Justin Morneau Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

6 of Morneau's 6 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 405 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2016.

His contact is about the same with runners on

48.5% of Morneau's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 36.1% of it with the bases empty.

62 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 156 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

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

6 tracked home runs in 2016.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Morneau does his damage against fastballs: a .790 OPS against them, against .585 on offspeed pitches.

124 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 45 on offspeed pitches.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Morneau hits the ball hard: 90.9 mph off the bat on average, 81st percentile in the league.

218 plate appearances in 2016. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 121st in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Morneau strikes out in 29% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 21.8% with the bases empty.

62 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 156 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Morneau hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.2 mph on average there, against 86.5 the other way.

58 batted balls to his pull side, 29 the other way.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Morneau is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .889 OPS there against .731 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

There is real damage in his bat

Morneau is slugging .429, 69th percentile in the league.

218 plate appearances in 2016. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 199th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Morneau walks in only 5.5% of his plate appearances, 29th percentile.

218 plate appearances in 2016. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 447th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Morneau's batting average is .261 but the quality of his contact projects .239, a gap of .022 he is currently outrunning.

218 plate appearances in 2016.

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

Morneau finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.4% of his contact, 74th percentile.

218 plate appearances in 2016. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 163rd in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Morneau walks in 8.1% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.5% with the bases empty.

62 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 156 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Morneau is at his worst on offspeed pitches: a .585 OPS there against .731 overall.

45 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Morneau slugs .457 against breaking balls and .341 against offspeed pitches.

48 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

Morneau averages 7.9 degrees off the bat: 21.9% of his contact is in the air and 52.6% of it is on the ground.

137 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Morneau has an OPS of .661; with the bases empty it is .757.

62 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 156 with the bases empty.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Morneau averages 92.5 mph off the bat, against 90.4 with the bases empty.

32 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 106 without.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Morneau pulls 42.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 35.7% of it against left-handers.

122 batted balls against right-handers, 28 against left-handers.

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