Bradley Zimmer Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Zimmer's quality of contact only supports a .141 expected average, 1st percentile in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2022. 1st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 595th in MLB.

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

Zimmer trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 87th percentile barrel rate, 4th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one part of the field he lives in

Zimmer hits it hardest the other way: 89.6 mph on average there, against 77.2 up the middle.

14 batted balls the other way, 28 up the middle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Zimmer averages 81.8 mph off the bat, 6th percentile in the league.

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

He does not get on base enough to help

Zimmer is on base at a .207 clip, 6th percentile in the league.

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

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Zimmer strikes out in 38.5% of his trips, 4th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2022. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 576th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

11.5% of Zimmer's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 87th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2022. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 80th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Zimmer's OPS+ of 25 sits 7th percentile among hitters this season.

117 plate appearances in 2022. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 560th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Zimmer finds a productive launch angle on only 21.3% of his contact, 2nd percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2022. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 586th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Zimmer is slugging .229, 8th percentile in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2022. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 552nd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Zimmer walks in only 4.3% of his plate appearances, 15th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2022. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 507th in MLB.

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

Zimmer averages 6.8 degrees off the bat: 32.8% of his contact is in the air and 52.5% of it is on the ground.

61 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Zimmer has an OPS of .340; with the bases empty it is .470.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Zimmer is at his worst against right-handers, on fastballs: a .291 OPS there against .435 overall.

43 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Zimmer pulls 31.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

19 pulled, 28 up the middle and 14 the other way over 61 located batted balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Zimmer is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .569 OPS there against .435 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Zimmer's batting average is .124 but the quality of his contact projects .141, a gap of .017 in his favour once the bounces even out.

117 plate appearances in 2022.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 34.4% of Zimmer's contact reaches 95 mph, 36th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2022. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 381st in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Zimmer's fly balls travel 286 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 407.

26 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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