Craig Gentry Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Gentry does his damage against breaking balls: a .953 OPS against them, against .433 on offspeed pitches.

31 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 30 on offspeed pitches.

His contact is about the same with runners on

10.5% of Gentry's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 26.6% of it with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 138 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Gentry is at his worst against left-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .273 OPS there against .668 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Gentry slugs .533 against breaking balls and .233 against offspeed pitches.

31 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Gentry averages 77.6 mph off the bat, against 86.2 with the bases empty.

17 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 89 without.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 23.9% of Gentry's contact reaches 95 mph, 15th percentile.

169 plate appearances in 2018. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 543rd in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.9% of Gentry's batted balls are barrelled, 17th percentile.

169 plate appearances in 2018. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 530th in MLB.

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

Gentry trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 17th percentile barrel rate, 78th percentile strikeout rate.

169 plate appearances in 2018. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2018.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Gentry is at his best on breaking balls: a .953 OPS there against .668 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Gentry averages 84.1 mph off the bat, 16th percentile in the league.

169 plate appearances in 2018. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 539th in MLB.

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

Gentry strikes out in only 18.3% of his trips, 78th percentile.

169 plate appearances in 2018. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 143rd in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Gentry has an OPS of .833; with the bases empty it is .630.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 138 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Gentry hits it hardest to his pull side: 86.2 mph on average there, against 81.5 the other way.

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

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Gentry's batting average is .269 but the quality of his contact projects .243, a gap of .026 he is currently outrunning.

169 plate appearances in 2018.

Getting on base is what he does best

Gentry is on base at a .321 clip, 67th percentile in the league.

169 plate appearances in 2018. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 214th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Gentry should be hitting .243, 63rd percentile in the league.

169 plate appearances in 2018. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 235th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Gentry's fly balls travel 288 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 420.

30 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Gentry averages 8.9 degrees off the bat: 22.1% of his contact is in the air and 50% of it is on the ground.

104 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

The power is not there this season

Gentry is slugging .346, 38th percentile in the league.

169 plate appearances in 2018. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 395th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Gentry strikes out in 16.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 18.8% with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 138 with the bases empty.

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