Sam Travis Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Travis does his damage against fastballs: a .761 OPS against them, against .457 on offspeed pitches.

64 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 38 on offspeed pitches.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

5 of Travis's 6 located home runs have gone to centre field, the longest of them 443 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2019.

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

Travis pulls 22% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

24 pulled, 55 up the middle and 30 the other way over 109 located batted balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Travis strikes out in 28.3% of his trips against right-handers and 20.4% of them against left-handers.

53 plate appearances against right-handers, 103 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Travis is at his best against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .935 OPS there against .651 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

1 of Travis's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2019.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Travis walks in 10% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5.2% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 116 with the bases empty.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Travis finds a productive launch angle on only 31.6% of his contact, 16th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2019. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 543rd in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Travis is on base at a .269 clip, 27th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2019. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 476th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Travis slugs .448 against fastballs and .273 against offspeed pitches.

64 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Travis is at his worst on offspeed pitches: a .457 OPS there against .651 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.6% of Travis's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 70th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2019. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 196th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Travis averages 91.9 mph off the bat, against 89.1 with the bases empty.

23 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 78 without.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Travis hits the ball hard: 89.7 mph off the bat on average, 67th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2019. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 218th in MLB.

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

Travis averages 7.8 degrees off the bat: 28.6% of his contact is in the air and 54.1% of it is on the ground.

98 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Travis's OPS+ of 71 sits 35th percentile among hitters this season.

156 plate appearances in 2019. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 420th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Travis walks in only 6.4% of his plate appearances, 39th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2019. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 395th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Travis strikes out in 25% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 22.4% with the bases empty.

40 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 116 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Travis hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.9 mph on average there, against 88.4 the other way.

22 batted balls to his pull side, 28 the other way.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Travis's fly balls travel 298 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 443.

36 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Travis pulls 17.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 24% of it against left-handers.

34 batted balls against right-handers, 75 against left-handers.

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