Brian Goodwin Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Goodwin puts up a .819 OPS against right-handers and .325 against left-handers.

203 plate appearances against right-handers, 68 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Goodwin is at his worst against left-handers, on breaking balls: a .227 OPS there against .693 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Goodwin slugs .460 against right-handers and .131 against left-handers.

203 plate appearances against right-handers, 68 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Goodwin is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.028 OPS there against .693 overall.

81 plate appearances in that situation.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Goodwin walks in 12.2% of his plate appearances, 89th percentile.

271 plate appearances in 2021. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 71st in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Goodwin does his damage against fastballs: a .761 OPS against them, against .592 on breaking balls.

147 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 79 on breaking balls.

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

Goodwin averages 17.0 degrees off the bat: 37.5% of his contact is in the air and 39.2% of it is on the ground.

176 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Goodwin's batting average is .221 but the quality of his contact projects .249, a gap of .028 in his favour once the bounces even out.

271 plate appearances in 2021.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Goodwin strikes out in 19.7% of his trips against right-handers and 26.5% of them against left-handers.

203 plate appearances against right-handers, 68 against left-handers.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Goodwin should be hitting .249, 68th percentile in the league.

271 plate appearances in 2021. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 211th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Goodwin strikes out in 18.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 22.4% with the bases empty.

70 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 201 with the bases empty.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

5 of Goodwin's 8 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 425 feet.

8 tracked home runs in 2021.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31.8% of Goodwin's contact reaches 95 mph, 32nd percentile.

271 plate appearances in 2021. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 441st in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Goodwin's fly balls travel 279 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 425.

78 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Goodwin finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37.5% of his contact, 71st percentile.

271 plate appearances in 2021. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 189th in MLB.

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

Goodwin strikes out in only 21.4% of his trips, 70th percentile.

271 plate appearances in 2021. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 199th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Goodwin is on base at a .319 clip, 65th percentile in the league.

271 plate appearances in 2021. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 230th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

28.6% of Goodwin's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.1% of it with the bases empty.

70 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 201 with the bases empty.

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

Goodwin pulls 46.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 19.6%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

84 pulled, 60 up the middle and 35 the other way over 179 located batted balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Goodwin averages 86.8 mph off the bat, against 88.6 with the bases empty.

49 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 130 without.

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