Allen Craig Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Craig does his damage against fastballs: a .602 OPS against them, against .232 on breaking balls.

57 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 22 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Craig is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a .798 OPS there against .441 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Craig is slugging .203, 13th percentile in the league.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 555th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Craig's quality of contact only supports a .175 expected average, 18th percentile in the league.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 521st in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 25.5% of Craig's contact reaches 95 mph, 19th percentile.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 513th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Craig's OPS+ of 25 sits 14th percentile among hitters this season.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 547th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Craig finds a productive launch angle on only 25.5% of his contact, 9th percentile.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 580th in MLB.

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

Craig gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 32nd percentile barrel rate, 22nd percentile strikeout rate.

88 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Craig strikes out in 29.5% of his trips, 22nd percentile.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 498th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Craig averages 85.1 mph off the bat, 21st percentile in the league.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 502nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Craig hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.2 mph on average there, against 84.2 up the middle.

15 batted balls to his pull side, 18 up the middle.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Craig is at his worst on breaking balls: a .232 OPS there against .441 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Craig is on base at a .239 clip, 20th percentile in the league.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 510th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Craig's batting average is .152 but the quality of his contact projects .175, a gap of .023 in his favour once the bounces even out.

88 plate appearances in 2015.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.1% of Craig's batted balls are barrelled, 32nd percentile.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 429th in MLB.

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

Craig averages 8.9 degrees off the bat: 27.5% of his contact is in the air and 52.5% of it is on the ground.

40 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Craig walks in 8% of his plate appearances, 62nd percentile.

88 plate appearances in 2015. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 242nd in MLB.

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