Matt Kemp
2006–2020 · CF

Matt Kemp

6' 4", 225 lbs·Lived to 42·Bats R / Throws R
2×Gold Glove2×Silver SluggerAll-Star
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
TTO SluggerBig raw power with high swing-and-miss — homers, walks, and strikeouts.2015–2020 · 1,748 batted balls
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Career Highs
.986
Best OPS · 2011
39
Most HR · 2011
126
Most RBI · 2011
.342
Best AVG · 2007
Career Arc · OPS
15 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Batting

15 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2006LAD52154723.253.73796
2007LAD982921042.342.894118
2008LAD1556061876.290.799107
2009LAD15960626101.297.842112
2010LAD1626022889.249.760104
2011LAD16160239126.324.986137
2012LAD1064032369.303.906125
2013LAD73263633.270.723101
2014LAD1505412589.287.852122
2015SD15459623100.265.755105
2016SD15662335108.268.803109
2017ATL1154381964.276.781104
2018LAD1464622185.290.818112
2019CIN206015.200.49365
2020COL43117621.239.745101
Career175063652871031.284
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.

1,718 BBE · 2015–2020 · 88.7 mph avg EV · 9.8% 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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