Jackie Bradley Jr. Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He does not get on base enough to help

Bradley Jr. is on base at a .188 clip, 2nd percentile in the league.

113 plate appearances in 2023. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 583rd in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Bradley Jr.'s quality of contact only supports a .187 expected average, 9th percentile in the league.

113 plate appearances in 2023. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 542nd in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Bradley Jr.'s batting average is .133 but the quality of his contact projects .187, a gap of .054 in his favour once the bounces even out.

113 plate appearances in 2023.

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

Bradley Jr. averages 4.3 degrees off the bat: 32% of his contact is in the air and 50.7% of it is on the ground.

75 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

The power is not there this season

Bradley Jr. is slugging .210, 5th percentile in the league.

113 plate appearances in 2023. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 566th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Bradley Jr. walks in only 4.4% of his plate appearances, 12th percentile.

113 plate appearances in 2023. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 522nd in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Bradley Jr. does his damage against fastballs: a .510 OPS against them, against .300 on offspeed pitches.

44 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 20 on offspeed pitches.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Bradley Jr. finds a productive launch angle on only 24% of his contact, 4th percentile.

113 plate appearances in 2023. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 569th in MLB.

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

Bradley Jr. pulls 54.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 11.7%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

42 pulled, 26 up the middle and 9 the other way over 77 located batted balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Bradley Jr. is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .597 OPS there against .397 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Bradley Jr. is at his worst against left-handers, on breaking balls: a .217 OPS there against .397 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Bradley Jr. hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.2 mph on average there, against 83.5 the other way.

42 batted balls to his pull side, 9 the other way.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 35.5% of Bradley Jr.'s contact reaches 95 mph, 37th percentile.

113 plate appearances in 2023. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 374th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 5.3% of Bradley Jr.'s batted balls are barrelled, 38th percentile.

113 plate appearances in 2023. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 369th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Bradley Jr.'s fly balls travel 284 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 405.

26 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Bradley Jr. slugs .237 against fastballs and .150 against offspeed pitches.

44 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Bradley Jr. pulls 57.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 47.6% of it against left-handers.

56 batted balls against right-handers, 21 against left-handers.

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