Mike Aviles Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Aviles pulls 17.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 31.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

13 pulled, 37 up the middle and 23 the other way over 73 located batted balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Aviles is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .984 OPS there against .573 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 17.2% of Aviles's contact reaches 95 mph, 10th percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2017. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 575th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Aviles is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .200 OPS there against .573 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Aviles averages 81.6 mph off the bat, 13th percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2017. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 556th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Aviles's fly balls travel 229 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 368.

18 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Aviles strikes out in only 15.8% of his trips, 84th percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2017. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 100th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Aviles is slugging .291, 23rd percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2017. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 491st in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Aviles finds a productive launch angle on only 30.2% of his contact, 16th percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2017. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 533rd in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Aviles pulls 26.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 3.7% of it against left-handers.

46 batted balls against right-handers, 27 against left-handers.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Aviles walks in only 4.2% of his plate appearances, 21st percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2017. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 500th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Aviles's OPS+ of 54 sits 25th percentile among hitters this season.

95 plate appearances in 2017. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 478th in MLB.

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

Aviles averages 6.7 degrees off the bat: 25.8% of his contact is in the air and 51.6% of it is on the ground.

62 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Aviles averages 83.2 mph off the bat, against 81.1 with the bases empty.

20 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 43 without.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Aviles hits it hardest up the middle: 84.1 mph on average there, against 78.7 to his pull side.

34 batted balls up the middle, 13 to his pull side.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Aviles does his damage against fastballs: a .530 OPS against them, against .446 on breaking balls.

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

He does not get on base enough to help

Aviles is on base at a .283 clip, 35th percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2017. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 414th in MLB.

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