Rio Ruiz Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Ruiz does his damage against fastballs: a .677 OPS against them, against .299 on breaking balls.

88 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 38 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Ruiz is at his best against left-handers: a .984 OPS there against .515 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Ruiz slugs .390 against fastballs and .114 against breaking balls.

88 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Ruiz's quality of contact only supports a .190 expected average, 21st percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2021. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 517th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 26.7% of Ruiz's contact reaches 95 mph, 20th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2021. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 523rd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Ruiz's OPS+ of 43 sits 20th percentile among hitters this season.

141 plate appearances in 2021. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 522nd in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Ruiz is slugging .272, 20th percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2021. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 519th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Ruiz finds a productive launch angle on only 28.4% of his contact, 17th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2021. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 542nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Ruiz is at his worst on breaking balls: a .299 OPS there against .515 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Ruiz hits it hardest the other way: 89.7 mph on average there, against 85.0 up the middle.

19 batted balls the other way, 41 up the middle.

He does not get on base enough to help

Ruiz is on base at a .243 clip, 21st percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2021. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 517th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Ruiz's batting average is .168 but the quality of his contact projects .190, a gap of .022 in his favour once the bounces even out.

141 plate appearances in 2021.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Ruiz's fly balls travel 283 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 406.

32 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.5% of Ruiz's batted balls are barrelled, 37th percentile.

141 plate appearances in 2021. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 414th in MLB.

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

Ruiz pulls 33.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

30 pulled, 41 up the middle and 19 the other way over 90 located batted balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Ruiz averages 87.5 mph off the bat, against 86.2 with the bases empty.

17 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 73 without.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Ruiz averages 86.4 mph off the bat, 38th percentile in the league.

141 plate appearances in 2021. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 406th in MLB.

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

Ruiz averages 9.1 degrees off the bat: 33% of his contact is in the air and 50% of it is on the ground.

88 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Ruiz pulls 34.2% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 28.6% of it against left-handers.

76 batted balls against right-handers, 14 against left-handers.

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