Ryan Michael Hanigan Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Hanigan is at his best against left-handers: a 1.233 OPS there against .658 overall.

35 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

30% of Hanigan's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 15.4% of it with the bases empty.

33 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 77 with the bases empty.

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

Hanigan pulls 21.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 30.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

16 pulled, 36 up the middle and 23 the other way over 75 located batted balls.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Hanigan does his damage against fastballs: a .702 OPS against them, against .450 on breaking balls.

85 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 20 on breaking balls.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 19.4% of Hanigan's contact reaches 95 mph, 12th percentile.

110 plate appearances in 2017. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 557th in MLB.

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

Hanigan averages 3.1 degrees off the bat: 18.6% of his contact is in the air and 62.9% of it is on the ground.

70 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Hanigan's batting average is .267 but the quality of his contact projects .225, a gap of .042 he is currently outrunning.

110 plate appearances in 2017.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Hanigan is at his worst against right-handers: a .410 OPS there against .658 overall.

75 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Hanigan averages 83.3 mph off the bat, 19th percentile in the league.

110 plate appearances in 2017. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 517th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Hanigan finds a productive launch angle on only 29.2% of his contact, 14th percentile.

110 plate appearances in 2017. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 547th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.4% of Hanigan's batted balls are barrelled, 25th percentile.

110 plate appearances in 2017. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 477th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Hanigan strikes out in 27.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 22.1% with the bases empty.

33 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 77 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Hanigan hits it hardest the other way: 86.5 mph on average there, against 81.3 up the middle.

22 batted balls the other way, 34 up the middle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Hanigan's OPS+ of 67 sits 32nd percentile among hitters this season.

110 plate appearances in 2017. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 433rd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Hanigan walks in only 5.5% of his plate appearances, 31st percentile.

110 plate appearances in 2017. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 440th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Hanigan slugs .368 against fastballs and .250 against breaking balls.

85 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Hanigan pulls 16.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 29.6% of it against left-handers.

48 batted balls against right-handers, 27 against left-handers.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Hanigan has an OPS of .726; with the bases empty it is .631.

33 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 77 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

Hanigan is slugging .347, 37th percentile in the league.

110 plate appearances in 2017. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 404th in MLB.

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