Josh Hamilton Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Hamilton does his damage against breaking balls: a .883 OPS against them, against .467 on offspeed pitches.

57 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 37 on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Hamilton is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a 1.191 OPS there against .732 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

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

8 of Hamilton's 8 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 437 feet.

8 tracked home runs in 2015.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Hamilton strikes out in 21.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 31.3% with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Hamilton slugs .585 against breaking balls and .278 against offspeed pitches.

57 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

8 of Hamilton's 8 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

8 tracked home runs in 2015.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Hamilton should be hitting .254, 81st percentile in the league.

182 plate appearances in 2015. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 124th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Hamilton is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .430 OPS there against .732 overall.

35 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Hamilton walks in 9.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 3.8% with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

There is real damage in his bat

Hamilton is slugging .441, 77th percentile in the league.

182 plate appearances in 2015. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 145th in MLB.

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

Hamilton trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 75th percentile barrel rate, 24th percentile strikeout rate.

182 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

7.3% of Hamilton's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 75th percentile.

182 plate appearances in 2015. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 162nd in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Hamilton strikes out in 28.6% of his trips, 24th percentile.

182 plate appearances in 2015. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 485th in MLB.

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

Hamilton pulls 52.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 15%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

63 pulled, 39 up the middle and 18 the other way over 120 located batted balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Hamilton has an OPS of .612; with the bases empty it is .774.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

41.6% of Hamilton's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 67th percentile in the league.

182 plate appearances in 2015. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 209th in MLB.

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

Hamilton finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40% of his contact, 70th percentile.

182 plate appearances in 2015. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 193rd in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Hamilton's OPS+ of 102 puts him 66th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

182 plate appearances in 2015. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 216th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Hamilton walks in only 5.5% of his plate appearances, 35th percentile.

182 plate appearances in 2015. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 412th in MLB.

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

Hamilton averages 8.7 degrees off the bat: 28.2% of his contact is in the air and 47.3% of it is on the ground.

110 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His contact is about the same with runners on

38.7% of Hamilton's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 42.7% of it with the bases empty.

51 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Hamilton pulls 49.4% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 59% of it against left-handers.

81 batted balls against right-handers, 39 against left-handers.

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