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Joaquin Arias

Giants Career team 2012–2015
Number #1
Position Shortstop
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 6' 1"
Weight 165 lbs
Birth Place Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Born Sep 21, 1984

Key Insights

2015
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Arias pulls 20.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

9 pulled, 24 up the middle and 10 the other way over 43 located batted balls.
There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Arias is at his worst with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .214 OPS there against .444 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.
Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Arias pulls 11.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 28% of it against left-handers.

18 batted balls against right-handers, 25 against left-handers.
His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Arias's fly balls travel 281 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 370.

17 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Arias averages 14.9 degrees off the bat: 41.7% of his contact is in the air and 41.7% of it is on the ground.

36 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Arias hits it hardest the other way: 82.5 mph on average there, against 79.8 up the middle.

10 batted balls the other way, 21 up the middle.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 21, 1984
Birth Place Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height 6' 1"
Weight 165 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right