Bobby Witt Jr. Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics (2024)

Bobby Witt Jr.

SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 200LBS | Age: 24

Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #2, Kansas City Royals | Colleyville Heritage HS

	PA	AB	R	H	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2022	632	591	82	150	20	30	.254	.294	.428	.722
2023	694	641	97	177	30	49	.276	.319	.495	.814
2024	547	494	107	173	25	25	.350	.400	.617	1.017
3 Seasons	1,873	1,726	286	500	75	104	.290	.334	.507	.841

	AVG	HR	SB	OPS
2022	.254	20	30	.722
2023	.276	30	49	.814
2024	.350	25	25	1.017
3 Seasons	.290	75	104	.841

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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%
2022	22	2332	461	40	8.7	6.3	89.7	113.7	16.8	32.5	.252	.427	.311	.313	.377	38.6	21.4	4.7
2023	23	2701	529	61	11.5	8.8	90.7	113.8	15.7	34.4	.294	.533	.343	.369	.427	45.6	17.4	5.8
2024	24	1987	419	60	14.3	11.0	92.9	116.9	15.8	36.8	.331	.609	.425	.418	.474	49.6	15.0	7.3
Player		7020	1409	161	11.4	8.6	91.0	116.9	16.1	34.5	.290	.518	.356	.364	.425	44.5	18.0	5.9
MLB					7.0	4.8	88.5	122.4	12.3	33.2	.245	.406	.316	.315	.369	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

Pitch Tracking

Batted Ball Profile

Season	GB %	FB %	LD %	PU %	Pull %	Straight %	Oppo %	Weak %	Topped %	Under %	Flare/Burner %	Solid %	Barrel %	Barrel/PA
2022	36.2	33.4	22.6	7.8	33.2	39.3	27.5	2.2	26.2	34.3	23.6	4.6	8.7	6.3
2023	37.6	28.4	25.9	8.1	35.0	33.5	31.6	3.0	30.1	25.9	22.1	7.2	11.5	8.8
2024	36.5	29.6	26.5	7.4	29.1	42.2	28.6	2.1	25.1	27.7	25.1	5.7	14.3	11.0
Player	36.8	30.4	25.0	7.8	32.6	38.0	29.4	2.5	27.3	29.2	23.5	5.9	11.4	8.6
MLB	44.5	23.7	24.8	7.0	37.1	37.5	25.2	3.9	32.7	24.8	24.4	5.8	7.0	4.8

! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year	Pitch Type	RV/100	Run Value	Pitches	%	PA	BA	SLG	wOBA	Whiff%	K%	PutAway %	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Hard Hit %
2024	4-Seam Fastball	1.8	10	568	28.6	137	.309	.667	.422	18.5	15.3	13.5	.320	.740	.459	58.1
2024	Slider	3.2	14	422	21.2	106	.381	.546	.438	30.5	18.9	16.8	.310	.455	.359	42.3
2024	Sinker	4.3	14	319	16.1	113	.386	.673	.473	9.6	8.0	14.8	.380	.738	.491	59.6
2024	Cutter	0.6	1	179	9.0	38	.424	.545	.443	30.2	21.1	22.2	.307	.464	.360	46.2
2024	Changeup	0.3	0	157	7.9	55	.283	.377	.319	28.1	18.2	18.2	.321	.428	.338	39.5
2024	Sweeper	2.9	4	150	7.5	34	.355	.871	.525	24.2	8.8	9.4	.350	.741	.478	32.1
2024	Curveball	2.4	3	127	6.4	34	.265	.529	.334	28.6	23.5	19.0	.311	.551	.365	42.3
2024	Split-Finger	13.7	7	51	2.6	20	.444	.889	.573	23.3	15.0	15.0	.310	.528	.389	46.7
2024	Slurve	0.8	0	14	0.7	4	.500	.750	.538	0.0	0.0	0.0	.342	.472	.354	50.0
2023	4-Seam Fastball	0.3	3	911	33.7	213	.265	.524	.365	22.6	24.4	18.6	.278	.554	.383	54.3
2023	Slider	-1.0	-5	479	17.7	118	.225	.396	.279	28.3	15.3	11.5	.261	.469	.321	32.6
2023	Sinker	-1.1	-4	399	14.8	119	.315	.432	.347	7.8	6.7	8.5	.352	.528	.392	53.8
2023	Cutter	2.7	6	242	9.0	61	.345	.707	.455	25.4	9.8	11.1	.314	.716	.442	50.0
2023	Changeup	5.2	12	221	8.2	63	.387	.694	.476	24.6	11.1	8.2	.322	.511	.361	34.5
2023	Sweeper	-0.8	-2	195	7.2	42	.179	.333	.239	30.0	28.6	14.5	.268	.423	.294	27.6
2023	Curveball	0.6	1	184	6.8	55	.212	.404	.285	26.0	23.6	20.0	.274	.532	.357	46.2
2023	Split-Finger	-3.6	-2	56	2.1	19	.235	.412	.284	37.5	26.3	20.0	.277	.482	.349	53.8
2023	Slurve	1.1	0	12	0.4	1	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	.171	.200	.161	0.0
2022	4-Seam Fastball	-0.9	-8	883	37.9	213	.231	.410	.303	25.3	28.2	24.0	.233	.431	.317	43.1
2022	Slider	1.5	6	426	18.3	116	.312	.477	.363	26.3	14.7	12.4	.280	.418	.321	32.3
2022	Sinker	-1.6	-5	294	12.6	85	.266	.506	.363	19.5	9.4	13.6	.277	.490	.355	53.5
2022	Changeup	0.5	1	199	8.5	69	.224	.433	.316	27.5	20.3	17.9	.260	.425	.307	32.1
2022	Cutter	-0.4	-1	195	8.4	50	.224	.327	.253	18.3	10.0	9.3	.283	.455	.326	31.8
2022	Curveball	1.1	2	191	8.2	52	.265	.490	.329	27.7	23.1	19.4	.264	.496	.335	39.5
2022	Sweeper	0.2	0	120	5.1	37	.278	.306	.272	33.9	40.5	34.1	.164	.211	.180	9.5
2022	Split-Finger	-4.7	-1	16	0.7	5	.200	.200	.180	60.0	80.0	44.4	.054	.055	.049	0.0
2022	Slurve	-1.3	0	4	0.2	1	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	.571	.970	.641	100.0

! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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Swing/Take

				Runs
Year	Team	PA	Pitches	Heart	Shadow	Chase	Waste	All
2022		629	2,331	-9	-17	10	10	-5
2023		692	2,700	-7	-8	17	8	10
2024		541	1,987	9	16	20	9	53

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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 %
2022	2,332	48.0	70.4	82.1	34.7	61.0	43.1	33.2	51.8	25.2	7.6	78.0
2023	2,701	49.1	71.0	83.3	30.6	63.5	41.5	30.4	50.5	22.8	7.7	83.6
2024	1,987	47.4	71.2	84.3	32.8	64.7	41.4	30.5	51.0	22.3	7.7	78.4
Player	7,020	48.2	70.8	83.2	32.6	63.0	42.0	31.4	51.1	23.5	7.6	80.3
MLB		48.6	67.0	82.0	28.5	57.8	42.6	29.8	47.2	24.8	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	Swing Length
2022	47	58	69	68	22	78	59	65	93	43	47	10	45	16	100	1	74
2023	91	95	95	88	68	96	76	74	89	73	79	16	64	35	100	98	76
2024	98	100	98	96	95	99	91	95	99	91	88	40	62	23	100	100	77	87	73

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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year	Avg HR Trot	Actual HR	xHR	HR-xHR	Doubters	Mostly Gone	No Doubters	No Doubter %
2022	22.1	20	20.8	-1	12	13	9	45.0
2023	21.1	30	30.2	0	14	18	16	53.3
2024	20.9	25	29.8	-5	11	21	15	60.0
Player	21.3	75	80.8	-6	37	52	40	53.3

Standard

Year	Avg HR Trot	Actual HR	xHR	HR-xHR	Doubters	Mostly Gone	No Doubters	No Doubter %
2022	22.1	20	22.9	-3	11	15	11	55.0
2023	21.1	30	32.6	-3	26	15	18	60.0
2024	20.9	25	32.2	-7	9	24	15	60.0
Player	21.3	75	87.7	-13	46	54	44	58.7

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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year	HR
2022	20	16	19	22	20	18	21	18	17	18	18	22	25	20	20	23	19	22	22	18	23	24	24	23	19	20	21	23	27	19	22
2023	30	21	30	28	31	30	32	31	28	28	29	26	29	29	33	35	32	31	32	32	30	36	41	33	23	26	30	29	34	29	29
2024	25	28	25	31	28	31	33	30	25	21	27	30	33	26	31	30	26	26	35	36	35	29	39	37	26	28	26	33	36	27	25
Player	75	65	74	81	79	79	86	79	70	67	74	78	87	75	84	88	77	79	89	86	88	89	104	93	68	74	77	85	97	75	76

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.

Standard

Year	HR
2022	20	19	22	22	21	20	26	24	20	18	21	23	27	22	25	21	21	22	26	23	25	29	27	26	23	23	19	16	28	26	23
2023	30	29	33	45	31	33	33	36	32	26	30	36	34	31	35	32	28	31	35	34	32	38	39	34	26	30	27	21	41	33	32
2024	25	30	29	34	27	36	38	34	30	21	28	33	35	31	38	31	27	29	40	38	38	39	38	38	29	28	26	19	38	35	30
Player	75	78	84	101	79	89	97	94	82	65	79	92	96	84	98	84	76	82	101	95	95	106	104	98	78	81	72	56	107	94	85

Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Standard" view here accounts for different wall heights and distances but excludes environmental effects. It is based purely on the observed trajectory of the hit.

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Year to Year Changes

Metric	2022	2023	+/-		2024	+/-
Exit Velocity	89.7	90.7	1.0	↑	92.9	2.2	↑
Launch Angle	16.8	15.7	-1.1	↓	15.8	0.1	↑
Barrel %	8.7	11.5	2.8	↑	14.3	2.8	↑
Hard Hit %	38.6	45.6	7.0	↑	49.6	4.0	↑
LA Sweet-Spot %	32.5	34.4	1.9	↑	36.8	2.4	↑
xBA	.252	.294	0.042	↑	.331	0.037	↑
BA	.254	.276	0.022	↑	.350	0.074	↑
xwOBA	.313	.369	0.056	↑	.418	0.049	↑
wOBA	.311	.343	0.032	↑	.425	0.082	↑
xSLG	.427	.533	0.106	↑	.609	0.076	↑
SLG	.428	.495	0.067	↑	.617	0.122	↑
K%	21.4	17.4	-4.0	↓	15.0	-2.4	↓
BB%	4.7	5.8	1.1	↑	7.3	1.5	↑
Swing %	51.8	50.5	-1.3	↓	51.0	0.5	↑
Whiff%	25.2	22.8	-2.4	↓	22.3	-0.5	↓
In Zone %	48.0	49.1	1.1	↑	47.4	-1.7	↓
Out of Zone %	52.0	50.9	-1.1	↓	52.6	1.7	↑
Out of Zone Swing %	34.7	30.6	-4.1	↓	32.8	2.2	↑
First Pitch Swing %	33.2	30.4	-2.8	↓	30.5	0.1	↑
First Pitch Strike %	64.0	62.3	-1.7	↓	60.2	-2.1	↓

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Statcast Fielder Positioning

						wOBA
Season	Alignment Type	Bat Side	PA	Shifts/Shades	%	No Shift/Shade	Shift/Shade
2022	Shifts	R	629	41	6.5	.322	.158
2023	Shades	R	691	34	4.9	.344	.326
2024	Shades	R	541	33	6.1	.423	.455

! 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 Empty				Runners On Base
Season	Team	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %	Pitches	Tempo	Fast %	Slow %
2022		609	18.6	9.9%	3.3%	376	23.3	0.8%	8.8%
2023		732	15.8	34.2%	0.3%	389	19.7	1.0%	0.5%
2024		552	16.1	31.7%	0.4%	242	19.3	2.1%	0.4%

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Statcast Rankings

Average Exit Velocity

Year	MPH	Rank
2022	89.7	92nd in MLB
2023	90.7	66th in MLB
2024	92.9	15th in MLB

Max Exit Velocity

Year	MPH	Rank
2022	113.7	37th in MLB
2023	113.8	53rd in MLB
2024	116.9	10th in MLB

Barrels

Year	#	Rank
2022	40	51st in MLB
2023	61	10th in MLB
2024	60	4th in MLB

Sprint Speed

Year	Ft/s	Rank
2022	30.3	3rd in MLB
2023	30.5	2nd in MLB
2024	30.4	1st in MLB

Max HR Distance

Year	Ft	Rank
2022	443	70th in MLB
2023	442	95th in MLB
2024	468	8th in MLB

Average HR Trot

Year	Sec.	Rank
2022	22.07	50th in MLB
2023	21.14	29th in MLB
2024	20.87	12th in MLB

Bobby Witt Jr. Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics (2024)

Statcast Batting Statistics

Pitch Tracking

Batted Ball Profile

Run Values by Pitch Type

Swing/Take

Plate Discipline

Percentile Rankings

Expected Home Runs

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year to Year Changes

Statcast Fielder Positioning

Pitch Tempo

Statcast Rankings

Average Exit Velocity

Max Exit Velocity

Barrels

Sprint Speed

Max HR Distance

Average HR Trot

References