2019 Deserved Barrel% – Full List
A couple of weeks ago, I devised a deserved barrel rate (where barrel rate is calculated as a percentage of batted ball events, or Barrel/BBE) based exclusively on a hitter’s average exit velocity (EV) and average launch angle (LA). To employ such a simple model, I made a broad but accurate assumption: the average hitter’s average EV (or LA) has a distribution of EVs (or LAs) centered around it, and this distribution does not differ dramatically from other hitters’ distributions.
In layman’s terms, the typical hitter’s average launch angle is his — he owns it, and it reflects his swing plane and mechanics — but he is no better than any other typical hitter in repeating his average launch angle. He, like everyone else, will likely vary from the mean by a certain margin of error. I make the same assumption of exit velocity as well. The two variables bear almost zero correlation to each other. In light of this assumption, the best thing a hitter can do is maximize his exit velocity and hopes it coincides with an optimal launch angle.
(Some folks have suggested I include the percentage of balls hit 95+ mph to refine deserved barrels. The notion intrigues me. However, to illustrate a point: if you have two hitters with identical average EVs, would you expect their distribution of EVs to be dramatically different? Probably not. The inclusion of hard-hit rate accepts as fact that one hitter might be better at hitting 95+ mph more frequently — which would also suggest he hits more softly more frequently as well, and with certainty. This doesn’t stand out to me as a repeatable, let alone necessarily desirable, trait.)
With these assumptions (over how little control a hitter has over optimally pairing his distributions of EVs and LAs) in mind, any deviations from the mean can be interpreted as (un)lucky. This is true and untrue. The other day I researched this. Turns out some hitters can achieve less variance in their launch angle. It comes as no great shock that Joey Votto boasts the narrowest launch angle variance in the Statcast Era. Yet — yet! — his +/- 21.9° standard deviation around his 12.9° average angle still amounts to a lot of variance. It implies that roughly two-thirds of his batted ball events (BBEs) fall between -9.0° and 34.8°. That’s an enormous range of outcomes! And there is an entire one-third of his BBEs that falls outside that range.
Some contemporaries who litter the top of this list of elite batsmiths with Votto — Joe Mauer, Freddie Freeman, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, Michael Brantley, Christian Yelich, Daniel Murphy, Buster Posey — come as no surprise (remember, this spans 2015-19). Others — Nicholas Castellanos, Matt Carpenter, J.D. Martinez, Brandon Belt, Justin Turner, DJ LeMahieu, Eugenio Suarez(?!) — were once touted for and/or have demonstrated an elite hit tool. Ultimately, it’s reasonable to expect a hitter with a plus-plus hit tool to overachieve in this regard.
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That said, while I concede that it’s valid to assume certain hitters can optimize their launch angle more frequently than others, I am reluctant to concede that it’s valid to assume those particular hitters superhuman in their ability to do so. Votto is an Elite Batsmith, and yet he exhibits only a fraction more control over repeating his launch angle than the typical hitter.
Anyway. You don’t care about any of the theoretical stuff. You care about the goods! And I’m here to deliver the goods. You will find below a table of every (or nearly every) hitter who produced at least one (1) barrel in 2019.
I can’t assess every hitter who has ever over- or under-achieved his deserved barrel rate, but I will offer some insight into an assortment of hitters whose discrepancies strike me as worth highlighting.
- Joey Gallo (+9.8%) over-achieved by roughly 4% in previous years, so there appears to be some consistency here. Still, that leaves roughly 6% unaccounted for.
- Gary Sanchez (+6.7%) has over-achieved by about half his 2019 margin since the start of 2013, which suggests he might backslide as much.
- Roberto Perez (+6.2%), with previous marks of +4.7% and +3.5%, might actually be someone to not worry about too much…??? I said it. (But I’m not sure if I mean it.)
- Fernando Tatis Jr. (+6.1%)… this will be a contentious one. Obviously, certain hitters are capable of over-performing consistently. Hitters cut from a similar cloth as Tatis (Javier Baez, Adalberto Mondesi, etc.) do, too, but not anywhere near as much. So, how much of it does he give back? I mean, does it not totally surprise us that maybe, just maybe, a .410 batting average on balls in play (BABIP) isn’t sustainable?
- George Springer (+6.1%) decimated his previous best HR/FB rate. Even with a juiced ball, this one seems like an easy fade and simply confirms what our intuition would’ve normally told us about reversion to the mean.
- If Carlos Correa (+5.9%) can ever stay healthy, maybe he will prove to us his half-season of mashing wasn’t a fluke. Unfortunately, with previous marks of +0.8% and –0.3%, it seems like Correa played over his head.
- Mike Trout (+5.8%) always does this because he’s the GOAT.
- Pete Alonso (+5.2%) is the other rookie who will be hard to gauge heading into 2020. His 90.6 mph average exit velocity is actually really underwhelming in the grand scheme of things:
aaron judge 2017:
52 HR
94.9 mph EV (#1 / 182)
100.2 mph EV FB/LD (#1 / 182)pete alonso 2019:
53 HR
90.6 mph EV (#43 / 175)
96.5 mph EV FB/LD (#13 / 175)like, is alonso a huge trap play in 2020? seems so by deserved barrel%. at least judge's peripherals were historically good
— Alex "Oxlade" Chamberlain (@DolphHauldhagen) November 4, 2019
At the other end of the spectrum…
- Josh VanMeter (–6.7%) mashed in the minors but didn’t quite live up to the hype at the MLB level. He’s still a sneaky bet to be a five-category contributor; that his Statcast data thinks he deserved better suggests the breakout might simply come a year later for those eager about him and patient enough to wait for it (me).
- Yuli Gurriel (–4.8%) is a terrifying case study because he always under-performs by this margin — which suggests his 2019 output might be legitimate. He and Alex Bregman (–4.5%) take advantage of the friendly confines in Houston despite their consistent deserved barrel rate deficits.
- It’s hard to tell if Willie Calhoun (–3.7%) is a post-hype sleeper, a wide-awake sleeper, any kind of sleeper at all… but whatever he is, it appears there may be even more in the tank. We just don’t have enough data to know conclusively.
- Jose Ramirez (–3.4%) is a bit enigmatic; his 2018 mark of –0.4% appears to be the high point and outlier. Maybe don’t read into this one too much.
- Trevor Story (–3.1%) may have been unlucky in 2019 — and still hit 35 homers. Interesting, interesting… (Personal interpretation: he got lucky despite suboptimal outcomes and ultimately performed as normal. Sometimes things shake out that way.)
- Yes, this might as well be a call to buy low on Manny Machado (–3.1%).
If you want to conduct your own year-to-year analysis for a certain player, you can find the mathematical equation for deserved barrels in the previous post here.
2019 Deserved Barrels (dBarrel%)
| Player | Year | Barrels | BBE | EV | LA | Barrel% | dBarrel% | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Judge | 2019 | 48 | 238 | 95.9 | 11.4 | 20.2% | 20.8% | -0.6% |
| Miguel Sano | 2019 | 47 | 222 | 94.4 | 15.9 | 21.2% | 18.3% | +2.8% |
| Joey Gallo | 2019 | 34 | 129 | 93 | 20.3 | 26.4% | 16.6% | +9.8% |
| Nelson Cruz | 2019 | 65 | 326 | 93.7 | 13.1 | 19.9% | 16.1% | +3.9% |
| Matt Chapman | 2019 | 54 | 439 | 92.6 | 16.3 | 12.3% | 14.6% | -2.3% |
| Kyle Schwarber | 2019 | 55 | 379 | 92.7 | 15 | 14.5% | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| Josh Donaldson | 2019 | 62 | 396 | 92.9 | 13.3 | 15.7% | 14.4% | +1.2% |
| Jorge Soler | 2019 | 70 | 415 | 92.6 | 15.4 | 16.9% | 14.4% | +2.5% |
| Franmil Reyes | 2019 | 51 | 345 | 93.3 | 9.5 | 14.8% | 14.3% | +0.5% |
| Christian Yelich | 2019 | 59 | 374 | 93.1 | 11.2 | 15.8% | 14.3% | +1.5% |
| Yoan Moncada | 2019 | 44 | 361 | 92.8 | 12 | 12.2% | 13.9% | -1.7% |
| Matt Olson | 2019 | 50 | 346 | 91.9 | 18.3 | 14.5% | 13.8% | +0.6% |
| Josh Bell | 2019 | 53 | 416 | 92.3 | 13 | 12.7% | 13.2% | -0.4% |
| Yordan Alvarez | 2019 | 38 | 221 | 92.2 | 13.4 | 17.2% | 13.1% | +4.1% |
| Mike Trout | 2019 | 66 | 354 | 90.7 | 22.2 | 18.6% | 12.9% | +5.8% |
| Shohei Ohtani | 2019 | 34 | 278 | 92.8 | 6.8 | 12.2% | 12.7% | -0.4% |
| Brandon Lowe | 2019 | 30 | 184 | 91.1 | 18.7 | 16.3% | 12.5% | +3.8% |
| Mookie Betts | 2019 | 52 | 505 | 91 | 19.1 | 10.3% | 12.5% | -2.2% |
| Gary Sanchez | 2019 | 52 | 272 | 91 | 19.1 | 19.1% | 12.5% | +6.7% |
| Marcell Ozuna | 2019 | 47 | 372 | 91.8 | 13.5 | 12.6% | 12.4% | +0.3% |
| Keston Hiura | 2019 | 29 | 208 | 91.4 | 16 | 13.9% | 12.3% | +1.6% |
| Jose Abreu | 2019 | 63 | 492 | 92.1 | 10.9 | 12.8% | 12.3% | +0.5% |
| Rafael Devers | 2019 | 48 | 531 | 92.1 | 10.3 | 9.0% | 12.1% | -3.1% |
| Hunter Dozier | 2019 | 38 | 380 | 91.1 | 16.7 | 10.0% | 12.0% | -2.0% |
| Jason Castro | 2019 | 26 | 151 | 91.5 | 14 | 17.2% | 11.9% | +5.3% |
| Carlos Santana | 2019 | 45 | 467 | 91.8 | 11.8 | 9.6% | 11.9% | -2.3% |
| Rhys Hoskins | 2019 | 39 | 403 | 89.7 | 24 | 9.7% | 11.9% | -2.2% |
| Edwin Encarnacion | 2019 | 40 | 318 | 90 | 22.5 | 12.6% | 11.8% | +0.7% |
| Eric Thames | 2019 | 24 | 258 | 90.7 | 18.6 | 9.3% | 11.8% | -2.5% |
| Trevor Story | 2019 | 36 | 417 | 90.9 | 17.3 | 8.6% | 11.8% | -3.1% |
| Jay Bruce | 2019 | 31 | 231 | 90 | 22.2 | 13.4% | 11.8% | +1.7% |
| Tom Murphy | 2019 | 19 | 174 | 90.6 | 18.9 | 10.9% | 11.7% | -0.8% |
| Teoscar Hernandez | 2019 | 31 | 265 | 91.1 | 15.5 | 11.7% | 11.6% | +0.1% |
| Danny Santana | 2019 | 31 | 328 | 91.4 | 13.5 | 9.5% | 11.6% | -2.2% |
| Anthony Rendon | 2019 | 56 | 468 | 90.4 | 19.5 | 12.0% | 11.6% | +0.4% |
| Mitch Garver | 2019 | 35 | 226 | 91.1 | 15.3 | 15.5% | 11.6% | +3.9% |
| Cody Bellinger | 2019 | 59 | 455 | 90.7 | 17.6 | 13.0% | 11.5% | +1.4% |
| JaCoby Jones | 2019 | 22 | 206 | 91.3 | 13.7 | 10.7% | 11.5% | -0.8% |
| Stephen Vogt | 2019 | 20 | 193 | 89.8 | 22.4 | 10.4% | 11.5% | -1.1% |
| Will Smith | 2019 | 13 | 121 | 89.5 | 23.7 | 10.7% | 11.5% | -0.7% |
| Christian Walker | 2019 | 49 | 375 | 91.1 | 14.8 | 13.1% | 11.4% | +1.6% |
| Howie Kendrick | 2019 | 33 | 290 | 91.6 | 11 | 11.4% | 11.4% | +0.0% |
| Bryce Harper | 2019 | 59 | 399 | 91.3 | 13.1 | 14.8% | 11.4% | +3.4% |
| Joc Pederson | 2019 | 35 | 341 | 90.9 | 15.3 | 10.3% | 11.2% | -1.0% |
| J.D. Martinez | 2019 | 53 | 442 | 91.3 | 12.5 | 12.0% | 11.2% | +0.8% |
| Manny Machado | 2019 | 37 | 462 | 91.2 | 13 | 8.0% | 11.1% | -3.1% |
| Juan Soto | 2019 | 51 | 416 | 91.3 | 12 | 12.3% | 11.1% | +1.2% |
| Travis Demeritte | 2019 | 4 | 108 | 90.7 | 15.6 | 3.7% | 11.0% | -7.3% |
| Renato Nunez | 2019 | 43 | 402 | 89.9 | 20 | 10.7% | 10.9% | -0.2% |
| J.D. Davis | 2019 | 36 | 315 | 91.4 | 10.6 | 11.4% | 10.9% | +0.5% |
| Ji-Man Choi | 2019 | 35 | 309 | 91.1 | 12.6 | 11.3% | 10.9% | +0.5% |
| Austin Meadows | 2019 | 50 | 399 | 90.4 | 16.7 | 12.5% | 10.8% | +1.7% |
| Hunter Pence | 2019 | 20 | 219 | 91.4 | 10.1 | 9.1% | 10.8% | -1.7% |
| C.J. Cron | 2019 | 53 | 353 | 91 | 12.7 | 15.0% | 10.7% | +4.3% |
| Justin Turner | 2019 | 31 | 396 | 90.2 | 17.6 | 7.8% | 10.7% | -2.9% |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 2019 | 10 | 134 | 91.4 | 9.7 | 7.5% | 10.7% | -3.2% |
| Hunter Renfroe | 2019 | 35 | 292 | 89.9 | 19.1 | 12.0% | 10.7% | +1.3% |
| Justin Smoak | 2019 | 34 | 309 | 90.3 | 16.8 | 11.0% | 10.7% | +0.3% |
| Pete Alonso | 2019 | 66 | 417 | 90.6 | 14.8 | 15.8% | 10.6% | +5.2% |
| Travis Shaw | 2019 | 10 | 141 | 88.7 | 24.4 | 7.1% | 10.6% | -3.5% |
| Rowdy Tellez | 2019 | 34 | 257 | 90.7 | 14 | 13.2% | 10.6% | +2.7% |
| DJ LeMahieu | 2019 | 39 | 517 | 91.7 | 6.7 | 7.5% | 10.5% | -3.0% |
| Kendrys Morales | 2019 | 10 | 145 | 91.3 | 9.5 | 6.9% | 10.5% | -3.6% |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 2019 | 66 | 439 | 90.6 | 14.2 | 15.0% | 10.4% | +4.6% |
| Ryan McMahon | 2019 | 29 | 322 | 91.4 | 8.4 | 9.0% | 10.4% | -1.4% |
| Austin Riley | 2019 | 23 | 168 | 89.4 | 20.6 | 13.7% | 10.4% | +3.3% |
| Yandy Diaz | 2019 | 26 | 250 | 91.7 | 5.7 | 10.4% | 10.3% | +0.1% |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 2019 | 35 | 399 | 91.3 | 8.7 | 8.8% | 10.3% | -1.5% |
| Eloy Jimenez | 2019 | 43 | 336 | 91.2 | 9.3 | 12.8% | 10.2% | +2.6% |
| A.J. Pollock | 2019 | 19 | 238 | 90.5 | 13.9 | 8.0% | 10.2% | -2.2% |
| Xander Bogaerts | 2019 | 43 | 498 | 90.6 | 13.1 | 8.6% | 10.2% | -1.5% |
| Gio Urshela | 2019 | 25 | 359 | 90.5 | 13.6 | 7.0% | 10.1% | -3.2% |
| Max Kepler | 2019 | 38 | 429 | 89.7 | 18.2 | 8.9% | 10.1% | -1.3% |
| Andrew McCutchen | 2019 | 12 | 164 | 90.6 | 12.7 | 7.3% | 10.1% | -2.7% |
| Jake Lamb | 2019 | 11 | 134 | 90.4 | 13.8 | 8.2% | 10.0% | -1.8% |
| J.T. Realmuto | 2019 | 37 | 423 | 90.3 | 14.4 | 8.7% | 10.0% | -1.3% |
| Ryan O’Hearn | 2019 | 21 | 231 | 90.5 | 13 | 9.1% | 10.0% | -0.9% |
| Willie Calhoun | 2019 | 16 | 258 | 89.7 | 17.6 | 6.2% | 9.9% | -3.7% |
| Alex Bregman | 2019 | 26 | 479 | 89.3 | 19.6 | 5.4% | 9.9% | -4.5% |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 2019 | 49 | 434 | 90.1 | 15.3 | 11.3% | 9.9% | +1.4% |
| Byron Buxton | 2019 | 17 | 206 | 89.3 | 19.5 | 8.3% | 9.9% | -1.6% |
| Yasmani Grandal | 2019 | 43 | 379 | 90.3 | 13.9 | 11.3% | 9.9% | +1.5% |
| Francisco Lindor | 2019 | 38 | 507 | 90.6 | 11.9 | 7.5% | 9.9% | -2.4% |
| Nick Markakis | 2019 | 11 | 361 | 91.2 | 7.3 | 3.0% | 9.8% | -6.7% |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | 2019 | 26 | 232 | 90.2 | 14.1 | 11.2% | 9.8% | +1.4% |
| Mitch Moreland | 2019 | 26 | 226 | 90.8 | 10.1 | 11.5% | 9.7% | +1.8% |
| Ryan Braun | 2019 | 35 | 357 | 91.2 | 7.1 | 9.8% | 9.7% | +0.1% |
| Jose Ramirez | 2019 | 26 | 414 | 89.1 | 19.8 | 6.3% | 9.7% | -3.4% |
| Kyle Seager | 2019 | 26 | 309 | 89.3 | 18.6 | 8.4% | 9.6% | -1.2% |
| Travis d’Arnaud | 2019 | 21 | 272 | 90 | 14.6 | 7.7% | 9.6% | -1.9% |
| Eugenio Suarez | 2019 | 55 | 392 | 89.4 | 17.8 | 14.0% | 9.6% | +4.5% |
| Nolan Arenado | 2019 | 40 | 503 | 89.4 | 17.7 | 8.0% | 9.5% | -1.6% |
| Josh VanMeter | 2019 | 7 | 173 | 89.7 | 16 | 4.0% | 9.5% | -5.5% |
| Javier Baez | 2019 | 48 | 377 | 91 | 7.6 | 12.7% | 9.5% | +3.2% |
| Brandon Dixon | 2019 | 29 | 259 | 89.5 | 17 | 11.2% | 9.5% | +1.7% |
| Miguel Cabrera | 2019 | 25 | 390 | 90.3 | 12.2 | 6.4% | 9.4% | -3.0% |
| Khris Davis | 2019 | 34 | 337 | 90.1 | 13.2 | 10.1% | 9.4% | +0.7% |
| Yasiel Puig | 2019 | 41 | 426 | 89.9 | 14.2 | 9.6% | 9.3% | +0.3% |
| Tyler Naquin | 2019 | 19 | 212 | 90.2 | 12.3 | 9.0% | 9.3% | -0.3% |
| Aaron Hicks | 2019 | 15 | 152 | 89.8 | 14.7 | 9.9% | 9.3% | +0.6% |
| Cavan Biggio | 2019 | 21 | 233 | 88.7 | 20.1 | 9.0% | 9.2% | -0.2% |
| Mike Moustakas | 2019 | 44 | 427 | 89.3 | 17.1 | 10.3% | 9.2% | +1.1% |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 2019 | 21 | 328 | 90.4 | 10.6 | 6.4% | 9.2% | -2.8% |
| Dansby Swanson | 2019 | 37 | 365 | 89.8 | 14.2 | 10.1% | 9.2% | +1.0% |
| Rougned Odor | 2019 | 47 | 346 | 89.4 | 16.2 | 13.6% | 9.1% | +4.5% |
| Freddie Freeman | 2019 | 59 | 472 | 89.7 | 14.5 | 12.5% | 9.1% | +3.4% |
| Robinson Cano | 2019 | 24 | 324 | 90.8 | 7.3 | 7.4% | 9.1% | -1.7% |
| Anthony Santander | 2019 | 23 | 298 | 89.6 | 14.8 | 7.7% | 9.0% | -1.3% |
| Max Muncy | 2019 | 42 | 342 | 89.7 | 14.2 | 12.3% | 9.0% | +3.3% |
| Ian Desmond | 2019 | 34 | 327 | 90.6 | 8.4 | 10.4% | 9.0% | +1.4% |
| Evan Longoria | 2019 | 26 | 346 | 89.7 | 14 | 7.5% | 9.0% | -1.5% |
| Randal Grichuk | 2019 | 36 | 425 | 89.3 | 16.2 | 8.5% | 9.0% | -0.5% |
| Chad Pinder | 2019 | 21 | 257 | 90.5 | 8.8 | 8.2% | 8.9% | -0.8% |
| Ramon Laureano | 2019 | 31 | 320 | 89.5 | 14.8 | 9.7% | 8.9% | +0.8% |
| Gleyber Torres | 2019 | 43 | 424 | 89 | 17.4 | 10.1% | 8.9% | +1.3% |
| Tyler Flowers | 2019 | 19 | 168 | 90.1 | 11.1 | 11.3% | 8.9% | +2.5% |
| Jordan Luplow | 2019 | 20 | 165 | 89.3 | 15.7 | 12.1% | 8.8% | +3.3% |
| Trea Turner | 2019 | 28 | 410 | 90.3 | 9.7 | 6.8% | 8.8% | -2.0% |
| Eddie Rosario | 2019 | 41 | 482 | 89.1 | 16.7 | 8.5% | 8.8% | -0.3% |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 2019 | 30 | 268 | 88.7 | 18.5 | 11.2% | 8.8% | +2.4% |
| Daniel Vogelbach | 2019 | 34 | 315 | 88.9 | 17.2 | 10.8% | 8.7% | +2.1% |
| Enrique Hernandez | 2019 | 19 | 321 | 88.4 | 19.5 | 5.9% | 8.7% | -2.8% |
| Luke Voit | 2019 | 38 | 288 | 89.7 | 12.8 | 13.2% | 8.7% | +4.5% |
| Jake Cave | 2019 | 16 | 128 | 90.5 | 7.4 | 12.5% | 8.6% | +3.9% |
| Tommy Pham | 2019 | 35 | 445 | 90.8 | 5.1 | 7.9% | 8.6% | -0.7% |
| Matt Adams | 2019 | 29 | 196 | 88.4 | 19.2 | 14.8% | 8.6% | +6.2% |
| Mike Zunino | 2019 | 19 | 168 | 88.4 | 19.2 | 11.3% | 8.6% | +2.7% |
| Kole Calhoun | 2019 | 44 | 392 | 89.3 | 14.7 | 11.2% | 8.6% | +2.7% |
| Brian Anderson | 2019 | 31 | 348 | 89.9 | 11.1 | 8.9% | 8.5% | +0.4% |
| Jorge Alfaro | 2019 | 32 | 279 | 90.8 | 4.7 | 11.5% | 8.5% | +2.9% |
| Yuli Gurriel | 2019 | 19 | 505 | 89.3 | 14.5 | 3.8% | 8.5% | -4.8% |
| Ketel Marte | 2019 | 45 | 485 | 89.8 | 11.5 | 9.3% | 8.5% | +0.8% |
| Welington Castillo | 2019 | 18 | 158 | 89.5 | 13.2 | 11.4% | 8.5% | +2.9% |
| Chance Sisco | 2019 | 11 | 106 | 89 | 15.9 | 10.4% | 8.5% | +1.9% |
| Mitch Haniger | 2019 | 20 | 167 | 88.4 | 18.7 | 12.0% | 8.4% | +3.5% |
| James McCann | 2019 | 28 | 303 | 89.9 | 10.7 | 9.2% | 8.4% | +0.8% |
| Brian Dozier | 2019 | 21 | 312 | 88.3 | 19 | 6.7% | 8.4% | -1.7% |
| Trey Mancini | 2019 | 48 | 464 | 90.3 | 7.8 | 10.3% | 8.4% | +2.0% |
| Mark Canha | 2019 | 29 | 305 | 89.1 | 15 | 9.5% | 8.4% | +1.1% |
| Jesus Aguilar | 2019 | 18 | 240 | 89.3 | 13.8 | 7.5% | 8.3% | -0.8% |
| Andrew Benintendi | 2019 | 33 | 409 | 88.6 | 17.3 | 8.1% | 8.3% | -0.2% |
| Maikel Franco | 2019 | 23 | 331 | 89 | 14.9 | 6.9% | 8.2% | -1.3% |
| George Springer | 2019 | 53 | 370 | 89.8 | 10.3 | 14.3% | 8.2% | +6.1% |
| Niko Goodrum | 2019 | 18 | 287 | 89.3 | 13.2 | 6.3% | 8.2% | -1.9% |
| Michael Conforto | 2019 | 48 | 405 | 88.8 | 15.7 | 11.9% | 8.1% | +3.7% |
| Chris Davis | 2019 | 18 | 171 | 89.1 | 14.1 | 10.5% | 8.1% | +2.4% |
| Ty France | 2019 | 8 | 136 | 88.9 | 15.1 | 5.9% | 8.1% | -2.2% |
| Danny Jansen | 2019 | 16 | 270 | 88.7 | 16.1 | 5.9% | 8.1% | -2.2% |
| Ozzie Albies | 2019 | 35 | 532 | 88.8 | 15.6 | 6.6% | 8.1% | -1.5% |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 2019 | 11 | 242 | 88.9 | 15 | 4.5% | 8.1% | -3.5% |
| Curtis Granderson | 2019 | 16 | 221 | 88.1 | 18.7 | 7.2% | 8.1% | -0.8% |
| Carson Kelly | 2019 | 21 | 236 | 89 | 14.3 | 8.9% | 8.0% | +0.9% |
| Joey Votto | 2019 | 28 | 405 | 88.8 | 15 | 6.9% | 8.0% | -1.0% |
| Logan Forsythe | 2019 | 12 | 219 | 89.3 | 12.3 | 5.5% | 7.9% | -2.5% |
| Nicholas Castellanos | 2019 | 53 | 475 | 89 | 13.9 | 11.2% | 7.9% | +3.2% |
| Bo Bichette | 2019 | 13 | 147 | 89.6 | 10.3 | 8.8% | 7.9% | +0.9% |
| Marcus Semien | 2019 | 47 | 556 | 88.8 | 14.7 | 8.5% | 7.9% | +0.6% |
| Scott Kingery | 2019 | 25 | 313 | 88.2 | 17.5 | 8.0% | 7.9% | +0.1% |
| Francisco Mejia | 2019 | 8 | 171 | 87.8 | 19.1 | 4.7% | 7.8% | -3.1% |
| Todd Frazier | 2019 | 25 | 341 | 88.2 | 17.3 | 7.3% | 7.8% | -0.5% |
| Didi Gregorius | 2019 | 16 | 273 | 88.2 | 17.2 | 5.9% | 7.8% | -1.9% |
| David Peralta | 2019 | 16 | 296 | 90.1 | 6.4 | 5.4% | 7.8% | -2.4% |
| Stephen Piscotty | 2019 | 22 | 277 | 89.1 | 12.6 | 7.9% | 7.7% | +0.2% |
| Corey Seager | 2019 | 29 | 395 | 88.8 | 14.1 | 7.3% | 7.7% | -0.4% |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | 2019 | 20 | 351 | 88.8 | 14.1 | 5.7% | 7.7% | -2.0% |
| Aristides Aquino | 2019 | 20 | 147 | 87.9 | 18.2 | 13.6% | 7.7% | +5.9% |
| Bryan Reynolds | 2019 | 25 | 373 | 89.6 | 9.4 | 6.7% | 7.7% | -1.0% |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 2019 | 34 | 344 | 89.7 | 8.7 | 9.9% | 7.7% | +2.2% |
| Matt Wieters | 2019 | 9 | 123 | 88.8 | 13.8 | 7.3% | 7.6% | -0.3% |
| Avisail Garcia | 2019 | 43 | 367 | 89.5 | 9.8 | 11.7% | 7.6% | +4.1% |
| Eduardo Escobar | 2019 | 36 | 516 | 87.8 | 18.3 | 7.0% | 7.6% | -0.6% |
| Matt Beaty | 2019 | 11 | 216 | 89.4 | 10.2 | 5.1% | 7.6% | -2.5% |
| Carlos Correa | 2019 | 28 | 208 | 89 | 12.4 | 13.5% | 7.6% | +5.9% |
| Clint Frazier | 2019 | 17 | 158 | 88.4 | 15.4 | 10.8% | 7.5% | +3.2% |
| Eric Hosmer | 2019 | 33 | 461 | 90.5 | 2.1 | 7.2% | 7.5% | -0.3% |
| David Bote | 2019 | 12 | 212 | 89.7 | 7.7 | 5.7% | 7.4% | -1.8% |
| Charlie Blackmon | 2019 | 40 | 481 | 88.5 | 14.5 | 8.3% | 7.4% | +0.9% |
| Kris Bryant | 2019 | 37 | 400 | 87.4 | 19.3 | 9.3% | 7.4% | +1.8% |
| Pablo Sandoval | 2019 | 24 | 210 | 89.3 | 10.1 | 11.4% | 7.4% | +4.0% |
| Domingo Santana | 2019 | 36 | 289 | 89 | 11.7 | 12.5% | 7.4% | +5.1% |
| Dylan Moore | 2019 | 10 | 155 | 87.5 | 18.5 | 6.5% | 7.3% | -0.8% |
| Derek Dietrich | 2019 | 21 | 178 | 86.9 | 20.7 | 11.8% | 7.3% | +4.5% |
| Anthony Rizzo | 2019 | 30 | 429 | 88.8 | 12.4 | 7.0% | 7.3% | -0.3% |
| Christian Vazquez | 2019 | 24 | 387 | 88.7 | 12.9 | 6.2% | 7.3% | -1.1% |
| Alex Verdugo | 2019 | 17 | 300 | 89.4 | 8.8 | 5.7% | 7.2% | -1.6% |
| Yan Gomes | 2019 | 16 | 231 | 87.6 | 17.9 | 6.9% | 7.2% | -0.3% |
| Nomar Mazara | 2019 | 35 | 327 | 89.1 | 10.5 | 10.7% | 7.2% | +3.5% |
| Isan Diaz | 2019 | 9 | 121 | 87.7 | 17.3 | 7.4% | 7.2% | +0.2% |
| Michael Chavis | 2019 | 25 | 220 | 88.8 | 12 | 11.4% | 7.2% | +4.2% |
| Jose Osuna | 2019 | 11 | 217 | 89.2 | 9.6 | 5.1% | 7.1% | -2.1% |
| Brandon Belt | 2019 | 35 | 403 | 86.4 | 21.9 | 8.7% | 7.1% | +1.5% |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 2019 | 30 | 227 | 89.6 | 6.9 | 13.2% | 7.1% | +6.1% |
| Curt Casali | 2019 | 9 | 151 | 87.2 | 19 | 6.0% | 7.1% | -1.1% |
| Wil Myers | 2019 | 30 | 269 | 88.9 | 11.1 | 11.2% | 7.1% | +4.1% |
| Jeimer Candelario | 2019 | 14 | 237 | 88 | 15.6 | 5.9% | 7.1% | -1.2% |
| Victor Caratini | 2019 | 17 | 188 | 89.6 | 6.7 | 9.0% | 7.1% | +2.0% |
| Justin Upton | 2019 | 17 | 146 | 87.2 | 18.5 | 11.6% | 7.0% | +4.7% |
| Amed Rosario | 2019 | 21 | 497 | 89.2 | 8.8 | 4.2% | 7.0% | -2.7% |
| Freddy Galvis | 2019 | 23 | 415 | 88.2 | 14.2 | 5.5% | 7.0% | -1.4% |
| Cameron Maybin | 2019 | 17 | 167 | 88.8 | 11.1 | 10.2% | 7.0% | +3.2% |
| Jeff McNeil | 2019 | 21 | 436 | 88.4 | 13.2 | 4.8% | 7.0% | -2.1% |
| Dominic Smith | 2019 | 10 | 133 | 88 | 14.8 | 7.5% | 6.9% | +0.7% |
| Matt Carpenter | 2019 | 23 | 293 | 87.2 | 18.1 | 7.8% | 6.8% | +1.0% |
| Brian Goodwin | 2019 | 18 | 288 | 87.3 | 17.6 | 6.3% | 6.8% | -0.6% |
| Christin Stewart | 2019 | 20 | 272 | 86.9 | 19 | 7.4% | 6.8% | +0.6% |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 2019 | 29 | 375 | 89.4 | 6.7 | 7.7% | 6.8% | +1.0% |
| Paul DeJong | 2019 | 38 | 440 | 87 | 18.5 | 8.6% | 6.7% | +1.9% |
| Lorenzo Cain | 2019 | 19 | 460 | 89.4 | 6.6 | 4.1% | 6.7% | -2.6% |
| Brian McCann | 2019 | 13 | 230 | 88.6 | 11.3 | 5.7% | 6.7% | -1.1% |
| Trent Grisham | 2019 | 6 | 111 | 87.6 | 16 | 5.4% | 6.7% | -1.3% |
| Michael Brantley | 2019 | 30 | 513 | 88.7 | 10.6 | 5.8% | 6.7% | -0.8% |
| Jason Heyward | 2019 | 24 | 406 | 88.6 | 11.1 | 5.9% | 6.7% | -0.8% |
| Mike Tauchman | 2019 | 12 | 190 | 88.5 | 11.5 | 6.3% | 6.7% | -0.3% |
| Starlin Castro | 2019 | 33 | 534 | 88.6 | 10.9 | 6.2% | 6.6% | -0.5% |
| Albert Pujols | 2019 | 26 | 431 | 88.3 | 12.4 | 6.0% | 6.6% | -0.6% |
| Wilmer Flores | 2019 | 12 | 235 | 87.4 | 16.4 | 5.1% | 6.6% | -1.5% |
| Kevan Smith | 2019 | 10 | 155 | 89.4 | 5.9 | 6.5% | 6.6% | -0.1% |
| Josh Naylor | 2019 | 12 | 190 | 89.6 | 4.5 | 6.3% | 6.6% | -0.3% |
| Jorge Polanco | 2019 | 35 | 524 | 87 | 17.9 | 6.7% | 6.6% | +0.1% |
| Aledmys Diaz | 2019 | 12 | 188 | 88.3 | 12.2 | 6.4% | 6.6% | -0.2% |
| Matt Joyce | 2019 | 10 | 155 | 87.3 | 16.7 | 6.5% | 6.6% | -0.1% |
| Yonder Alonso | 2019 | 12 | 224 | 87.9 | 13.9 | 5.4% | 6.5% | -1.2% |
| Jesse Winker | 2019 | 14 | 278 | 89.1 | 7.4 | 5.0% | 6.5% | -1.5% |
| Colin Moran | 2019 | 26 | 353 | 88.2 | 12.3 | 7.4% | 6.5% | +0.9% |
| John Hicks | 2019 | 14 | 211 | 87.4 | 15.9 | 6.6% | 6.5% | +0.2% |
| Wilson Ramos | 2019 | 19 | 407 | 90 | 0 | 4.7% | 6.3% | -1.6% |
| Corey Dickerson | 2019 | 17 | 207 | 87.1 | 16.4 | 8.2% | 6.3% | +1.9% |
| Jake Bauers | 2019 | 13 | 260 | 87.5 | 14.6 | 5.0% | 6.2% | -1.2% |
| Tommy La Stella | 2019 | 14 | 264 | 87.8 | 13.2 | 5.3% | 6.2% | -0.9% |
| Austin Nola | 2019 | 6 | 177 | 87.1 | 16 | 3.4% | 6.2% | -2.8% |
| Austin Hedges | 2019 | 17 | 206 | 85.8 | 20.4 | 8.3% | 6.1% | +2.1% |
| Brandon Nimmo | 2019 | 9 | 132 | 88.1 | 11.4 | 6.8% | 6.1% | +0.7% |
| David Dahl | 2019 | 28 | 271 | 88.2 | 10.8 | 10.3% | 6.1% | +4.2% |
| Kevin Kiermaier | 2019 | 19 | 345 | 88.9 | 6.7 | 5.5% | 6.1% | -0.6% |
| Russell Martin | 2019 | 8 | 151 | 88.2 | 10.6 | 5.3% | 6.0% | -0.8% |
| Ronny Rodriguez | 2019 | 15 | 199 | 87.3 | 14.7 | 7.5% | 6.0% | +1.5% |
| Austin Romine | 2019 | 12 | 180 | 88.2 | 10.4 | 6.7% | 6.0% | +0.7% |
| Buster Posey | 2019 | 16 | 336 | 88.4 | 9.1 | 4.8% | 5.9% | -1.2% |
| Austin Barnes | 2019 | 7 | 158 | 86.9 | 16 | 4.4% | 5.9% | -1.5% |
| Ben Gamel | 2019 | 8 | 209 | 88.2 | 10.1 | 3.8% | 5.9% | -2.1% |
| Dwight Smith Jr | 2019 | 11 | 280 | 88.7 | 7.2 | 3.9% | 5.9% | -2.0% |
| Yadier Molina | 2019 | 14 | 366 | 87.4 | 13.8 | 3.8% | 5.9% | -2.1% |
| Kurt Suzuki | 2019 | 16 | 247 | 86 | 18.9 | 6.5% | 5.9% | +0.6% |
| Garrett Cooper | 2019 | 26 | 272 | 89.1 | 4.5 | 9.6% | 5.9% | +3.7% |
| Robbie Grossman | 2019 | 8 | 336 | 87.7 | 12.1 | 2.4% | 5.8% | -3.4% |
| Donovan Solano | 2019 | 7 | 168 | 87.1 | 14.6 | 4.2% | 5.8% | -1.6% |
| Tim Anderson | 2019 | 20 | 391 | 88.3 | 8.7 | 5.1% | 5.7% | -0.6% |
| Rio Ruiz | 2019 | 8 | 285 | 87.9 | 10.7 | 2.8% | 5.7% | -2.9% |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2019 | 28 | 318 | 87.5 | 12.5 | 8.8% | 5.7% | +3.1% |
| Jose Martinez | 2019 | 18 | 254 | 88.6 | 6.8 | 7.1% | 5.7% | +1.4% |
| Alex Gordon | 2019 | 25 | 463 | 88.2 | 9 | 5.4% | 5.7% | -0.3% |
| Tommy Edman | 2019 | 14 | 265 | 87.1 | 14.1 | 5.3% | 5.7% | -0.4% |
| Brett Gardner | 2019 | 16 | 386 | 87.2 | 13.6 | 4.1% | 5.6% | -1.5% |
| Pedro Severino | 2019 | 20 | 235 | 87.2 | 12.9 | 8.5% | 5.4% | +3.1% |
| Harold Ramirez | 2019 | 21 | 331 | 88.9 | 3.8 | 6.3% | 5.4% | +0.9% |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 2019 | 24 | 292 | 87.9 | 9.6 | 8.2% | 5.4% | +2.8% |
| Willy Adames | 2019 | 32 | 382 | 87.8 | 10 | 8.4% | 5.4% | +3.0% |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | 2019 | 10 | 156 | 87.5 | 11.4 | 6.4% | 5.4% | +1.0% |
| Willson Contreras | 2019 | 30 | 260 | 88.3 | 7.3 | 11.5% | 5.4% | +6.1% |
| Robinson Chirinos | 2019 | 20 | 248 | 86.2 | 16.5 | 8.1% | 5.4% | +2.7% |
| Martin Maldonado | 2019 | 19 | 250 | 87.4 | 11.7 | 7.6% | 5.4% | +2.2% |
| Brandon Drury | 2019 | 28 | 308 | 86.9 | 13.8 | 9.1% | 5.4% | +3.7% |
| Joey Wendle | 2019 | 3 | 194 | 87.4 | 11.6 | 1.5% | 5.3% | -3.8% |
| Nick Senzel | 2019 | 22 | 275 | 87.5 | 11 | 8.0% | 5.3% | +2.7% |
| Brock Holt | 2019 | 3 | 206 | 87.5 | 11 | 1.5% | 5.3% | -3.9% |
| Hernan Perez | 2019 | 7 | 169 | 87.9 | 9 | 4.1% | 5.3% | -1.2% |
| Melky Cabrera | 2019 | 7 | 338 | 87.9 | 8.9 | 2.1% | 5.3% | -3.2% |
| Jurickson Profar | 2019 | 24 | 387 | 86.7 | 14.2 | 6.2% | 5.3% | +0.9% |
| Tim Beckham | 2019 | 18 | 202 | 87.5 | 10.8 | 8.9% | 5.3% | +3.7% |
| Whit Merrifield | 2019 | 24 | 559 | 86.4 | 15.3 | 4.3% | 5.3% | -1.0% |
| Elvis Andrus | 2019 | 18 | 514 | 88.2 | 7.1 | 3.5% | 5.2% | -1.7% |
| Jordy Mercer | 2019 | 13 | 199 | 86.9 | 13.2 | 6.5% | 5.2% | +1.3% |
| Daniel Descalso | 2019 | 5 | 113 | 87.5 | 10.5 | 4.4% | 5.2% | -0.8% |
| Ryan Cordell | 2019 | 10 | 155 | 85.9 | 16.7 | 6.5% | 5.2% | +1.3% |
| Andrelton Simmons | 2019 | 6 | 361 | 87.7 | 9.4 | 1.7% | 5.2% | -3.5% |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 2019 | 9 | 245 | 87 | 12.5 | 3.7% | 5.1% | -1.5% |
| Omar Narvaez | 2019 | 18 | 339 | 85.4 | 17.8 | 5.3% | 5.1% | +0.2% |
| Jeff Mathis | 2019 | 2 | 142 | 85.7 | 16.8 | 1.4% | 5.0% | -3.6% |
| Daniel Murphy | 2019 | 9 | 368 | 86.3 | 14.8 | 2.4% | 5.0% | -2.6% |
| Jason Kipnis | 2019 | 21 | 381 | 86.7 | 13.1 | 5.5% | 5.0% | +0.5% |
| Josh Reddick | 2019 | 15 | 445 | 86 | 15.6 | 3.4% | 5.0% | -1.6% |
| Jean Segura | 2019 | 16 | 507 | 88 | 7 | 3.2% | 5.0% | -1.8% |
| Elias Diaz | 2019 | 6 | 251 | 87.6 | 9 | 2.4% | 4.9% | -2.6% |
| Austin Slater | 2019 | 11 | 109 | 88.6 | 3.2 | 10.1% | 4.9% | +5.2% |
| Adam Eaton | 2019 | 18 | 472 | 86.6 | 13.2 | 3.8% | 4.9% | -1.1% |
| Harrison Bader | 2019 | 23 | 233 | 86.6 | 13.2 | 9.9% | 4.9% | +5.0% |
| Oscar Mercado | 2019 | 15 | 365 | 86.5 | 13.4 | 4.1% | 4.9% | -0.7% |
| Manuel Margot | 2019 | 11 | 313 | 86.5 | 13.3 | 3.5% | 4.8% | -1.3% |
| Kyle Farmer | 2019 | 7 | 125 | 85 | 17.8 | 5.6% | 4.8% | +0.8% |
| Roberto Perez | 2019 | 30 | 273 | 88.3 | 4.3 | 11.0% | 4.8% | +6.2% |
| Luis Arraez | 2019 | 8 | 300 | 86.9 | 11.4 | 2.7% | 4.8% | -2.1% |
| Gordon Beckham | 2019 | 14 | 155 | 86.2 | 14.1 | 9.0% | 4.7% | +4.3% |
| Brandon Crawford | 2019 | 21 | 387 | 87.5 | 8.4 | 5.4% | 4.7% | +0.7% |
| Eric Sogard | 2019 | 7 | 339 | 84.7 | 18.3 | 2.1% | 4.7% | -2.6% |
| Sandy Leon | 2019 | 2 | 130 | 83.6 | 20.5 | 1.5% | 4.7% | -3.1% |
| Billy McKinney | 2019 | 12 | 182 | 85.9 | 14.6 | 6.6% | 4.6% | +2.0% |
| Jonathan Villar | 2019 | 32 | 472 | 87.7 | 7 | 6.8% | 4.6% | +2.2% |
| Kevin Pillar | 2019 | 26 | 529 | 86 | 13.9 | 4.9% | 4.5% | +0.4% |
| Joey Rickard | 2019 | 4 | 118 | 84.7 | 17.6 | 3.4% | 4.5% | -1.1% |
| Nick Ahmed | 2019 | 30 | 456 | 87.5 | 7.5 | 6.6% | 4.5% | +2.1% |
| Ronald Guzman | 2019 | 16 | 173 | 85.6 | 14.9 | 9.2% | 4.4% | +4.8% |
| Adam Jones | 2019 | 26 | 387 | 86 | 13.5 | 6.7% | 4.4% | +2.3% |
| Johan Camargo | 2019 | 7 | 190 | 86.7 | 10.8 | 3.7% | 4.4% | -0.7% |
| Joe Panik | 2019 | 8 | 397 | 86.3 | 12.3 | 2.0% | 4.4% | -2.4% |
| Jose Peraza | 2019 | 1 | 320 | 84.7 | 17.1 | 0.3% | 4.4% | -4.0% |
| Starling Marte | 2019 | 37 | 451 | 87.4 | 7.4 | 8.2% | 4.3% | +3.9% |
| Miguel Rojas | 2019 | 11 | 427 | 87.1 | 8.8 | 2.6% | 4.3% | -1.8% |
| Adam Frazier | 2019 | 9 | 484 | 86.3 | 12.1 | 1.9% | 4.3% | -2.5% |
| Raimel Tapia | 2019 | 12 | 326 | 87.4 | 7.3 | 3.7% | 4.3% | -0.6% |
| Tyler White | 2019 | 6 | 165 | 86.1 | 12.6 | 3.6% | 4.3% | -0.6% |
| Grayson Greiner | 2019 | 8 | 140 | 86.3 | 11.8 | 5.7% | 4.3% | +1.5% |
| Orlando Arcia | 2019 | 18 | 393 | 87.5 | 6.3 | 4.6% | 4.2% | +0.4% |
| Neil Walker | 2019 | 17 | 261 | 86.2 | 11.7 | 6.5% | 4.1% | +2.4% |
| Martin Prado | 2019 | 1 | 207 | 87 | 8.3 | 0.5% | 4.1% | -3.6% |
| Chris Owings | 2019 | 7 | 102 | 86.8 | 9.1 | 6.9% | 4.1% | +2.8% |
| Luis Urias | 2019 | 7 | 159 | 86.7 | 9.5 | 4.4% | 4.1% | +0.3% |
| Tucker Barnhart | 2019 | 7 | 235 | 86.1 | 11.6 | 3.0% | 4.0% | -1.0% |
| Ehire Adrianza | 2019 | 6 | 168 | 85.5 | 13.6 | 3.6% | 4.0% | -0.4% |
| Luis Rengifo | 2019 | 16 | 268 | 86.7 | 9.1 | 6.0% | 4.0% | +2.0% |
| Juan Lagares | 2019 | 6 | 186 | 86.6 | 9.4 | 3.2% | 4.0% | -0.7% |
| Phillip Ervin | 2019 | 9 | 175 | 85.1 | 14.5 | 5.1% | 3.9% | +1.2% |
| Yolmer Sanchez | 2019 | 4 | 389 | 85.6 | 12.8 | 1.0% | 3.9% | -2.9% |
| Dawel Lugo | 2019 | 10 | 218 | 86.9 | 7.7 | 4.6% | 3.9% | +0.7% |
| Daniel Robertson | 2019 | 2 | 148 | 87.3 | 5.6 | 1.4% | 3.8% | -2.5% |
| Guillermo Heredia | 2019 | 4 | 147 | 85.5 | 12.5 | 2.7% | 3.7% | -1.0% |
| Josh Phegley | 2019 | 8 | 258 | 83.7 | 17 | 3.1% | 3.7% | -0.6% |
| Dexter Fowler | 2019 | 26 | 350 | 85.2 | 13 | 7.4% | 3.6% | +3.8% |
| Ian Kinsler | 2019 | 3 | 205 | 83.6 | 16.8 | 1.5% | 3.6% | -2.2% |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 2019 | 2 | 155 | 86.9 | 6.5 | 1.3% | 3.6% | -2.3% |
| Leonys Martin | 2019 | 10 | 161 | 84.7 | 14.3 | 6.2% | 3.6% | +2.6% |
| Chris Taylor | 2019 | 15 | 258 | 85.2 | 12.9 | 5.8% | 3.6% | +2.2% |
| Addison Russell | 2019 | 11 | 160 | 86.3 | 8.6 | 6.9% | 3.5% | +3.4% |
| Victor Reyes | 2019 | 4 | 214 | 86.4 | 8 | 1.9% | 3.4% | -1.6% |
| Stevie Wilkerson | 2019 | 8 | 224 | 85.7 | 10.5 | 3.6% | 3.4% | +0.2% |
| Lewis Brinson | 2019 | 6 | 155 | 86.1 | 9 | 3.9% | 3.4% | +0.5% |
| Jose Altuve | 2019 | 34 | 422 | 86.1 | 8.8 | 8.1% | 3.3% | +4.7% |
| Harold Castro | 2019 | 10 | 274 | 86.3 | 7.9 | 3.6% | 3.3% | +0.3% |
| Adam Haseley | 2019 | 6 | 163 | 87 | 4.7 | 3.7% | 3.3% | +0.4% |
| Gerardo Parra | 2019 | 10 | 218 | 85.4 | 10.5 | 4.6% | 3.2% | +1.4% |
| Cesar Hernandez | 2019 | 14 | 516 | 85.7 | 9.3 | 2.7% | 3.1% | -0.4% |
| Jon Berti | 2019 | 7 | 184 | 86.6 | 5.5 | 3.8% | 3.1% | +0.7% |
| Tony Kemp | 2019 | 3 | 203 | 84.3 | 13 | 1.5% | 3.0% | -1.5% |
| Leury Garcia | 2019 | 17 | 452 | 86.6 | 4.8 | 3.8% | 2.9% | +0.8% |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 2019 | 6 | 178 | 86.8 | 3 | 3.4% | 2.8% | +0.6% |
| Jake Marisnick | 2019 | 8 | 200 | 85 | 9.7 | 4.0% | 2.7% | +1.3% |
| Keon Broxton | 2019 | 6 | 103 | 85.4 | 8.2 | 5.8% | 2.6% | +3.2% |
| J.P. Crawford | 2019 | 9 | 268 | 84.3 | 11.4 | 3.4% | 2.6% | +0.8% |
| Albert Almora Jr. | 2019 | 13 | 284 | 85.2 | 8.2 | 4.6% | 2.5% | +2.1% |
| Tim Locastro | 2019 | 2 | 170 | 83.4 | 12.3 | 1.2% | 2.3% | -1.2% |
| Greg Allen | 2019 | 5 | 183 | 85.3 | 7.1 | 2.7% | 2.3% | +0.4% |
| Victor Robles | 2019 | 20 | 417 | 81 | 14.5 | 4.8% | 2.3% | +2.5% |
| Adam Engel | 2019 | 8 | 150 | 84.1 | 10 | 5.3% | 2.1% | +3.2% |
| Kevin Newman | 2019 | 9 | 434 | 84.7 | 8.1 | 2.1% | 2.1% | +0.0% |
| Steven Duggar | 2019 | 8 | 186 | 84.7 | 8 | 4.3% | 2.0% | +2.3% |
| Kolten Wong | 2019 | 10 | 406 | 83.6 | 10.6 | 2.5% | 2.0% | +0.5% |
| Garrett Hampson | 2019 | 8 | 215 | 83.2 | 11.1 | 3.7% | 1.9% | +1.8% |
| David Fletcher | 2019 | 2 | 534 | 83.7 | 9.8 | 0.4% | 1.9% | -1.5% |
| Delino DeShields | 2019 | 6 | 267 | 82.9 | 10.6 | 2.2% | 1.7% | +0.5% |
| Hanser Alberto | 2019 | 14 | 480 | 82.8 | 10.7 | 2.9% | 1.7% | +1.2% |
| Mallex Smith | 2019 | 8 | 372 | 84.3 | 7.2 | 2.2% | 1.6% | +0.5% |
| Jose Iglesias | 2019 | 11 | 437 | 84 | 7 | 2.5% | 1.4% | +1.1% |
| Ender Inciarte | 2019 | 3 | 159 | 81.8 | 9.3 | 1.9% | 1.1% | +0.8% |
| Greg Garcia | 2019 | 6 | 231 | 84.7 | 3.4 | 2.6% | 1.1% | +1.5% |
| Jarrod Dyson | 2019 | 5 | 317 | 82 | 8.9 | 1.6% | 1.0% | +0.6% |
| Mike Freeman | 2019 | 3 | 126 | 82 | 6.6 | 2.4% | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| Richie Martin | 2019 | 5 | 206 | 80.5 | 7.2 | 2.4% | 0.5% | +2.0% |
| Nicky Lopez | 2019 | 5 | 332 | 83.8 | 2.3 | 1.5% | 0.3% | +1.2% |
SOURCE: Baseball Savant (Statcast)
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As always, an insightful and enjoyable read. May I ask what stats would you recommend to identify plus-plus quality of contact? I’d like to cross-reference contact skills with xbarrel%. Thanks!
I don’t want to pretend I know what a ‘plus-plus’ hit tool or anything looks like – it may have come across that way out of haste – but it seems like the guys with the narrowest launch angle variance were the ones we expected to have plus hit tools or ones that have shown us they possess them. So I would consider it more of a backward application of it.
I kinda wanna dig in to see if there’s any relationship between narrowness of launch angle variance and BABIP. Like, if you have more control over your launch angle, will you have better BABIP outcomes? It seems like the relationship would bear out at both extremes (from my list that’s not published here), with Votto (.349 BABIP career) at the top of this list and Rougned Odor (.274 BABIP career) at the bottom. Maybe launch angle control is a helpful key there! Who knows. Not me.
Ignore me if you’ve discussed this before since I haven’t read, and don’t have the time right now, to read the previous articles, but just looking at the list I wonder if adding in O-Swing% would expand on your work. Just looking at the general list of significant +/-‘s it seems to correlate with those that are strong in the Zone “+’s” versus those that are more aggressive “-‘s”.
No worries! This previous work doesn’t incorporate any element of plate discipline. However I wouldn’t be surprised if someone with a higher chase rate would have less control over his launch angle. Makes a ton of sense, actually. Putting it on the to-do list!
Do you have a year-to-year correlation for standard deviation of launch angle? I don’t have the data and it’s not easily accessible at Baseball Savant.
Working on a year-to-year post for deserved barrels, but I’ll remember to include info on year-to-year for stdev(LA) as well. At this point from this and the other comments it seems stdev(LA) almost deserves its own post.
This is really interesting stuff. Have you tested out some variables which might explain why some hitters under/over-achieve their Deserved Barrels? You mentioned hit tool is one of them, but I wonder if there’s something quantifiable. Maybe including Standard Deviation of LA? I feel like incorporating some idea of the spread would improve the metric, so guys that hit both a lot of popups and worm burners get dinged more, since those two events average-out to a line drive in terms of LA. This way you don’t need to look for a trend to see how to adjust the output, and you can get a better idea from just one year of data. But overall – very good and useful stuff. Thanks.
Good idea! I do like the idea of using stdevs — maybe for both EV and LA. That way I’m not cherrypicking a selection of EVs (the way I would with Hard% or 95+%), just better describing the distributions.
The only problem is stdevs aren’t on player pages… and while they don’t HAVE to be, it would certainly make it easier for a random person to calculate if they were. Wonder if there’s an easy way around the issue.
I’ll try to pull the data from Baseball Savant and pass it along. It’s a bit tedious but I’ll grab the SD for LA and EV for all guys with >100 BBE.
I have a hunch that a low SD for LA will correlate well with ability to beat dBarrel%. But for EV, I’m not so sure that a low SD is a good thing. It may be predict a guy beating dBarrel%, but may not be good for HR/FB rate since outliers aren’t terrible given a particular average EV. ie, if you average 85 MPH then it might be good to have a wide spread, otherwise you’re just hitting a bunch of 85 MPH warning track fly balls. Whereas if you average 95 MPH, you’d be happy to have every single ball you hit be 95 MPH.
So, I over-estimated the computing power of my work laptop dealing with 120,000+ batted ball events. Took quite a while to get just the SD of LA in 2019. And somewhat disappointing results, at least as an attempt to predict guys beating their dBarrel%. I can send the LA SD data to you if you want.
Ha, I wish I had seen this in time – I do have a full rip of Savant data and will be able to calculate the standard deviations on my own, and from all years of Statcast. Will just need to write a brief bit of code. Sorry! I appreciate your eagerness to help, though.
If stdevs are valuable then at least you’ll have them on file looking forward to 2020 (shrug emoji)
Matt Chapman.
Right?? And get this — his deserved barrel rate in 2018: 14.8% (actual 8.9%). In 2019: 14.6% (actual 12.3%). Even though he under-performed both years, he clearly under-performed in 2018. Talk about a leading indicator for the increased power we saw in 2019.
Alex, just noting that 15 of the top 20 “deserved” are AL and 21 of the top 30 are AL. Granted that there are 4 pure DH-types in the top 30 (Cruz, Franmil, Alvarez and E5), so if we exclude them we wind up with 17 out of the top 26, which is still heavily-weighted towards the AL. Thoughts.. beyond the DH?
Would knowing whether it was a fastball or a breaking ball impact the numbers… “He and Alex Bregman (–4.5%) take advantage of the friendly confines in Houston”
Ha – gonna be fun to see if any of these guys drop off even a fraction in 2020. Just saw a Tweet that showed Yelich looking out to left-center for signs against Darvish. We’ve opened Pandora’s Box.
Love this! Did you use 5 years to try to get the #s up? Most prediction models appear to use 3 years. Would this be a better number to use? What do you think a minimum number of BBE to be relevant? Seems to me that number should be 350+? That said I’m not sure there are enough events to make a call on either Gallo or Tatis. Not sure on any of this as I am not a numbers guy. What do you think? Thanks Alex this is good stuff
Hey! I used 2017-2019 data, and I accounted for year effects in light of the changing ball. Truthfully the year-specific impacts were quite small so I’ve chosen not to worry about them too much.
I can’t remember the minimum BBE threshold I set — 300, maybe? That was more of an intuition thing; I wanted to have a sufficiently large sample of hitters from each season, and I think about 200 hitters each year eclipsed the threshold I set.
Re: Gallo and Tatis: yes, this might be true. I have imputed the model results on small samples, so there will certainly be noise associated with it. We’ve seen studies on how quickly things like BABIP, ISO, etc. “stabilize” in a year, whether it’s after 50 PA, 100 PA, etc. — it will be interesting to finally see how quickly things like avg EV or avg LA stabilize. Because maybe Gallo’s metrics have already stabilized and are reliable! But maybe not. Good point, though.