David Ross Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Ross strikes out in 15.8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 31% with the bases empty.

57 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 145 with the bases empty.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Ross walks in 14.4% of his plate appearances, 96th percentile.

202 plate appearances in 2016. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 25th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.9% of Ross's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 86th percentile.

202 plate appearances in 2016. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 87th in MLB.

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

Ross trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 86th percentile barrel rate, 29th percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

Ross finds the launch angles that produce hits on 49.5% of his contact, 97th percentile.

202 plate appearances in 2016. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 19th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Ross hits it hardest up the middle: 88.2 mph on average there, against 81.7 the other way.

46 batted balls up the middle, 23 the other way.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Ross puts up a .706 OPS against right-handers and .862 against left-handers.

136 plate appearances against right-handers, 66 against left-handers.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Ross's OPS+ of 109 puts him 74th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

202 plate appearances in 2016. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 166th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Ross is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .567 OPS there against .756 overall.

36 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Ross walks in 17.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 13.1% with the bases empty.

57 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 145 with the bases empty.

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

6 of Ross's 9 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 429 feet.

9 tracked home runs in 2016.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Ross averages 86.4 mph off the bat, 29th percentile in the league.

202 plate appearances in 2016. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 452nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Ross averages 84.1 mph off the bat, against 87.6 with the bases empty.

35 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 67 without.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Ross does his damage against fastballs: a .765 OPS against them, against .651 on breaking balls.

125 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 57 on breaking balls.

Getting on base is what he does best

Ross is on base at a .332 clip, 71st percentile in the league.

202 plate appearances in 2016. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 181st in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Ross strikes out in 26.7% of his trips, 29th percentile.

202 plate appearances in 2016. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 446th in MLB.

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

Ross averages 16.3 degrees off the bat: 41.6% of his contact is in the air and 30.7% of it is on the ground.

101 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Ross has an OPS of .857; with the bases empty it is .721.

57 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 145 with the bases empty.

There is real damage in his bat

Ross is slugging .424, 67th percentile in the league.

202 plate appearances in 2016. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 212th in MLB.

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

Ross pulls 32.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

38 pulled, 53 up the middle and 27 the other way over 118 located batted balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Ross is at his best against left-handers: a .862 OPS there against .756 overall.

66 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Ross slugs .407 against right-handers and .462 against left-handers.

136 plate appearances against right-handers, 66 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

40% of Ross's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 35.8% of it with the bases empty.

57 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 145 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Ross pulls 29.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 38.9% of it against left-handers.

82 batted balls against right-handers, 36 against left-handers.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Ross's 9 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

9 tracked home runs in 2016.

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