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Gerardo Parra

Diamondbacks Career team 2009–2014
Number #88
Position Center Fielder
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 39
Height 5' 11"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Santa Bárbara, Venezuela
Born May 6, 1987

Key Insights

2021
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Parra pulls 18.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 34.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

13 pulled, 32 up the middle and 24 the other way over 69 located batted balls.
He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Parra averages 82.5 mph off the bat, against 88.4 with the bases empty.

17 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 52 without.
He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.5% of Parra's batted balls are barrelled, 18th percentile.

107 plate appearances in 2021. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 536th in MLB.
There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Parra is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .396 OPS there against .643 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.
Too much of his contact is weak

Just 29% of Parra's contact reaches 95 mph, 25th percentile.

107 plate appearances in 2021. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 489th in MLB.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Parra is at his best against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .824 OPS there against .643 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 6, 1987
Birth Place Santa Bárbara, Venezuela
Height 5' 11"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left