Nick Markakis Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Markakis does his damage against breaking balls: a .953 OPS against them, against .594 on fastballs.

30 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 85 on fastballs.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Markakis walks in 12.2% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5% with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 100 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.9% of Markakis's batted balls are barrelled, 8th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2020. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 435th in MLB.

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

Markakis trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 8th percentile barrel rate, 86th percentile strikeout rate.

141 plate appearances in 2020. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2020.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Markakis's fly balls travel 255 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 395.

33 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His contact is about the same with runners on

51.7% of Markakis's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39% of it with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 100 with the bases empty.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Markakis should be hitting .273, 82nd percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2020. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 86th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Markakis slugs .586 against breaking balls and .312 against fastballs.

30 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

Markakis strikes out in only 16.3% of his trips, 86th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2020. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 69th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Markakis is at his best on breaking balls: a .953 OPS there against .704 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Markakis hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.7 mph on average there, against 83.8 the other way.

34 batted balls to his pull side, 25 the other way.

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

Markakis finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.6% of his contact, 80th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2020. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 97th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

42.5% of Markakis's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 71st percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2020. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 137th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Markakis is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .547 OPS there against .704 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Markakis's batting average is .254 but the quality of his contact projects .273, a gap of .019 in his favour once the bounces even out.

141 plate appearances in 2020.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Markakis hits the ball hard: 89.0 mph off the bat on average, 66th percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2020. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 161st in MLB.

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

Markakis pulls 32.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

35 pulled, 47 up the middle and 25 the other way over 107 located batted balls.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Markakis walks in only 7.1% of his plate appearances, 37th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2020. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2020, 300th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Markakis pulls 34% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 23.1% of it against left-handers.

94 batted balls against right-handers, 13 against left-handers.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Markakis has an OPS of .758; with the bases empty it is .683.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 100 with the bases empty.

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

Markakis averages 9.5 degrees off the bat: 28.3% of his contact is in the air and 48.1% of it is on the ground.

106 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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