MLB · NL Central

Alec Burleson

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

St. Louis Cardinals1B · SPBats: L · Throws: L

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At a glance

This season

.285

OBP

.344

SLG

.488

OPS

.832

13 HR · 55 RBI · 49 K (15%) · 26 BB · 326 PA

MLB avg · .247 / .318 / .404 · .722 OPS

Last 10 games

.262

RBI

11-for-42

Quality of contact

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season (≥80 AB pool). The dot is this player; further right is better on every metric. Based on 326 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.432

Avg Exit V

91.6 mph

Barrel %

10.9%

Hard-Hit %

53.0%

Chase %

33.6%

Whiff %

18.3%

K %

15.0%

BB %

8.0%

Spray distribution

Where this hitter puts the ball in play. The greener (more saturated) a sector, the larger his share of batted balls there; the pull/center/oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below.

53%

Pull

25%

Center

23%

Oppo

Pull-air 29% of BIP · 99.6 mph · 33° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sun Jun 21

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.359

xSLG

.666

Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above

Max EV

111.7

EV90

106.3

Launch angle

12.3°

Sweet-spot%

36.0%

Avg distance

288 ft

EV on barrels

105.7

EV on hard-hit

101.8

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

67.8%

O-Contact%

75.3%

Z-Contact%

85.1%

Contact%

81.7%

SwStr%

9.1%

CSW%

24.7%

In-zone%

48.0%

1st-pitch swing%

34.4%

2-strike K%

33.1%

Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%

7d xwOBA(con)

.424

7d K%

7.1%

7d Barrel%

4.2%

7d Whiff%

8.6%

14d xwOBA(con)

.479

14d K%

14.3%

14d Barrel%

15.6%

30d xwOBA(con)

.422

30d K%

12.8%

30d Barrel%

10.8%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.537

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.381

Behind xwOBA(con)

.358

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.401

Ahead Whiff%

17.4%

2-strike Whiff%

17.3%

By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning

Bases empty

.369

RISP

.389

Loaded

.340

High leverage

.362

Clutch

.380

Innings 1-3

.391

Innings 4-6

.468

Innings 7+

.443

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

Split by opposing hand

Hits righties much harder than lefties.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.189	.327
OBP	.318	.219	.396
SLG	.404	.244	.595
OPS	.722	.463	.991
Sample	—	96 PA	230 PA

Pitch-by-pitch breakdown

How he performs against each pitch. Filter by pitch type, opposing pitcher hand, or recency. Color signal: green beats league average, red falls short.

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

Window

This season Last 30 days

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4 pitches · last 30 days · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Curveball	9	.444	1.111	.563	8.3%	11.1%	64.4%	40.0%	88.9 mph	1.2°
Changeup	12	.250	.500	.258	20.8%	33.3%	50.0%	0.0%	94.2 mph	15.6°
Slider	22	.191	.236	.246	15.8%	9.1%	45.5%	0.0%	93.8 mph	21.3°
Four-seam	26	.404	.702	.552	19.0%	11.5%	45.4%	15.1%	94.6 mph	21.2°

Attack zones

Where this pitcher lives in and around the zone. The more saturated a zone, the larger his share of pitches there. Heart (red) is the middle (hittable), Shadow (gold) straddles the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) are progressively further off. The white 3×3 box is the rule-book strike zone; home plate sits below.

Heart

43%

Shadow

43%

Chase

14%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 5.0 ft extension

Advanced (Statcast)

Arsenal · splits · situationalthrough Fri May 30

Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA

Change

100%

Pitch	Usage	Velo	Spin	Break	Zone%	SwStr%	xwOBA
Change	100.0%	51.2	1163	7.2	42.9%	0.0%	.363

Based on 7 pitches this season.

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above

xwOBA allowed

.400

1st-pitch strike%

50.0%

Recent formlast 5 starts

L5 ERA

0.00

L5 FIP

3.10

L5 K/9

0.0

L5 BB/9

0.0

L5 HR/9

0.0

Pitches/start

7.0

Platoon & times-through

vs LHB xwOBA

.350

vs RHB xwOBA

.450

1st time xwOBA

.400

Inn 7+ ERA

5.20

Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo

7d xwOBA

.400

7d K%

0.0%

7d velo

51.2

14d xwOBA

.400

14d K%

0.0%

30d xwOBA

.400

30d K%

0.0%

30d velo

51.2

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.