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He played in 131 games for the Pirates in 2024, slashing .243/.299/.392 with 13 home runs and 56 RBIs over 421 plate appearances, with a maximum exit velocity of 115.5 mph that was 20th-highest in MLB for the year, as on defense his .998 fielding percentage was second-highest among NL first basemen.
Giancarlo Stanton held the MLB record for highest exit velocity at 122.2 miles per hour (196.7 km/h) from 2015 to 2022. In baseball statistics, exit velocity (EV) is the estimated speed at which a batted ball is travelling as it is coming off the player's bat.
On August 26, 2024, manager Derek Shelton announced that Cruz would be moving to center field for the foreseeable future. [21] In 2024, Cruz batted .259/.324/.449 with 21 home runs, 76 RBIs, and 22 stolen bases, and had the highest maximum exit velocity in MLB, at 121.5 mph. [22]
He posted career bests in average exit velocity (91.1 mph, 80th percentile) and hard-hit rate (44.1%, 71st percentile) and his .365 wOBA was right in line with his .364 xWOBA, demonstrating that ...
Velocity on his sinker and four-seam fastball ticked down from 2023 (101.1, 99 mph, respectively to 2024 (99.8, 97.8). ... After a well-chronicled exit in New York, ... MLB top free agents: 120 ...
— MLB (@MLB) October 18, 2024. ... Manzardo's homer had a 108 mph exit velocity and also scored Brayan Rocchio, who led off the inning with a single. ... After the Yankees stranded a pair in the ...
His maximum exit velocity of 120.0 was 2nd in MLB; it was his 10th straight season in the top 1% of all MLB batters. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] In the ALCS against the Cleveland Guardians , Stanton hit four home runs and had an OPS of 1.222 in five games, winning the LCS MVP Award as the Yankees advanced to the 2024 World Series . [ 115 ]
In 2024, Kwan batted .292/.368/.425 with 14 home runs and 83 RBIs, with the lowest maximum exit velocity in MLB (105.6 mph). [33] He also won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award for American League left fielders.