Charlie Blackmon Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Blackmon does his damage against fastballs: a .826 OPS against them, against .503 on offspeed pitches.

297 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 86 on offspeed pitches.

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

10 of Blackmon's 12 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 452 feet.

12 tracked home runs in 2024.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 27.5% of Blackmon's contact reaches 95 mph, 14th percentile.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 501st in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Blackmon strikes out in 19.1% of his trips against right-handers and 11.4% of them against left-handers.

383 plate appearances against right-handers, 114 against left-handers.

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

Blackmon trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 33rd percentile barrel rate, 83rd percentile strikeout rate.

497 plate appearances in 2024. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2024.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Blackmon is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .477 OPS there against .738 overall.

67 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Blackmon averages 84.7 mph off the bat, 15th percentile in the league.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 496th in MLB.

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

Blackmon strikes out in only 17.3% of his trips, 83rd percentile.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 101st in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Blackmon swings it at 64.6 mph, 21st percentile bat speed in the league.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 462nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Blackmon's fly balls travel 260 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 452.

168 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Getting on base is what he does best

Blackmon is on base at a .326 clip, 77th percentile in the league.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 137th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Blackmon slugs .466 against fastballs and .259 against offspeed pitches.

297 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Blackmon is at his best against left-handers, on breaking balls: a .983 OPS there against .738 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

10 of Blackmon's 12 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

12 tracked home runs in 2024.

His contact is about the same with runners on

22.5% of Blackmon's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 28.7% of it with the bases empty.

98 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 399 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Blackmon hits it hardest to his pull side: 86.7 mph on average there, against 80.4 the other way.

159 batted balls to his pull side, 62 the other way.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Blackmon should be hitting .248, 66th percentile in the league.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 198th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Blackmon is slugging .412, 70th percentile in the league.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 177th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.5% of Blackmon's batted balls are barrelled, 33rd percentile.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 393rd in MLB.

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

Blackmon averages 16.5 degrees off the bat: 37.5% of his contact is in the air and 40.6% of it is on the ground.

360 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Blackmon finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37% of his contact, 65th percentile.

497 plate appearances in 2024. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 205th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Blackmon has an OPS of .797; with the bases empty it is .723.

98 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 399 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Blackmon pulls 47.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 36.3% of it against left-handers.

272 batted balls against right-handers, 91 against left-handers.

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