David Ortiz Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Ortiz should be hitting .297, 98th percentile in the league.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 11th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Ortiz is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .586 OPS there against 1.021 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Ortiz hits the ball hard: 94.4 mph off the bat on average, 99th percentile in the league.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 10th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Ortiz is on base at a .401 clip, 99th percentile in the league.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 10th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

17.1% of Ortiz's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 97th percentile.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 20th in MLB.

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

Ortiz does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 97th percentile barrel rate, 91st percentile strikeout rate.

626 plate appearances in 2016. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2016.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Ortiz walks in 18% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 10.7% with the bases empty.

178 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 448 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Ortiz does his damage against fastballs: a 1.087 OPS against them, against .812 on breaking balls.

397 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 152 on breaking balls.

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

30 of Ortiz's 38 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 442 feet.

38 tracked home runs in 2016.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Ortiz's OPS+ of 171 puts him 99th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 6th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Ortiz slugs .665 against right-handers and .485 against left-handers.

474 plate appearances against right-handers, 152 against left-handers.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

55.1% of Ortiz's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 97th percentile in the league.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 21st in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Ortiz walks in 12.8% of his plate appearances, 93rd percentile.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 47th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Ortiz is slugging .620, 99th percentile in the league.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 7th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Ortiz puts up a 1.072 OPS against right-handers and .867 against left-handers.

474 plate appearances against right-handers, 152 against left-handers.

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

Ortiz finds the launch angles that produce hits on 46% of his contact, 93rd percentile.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 48th in MLB.

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

Ortiz strikes out in only 13.7% of his trips, 91st percentile.

626 plate appearances in 2016. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 55th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Ortiz is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a 1.298 OPS there against 1.021 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Ortiz hits it hardest to his pull side: 95.9 mph on average there, against 89.4 the other way.

182 batted balls to his pull side, 56 the other way.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Ortiz slugs .672 against fastballs and .496 against breaking balls.

397 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Ortiz strikes out in 10.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 15.2% with the bases empty.

178 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 448 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

30 of Ortiz's 38 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

38 tracked home runs in 2016.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Ortiz's batting average is .315 but the quality of his contact projects .297, a gap of .018 he is currently outrunning.

626 plate appearances in 2016.

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

Ortiz averages 16.0 degrees off the bat: 35.9% of his contact is in the air and 33.6% of it is on the ground.

384 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Ortiz has an OPS of 1.094; with the bases empty it is .993.

178 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 448 with the bases empty.

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

Ortiz pulls 47.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 14.9%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

215 pulled, 172 up the middle and 68 the other way over 455 located batted balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Ortiz averages 93.2 mph off the bat, against 94.8 with the bases empty.

109 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 280 without.

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