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Matt Holliday

Cardinals Career team 2009–2016
Number #7
Position Outfielder
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 46
Height 6' 4"
Weight 250 lbs
Birth Place Stillwater, OK
Born Jan 15, 1980

Key Insights

2018
Getting on base is what he does best

Holliday is on base at a .415 clip, 100th percentile in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2018. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 3rd in MLB.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Holliday hits it hardest to his pull side: 98.3 mph on average there, against 83.9 up the middle.

11 batted balls to his pull side, 14 up the middle.
He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Holliday walks in 18.5% of his plate appearances, 100th percentile.

65 plate appearances in 2018. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 2nd in MLB.
One pitch is where all his power comes from

Holliday slugs .619 against breaking balls and .310 against fastballs.

24 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.
A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48.6% of Holliday's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 90th percentile in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2018. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 67th in MLB.
He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Holliday should be hitting .256, 79th percentile in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2018. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 136th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 15, 1980
Birth Place Stillwater, OK
Height 6' 4"
Weight 250 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right