Devon Travis Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Travis does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .767 OPS against them, against .447 on breaking balls.

30 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 107 on breaking balls.

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

Travis pulls 22.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 31.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

62 pulled, 130 up the middle and 89 the other way over 281 located batted balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Travis is at his worst against left-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .364 OPS there against .654 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Travis should be hitting .260, 82nd percentile in the league.

377 plate appearances in 2018. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 116th in MLB.

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

Travis strikes out in only 17% of his trips, 84th percentile.

377 plate appearances in 2018. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 102nd in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Travis is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .929 OPS there against .654 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Travis slugs .500 against offspeed pitches and .269 against breaking balls.

30 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Travis strikes out in 18.5% of his trips against right-handers and 12.9% of them against left-handers.

276 plate appearances against right-handers, 101 against left-handers.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Travis walks in only 4% of his plate appearances, 19th percentile.

377 plate appearances in 2018. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 518th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Travis's batting average is .232 but the quality of his contact projects .260, a gap of .028 in his favour once the bounces even out.

377 plate appearances in 2018.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Travis hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.8 mph on average there, against 87.4 up the middle.

56 batted balls to his pull side, 119 up the middle.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Travis slugs .349 against right-handers and .465 against left-handers.

276 plate appearances against right-handers, 101 against left-handers.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

41.4% of Travis's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 68th percentile in the league.

377 plate appearances in 2018. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 209th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Travis is on base at a .273 clip, 32nd percentile in the league.

377 plate appearances in 2018. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 436th in MLB.

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

Travis averages 7.2 degrees off the bat: 24.2% of his contact is in the air and 52.8% of it is on the ground.

252 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Travis puts up a .621 OPS against right-handers and .742 against left-handers.

276 plate appearances against right-handers, 101 against left-handers.

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

7 of Travis's 11 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 428 feet.

11 tracked home runs in 2018.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Travis hits the ball hard: 88.9 mph off the bat on average, 62nd percentile in the league.

377 plate appearances in 2018. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 242nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Travis averages 90.0 mph off the bat, against 88.7 with the bases empty.

63 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 193 without.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Travis finds a productive launch angle on only 36% of his contact, 39th percentile.

377 plate appearances in 2018. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 394th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Travis's fly balls travel 292 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 428.

80 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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