Hector Sanchez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Sanchez does his damage against fastballs: a .746 OPS against them, against .375 on breaking balls.

89 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 24 on breaking balls.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Sanchez strikes out in 19.5% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 32.7% with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Sanchez has an OPS of .860; with the bases empty it is .588.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

6 of Sanchez's 8 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 422 feet.

8 tracked home runs in 2017.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Sanchez is at his worst on breaking balls: a .375 OPS there against .663 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Sanchez walks in only 2.8% of his plate appearances, 11th percentile.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 563rd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Sanchez slugs .476 against fastballs and .208 against breaking balls.

89 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He does not get on base enough to help

Sanchez is on base at a .239 clip, 18th percentile in the league.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 522nd in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Sanchez pulls 52.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 22.7% of it against left-handers.

73 batted balls against right-handers, 22 against left-handers.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Sanchez walks in 7.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 1% with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

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

Sanchez finds the launch angles that produce hits on 44% of his contact, 87th percentile.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 82nd in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Sanchez's quality of contact only supports a .204 expected average, 27th percentile in the league.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 463rd in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

38.5% of Sanchez's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 27.6% of it with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

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

Sanchez trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 69th percentile barrel rate, 28th percentile strikeout rate.

142 plate appearances in 2017. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2017.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Sanchez hits it hardest the other way: 89.5 mph on average there, against 83.4 up the middle.

10 batted balls the other way, 33 up the middle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Sanchez is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .860 OPS there against .663 overall.

41 plate appearances in that situation.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

7.1% of Sanchez's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 69th percentile.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 198th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31% of Sanchez's contact reaches 95 mph, 33rd percentile.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 426th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Sanchez strikes out in 28.9% of his trips, 28th percentile.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 456th in MLB.

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

Sanchez averages 17.0 degrees off the bat: 34.1% of his contact is in the air and 36.6% of it is on the ground.

82 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Sanchez's OPS+ of 71 sits 35th percentile among hitters this season.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 415th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Sanchez's batting average is .219 but the quality of his contact projects .204, a gap of .015 he is currently outrunning.

142 plate appearances in 2017.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Sanchez's 8 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

8 tracked home runs in 2017.

There is real damage in his bat

Sanchez is slugging .423, 63rd percentile in the league.

142 plate appearances in 2017. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 233rd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Sanchez averages 88.5 mph off the bat, against 86.2 with the bases empty.

25 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 57 without.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Sanchez's fly balls travel 292 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 422.

39 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Sanchez pulls 45.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 16.8%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

43 pulled, 36 up the middle and 16 the other way over 95 located batted balls.

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