Delmon Young Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Young does his damage against fastballs: a .684 OPS against them, against .310 on offspeed pitches.

103 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 29 on offspeed pitches.

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

Young pulls 18.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 26.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

26 pulled, 78 up the middle and 37 the other way over 141 located batted balls.

His contact is about the same with runners on

51.5% of Young's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 36.1% of it with the bases empty.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Young should be hitting .276, 94th percentile in the league.

180 plate appearances in 2015. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 42nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Young is at his worst on offspeed pitches: a .310 OPS there against .628 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Young walks in only 2.2% of his plate appearances, 10th percentile.

180 plate appearances in 2015. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 570th in MLB.

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

Young trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 35th percentile barrel rate, 81st percentile strikeout rate.

180 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Young strikes out in 18.3% of his trips against right-handers and 11.7% of them against left-handers.

120 plate appearances against right-handers, 60 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Young hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.1 mph on average there, against 85.2 the other way.

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

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

Young strikes out in only 16.1% of his trips, 81st percentile.

180 plate appearances in 2015. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 124th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Young has an OPS of .749; with the bases empty it is .591.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Young slugs .364 against fastballs and .207 against offspeed pitches.

103 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.3% of Young's batted balls are barrelled, 35th percentile.

180 plate appearances in 2015. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 413th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Young is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .769 OPS there against .628 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Young walks in 4.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 1.5% with the bases empty.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Young is on base at a .289 clip, 38th percentile in the league.

180 plate appearances in 2015. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 392nd in MLB.

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

Young averages 8.8 degrees off the bat: 24.4% of his contact is in the air and 48.8% of it is on the ground.

127 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Young's OPS+ of 76 sits 38th percentile among hitters this season.

180 plate appearances in 2015. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 397th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Young is slugging .339, 38th percentile in the league.

180 plate appearances in 2015. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 396th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Young strikes out in 14% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 16.8% with the bases empty.

43 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 137 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Young pulls 15.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 23.1% of it against left-handers.

89 batted balls against right-handers, 52 against left-handers.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Young averages 89.6 mph off the bat, against 88.1 with the bases empty.

31 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 96 without.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Young's fly balls travel 300 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 451.

41 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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