Max Kepler
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 32
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 491 438 72 114 24 1 .260 .332 .484 .816
2024 399 368 43 93 8 1 .253 .302 .380 .682
2025 217 192 24 40 6 0 .208 .295 .365 .660
11 Seasons 4,468 3,953 578 933 167 35 .236 .316 .426 .742
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .260 24 1 .816
2024 .253 8 1 .682
2025 .208 6 0 .660
11 Seasons .236 167 35 .742
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 22 37 4 0 0.0 0.0 91.1 97.6 2.8 0.0 .108 .114 .126 .101 .178 25.0 42.9 0.0
2016 23 1732 309 12 3.9 2.7 89.7 115.4 8.5 30.1 .241 .352 .313 .295 .330 37.5 20.8 9.4
2017 24 2128 401 16 4.0 2.8 88.7 113.2 13.2 31.9 .244 .375 .315 .302 .338 36.7 20.1 8.3
2018 25 2351 439 29 6.6 4.7 89.5 112.7 16.3 30.1 .233 .404 .316 .324 .333 38.2 15.7 11.6
2019 26 2160 429 38 8.9 6.4 89.7 112.5 18.2 30.5 .259 .458 .355 .343 .367 42.1 16.6 10.1
2020 27 770 136 7 5.1 3.6 88.5 110.3 22.2 30.9 .258 .425 .328 .340 .366 38.2 18.4 11.2
2021 28 1876 334 36 10.8 7.3 89.8 110.8 16.3 35.3 .255 .452 .309 .347 .388 42.5 19.6 11.0
2022 29 1656 326 23 7.1 5.2 89.1 113.8 11.2 31.9 .266 .412 .298 .338 .349 39.9 14.8 11.0
2023 30 1924 336 41 12.2 8.4 91.9 111.7 14.7 35.7 .271 .503 .348 .362 .428 47.9 21.6 9.2
2024 31 1498 291 18 6.2 4.5 88.9 115.4 16.8 35.4 .247 .381 .298 .301 .348 36.8 20.1 5.5
2025 32 837 144 16 11.1 7.5 90.5 109.4 15.5 32.6 .241 .419 .297 .325 .369 45.8 21.5 9.8
Player 16969 3149 236 7.5 5.3 89.7 115.4 15.0 32.3 .251 .418 .320 .327 .360 40.3 18.7 9.7
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 50.0 50.0 0.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 25.0 0.0 25.0
2016 48.2 51.8 22.3 23.6 5.8 44.3 34.6 20.4 25.6 15.2 7.1 18.8 19.4 13.3
2017 44.1 55.9 20.4 24.9 10.5 39.4 35.4 24.9 17.2 21.2 5.5 22.2 14.2 19.5
2018 37.8 62.2 29.2 23.9 9.1 41.7 33.7 24.1 22.3 10.7 4.6 19.4 23.0 19.6
2019 35.9 64.1 29.8 21.7 12.6 50.8 30.1 19.1 21.7 12.4 1.9 29.1 17.7 17.2
2020 32.4 67.6 26.5 25.0 16.2 42.6 32.4 25.0 19.9 9.6 2.9 22.8 22.8 22.1
2021 37.7 62.3 28.1 24.9 9.3 41.9 36.8 21.3 21.0 12.9 3.9 21.0 24.0 17.4
2022 46.6 53.4 24.5 23.3 5.5 41.7 34.4 23.9 24.5 16.6 5.5 17.2 17.8 18.4
2023 37.5 62.5 31.0 25.6 6.0 43.2 35.7 21.1 22.3 11.9 3.3 20.8 23.8 17.9
2024 35.1 64.9 31.3 25.8 7.9 40.5 33.3 26.1 19.6 10.7 4.8 21.0 22.7 21.3
2025 38.9 61.1 33.3 20.1 7.6 45.8 31.9 22.2 27.1 7.6 4.2 18.8 24.3 18.1
Player 39.8 60.2 27.3 24.0 8.9 43.2 33.9 22.7 21.8 13.5 4.4 21.4 20.5 18.3
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 0.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 2.3 38.8 23.6 22.7 7.1 3.9 2.7
2017 5.0 31.9 27.7 24.9 5.7 4.0 2.8
2018 3.0 29.6 33.7 18.0 7.5 6.6 4.7
2019 1.9 27.0 32.2 21.7 7.5 8.9 6.4
2020 2.9 19.9 35.3 28.7 7.4 5.1 3.6
2021 3.6 28.1 29.9 21.0 6.6 10.8 7.3
2022 3.7 33.7 25.2 25.2 5.2 7.1 5.2
2023 1.5 26.8 27.7 23.2 8.6 12.2 8.4
2024 2.7 24.1 35.1 24.1 7.2 6.2 4.5
2025 2.1 28.5 29.2 23.6 5.6 11.1 7.5
Player 2.9 29.5 29.8 22.7 6.9 7.5 5.3
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 324 38.7 77 .234 .484 .369 20.0 18.2 15.9 .251 .550 .397 52.0
2025 Slider -1.4 -2 123 14.7 36 .152 .303 .233 31.8 33.3 30.8 .189 .302 .251 38.1
2025 Sinker -0.8 -1 98 11.7 25 .261 .391 .314 16.7 16.0 19.0 .286 .355 .311 42.1
2025 Curveball -2.2 -2 77 9.2 27 .154 .231 .185 31.7 33.3 26.5 .154 .230 .185 29.4
2025 Changeup 1.2 1 77 9.2 15 .308 .308 .333 28.1 13.3 6.3 .337 .415 .379 72.7
2025 Cutter -1.2 -1 73 8.7 13 .167 .500 .250 19.4 23.1 17.6 .253 .572 .335 50.0
2025 Split-Finger -1.8 -1 33 3.9 13 .250 .250 .262 35.0 15.4 15.4 .324 .516 .383 50.0
2025 Sweeper -1.6 0 30 3.6 7 .167 .167 .229 0.0 0.0 0.0 .210 .246 .271 16.7
2025 Slurve 8.4 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -2 458 30.6 118 .269 .407 .334 21.5 15.3 13.5 .267 .462 .345 43.3
2024 Sinker -1.6 -3 215 14.4 56 .255 .294 .305 18.0 16.1 20.9 .306 .402 .342 47.6
2024 Slider 1.4 3 206 13.8 48 .289 .489 .363 27.7 27.1 17.6 .260 .393 .310 40.6
2024 Changeup -0.5 -1 176 11.7 59 .204 .278 .269 26.0 13.6 12.9 .249 .330 .294 23.4
2024 Curveball 2.4 3 142 9.5 41 .231 .487 .341 34.2 39.0 27.6 .217 .404 .286 34.8
2024 Cutter 0.0 0 142 9.5 34 .281 .469 .349 28.9 14.7 17.2 .180 .296 .218 21.4
2024 Sweeper -1.4 -1 86 5.7 24 .227 .227 .217 25.5 33.3 24.2 .135 .166 .170 33.3
2024 Split-Finger 1.9 1 62 4.1 15 .308 .385 .417 10.0 6.7 6.3 .297 .352 .341 33.3
2024 Slurve -10.2 -1 11 0.7 4 .000 .000 .000 42.9 50.0 33.3 .070 .186 .101 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 7 37 -1 0 0 0 -1
2016 444 1,723 -11 -8 12 7 1
2017 565 2,122 -13 -16 15 10 -4
2018 601 2,320 -12 -20 23 13 4
2019 592 2,146 13 -19 18 13 26
2020 196 770 -5 -4 6 5 2
2021 487 1,876 -14 -23 19 13 -5
2022 445 1,655 -16 -10 16 9 -2
2023 491 1,924 5 -15 10 9 9
2024 399 1,498 -2 -13 7 6 -1
2025 213 837 -7 -5 5 3 -4
Player 4,440 16,908 -63 -132 131 -63 24
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 37 59.5 63.6 71.4 33.3 100.0 45.9 14.3 51.4 21.1 5.4 100.0
2016 1,732 47.1 59.4 88.7 28.9 59.2 43.8 21.9 43.3 20.9 7.3 65.9
2017 2,128 48.5 61.1 85.2 26.8 59.4 44.3 22.5 43.3 22.5 6.7 65.0
2018 2,351 49.0 65.0 90.1 21.0 57.3 42.8 27.0 42.7 17.8 7.2 70.1
2019 2,160 46.8 74.0 89.2 27.6 57.3 41.3 40.6 49.4 20.2 7.3 84.6
2020 770 48.6 66.6 88.8 24.2 53.1 41.3 31.1 44.8 21.2 7.7 84.7
2021 1,876 49.1 69.9 83.5 20.4 55.4 41.1 35.3 44.7 23.0 6.9 80.8
2022 1,656 48.1 70.6 87.2 23.5 58.9 43.9 33.9 46.1 20.0 7.6 84.1
2023 1,924 49.7 70.2 88.1 24.9 58.1 43.5 35.4 47.5 19.8 6.9 83.3
2024 1,498 49.7 74.3 84.6 30.5 53.5 44.8 38.1 52.3 24.4 7.1 86.9
2025 837 52.2 70.3 86.6 25.8 45.6 41.2 31.9 49.0 23.7 8.1 82.4
Player 16,969 48.7 67.9 87.2 25.3 56.8 42.9 31.7 46.1 21.1 7.2 77.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2016 18 25 13 17 37 18 25 63 98 54 41 68 58 50 79 98
2017 23 28 18 22 34 28 25 66 92 58 51 47 55 51 75 94
2018 48 22 42 52 57 61 46 63 89 52 80 85 82 85 73 96
2019 65 51 57 57 70 76 61 60 86 68 76 69 77 56 70 91
2020 62 61 51 47 70 27 28 43 74 42 73 73 75 66 79 41 68
2021 71 55 65 65 72 68 71 61 76 61 62 77 65 93 61 95 74
2022 74 80 60 44 89 40 45 51 93 49 88 84 78 80 64 97 73
2023 85 78 89 86 76 77 79 89 75 83 54 59 80 75 51 86 66 56 74 28
2024 29 49 35 31 24 24 31 46 96 30 60 14 50 34 34 84 68 42 57 38
2025 43 29 44 52 46 61 67 59 54 66 53 65 54 63 35 36 44 45 66 50
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 19.22 17 15.1 2 3 18 2 11.8
2017 19.57 19 19.7 -1 7 13 9 47.4
2018 19.99 20 22.9 -3 11 21 7 35.0
2019 19.77 36 35.2 1 11 27 14 38.9
2020 19.65 9 7.6 1 4 4 4 44.4
2021 20.67 19 20.0 -1 8 15 8 42.1
2022 20.35 9 11.6 -3 6 9 4 44.4
2023 20.75 24 26.1 -2 8 21 10 41.7
2024 20.83 8 8.3 0 2 11 1 12.5
2025 20.00 6 6.0 0 1 3 4 66.7
Player 20.06 167 172.6 -6 61 142 63 37.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 17 18 6 18 16 13 17 17 13 10 13 16 13 14 17 20 9 15 17 18 15 8 20 20 17 15 17 22 16 16 7
2017 19 19 16 22 21 19 21 21 17 17 16 23 23 20 21 22 21 19 20 20 21 18 23 21 19 19 18 21 23 20 10
2018 20 31 14 29 21 19 25 23 19 15 20 29 29 22 20 30 20 22 24 29 25 20 34 26 18 16 22 23 29 20 13
2019 36 40 26 42 38 35 41 37 28 24 32 39 39 35 37 35 36 32 35 38 37 32 43 43 37 33 32 40 39 31 21
2020 9 8 6 10 8 8 8 8 7 5 8 9 7 7 8 9 8 8 7 8 8 8 10 8 7 6 8 8 7 7 5
2021 19 21 18 22 20 20 23 21 14 15 17 20 22 16 20 23 21 19 22 19 21 20 24 22 20 19 23 21 21 20 16
2022 9 11 12 13 13 13 14 11 9 9 8 13 13 12 12 15 10 12 12 12 11 11 16 13 7 10 15 11 12 10 9
2023 24 27 22 27 25 25 30 26 23 23 21 27 28 24 29 30 28 25 31 29 26 24 33 33 24 22 26 26 27 25 16
2024 8 9 4 13 6 9 12 11 8 6 7 8 8 6 10 8 8 9 9 12 7 5 12 12 9 7 7 7 8 6 5
2025 6 8 4 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 5 6 7 5 6 7 6 7 7 6 5 6 5 7 5 6
Player 167 192 128 202 174 167 197 182 144 129 147 190 188 163 181 197 167 168 182 191 178 152 222 205 164 152 174 184 189 160 108
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 91.1 -1.4 89.7 -1.0 88.7 0.8 89.5 0.2 89.7 -1.2 88.5 1.3 89.8 -0.7 89.1 2.8 91.9 -3.0 88.9 1.6 90.5
Launch Angle 2.8 5.7 8.5 4.7 13.2 3.1 16.3 1.9 18.2 4.0 22.2 -5.9 16.3 -5.1 11.2 3.5 14.7 2.1 16.8 -1.3 15.5
Barrel % 0.0 3.9 3.9 0.1 4.0 2.6 6.6 2.3 8.9 -3.8 5.1 5.7 10.8 -3.7 7.1 5.1 12.2 -6.0 6.2 4.9 11.1
Hard Hit % 25.0 12.5 37.5 -0.8 36.7 1.5 38.2 3.9 42.1 -3.9 38.2 4.3 42.5 -2.6 39.9 8.0 47.9 -11.1 36.8 9.0 45.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 0.0 30.1 30.1 1.8 31.9 -1.8 30.1 0.4 30.5 0.4 30.9 4.4 35.3 -3.4 31.9 3.8 35.7 -0.3 35.4 -2.8 32.6
xBA .108 0.133 .241 0.003 .244 -0.011 .233 0.026 .259 -0.001 .258 -0.003 .255 0.011 .266 0.005 .271 -0.024 .247 -0.006 .241
BA .143 0.092 .235 0.008 .243 -0.019 .224 0.028 .252 -0.024 .228 -0.017 .211 0.016 .227 0.033 .260 -0.007 .253 -0.041 .212
xwOBA .101 0.194 .295 0.007 .302 0.022 .324 0.019 .343 -0.003 .340 0.007 .347 -0.009 .338 0.024 .362 -0.061 .301 0.024 .325
wOBA .126 0.187 .313 0.002 .315 0.001 .316 0.039 .355 -0.027 .328 -0.019 .309 -0.011 .298 0.050 .348 -0.050 .298 -0.001 .297
xSLG .114 0.238 .352 0.023 .375 0.029 .404 0.054 .458 -0.033 .425 0.027 .452 -0.040 .412 0.091 .503 -0.122 .381 0.038 .419
SLG .143 0.281 .424 0.001 .425 -0.017 .408 0.111 .519 -0.080 .439 -0.026 .413 -0.065 .348 0.136 .484 -0.104 .380 -0.010 .370
K% 42.9 -22.1 20.8 -0.7 20.1 -4.4 15.7 0.9 16.6 1.8 18.4 1.2 19.6 -4.8 14.8 6.8 21.6 -1.5 20.1 1.4 21.5
BB% 0.0 9.4 9.4 -1.1 8.3 3.3 11.6 -1.5 10.1 1.1 11.2 -0.2 11.0 0.0 11.0 -1.8 9.2 -3.7 5.5 4.3 9.8
Swing % 51.4 -8.1 43.3 0.0 43.3 -0.6 42.7 6.7 49.4 -4.6 44.8 -0.1 44.7 1.4 46.1 1.4 47.5 4.8 52.3 -3.3 49.0
Whiff% 21.1 -0.2 20.9 1.6 22.5 -4.7 17.8 2.4 20.2 1.0 21.2 1.8 23.0 -3.0 20.0 -0.2 19.8 4.6 24.4 -0.7 23.7
In Zone % 59.5 -12.4 47.1 1.4 48.5 0.5 49.0 -2.2 46.8 1.8 48.6 0.5 49.1 -1.0 48.1 1.6 49.7 0.0 49.7 2.5 52.2
Out of Zone % 40.5 12.4 52.9 -1.4 51.5 -0.5 51.0 2.2 53.2 -1.8 51.4 -0.5 50.9 1.0 51.9 -1.6 50.3 0.0 50.3 -2.5 47.8
Out of Zone Swing % 33.3 -4.4 28.9 -2.1 26.8 -5.8 21.0 6.6 27.6 -3.4 24.2 -3.8 20.4 3.1 23.5 1.4 24.9 5.6 30.5 -4.7 25.8
First Pitch Swing % 14.3 7.6 21.9 0.6 22.5 4.5 27.0 13.6 40.6 -9.5 31.1 4.2 35.3 -1.4 33.9 1.5 35.4 2.7 38.1 -6.2 31.9
First Pitch Strike % 42.9 15.5 58.4 -2.2 56.2 2.0 58.2 4.7 62.9 -1.7 61.2 -5.5 55.7 2.7 58.4 3.7 62.1 1.1 63.2 -4.5 58.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 435 39 9.0 .300 .414
2017 Shifts L 565 128 22.7 .304 .349
2018 Shifts L 602 193 32.1 .288 .373
2019 Shifts L 595 429 72.1 .352 .355
2020 Shifts L 196 188 95.9 .449 .323
2021 Shifts L 487 445 91.4 .285 .311
2022 Shifts L 445 399 89.7 .191 .310
2023 Shades L 491 284 57.8 .400 .310
2024 Shades L 399 242 60.7 .313 .289
2025 Shades L 213 114 53.5 .322 .276
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2015 8 16.3 37.5% 12.5% 9 17.3 22.2% 11.1%
2016 516 16.5 34.5% 3.5% 335 23.1 5.7% 16.7%
2017 610 16.4 29.3% 0.7% 425 23.1 0.9% 10.4%
2018 683 16.6 28.8% 2.5% 453 22.5 0.7% 10.8%
2019 627 17.9 15.2% 2.9% 310 24.4 0.3% 14.5%
2020 239 18.4 13.0% 2.5% 128 24.2 0.0% 13.3%
2021 551 18.5 14.0% 2.4% 332 24.8 0.0% 15.4%
2022 422 18.7 16.1% 4.0% 319 23.9 0.9% 10.7%
2023 468 15.2 48.1% 0.4% 352 19.5 5.7% 0.9%
2024 351 15.6 39.9% 0.3% 235 18.4 5.1% 0.9%
2025 179 15.9 33.0% 0.0% 159 18.8 4.4% 0.0%
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