Dae-Ho Lee Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Lee is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.107 OPS there against .737 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Lee pulls 25.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 28.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

55 pulled, 99 up the middle and 62 the other way over 216 located batted balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Lee has an OPS of .903; with the bases empty it is .687.

74 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 240 with the bases empty.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Lee should be hitting .257, 81st percentile in the league.

314 plate appearances in 2016. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 123rd in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Lee strikes out in 18.9% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 25% with the bases empty.

74 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 240 with the bases empty.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Lee's OPS+ of 110 puts him 75th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

314 plate appearances in 2016. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 160th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.4% of Lee's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 74th percentile.

314 plate appearances in 2016. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 163rd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Lee is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .536 OPS there against .737 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Lee averages 7.2 degrees off the bat: 24.1% of his contact is in the air and 51.2% of it is on the ground.

203 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Lee walks in 9.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5% with the bases empty.

74 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 240 with the bases empty.

There is real damage in his bat

Lee is slugging .428, 68th percentile in the league.

314 plate appearances in 2016. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 201st in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Lee averages 85.2 mph off the bat, against 88.4 with the bases empty.

48 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 156 without.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Lee walks in only 6.1% of his plate appearances, 35th percentile.

314 plate appearances in 2016. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 410th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Lee puts up a .699 OPS against right-handers and .769 against left-handers.

144 plate appearances against right-handers, 170 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Lee hits it hardest up the middle: 88.8 mph on average there, against 85.4 to his pull side.

93 batted balls up the middle, 52 to his pull side.

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

Lee finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.9% of his contact, 66th percentile.

314 plate appearances in 2016. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 218th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Lee pulls 31.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 20.5% of it against left-handers.

99 batted balls against right-handers, 117 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

35.4% of Lee's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39.7% of it with the bases empty.

74 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 240 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Lee's 14 home runs have gone to his pull side and 4 of them the other way.

14 tracked home runs in 2016.

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