Gordon Beckham Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Beckham puts up a .714 OPS against right-handers and .436 against left-handers.

178 plate appearances against right-handers, 62 against left-handers.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Beckham strikes out in 40.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 25% with the bases empty.

52 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 188 with the bases empty.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Beckham slugs .428 against right-handers and .211 against left-handers.

178 plate appearances against right-handers, 62 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Beckham is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .331 OPS there against .643 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Beckham averages 82.6 mph off the bat, against 87.1 with the bases empty.

25 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 121 without.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.9% of Beckham's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 77th percentile.

240 plate appearances in 2019. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 153rd in MLB.

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

Beckham trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 77th percentile barrel rate, 35th percentile strikeout rate.

240 plate appearances in 2019. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2019.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Beckham slugs .456 against breaking balls and .292 against offspeed pitches.

60 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Beckham averages 86.3 mph off the bat, 27th percentile in the league.

240 plate appearances in 2019. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 475th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Beckham is on base at a .271 clip, 28th percentile in the league.

240 plate appearances in 2019. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 468th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Beckham's quality of contact only supports a .212 expected average, 32nd percentile in the league.

240 plate appearances in 2019. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 443rd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Beckham walks in only 5.4% of his plate appearances, 29th percentile.

240 plate appearances in 2019. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 464th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Beckham's fly balls travel 284 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 418.

67 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Beckham has an OPS of .526; with the bases empty it is .676.

52 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 188 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Beckham does his damage against breaking balls: a .723 OPS against them, against .599 on offspeed pitches.

60 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 26 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Beckham is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .795 OPS there against .643 overall.

42 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Beckham's OPS+ of 68 sits 33rd percentile among hitters this season.

240 plate appearances in 2019. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 435th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Beckham hits it hardest the other way: 87.8 mph on average there, against 84.5 to his pull side.

29 batted balls the other way, 61 to his pull side.

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

Beckham averages 15.2 degrees off the bat: 37.6% of his contact is in the air and 38.3% of it is on the ground.

141 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Beckham finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.4% of his contact, 66th percentile.

240 plate appearances in 2019. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 219th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Beckham strikes out in 28.3% of his trips, 35th percentile.

240 plate appearances in 2019. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 422nd in MLB.

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