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Jake Elmore

Astros Career team 2013
Number #68
Position Shortstop
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 39
Height 5' 10"
Weight 180 lbs
Birth Place Dothan, AL
Born Jun 15, 1987

Key Insights

2019
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Elmore pulls 18.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 43.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

7 pulled, 14 up the middle and 16 the other way over 37 located batted balls.
Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Elmore pulls 5.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 31.6% of it against left-handers.

18 batted balls against right-handers, 19 against left-handers.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Elmore is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty: a .628 OPS there against .456 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Elmore averages 16.3 degrees off the bat: 34.4% of his contact is in the air and 34.4% of it is on the ground.

32 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Elmore is at his worst against left-handers: a .350 OPS there against .456 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Elmore hits it hardest the other way: 87.5 mph on average there, against 84.0 up the middle.

15 batted balls the other way, 11 up the middle.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 15, 1987
Birth Place Dothan, AL
Height 5' 10"
Weight 180 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Arizona State