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Cole Tucker

Pirates Career team 2019–2022
Number #8
Position Third Baseman
Bats Both
Throws Right
Age 30
Height 6' 3"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place Phoenix, AR
Born Jul 3, 1996

Key Insights

2024
There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Tucker is at his worst with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .274 OPS there against .563 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Tucker pulls 26.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 14.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

9 pulled, 20 up the middle and 5 the other way over 34 located batted balls.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Tucker is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty: a .821 OPS there against .563 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.
Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Tucker pulls 31.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 16.7% of it against left-handers.

22 batted balls against right-handers, 12 against left-handers.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Tucker averages 7.8 degrees off the bat: 17.6% of his contact is in the air and 52.9% of it is on the ground.

34 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Tucker hits it hardest up the middle: 92.1 mph on average there, against 89.7 to his pull side.

20 batted balls up the middle, 9 to his pull side.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 3, 1996
Birth Place Phoenix, AR
Height 6' 3"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Both/Right