Brandon Crawford
2011–2024 · SS

Brandon Crawford

6' 1", 223 lbs·Lived to 39·Bats L / Throws R
4×Gold GloveSilver SluggerAll-Star
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
BalancedA well-rounded profile without a single dominant tendency.2015–2024 · 3,129 batted balls
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Career Highs
.895
Best OPS · 2021
24
Most HR · 2021
90
Most RBI · 2021
.298
Best AVG · 2021
Career Arc · OPS
14 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Batting

14 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2011SF66196321.204.58481
2012SF143435445.248.65390
2013SF149499943.248.67494
2014SF1534911069.246.713102
2015SF1435072184.256.782108
2016SF1555531284.275.772104
2017SF1445181477.253.70994
2018SF1515311454.254.71999
2019SF1475001159.228.65486
2020SF54172828.256.792107
2021SF1384832490.298.895123
2022SF118407952.231.65292
2023SF94283738.194.58780
2024STL297114.169.54476
Career16845646147748.249
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

3,077 BBE · 2015–2024 · 88.3 mph avg EV · 7.1% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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