DJ Peters Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Peters is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .216 OPS there against .648 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Peters has an OPS of .867; with the bases empty it is .571.

64 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 175 with the bases empty.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Peters puts up a .738 OPS against right-handers and .472 against left-handers.

157 plate appearances against right-handers, 82 against left-handers.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Peters slugs .483 against right-handers and .289 against left-handers.

157 plate appearances against right-handers, 82 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Peters is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .985 OPS there against .648 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Peters hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.0 mph on average there, against 84.8 the other way.

43 batted balls to his pull side, 27 the other way.

He does not get on base enough to help

Peters is on base at a .230 clip, 16th percentile in the league.

239 plate appearances in 2021. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 549th in MLB.

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

Peters trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 82nd percentile barrel rate, 16th percentile strikeout rate.

239 plate appearances in 2021. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2021.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.6% of Peters's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 82nd percentile.

239 plate appearances in 2021. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 118th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Peters walks in only 3.8% of his plate appearances, 14th percentile.

239 plate appearances in 2021. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 563rd in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Peters does his damage against fastballs: a .701 OPS against them, against .501 on offspeed pitches.

138 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 32 on offspeed pitches.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Peters's 13 home runs have gone to his pull side and 3 of them the other way.

13 tracked home runs in 2021.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Peters strikes out in 34.7% of his trips, 16th percentile.

239 plate appearances in 2021. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 546th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Peters strikes out in 39.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 33.1% with the bases empty.

64 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 175 with the bases empty.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Peters's quality of contact only supports a .205 expected average, 29th percentile in the league.

239 plate appearances in 2021. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 462nd in MLB.

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

Peters pulls 30.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 19.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

44 pulled, 72 up the middle and 28 the other way over 144 located batted balls.

There is real damage in his bat

Peters is slugging .418, 69th percentile in the league.

239 plate appearances in 2021. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 206th in MLB.

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

Peters averages 16.6 degrees off the bat: 39.7% of his contact is in the air and 39.7% of it is on the ground.

141 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

With a runner in scoring position Peters averages 85.5 mph off the bat, against 88.2 with the bases empty.

35 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 107 without.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Peters slugs .447 against fastballs and .345 against offspeed pitches.

138 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Peters pulls 35.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 22% of it against left-handers.

94 batted balls against right-handers, 50 against left-handers.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Peters finds a productive launch angle on only 32.6% of his contact, 37th percentile.

239 plate appearances in 2021. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 412th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Peters strikes out in 35.7% of his trips against right-handers and 32.9% of them against left-handers.

157 plate appearances against right-handers, 82 against left-handers.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Peters's OPS+ of 77 sits 39th percentile among hitters this season.

239 plate appearances in 2021. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 395th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Peters's fly balls travel 285 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 460.

69 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

7 of Peters's 13 located home runs have gone to centre field, the longest of them 460 feet.

13 tracked home runs in 2021.

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