Hyun Soo Kim Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Kim does his damage against breaking balls: a .828 OPS against them, against .289 on offspeed pitches.

42 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 39 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Kim is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a 1.157 OPS there against .599 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Kim walks in 3.9% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 10.6% with the bases empty.

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

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Kim should be hitting .263, 84th percentile in the league.

239 plate appearances in 2017. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 102nd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Kim slugs .447 against breaking balls and .135 against offspeed pitches.

42 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Kim is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .289 OPS there against .599 overall.

39 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Kim is slugging .292, 23rd percentile in the league.

239 plate appearances in 2017. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 490th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Kim's batting average is .231 but the quality of his contact projects .263, a gap of .032 in his favour once the bounces even out.

239 plate appearances in 2017.

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

Kim pulls 30.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

49 pulled, 77 up the middle and 37 the other way over 163 located batted balls.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Kim hits the ball hard: 88.7 mph off the bat on average, 74th percentile in the league.

239 plate appearances in 2017. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 169th in MLB.

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

Kim strikes out in only 19.2% of his trips, 72nd percentile.

239 plate appearances in 2017. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 177th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Kim's OPS+ of 63 sits 30th percentile among hitters this season.

239 plate appearances in 2017. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 447th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

43.2% of Kim's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.2% of it with the bases empty.

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

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Kim walks in 9.2% of his plate appearances, 69th percentile.

239 plate appearances in 2017. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 200th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Kim hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.5 mph on average there, against 86.7 the other way.

46 batted balls to his pull side, 37 the other way.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

38.6% of Kim's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 63rd percentile in the league.

239 plate appearances in 2017. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 236th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Kim's fly balls travel 295 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 404.

47 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Kim finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.9% of his contact, 62nd percentile.

239 plate appearances in 2017. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 243rd in MLB.

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