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Hunter Pence

Astros Career team 2007–2011
Number #8
Position Right Fielder
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 43
Height 6' 4"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Fort Worth, TX
Born Apr 13, 1983

Key Insights

2020
There is one part of the field he lives in

Pence hits it hardest to his pull side: 96.7 mph on average there, against 80.3 up the middle.

11 batted balls to his pull side, 18 up the middle.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Pence averages 4.1 degrees off the bat: 30.6% of his contact is in the air and 58.3% of it is on the ground.

36 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Pence pulls 17.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 40% of it against left-handers.

17 batted balls against right-handers, 20 against left-handers.
There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Pence is at his worst against right-handers: a .237 OPS there against .411 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Pence pulls 29.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

11 pulled, 19 up the middle and 7 the other way over 37 located batted balls.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Pence is at his best against left-handers: a .560 OPS there against .411 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 13, 1983
Birth Place Fort Worth, TX
Height 6' 4"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Texas-Arlington