Expanded 2013 Infield Shift Data by Jeff Zimmerman February 25, 2014 2/26 Update/Correction: The total number of shifts presented yesterday were wrong. In the database we were using, some of the records were duplicated. The duplicate records have been removed and the data should now be correct. You can find an updated Google doc with the updated data here. Sheet 1 has the player data, and sheet 2 has the team data. We apologize for any inconvenience. — With discussions already beginning on how teams plan on implementing major shifts in 2014, I decided to make some basic information available on 2013 shift data. Originally, the raw data was available in a limited form in the The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2014. Today, I am going to make two pieces of information available: Which teams had a shift on when a hitter put a ball in play Which players hit into the most shifts and the effect on their BABIP Keep in mind, this doesn’t apply to strikeouts, walks, home runs, etc. In other words, data are not available for when a shift was implemented and the ball was not hit in the field of play. And when we say major shifts, we mean three players on one side of the infield. Teams that implemented the most major infield shifts when balls were in play: Total Times Shift Implemented When Ball Put In Play Team Total BABIP w/ Shift On BABIP w/o Shift On BABIP Orioles 470 0.279 0.296 0.294 Rays 466 0.253 0.297 0.292 Brewers 425 0.287 0.298 0.297 Pirates 422 0.287 0.299 0.296 Astros 407 0.310 0.312 0.310 Red Sox 364 0.256 0.299 0.297 Cubs 343 0.312 0.279 0.287 Yankees 326 0.325 0.307 0.307 Athletics 306 0.222 0.286 0.282 Royals 275 0.269 0.289 0.286 Indians 252 0.282 0.307 0.307 Rangers 249 0.289 0.294 0.297 Mariners 230 0.296 0.311 0.311 Reds 221 0.267 0.283 0.282 Angels 216 0.236 0.311 0.306 Blue Jays 177 0.311 0.299 0.300 Mets 154 0.292 0.304 0.304 Diamondbacks 152 0.276 0.292 0.295 Tigers 143 0.329 0.310 0.311 Giants 136 0.302 0.304 0.305 Marlins 122 0.271 0.300 0.303 Rockies 119 0.345 0.321 0.324 Braves 108 0.232 0.298 0.297 Padres 88 0.239 0.297 0.301 White Sox 83 0.313 0.297 0.298 Cardinals 66 0.242 0.312 0.311 Twins 65 0.339 0.311 0.312 Dodgers 50 0.300 0.304 0.301 Phillies 48 0.354 0.318 0.320 Nationals 41 0.293 0.301 0.300 Batters who hit into the most major infield shifts: Which players hit into the most shifts and the effect on their BABIP Player Bats Total BABIP w/ Shift On BABIP w/o Shift On BABIP David Ortiz L 338 0.284 0.341 0.306 Adam Dunn L 254 0.248 0.286 0.262 Chris Davis L 235 0.294 0.410 0.341 Ryan Howard L 218 0.312 0.533 0.347 Adam LaRoche L 199 0.302 0.306 0.299 Carlos Pena L 196 0.301 0.267 0.293 Josh Hamilton L 196 0.270 0.332 0.307 Travis Hafner L 155 0.232 0.264 0.227 Pedro Alvarez L 142 0.317 0.264 0.279 Jay Bruce L 139 0.237 0.375 0.337 Prince Fielder L 131 0.298 0.309 0.314 Brian McCann L 123 0.179 0.299 0.288 Anthony Rizzo L 120 0.225 0.273 0.263 Kendrys Morales B 119 0.277 0.267 0.298 Jarrod Saltalamacchia B 119 0.286 0.427 0.370 Brandon Moss L 119 0.269 0.318 0.290 Justin Smoak B 118 0.305 0.281 0.283 Raul Ibanez L 115 0.209 0.286 0.270 Carlos Santana B 111 0.243 0.341 0.306 Robinson Cano L 107 0.299 0.310 0.310 Mitch Moreland L 104 0.260 0.261 0.255 Justin Morneau L 104 0.337 0.289 0.300 Albert Pujols R 101 0.257 0.260 0.274 Matt Joyce L 100 0.250 0.269 0.257 Jason Giambi L 99 0.202 0.149 0.182 Seth Smith L 96 0.281 0.353 0.330 Adrian Gonzalez L 95 0.232 0.328 0.311 Carlos Beltran B 90 0.244 0.341 0.311 Garrett Jones L 89 0.303 0.271 0.280 Jose Bautista R 88 0.318 0.241 0.273 Edwin Encarnacion R 86 0.163 0.260 0.239 Ryan Doumit B 80 0.288 0.261 0.263 Joey Votto L 80 0.325 0.381 0.377 Lance Berkman B 79 0.241 0.260 0.264 Alfonso Soriano R 75 0.240 0.288 0.278 Jason Kubel L 70 0.300 0.318 0.325 Brandon Belt L 68 0.324 0.323 0.338 Freddie Freeman L 68 0.338 0.391 0.372 Lucas Duda L 68 0.177 0.323 0.262 Matt Adams L 67 0.284 0.380 0.343 Carlos Gonzalez L 66 0.470 0.330 0.383 Matt Wieters B 66 0.242 0.275 0.259 Luke Scott L 65 0.354 0.278 0.304 Andrew McCutchen R 60 0.233 0.360 0.357 Yoenis Cespedes R 58 0.310 0.290 0.278 Mark Reynolds R 57 0.193 0.274 0.258 Adam Lind L 57 0.298 0.327 0.322 Evan Longoria R 57 0.246 0.327 0.319 Josh Reddick L 56 0.232 0.286 0.275 Juan Francisco L 54 0.444 0.281 0.320 Chris Young R 50 0.240 0.234 0.222 Hank Conger B 50 0.260 0.297 0.292 Nick Swisher B 50 0.280 0.278 0.288 Ike Davis L 49 0.286 0.258 0.255 Jason Bay R 49 0.245 0.223 0.246 Chase Utley L 47 0.149 0.336 0.301 Chase Headley B 46 0.261 0.326 0.315 Mike Napoli R 46 0.413 0.315 0.344 Mark Trumbo R 43 0.186 0.274 0.271 Curtis Granderson L 43 0.256 0.337 0.303 James Loney L 42 0.333 0.348 0.342 Yonder Alonso L 41 0.342 0.296 0.310 A.J. Pierzynski L 39 0.180 0.288 0.285 Kyle Seager L 37 0.135 0.297 0.294 Pablo Sandoval B 34 0.147 0.297 0.284 Lyle Overbay L 32 0.344 0.310 0.300 Chris Carter R 32 0.344 0.295 0.307 Eric Hosmer L 31 0.355 0.325 0.345 Jonny Gomes R 30 0.133 0.322 0.300 Jed Lowrie B 30 0.200 0.311 0.309 Shin-Soo Choo L 30 0.400 0.356 0.350 Ben Zobrist B 29 0.310 0.300 0.303 Domonic Brown L 29 0.345 0.291 0.295 Victor Martinez B 28 0.071 0.312 0.300 Colby Rasmus L 27 0.407 0.369 0.347 Dan Uggla R 27 0.111 0.256 0.243 Kelly Johnson L 26 0.231 0.282 0.268 Mike Moustakas L 26 0.192 0.246 0.244 Alex Gordon L 26 0.269 0.316 0.311 Josh Willingham R 25 0.280 0.266 0.262 David Murphy L 25 0.200 0.240 0.225 Adrian Beltre R 25 0.280 0.314 0.326 Mark Teixeira B 25 0.000 0.500 0.133 Vernon Wells R 22 0.409 0.272 0.270 Eric Chavez L 21 0.238 0.341 0.320 Miguel Montero L 21 0.095 0.258 0.278 John Buck R 20 0.250 0.250 0.256 Andre Ethier L 20 0.500 0.313 0.332 Michael Morse R 20 0.300 0.290 0.282 Billy Butler R 20 0.350 0.347 0.338 Jhonny Peralta R 20 0.100 0.373 0.381 Travis Snider L 20 0.450 0.304 0.302 Daniel Nava B 20 0.550 0.341 0.352 Jason Heyward L 20 0.150 0.292 0.283 Paul Goldschmidt R 20 0.400 0.324 0.340 Nelson Cruz R 19 0.474 0.295 0.294 Dustin Ackley L 19 0.368 0.289 0.287 John Jaso L 18 0.500 0.312 0.333 Stephen Drew L 18 0.222 0.322 0.314 Jimmy Rollins B 18 0.611 0.290 0.294 Josh Donaldson R 17 0.118 0.313 0.326 Matt Carpenter L 17 0.177 0.380 0.367 Michael Saunders L 17 0.529 0.288 0.310 Nate Schierholtz L 17 0.235 0.282 0.288 Nick Markakis L 17 0.059 0.297 0.301 Paul Konerko R 16 0.375 0.262 0.266 Scott Hairston R 16 0.125 0.202 0.184 Will Venable L 15 0.200 0.308 0.316 Giancarlo Stanton R 15 0.267 0.327 0.326 Carlos Quentin R 15 0.467 0.287 0.301 Matt Holliday R 14 0.429 0.321 0.317 Aaron Hill R 14 0.286 0.306 0.309 Joe Mauer L 14 0.214 0.391 0.389 Rick Ankiel L 13 0.539 0.275 0.321 Chris Parmelee L 13 0.077 0.271 0.274 Jason Castro L 13 0.231 0.363 0.348 Ian Kinsler R 13 0.385 0.305 0.301 Daniel Murphy L 13 0.077 0.309 0.314 Todd Frazier R 12 0.083 0.276 0.271 Nate McLouth L 12 0.417 0.281 0.281 J.P. Arencibia R 12 0.417 0.237 0.249 Eric Hinske L 12 0.167 0.219 0.235 Franklin Gutierrez R 12 0.333 0.273 0.298 B.J. Upton R 12 0.417 0.256 0.262 Miguel Cabrera R 12 0.500 0.342 0.347 Bryce Harper L 12 0.417 0.296 0.298 Evan Gattis R 11 0.364 0.267 0.254 Troy Tulowitzki R 11 0.727 0.308 0.331 David Wright R 11 0.455 0.350 0.362 Dioner Navarro B 11 0.546 0.292 0.311 Adam Jones R 11 0.364 0.323 0.321 Aramis Ramirez R 11 0.000 0.308 0.300 Todd Helton L 10 0.200 0.283 0.276 Wil Myers R 10 0.100 0.363 0.372 Xavier Paul L 10 0.800 0.315 0.319 Matt Kemp R 10 0.300 0.366 0.363 Mark Kotsay L 10 0.100 0.235 0.224 Marlon Byrd R 9 0.556 0.355 0.373 Will Middlebrooks R 9 0.667 0.245 0.262 Ryan Ludwick R 9 0.111 0.305 0.276 Eric Sogard L 8 0.125 0.308 0.298 Brett Wallace L 8 0.375 0.268 0.321 J.J. Hardy R 8 0.125 0.273 0.272 Dustin Pedroia R 8 0.500 0.328 0.335 Neil Walker B 8 0.250 0.291 0.277 Andrelton Simmons R 8 0.250 0.262 0.260 Logan Morrison L 8 0.250 0.279 0.278 Hunter Pence R 8 0.625 0.320 0.315 Matt Dominguez R 7 0.000 0.253 0.256 Jayson Nix R 7 0.286 0.348 0.343 Michael Bourn L 7 0.714 0.342 0.346 Daric Barton L 7 0.000 0.270 0.269 Carl Crawford L 7 0.571 0.320 0.318 Manny Machado R 7 0.571 0.324 0.330 Omar Infante R 7 0.429 0.334 0.335 Jason Kipnis L 7 0.429 0.340 0.362 Jedd Gyorko R 7 0.429 0.296 0.294 Danny Espinosa B 7 0.000 0.184 0.199 Joaquin Arias R 7 0.714 0.302 0.315 Shane Victorino B 7 0.000 0.333 0.328 Justin Upton R 6 0.167 0.318 0.313 Donald Lutz L 6 0.333 0.259 0.284 Jon Jay L 6 0.333 0.327 0.326 Daniel Descalso L 6 0.167 0.281 0.288 Geovany Soto R 6 0.000 0.337 0.307 Michael Cuddyer R 6 0.500 0.384 0.384 Trevor Plouffe R 6 0.667 0.287 0.304 Asdrubal Cabrera B 6 0.167 0.273 0.279 Steve Lombardozzi B 6 0.000 0.290 0.285 Jesus Montero R 6 0.000 0.266 0.241 Alex Rios R 5 0.000 0.316 0.307 Ryan Raburn R 5 0.000 0.311 0.299 Brendan Ryan R 5 0.000 0.231 0.240 Laynce Nix L 5 0.400 0.292 0.281 Danny Valencia R 5 0.400 0.355 0.343 Oswaldo Arcia L 5 0.600 0.339 0.340 Ryan Flaherty L 5 0.600 0.234 0.253 Jordan Danks L 5 0.200 0.337 0.333 Starlin Castro R 5 0.400 0.300 0.298 Jacoby Ellsbury L 5 0.400 0.343 0.341 Devin Mesoraco R 5 0.400 0.261 0.267 Denard Span L 5 0.200 0.306 0.312 Wilin Rosario R 5 0.000 0.326 0.316 Luis Valbuena L 5 0.200 0.266 0.253 Mike Trout R 5 0.400 0.374 0.377 Nolan Reimold R 5 0.600 0.252 0.266 Ryan Braun R 4 0.500 0.364 0.368 Andy Dirks L 4 0.000 0.299 0.288 Mike Zunino R 4 0.000 0.286 0.275 Yasiel Puig R 4 0.250 0.407 0.401 Brandon Crawford L 4 0.000 0.305 0.295 Dayan Viciedo R 4 0.250 0.322 0.319 Alexei Ramirez R 4 0.750 0.304 0.311 Steve Pearce R 4 0.500 0.299 0.333 Carlos Corporan B 4 0.250 0.299 0.285 Cody Ross R 4 0.250 0.300 0.318 Brett Gardner L 4 0.250 0.374 0.368 Brennan Boesch L 4 0.750 0.200 0.240 Chad Tracy L 4 0.250 0.171 0.198 Casper Wells R 4 0.000 0.208 0.195 Welington Castillo R 4 0.250 0.365 0.365 Kelly Shoppach R 4 1.000 0.319 0.349 Jerry Hairston R 4 0.250 0.223 0.219 Jean Segura R 4 0.000 0.335 0.334 Russell Martin R 4 0.000 0.281 0.273 Allen Craig R 4 0.250 0.350 0.365 Shelley Duncan R 4 0.000 0.174 0.192 Jose Lobaton B 4 0.500 0.311 0.300 Salvador Perez R 4 0.000 0.320 0.320 Ryan Sweeney L 4 0.250 0.305 0.291 Carlos Gomez R 4 0.500 0.356 0.362 Greg Dobbs L 4 1.000 0.246 0.251 Jack Hannahan L 4 1.000 0.265 0.267 Stephen Vogt L 4 0.250 0.298 0.280 Conor Gillaspie L 3 0.333 0.273 0.288 Gregor Blanco L 3 1.000 0.340 0.342 Jaff Decker L 3 0.333 0.118 0.150 Gaby Sanchez R 3 0.000 0.291 0.293 Andrew Brown R 3 0.000 0.279 0.282 Ryan Roberts R 3 0.000 0.286 0.308 Coco Crisp B 3 0.667 0.263 0.265 Luis Cruz R 3 0.000 0.192 0.199 Juan Uribe R 3 0.333 0.322 0.327 Kevin Youkilis R 3 0.000 0.282 0.266 Joe Mahoney L 3 0.667 0.261 0.250 Jose Altuve R 3 0.333 0.325 0.331 Yuniesky Betancourt R 3 0.333 0.203 0.219 Brandon Phillips R 3 0.000 0.284 0.283 Wil Nieves R 3 0.667 0.380 0.367 Alexi Amarista L 3 0.333 0.265 0.273 Brayan Pena B 3 0.000 0.304 0.289 Marwin Gonzalez B 3 0.000 0.260 0.279 Martin Maldonado R 3 1.000 0.185 0.207 Cody Ransom R 3 0.000 0.278 0.258 Desmond Jennings R 3 1.000 0.307 0.308 Mike Carp L 3 0.667 0.425 0.422 Darin Ruf R 3 0.333 0.326 0.322 Alfredo Marte R 3 1.000 0.256 0.289 Howie Kendrick R 3 0.000 0.356 0.347 Kyle Blanks R 3 0.000 0.315 0.333 Mike Baxter L 2 0.000 0.292 0.274 Dexter Fowler B 2 0.000 0.321 0.306 Gerardo Parra L 2 0.000 0.320 0.316 Chris Heisey R 2 0.500 0.243 0.246 Cliff Pennington B 2 0.000 0.293 0.296 Luis Jimenez R 2 0.000 0.296 0.286 John Mayberry R 2 0.000 0.299 0.292 Fernando Martinez L 2 1.000 0.222 0.265 Alejandro De Aza L 2 1.000 0.335 0.340 Brad Hawpe L 2 1.000 0.500 0.471 A.J. Pollock R 2 0.000 0.302 0.294 Delmon Young R 2 1.000 0.309 0.304 Ben Francisco R 2 1.000 0.136 0.174 Rob Brantly L 2 0.500 0.271 0.274 Jordany Valdespin L 2 1.000 0.221 0.226 Andy Parrino B 2 0.000 0.192 0.172 Munenori Kawasaki L 2 0.000 0.257 0.267 Chris Johnson R 2 1.000 0.388 0.393 Ryan Zimmerman R 2 0.000 0.339 0.338 Eduardo Nunez R 2 0.000 0.300 0.301 J.D. Martinez R 2 0.000 0.322 0.319 Eric Young B 2 0.000 0.304 0.304 Roger Bernadina L 2 0.000 0.250 0.251 Kevin Frandsen R 2 0.000 0.249 0.243 Mike Aviles R 2 0.000 0.268 0.264 Jose Molina R 2 0.000 0.291 0.274 Marc Krauss L 2 0.500 0.209 0.276 Ian Desmond R 2 0.000 0.347 0.345 Starling Marte R 2 1.000 0.365 0.374 Darnell McDonald R 2 0.500 0.317 0.311 Brock Holt L 2 0.000 0.239 0.232 Josh Thole L 2 1.000 0.190 0.204 Derrick Robinson B 2 0.000 0.347 0.339 Jordy Mercer R 2 0.000 0.307 0.322 Brett Pill R 2 0.000 0.279 0.273 Alex Gonzalez R 2 0.500 0.211 0.219 Nolan Arenado R 2 0.000 0.306 0.300 Ryan Lavarnway R 2 1.000 0.344 0.364 Nate Freiman R 2 1.000 0.269 0.313 Placido Polanco R 2 1.000 0.289 0.288 Erick Aybar B 2 1.000 0.300 0.305 Tyler Moore R 2 0.000 0.283 0.283 Juan Pierre L 2 1.000 0.288 0.281 Logan Forsythe R 2 1.000 0.250 0.270 Andrew Lambo L 2 0.000 0.385 0.333 Leonys Martin L 2 1.000 0.332 0.329 Alex Rodriguez R 2 0.000 0.292 0.290 Yunel Escobar R 2 0.000 0.282 0.286 Chris Iannetta R 2 1.000 0.281 0.282 Josh Harrison R 2 1.000 0.213 0.250 Jeff Mathis R 2 0.000 0.259 0.264 Tyler Flowers R 2 0.000 0.245 0.250 A.J. Ellis R 2 1.000 0.287 0.289 Torii Hunter R 2 1.000 0.343 0.348 Guillermo Quiroz R 1 0.000 0.247 0.259 Alex Liddi R 1 0.000 0.154 0.125 Alex Avila L 1 0.000 0.312 0.289 Hanley Ramirez R 1 0.000 0.349 0.344 Wilson Ramos R 1 0.000 0.290 0.284 Ronny Cedeno R 1 0.000 0.332 0.330 Kolten Wong L 1 0.000 0.231 0.196 Nick Hundley R 1 0.000 0.303 0.296 Angel Pagan B 1 1.000 0.311 0.309 Justin Sellers R 1 0.000 0.239 0.239 Steve Clevenger L 1 0.000 0.300 0.273 John McDonald R 1 0.000 0.125 0.123 Donovan Solano R 1 0.000 0.302 0.301 Melky Cabrera B 1 0.000 0.331 0.331 David DeJesus L 1 0.000 0.292 0.306 Ben Revere L 1 0.000 0.367 0.367 Dave Sappelt R 1 0.000 0.276 0.282 Derek Norris R 1 0.000 0.274 0.280 Norichika Aoki L 1 0.000 0.330 0.317 Matt Tuiasosopo R 1 1.000 0.359 0.358 Alex Presley L 1 0.000 0.340 0.338 Francisco Cervelli R 1 0.000 0.250 0.241 Juan Perez R 1 1.000 0.373 0.363 Shane Robinson R 1 0.000 0.311 0.295 Scott Van Slyke R 1 0.000 0.247 0.265 Ichiro Suzuki L 1 0.000 0.293 0.295 Kole Calhoun L 1 0.000 0.313 0.322 Kirk Nieuwenhuis L 1 0.000 0.250 0.289 Christian Yelich L 1 1.000 0.387 0.395 George Kottaras L 1 0.000 0.204 0.220 Jose Reyes B 1 1.000 0.309 0.312 David Freese R 1 1.000 0.324 0.334 Brett Lawrie R 1 0.000 0.289 0.287 Skip Schumaker L 1 0.000 0.288 0.295 Endy Chavez L 1 0.000 0.341 0.314 Alberto Callaspo B 1 1.000 0.269 0.267 Ramiro Pena B 1 1.000 0.320 0.333 Carlos Triunfel R 1 0.000 0.212 0.189 Sean Rodriguez R 1 0.000 0.349 0.338 Justin Maxwell R 1 0.000 0.357 0.353 Jeff Francoeur R 1 0.000 0.250 0.246 Pete Kozma R 1 0.000 0.280 0.279 Jose Iglesias R 1 0.000 0.359 0.354 Juan Lagares R 1 0.000 0.302 0.306 Darwin Barney R 1 0.000 0.219 0.216 Freddy Galvis B 1 0.000 0.252 0.256 Zack Cozart R 1 0.000 0.288 0.290 Yasmani Grandal B 1 0.000 0.250 0.260 Alberto Gonzalez R 1 1.000 0.228 0.267 Corky Miller R 1 0.000 0.278 0.270 Logan Schafer L 1 0.000 0.275 0.263 Caleb Gindl L 1 1.000 0.192 0.240 Buster Posey R 1 1.000 0.322 0.322 Michael Brantley L 1 1.000 0.302 0.310 DeWayne Wise L 1 0.000 0.224 0.247 Moises Sierra R 1 1.000 0.387 0.395 Michael Young R 1 1.000 0.322 0.324