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Kyle Parker

Rockies Career team 2014–2015
Number #16
Position Left Fielder
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 36
Height 6' 0"
Weight 205 lbs
Birth Place Fort Thomas, KY
Born Sep 30, 1989

Key Insights

2015
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Parker pulls 16.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 29.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

11 pulled, 35 up the middle and 19 the other way over 65 located batted balls.
There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Parker does his damage against breaking balls: a .703 OPS against them, against .410 on fastballs.

32 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 55 on fastballs.
He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

12% of Parker's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 94th percentile.

106 plate appearances in 2015. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 42nd in MLB.
This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Parker trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 94th percentile barrel rate, 13th percentile strikeout rate.

106 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.
One pitch is where all his power comes from

Parker slugs .484 against breaking balls and .192 against fastballs.

32 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.
He does not get on base enough to help

Parker is on base at a .217 clip, 14th percentile in the league.

106 plate appearances in 2015. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 545th in MLB.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 30, 1989
Birth Place Fort Thomas, KY
Height 6' 0"
Weight 205 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Clemson