Mac Williamson Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

His walks do not change much with runners on

Williamson walks in 2.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 12.3% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 106 with the bases empty.

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

Williamson pulls 20.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 26.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

17 pulled, 44 up the middle and 22 the other way over 83 located batted balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Williamson has an OPS of .738; with the bases empty it is .429.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 106 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Williamson is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .798 OPS there against .512 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Williamson is slugging .260, 17th percentile in the league.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 540th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Williamson's batting average is .157 but the quality of his contact projects .196, a gap of .039 in his favour once the bounces even out.

143 plate appearances in 2019.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Williamson pulls 15.2% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 41.2% of it against left-handers.

66 batted balls against right-handers, 17 against left-handers.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Williamson averages 85.5 mph off the bat, 20th percentile in the league.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 520th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Williamson's quality of contact only supports a .196 expected average, 23rd percentile in the league.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 503rd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Williamson is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .247 OPS there against .512 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Williamson's OPS+ of 39 sits 18th percentile among hitters this season.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 531st in MLB.

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

Williamson gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 33rd percentile barrel rate, 25th percentile strikeout rate.

143 plate appearances in 2019. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2019.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Williamson hits it hardest the other way: 88.0 mph on average there, against 81.1 to his pull side.

21 batted balls the other way, 14 to his pull side.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Williamson strikes out in 30.8% of his trips, 25th percentile.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 485th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Williamson is on base at a .252 clip, 21st percentile in the league.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 512th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Williamson finds a productive launch angle on only 33.3% of his contact, 21st percentile.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 511th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

1 of Williamson's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2019.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Williamson strikes out in 27% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 32.1% with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 106 with the bases empty.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Williamson walks in 9.8% of his plate appearances, 74th percentile.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 169th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4% of Williamson's batted balls are barrelled, 33rd percentile.

143 plate appearances in 2019. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 433rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Williamson's fly balls travel 270 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 444.

25 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His contact is about the same with runners on

33.3% of Williamson's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38.5% of it with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 106 with the bases empty.

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

With a runner in scoring position Williamson averages 84.1 mph off the bat, against 86.2 with the bases empty.

24 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 52 without.

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

Williamson averages 9.4 degrees off the bat: 26.7% of his contact is in the air and 50.7% of it is on the ground.

75 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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