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Alex Avila

Tigers Career team 2009–2017
Number #6
Position Catcher
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 39
Height 5' 11"
Weight 228 lbs
Birth Place Hialeah, FL
Born Jan 29, 1987

Key Insights

2021
One opponent brings the best out of him

Avila has hit .300/.500/1.200 against Ian Kennedy in 14 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

3 for 10 with 3 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .619 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Chris Stratton has struck Avila out 7 times in 14 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 14 plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the PIT, Avila has hit .280 and slugged .680 over 28 plate appearances, his best of any club.

7 hits, 3 home runs and 8 strikeouts, against a .375 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Avila hits Chad Kuhl harder than anyone: 104.1 mph off the bat, against a median of 92.7 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One club he never seems to get going against

Against the arms currently on the STL, Avila has hit .087 and slugged .087 over 25 plate appearances, his worst of any club.

2 hits, 0 home runs and 12 strikeouts, against a .375 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Avila cannot get the barrel to Zach McAllister: 72.7 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 92.7 across the pitchers he has faced.

9 plate appearances with tracked contact.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 29, 1987
Birth Place Hialeah, FL
Height 5' 11"
Weight 228 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right
College/Draft Alabama