Daniel Murphy Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Murphy does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .722 OPS against them, against .318 on breaking balls.

22 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 32 on breaking balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Murphy has an OPS of .900; with the bases empty it is .506.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 99 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Murphy hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.2 mph on average there, against 78.6 the other way.

31 batted balls to his pull side, 23 the other way.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Murphy is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .915 OPS there against .597 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 26% of Murphy's contact reaches 95 mph, 12th percentile.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 416th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Murphy walks in only 3.8% of his plate appearances, 9th percentile.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 433rd in MLB.

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

Murphy trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 29th percentile barrel rate, 86th percentile strikeout rate.

130 plate appearances in 2020. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2020.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Murphy's OPS+ of 54 sits 18th percentile among hitters this season.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 391st in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Murphy is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .308 OPS there against .597 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Murphy slugs .392 against fastballs and .161 against breaking balls.

76 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Murphy strikes out in only 16.2% of his trips, 86th percentile.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 67th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Murphy averages 85.2 mph off the bat, 20th percentile in the league.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 380th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Murphy is on base at a .264 clip, 20th percentile in the league.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 378th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

32% of Murphy's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 24.1% of it with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 99 with the bases empty.

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

Murphy pulls 29.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

31 pulled, 50 up the middle and 23 the other way over 104 located batted balls.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.9% of Murphy's batted balls are barrelled, 29th percentile.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 339th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Murphy is slugging .333, 27th percentile in the league.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 345th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Murphy's fly balls travel 278 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 411.

47 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Murphy pulls 33.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 18.5% of it against left-handers.

77 batted balls against right-handers, 27 against left-handers.

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

Murphy averages 15.7 degrees off the bat: 37.9% of his contact is in the air and 41.7% of it is on the ground.

103 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Murphy finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37.9% of his contact, 63rd percentile.

130 plate appearances in 2020. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 177th in MLB.

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