J.D. Martinez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Martinez does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .870 OPS against them, against .543 on breaking balls.

49 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 188 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Martinez is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on offspeed pitches: a 1.365 OPS there against .725 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Martinez strikes out in 20.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 31.6% with the bases empty.

134 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 361 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

14.1% of Martinez's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 94th percentile.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 36th in MLB.

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

Martinez trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 94th percentile barrel rate, 26th percentile strikeout rate.

495 plate appearances in 2024. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2024.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Martinez has an OPS of .941; with the bases empty it is .646.

134 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 361 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Martinez's 16 home runs have gone to his pull side and 7 of them the other way.

16 tracked home runs in 2024.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Martinez hits the ball hard: 91.0 mph off the bat on average, 87th percentile in the league.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 75th in MLB.

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

Martinez finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43% of his contact, 94th percentile.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 38th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Martinez slugs .523 against offspeed pitches and .275 against breaking balls.

49 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

46.3% of Martinez's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 84th percentile in the league.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 97th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Martinez puts up a .683 OPS against right-handers and .836 against left-handers.

357 plate appearances against right-handers, 138 against left-handers.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Martinez should be hitting .256, 75th percentile in the league.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 145th in MLB.

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

Martinez pulls 28.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

84 pulled, 135 up the middle and 76 the other way over 295 located batted balls.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Martinez walks in 9.9% of his plate appearances, 77th percentile.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 136th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Martinez is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .502 OPS there against .725 overall.

111 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Martinez's OPS+ of 107 puts him 72nd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 162nd in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Martinez strikes out in 28.5% of his trips, 26th percentile.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 430th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Martinez's batting average is .235 but the quality of his contact projects .256, a gap of .021 in his favour once the bounces even out.

495 plate appearances in 2024.

Getting on base is what he does best

Martinez is on base at a .320 clip, 70th percentile in the league.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 174th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Martinez slugs .383 against right-handers and .466 against left-handers.

357 plate appearances against right-handers, 138 against left-handers.

There is real damage in his bat

Martinez is slugging .406, 68th percentile in the league.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 187th in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Martinez swings it at 68.1 mph, 62nd percentile bat speed in the league.

495 plate appearances in 2024. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 224th in MLB.

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

Martinez averages 14.5 degrees off the bat: 35.1% of his contact is in the air and 40.9% of it is on the ground.

291 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Martinez hits it hardest the other way: 92.1 mph on average there, against 90.0 to his pull side.

75 batted balls the other way, 84 to his pull side.

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