Daniel Nava Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Nava puts up a .897 OPS against right-handers and .581 against left-handers.

156 plate appearances against right-handers, 58 against left-handers.

Getting on base is what he does best

Nava is on base at a .393 clip, 97th percentile in the league.

214 plate appearances in 2017. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 19th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Nava should be hitting .275, 92nd percentile in the league.

214 plate appearances in 2017. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 53rd in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Nava strikes out in 14.7% of his trips against right-handers and 25.9% of them against left-handers.

156 plate appearances against right-handers, 58 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Nava is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .464 OPS there against .813 overall.

41 plate appearances in that situation.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

3 of Nava's 4 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 424 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2017.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Nava walks in 12.2% of his plate appearances, 90th percentile.

214 plate appearances in 2017. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 64th in MLB.

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

Nava finds the launch angles that produce hits on 48.8% of his contact, 97th percentile.

214 plate appearances in 2017. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 22nd in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Nava slugs .474 against right-handers and .271 against left-handers.

156 plate appearances against right-handers, 58 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

26.7% of Nava's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 35.9% of it with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 163 with the bases empty.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Nava's OPS+ of 119 puts him 84th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

214 plate appearances in 2017. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 101st in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Nava's batting average is .301 but the quality of his contact projects .275, a gap of .026 he is currently outrunning.

214 plate appearances in 2017.

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

Nava strikes out in only 17.8% of his trips, 78th percentile.

214 plate appearances in 2017. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 141st in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Nava is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.003 OPS there against .813 overall.

80 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Nava's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2017.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Nava does his damage against fastballs: a .832 OPS against them, against .730 on offspeed pitches.

141 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 35 on offspeed pitches.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Nava has an OPS of .738; with the bases empty it is .835.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 163 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Nava slugs .472 against breaking balls and .387 against offspeed pitches.

38 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Nava averages 86.3 mph off the bat, against 88.0 with the bases empty.

30 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 103 without.

There is real damage in his bat

Nava is slugging .421, 62nd percentile in the league.

214 plate appearances in 2017. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 241st in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Nava walks in 13.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 11.7% with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 163 with the bases empty.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Nava strikes out in 19.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 17.2% with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 163 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Nava's fly balls travel 301 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 424.

51 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Nava pulls 38.4% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 44.1% of it against left-handers.

112 batted balls against right-handers, 34 against left-handers.

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