Gio Urshela Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

His contact is about the same with runners on

22.9% of Urshela's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.6% of it with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 146 with the bases empty.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Urshela strikes out in 27.5% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 17.8% with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 146 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.1% of Urshela's batted balls are barrelled, 9th percentile.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 534th in MLB.

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

Urshela trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 9th percentile barrel rate, 68th percentile strikeout rate.

197 plate appearances in 2025. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2025.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Urshela is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .919 OPS there against .613 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Urshela does his damage against fastballs: a .669 OPS against them, against .448 on breaking balls.

116 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 64 on breaking balls.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Urshela finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43.3% of his contact, 95th percentile.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 31st in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Urshela strikes out in 18.7% of his trips against right-handers and 25.5% of them against left-handers.

150 plate appearances against right-handers, 47 against left-handers.

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

Urshela pulls 27.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

40 pulled, 72 up the middle and 32 the other way over 144 located batted balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Urshela is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a .364 OPS there against .613 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 34% of Urshela's contact reaches 95 mph, 24th percentile.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 446th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Urshela should be hitting .261, 71st percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 171st in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Urshela swings it at 64.7 mph, 25th percentile bat speed in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 442nd in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Urshela averages 86.2 mph off the bat, 25th percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 440th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Urshela averages 83.2 mph off the bat, against 87.1 with the bases empty.

35 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 109 without.

The power is not there this season

Urshela is slugging .326, 29th percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 417th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Urshela's batting average is .238 but the quality of his contact projects .261, a gap of .023 in his favour once the bounces even out.

197 plate appearances in 2025.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Urshela's fly balls travel 278 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 405.

47 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Urshela slugs .362 against fastballs and .230 against breaking balls.

116 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Urshela strikes out in only 20.3% of his trips, 68th percentile.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 188th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Urshela's OPS+ of 72 sits 32nd percentile among hitters this season.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 400th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Urshela walks in 3.9% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.5% with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 146 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Urshela hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.7 mph on average there, against 84.1 the other way.

40 batted balls to his pull side, 32 the other way.

He does not get on base enough to help

Urshela is on base at a .287 clip, 38th percentile in the league.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 363rd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Urshela walks in only 6.6% of his plate appearances, 39th percentile.

197 plate appearances in 2025. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 362nd in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Urshela has an OPS of .664; with the bases empty it is .595.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 146 with the bases empty.

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