Brett Wallace Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Wallace does his damage against fastballs: a .701 OPS against them, against .362 on offspeed pitches.

158 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 32 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Wallace is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .258 OPS there against .627 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

1 of Wallace's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and 3 of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2016.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Wallace strikes out in 33.6% of his trips against right-handers and 26.2% of them against left-handers.

214 plate appearances against right-handers, 42 against left-handers.

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

Wallace trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 76th percentile barrel rate, 16th percentile strikeout rate.

256 plate appearances in 2016. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2016.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Wallace walks in 11.3% of his plate appearances, 87th percentile.

256 plate appearances in 2016. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 85th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Wallace slugs .359 against fastballs and .143 against offspeed pitches.

158 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.8% of Wallace's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 76th percentile.

256 plate appearances in 2016. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 153rd in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Wallace strikes out in 32.4% of his trips, 16th percentile.

256 plate appearances in 2016. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 528th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Wallace's quality of contact only supports a .203 expected average, 27th percentile in the league.

256 plate appearances in 2016. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 461st in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Wallace is slugging .318, 27th percentile in the league.

256 plate appearances in 2016. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 459th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Wallace hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.7 mph on average there, against 85.7 up the middle.

54 batted balls to his pull side, 42 up the middle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Wallace is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .821 OPS there against .627 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Wallace averages 86.5 mph off the bat, against 89.1 with the bases empty.

25 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 95 without.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Wallace pulls 48% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 32% of it against left-handers.

102 batted balls against right-handers, 25 against left-handers.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Wallace has an OPS of .706; with the bases empty it is .605.

54 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 202 with the bases empty.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Wallace finds a productive launch angle on only 35.2% of his contact, 33rd percentile.

256 plate appearances in 2016. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 426th in MLB.

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

Wallace averages 8.1 degrees off the bat: 22.7% of his contact is in the air and 51.3% of it is on the ground.

119 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Wallace's OPS+ of 72 sits 36th percentile among hitters this season.

256 plate appearances in 2016. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 407th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Wallace's batting average is .189 but the quality of his contact projects .203, a gap of .014 in his favour once the bounces even out.

256 plate appearances in 2016.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Wallace puts up a .615 OPS against right-handers and .687 against left-handers.

214 plate appearances against right-handers, 42 against left-handers.

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

Wallace pulls 44.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.3%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

57 pulled, 43 up the middle and 27 the other way over 127 located batted balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Wallace's fly balls travel 297 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 416.

41 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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