Derek Dietrich Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Dietrich does his damage against fastballs: a .956 OPS against them, against .415 on breaking balls.

40 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 23 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Dietrich is at his worst on breaking balls: a .415 OPS there against .806 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

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

4 of Dietrich's 5 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 401 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2020.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Dietrich slugs .581 against fastballs and .111 against breaking balls.

40 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Dietrich's batting average is .197 but the quality of his contact projects .239, a gap of .042 in his favour once the bounces even out.

75 plate appearances in 2020.

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

Dietrich finds the launch angles that produce hits on 48.7% of his contact, 97th percentile.

75 plate appearances in 2020. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 17th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

1 of Dietrich's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and 4 of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2020.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Dietrich averages 85.5 mph off the bat, 22nd percentile in the league.

75 plate appearances in 2020. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 369th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Dietrich walks in 12% of his plate appearances, 80th percentile.

75 plate appearances in 2020. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 96th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.3% of Dietrich's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 76th percentile.

75 plate appearances in 2020. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 116th in MLB.

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

Dietrich trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 76th percentile barrel rate, 29th percentile strikeout rate.

75 plate appearances in 2020. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2020.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Dietrich hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.6 mph on average there, against 82.5 up the middle.

12 batted balls to his pull side, 19 up the middle.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Dietrich's OPS+ of 119 puts him 75th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

75 plate appearances in 2020. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 118th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Dietrich is on base at a .347 clip, 73rd percentile in the league.

75 plate appearances in 2020. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 129th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Dietrich is slugging .459, 73rd percentile in the league.

75 plate appearances in 2020. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 130th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Dietrich is at his best on fastballs: a .956 OPS there against .806 overall.

40 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Dietrich strikes out in 28% of his trips, 29th percentile.

75 plate appearances in 2020. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 336th in MLB.

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

Dietrich pulls 30% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

12 pulled, 19 up the middle and 9 the other way over 40 located batted balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Dietrich's fly balls travel 298 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 401.

16 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Derek Dietrich

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