Jose Bautista Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Bautista has an OPS of .947; with the bases empty it is .662.

94 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 305 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Bautista does his damage against fastballs: a .814 OPS against them, against .532 on breaking balls.

233 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 113 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Bautista is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .377 OPS there against .727 overall.

84 plate appearances in that situation.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Bautista walks in 16.8% of his plate appearances, 99th percentile.

399 plate appearances in 2018. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 7th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Bautista hits the ball hard: 91.9 mph off the bat on average, 92nd percentile in the league.

399 plate appearances in 2018. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 50th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Bautista walks in 22.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 15.1% with the bases empty.

94 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 305 with the bases empty.

Getting on base is what he does best

Bautista is on base at a .348 clip, 86th percentile in the league.

399 plate appearances in 2018. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 92nd in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48.4% of Bautista's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 89th percentile in the league.

399 plate appearances in 2018. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 70th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Bautista hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.9 mph on average there, against 88.5 the other way.

69 batted balls to his pull side, 28 the other way.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Bautista is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a 1.017 OPS there against .727 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Bautista strikes out in 22.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 29.5% with the bases empty.

94 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 305 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9% of Bautista's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 75th percentile.

399 plate appearances in 2018. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 161st in MLB.

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

Bautista trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 75th percentile barrel rate, 31st percentile strikeout rate.

399 plate appearances in 2018. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2018.

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

Bautista averages 17.8 degrees off the bat: 38.2% of his contact is in the air and 38.2% of it is on the ground.

173 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Bautista finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42% of his contact, 80th percentile.

399 plate appearances in 2018. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 126th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Bautista strikes out in 29.2% of his trips against right-handers and 25% of them against left-handers.

267 plate appearances against right-handers, 132 against left-handers.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Bautista slugs .424 against fastballs and .276 against breaking balls.

233 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Bautista's OPS+ of 103 puts him 67th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

399 plate appearances in 2018. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 213th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Bautista strikes out in 27.8% of his trips, 31st percentile.

399 plate appearances in 2018. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 443rd in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Bautista's batting average is .203 but the quality of his contact projects .220, a gap of .017 in his favour once the bounces even out.

399 plate appearances in 2018.

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

7 of Bautista's 12 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 429 feet.

12 tracked home runs in 2018.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Bautista slugs .397 against right-handers and .337 against left-handers.

267 plate appearances against right-handers, 132 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Bautista's fly balls travel 290 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 429.

83 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His contact is about the same with runners on

45.2% of Bautista's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 49.3% of it with the bases empty.

94 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 305 with the bases empty.

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