Eric Sogard Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Sogard strikes out in 19.3% of his trips against right-handers and 9.1% of them against left-handers.

135 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 15% of Sogard's contact reaches 95 mph, 7th percentile.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 609th in MLB.

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

Sogard pulls 23.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

33 pulled, 76 up the middle and 32 the other way over 141 located batted balls.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Sogard's batting average is .249 but the quality of his contact projects .202, a gap of .047 he is currently outrunning.

179 plate appearances in 2021.

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

Sogard trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 15th percentile barrel rate, 87th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.7% of Sogard's batted balls are barrelled, 15th percentile.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 554th in MLB.

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

Sogard strikes out in only 16.8% of his trips, 87th percentile.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 84th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Sogard does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .735 OPS against them, against .538 on fastballs.

34 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 105 on fastballs.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Sogard puts up a .640 OPS against right-handers and .445 against left-handers.

135 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Sogard is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .352 OPS there against .593 overall.

35 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Sogard averages 82.6 mph off the bat, 18th percentile in the league.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 536th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Sogard's quality of contact only supports a .202 expected average, 26th percentile in the league.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 484th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Sogard finds a productive launch angle on only 27.9% of his contact, 15th percentile.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 552nd in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Sogard slugs .352 against right-handers and .195 against left-handers.

135 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Sogard walks in only 4.5% of his plate appearances, 19th percentile.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 526th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Sogard's fly balls travel 270 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 377.

57 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The power is not there this season

Sogard is slugging .314, 28th percentile in the league.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 468th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Sogard is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .792 OPS there against .593 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Sogard slugs .412 against offspeed pitches and .271 against fastballs.

34 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Sogard's OPS+ of 67 sits 30th percentile among hitters this season.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 456th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Sogard walks in 2.9% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.8% with the bases empty.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 145 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Sogard is on base at a .279 clip, 35th percentile in the league.

179 plate appearances in 2021. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 421st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Sogard hits it hardest to his pull side: 84.7 mph on average there, against 81.7 up the middle.

33 batted balls to his pull side, 75 up the middle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Sogard has an OPS of .649; with the bases empty it is .580.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 145 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Sogard pulls 25% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 18.9% of it against left-handers.

104 batted balls against right-handers, 37 against left-handers.

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