Angel Pagan Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Pagan does his damage against breaking balls: a .876 OPS against them, against .524 on offspeed pitches.

80 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 87 on offspeed pitches.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Pagan should be hitting .273, 92nd percentile in the league.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 53rd in MLB.

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

Pagan trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 35th percentile barrel rate, 94th percentile strikeout rate.

543 plate appearances in 2016. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2016.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Pagan is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .428 OPS there against .750 overall.

64 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

10 of Pagan's 11 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

11 tracked home runs in 2016.

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

Pagan strikes out in only 12.2% of his trips, 94th percentile.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 36th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 24.7% of Pagan's contact reaches 95 mph, 15th percentile.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 535th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

32.1% of Pagan's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 22.7% of it with the bases empty.

110 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 433 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Pagan slugs .538 against breaking balls and .291 against offspeed pitches.

80 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Pagan is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .963 OPS there against .750 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Pagan averages 85.9 mph off the bat, 24th percentile in the league.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 478th in MLB.

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

Pagan finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.4% of his contact, 80th percentile.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 128th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Pagan's fly balls travel 275 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 466.

138 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Getting on base is what he does best

Pagan is on base at a .331 clip, 70th percentile in the league.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 188th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Pagan hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.4 mph on average there, against 82.8 the other way.

141 batted balls to his pull side, 86 the other way.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Pagan strikes out in 9.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 12.9% with the bases empty.

110 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 433 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.9% of Pagan's batted balls are barrelled, 35th percentile.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 413th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Pagan's OPS+ of 102 puts him 66th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 216th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Pagan is slugging .418, 65th percentile in the league.

543 plate appearances in 2016. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 224th in MLB.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Pagan averages 87.2 mph off the bat, against 85.5 with the bases empty.

80 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 284 without.

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

6 of Pagan's 11 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 427 feet.

11 tracked home runs in 2016.

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