Joe Panik Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Panik is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.173 OPS there against .547 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Panik puts up a .606 OPS against right-handers and .345 against left-handers.

195 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Panik has an OPS of .773; with the bases empty it is .493.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 206 with the bases empty.

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

Panik trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 16th percentile barrel rate, 96th percentile strikeout rate.

256 plate appearances in 2021. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2021.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Panik strikes out in only 13.3% of his trips, 96th percentile.

256 plate appearances in 2021. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 29th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Panik slugs .328 against right-handers and .132 against left-handers.

195 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Panik's fly balls travel 253 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 404.

71 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1% of Panik's batted balls are barrelled, 16th percentile.

256 plate appearances in 2021. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 545th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 25.5% of Panik's contact reaches 95 mph, 18th percentile.

256 plate appearances in 2021. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 536th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Panik does his damage against fastballs: a .580 OPS against them, against .379 on offspeed pitches.

168 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 30 on offspeed pitches.

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

Panik pulls 27% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

55 pulled, 106 up the middle and 43 the other way over 204 located batted balls.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Panik's OPS+ of 52 sits 23rd percentile among hitters this season.

256 plate appearances in 2021. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 504th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Panik's batting average is .208 but the quality of his contact projects .239, a gap of .031 in his favour once the bounces even out.

256 plate appearances in 2021.

The power is not there this season

Panik is slugging .284, 23rd percentile in the league.

256 plate appearances in 2021. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 505th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Panik is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .341 OPS there against .547 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Panik hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.4 mph on average there, against 82.3 the other way.

55 batted balls to his pull side, 43 the other way.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Panik strikes out in 10% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 14.1% with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 206 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Panik slugs .306 against fastballs and .179 against offspeed pitches.

168 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He does not get on base enough to help

Panik is on base at a .263 clip, 28th percentile in the league.

256 plate appearances in 2021. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 470th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Panik averages 86.1 mph off the bat, 35th percentile in the league.

256 plate appearances in 2021. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 427th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Panik walks in only 6.3% of his plate appearances, 36th percentile.

256 plate appearances in 2021. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 415th in MLB.

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

Panik averages 9.3 degrees off the bat: 30.8% of his contact is in the air and 45.8% of it is on the ground.

201 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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