Dan Uggla Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

His walks do not change much with runners on

Uggla walks in 5.6% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 16.2% with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 105 with the bases empty.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

50.7% of Uggla's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 94th percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 41st in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

66.7% of Uggla's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 45.1% of it with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 105 with the bases empty.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Uggla walks in 13.5% of his plate appearances, 95th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 30th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Uggla averages 95.2 mph off the bat, against 89.0 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 49 without.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Uggla hits the ball hard: 90.9 mph off the bat on average, 84th percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 102nd in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Uggla does his damage against fastballs: a .615 OPS against them, against .435 on breaking balls.

86 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 37 on breaking balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Uggla strikes out in 26.5% of his trips against right-handers and 32.6% of them against left-handers.

98 plate appearances against right-handers, 43 against left-handers.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Uggla's quality of contact only supports a .192 expected average, 25th percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 477th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Uggla has an OPS of .790; with the bases empty it is .525.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 105 with the bases empty.

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

Uggla trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 75th percentile barrel rate, 24th percentile strikeout rate.

141 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

7.5% of Uggla's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 75th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 157th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Uggla is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .790 OPS there against .598 overall.

36 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Uggla is slugging .300, 26th percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 468th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Uggla strikes out in 28.4% of his trips, 24th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 483rd in MLB.

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

Uggla averages 15.9 degrees off the bat: 36.9% of his contact is in the air and 41.5% of it is on the ground.

65 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Uggla finds a productive launch angle on only 32.8% of his contact, 25th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 478th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Uggla is at his worst on breaking balls: a .435 OPS there against .598 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Uggla's OPS+ of 68 sits 31st percentile among hitters this season.

141 plate appearances in 2015. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 437th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Uggla puts up a .566 OPS against right-handers and .668 against left-handers.

98 plate appearances against right-handers, 43 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Uggla's fly balls travel 291 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 434.

26 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Uggla slugs .301 against fastballs and .219 against breaking balls.

86 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Uggla hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.0 mph on average there, against 89.1 the other way.

27 batted balls to his pull side, 14 the other way.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Uggla slugs .280 against right-handers and .342 against left-handers.

98 plate appearances against right-handers, 43 against left-handers.

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