2018 Leaderboard

Collection of player statistics for specific performance metrics for the 2018 MLB and MiLB season.

Name	Z-Contact%	Cent%	Pull%	Oppo%	Barrels/BBE	SwSpd@POI	O-Contact%	Swing%	Attack Angle	D#1stStep*FS	Footspeed ft/sec	D#Instincts*FS
Murphy	93.5	36.3	39.1	24.6	4.8	71.63	77.5	47.1	16.3	31	26.5	25
Betts	92.7	35.6	44.4	20	4.5	71.95	72.6	36	8.73	83	28.1	81
Ramirez	92.7	32.1	46.3	21.7	5	69.83	76.6	43.4	13.28	67	28.1	67
Lindor	92.6	34.5	40.5	25.1	7.2	70.08	75.3	47.2	13.52	78	28.2	78
Rendon	92.6	31	40.7	28.2	6.5	73.52	73.2	40.4	15.78	68	27.2	72
Kinsler	92.5	34.8	38.9	26.2	4.9	68.11	73.6	44.3	15.3	58	27	69
Cozart	92.2	34.6	48.9	16.5	4.7	69.57	71.2	40.9	12.22	59	26.6	68
Altuve	91.7	32.9	40.8	26.3	6.7	68.15	74.9	47.6	18.52	70	28	67
Simmons	91.5	34.2	45.3	20.6	2.5	68.92	79.9	45.9	9.39	76	27.8	85
Cespedes	91.5	33.6	41.4	25	10.8	74.51	65.4	48.9	13.78	41	27.8	32
Reddick	91.4	36.1	35.9	28	3.8	71.96	75.6	43.7	11.65	55	27.6	47
Heyward	91.4	33.9	46.3	19.8	4.1	70.85	72.1	46.4	11.54	78	27.6	78
Gurriel	91.1	37.4	41.4	21.1	3.4	71.44	70.2	48.2	6.31	30	27	33
Perez	90.7	29.7	53	17.3	9.4	73.47	70.4	58.7	17.14	36	26	69
Cain	90.6	40.5	31.1	28.4	3.5	72.77	64.1	49.3	9.29	76	29.1	73
Cano	90.6	35.7	39.4	24.9	6.3	72.76	70.8	52	9.58	39	25.9	63
Rizzo	90.6	33.3	44.9	21.8	9.3	71.85	71	46.3	19.05	54	25.7	67
Bregman	90.5	37.3	42.6	20.1	4.7	68.91	75	44.8	17.2	66	27.5	67
Andrus	90.2	36	44.8	19.2	4.2	68.8	69.1	47.1	11.8	60	27.5	65
Segura	90.1	42.3	29.9	27.8	3.2	70.49	76.7	49.2	10.34	62	27.4	48
Blackmon	90.1	31.7	43.5	24.9	8.7	69.23	70	46.3	18.72	55	28.1	58
Trout	90.1	35.8	40.2	24.1	13.3	74.24	68.1	37.7	13.42	74	28.5	63
Bogaerts	89.9	33.3	40.8	25.9	0.2	70.51	67.5	41.9	4.67	46	28.3	46
Posey	89.7	40	36.5	23.6	3.5	71.28	75.9	44.2	16.85	53	25.6	72
Benintendi	89.4	37	34.3	28.7	5.5	69.42	71.2	44	14.96	59	28.2	55
Realmuto	89.3	35.2	46.6	18.2	6.3	72.09	69.1	48.3	11.48	67*	28.6	74*
Beltre	89.2	38.1	41.2	20.8	5.8	70.16	74.4	46.7	14.53	67	25.2	71
Hosmer	89.2	35.7	31.3	32.9	7	73.65	64.2	47	10.71	50	27.5	45
Turner J	89.1	38.9	36.7	24.5	8.6	72.36	77.4	43.8	17.88	53	26.2	72
Braun	89	35.1	38.6	26.3	7.8	74.23	65.4	51.9	12.82	42	26.6	37
Abreu	88.8	33.6	38.7	27.7	9.5	73.58	63.5	48.2	11.69	22	26.9	29
Kipnis	88.6	33.1	39.7	27.2	5.1	70.07	63.1	45.8	18.13	47	27.2	41
Yelich	88.4	37.4	33.3	29.3	7	73.33	61.6	42.4	10.12	63	28.7	55
Carpenter	88.4	31.4	47.2	21.4	8.2	70.44	65.7	34.1	11.99	34	26.6	37
Votto	88	31.1	38.6	30.3	9.1	70.01	78.3	41.9	22.82	50	25.6	58
Gregorius	88	37.4	40.3	22.3	3.6	69.07	69.1	58.2	15.69	70	28.3	70
Smoak	87.9	35.3	40.8	24	13.6	71.34	62.9	43	16.53	28	24.7	59
Correa	87.8	40.7	30.5	28.7	9.3	73.62	66.6	42.2	10.23	59	27.8	66
Fowler	87.4	37.5	40.3	22.3	6.5	73.05	62.5	43	12.61	44	28.2	41
Arenado	87.3	35.1	37.7	27.2	8.5	70.51	63.1	48.2	15.98	79	26.7	79
Machado	87.3	33.6	41.6	24.8	10.5	73.71	67.4	48.9	12.36	71	27	78
Castro	87.1	33.4	42.8	23.8	4.5	71.96	64.1	49.9	12.09	40	27.1	38
Puig	86.9	30.5	46.5	23	9.4	72.57	59.8	46.2	7.37	68	28	59
Turner T	86.6	37.8	39.3	22.8	5.4	72.76	59.8	43.5	8.63	79	29.2	66
Pham	86.5	34.9	36.8	28.3	9.3	72.52	62	37.9	13.41	68	28.7	64
Seager C	86.4	35.5	36.5	28	8.5	72	54.3	50.1	14.67	57	27.2	66
Cabrera Mi	86.2	36.5	32	31.5	10.5	73.86	63.8	50.3	15.03	33	25.5	56
Taylor C	86	33.5	38.3	28.2	8	70.4	53.1	45.6	13.22	55	28.6	54
Molina	86	32.5	42.6	24.9	5.7	70.82	77.4	52.6	19.09	48	24.8	74
Marte S	86	33.9	36.3	29.8	5.2	67.9	61.9	49.4	11.13	76	28	57
Springer	85.8	33.8	40.8	25.4	9.3	73.58	61.7	44.6	15.35	65	27.8	62
Odor	85.3	29.8	50.3	19.8	6	71.85	62.1	52.8	18.09	36	28	41
McCutchen	85.2	36.8	42.7	20.6	7.7	70.51	69.2	44.9	15.9	42	28.5	36
Harper	85.1	35.2	35.5	29.3	11.7	74.81	55.9	49	13.62	57	28	51
Mazara	85.1	38.8	35.4	25.8	6.5	73.19	62.8	46.1	11.24	39	26.8	36
Bryant	85	36.3	41.2	22.5	9.6	73.6	64.3	45.4	20.65	57	28.2	65
Pederson	84.7	30.1	48.5	21.4	7.8	74.82	63.7	43	9.75	51	26.9	44
Myers	84	36.8	42.4	20.8	9.1	72.88	62.2	44.1	16.48	54	28.6	44
Ozuna	83.9	36.3	38.6	25.1	9.3	73.67	59.2	49.6	16.33	42	28.2	47
Dozier	83.8	32	50.4	17.3	8.4	68.84	63.7	41.5	29.25	53	28.1	65
Freeman	83.3	32.9	38.6	28.5	13.3	72.95	66.2	52.9	21.3	42	26.6	51
Encarnacion	83.3	32.9	46.7	20.4	10.3	73.2	60.7	42.9	20.59	29	25.5	31
Grandal	83	33.7	41.7	24.7	7.4	70.16	60.6	46.4	13.78	45	24.4	51
Kiermaier	83	38.5	39.2	22.4	5.2	69.99	61.1	47.6	11.68	80	28.9	82
Sanchez	82.9	33.2	51.6	15.2	11.8	77.24	60.1	47.9	13.18	31	26.3	29
Russell	82.1	33.7	41	25.3	5.7	73.7	59.8	49.9	15.82	76	27.7	77
Buxton	82.1	32.9	47.3	19.8	5.6	68.73	51.1	48.6	16.55	86	30.2	76
Chapman	81.8	38.5	34.5	27	11.5	77.32	56.2	42.7	15.35	75	28.4	76
Belt	81.7	37.6	39.4	22.9	9.7	70.4	62.6	45.3	23.75	57	26.7	60
Donaldson	81.7	33	47.1	19.99	14.1	74.59	59.5	42.2	15.84	71	27	78
Conforto	81.5	39.7	32.4	27.9	12.6	72.77	56.9	42.8	16.28	48	27.6	54
Stanton	81.5	35.2	44.6	20.1	17.4	76.67	52.5	42.9	13.56	35**	27.5	63**
Cruz	81.4	36.4	41.8	21.8	14.2	74.97	51.8	47.2	12.3	31*	25.9	51*
Piscotty	84.9	29.6	44.7	25.7	6.6	70.31	63.3	46.8	16.39	44	26.9	41
Hicks	81.2	35	42.9	22.1	7.5	69.62	61.6	39	12.9	65	28.1	65
Schwarber	80.7	30.2	44.5	25.4	15.1	73.97	58.3	44.4	21.47	22	26.3	16
Judge	80.6	30.8	41.4	27.8	25.7	78.58	44.8	41.1	17.77	56	27.7	51
Martinez JD	80.5	32.8	38.3	28.9	19.5	73.8	54.1	51.4	18	31	26.8	34
Goldschmidt	80.2	36.9	39.5	23.6	13.3	73.89	64.3	40.9	22.47	59	26.9	73
Story	79.9	37.4	38.3	24.3	10.5	72.81	53	48	17.87	66	28.4	63
Contreras	78.5	35.5	43.6	20.9	10.3	71.19	59.9	47.3	13.83	63	27.4	67
Upton J	78.5	35.7	38.6	25.7	13.2	73.96	58.5	44.4	15.16	42	27.6	42
Happ	77.9	31.5	44.8	23.7	13.3	72.22	49.7	49.3	13.88	54	28.5	45
Baez	77.8	38.1	39.9	21.9	8.4	71.01	52.7	56.2	11.86	79	28.3	79
Bellinger	77	34.7	42.4	22.9	12.2	71.91	56.5	44.4	20.49	56	28.4	64
Zunino	73.6	32.5	50.9	16.7	14.5	75.34	43.7	49.5	17.15	36	26	66
Sano	73.5	37.3	44.1	18.7	16.3	75.91	40.3	48.6	15.93	44	26.9	51
Gallo	71.6	29.4	49.6	21	22.1	76.51	42.6	47.1	24.24	53	27.6	65
Albies***
Devers**
Moncada**
Olson***
Hoskins***
Torres***
Bird***
Frazier***
Soler***
Acuna***
Barnes***
Ohtani***						*Estimated Data		**Off 1 Report		***S.S.S.

Insights / Definitions of Data Points

Instincts: Fangraphs defensive statistic measuring on a 1-100 scale how good a player’s instincts are. This is a fan vote based system so this number is a bit faulty but none the less relevant as far as the top and bottom players.
League Average is around 55-60.

1st Step: Fangraphs defensive statistic measuring on a 1-100 scale how good a player’s first step is. This is a fan vote based system so this number is a bit faulty but none the less relevant as far as the top and bottom players.
League Average is around 50-55.

Footspeed: Feet Per Second in a player’s fastest one-second window.
League Average is 27.0

Zone Contact Percentage: Percentage of the time a hitter swings and makes contact on a pitch in the strike zone.
League Average is 85.5%

Outside the Zone Contact Percentage: Percentage of the time a hitter swings and makes contact on a pitch outside the strike zone.
League Average is 62.9%

Swing Percentage: Percent of the time a Hitter Swings at a pitch.
League Average is 46.5%

Cent%: Percentage of the time a hitter hits to center field
League Average is 34.9%

Oppo%: Percentage of the time a hitter hits the ball to the opposite field.
League Average is 25.3%

Pull%: Percentage of the time a hitter pulls the ball.
League Average is 39.8%

Barrels/BBE: BBE is batted ball event. It represents any ball in play that leads to a result. Barrels are balls hit 98MPH of faster, within the ideal launch angles. So a 98 MPH ball, to be a barrel, will need to be hit between 26 and 30 degrees to count as a barrel. The faster a ball is hit the bigger the range of launch angles it can be to be called a Barrel.
League Average [of the top 100] is approximately 8.7

Attack Angle: Angle of the bat at point of Contact.
League Average [of the top 100] is approximately 14.6

Swing Speed at POI: Swing Speed in MPH at point of contact with the ball.
League Average [of the top 100] is 14.7

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