Harold Ramirez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Ramirez pulls 18.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 34.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

35 pulled, 88 up the middle and 66 the other way over 189 located batted balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Ramirez is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .975 OPS there against .604 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Ramirez walks in only 2% of his plate appearances, 2nd percentile.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 573rd in MLB.

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

Ramirez averages -0.2 degrees off the bat: 18.8% of his contact is in the air and 61.9% of it is on the ground.

181 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Ramirez does his damage against fastballs: a .700 OPS against them, against .468 on offspeed pitches.

131 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 39 on offspeed pitches.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.3% of Ramirez's batted balls are barrelled, 21st percentile.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 459th in MLB.

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

Ramirez trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 21st percentile barrel rate, 69th percentile strikeout rate.

246 plate appearances in 2024. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2024.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Ramirez finds a productive launch angle on only 28.7% of his contact, 11th percentile.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 518th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Ramirez has an OPS of .729; with the bases empty it is .566.

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

He is not producing at the plate this season

Ramirez's OPS+ of 70 sits 26th percentile among hitters this season.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 430th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Ramirez's batting average is .261 but the quality of his contact projects .234, a gap of .027 he is currently outrunning.

246 plate appearances in 2024.

His contact is about the same with runners on

40% of Ramirez's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 32.6% of it with the bases empty.

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

One of the fastest swings in the league

Ramirez swings it at 68.9 mph, 72nd percentile bat speed in the league.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 167th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Ramirez's fly balls travel 272 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 429.

42 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The power is not there this season

Ramirez is slugging .324, 29th percentile in the league.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 414th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 34.4% of Ramirez's contact reaches 95 mph, 33rd percentile.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 392nd in MLB.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Ramirez averages 89.3 mph off the bat, against 86.2 with the bases empty.

45 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 141 without.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Ramirez is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .460 OPS there against .604 overall.

50 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Ramirez puts up a .572 OPS against right-handers and .653 against left-handers.

150 plate appearances against right-handers, 96 against left-handers.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Ramirez slugs .379 against fastballs and .263 against offspeed pitches.

131 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He does not get on base enough to help

Ramirez is on base at a .280 clip, 30th percentile in the league.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 412th in MLB.

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

Ramirez strikes out in only 20.3% of his trips, 69th percentile.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 179th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Ramirez slugs .299 against right-handers and .362 against left-handers.

150 plate appearances against right-handers, 96 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Ramirez hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.7 mph on average there, against 86.1 the other way.

35 batted balls to his pull side, 66 the other way.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Ramirez averages 87.0 mph off the bat, 38th percentile in the league.

246 plate appearances in 2024. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 361st in MLB.

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