Marlon Byrd Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Byrd does his damage against fastballs: a .905 OPS against them, against .506 on breaking balls.

77 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 33 on breaking balls.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Byrd puts up a .685 OPS against right-handers and .962 against left-handers.

85 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

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

With a runner in scoring position Byrd averages 79.9 mph off the bat, against 89.6 with the bases empty.

19 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 58 without.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Byrd is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty: a 1.127 OPS there against .778 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Byrd finds the launch angles that produce hits on 48.1% of his contact, 96th percentile.

129 plate appearances in 2016. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 26th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Byrd hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.6 mph on average there, against 83.0 up the middle.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Byrd is at his worst with a runner in scoring position: a .487 OPS there against .778 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Byrd slugs .403 against right-handers and .553 against left-handers.

85 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

There is real damage in his bat

Byrd is slugging .452, 78th percentile in the league.

129 plate appearances in 2016. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 140th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Byrd's batting average is .270 but the quality of his contact projects .239, a gap of .031 he is currently outrunning.

129 plate appearances in 2016.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Byrd strikes out in 29.5% of his trips, 21st percentile.

129 plate appearances in 2016. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 502nd in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Byrd strikes out in 31.8% of his trips against right-handers and 25% of them against left-handers.

85 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

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

Byrd pulls 30% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 37.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

24 pulled, 26 up the middle and 30 the other way over 80 located batted balls.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Byrd's OPS+ of 108 puts him 74th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

129 plate appearances in 2016. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 168th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Byrd slugs .515 against fastballs and .355 against breaking balls.

77 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Byrd averages 16.4 degrees off the bat: 42.9% of his contact is in the air and 31.2% of it is on the ground.

77 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Getting on base is what he does best

Byrd is on base at a .326 clip, 68th percentile in the league.

129 plate appearances in 2016. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 206th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

6.5% of Byrd's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 63rd percentile.

129 plate appearances in 2016. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 235th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Byrd averages 87.2 mph off the bat, 37th percentile in the league.

129 plate appearances in 2016. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 396th in MLB.

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

3 of Byrd's 5 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 411 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2016.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

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

129 plate appearances in 2016. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 234th in MLB.

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