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The “first half” of the 2019 season is over, so it’s time to reminisce a bit before looking ahead to the stretch run. We thought it would be fun to look at the Reds’ leaders thus far. Since we’re all about Statcast and analytics here at RC+, that naturally means our focus is going beyond RBI and ERA.
Hardest-Hit Balls
- Yasiel Puig: 113.3 mph
- Yasiel Puig: 112.8 mph
- Eugenio Suarez: 112.3 mph
- Eugenio Suarez: 112.2 mph
- Derek Dietrich: 111.7 mph
Hardest-Hit Balls by Player
- Yasiel Puig: 113.3 mph
- Eugenio Suarez: 112.3 mph
- Derek Dietrich: 111.7 mph
- Phillip Ervin: 111.6 mph
- Jesse Winker: 109.7 mph
- Scott Schebler: 108.4 mph
- Jose Iglesias: 107.7 mph
- Nick Senzel: 107.6 mph
- Joey Votto: 106.9 mph
- Jose Peraza: 106.9 mph
- Josh VanMeter: 106.7 mph
- Kyle Farmer: 106.7 mph
- Anthony DeSclafani: 105.8 mph
- Tucker Barnhart: 105.1 mph
- Tyler Mahle: 104.9 mph
- Matt Kemp: 104.7 mph
- Curt Casali: 104.1 mph
- Michael Lorenzen: 103.0 mph
- Luis Castillo: 102.8 mph
- Tanner Roark: 100.6 mph
Hard-Hit Rate (95+ mph EV)
- Eugenio Suarez: 41.5%
- Jesse Winker: 41.4%
- Yasiel Puig: 39.4%
- Nick Senzel: 37.6%
- Kyle Farmer: 35.4%
Highest Average Exit Velocity
- Yasiel Puig: 89.9 mph
- Jesse Winker: 89.8 mph
- Eugenio Suarez: 89.7 mph
- Josh VanMeter: 88.5 mph
- Derek Dietrich: 88.5 mph
Furthest-Hit Home Runs
- Eugenio Suarez: 457 feet
- Yasiel Puig: 453 feet
- Eugenio Suarez: 445 feet
- Yasiel Puig: 445 feet
- Derek Dietrich: 436 feet
Furthest-Hit Home Runs by Player
- Eugenio Suarez: 457 feet
- Yasiel Puig: 453 feet
- Derek Dietrich: 436 feet
- Jose Peraza: 432 feet
- Joey Votto: 425 feet
- Jose Iglesias: 423 feet
- Nick Senzel: 422 feet
- Jesse Winker: 415 feet
- Kyle Farmer: 414 feet
- Tucker Barnhart: 413 feet
- Scott Schebler: 403 feet
- Curt Casali: 402 feet
- Phillip Ervin: 385 feet
Most Barreled Balls
- Yasiel Puig: 28
- Eugenio Suarez: 24
- Derek Dietrich: 19
- Nick Senzel: 16
- Joey Votto: 14
Barrel Rate Per Batted Ball
- Yasiel Puig: 8.5%
- Derek Dietrich: 8.1%
- Nick Senzel: 6.8%
- Eugenio Suarez 6.6%
- Joey Votto: 4.1%
Expected Weighted On-Base Average (xwOBA)
- Derek Dietrich: .365
- Jesse Winker: .346
- Yasiel Puig: .342
- Joey Votto: .331
- Nick Senzel: .326
- Eugenio Suarez: .326
Expected Batting Average (xBA)
- Jesse Winker: .272
- Jose Iglesias: .269
- Yasiel Puig: .257
- Nick Senzel: .253
- Joey Votto: .247
Expected Slugging Percentage (xSLG)
- Yasiel Puig: .493
- Derek Dietrich: .477
- Jesse Winker: .449
- Nick Senzel: .436
- Eugenio Suarez: .431
Fastest Average Sprint Speed
- Nick Senzel: 29.2 ft/s
- Yasiel Puig: 28.1 ft/s
- Jose Peraza: 28.1 ft/s
- Kyle Farmer: 27.5 ft/s
- Scott Schebler: 27.4 ft/s
Highest Fastball Velocity
- Michael Lorenzen: 96.6 mph
- Luis Castillo: 96.3 mph
- Wandy Peralta: 95.3 mph
- Amir Garrett: 95.3 mph
- Raisel Iglesias: 95.0 mph
Average Spin Rate
- Lucas Sims: 2,638 rpm
- Sonny Gray: 2,585 rpm
- Robert Stephenson: 2,555 rpm
- Jimmy Herget: 2,438 rpm
- Michael Lorenzen: 2,399 rpm
Lowest Average Exit Velocity (Pitchers)
- Matt Bowman: 84.6 mph
- Michael Lorenzen: 85.3 mph
- Amir Garrett: 85.7 mph
- Luis Castillo: 86.3 mph
- Sonny Gray: 87.0 mph
Lowest xwOBA
- Robert Stephenson: .260
- Amir Garrett: .260
- Luis Castillo: .270
- Matt Bowman: .275
- David Hernandez: .275
Lowest xBA
- Luis Castillo: .184
- Amir Garrett: .185
- Robert Stephenson: .205
- Sonny Gray: .212
- Jared Hughes: .219
Lowest xSLG
- Amir Garrett: .255
- Luis Castillo: .284
- Robert Stephenson: .311
- Matt Bowman: .317
- Sonny Gray: .338
- Jared Hughes: .338
Lowest Barrel Rate Per Batted Ball
- Amir Garrett: 1.3%
- Luis Castillo: 2.6%
- Michael Lorenzen: 2.6%
- David Hernandez: 3.0%
- Robert Stephenson: 3.0%
Lowest Hard-Hit Rate
- Robert Stephenson: 27.6%
- Matt Bowman: 28.6%
- Amir Garrett: 29.3%
- Jared Hughes: 32.0%
- David Hernandez: 33.0%
Highest Whiff Rate
- Robert Stephenson: 42.3%
- Amir Garrett: 41.0%
- Luis Castillo: 37.1%
- Wandy Peralta: 36.3%
- Raisel Iglesias: 35.3%
