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Adam Plutko

Orioles Career team 2018–2021
Number #35
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 34
Height 6' 3"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Upland, CA
Born Oct 3, 1991

Key Insights

2021
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 91.0 mph off the bat against Plutko, 13th percentile.

1027 pitches in 2021. 13th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 703rd in MLB.
Both sides hit him about the same

35.9% of the contact right-handers make against Plutko is hit hard, against 46.9% of what left-handers make.

680 pitches to right-handed hitters, 347 to left-handed hitters.
He cannot find the zone often enough

Plutko works off the plate, with only 38.9% of his pitches in the zone, 5th percentile.

1027 pitches in 2021. 5th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 766th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

28.9% of the contact against Plutko is on the ground and 46.1% of it is in the air.

180 tracked batted balls allowed.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Plutko projects a .354 average, 25th percentile.

1027 pitches in 2021. 25th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 603rd in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him

Right-handed hitters average 89.8 mph off the bat against Plutko and left-handers 93.3.

117 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 64 from left-handers.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 3, 1991
Birth Place Upland, CA
Height 6' 3"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft UCLA