Baseball recruiting benchmarks

Exit Velocity by position: what each level actually looks like

Name: Athlete Quotient baseball exit velocity benchmarks by position
Creator: Athlete Quotient

Athlete Quotient's D1 exit velocity benchmark in baseball is 86.1 for a catcher or center fielder, 88.9 for a corner infielder, corner outfielder or DH and 84.2 for a shortstop or second baseman. The table below runs the full ladder - high school varsity to the elite D1 rung - for every position that carries this metric.

Exit Velocity benchmarks by position

Athlete Quotient baseball exit velocity benchmarks (Average Exit Velocity (mph)).
Position	D1 elite	D1	D1 floor	D2	D3	HS varsity
Catcher and center fielder	92.7	86.1	83.3	80.4	78.5	77.6
Corner infield, corner outfield and DH	94.6	88.9	86.1	83.3	80.4	79.5
Middle infield (SS and 2B)	90.8	84.2	81.4	79.5	77.6	75.7

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Common questions

What is a good exit velocity for a baseball catcher or center fielder?

Athlete Quotient's D1 benchmark for a baseball catcher or center fielder is 86.1. The D2 rung is 80.4, D3 is 78.5 and high school varsity is 77.6. The elite D1 rung is 92.7.

What is a good exit velocity for a baseball shortstop or second baseman?

Athlete Quotient's D1 benchmark for a baseball shortstop or second baseman is 84.2. The D2 rung is 79.5, D3 is 77.6 and high school varsity is 75.7. The elite D1 rung is 90.8.

How to read these

Each column is a rung on the Athlete Quotient benchmark ladder - the bar the engine scores every athlete against - not a cutoff and not an entry price. Being under a rung does not close a door. It tells you the size of the gap, which is the only number you can actually train against.

These are Athlete Quotient's own benchmarks. Where a published college figure exists we use it; where none exists, the rung is ours. We would rather say that than claim a source we do not have.

These tables are the same ones the scoring engine uses, exported from it rather than retyped, so a page can never quietly disagree with a score. More: how AQ builds benchmarks.