A.J. Ellis Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

Getting on base is what he does best

Ellis is on base at a .374 clip, 95th percentile in the league.

182 plate appearances in 2018. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 34th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Ellis walks in 13.7% of his plate appearances, 96th percentile.

182 plate appearances in 2018. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 29th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Ellis is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .407 OPS there against .719 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Ellis walks in 9.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 15.1% with the bases empty.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 139 with the bases empty.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Ellis hits the ball hard: 90.9 mph off the bat on average, 85th percentile in the league.

182 plate appearances in 2018. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 99th in MLB.

He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Ellis pulls 26.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

31 pulled, 55 up the middle and 30 the other way over 116 located batted balls.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Ellis's batting average is .272 but the quality of his contact projects .232, a gap of .040 he is currently outrunning.

182 plate appearances in 2018.

His contact is about the same with runners on

36% of Ellis's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 45.6% of it with the bases empty.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 139 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Ellis does his damage against fastballs: a .682 OPS against them, against .515 on breaking balls.

126 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 34 on breaking balls.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.3% of Ellis's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 74th percentile in the league.

182 plate appearances in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 168th in MLB.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Ellis finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.7% of his contact, 78th percentile.

182 plate appearances in 2018. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 141st in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Ellis strikes out in 16.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 21.6% with the bases empty.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 139 with the bases empty.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Ellis strikes out in only 20.3% of his trips, 68th percentile.

182 plate appearances in 2018. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 203rd in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Ellis's OPS+ of 101 puts him 65th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

182 plate appearances in 2018. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 225th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Ellis puts up a .689 OPS against right-handers and .755 against left-handers.

102 plate appearances against right-handers, 80 against left-handers.

The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Ellis averages 9.3 degrees off the bat: 20% of his contact is in the air and 46% of it is on the ground.

100 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Ellis is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .811 OPS there against .719 overall.

64 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Ellis is slugging .344, 38th percentile in the league.

182 plate appearances in 2018. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 400th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Ellis's fly balls travel 301 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 403.

33 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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