Justin Smoak Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Smoak's quality of contact only supports a .187 expected average, 9th percentile in the league.

132 plate appearances in 2020. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 430th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Smoak is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .943 OPS there against .611 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Smoak does his damage against breaking balls: a .760 OPS against them, against .534 on fastballs.

48 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 67 on fastballs.

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

Smoak gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 28th percentile barrel rate, 15th percentile strikeout rate.

132 plate appearances in 2020. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2020.

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

Smoak pulls 53.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 15.4%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

42 pulled, 24 up the middle and 12 the other way over 78 located batted balls.

He does not get on base enough to help

Smoak is on base at a .250 clip, 16th percentile in the league.

132 plate appearances in 2020. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 400th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Smoak strikes out in 31.8% of his trips, 15th percentile.

132 plate appearances in 2020. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 406th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Smoak averages 86.4 mph off the bat, against 90.3 with the bases empty.

15 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 63 without.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Smoak is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .357 OPS there against .611 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Smoak slugs .489 against breaking balls and .281 against fastballs.

48 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Smoak hits the ball hard: 89.6 mph off the bat on average, 73rd percentile in the league.

132 plate appearances in 2020. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 129th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Smoak's OPS+ of 65 sits 24th percentile among hitters this season.

132 plate appearances in 2020. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 361st in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.8% of Smoak's batted balls are barrelled, 28th percentile.

132 plate appearances in 2020. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 344th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Smoak's fly balls travel 282 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 416.

33 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

3 of Smoak's 5 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 416 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2020.

The power is not there this season

Smoak is slugging .361, 35th percentile in the league.

132 plate appearances in 2020. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 308th in MLB.

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

Smoak averages 15.3 degrees off the bat: 38.5% of his contact is in the air and 42.3% of it is on the ground.

78 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Smoak hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.1 mph on average there, against 87.9 up the middle.

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

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Smoak finds a productive launch angle on only 33.3% of his contact, 39th percentile.

132 plate appearances in 2020. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 291st in MLB.

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