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Proper Name
Benjamin Michael Paulsen
High Level
MLB (2014-2016)
Positions
1B (825) ... LF (49) ... RF (13) ... 3B (2)
Ht / Wt
6-4 / 210
Bats / Throws
Left / Right
age
36.153
place
Plymouth,Wisconsin
High School
Kell (Marietta,GA)
colleges
Clemson University (Clemson,SC),
Signing Bonus
$ 391,000
draft posit
1B
MLB Debut
Service Time
1.066 (2016)
MLB Teams
COL [8] MIN [1]
TBC#
24326
mlbam id
572019
Retrosheet
Stat Capsuleavgopsabrhhrrbisb
Career MLB [2014-2016].271.7604805813016701
Speed
29
Power
78
Contact
40
XBH
74
RBIs
76
Runs
55
Hitting
66
Durability
67
Team
.478
Player Tags
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Batting Metrics
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year exit vel launch barrel solid ct sweet hard hit weak xba xobp xslg woba xwoba xwoba xba xslg xiso xobp brl brl2 ev hhb k bb whiff sprnt oaa
2015 88.3 10.7 5.9 3.8 34.6 34.2 1.7 .242 .295 .376 .339 .298 40 39 44 44 31 37 59 41 45 12 39 5 49 0
2016 86.5 8.0 4.6 3.1 29.2 27.7 6.2 .206 .247 .311 .243 .240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0
2 record(s)
Swing Metrics
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year swing whiff pull center oppo sc gb sc fb sc ld sc pop meat sw meat% z sw z sw ms oz sw oz sw ms oz cont
2015 56.7 32.0 38.0 35.4 26.6 45.1 11.8 36.3 6.8 84.3 5.5 79.7 28.5 36.5 38.7 61.3
2016 56.3 27.1 32.3 36.9 29.2 53.8 20.0 20.0 6.2 95.8 6.5 77.1 21.5 37.3 37.5 62.5
2 record(s)
Running/Fielding Metrics
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year exit vel launch barrel solid ct sweet hard hit weak xba xobp xslg woba xwoba xwoba xba xslg xiso xobp brl brl2 ev hhb k bb whiff sprnt oaa
2015 88.3 10.7 5.9 3.8 34.6 34.2 1.7 .242 .295 .376 .339 .298 40 39 44 44 31 37 59 41 45 12 39 5 49 0
2016 86.5 8.0 4.6 3.1 29.2 27.7 6.2 .206 .247 .311 .243 .240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0
2 record(s)
Pitch Metrics (as Batter)
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  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year pitch type pit pitch% pa ab   h 2b 3b hr bb so avg obp slg ops xavg xobp xslg xops avgDiff obpDiff slgDiff opsDiff babip iso exit vel launch speed spin
2016 Total 368 100.00 97 92 20 5 0 1 5 27 .217 .258 .304 .562 .206 .247 .311 .558 0.011 0.011 -0.007 0.004 .297 .087 86.5 8 88.7 2174
2016 4-Seam Fastball 148 40.22 24 22 6 3 0 0 2 9 .273 .333 .409 .742 .191 .259 .301 .560 0.082 0.074 0.108 0.182 .462 .136 87.6 26 92.9 2272
2016 Changeup 62 16.85 27 27 6 1 0 1 0 4 .222 .222 .370 .592 .257 .257 .355 .612 -0.035 -0.035 0.015 -0.020 .227 .148 85.5 2 83.7 1799
2016 Sinker 46 12.50 10 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 .409 .409 .604 1.013 -0.009 -0.009 -0.204 -0.213 .400 .000 96.9 11 91.2 2166
2016 Cutter 42 11.41 11 11 2 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .273 .455 .137 .137 .161 .298 0.045 0.045 0.112 0.157 .250 .091 84.3 15 90.2 2366
2016 Slider 34 9.24 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 .093 .093 .102 .195 0.061 0.061 0.052 0.113 .286 .000 77.0 -13 85.2 2182
2016 Curveball 18 4.89 7 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 .021 .300 .031 .331 -0.021 -0.014 -0.031 -0.045 .000 .000 74.8 2 76.9 2263
2016 Knuckle Curve 10 2.72 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .301 .301 1.045 1.346 -0.301 -0.301 -1.045 -1.346 .000 .000 92.8 5 79.7 2525
2016 Intentional Bal 4 1.09 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 .000 .000 0.0 0 75.5 1886
2016 Split-Finger 4 1.09 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 .000 .000 0.0 0 88.3 1701
year pitch type pit pitch% pa ab   h 2b 3b hr bb so avg obp slg ops xavg xobp xslg xops avgDiff obpDiff slgDiff opsDiff babip iso exit vel launch speed spin
2015 Total 1283 100.00 354 325 90 19 4 11 23 92 .277 .326 .462 .788 .242 .295 .376 .671 0.035 0.031 0.086 0.117 .351 .185 88.0 11 89.9 2155
2015 4-Seam Fastball 513 40.05 113 97 20 6 2 0 13 38 .206 .304 .309 .613 .168 .270 .233 .503 0.038 0.034 0.076 0.110 .333 .103 85.1 19 93.8 2278
2015 Sinker 273 21.31 71 63 24 6 0 3 6 14 .381 .423 .619 1.042 .350 .402 .574 .976 0.031 0.021 0.045 0.066 .438 .238 92.6 7 92.8 2144
2015 Changeup 173 13.51 66 63 14 2 0 3 3 12 .222 .258 .397 .655 .200 .236 .303 .539 0.022 0.022 0.094 0.116 .229 .175 85.8 8 85.0 1753
2015 Slider 116 9.06 36 34 12 1 0 3 1 10 .353 .389 .647 1.036 .232 .274 .459 .733 0.121 0.115 0.188 0.303 .429 .294 92.7 19 84.6 2097
2015 Curveball 88 6.87 29 29 10 3 1 0 0 5 .345 .345 .517 .862 .295 .295 .395 .690 0.050 0.050 0.122 0.172 .417 .172 83.5 4 78.5 2294
2015 Cutter 73 5.70 22 22 5 0 1 1 0 7 .227 .227 .455 .682 .296 .296 .507 .803 -0.069 -0.069 -0.052 -0.121 .286 .227 89.8 9 89.2 2261
2015 Knuckle Curve 26 2.03 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .375 .625 .204 .204 .234 .438 0.046 0.046 0.141 0.187 .500 .125 88.2 -1 80.4 2260
2015 Split-Finger 18 1.41 9 9 3 0 0 1 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 .336 .336 .495 .831 -0.003 -0.003 0.172 0.169 .333 .333 91.8 1 86.5 1537
2015 Eephus 1 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 .000 .000 0.0 0 66.8 2294
year pitch type pit pitch% pa ab   h 2b 3b hr bb so avg obp slg ops xavg xobp xslg xops avgDiff obpDiff slgDiff opsDiff babip iso exit vel launch speed spin
2014 Total 248 100.00 66 63 20 4 0 4 2 19 .317 .348 .571 .919 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.317 0.348 0.571 0.919 .400 .254 0.0 0 89.1 0
2014 4-Seam Fastball 101 40.73 20 19 4 1 0 0 0 7 .211 .250 .263 .513 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.211 0.250 0.263 0.513 .333 .053 0.0 0 93.5 0
2014 Sinker 64 25.81 13 13 3 0 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .231 .462 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.231 0.231 0.231 0.462 .300 .000 0.0 0 92.2 0
2014 Slider 27 10.89 10 10 3 0 0 2 0 4 .300 .300 .900 1.200 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.300 0.300 0.900 1.200 .250 .600 0.0 0 85.2 0
2014 Changeup 22 8.87 12 12 5 1 0 1 0 1 .417 .417 .750 1.167 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.417 0.417 0.750 1.167 .400 .333 0.0 0 83.7 0
2014 Curveball 20 8.06 7 6 3 2 0 0 1 3 .500 .571 .833 1.404 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.500 0.571 0.833 1.404 1.000 .333 0.0 0 77.3 0
2014 Cutter 7 2.82 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 .000 .000 0.0 0 88.2 0
2014 Intentional Bal 4 1.61 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0 49.7 0
2014 Knuckle Curve 3 1.21 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 .000 .000 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 1.000 1.500 0.0 0 81.6 0
29 record(s)