Jack Lopez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Lopez's batting average is .254 but the quality of his contact projects .180, a gap of .074 he is currently outrunning.

71 plate appearances in 2024.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Lopez's quality of contact only supports a .180 expected average, 7th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 544th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Lopez averages 77.1 mph off the bat, against 89.8 with the bases empty.

13 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 29 without.

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

Lopez gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 16th percentile barrel rate, 7th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Lopez does his damage against breaking balls: a .753 OPS against them, against .491 on fastballs.

37 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 30 on fastballs.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Lopez walks in only 2.8% of his plate appearances, 4th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 559th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.5% of Lopez's batted balls are barrelled, 16th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 493rd in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Lopez strikes out in 35.2% of his trips, 7th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 546th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Lopez hits it hardest the other way: 89.1 mph on average there, against 83.6 up the middle.

8 batted balls the other way, 20 up the middle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Lopez averages 85.9 mph off the bat, 24th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 446th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Lopez is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .813 OPS there against .629 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Lopez slugs .429 against breaking balls and .250 against fastballs.

37 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 33.3% of Lopez's contact reaches 95 mph, 29th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 415th in MLB.

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

Lopez pulls 32.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.6%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

14 pulled, 21 up the middle and 8 the other way over 43 located batted balls.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Lopez swings it at 65.8 mph, 32nd percentile bat speed in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 396th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Lopez is at his worst with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .488 OPS there against .629 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Lopez is on base at a .286 clip, 36th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 377th in MLB.

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

Lopez finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37.5% of his contact, 68th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 190th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Lopez's OPS+ of 78 sits 36th percentile among hitters this season.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 377th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Lopez is slugging .343, 36th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2024. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 376th in MLB.

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

Lopez averages 9.5 degrees off the bat: 20% of his contact is in the air and 50% of it is on the ground.

40 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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