Dusty Coleman Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Coleman does his damage against fastballs: a .893 OPS against them, against .526 on breaking balls.

40 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 26 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Coleman is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a 1.130 OPS there against .722 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

17.6% of Coleman's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 99th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2017. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 9th in MLB.

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

Coleman trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 99th percentile barrel rate, 4th percentile strikeout rate.

71 plate appearances in 2017. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2017.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Coleman strikes out in 46.5% of his trips, 4th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2017. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 610th in MLB.

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

3 of Coleman's 4 located home runs have gone to centre field, the longest of them 421 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2017.

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

Coleman finds the launch angles that produce hits on 50% of his contact, 97th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2017. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 19th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Coleman slugs .568 against fastballs and .333 against breaking balls.

40 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Coleman walks in only 2.8% of his plate appearances, 12th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2017. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 561st in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

1 of Coleman's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2017.

There is real damage in his bat

Coleman is slugging .455, 76th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2017. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 152nd in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

41.2% of Coleman's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 73rd percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2017. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 174th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Coleman is at his worst on breaking balls: a .526 OPS there against .722 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Coleman's quality of contact only supports a .213 expected average, 32nd percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2017. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 430th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Coleman is on base at a .268 clip, 27th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2017. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 464th in MLB.

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

Coleman pulls 32.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 14.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

11 pulled, 18 up the middle and 5 the other way over 34 located batted balls.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Coleman's batting average is .227 but the quality of his contact projects .213, a gap of .014 he is currently outrunning.

71 plate appearances in 2017.

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