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Michael Brantley

Astros Career team 2012–2023
Number #23
Position Designated Hitter
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 39
Height 6' 2"
Weight 209 lbs
Birth Place Bellevue, OH
Born May 15, 1987

Key Insights

2023
There is one part of the field he lives in

Brantley hits it hardest up the middle: 94.9 mph on average there, against 84.1 the other way.

17 batted balls up the middle, 9 the other way.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Brantley pulls 50.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 17%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

27 pulled, 17 up the middle and 9 the other way over 53 located batted balls.
His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Brantley's fly balls travel 277 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 357.

21 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Brantley is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty: a .844 OPS there against .724 overall.

35 plate appearances in that situation.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 15, 1987
Birth Place Bellevue, OH
Height 6' 2"
Weight 209 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left