Eric Thames Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Thames does his damage against fastballs: a .788 OPS against them, against .310 on offspeed pitches.

76 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 30 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Thames is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .310 OPS there against .617 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

46.9% of Thames's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 85th percentile in the league.

140 plate appearances in 2020. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 73rd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Thames slugs .406 against fastballs and .143 against offspeed pitches.

76 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

His contact is about the same with runners on

40.9% of Thames's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 49.2% of it with the bases empty.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

Thames is slugging .317, 23rd percentile in the league.

140 plate appearances in 2020. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 366th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Thames strikes out in 30% of his trips, 20th percentile.

140 plate appearances in 2020. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 378th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Thames's quality of contact only supports a .219 expected average, 31st percentile in the league.

140 plate appearances in 2020. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 328th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Thames is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .813 OPS there against .617 overall.

56 plate appearances in that situation.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Thames strikes out in 33.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 28.7% with the bases empty.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Thames's OPS+ of 69 sits 28th percentile among hitters this season.

140 plate appearances in 2020. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 341st in MLB.

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

Thames pulls 33.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

27 pulled, 39 up the middle and 15 the other way over 81 located batted balls.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Thames walks in 10% of his plate appearances, 70th percentile.

140 plate appearances in 2020. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 143rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Thames's fly balls travel 287 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 429.

34 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

With a runner in scoring position Thames averages 86.8 mph off the bat, against 89.4 with the bases empty.

22 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 59 without.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Thames's batting average is .203 but the quality of his contact projects .219, a gap of .016 in his favour once the bounces even out.

140 plate appearances in 2020.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Thames hits it hardest up the middle: 90.0 mph on average there, against 87.0 to his pull side.

39 batted balls up the middle, 27 to his pull side.

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

Thames averages 14.6 degrees off the bat: 32.1% of his contact is in the air and 39.5% of it is on the ground.

81 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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