Lucas Duda Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

4 of Duda's 4 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 435 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2019.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Duda does his damage against fastballs: a .657 OPS against them, against .351 on offspeed pitches.

70 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 24 on offspeed pitches.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Duda hits the ball hard: 93.0 mph off the bat on average, 97th percentile in the league.

118 plate appearances in 2019. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 23rd in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Duda's batting average is .171 but the quality of his contact projects .222, a gap of .051 in his favour once the bounces even out.

118 plate appearances in 2019.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

14.1% of Duda's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 92nd percentile.

118 plate appearances in 2019. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 51st in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Duda's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2019.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

51.5% of Duda's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 93rd percentile in the league.

118 plate appearances in 2019. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 45th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Duda averages 89.2 mph off the bat, against 93.7 with the bases empty.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Duda is at his worst against left-handers: a .317 OPS there against .570 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Duda is on base at a .246 clip, 19th percentile in the league.

118 plate appearances in 2019. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 524th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Duda slugs .371 against fastballs and .143 against offspeed pitches.

70 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Duda's OPS+ of 51 sits 23rd percentile among hitters this season.

118 plate appearances in 2019. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 500th in MLB.

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

Duda averages 17.9 degrees off the bat: 42.9% of his contact is in the air and 34.9% of it is on the ground.

63 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Duda is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .730 OPS there against .570 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Duda is slugging .324, 28th percentile in the league.

118 plate appearances in 2019. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 466th in MLB.

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

Duda finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.6% of his contact, 68th percentile.

118 plate appearances in 2019. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 207th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Duda walks in 8.5% of his plate appearances, 63rd percentile.

118 plate appearances in 2019. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 242nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Duda hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.3 mph on average there, against 90.8 the other way.

28 batted balls to his pull side, 13 the other way.

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