Miguel Cabrera Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

3 of Cabrera's 4 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 438 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2023.

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

Cabrera pulls 27.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

73 pulled, 119 up the middle and 71 the other way over 263 located batted balls.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Cabrera walks in 11.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.5% with the bases empty.

77 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 294 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Cabrera is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a .468 OPS there against .673 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.2% of Cabrera's batted balls are barrelled, 28th percentile.

371 plate appearances in 2023. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 425th in MLB.

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

Cabrera trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 28th percentile barrel rate, 72nd percentile strikeout rate.

371 plate appearances in 2023. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2023.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Cabrera is at his best against left-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .871 OPS there against .673 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Cabrera strikes out in only 20.2% of his trips, 72nd percentile.

371 plate appearances in 2023. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 166th in MLB.

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

Cabrera averages 7.5 degrees off the bat: 24.2% of his contact is in the air and 50.4% of it is on the ground.

260 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Cabrera strikes out in 19.3% of his trips against right-handers and 22.8% of them against left-handers.

270 plate appearances against right-handers, 101 against left-handers.

The power is not there this season

Cabrera is slugging .352, 35th percentile in the league.

371 plate appearances in 2023. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 384th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Cabrera has an OPS of .591; with the bases empty it is .693.

77 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 294 with the bases empty.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Cabrera hits the ball hard: 89.1 mph off the bat on average, 64th percentile in the league.

371 plate appearances in 2023. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 212th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Cabrera's fly balls travel 279 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 438.

83 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Getting on base is what he does best

Cabrera is on base at a .321 clip, 64th percentile in the league.

371 plate appearances in 2023. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 217th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Cabrera hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.0 mph on average there, against 87.7 the other way.

73 batted balls to his pull side, 71 the other way.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Cabrera pulls 25.9% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 33.3% of it against left-handers.

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

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