Ernie Clement Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Clement trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 13th percentile barrel rate, 100th percentile strikeout rate.

180 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

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

Clement strikes out in only 7.8% of his trips, 100th percentile.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 3rd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Clement hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.0 mph on average there, against 79.8 the other way.

53 batted balls to his pull side, 28 the other way.

His contact is about the same with runners on

18.2% of Clement's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 30.2% of it with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 143 with the bases empty.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Clement swings it at 63.1 mph, 11th percentile bat speed in the league.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 375th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 27.7% of Clement's contact reaches 95 mph, 13th percentile.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 368th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Clement should be hitting .275, 80th percentile in the league.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 83rd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Clement is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .455 OPS there against .710 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.3% of Clement's batted balls are barrelled, 13th percentile.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 365th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Clement's fly balls travel 253 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 386.

73 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Clement walks in only 3.3% of his plate appearances, 10th percentile.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 381st in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Clement has an OPS of .562; with the bases empty it is .746.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 143 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Clement averages 85.8 mph off the bat, 23rd percentile in the league.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 326th in MLB.

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

Clement averages 17.0 degrees off the bat: 37.6% of his contact is in the air and 38.9% of it is on the ground.

157 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 Clement averages 83.4 mph off the bat, against 86.5 with the bases empty.

33 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 126 without.

There is real damage in his bat

Clement is slugging .399, 62nd percentile in the league.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 162nd in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Clement's batting average is .289 but the quality of his contact projects .275, a gap of .014 he is currently outrunning.

180 plate appearances in 2026.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Clement slugs .455 against offspeed pitches and .380 against fastballs.

23 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

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

Clement pulls 33.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

53 pulled, 78 up the middle and 29 the other way over 160 located batted balls.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Clement walks in 5.4% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 2.8% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 143 with the bases empty.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Clement finds a productive launch angle on only 33.1% of his contact, 39th percentile.

180 plate appearances in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 259th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Clement strikes out in 5.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 8.4% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 143 with the bases empty.

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