Jason Kipnis Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Kipnis does his damage against fastballs: a .912 OPS against them, against .517 on breaking balls.

81 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 41 on breaking balls.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

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

135 plate appearances in 2020. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 441st in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Kipnis's batting average is .237 but the quality of his contact projects .180, a gap of .057 he is currently outrunning.

135 plate appearances in 2020.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Kipnis hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.6 mph on average there, against 78.0 the other way.

28 batted balls to his pull side, 15 the other way.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Kipnis is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .448 OPS there against .744 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Kipnis walks in 13.3% of his plate appearances, 87th percentile.

135 plate appearances in 2020. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 62nd in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

23.5% of Kipnis's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 32.8% of it with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 104 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Kipnis pulls 31% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 58.8% of it against left-handers.

58 batted balls against right-handers, 17 against left-handers.

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

Kipnis trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 72nd percentile barrel rate, 20th percentile strikeout rate.

135 plate appearances in 2020. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2020.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Kipnis is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a .993 OPS there against .744 overall.

60 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Kipnis averages 85.6 mph off the bat, 24th percentile in the league.

135 plate appearances in 2020. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 361st in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Kipnis slugs .492 against fastballs and .297 against breaking balls.

81 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Kipnis strikes out in 30.4% of his trips, 20th percentile.

135 plate appearances in 2020. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 381st in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.5% of Kipnis's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 72nd percentile.

135 plate appearances in 2020. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 135th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 30.7% of Kipnis's contact reaches 95 mph, 26th percentile.

135 plate appearances in 2020. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 352nd in MLB.

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

Kipnis averages 17.6 degrees off the bat: 45.9% of his contact is in the air and 33.8% of it is on the ground.

74 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Getting on base is what he does best

Kipnis is on base at a .341 clip, 69th percentile in the league.

135 plate appearances in 2020. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 146th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Kipnis finds a productive launch angle on only 31.1% of his contact, 26th percentile.

135 plate appearances in 2020. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 354th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Kipnis has an OPS of .835; with the bases empty it is .719.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 104 with the bases empty.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Kipnis's OPS+ of 106 puts him 64th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

135 plate appearances in 2020. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 173rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Kipnis's fly balls travel 283 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 426.

40 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Kipnis strikes out in 32.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 29.8% with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 104 with the bases empty.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Kipnis averages 86.8 mph off the bat, against 85.2 with the bases empty.

17 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 58 without.

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