John Jaso Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Jaso does his damage against fastballs: a .832 OPS against them, against .509 on breaking balls.

186 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 68 on breaking balls.

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

Jaso averages 21.0 degrees off the bat: 47.6% of his contact is in the air and 31% of it is on the ground.

168 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Jaso walks in 12.7% of his plate appearances, 92nd percentile.

299 plate appearances in 2017. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 51st in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Jaso strikes out in 16.7% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 24% with the bases empty.

78 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 221 with the bases empty.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Jaso averages 82.7 mph off the bat, against 87.4 with the bases empty.

48 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 124 without.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Jaso is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .508 OPS there against .728 overall.

51 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Jaso slugs .461 against fastballs and .259 against breaking balls.

186 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Jaso finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43.6% of his contact, 84th percentile.

299 plate appearances in 2017. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 100th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

26.5% of Jaso's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 35.4% of it with the bases empty.

78 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 221 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Jaso hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.3 mph on average there, against 83.2 the other way.

66 batted balls to his pull side, 26 the other way.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

7.6% of Jaso's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 71st percentile.

299 plate appearances in 2017. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 182nd in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Jaso is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .882 OPS there against .728 overall.

135 plate appearances in that situation.

Getting on base is what he does best

Jaso is on base at a .324 clip, 65th percentile in the league.

299 plate appearances in 2017. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 226th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Jaso walks in 15.4% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 11.8% with the bases empty.

78 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 221 with the bases empty.

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

6 of Jaso's 10 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 430 feet.

10 tracked home runs in 2017.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Jaso's batting average is .212 but the quality of his contact projects .227, a gap of .015 in his favour once the bounces even out.

299 plate appearances in 2017.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Jaso has an OPS of .646; with the bases empty it is .756.

78 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 221 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Jaso pulls 39.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 47.8% of it against left-handers.

163 batted balls against right-handers, 23 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Jaso's fly balls travel 295 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 430.

95 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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