Denard Span Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Span is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on offspeed pitches: a 1.367 OPS there against .760 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

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

10 of Span's 11 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 415 feet.

11 tracked home runs in 2018.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Span has an OPS of 1.027; with the bases empty it is .678.

127 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 374 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, Span should be hitting .278, 93rd percentile in the league.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 48th in MLB.

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

Span trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 30th percentile barrel rate, 87th percentile strikeout rate.

501 plate appearances in 2018. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2018.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

10 of Span's 11 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

11 tracked home runs in 2018.

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

Span strikes out in only 15.8% of his trips, 87th percentile.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 82nd in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Span is on base at a .341 clip, 82nd percentile in the league.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 113th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Span is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a .483 OPS there against .760 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Span walks in 14.2% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.8% with the bases empty.

127 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 374 with the bases empty.

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

Span finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43.9% of his contact, 89th percentile.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 70th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Span does his damage against fastballs: a .801 OPS against them, against .625 on breaking balls.

322 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 115 on breaking balls.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Span's OPS+ of 117 puts him 81st percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 124th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Span hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.9 mph on average there, against 83.7 the other way.

113 batted balls to his pull side, 67 the other way.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Span walks in 10.2% of his plate appearances, 79th percentile.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 134th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3% of Span's batted balls are barrelled, 30th percentile.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 446th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Span slugs .453 against offspeed pitches and .320 against breaking balls.

60 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Span puts up a .742 OPS against right-handers and .830 against left-handers.

398 plate appearances against right-handers, 103 against left-handers.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Span's batting average is .261 but the quality of his contact projects .278, a gap of .017 in his favour once the bounces even out.

501 plate appearances in 2018.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 32.8% of Span's contact reaches 95 mph, 36th percentile.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 409th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Span is slugging .419, 69th percentile in the league.

501 plate appearances in 2018. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 199th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Span's fly balls travel 279 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 415.

116 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Span pulls 39.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 30.8% of it against left-handers.

273 batted balls against right-handers, 65 against left-handers.

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