MLB · NL Central

Alec Burleson

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

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

At a glance

This season

BA

.279

OBP

.338

SLG

.479

OPS

.817

13 HR · 54 RBI · 49 K (15%) · 25 BB · 320 PA

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

Last 10 games

BA

.214

HR

4

RBI

8

K

6

BB

2

9-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 320 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.430
86
Avg Exit V
91.4 mph
88
Barrel %
11.2%
77
Hard-Hit %
52.5%
72
Chase %
33.8%
26
Whiff %
18.6%
74
K %
15.3%
86
BB %
7.8%
41

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.

12%LF11%LCF16%CF19%RCF33%RFPull →

53%

Pull

24%

Center

23%

Oppo

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

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Fri Jun 19
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.355
xSLG
.664
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
111.7
EV90
106.3
Launch angle
12.2°
Sweet-spot%
35.1%
Avg distance
283 ft
EV on barrels
105.7
EV on hard-hit
101.7
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
67.6%
O-Contact%
75.1%
Z-Contact%
84.7%
Contact%
81.4%
SwStr%
9.3%
CSW%
25.0%
In-zone%
47.8%
1st-pitch swing%
33.8%
2-strike K%
33.6%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.383
7d K%
12.9%
7d Barrel%
7.7%
7d Whiff%
12.5%
14d xwOBA(con)
.468
14d K%
13.6%
14d Barrel%
17.0%
30d xwOBA(con)
.420
30d K%
14.8%
30d Barrel%
11.1%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.529
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.381
Behind xwOBA(con)
.350
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.404
Ahead Whiff%
17.5%
2-strike Whiff%
17.5%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.363
RISP
.389
Loaded
.340
High leverage
.354
Clutch
.380
Innings 1-3
.388
Innings 4-6
.462
Innings 7+
.448

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.

StatLeaguevs Leftiesvs Righties
BA.247.180.323
OBP.318.210.391
SLG.404.236.587
OPS.722.447.978
Sample95 PA225 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.

4 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Cutter24.150.450.40019.6%20.8%46.7%13.3%91.4 mph27.1°
Slider60.202.358.35219.3%15.0%39.7%8.7%90.6 mph11.2°
Changeup66.283.467.30415.4%15.2%32.7%5.5%87.5 mph5.7°
Four-seam78.343.614.46322.6%21.8%61.3%15.8%94.9 mph21.7°

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.

0%14%43%43%

0%

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%
PitchUsageVeloSpinBreakZone%SwStr%xwOBA
Change100.0%51.211637.242.9%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.