 7:15 15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,364 97.2 88 17.4 1:15 1:00 15
2021 Sinker 579 96.7 91 19.6 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 793 91.5 37 6.2 12:00 11:00 60
2020 Changeup 84 90.2 96 16.6 2:00 1:45 15
2020 Curveball 107 80.1 76 19.1 7:30 7:15 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 449 97.0 86 14.8 1:00 12:45 15
2020 Sinker 240 96.6 88 19.0 1:00 1:45 -45
2020 Slider 161 89.8 27 5.5 11:15 9:30 105
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 429 1,719 14 13 -11 -8 8
2014 790 3,297 18 10 -18 -18 -7
2017 385 1,560 3 12 -16 -7 -8
2018 742 2,882 24 22 -15 -10 21
2019 823 3,158 14 23 -16 -8 12
2020 286 1,077 3 16 -5 -4 10
2021 848 3,205 25 33 -11 -10 37
2022 741 2,842 16 28 -12 -7 25
2023 769 3,088 19 23 -15 -7 20
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 1,561 51.7 69.1 81.7 22.2 62.9 45.2 60.9 46.5 21.8 8.1 82.5
2018 2,884 49.8 68.0 79.8 30.5 61.5 44.5 62.1 49.2 24.5 7.6 73.4
2019 3,159 51.6 69.7 81.5 30.8 64.5 45.3 66.0 50.9 23.0 7.7 76.6
2020 1,078 49.2 73.8 81.1 32.7 68.7 44.4 58.3 52.9 22.6 6.7 77.8
2021 3,205 51.5 72.2 78.8 30.4 56.7 44.4 66.8 51.9 26.5 8.0 81.2
2022 2,358 50.2 68.0 81.1 32.8 61.0 43.7 67.2 50.5 25.1 6.8 78.3
2023 3,088 49.8 70.5 79.6 31.9 53.1 44.5 61.6 51.1 28.5 6.8 80.0
Player 17,333 50.6 70.0 80.3 30.5 60.1 44.6 64.0 50.5 25.1 7.4 78.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2017 23 31 29 30 22 30 8 39 25 44 19 32 3 75 71 66 98
2018 83 75 83 85 77 29 79 93 96 61 63 48 79 89 68 62 97
2019 69 47 60 70 71 20 81 86 82 58 80 31 69 93 62 69 96
2020 68 39 72 90 57 33 87 90 66 18 86 23 86 93 58 64 98
2021 94 79 91 92 93 31 92 99 97 84 89 53 73 94 74 73 98
2022 80 64 75 78 80 20 41 94 76 74 83 46 83 81 78 75 99
2023 90 71 80 82 94 30 86 88 70 76 93 69 82 78 92 83 98
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.2 15 14.6 0 2 14 4 26.7
2018 23.6 14 15.8 -2 5 9 9 64.3
2019 23.6 22 24.1 -2 13 10 16 72.7
2020 22.0 3 2.7 0 3 2 1 33.3
2021 24.2 16 16.0 0 6 8 9 56.3
2022 24.1 15 17.3 -2 12 16 4 26.7
2023 24.2 20 18.7 1 9 9 11 55.0
Player 23.6 105 109.1 -4 50 68 54 51.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 15 17 13 11 15 15 17 17 12 12 15 15 15 15 16 15 13 13 15 14 17 14 18 17 12 12 14 17 16 15 10
2018 14 18 13 19 16 15 16 17 13 14 14 19 18 14 15 19 15 17 15 19 15 15 21 17 12 14 13 15 17 16 13
2019 22 27 22 27 23 23 25 23 21 19 19 28 27 25 22 25 22 20 23 25 26 26 29 29 25 21 21 28 30 24 17
2020 3 4 1 5 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 2
2021 16 17 16 16 17 17 17 18 11 13 14 19 18 15 17 18 15 16 17 16 15 17 17 17 14 14 17 16 17 15 14
2022 15 15 10 19 19 18 20 16 14 11 15 20 20 16 20 21 18 17 16 18 17 15 26 20 11 13 22 22 17 16 17
2023 20 17 17 20 21 20 21 15 20 15 18 25 17 16 20 18 21 18 19 23 16 17 25 19 15 16 19 21 18 19 15
Player 105 115 92 117 114 111 119 109 94 85 98 129 116 104 113 119 107 104 108 118 109 106 139 122 92 91 109 122 116 108 88
! 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.6 95.9 1.3 ↑ 96.7 0.8 ↑ 96.8 0.1 ↑ 97.0 0.2 ↑ 95.8 -1.2 ↓ 95.6 -0.2 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 88.2 89.1 0.9 ↑ 88.9 -0.2 ↓ 90.3 1.4 ↑ 90.6 0.3 ↑ 89.5 -1.1 ↓ 91.1 1.6 ↑
Breaking Velocity 84.4 86.7 2.3 ↑ 87.6 0.9 ↑ 86.0 -1.6 ↓ 88.5 2.5 ↑ 87.8 -0.7 ↓ 86.0 -1.8 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.6 86.1 -1.5 ↓ 87.0 0.9 ↑ 85.7 -1.3 ↓ 84.6 -1.1 ↓ 85.9 1.3 ↑ 86.9 1.0 ↑
Launch Angle 8.7 11.3 2.6 ↑ 12.3 1.0 ↑ 3.8 -8.5 ↓ 8.4 4.6 ↑ 11.4 3.0 ↑ 14.4 3.0 ↑
Barrel % 8.4 4.8 -3.6 ↓ 5.3 0.5 ↑ 3.8 -1.5 ↓ 4.6 0.8 ↑ 7.7 3.1 ↑ 5.2 -2.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.9 27.1 -8.8 ↓ 32.4 5.3 ↑ 34.0 1.6 ↑ 28.5 -5.5 ↓ 34.5 6.0 ↑ 36.0 1.5 ↑
Sweet Spot % 36.6 32.9 -3.7 ↓ 34.5 1.6 ↑ 30.7 -3.8 ↓ 31.2 0.5 ↑ 34.0 2.8 ↑ 34.7 0.7 ↑
xBA .259 .219 -0.040 ↓ .245 0.026 ↑ .249 0.004 ↑ .215 -0.034 ↓ .226 0.011 ↑ .227 0.001 ↑
BA .284 .225 -0.059 ↓ .258 0.033 ↑ .254 -0.004 ↓ .215 -0.039 ↓ .221 0.006 ↑ .228 0.007 ↑
xwOBA .338 .278 -0.060 ↓ .297 0.019 ↑ .293 -0.004 ↓ .258 -0.035 ↓ .275 0.017 ↑ .276 0.001 ↑
wOBA .355 .272 -0.083 ↓ .294 0.022 ↑ .291 -0.003 ↓ .257 -0.034 ↓ .275 0.018 ↑ .278 0.003 ↑
xSLG .439 .334 -0.105 ↓ .393 0.059 ↑ .349 -0.044 ↓ .318 -0.031 ↓ .343 0.025 ↑ .348 0.005 ↑
SLG .465 .320 -0.145 ↓ .391 0.071 ↑ .348 -0.043 ↓ .321 -0.027 ↓ .352 0.031 ↑ .365 0.013 ↑
K% 21.0 24.1 3.1 ↑ 23.6 -0.5 ↓ 18.4 -5.2 ↓ 29.1 10.7 ↑ 26.9 -2.2 ↓ 26.9 0.0
BB% 10.4 7.4 -3.0 ↓ 6.0 -1.4 ↓ 5.6 -0.4 ↓ 5.4 -0.2 ↓ 5.6 0.2 ↑ 4.9 -0.7 ↓
Swing % 46.5 49.2 2.7 ↑ 50.9 1.7 ↑ 52.9 2.0 ↑ 51.9 -1.0 ↓ 50.5 -1.4 ↓ 51.1 0.6 ↑
Whiff% 21.8 24.5 2.7 ↑ 23.0 -1.5 ↓ 22.6 -0.4 ↓ 26.5 3.9 ↑ 25.1 -1.4 ↓ 28.5 3.4 ↑
In Zone % 51.7 49.8 -1.9 ↓ 51.6 1.8 ↑ 49.2 -2.4 ↓ 51.5 2.3 ↑ 50.2 -1.3 ↓ 49.8 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.3 50.2 1.9 ↑ 48.4 -1.8 ↓ 50.8 2.4 ↑ 48.5 -2.3 ↓ 49.8 1.3 ↑ 50.2 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 22.2 30.5 8.3 ↑ 30.8 0.3 ↑ 32.7 1.9 ↑ 30.4 -2.3 ↓ 32.8 2.4 ↑ 31.9 -0.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 28.8 30.2 1.4 ↑ 35.2 5.0 ↑ 33.7 -1.5 ↓ 37.3 3.6 ↑ 35.1 -2.2 ↓ 33.5 -1.6 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 60.9 62.1 1.2 ↑ 66.0 3.9 ↑ 58.3 -7.7 ↓ 66.8 8.5 ↑ 67.2 0.4 ↑ 61.6 -5.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 385 .355 217 1 0.5 168 27 16.1
2018 Shifts 743 .273 382 19 5.0 361 114 31.6
2019 Shifts 824 .294 475 31 6.5 349 104 29.8
2020 Shifts 286 .291 139 35 25.2 147 55 37.4
2021 Shifts 825 .259 388 24 6.2 437 109 24.9
2022 Shifts 606 .275 312 22 7.1 294 76 25.9
2023 Shades 741 .279 357 1 0.3 384 41 10.7
! 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