Austin Jackson Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Jackson pulls 23.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

46 pulled, 102 up the middle and 50 the other way over 198 located batted balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Jackson strikes out in 38.9% of his trips against right-handers and 30.3% of them against left-handers.

229 plate appearances against right-handers, 145 against left-handers.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Jackson's batting average is .245 but the quality of his contact projects .202, a gap of .043 he is currently outrunning.

374 plate appearances in 2018.

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

Jackson gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 26th percentile barrel rate, 15th percentile strikeout rate.

374 plate appearances in 2018. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2018.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Jackson strikes out in 35.6% of his trips, 15th percentile.

374 plate appearances in 2018. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 547th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Jackson is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .833 OPS there against .622 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Jackson's quality of contact only supports a .202 expected average, 27th percentile in the league.

374 plate appearances in 2018. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 470th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.5% of Jackson's batted balls are barrelled, 26th percentile.

374 plate appearances in 2018. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 472nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Jackson is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .418 OPS there against .622 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Jackson hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.7 mph on average there, against 84.8 the other way.

45 batted balls to his pull side, 49 the other way.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Jackson slugs .362 against right-handers and .269 against left-handers.

229 plate appearances against right-handers, 145 against left-handers.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Jackson does his damage against fastballs: a .664 OPS against them, against .558 on breaking balls.

204 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 112 on breaking balls.

The power is not there this season

Jackson is slugging .326, 34th percentile in the league.

374 plate appearances in 2018. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 424th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Jackson's fly balls travel 286 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 419.

61 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His contact is about the same with runners on

30.8% of Jackson's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 34.6% of it with the bases empty.

96 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 278 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Jackson averages 87.0 mph off the bat, 38th percentile in the league.

374 plate appearances in 2018. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 396th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Jackson's OPS+ of 74 sits 38th percentile among hitters this season.

374 plate appearances in 2018. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 396th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Jackson puts up a .650 OPS against right-handers and .579 against left-handers.

229 plate appearances against right-handers, 145 against left-handers.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 33.7% of Jackson's contact reaches 95 mph, 39th percentile.

374 plate appearances in 2018. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 390th in MLB.

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