Matt Wieters
2009–2020 · C

Matt Wieters

6' 5", 235 lbs·Lived to 40·Bats B / Throws R
2×Gold GloveAll-Star
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
BalancedA well-rounded profile without a single dominant tendency.2015–2020 · 1,210 batted balls
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Career Highs
.839
Best OPS · 2014
23
Most HR · 2012
83
Most RBI · 2012
.308
Best AVG · 2014
Career Arc · OPS
12 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Batting

12 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2009BAL96354943.288.753100
2010BAL1304461155.249.69595
2011BAL1395002268.262.778108
2012BAL1445262383.249.764105
2013BAL1485232279.235.70499
2014BAL26104518.308.839120
2015BAL75258825.267.742103
2016BAL1244231766.243.71196
2017WSH1234221052.225.63284
2018WSH76235830.238.70497
2019STL671681127.214.70293
2020STL193504.200.52972
Career11673994146550.249
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.

1,194 BBE · 2015–2020 · 87.0 mph avg EV · 5.9% 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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