A.J. Puk

#35 - Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	4/25/1995 (28)
Height, Weight	6'7", 248 lb
Hometown	Cedar Rapids, IA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	15	56.2	3.97	1.18	32.2%	5.4%	36.1%

	25^th 3 Sv	102^nd 44 IP	170^th 4.16 ERA	108^th 1.32 WHIP	25^th 23.7% K%	30^th 9.5% BB%	7^th 29.3% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	95.8	15.9%	19.9%	48.0%	5.27	3.28

	81^st 94.4 FB MPH	40^th 12.6% SwStr%	50^th 24.8% HC%	126^th 45.6% GB%	17^th 4.97 PLV	65^th 4.24 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2019	OAK	10	0	11.1	2	0	3.18	-	3.40	-	1.32	7.9	27.7%	10.6%	.321	-	-	0.79	-	80.9%	14.4%	31.7%	-
2021	OAK	12	0	13.1	0	3	6.08	3.57	3.33	3.37	1.80	12.2	24.6%	9.2%	.415	32.8%	53.7%	0.68	14.3%	67.8%	10.7%	28.4%	5.05
2022	OAK	62	0	66.1	4	3	3.12	3.74	3.69	3.71	1.15	7.2	27.0%	8.2%	.286	21.5%	48.5%	0.95	12.5%	77.4%	13.9%	31.8%	4.96
2023	MIA	58	0	56.2	7	5	3.97	3.26	3.59	3.02	1.18	8.6	32.2%	5.4%	.319	19.9%	48.0%	1.59	18.9%	72.7%	15.9%	36.1%	5.27
RP MLB Percentile		70	0	69	93	8	51	81	68	93	68	38	93	91	24	85	63	14	15	50	88	98	94
RP MLB AVG		40	0	44.0	3	2	4.16	4.24	4.16	4.17	1.32	8.2	23.7%	9.5%	.293	24.8%	45.6%	1.08	13.0%	72.3%	12.6%	29.3%	4.97
4 Years		142	0	147.2	13	11	3.72	-	-	-	1.23	8.2	28.8%	7.4%	.315	21.4%	48.9%	1.16	16.4%	74.8%	14.4%	33.1%	5.10

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 51%
Slider | 43%
Sinker | 5%
Changeup | 1%
Curveball | 0%
All Pitches

2019 2021 2022 2023 All

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	97.1	51.5%	-	-	12.5%	22.1%	34.6%	66.3%	62.5%	-	-	.190	.226	.308	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	94.9	36.2%	17.1%	53.4%	9.1%	19.3%	28.4%	63.6%	56.8%	42.9%	28.6%	.300	.351	.429	0.0%	.241	.312	32.0%	2,219
2022	96.7	46.9%	22.9%	52.3%	11.1%	19.3%	30.4%	64.4%	59.4%	46.8%	41.8%	.217	.313	.273	12.1%	.233	.329	26.5%	2,276
2023	95.8	51.1%	28.4%	62.3%	14.4%	23.9%	38.4%	74.2%	68.2%	50.6%	29.9%	.238	.320	.319	30.4%	.224	.303	24.4%	2,191
RP MLB Percentile	75	71	64	98	83	94	98	97	95	88	19	57	62	43	9	66	73	67	31
RP MLB AVG	94.4	42.3%	26.3%	49.5%	10.7%	17.3%	28.0%	64.5%	59.0%	36.9%	40.0%	.259	.356	.305	15.5%	.255	.357	28.7%	2,262

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	.241	.312	.344	.307	32.0%	0.0%	50.0%	28.0%	94.4	90.3	15.2	5.8	8.4	2.3	5.7	6.9	2,219
2022	.233	.329	.295	.387	26.5%	7.6%	42.0%	25.4%	87.8	85.2	14.5	8.2	7.2	3.2	5.4	7.1	2,276
2023	.224	.303	.305	.427	24.4%	9.1%	42.9%	24.4%	89.2	87.8	12.6	8.0	7.6	3.2	5.2	7.2	2,191
RP MLB Percentile	66	73	44	36	67	45	42	57	67	63	76	95	15	98	11	95	31
RP MLB AVG	.255	.357	.296	.401	28.7%	9.8%	41.7%	26.5%	90.6	88.7	17.6	4.9	9.0	-0.7	5.7	6.4	2,262

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	104	23	3	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	69	35	.190	.238	.226
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	88	25	6	0	0	0	6	4	1	1	56	32	.300	.300	.351
2022	503	134	15	6	0	4	34	15	3	1	324	178	.217	.374	.313
2023	485	135	17	5	0	7	47	10	1	0	360	125	.238	.451	.320
RP MLB Percentile	88	92	8	9	22	1	97	27	19	22	91	21	57	45	62
RP MLB AVG	249	61	8	3	0	2	14	8	1	0	162	87	.259	.457	.356

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.2%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	42.9%	28.6%	28.6%	7.1%	0.0%	21.4%	64.3%	14.3%	19.3%	0.0%	21.4%	28.6%	50.0%	0.0%	35.7%
2022	46.8%	11.4%	41.8%	11.4%	12.1%	33.3%	30.9%	35.8%	17.9%	8.9%	24.1%	24.1%	29.1%	6.3%	31.6%
2023	50.6%	19.5%	29.9%	13.0%	30.4%	41.6%	19.5%	39.0%	20.0%	5.2%	28.6%	23.4%	27.3%	6.5%	31.2%
RP MLB Percentile	88	69	19	55	9	86	6	67	42	67	67	25	34	55	77
RP MLB AVG	36.9%	23.2%	40.0%	12.5%	15.5%	30.6%	34.8%	34.7%	20.7%	3.9%	24.2%	30.3%	24.2%	7.7%	37.4%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2019	-	-	-	-	.190	.226	.308	.308	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	32.0%	0.0%	50.0%	28.0%	.300	.351	.429	.429	.241	.312	.344	.307	94.4	90.3	15.2
2022	26.5%	7.6%	42.0%	25.4%	.217	.313	.273	.309	.233	.329	.295	.387	87.8	85.2	14.5
2023	24.4%	9.1%	42.9%	24.4%	.238	.320	.319	.382	.224	.303	.305	.427	89.2	87.8	12.6
RP MLB Percentile	67	45	42	57	57	62	43	31	66	73	44	36	67	63	76
RP MLB AVG	28.7%	9.8%	41.7%	26.5%	.259	.356	.305	.346	.255	.357	.296	.401	90.6	88.7	17.6

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2019	-	-	12.5%	22.1%	34.6%	66.3%	62.5%	28.3%	44.2%	71.7%	-	-	25.4%	-	74.1%	70.4%
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	17.1%	53.4%	9.1%	19.3%	28.4%	63.6%	56.8%	20.5%	44.3%	79.5%	71.4%	81.3%	19.5%	16.0%	63.2%	47.4%
2022	22.9%	52.3%	11.1%	19.3%	30.4%	64.4%	59.4%	24.7%	45.1%	75.3%	65.5%	78.5%	24.7%	16.0%	63.7%	47.8%
2023	28.4%	62.3%	14.4%	23.9%	38.4%	74.2%	68.2%	28.7%	50.3%	71.3%	65.4%	72.9%	30.5%	15.5%	69.2%	58.9%
RP MLB Percentile	64	98	83	94	98	97	95	79	69	79	58	86	92	16	86	84
RP MLB AVG	26.3%	49.5%	10.7%	17.3%	28.0%	64.5%	59.0%	22.6%	47.2%	77.4%	67.1%	81.3%	22.1%	21.5%	60.7%	50.4%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56.7%	17.3%	26.0%	-	10.2%	29.6%
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	28.4%	30.7%	40.9%	44.3%	31.8%	23.9%	6.8%	28.4%	40.9%	46.6%	25.0%	28.4%	53.4%	14.6%	24.0%
2022	42.3%	22.9%	34.8%	41.6%	29.8%	28.6%	6.8%	35.4%	41.7%	53.1%	12.1%	34.8%	52.3%	13.5%	19.4%
2023	34.6%	29.7%	35.7%	36.9%	32.8%	30.3%	11.8%	34.4%	35.9%	56.7%	10.1%	33.2%	62.3%	12.4%	29.2%
RP MLB Percentile	52	62	45	11	94	77	95	78	20	61	87	73	98	44	95
RP MLB AVG	34.5%	28.2%	37.3%	50.3%	25.7%	24.0%	7.6%	29.2%	42.6%	55.0%	15.3%	29.7%	49.5%	13.0%	18.2%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2019	104	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	88	4.84	426	48.9%	14.8%	36.4%	12.5%	0.2	4.79	+1
2022	503	4.91	2,465	45.4%	18.1%	36.5%	9.0%	2.5	3.70	-1
2023	485	5.14	2,492	45.6%	22.1%	32.4%	13.2%	4.5	3.56	0
RP MLB Percentile	88	82	89	61	91	86	86	11	-	48
RP MLB AVG	249	4.86	1,223	43.3%	17.0%	39.7%	3.6%	-	-	-1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2019	89.6	18.8%	-	-	18.4%	7.9%	26.3%	60.5%	52.6%	-	-	.273	.335	.286	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	86.7	29.6%	26.2%	41.7%	19.4%	12.5%	31.9%	56.9%	48.6%	55.6%	0.0%	.316	.316	.600	-	.238	.262	36.8%	2,220
2022	86.9	38.1%	38.6%	49.3%	20.1%	17.2%	37.3%	70.6%	65.7%	37.7%	36.1%	.202	.255	.298	13.6%	.180	.256	19.2%	2,234
2023	84.0	42.6%	33.6%	38.3%	18.0%	15.6%	33.6%	61.2%	56.0%	38.6%	49.1%	.241	.274	.327	10.7%	.190	.236	12.5%	2,322
RP MLB Percentile	41	72	58	36	70	57	71	42	43	44	80	36	52	28	53	63	71	84	32
RP MLB AVG	84.5	34.3%	31.8%	41.0%	15.5%	15.0%	30.5%	61.7%	56.7%	41.0%	37.7%	.221	.287	.280	13.8%	.216	.287	21.0%	2,430

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	.238	.262	.475	.477	36.8%	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	98.4	-	1.9	1.7	0.8	2.6	5.6	6.8	2,220
2022	.180	.256	.228	.386	19.2%	11.5%	44.3%	26.0%	86.8	84.1	16.5	1.0	0.8	3.2	5.5	7.0	2,234
2023	.190	.236	.230	.352	12.5%	8.8%	31.0%	20.2%	85.0	87.4	19.5	3.8	3.0	3.3	5.2	7.1	2,322
RP MLB Percentile	63	71	71	49	84	29	68	62	67	44	26	59	87	98	15	95	32
RP MLB AVG	.216	.287	.267	.363	21.0%	7.0%	36.2%	23.3%	86.5	86.5	15.3	3.9	1.0	-1.0	5.6	6.4	2,430

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2019	38	11	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	23	15	.273	.545	.335
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	72	20	5	1	0	0	9	1	0