Anthony Rendon Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Rendon trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 10th percentile barrel rate, 93rd percentile strikeout rate.

238 plate appearances in 2024. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2024.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.7% of Rendon's batted balls are barrelled, 10th percentile.

238 plate appearances in 2024. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 524th in MLB.

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

Rendon strikes out in only 14.7% of his trips, 93rd percentile.

238 plate appearances in 2024. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 41st in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Rendon is slugging .267, 14th percentile in the league.

238 plate appearances in 2024. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 503rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Rendon's fly balls travel 264 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 390.

74 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Rendon is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .349 OPS there against .574 overall.

51 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Rendon pulls 28.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 29.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

50 pulled, 73 up the middle and 52 the other way over 175 located batted balls.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Rendon does his damage against fastballs: a .645 OPS against them, against .493 on breaking balls.

149 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 71 on breaking balls.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Rendon swings it at 64.8 mph, 23rd percentile bat speed in the league.

238 plate appearances in 2024. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 452nd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Rendon's OPS+ of 65 sits 23rd percentile among hitters this season.

238 plate appearances in 2024. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 451st in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Rendon is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .759 OPS there against .574 overall.

97 plate appearances in that situation.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Rendon walks in 9.7% of his plate appearances, 74th percentile.

238 plate appearances in 2024. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 150th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

33.3% of Rendon's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38.4% of it with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 187 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Rendon slugs .323 against fastballs and .197 against breaking balls.

149 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Rendon's quality of contact only supports a .225 expected average, 37th percentile in the league.

238 plate appearances in 2024. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 368th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Rendon walks in 11.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 9.1% with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 187 with the bases empty.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Rendon has an OPS of .494; with the bases empty it is .593.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 187 with the bases empty.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Rendon finds a productive launch angle on only 33.7% of his contact, 37th percentile.

238 plate appearances in 2024. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 366th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Rendon hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.7 mph on average there, against 86.3 the other way.

50 batted balls to his pull side, 52 the other way.

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

Rendon averages 14.2 degrees off the bat: 37% of his contact is in the air and 43.4% of it is on the ground.

173 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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