Sam Fuld Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

His contact is about the same with runners on

37.5% of Fuld's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 23% of it with the bases empty.

74 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 251 with the bases empty.

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

Fuld averages 3.8 degrees off the bat: 19% of his contact is in the air and 59.3% of it is on the ground.

189 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Fuld does his damage against fastballs: a .618 OPS against them, against .401 on offspeed pitches.

225 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 28 on offspeed pitches.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Fuld puts up a .599 OPS against right-handers and .414 against left-handers.

271 plate appearances against right-handers, 54 against left-handers.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 25.9% of Fuld's contact reaches 95 mph, 20th percentile.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 509th in MLB.

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

Fuld trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 25th percentile barrel rate, 76th percentile strikeout rate.

325 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Fuld strikes out in 21.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 15.5% with the bases empty.

74 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 251 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1% of Fuld's batted balls are barrelled, 25th percentile.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 474th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Fuld is slugging .293, 25th percentile in the league.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 474th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Fuld is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .370 OPS there against .569 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Fuld strikes out in 15.9% of his trips against right-handers and 22.2% of them against left-handers.

271 plate appearances against right-handers, 54 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Fuld's fly balls travel 267 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 397.

48 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Fuld finds a productive launch angle on only 29.4% of his contact, 16th percentile.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 536th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Fuld walks in 9.2% of his plate appearances, 76th percentile.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 151st in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Fuld averages 85.4 mph off the bat, 25th percentile in the league.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 476th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Fuld's quality of contact only supports a .200 expected average, 31st percentile in the league.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 439th in MLB.

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

Fuld strikes out in only 16.9% of his trips, 76th percentile.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 150th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Fuld slugs .313 against right-handers and .191 against left-handers.

271 plate appearances against right-handers, 54 against left-handers.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Fuld's OPS+ of 60 sits 27th percentile among hitters this season.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 462nd in MLB.

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

Fuld pulls 48.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 12.2%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

112 pulled, 89 up the middle and 28 the other way over 229 located batted balls.

He does not get on base enough to help

Fuld is on base at a .276 clip, 31st percentile in the league.

325 plate appearances in 2015. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 438th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Fuld pulls 46.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 61.8% of it against left-handers.

195 batted balls against right-handers, 34 against left-handers.

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

With a runner in scoring position Fuld averages 83.7 mph off the bat, against 86.0 with the bases empty.

37 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 156 without.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Fuld slugs .318 against fastballs and .222 against offspeed pitches.

225 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Fuld is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .681 OPS there against .569 overall.

158 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Fuld walks in 10.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.8% with the bases empty.

74 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 251 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Fuld hits it hardest to his pull side: 86.6 mph on average there, against 84.6 up the middle.

91 batted balls to his pull side, 77 up the middle.

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