Ben Zobrist Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Zobrist does his damage against fastballs: a .787 OPS against them, against .433 on breaking balls.

113 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 41 on breaking balls.

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

Zobrist trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 14th percentile barrel rate, 95th percentile strikeout rate.

176 plate appearances in 2019. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2019.

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

Zobrist strikes out in only 13.6% of his trips, 95th percentile.

176 plate appearances in 2019. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 36th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Zobrist strikes out in 7.7% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 15.3% with the bases empty.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

Getting on base is what he does best

Zobrist is on base at a .358 clip, 87th percentile in the league.

176 plate appearances in 2019. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 83rd in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Zobrist pulls 49.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 11.8% of it against left-handers.

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

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.9% of Zobrist's batted balls are barrelled, 14th percentile.

176 plate appearances in 2019. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 556th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 25.6% of Zobrist's contact reaches 95 mph, 14th percentile.

176 plate appearances in 2019. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 560th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Zobrist walks in 13.1% of his plate appearances, 93rd percentile.

176 plate appearances in 2019. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 45th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Zobrist is at his worst on breaking balls: a .433 OPS there against .671 overall.

41 plate appearances in that situation.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Zobrist finds a productive launch angle on only 29.1% of his contact, 12th percentile.

176 plate appearances in 2019. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 573rd in MLB.

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

Zobrist averages 5.9 degrees off the bat: 27.4% of his contact is in the air and 56.4% of it is on the ground.

117 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Zobrist averages 86.0 mph off the bat, 23rd percentile in the league.

176 plate appearances in 2019. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 503rd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Zobrist slugs .363 against fastballs and .189 against breaking balls.

113 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

The power is not there this season

Zobrist is slugging .313, 25th percentile in the league.

176 plate appearances in 2019. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 486th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Zobrist has an OPS of .772; with the bases empty it is .644.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Zobrist's batting average is .260 but the quality of his contact projects .239, a gap of .021 he is currently outrunning.

176 plate appearances in 2019.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Zobrist's fly balls travel 275 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 387.

37 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Zobrist is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .817 OPS there against .671 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Zobrist walks in 15.4% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 12.4% with the bases empty.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

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

With a runner in scoring position Zobrist averages 87.9 mph off the bat, against 85.4 with the bases empty.

27 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 90 without.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Zobrist hits it hardest up the middle: 86.8 mph on average there, against 83.2 the other way.

44 batted balls up the middle, 20 the other way.

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