Chris Denorfia Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Denorfia does his damage against fastballs: a .866 OPS against them, against .415 on breaking balls.

141 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 64 on breaking balls.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Denorfia walks in 14.6% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.4% with the bases empty.

48 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 180 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Denorfia is at his worst against left-handers, on breaking balls: a .269 OPS there against .701 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Denorfia slugs .492 against fastballs and .167 against offspeed pitches.

141 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Denorfia pulls 25.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 26.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

39 pulled, 74 up the middle and 40 the other way over 153 located batted balls.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Denorfia should be hitting .256, 82nd percentile in the league.

228 plate appearances in 2015. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 116th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Denorfia strikes out in 21.4% of his trips against right-handers and 28.9% of them against left-handers.

145 plate appearances against right-handers, 83 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Denorfia is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .934 OPS there against .701 overall.

76 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Denorfia hits it hardest up the middle: 90.4 mph on average there, against 84.7 the other way.

67 batted balls up the middle, 39 the other way.

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

Denorfia finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.3% of his contact, 81st percentile.

228 plate appearances in 2015. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 124th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Denorfia is on base at a .323 clip, 67th percentile in the league.

228 plate appearances in 2015. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 210th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

36% of Denorfia's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 42% of it with the bases empty.

48 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 180 with the bases empty.

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

Denorfia averages 7.5 degrees off the bat: 19.6% of his contact is in the air and 52.9% of it is on the ground.

138 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

41% of Denorfia's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 66th percentile in the league.

228 plate appearances in 2015. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 217th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Denorfia's batting average is .273 but the quality of his contact projects .256, a gap of .017 he is currently outrunning.

228 plate appearances in 2015.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Denorfia strikes out in 27.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 23.3% with the bases empty.

48 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 180 with the bases empty.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Denorfia strikes out in 24.1% of his trips, 39th percentile.

228 plate appearances in 2015. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 386th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Denorfia's OPS+ of 98 puts him 61st percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

228 plate appearances in 2015. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 249th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Denorfia pulls 28% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 19.6% of it against left-handers.

107 batted balls against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Denorfia's fly balls travel 298 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 411.

39 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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