Jesus Montero Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Montero does his damage against fastballs: a .787 OPS against them, against .364 on offspeed pitches.

57 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 22 on offspeed pitches.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Montero hits it hardest up the middle: 96.3 mph on average there, against 87.2 the other way.

25 batted balls up the middle, 30 the other way.

His contact is about the same with runners on

55% of Montero's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.8% of it with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Montero is at his worst on offspeed pitches: a .364 OPS there against .661 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Montero hits the ball hard: 91.2 mph off the bat on average, 87th percentile in the league.

116 plate appearances in 2015. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 85th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Montero slugs .472 against fastballs and .182 against offspeed pitches.

57 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Montero pulls 25% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 37.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

20 pulled, 30 up the middle and 30 the other way over 80 located batted balls.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Montero walks in only 3.4% of his plate appearances, 17th percentile.

116 plate appearances in 2015. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 528th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.1% of Montero's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 78th percentile.

116 plate appearances in 2015. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 138th in MLB.

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

Montero trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 78th percentile barrel rate, 27th percentile strikeout rate.

116 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.

He does not get on base enough to help

Montero is on base at a .250 clip, 23rd percentile in the league.

116 plate appearances in 2015. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 490th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

45.3% of Montero's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 80th percentile in the league.

116 plate appearances in 2015. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 130th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Montero strikes out in 23.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 29.1% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Montero walks in 6.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 2.3% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Montero strikes out in 27.6% of his trips, 27th percentile.

116 plate appearances in 2015. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 465th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Montero is at his best against right-handers: a .821 OPS there against .661 overall.

39 plate appearances in that situation.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Montero finds a productive launch angle on only 33.8% of his contact, 30th percentile.

116 plate appearances in 2015. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 446th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Montero's fly balls travel 284 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 431.

30 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is real damage in his bat

Montero is slugging .411, 65th percentile in the league.

116 plate appearances in 2015. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 220th in MLB.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

3 of Montero's 5 located home runs have gone to centre field, the longest of them 431 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2015.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Montero has an OPS of .729; with the bases empty it is .637.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

2 of Montero's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2015.

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

With a runner in scoring position Montero averages 92.6 mph off the bat, against 90.7 with the bases empty.

20 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 55 without.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Montero pulls 32.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 21.2% of it against left-handers.

28 batted balls against right-handers, 52 against left-handers.

Jesus Montero

Contextual Splits

Crunching the Numbers