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Giancarlo Stanton held the MLB record for highest exit velocity at 122.2 miles per hour (196.7 km/h) from 2015 to 2022. In baseball statistics, exit velocity (EV) is the estimated speed at which a batted ball is travelling as it is coming off the player's bat.
His maximum exit velocity of 120.0 was 2nd in MLB; it was his 10th straight season in the top 1% of all MLB batters. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] In the ALCS against the Cleveland Guardians , Stanton hit four home runs and had an OPS of 1.222 in five games, winning the LCS MVP Award as the Yankees advanced to the 2024 World Series . [ 115 ]
He posted career bests in average exit velocity (91.1 mph, 80th percentile) and hard-hit rate (44.1%, 71st percentile) and his .365 wOBA was right in line with his .364 xWOBA, demonstrating that ...
The maximum exit velocity of balls he hit was 116.9 mph, 7th-highest in major league baseball. [52] On defense, his .998 fielding percentage was second-best among NL first basemen, and the best in franchise history.
Exit velocity has been measured as high as 108 mph. 15. (Red Sox) Tre Phelps, 3B/OF, Georgia: His physical tools combined with the challenge and exposure an SEC schedule provides makes Phelps a ...
He registered career lows in hard-hit rate (31.6%; 12th percentile in MLB), barrel rate (3.2%; sixth percentile) and average exit velocity (86.3 mph; ninth percentile). These are troubling trends.
Velocity: Measures the peak velocity of a pitch at any point from its release to the front edge of home plate. Perceived velocity: Velocity of the pitch at the release point normalized to the average release point for MLB pitchers. For example, a 90-mph pitch at a 54-inch release point will seem slower to the batter than a pitch of the same ...
His average exit velocity now ranks in pesky middle-infielder territory, but so far he’s making it work by improving dramatically against breaking balls and offspeed pitches. ... Beyond that duo ...