Albert Pujols Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Pujols puts up a .747 OPS against right-handers and 1.141 against left-handers.

221 plate appearances against right-handers, 129 against left-handers.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Pujols does his damage against fastballs: a .963 OPS against them, against .646 on offspeed pitches.

214 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 27 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Pujols is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.325 OPS there against .893 overall.

50 plate appearances in that situation.

There is real damage in his bat

Pujols is slugging .550, 99th percentile in the league.

350 plate appearances in 2022. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 9th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Pujols slugs .435 against right-handers and .746 against left-handers.

221 plate appearances against right-handers, 129 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Pujols hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.1 mph on average there, against 83.2 the other way.

118 batted balls to his pull side, 45 the other way.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Pujols should be hitting .269, 90th percentile in the league.

350 plate appearances in 2022. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 61st in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Pujols hits the ball hard: 91.2 mph off the bat on average, 92nd percentile in the league.

350 plate appearances in 2022. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 51st in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Pujols has an OPS of 1.083; with the bases empty it is .833.

89 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 261 with the bases empty.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Pujols's OPS+ of 151 puts him 97th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

350 plate appearances in 2022. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 16th in MLB.

This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Pujols does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 86th percentile barrel rate, 89th percentile strikeout rate.

350 plate appearances in 2022. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2022.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Pujols slugs .603 against fastballs and .238 against offspeed pitches.

214 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

11.2% of Pujols's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 86th percentile.

350 plate appearances in 2022. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 85th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

47.3% of Pujols's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 91st percentile in the league.

350 plate appearances in 2022. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 54th in MLB.

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

Pujols strikes out in only 15.7% of his trips, 89th percentile.

350 plate appearances in 2022. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 69th in MLB.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

18 of Pujols's 24 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 443 feet.

24 tracked home runs in 2022.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Pujols is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty: a .645 OPS there against .893 overall.

166 plate appearances in that situation.

Getting on base is what he does best

Pujols is on base at a .343 clip, 86th percentile in the league.

350 plate appearances in 2022. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 82nd in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

53.7% of Pujols's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 45% of it with the bases empty.

89 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 261 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Pujols's fly balls travel 274 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 443.

116 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

18 of Pujols's 24 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

24 tracked home runs in 2022.

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

Pujols averages 16.4 degrees off the bat: 39.9% of his contact is in the air and 42.2% of it is on the ground.

258 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Pujols strikes out in 13.5% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 16.5% with the bases empty.

89 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 261 with the bases empty.

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

Pujols pulls 45.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 17.4%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

118 pulled, 95 up the middle and 45 the other way over 258 located batted balls.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Pujols pulls 42.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 50.5% of it against left-handers.

159 batted balls against right-handers, 99 against left-handers.

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