ByungHo Park Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Park does his damage against breaking balls: a .830 OPS against them, against .441 on offspeed pitches.

66 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 29 on offspeed pitches.

His contact is about the same with runners on

33.3% of Park's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 52.1% of it with the bases empty.

63 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 181 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

18.7% of Park's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 99th percentile.

244 plate appearances in 2016. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 10th in MLB.

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

Park trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 99th percentile barrel rate, 16th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Park is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .373 OPS there against .684 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Park slugs .542 against breaking balls and .200 against offspeed pitches.

66 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

47.6% of Park's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 86th percentile in the league.

244 plate appearances in 2016. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 89th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Park averages 85.1 mph off the bat, against 90.1 with the bases empty.

29 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 92 without.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Park strikes out in 32.8% of his trips, 16th percentile.

244 plate appearances in 2016. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 533rd in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Park is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .958 OPS there against .684 overall.

49 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Park has an OPS of .515; with the bases empty it is .734.

63 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 181 with the bases empty.

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

Park finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43.1% of his contact, 84th percentile.

244 plate appearances in 2016. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 104th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Park's batting average is .191 but the quality of his contact projects .219, a gap of .028 in his favour once the bounces even out.

244 plate appearances in 2016.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Park walks in 12.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.2% with the bases empty.

63 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 181 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Park is on base at a .275 clip, 29th percentile in the league.

244 plate appearances in 2016. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 450th in MLB.

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

Park pulls 31.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

43 pulled, 67 up the middle and 25 the other way over 135 located batted balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Park strikes out in 33.9% of his trips against right-handers and 29.5% of them against left-handers.

183 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Park walks in 8.6% of his plate appearances, 64th percentile.

244 plate appearances in 2016. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 231st in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Park strikes out in 30.2% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 33.7% with the bases empty.

63 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 181 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

5 of Park's 11 home runs have gone to his pull side and 3 of them the other way.

11 tracked home runs in 2016.

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