Josh Reddick Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Reddick does his damage against breaking balls: a .969 OPS against them, against .448 on offspeed pitches.

32 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 29 on offspeed pitches.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Reddick puts up a .763 OPS against right-handers and .428 against left-handers.

107 plate appearances against right-handers, 52 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Reddick is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a 1.048 OPS there against .651 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Reddick hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.3 mph on average there, against 77.3 the other way.

41 batted balls to his pull side, 27 the other way.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Reddick is at his worst with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .261 OPS there against .651 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Reddick slugs .436 against right-handers and .235 against left-handers.

107 plate appearances against right-handers, 52 against left-handers.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Reddick slugs .625 against breaking balls and .276 against offspeed pitches.

32 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Reddick should be hitting .261, 81st percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2021. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 126th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Reddick walks in only 3.8% of his plate appearances, 14th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2021. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 561st in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.7% of Reddick's batted balls are barrelled, 20th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2021. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 525th in MLB.

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

Reddick trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 20th percentile barrel rate, 76th percentile strikeout rate.

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

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Reddick strikes out in 24.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 18.4% with the bases empty.

45 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 114 with the bases empty.

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

Reddick finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.8% of his contact, 88th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2021. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 82nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Reddick's fly balls travel 266 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 398.

53 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Reddick averages 85.1 mph off the bat, 28th percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2021. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 472nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Reddick averages 82.8 mph off the bat, against 86.0 with the bases empty.

33 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 88 without.

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

Reddick strikes out in only 20.1% of his trips, 76th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2021. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 157th in MLB.

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

Reddick averages 16.9 degrees off the bat: 34.2% of his contact is in the air and 35.8% of it is on the ground.

120 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His contact is about the same with runners on

27.3% of Reddick's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 34.1% of it with the bases empty.

45 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 114 with the bases empty.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 32.2% of Reddick's contact reaches 95 mph, 34th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2021. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 430th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Reddick is on base at a .283 clip, 38th percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2021. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 405th in MLB.

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

Reddick pulls 33.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

41 pulled, 53 up the middle and 27 the other way over 121 located batted balls.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Reddick walks in 2.2% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.4% with the bases empty.

45 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 114 with the bases empty.

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