J.P. Arencibia Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Arencibia does his damage against fastballs: a 1.138 OPS against them, against .511 on breaking balls.

42 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 22 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Arencibia is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a 1.500 OPS there against .921 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

There is real damage in his bat

Arencibia is slugging .606, 99th percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 6th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

16.3% of Arencibia's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 98th percentile.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 13th in MLB.

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

Arencibia trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 98th percentile barrel rate, 20th percentile strikeout rate.

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

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

5 of Arencibia's 6 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 464 feet.

6 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, Arencibia should be hitting .267, 89th percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 72nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Arencibia is at his worst on breaking balls: a .511 OPS there against .921 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Arencibia's OPS+ of 148 puts him 97th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 20th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48.8% of Arencibia's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 89th percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 68th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Arencibia walks in only 1.4% of his plate appearances, 7th percentile.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 591st in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Arencibia slugs .780 against fastballs and .238 against breaking balls.

42 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Arencibia's batting average is .310 but the quality of his contact projects .267, a gap of .043 he is currently outrunning.

73 plate appearances in 2015.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Arencibia hits the ball hard: 91.4 mph off the bat on average, 87th percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 81st in MLB.

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

Arencibia finds the launch angles that produce hits on 44.2% of his contact, 88th percentile.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 78th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

5 of Arencibia's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2015.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Arencibia strikes out in 30.1% of his trips, 20th percentile.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 507th in MLB.

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

Arencibia pulls 51% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 20.4%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

25 pulled, 14 up the middle and 10 the other way over 49 located batted balls.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Arencibia hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.2 mph on average there, against 87.8 the other way.

21 batted balls to his pull side, 8 the other way.

Getting on base is what he does best

Arencibia is on base at a .315 clip, 61st percentile in the league.

73 plate appearances in 2015. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 247th in MLB.

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

Arencibia averages 14.9 degrees off the bat: 33.3% of his contact is in the air and 38.1% of it is on the ground.

42 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

J.P. Arencibia

Contextual Splits

Crunching the Numbers