There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Hammel's curveball leaves the bat at 94.1 mph, against 87.9 off his slider.
136 and 777 of them thrown.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Hammel projects a .394 average, 15th percentile.
2069 pitches in 2018. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 621st in MLB.
Both sides hit him about the same
38.4% of the contact right-handers make against Hammel is hit hard, against 48.4% of what left-handers make.
1041 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1028 to left-handed hitters.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
37.7% of the contact against Hammel with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44.8% with the bases empty.
591 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1478 with the bases empty.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.5 mph off the bat against Hammel and left-handers 91.7.
209 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 176 from left-handers.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
43% of the contact Hammel gives up is hit hard, 26th percentile.
2069 pitches in 2018. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 536th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.9 mph off the bat against Hammel, 27th percentile.
2069 pitches in 2018. 27th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 533rd in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
44.9% of the balls put in play against Hammel have gone to centre field.
189 of 421 located batted balls allowed.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Hammel lives in the strike zone: 46.9% of his pitches are in it, 67th percentile.
2069 pitches in 2018. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 237th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Hammel has given up 18 tracked home runs, 9 of them to left field, the longest 435 feet.
18 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Hammel averages 88.0 mph across his arsenal, 38th percentile in the league.
2069 pitches in 2018. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 450th in MLB.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Hammel's curveball leaves the bat at 94.1 mph, against 87.9 off his slider.
136 and 777 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Hammel projects a .394 average, 15th percentile.
2069 pitches in 2018. 15th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 621st in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
43% of the contact Hammel gives up is hit hard, 26th percentile.
2069 pitches in 2018. 26th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 536th in MLB.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.9 mph off the bat against Hammel, 27th percentile.
2069 pitches in 2018. 27th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 533rd in MLB.
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Both sides hit him about the same
38.4% of the contact right-handers make against Hammel is hit hard, against 48.4% of what left-handers make.
1041 pitches to right-handed hitters, 1028 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
37.7% of the contact against Hammel with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44.8% with the bases empty.
591 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 1478 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 88.5 mph off the bat against Hammel and left-handers 91.7.
209 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 176 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
44.9% of the balls put in play against Hammel have gone to centre field.
189 of 421 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Hammel has given up 18 tracked home runs, 9 of them to left field, the longest 435 feet.
18 tracked home runs allowed in 2018.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Hammel lives in the strike zone: 46.9% of his pitches are in it, 67th percentile.
2069 pitches in 2018. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 237th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Hammel averages 88.0 mph across his arsenal, 38th percentile in the league.
2069 pitches in 2018. 38th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2018, 450th in MLB.
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