Lonnie Chisenhall Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Chisenhall does his damage against fastballs: a 1.133 OPS against them, against .443 on breaking balls.

57 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 26 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Chisenhall is at his worst on breaking balls: a .443 OPS there against .846 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

Getting on base is what he does best

Chisenhall is on base at a .394 clip, 98th percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 12th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Chisenhall's batting average is .321 but the quality of his contact projects .264, a gap of .057 he is currently outrunning.

95 plate appearances in 2018.

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

Chisenhall trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 31st percentile barrel rate, 96th percentile strikeout rate.

95 plate appearances in 2018. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2018.

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

Chisenhall averages 21.0 degrees off the bat: 48.5% of his contact is in the air and 31.8% of it is on the ground.

66 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

With a runner in scoring position Chisenhall averages 80.5 mph off the bat, against 86.1 with the bases empty.

15 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 53 without.

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

Chisenhall strikes out in only 12.6% of his trips, 96th percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 29th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Chisenhall should be hitting .264, 86th percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 92nd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Chisenhall slugs .633 against fastballs and .174 against breaking balls.

57 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Chisenhall's OPS+ of 137 puts him 94th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 39th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Chisenhall is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.146 OPS there against .846 overall.

43 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Chisenhall averages 84.9 mph off the bat, 22nd percentile in the league.

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

There is one part of the field he lives in

Chisenhall hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.5 mph on average there, against 83.0 up the middle.

25 batted balls to his pull side, 38 up the middle.

There is real damage in his bat

Chisenhall is slugging .452, 80th percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 126th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3% of Chisenhall's batted balls are barrelled, 31st percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 443rd in MLB.

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

Chisenhall finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.9% of his contact, 74th percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 170th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 30.9% of Chisenhall's contact reaches 95 mph, 30th percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 448th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Chisenhall's fly balls travel 278 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 377.

37 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Chisenhall walks in 8.4% of his plate appearances, 64th percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2018. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 234th in MLB.

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