Brandon Belt Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Belt strikes out in 44.2% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 32.5% with the bases empty.

86 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 317 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Belt is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a .466 OPS there against .857 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Belt's OPS+ of 134 puts him 95th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 29th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

15.1% of Belt's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 94th percentile.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 37th in MLB.

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

Belt trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 94th percentile barrel rate, 8th percentile strikeout rate.

403 plate appearances in 2023. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2023.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Belt walks in 14.9% of his plate appearances, 97th percentile.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 17th in MLB.

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

Belt averages 19.8 degrees off the bat: 46.2% of his contact is in the air and 28.6% of it is on the ground.

199 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Getting on base is what he does best

Belt is on base at a .367 clip, 93rd percentile in the league.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 42nd in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Belt has an OPS of .658; with the bases empty it is .911.

86 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 317 with the bases empty.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Belt's batting average is .254 but the quality of his contact projects .212, a gap of .042 he is currently outrunning.

403 plate appearances in 2023.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Belt finds the launch angles that produce hits on 46.2% of his contact, 98th percentile.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 12th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Belt strikes out in 35% of his trips, 8th percentile.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 547th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Belt's quality of contact only supports a .212 expected average, 22nd percentile in the league.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 463rd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Belt hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.4 mph on average there, against 84.0 up the middle.

78 batted balls to his pull side, 79 up the middle.

There is real damage in his bat

Belt is slugging .490, 90th percentile in the league.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 61st in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Belt is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a 1.098 OPS there against .857 overall.

55 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Belt averages 90.1 mph off the bat, against 86.7 with the bases empty.

37 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 163 without.

His contact is about the same with runners on

45.9% of Belt's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38.7% of it with the bases empty.

86 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 317 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Belt does his damage against fastballs: a .888 OPS against them, against .804 on breaking balls.

253 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 88 on breaking balls.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Belt averages 87.3 mph off the bat, 38th percentile in the league.

403 plate appearances in 2023. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 367th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Belt pulls 40% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 30% of it against left-handers.

180 batted balls against right-handers, 20 against left-handers.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Belt walks in 12.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 15.5% with the bases empty.

86 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 317 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Belt slugs .531 against breaking balls and .462 against offspeed pitches.

88 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Belt's fly balls travel 293 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 448.

106 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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