Chris Iannetta Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Iannetta does his damage against fastballs: a .893 OPS against them, against .448 on breaking balls.

84 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 61 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Iannetta is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .313 OPS there against .715 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

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

5 of Iannetta's 6 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 476 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2019.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Iannetta walks in 3.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 10.7% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

51.6% of Iannetta's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 94th percentile in the league.

161 plate appearances in 2019. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 43rd in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

14.6% of Iannetta's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 93rd percentile.

161 plate appearances in 2019. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 44th in MLB.

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

Iannetta trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 93rd percentile barrel rate, 19th percentile strikeout rate.

161 plate appearances in 2019. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2019.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Iannetta hits the ball hard: 92.1 mph off the bat on average, 92nd percentile in the league.

161 plate appearances in 2019. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 50th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Iannetta slugs .500 against fastballs and .268 against breaking balls.

84 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Iannetta is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .984 OPS there against .715 overall.

35 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Iannetta strikes out in 33.5% of his trips, 19th percentile.

161 plate appearances in 2019. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 525th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

5 of Iannetta's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2019.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Iannetta slugs .465 against right-handers and .345 against left-handers.

90 plate appearances against right-handers, 71 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Iannetta hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.8 mph on average there, against 88.5 the other way.

28 batted balls to his pull side, 17 the other way.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Iannetta averages 94.4 mph off the bat, against 91.7 with the bases empty.

19 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 70 without.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Iannetta walks in 9.3% of his plate appearances, 69th percentile.

161 plate appearances in 2019. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 200th in MLB.

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

Iannetta pulls 31.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 19.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

28 pulled, 44 up the middle and 17 the other way over 89 located batted balls.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Iannetta puts up a .743 OPS against right-handers and .669 against left-handers.

90 plate appearances against right-handers, 71 against left-handers.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Iannetta's OPS+ of 77 sits 39th percentile among hitters this season.

161 plate appearances in 2019. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 396th in MLB.

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

Iannetta averages 8.4 degrees off the bat: 29.9% of his contact is in the air and 44.8% of it is on the ground.

87 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Iannetta pulls 35.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 25% of it against left-handers.

53 batted balls against right-handers, 36 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Iannetta's fly balls travel 336 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 476.

31 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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