JaCoby Jones Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Jones does his damage against fastballs: a .645 OPS against them, against .211 on breaking balls.

55 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 38 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Jones is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .810 OPS there against .452 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Jones trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 71st percentile barrel rate, 9th percentile strikeout rate.

104 plate appearances in 2021. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2021.

He does not get on base enough to help

Jones is on base at a .202 clip, 12th percentile in the league.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 575th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Jones strikes out in 40.4% of his trips, 9th percentile.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 594th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Jones slugs .373 against fastballs and .105 against breaking balls.

55 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Jones pulls 27.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 29.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

16 pulled, 25 up the middle and 17 the other way over 58 located batted balls.

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

Jones finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.1% of his contact, 92nd percentile.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 54th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Jones's OPS+ of 24 sits 15th percentile among hitters this season.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 554th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Jones's quality of contact only supports a .198 expected average, 24th percentile in the league.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 497th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Jones walks in only 3.8% of his plate appearances, 13th percentile.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 569th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Jones is at his worst on breaking balls: a .211 OPS there against .452 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Jones is slugging .250, 17th percentile in the league.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 539th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Jones's batting average is .170 but the quality of his contact projects .198, a gap of .028 in his favour once the bounces even out.

104 plate appearances in 2021.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Jones hits the ball hard: 89.4 mph off the bat on average, 73rd percentile in the league.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 177th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.8% of Jones's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 71st percentile.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 190th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Jones pulls 22.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 38.9% of it against left-handers.

40 batted balls against right-handers, 18 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Jones hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.2 mph on average there, against 87.7 up the middle.

16 batted balls to his pull side, 25 up the middle.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Jones's fly balls travel 296 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 388.

20 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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