Austin Romine Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Romine's quality of contact only supports a .161 expected average, 3rd percentile in the league.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 584th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Romine is on base at a .187 clip, 3rd percentile in the league.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 579th in MLB.

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

Romine pulls 23.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 35.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

20 pulled, 35 up the middle and 30 the other way over 85 located batted balls.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Romine walks in only 2.9% of his plate appearances, 6th percentile.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 565th in MLB.

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

Romine gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 25th percentile barrel rate, 11th percentile strikeout rate.

136 plate appearances in 2022. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2022.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Romine averages 82.2 mph off the bat, against 87.2 with the bases empty.

20 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 64 without.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Romine's OPS+ of 23 sits 6th percentile among hitters this season.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 562nd in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Romine finds a productive launch angle on only 23.8% of his contact, 4th percentile.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 573rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Romine's fly balls travel 255 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 413.

27 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Romine strikes out in 33.8% of his trips, 11th percentile.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 535th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Romine strikes out in 38.9% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 32% with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 100 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

Romine is slugging .248, 11th percentile in the league.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 535th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Romine does his damage against breaking balls: a .550 OPS against them, against .388 on fastballs.

43 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 81 on fastballs.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Romine is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .232 OPS there against .435 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.6% of Romine's batted balls are barrelled, 25th percentile.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 449th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Romine has an OPS of .294; with the bases empty it is .483.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 100 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Romine averages 86.0 mph off the bat, 28th percentile in the league.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 430th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 33.3% of Romine's contact reaches 95 mph, 31st percentile.

136 plate appearances in 2022. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 411th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Romine pulls 26.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 11.8% of it against left-handers.

68 batted balls against right-handers, 17 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Romine is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .559 OPS there against .435 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Romine slugs .317 against breaking balls and .224 against fastballs.

43 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

Romine averages 8.6 degrees off the bat: 29.8% of his contact is in the air and 54.8% of it is on the ground.

84 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His contact is about the same with runners on

30% of Romine's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 34.4% of it with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 100 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Romine hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.6 mph on average there, against 85.0 the other way.

20 batted balls to his pull side, 29 the other way.

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