Cam Gallagher Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Gallagher strikes out in 36.1% of his trips against right-handers and 21.2% of them against left-handers.

97 plate appearances against right-handers, 52 against left-handers.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Gallagher's quality of contact only supports a .155 expected average, 3rd percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 578th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Gallagher strikes out in 38.9% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 28.3% with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 113 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Gallagher is on base at a .154 clip, 1st percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 1st percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 587th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Gallagher averages 81.6 mph off the bat, 4th percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 569th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Gallagher walks in only 2.7% of his plate appearances, 3rd percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 577th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Gallagher is slugging .168, 2nd percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 581st in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 20.4% of Gallagher's contact reaches 95 mph, 4th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 572nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Gallagher's fly balls travel 230 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 379.

43 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.1% of Gallagher's batted balls are barrelled, 14th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 513th in MLB.

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

Gallagher gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 14th percentile barrel rate, 18th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Gallagher finds a productive launch angle on only 25.8% of his contact, 6th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 560th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Gallagher hits it hardest to his pull side: 85.0 mph on average there, against 78.8 up the middle.

33 batted balls to his pull side, 46 up the middle.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Gallagher strikes out in 30.9% of his trips, 18th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2023. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 484th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Gallagher's batting average is .126 but the quality of his contact projects .155, a gap of .029 in his favour once the bounces even out.

149 plate appearances in 2023.

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

Gallagher averages 17.3 degrees off the bat: 39.2% of his contact is in the air and 48.5% of it is on the ground.

97 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Gallagher is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .465 OPS there against .322 overall.

35 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Gallagher averages 80.2 mph off the bat, against 82.0 with the bases empty.

21 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 77 without.

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

Gallagher pulls 33.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 19.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

33 pulled, 46 up the middle and 19 the other way over 98 located batted balls.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Gallagher pulls 36.2% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 30% of it against left-handers.

58 batted balls against right-handers, 40 against left-handers.

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