Pablo Sandoval Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Sandoval does his damage against fastballs: a .833 OPS against them, against .361 on breaking balls.

51 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 26 on breaking balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Sandoval averages 87.4 mph off the bat, against 93.6 with the bases empty.

16 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 32 without.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Sandoval hits the ball hard: 91.5 mph off the bat on average, 94th percentile in the league.

86 plate appearances in 2021. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 42nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Sandoval hits it hardest up the middle: 94.0 mph on average there, against 85.2 the other way.

25 batted balls up the middle, 11 the other way.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Sandoval walks in 12.8% of his plate appearances, 93rd percentile.

86 plate appearances in 2021. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 48th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Sandoval slugs .500 against fastballs and .130 against breaking balls.

51 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Sandoval is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .360 OPS there against .645 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

47.9% of Sandoval's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 91st percentile in the league.

86 plate appearances in 2021. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 60th in MLB.

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

Sandoval pulls 25% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

12 pulled, 25 up the middle and 11 the other way over 48 located batted balls.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.4% of Sandoval's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 81st percentile.

86 plate appearances in 2021. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 124th in MLB.

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

Sandoval trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 81st percentile barrel rate, 33rd percentile strikeout rate.

86 plate appearances in 2021. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2021.

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

Sandoval finds the launch angles that produce hits on 41.7% of his contact, 91st percentile.

86 plate appearances in 2021. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 58th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Sandoval's quality of contact only supports a .203 expected average, 27th percentile in the league.

86 plate appearances in 2021. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 475th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Sandoval is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .855 OPS there against .645 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Sandoval's batting average is .178 but the quality of his contact projects .203, a gap of .025 in his favour once the bounces even out.

86 plate appearances in 2021.

The power is not there this season

Sandoval is slugging .342, 36th percentile in the league.

86 plate appearances in 2021. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 418th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Sandoval strikes out in 29.1% of his trips, 33rd percentile.

86 plate appearances in 2021. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 436th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Sandoval's fly balls travel 289 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 430.

23 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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