Jose Marmolejos Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

4 of Marmolejos's 4 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 424 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2021.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Marmolejos walks in 2.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 16.1% with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 87 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Marmolejos does his damage against fastballs: a .682 OPS against them, against .377 on breaking balls.

74 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 33 on breaking balls.

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

Marmolejos averages 23.1 degrees off the bat: 47.8% of his contact is in the air and 28.4% of it is on the ground.

67 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Marmolejos has an OPS of .288; with the bases empty it is .692.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 87 with the bases empty.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Marmolejos walks in 12.2% of his plate appearances, 90th percentile.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 69th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Marmolejos's quality of contact only supports a .182 expected average, 18th percentile in the league.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 533rd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Marmolejos is at his worst with a runner in scoring position: a .288 OPS there against .569 overall.

36 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

26.1% of Marmolejos's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40% of it with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 87 with the bases empty.

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

Marmolejos trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 73rd percentile barrel rate, 22nd percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

With a runner in scoring position Marmolejos averages 85.6 mph off the bat, against 91.4 with the bases empty.

23 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 45 without.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Marmolejos's fly balls travel 247 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 424.

36 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Marmolejos hits the ball hard: 89.4 mph off the bat on average, 74th percentile in the league.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 172nd in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9% of Marmolejos's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 73rd percentile.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 176th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Marmolejos is on base at a .260 clip, 27th percentile in the league.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 475th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Marmolejos strikes out in 32.5% of his trips, 22nd percentile.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 511th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Marmolejos hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.0 mph on average there, against 86.2 up the middle.

24 batted balls to his pull side, 22 up the middle.

The power is not there this season

Marmolejos is slugging .308, 27th percentile in the league.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 477th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Marmolejos's batting average is .159 but the quality of his contact projects .182, a gap of .023 in his favour once the bounces even out.

123 plate appearances in 2021.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Marmolejos slugs .371 against fastballs and .226 against breaking balls.

74 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Marmolejos is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .734 OPS there against .569 overall.

57 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Marmolejos's OPS+ of 64 sits 28th percentile among hitters this season.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 467th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Marmolejos's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2021.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Marmolejos finds a productive launch angle on only 32.8% of his contact, 38th percentile.

123 plate appearances in 2021. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 406th in MLB.

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