Jose Iglesias Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Iglesias pulls 19.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 32%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

51 pulled, 123 up the middle and 82 the other way over 256 located batted balls.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Iglesias averages 82.8 mph off the bat, 6th percentile in the league.

343 plate appearances in 2025. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 555th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2% of Iglesias's batted balls are barrelled, 9th percentile.

343 plate appearances in 2025. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 538th in MLB.

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

Iglesias trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 9th percentile barrel rate, 86th percentile strikeout rate.

343 plate appearances in 2025. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2025.

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

Iglesias averages 2.8 degrees off the bat: 19.8% of his contact is in the air and 61.1% of it is on the ground.

252 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 28.6% of Iglesias's contact reaches 95 mph, 10th percentile.

343 plate appearances in 2025. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 528th in MLB.

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

Iglesias strikes out in only 16.3% of his trips, 86th percentile.

343 plate appearances in 2025. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 82nd in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Iglesias is slugging .294, 20th percentile in the league.

343 plate appearances in 2025. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 473rd in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Iglesias finds a productive launch angle on only 27.4% of his contact, 10th percentile.

343 plate appearances in 2025. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 530th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Iglesias is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .822 OPS there against .592 overall.

49 plate appearances in that situation.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Iglesias's fly balls travel 253 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 409.

75 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Iglesias strikes out in 14.1% of his trips against right-handers and 19.7% of them against left-handers.

206 plate appearances against right-handers, 137 against left-handers.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Iglesias strikes out in 13% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 17.5% with the bases empty.

92 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 251 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Iglesias is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .393 OPS there against .592 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Iglesias's OPS+ of 67 sits 27th percentile among hitters this season.

343 plate appearances in 2025. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 432nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Iglesias hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.1 mph on average there, against 80.9 up the middle.

50 batted balls to his pull side, 123 up the middle.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Iglesias puts up a .548 OPS against right-handers and .660 against left-handers.

206 plate appearances against right-handers, 137 against left-handers.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Iglesias's batting average is .229 but the quality of his contact projects .250, a gap of .021 in his favour once the bounces even out.

343 plate appearances in 2025.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Iglesias does his damage against fastballs: a .630 OPS against them, against .528 on offspeed pitches.

182 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 36 on offspeed pitches.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Iglesias swings it at 65.4 mph, 33rd percentile bat speed in the league.

343 plate appearances in 2025. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 394th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Iglesias slugs .263 against right-handers and .342 against left-handers.

206 plate appearances against right-handers, 137 against left-handers.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Iglesias walks in 5.4% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.6% with the bases empty.

92 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 251 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Iglesias slugs .323 against fastballs and .250 against offspeed pitches.

182 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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