Kelby Tomlinson Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Tomlinson pulls 17.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 38.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

18 pulled, 45 up the middle and 39 the other way over 102 located batted balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Tomlinson averages 87.0 mph off the bat, against 80.0 with the bases empty.

22 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 68 without.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 18.3% of Tomlinson's contact reaches 95 mph, 8th percentile.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 589th in MLB.

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

Tomlinson averages 3.4 degrees off the bat: 17.4% of his contact is in the air and 58.1% of it is on the ground.

86 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Tomlinson averages 82.1 mph off the bat, 11th percentile in the league.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 573rd in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.1% of Tomlinson's batted balls are barrelled, 18th percentile.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 526th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Tomlinson is slugging .266, 21st percentile in the league.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 507th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Tomlinson's OPS+ of 48 sits 22nd percentile among hitters this season.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 502nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Tomlinson hits it hardest up the middle: 84.8 mph on average there, against 78.5 the other way.

37 batted balls up the middle, 36 the other way.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Tomlinson is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .713 OPS there against .533 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Tomlinson finds a productive launch angle on only 31.5% of his contact, 19th percentile.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 517th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Tomlinson's quality of contact only supports a .211 expected average, 34th percentile in the league.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 423rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Tomlinson's fly balls travel 268 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 388.

17 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Tomlinson is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .373 OPS there against .533 overall.

42 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Tomlinson is on base at a .267 clip, 30th percentile in the league.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 452nd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Tomlinson walks in only 6% of his plate appearances, 36th percentile.

151 plate appearances in 2018. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 409th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Tomlinson pulls 9.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 25.5% of it against left-handers.

51 batted balls against right-handers, 51 against left-handers.

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