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Brian Bogusevic

Astros Career team 2010–2012
Number #17
Position Right Fielder
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 42
Height 6' 3"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Oak Lawn, IL
Born Feb 18, 1984

Key Insights

2015
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Bogusevic pulls 16.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

6 pulled, 22 up the middle and 8 the other way over 36 located batted balls.
He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Bogusevic's batting average is .263 but the quality of his contact projects .209, a gap of .054 he is currently outrunning.

60 plate appearances in 2015.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Bogusevic is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a 1.032 OPS there against .721 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Bogusevic averages 3.4 degrees off the bat: 10.7% of his contact is in the air and 50% of it is on the ground.

28 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Bogusevic hits the ball hard: 91.2 mph off the bat on average, 86th percentile in the league.

60 plate appearances in 2015. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 89th in MLB.
The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Bogusevic strikes out in 35% of his trips, 11th percentile.

60 plate appearances in 2015. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 566th in MLB.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 18, 1984
Birth Place Oak Lawn, IL
Height 6' 3"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Tulane