Leury Garcia Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Garcia walks in only 2.2% of his plate appearances, 3rd percentile.

314 plate appearances in 2022. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 582nd in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Garcia strikes out in 14.5% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 22.7% with the bases empty.

76 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 238 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Garcia is on base at a .234 clip, 11th percentile in the league.

314 plate appearances in 2022. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 534th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Garcia does his damage against fastballs: a .584 OPS against them, against .348 on breaking balls.

179 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 88 on breaking balls.

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

Garcia averages 5.5 degrees off the bat: 27.5% of his contact is in the air and 56.4% of it is on the ground.

236 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Garcia's OPS+ of 43 sits 12th percentile among hitters this season.

314 plate appearances in 2022. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 530th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3% of Garcia's batted balls are barrelled, 21st percentile.

314 plate appearances in 2022. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 474th in MLB.

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

Garcia trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 21st percentile barrel rate, 67th percentile strikeout rate.

314 plate appearances in 2022. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2022.

The power is not there this season

Garcia is slugging .268, 14th percentile in the league.

314 plate appearances in 2022. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 516th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Garcia averages 83.0 mph off the bat, against 87.1 with the bases empty.

62 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 175 without.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Garcia is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .301 OPS there against .502 overall.

71 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Garcia slugs .331 against fastballs and .155 against breaking balls.

179 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Garcia's batting average is .211 but the quality of his contact projects .237, a gap of .026 in his favour once the bounces even out.

314 plate appearances in 2022.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Garcia's fly balls travel 275 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 408.

74 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Garcia finds a productive launch angle on only 31.4% of his contact, 23rd percentile.

314 plate appearances in 2022. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 461st in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Garcia averages 86.1 mph off the bat, 31st percentile in the league.

314 plate appearances in 2022. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 416th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Garcia is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a .649 OPS there against .502 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Garcia hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.3 mph on average there, against 84.0 the other way.

76 batted balls to his pull side, 52 the other way.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Garcia puts up a .516 OPS against right-handers and .445 against left-handers.

250 plate appearances against right-handers, 64 against left-handers.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Garcia strikes out in only 20.7% of his trips, 67th percentile.

314 plate appearances in 2022. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 198th in MLB.

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

Garcia pulls 31.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

76 pulled, 111 up the middle and 52 the other way over 239 located batted balls.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Garcia pulls 33.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 24.5% of it against left-handers.

190 batted balls against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

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