Michael Cuddyer Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

8 of Cuddyer's 9 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 434 feet.

9 tracked home runs in 2015.

His contact is about the same with runners on

17.9% of Cuddyer's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40.4% of it with the bases empty.

101 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 307 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Cuddyer is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a .358 OPS there against .699 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

8 of Cuddyer's 9 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

9 tracked home runs in 2015.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Cuddyer has an OPS of .534; with the bases empty it is .750.

101 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 307 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Cuddyer slugs .500 against offspeed pitches and .308 against breaking balls.

33 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Cuddyer's batting average is .259 but the quality of his contact projects .231, a gap of .028 he is currently outrunning.

408 plate appearances in 2015.

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

Cuddyer pulls 27.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

76 pulled, 125 up the middle and 76 the other way over 277 located batted balls.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Cuddyer does his damage against fastballs: a .744 OPS against them, against .578 on breaking balls.

272 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 100 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Cuddyer is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .894 OPS there against .699 overall.

59 plate appearances in that situation.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Cuddyer strikes out in 25.7% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 20.2% with the bases empty.

101 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 307 with the bases empty.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Cuddyer strikes out in 22.6% of his trips against right-handers and 18.8% of them against left-handers.

296 plate appearances against right-handers, 112 against left-handers.

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

Cuddyer averages 6.9 degrees off the bat: 23.3% of his contact is in the air and 50.4% of it is on the ground.

236 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 Cuddyer averages 85.3 mph off the bat, against 88.1 with the bases empty.

53 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 186 without.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Cuddyer slugs .407 against right-handers and .343 against left-handers.

296 plate appearances against right-handers, 112 against left-handers.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Cuddyer walks in only 5.9% of his plate appearances, 39th percentile.

408 plate appearances in 2015. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 388th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Cuddyer walks in 7.9% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5.2% with the bases empty.

101 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 307 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Cuddyer pulls 29.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 21.1% of it against left-handers.

206 batted balls against right-handers, 71 against left-handers.

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