Clint Barmes Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 17.8% of Barmes's contact reaches 95 mph, 7th percentile.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 590th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Barmes does his damage against breaking balls: a .779 OPS against them, against .519 on offspeed pitches.

50 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 27 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Barmes is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .929 OPS there against .639 overall.

40 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Barmes averages 83.1 mph off the bat, 12th percentile in the league.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 562nd in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Barmes's batting average is .234 but the quality of his contact projects .196, a gap of .038 he is currently outrunning.

222 plate appearances in 2015.

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

Barmes averages 17.9 degrees off the bat: 39.8% of his contact is in the air and 32.3% of it is on the ground.

133 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Barmes has an OPS of .500; with the bases empty it is .677.

49 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 173 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Barmes is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .372 OPS there against .639 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Barmes strikes out in 21.6% of his trips against right-handers and 27.4% of them against left-handers.

116 plate appearances against right-handers, 106 against left-handers.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Barmes's quality of contact only supports a .196 expected average, 28th percentile in the league.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 458th in MLB.

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

Barmes finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.9% of his contact, 83rd percentile.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 108th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Barmes walks in only 4.5% of his plate appearances, 24th percentile.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 480th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Barmes hits it hardest up the middle: 85.0 mph on average there, against 79.6 the other way.

48 batted balls up the middle, 41 the other way.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Barmes slugs .479 against breaking balls and .315 against fastballs.

50 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

His contact is about the same with runners on

12% of Barmes's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 19.1% of it with the bases empty.

49 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 173 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Barmes's fly balls travel 277 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 413.

64 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.3% of Barmes's batted balls are barrelled, 35th percentile.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 411th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Barmes is on base at a .283 clip, 35th percentile in the league.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 412th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Barmes puts up a .596 OPS against right-handers and .686 against left-handers.

116 plate appearances against right-handers, 106 against left-handers.

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

With a runner in scoring position Barmes averages 81.2 mph off the bat, against 83.5 with the bases empty.

25 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 110 without.

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

Barmes pulls 32.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 30.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

50 pulled, 56 up the middle and 47 the other way over 153 located batted balls.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Barmes's OPS+ of 76 sits 38th percentile among hitters this season.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 393rd in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Barmes strikes out in 24.3% of his trips, 38th percentile.

222 plate appearances in 2015. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 393rd in MLB.

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