Erick Aybar Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

6 of Aybar's 7 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 413 feet.

7 tracked home runs in 2017.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 18.3% of Aybar's contact reaches 95 mph, 11th percentile.

366 plate appearances in 2017. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 565th in MLB.

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

Aybar trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 24th percentile barrel rate, 85th percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

Aybar strikes out in only 15.6% of his trips, 85th percentile.

366 plate appearances in 2017. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 95th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Aybar averages 82.1 mph off the bat, 14th percentile in the league.

366 plate appearances in 2017. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 544th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Aybar's 7 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

7 tracked home runs in 2017.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Aybar walks in 10.9% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 6.3% with the bases empty.

64 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 302 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.3% of Aybar's batted balls are barrelled, 24th percentile.

366 plate appearances in 2017. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 481st in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Aybar is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .447 OPS there against .642 overall.

40 plate appearances in that situation.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Aybar strikes out in 17% of his trips against right-handers and 11.8% of them against left-handers.

264 plate appearances against right-handers, 102 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

11.6% of Aybar's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 19.7% of it with the bases empty.

64 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 302 with the bases empty.

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

Aybar averages 7.0 degrees off the bat: 27.9% of his contact is in the air and 53.2% of it is on the ground.

233 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Aybar's OPS+ of 71 sits 35th percentile among hitters this season.

366 plate appearances in 2017. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 413th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Aybar's quality of contact only supports a .217 expected average, 37th percentile in the league.

366 plate appearances in 2017. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 404th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Aybar's batting average is .233 but the quality of his contact projects .217, a gap of .016 he is currently outrunning.

366 plate appearances in 2017.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Aybar is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .751 OPS there against .642 overall.

57 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Aybar is slugging .347, 37th percentile in the league.

366 plate appearances in 2017. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 402nd in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Aybar pulls 43.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 31.2% of it against left-handers.

190 batted balls against right-handers, 80 against left-handers.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Aybar finds a productive launch angle on only 35.8% of his contact, 35th percentile.

366 plate appearances in 2017. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 416th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Aybar's fly balls travel 288 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 413.

80 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Aybar hits it hardest up the middle: 83.7 mph on average there, against 81.4 the other way.

86 batted balls up the middle, 53 the other way.

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