Norichika Aoki Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

5 of Aoki's 5 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 404 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2017.

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

Aoki trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 24th percentile barrel rate, 97th percentile strikeout rate.

373 plate appearances in 2017. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2017.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Aoki does his damage against breaking balls: a .839 OPS against them, against .556 on offspeed pitches.

81 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 54 on offspeed pitches.

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

Aoki strikes out in only 11.8% of his trips, 97th percentile.

373 plate appearances in 2017. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 19th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

5 of Aoki's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2017.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Aoki slugs .416 against right-handers and .273 against left-handers.

306 plate appearances against right-handers, 67 against left-handers.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Aoki puts up a .754 OPS against right-handers and .586 against left-handers.

306 plate appearances against right-handers, 67 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Aoki is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .517 OPS there against .726 overall.

49 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Aoki pulls 25.7% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

73 pulled, 140 up the middle and 71 the other way over 284 located batted balls.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.1% of Aoki's batted balls are barrelled, 24th percentile.

373 plate appearances in 2017. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 486th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 27.2% of Aoki's contact reaches 95 mph, 25th percentile.

373 plate appearances in 2017. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 475th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Aoki slugs .494 against breaking balls and .296 against offspeed pitches.

81 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Aoki has an OPS of .613; with the bases empty it is .757.

82 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 291 with the bases empty.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Aoki's batting average is .277 but the quality of his contact projects .250, a gap of .027 he is currently outrunning.

373 plate appearances in 2017.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Aoki should be hitting .250, 70th percentile in the league.

373 plate appearances in 2017. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 190th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Aoki is on base at a .333 clip, 72nd percentile in the league.

373 plate appearances in 2017. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 177th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Aoki is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .914 OPS there against .726 overall.

46 plate appearances in that situation.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Aoki finds a productive launch angle on only 33.2% of his contact, 23rd percentile.

373 plate appearances in 2017. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 493rd in MLB.

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

Aoki averages 6.0 degrees off the bat: 23.7% of his contact is in the air and 57.7% of it is on the ground.

253 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Aoki's OPS+ of 98 puts him 64th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

373 plate appearances in 2017. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 229th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Aoki's fly balls travel 280 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 404.

75 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

With a runner in scoring position Aoki averages 87.2 mph off the bat, against 85.7 with the bases empty.

56 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 204 without.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Aoki pulls 28% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 14.6% of it against left-handers.

236 batted balls against right-handers, 48 against left-handers.

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