Omar Infante Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Infante strikes out in 22% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 13% with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 108 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, Infante should be hitting .257, 81st percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 121st in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 25% of Infante's contact reaches 95 mph, 16th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 533rd in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

16% of Infante's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 27.7% of it with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 108 with the bases empty.

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

Infante pulls 27.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

32 pulled, 58 up the middle and 27 the other way over 117 located batted balls.

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

Infante strikes out in only 15.4% of his trips, 85th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 96th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Infante hits it hardest up the middle: 87.5 mph on average there, against 81.1 the other way.

52 batted balls up the middle, 25 the other way.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Infante does his damage against breaking balls: a .675 OPS against them, against .519 on fastballs.

40 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 95 on fastballs.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Infante walks in 9.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.6% with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 108 with the bases empty.

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

Infante finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.6% of his contact, 82nd percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 116th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Infante averages 86.0 mph off the bat, 25th percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 472nd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Infante's OPS+ of 64 sits 29th percentile among hitters this season.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 451st in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Infante slugs .400 against breaking balls and .250 against fastballs.

40 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Infante is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .750 OPS there against .600 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Infante is slugging .321, 29th percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 451st in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Infante is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .451 OPS there against .600 overall.

49 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Infante's batting average is .239 but the quality of his contact projects .257, a gap of .018 in his favour once the bounces even out.

149 plate appearances in 2016.

He does not get on base enough to help

Infante is on base at a .279 clip, 30th percentile in the league.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 443rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Infante's fly balls travel 282 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 380.

44 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Infante averages 83.8 mph off the bat, against 86.6 with the bases empty.

25 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 83 without.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Infante walks in only 6% of his plate appearances, 34th percentile.

149 plate appearances in 2016. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 417th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Infante pulls 29.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 19.2% of it against left-handers.

91 batted balls against right-handers, 26 against left-handers.

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