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Daniel Robertson

Rays Career team 2017–2019
Number #26
Position Shortstop
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 32
Height 5' 11"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Upland, CA
Born Mar 22, 1994

Key Insights

2021
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Robertson pulls 21.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

10 pulled, 27 up the middle and 10 the other way over 47 located batted balls.
One pitch is where all his power comes from

Robertson slugs .444 against breaking balls and .184 against fastballs.

30 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.
He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Robertson walks in 12.4% of his plate appearances, 91st percentile.

89 plate appearances in 2021. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 60th in MLB.
Too much of his contact is weak

Just 23.4% of Robertson's contact reaches 95 mph, 14th percentile.

89 plate appearances in 2021. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 560th in MLB.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Robertson is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .844 OPS there against .569 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Robertson hits it hardest to his pull side: 84.6 mph on average there, against 76.7 the other way.

10 batted balls to his pull side, 10 the other way.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 22, 1994
Birth Place Upland, CA
Height 5' 11"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right