Willie Calhoun
2017–2024 · LF

Willie Calhoun

5' 8", 200 lbs·Lived to 32·Bats L / Throws R
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2017–2024 · 1,032 batted balls
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Career Highs
.848
Best OPS · 2019
21
Most HR · 2019
48
Most RBI · 2019
.269
Best AVG · 2019
Career Arc · OPS
8 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Batting

8 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2017TEX133414.265.67790
2018TEX3599211.222.60283
2019TEX833092148.269.848112
2020TEX29100113.190.49166
2021TEX75260625.250.69195
2022TEX225213.135.52474
2023NYY44134516.239.71297
2024LAA68229520.245.69598
Career369121742140.241
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.

1,030 BBE · 2017–2024 · 89.5 mph avg EV · 3.7% 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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